A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 950: Five Days Absent from the Morning
The dragon's head is on the original place.

Li Shimin and his uncle Sun Wuji walked on the construction site of Da'an Palace.

"This Yong'an Palace was built for the Supreme Emperor to prepare for the summer heat and to show his filial piety. But the construction of Yong'an Palace just started last autumn and the foundation was just laid when the Supreme Emperor was already seriously ill."

During the New Year period, the Yongan construction site is also suspended.

"The Emperor said he can no longer live in Yong'an Palace,"

"Is the Emperor's condition really that serious?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Li Shimin nodded. Shang Yao Bureau, Imperial Medical Office, even Chang'an Qianjin Hall, Huiren Institute, and even the medicine king Wei Shanjun from Longmen Temple were invited.

These famous doctors all have the same opinion. The Supreme Emperor will indeed have a hard time getting over this hurdle this time.

"Previously, Ma Zhou wrote a letter saying that Da'an Palace is located in the west of the palace city. Its walls, palaces, and palaces are square and purple, and they are still humble. The crown prince's house is still in the city, and the residence of Da'an and his lords is outside the city. . I hope to build a new palace to make it high-profile and to be respected by all directions, so that my great filial piety will shine throughout the world."

"He also said that a saint must transform the world based on filial piety,"

"Yong'an Palace is renamed Daming Palace, and the Qin Mirror is handed over to you. After the Daming Palace is completed, the Qin Mirror will be hung on the Daming Palace. The mirror will be hung high, upright and bright."

Li Shimin handed over the supervision of the Yong'an Palace to Changsun Wuji, and thought about it, "I heard that the craftsmen dug out a bronze mirror when Yan Liben was supervising the construction some years ago. Wei Zheng identified it as a treasure that Qin Shihuang once collected. Bao's name is Qin Jing.

At this time, the emperor made such a big move to build a new palace for the Supreme Emperor.
It is also to promote the emperor's filial piety to the people of the world, to the envoys of the vassal states, and Chinese and foreign merchants, and to promote the filial piety of the Tang Dynasty to govern the country. The emperor's filial piety towards the Supreme Emperor will inevitably spread to all directions through these people.

It is impossible to hide this matter even if you want to, let alone delete historical data.

Changsun Wuji said, "The New Year has passed, Yong'an Palace will immediately restart the construction, and the construction will be stepped up. When Yong'an Palace is completed, the Supreme Lord will also move into the new palace and enjoy the benefits."

At present, the envoys from the barbarian vassal states from all over the world are still in Chang'an, and there are so many Hu and Han merchants traveling on the Silk Road. The news that the Supreme Emperor is seriously ill is actually not a secret. Many people in Chang'an now know it.

Although Emperor Zhenguan achieved many great achievements, the Xuanwumen Incident was still an indelible stain.
When the Supreme Emperor was still there, we could only try our best to hide the Supreme Emperor in Da'an Palace, but now that he is gone, we can no longer do this.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until then. The doctors all say that we may not be able to eat this year's new wheat." Li Shimin said.

Da'an Palace was originally the palace of the Prince of Qin. It was located outside Chang'an City and was very small.

There is no doubt a profound meaning.

Legend has it that it can illuminate the internal organs of the human body, and every detail is visible. More importantly, it can also illuminate the loyalty and treachery of officials and the rise and fall of national destiny. "

"All right,"

Of course Li Shimin would not believe that folk legend, but he did cherish the excavated ancient mirror.

"it is good."

Li Shimin looked at his brother-in-law,
His fat face and a pair of bright and wise eyes made the emperor suddenly understand. Changsun Wuji also believed that the emperor said that the emperor would not live long, but instead of stopping work, he wanted to resume work immediately and speed up the work. ,

Although the Xuanwu Sect incident back then had been kept secret for a long time, many people still knew about it.

After all,
The Supreme Emperor was kicked off the imperial couch by them, and he was even kept under house arrest in the small Da'an Palace for almost nine years.

"I should have built the Yong'an Palace for the Supreme Emperor, so that in the summer the Longshouyuan New Palace can also escape the heat,"

This Yong'an Palace was originally built in the name of providing a summer escape for the Supreme Emperor. Now that the Supreme Emperor is seriously ill, a new palace was built to show the world the emperor's filial piety towards the Supreme Emperor.

Changsun Wuji said, "Construction will start tomorrow. Speed ​​up the construction and send more manpower. When the Emperor feels better, you can invite the Emperor to come to Yong'an Palace to have a look."

