Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 76
Duke Suwei of the Pi State and Pei Ju, the Neishi Ling, presided over the funeral of the royal residence, Zongzheng Temple was in charge of the funeral, and all the officials of the Sui Dynasty in Beijing would go to offer their condolences.

Yang Zhao finally did not have time to intercede for Yang Hao, so that Yang Hao, like his half-brother Yang Zhan, was demoted as a commoner, deprived of his eligibility to guard the spirit, and expelled from the palace, just like historical records.

Yang Jun's former concubines were all dismissed, and they were doomed to be widows for the rest of their lives, because no one dared to accept them in the Sui Dynasty.

Just like Zhou Xuan Emperor Yu Wenyun, after his death, none of his five beautiful and beautiful queens married again. Except for Yang Lihua, all of them became nuns.

In ancient times, women remarried, which was called remarriage (jiao). They were not allowed to sit in a sedan chair when they got married. If they had children, they would be looked down upon and called "drag oil bottle".

This is the reason why Yang Lihua refused to remarry. Although Yang Jian found many men with good family backgrounds for his eldest daughter after the founding of the country, and no one dared to look down on Yang Lihua, she still refused.

It was on May 21 that Yang Ming waited until his mother, concubine and eldest brother returned to Beijing, and then went to Qin Palace to express their condolences together.

It was the new funeral of King Qin, and at such a time of mourning, Concubine Xiao didn't dare to go to the palace to mention Yang Ming's matter, and Yang Zhao didn't even dare to touch his brows at this time, after all, the decree has been made, and Yang Hao is already a commoner up.

Except for Su Wei, Pei Ju, the officials of Zongzheng Temple, and Yang Jun's two concubine daughters who were ordered to preside over the funeral, no mourners were required to wear mourning clothes when entering the palace of the Prince of Qin.

Of course, except the clan.

There is also a saying in the clan, such as Guangping Wang Yangxiong, Hejian Wang Yanghong, Wei Wang Yangshuang, etc., are elders and do not need to wear filial piety. It turns out that they are collateral clans and their status is not high, so they have to wear mourning,

Among the immediate contemporaries in Beijing are Princess Yang Lihua of Leping, Princess Yang Tingzhen of Xiangguo, Princess Yang Wenjin of Guangping, Princess Yang Wenxuan of Lechang, and Princess Yang Awu of Lanling. These five princesses will definitely not wear filial piety. There are only two people, but they will wear white plain clothes to show their mourning.

Not to mention the remaining third-generation children, they all wear filial piety.

Yang Ming's whole body was wrapped in plain onyx, and he kowtowed a few steps after following the big team. Anyway, as soon as the funeral officer of the Zongzheng Temple spoke, he could just kneel.

The entire Qin Palace is wrapped in plain onyx. After Yang Jun's funeral, the palace will be nationalized, and only Yang Jun's spiritual seat and servants will be set up.

This day's court meeting lasted until noon and did not end.

Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo undoubtedly did a bit of a trick.

The son's family property was nationalized, but the grandson couldn't inherit it and was relegated to common people. Even Yang Jun's tomb was not erected.

And all this is because Yang Jun did too many scandals during his lifetime.

Gao Jiong, Niu Hong and other bigwigs pleaded for Yang Jun one after another, but they were reprimanded by Yang Jian and his wife, saying that Yang Jun, king of Qin, was the prince of the Sui Dynasty and took the lead in disobeying the law. Although he is my own son, I cannot forgive him.

There are a few short-sighted guys in Yushitai, who saw the direction of the wind, and in order to please Yang Jian and his wife, they even made a big fanfare about Yang Jun's smuggling and embezzlement of public funds at the court meeting.

Even so, Liu Sheng, General Zuo Wuwei, and Huangfu, the governor, came forward to intercede, but their memorials were directly thrown away by Yang Jian.

Prince Yang Yong didn't say anything, just bowed his head in silence.

For the next few days, almost every court meeting was talking about this, and local officials from all over the world made pleading memorials one after another, even Jin Wang Yang Guang and Yue State Duke Yang Su's pleading memorials also arrived.

But Yang Jian and his wife were so firm that they didn't even consider giving Yang Jun a posthumous title.

On this day, Yang Ming and the others received a letter from his father who was far away in the frontier. The general meaning was that they hoped that their three brothers could go to the court meeting in person to intercede for Yang Hao, Yang Jun's son-in-law.

Now from the news from the palace, it can be seen that the voice of pleading for Yang Jun is almost gone, but there are not many pleading for Yang Hao.

