A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 553: Income from Shangyang Palace Fu

In the spring of the third year of Daqian Lingyou, Wang Cheng died. His posthumous title was Xian, but there was no temple name.

Originally, the prince Wang Zhuo wanted to ask the ministers to write a letter to give his father a temple name, but no one dared to write a letter. Even many relatives of the royal family did not agree to give a temple name.

The temple title is very important in Daqian, and one must make significant contributions to be eligible for the temple title. Moreover, this temple name must be reported to the ancestor King Wen.

Although Wang Cheng did a good job as emperor, the time was too short and he did not achieve anything at all. If he insists on taking the temple title, if he is beaten back by his ancestors, his face will not look good by then, so everyone I don’t agree with the temple number.

As for the posthumous title, it is also necessary to report it to the ancestors, but the evaluation of the posthumous title is not as strict as the temple title. Of course, you cannot choose blindly with your eyes closed. It also needs to be combined with the moral character, conduct and merit of the person involved.

A posthumous title can apply to one of them, or it can apply to all of them. Even if there are some flaws in moral character and governance, you can selectively ignore one or two and choose the good side, unless it is particularly unseemly.

Therefore, posthumous names are mostly good or medium, and there are not many bad ones.

Of course, the middle posthumous title actually means something. After all, the government is mediocre, or average, and the personal moral character is mediocre. If you can barely get a middle posthumous title, both the courtiers and the emperor will look good.

But if he is a tyrannical king, has no merit, and is not good at doing things, then there is nothing to say, and he will definitely be given a bad posthumous title. You must know that even the kings who subjugate their country are not all given bad titles.

The most familiar example is Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Xian is not an evil posthumous title, but a beautiful posthumous title. Although it is lower among the beautiful posthumous titles, it is also a beautiful posthumous title.

It is impossible to give a good posthumous title to an incompetent and tyrannical king.

After Wang Cheng died, some ministers below chose three posthumous titles, one of which was Ying, the second was Mourning, and the third was Xian.

'Ying' represents excellence, intelligence and wisdom, moral integrity is called Ying, De Hua Mao is called Ying, and knowledge is broad, Ying is called. Of course, there is also another meaning of dying young.

Wang Chengbeng passed away at the age of 47. He could barely be considered an untimely death, and his moral integrity was not a factor. De Hua was not rich either, and his knowledge was rough enough to be correct. However, Yongying always felt that this posthumous title was somewhat ironic. .

What Wang Zhuo didn't know was that in real history, there was an emperor who single-handedly raised this posthumous title from Mei to the same level as Yang, Jie, and Li.

As for the posthumous title "Mourning", although the posthumous title "Mourning" is a middle posthumous title, it is a posthumous title with both praise and derogation. There are four interpretations of "Mourning". The middle-aged person who died young is called "Mourning". This commendatory meaning expresses a kind of praise. A kind of regret, sympathy. Generally speaking, giving this posthumous title means, "If you can live a little longer, the country will definitely prosper and the reform will be successful."

But the remaining three are not so good. They perform labor and sacrifice without restraint, which is called mourning; fear comes from a place called mourning; and those who die prematurely are called mourning. This is not a good word, so 'mourning' was also excluded.

In the end, he chose Xian. Xian is also a beautiful posthumous title. He who is knowledgeable and capable is called Xian; who rewards good and punishes evil is called Xian. This posthumous title is more suitable for Wang Cheng, so he chose Xian.

Of course, Xian also means "Although he has many abilities, he is not a great person." In other words, although Emperor Xianzong was knowledgeable and capable, he still had shortcomings in personal character cultivation or policy outline, and could not meet the best standards.

This is also another meaning behind Wang Cheng's death in middle age.

In the end, Wang Cheng's posthumous title became Emperor Xiaoxian of Daqian.

[Wang Chengbeng passed away. This was the seventh emperor in your family. He reigned for three years. He had the courage to reform and inherited his father's legacy. He was quick and studious and continued to implement the reform. Unfortunately, his ambition was not fulfilled. The middle path collapsed and the reform was carried out. The ambition is not yet fulfilled. The income is being settled, you have gained some luck, and you have obtained a human-level prop: Fire-preventing Pill] [Fire-preventing Pill: a human-level prop, you can be immune to fire damage for a period of time after use. There is an upper limit for fire damage, and you will not be immune if it exceeds the upper limit. , please pay attention to the user. 】

The fire-preventing pill is not completely immune, it can only be said to be better than nothing. However, Wang Cheng has only been emperor for more than two years, so it is already good to have some income, so he cannot ask for too much.

The death of Wang Cheng greatly damaged the vitality of the reform faction. In just three years, the reform faction lost Wang Yi, Prime Minister Chao Cuo, and now it lost Wang Cheng. It can be said that this is the darkest time.

Originally, the deaths of Wang Yi and Chao Cuo caused a great loss in the strength of the reform faction and they were unable to suppress the conservative faction. Fortunately, with your majesty's strong support, the reform movement advanced boldly.

Those in the old guard were suppressed, demoted, or even fired. Before they could be happy, their biggest supporter and backer, the emperor, collapsed.

For those passionate scholars who are determined to reform the law, the sky is about to fall.

The reform finally had an effect. The reform that lasted more than 20 years was about to usher in the dawn from darkness. We have already seen the dawn of dawn, but the result was a direct collapse. How can this not be regrettable?

Although the succeeding emperor will still implement reforms, the prince Wang Zhuo is only twenty-five years old this year. In the eyes of the ministers and the people of the world, he is a bit young.

Reform is no small matter, it requires not only the passion of men, but also maturity and prudentness. You can't accomplish great things just by relying on your passion.

Basically all the reformists were from passionate scholars. Because these people had lived at the bottom and witnessed the hardships of the people at the bottom, they were later appointed as inspection censors, allowing them to patrol the world. At the same time, they also saw the darkness in the officialdom.

Only those who can maintain their original aspirations after undergoing several baptisms can become the backbone of the reform sect. The reformists must not only have enough experience, know the sufferings of the people, know the dirty work of state and county officials, and know how to deal with these.

Only in this way can one be a qualified backbone of the reform faction. But there are too few such people, and many scholars can only find problems but cannot solve them. Moreover, many people among the reformists are just outsiders.

In the past, there were emperors and prime ministers who could easily suppress those people. Now two consecutive emperors have passed away within three years. The new emperor who succeeded is young. Even with the help of the royal family, there are only a few years to straighten out the government. Don't think about it. Change the law.

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If there were what-ifs in history, there would not be so many regrets. It is precisely because of these regrets that historical time-travel novels have endured for a long time. Countless people also dream of one day completing this regret on their behalf.

Just like there is always fine wine from all over the world in front of Li Bai's tomb, chocolate in front of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's tomb, the girl painted in gold in front of the martyrs' tomb, and a bouquet of Luoyang peonies in front of the "Luoyang According to Thousands of Miles" monument in Suiye City in the Western Regions, all these tell the story of the Chinese people Romantic at heart.

The death of Qian Xianzong is a pity. We should have seen two generations of monarchs and ministers reform and save the empire, and work together to complete the glorious history. Unfortunately, all this came to an abrupt end after the death of Qian Xianzong.

The history book is too small to contain their magnificent lives, and the history book is too big. It can contain five thousand years of China in one small book. The page you turn at random may be their life.

With the passing of Wang Cheng, the "Jianling Reform" gradually came to an end.

The era of Qian Zhongzong, Prime Minister Chao Cuo and Emperor Qian Xian was over. ——"Light of the Summers·Ode to Shangyang Palace" (produced by Royal Radio and Television Station)

(End of this chapter)