"One more thing, the Supreme Emperor told me before that after the Great Bank of China, the cemetery system has been simplified. However, the Supreme Emperor is the founder of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Tang Dynasty. How can I, a son, be careless in the cemetery? "

Li Yuan probably won't survive until summer, so Li Shimin must start thinking about the cemetery now.

Emperors of previous dynasties often started building imperial tombs while they were still in power, and some even took decades to build them.

However, although Li Yuan founded the Tang Dynasty, during the Wude Dynasty, he was busy unifying the world and did not have the energy to build an imperial mausoleum for himself. Then he was ousted by his son. During the eight years of Li Shimin's reign, no matter what the purpose, it was not good for him. When the Supreme Emperor was still alive, you built an imperial mausoleum for him. Doesn't that make people think that you are looking forward to your father's early death?

"The Emperor's mausoleum must be built to reflect his status as the founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty,"

Li Shimin asked Changsun Wuji to start preparations now.
Here we are going to continue to build the Daming Palace for the Supreme Emperor with great fanfare, and over there we are secretly starting to prepare to build a cemetery for the Supreme Emperor.

Site selection, shape,
There is also a lot of preparation work.

The two were discussing the matter at the Daming Palace construction site.

In the end, Li Shimin decided to build a huge mausoleum in Xumuyuan, Sanyuan, eighty miles north of Chang'an, in accordance with the rules and shape of the original mausoleum of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. It was a mound-covered mausoleum.
The cemetery also needs to build a city wall. It must be a large-scale construction project and must be magnificent.

Only in this way can he express his filial piety.

Li Shimin's great-grandfather Li Hu was also buried in Sanyuan and on Wanshou Plateau.

Li Shimin stood on Chang'an Longshouyuan and could see Sanyuan Xumuyuan to the north.

"I will ask Xuanling and others to allocate money and food to you. You must go all out to do this well."

Return to Taiji Palace from Longshouyuan.

Li Shimin summoned the prime ministers again to discuss matters.

The warrior Xun died of illness,

He died of illness while serving as prime minister.

He is also a hero of Taiyuan Yuanmou, and also a hero of real and world titles.
Although everyone had been prepared for his death, the aftermath still had to be properly handled.

It is necessary to discuss the bestowal of official titles, draft posthumous titles, etc.

The warrior Xun was the founding father of the country and died of illness while serving as prime minister. However, he was also a close confidant of the Supreme Emperor, so the ministers were somewhat uncertain when discussing.

"The book is presented to Sikong, the Grand Governor of Yangzhou, and the posthumous title is Ming." The emperor personally decided on the posthumous title. Ming was a good posthumous title. The emperor did not have any reservations because he was once the confidant of the Supreme Emperor, and even gave it to the Third Duke. This is a real gift from the prime minister.

"Five days out of court,"

"He was given a coffin and ordered the Minister of Rites to supervise the funeral."

"Give me swords, feathers, and encouragement!"

"I ordered the warrior Tongzi Wu Yuanren to attack the Duke of Zhou without being demoted, and to grant him the title of Bianzhou. He granted the title of 400 households and granted him the title of official official."

"Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang have each been promoted to the first level. I want them to serve in the Lingnan Army and seize the opportunity to retain their posts."

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The emperor gave the warrior Xun incomparable posthumous glory and enjoyed the same treatment as Du Ruhui.

However, the fact that Samurai Yu's titles and world titles were given to his third son still shocked the government and the public, but soon everyone knew that it was Samurai Yu who specifically requested this from the emperor during his lifetime.
This is a family matter.

Although this obviously dotes on his second wife and therefore favors her son, the reputation of Wu Yuanqing brothers in Chang'an is not very good, and there are not many people in their mother's family. The Wu family has already agreed with the warrior Yu's approach, so No one else really has anything to do with this.

Many people even said it was deserved.

The funeral of the warrior Xun was still very grand. The imperial court sent the Minister of Rites to oversee the funeral, and also sent people and allocated money and food.
Although the warrior Xun died,

But the Wu family was gaining power, Wu Huaiyu was appointed as an official in Lingnan, Ma Zhou was still serving as prime minister, and the daughter of the warrior Xun also entered the East Palace as Liangdi.
Therefore, there were so many people who came to express their condolences in an endless stream.

Warrior Ke, the new patriarch of the Wu clan, and Warrior Leng, the old clan leader of the Wu clan, also came together.
The Wu clan members in Beijing also came.