Yang Ming could probably guess that the father's intention was nothing more than to let Yang Jian and his wife know that the third brother valued blood and family relationship, and he was not really pleading for Yang Hao.

Yang Guang didn't care whether Yang Hao was a commoner or not, he had never met his own nephew a few times.

The three brothers conspired in private,

Yang Zhao felt that he had to do his best to succeed, but the second child, Yang Wei, felt that the second sage was angry, and he was afraid that he would be punished if he went at this time.

As for Yang Ming, he has already made people prepare the court clothes.

The next day,

The three county kings of the Jin Palace entered the palace and listened to the announcement outside the Daxing Hall.

Although the three of them are all vassal kings, they have no real power in the imperial court. Except for the fixed dozen or so bigwigs who can attend the court meeting every day, the rest can only participate if they are temporarily summoned or have an audience. of.

Following the call of the eunuch, the three of them arranged their clothes and entered the Daxing Hall.

Dugu Jialuo has been participating in the court meeting for the past few days, and when he suddenly saw his three grandchildren, his face softened a little:
"What do you want to report?"

Yang Zhao took the lead and said: "Yang Haogui was born as the heir of the King of Qin. I don't know what his mother did. Although the son is more valuable than the mother, the son is even more valuable than the father. The grandson expressed his feelings and asked the two sages to resume his title inheritance. .”

As he spoke, Yang Zhao held up the memorial that he had written in advance,
Dugu Jialuo frowned suddenly, why are you three here to join in the fun?What does this have to do with you?
"The son is honored by the father, and the father's crimes are inherited by the son. Qin Wangjun did not obey the law, and the Supreme Master gave him several reprimands, but he still did not know how to repent. Since Yang Hao is a legitimate son, he should inherit his father's crimes. According to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, he should be relegated to the status of a concubine." Human beings have no right to inherit."

The one who spoke was General Yuan Min of Zuo Wei.

Yang Zhao was expressionless when he heard it, but he was already furious in his heart. These bastards who are playing with the wind, do you dare to say these words when Yang Jun is alive?

Now that the person is dead, it's a real dog for you to add insult to injury to his son.

"Wait, which article of the Kaihuang Law records that the son inherits the crime of the father?" Yang Ming directly lined up with Yuan Min, and said:

"Don't talk nonsense, General. In my Sui Dynasty, there was never such a thing as no son inheriting the crime of his father."

When Yang Ming just crossed over, he had read Kaihuang Law. Everything recorded on it had nothing to do with the old Yang family. They were laws and regulations made for officials and people, and none of them involved the royal family.

The royal family's conviction has always been ambiguous, depending on the attitudes of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo.

Even Yuwen Zhiji, who was sentenced to death, could be dragged back and changed to a frontier soldier. Are you telling me about the laws of the Sui Dynasty?I really want to laugh.

Yuan Min was not to be outdone, and said: "Just now the king of Henan said that the son is more valuable than the father, but the general said that the son should bear the crime of the father. It is true that there is no record of this in the Kaihuang Law. However, there is a saying in "Spring and Autumn", that the mother is more valuable than the son, and the son is more important than the father." Your mother is precious, Yang Hao should bear his mother's crimes, and it is not inappropriate for the two saints to degrade her as a commoner."

"I didn't expect the general to still read the Spring and Autumn Annals?" Yang Ming sneered and said, "My laws in the Sui Dynasty are all in accordance with the "Kaihuang Law". If you use the "Spring and Autumn" to talk about things, do you suspect it of being crowned and worn?"

Into your mother, this kid is quite talkative at a young age, Yuan Min is a little at a loss for words, it's hard for him to refute.

Then, Yang Ming knelt down towards Yang Jian and his wife with a plop, and said:

"Qin Wangjun is benevolent and loving, and respects Buddhism and Taoism. Although there are some indiscretions, the way of heaven has been accepted, and his crimes can be avoided. The sage has a saying: the dead are great, how can you blame the dead for their mistakes behind their backs."

"Kuan Qin Wangjun is the closest relative of the two saints. A son can be regarded as precious by his parents. King Qin obeys his parents' teachings, respects Buddhism, and chanting scriptures in front of the Buddhist hall every day. He is perfect and filial. The word is the most suitable, as for the son Yang Hao, the parents of everyone in the world, he should continue to be filial piety, inherit his title, guard the spirit and wear mourning, hope that the two saints will be sympathetic to the flesh and blood, and think twice."

In an instant, the entire Daxing Hall was silent
Gao Yu, Su Wei, Niu Hong and others looked at each other, and they all saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)