Brothers Wu Huaiyu and Wu Huaiyi could not come back, so they were replaced by family members.

A beautiful funeral.

It was a beautiful funeral, and it could actually be seen that although the Wu family lost a prime minister, its momentum had not weakened by half.

On the day of burial,

Regardless of his illness, Emperor Li Yuandu visited the tower of Da'an Palace in person, watched the funeral procession in the distance, and even cried for his old friend.

Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin visited the Weiyang Palace and bid farewell to the warrior Xun on the palace floor.

The crown prince Li Chengqian led hundreds of officials to the northwest of Weiyang Old City for burial.

Wu Huaiyu and Samurai Yu are relatives who did not appear in the fifth server. Samurai Yu and Samurai Ke have a common great-grandfather. According to the saying that they are relatives in the five servers, they can be pushed up to five generations, starting from the great ancestor, great ancestor, grandfather, father, and themselves. Those who are related within these five generations are all relatives, that is, people who have the same great ancestor are all relatives. From the great ancestor to yourself, if you are the fifth generation, you become the five clothes. After the fifth server, there is no biological relationship and intermarriage is possible.

Wu Huaiyu and Warrior Xun have not yet released the fifth server. They are both descendants of General Zhenyuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty and Duke Wu Juchang of Shouyang County.

Wu Huaiyu and Warrior Ke both only had to wear linen and fine linen mourning clothes for Warrior Yu for three months. However, they do not need Ding You to resign. Only sons need to resign to honor their father.

"Mr. Wu Minggong passed away due to illness. The post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is vacant. There is also one less person in the political hall. All the ministers will nominate another person."

In the Hall of Wude,

Li Shimin spoke slowly.

Wei Zheng spoke first, "I recommend Wang Gui as prime minister."

But the emperor just shook his head and said, "Wang Gui cannot be the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"I recommend Wei Ting to be Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and to participate in the government affairs." The person who said this was Wen Yanbo, the right servant.

But before the emperor could speak, Zhongshu ordered Ma Zhou to speak out, "Your Majesty, Wei Ting is headstrong and does his own thing. He is not a prime minister."

Ma Zhou's words were very rude. Someone in the palace knew that Wei Ting was originally a member of the Wei royal family and had a bad relationship with Wu Huaiyu. In the past, Wei Ting even had conflicts with Wu Huaiyu, so he was very rude to Ma Zhou, Wu Huaiyu's brother-in-law. Now Ma Zhou Zhou also bluntly opposed Wei Ting's appointment as prime minister.

Li Shimin said slowly, "Is there anyone else?"

Fang Xuanling recommended Zhang Liang, believing that Zhang Liang was qualified to serve as minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and could also participate in political affairs. After all, Zhang Liang had also been a prime minister and had performed well in the field of logistics in the army. Zhang Liang could not fight in wars and could not do anything else. All aspects are OK.

"I recommend Yang Shidao."

This was said by Xiao Yu.

Li Shimin still didn't nod.

"Asian prime minister?" Li Shimin asked the prime minister, the imperial censor Li Daliang,

Li Daliang replied, "I think that the most suitable person to be Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Wu Huaiyu. When it comes to good economics and understanding of finance and taxation, Wu Huaiyu can be said to be unmatched. Moreover, he has served as the prime minister three times and has done very well. Now that Lingnan is considered stable, we can call him into the court as prime minister and take charge of finance and taxation."

But the emperor said, "Lingnan is still at a critical stage in its reform of the land, the merging of provinces with prefectures and counties, and the implementation of the new two-tax law. Lingnan cannot do without Wu Huaiyu."

"Then please ask Uncle Changsun Guo to lead the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

But the emperor added, "The eldest grandson, Situ, has other important responsibilities."

Now the prime ministers couldn't figure out the emperor's intentions, so many candidates were not accepted.

"There is no suitable candidate for the time being, so Xiao Yu, who is involved in political affairs, will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for the time being."

The Minister of Civil Affairs is temporarily represented by Prime Minister Xiao Yu, but there is still one missing Prime Minister.

"Call Wang Gui back to the court, serve as Minister of Rites, and participate in the government affairs."

"Also, Wu Huaiyi, the governor of Guangzhou, had been in Lingnan for five years and had made outstanding achievements in governing the area. He was recalled to the court and awarded the title of Taifu Qing, and was awarded the title of Ziguanglu."

"Dang Hongren, the governor of Rongzhou, is transferred to the governor of Guangzhou."

(End of this chapter)