Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 404 Posthumous Name
Although Ye Chen is not the founding hero of the country, but when his credit is seriously counted, it is only natural that he should be named the county king above Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, and Wang Jingsheng.

Therefore, the process of Ye Chen being made the king of Xiangfu County went smoothly. Even Lu Yuqing, Wang Yuefeng, and Tao Gu, Ye Chen's mortal enemies, did not dare to say anything.

However, because Ye Chen desperately saved the emperor last time, Zhao Kuangyin made an exception and granted Ye Chen the first-class title of hereditary title, which is very different from the ordinary title of the Song Dynasty.Now that Ye Chen is posthumously crowned as the county king, can the title of county king be hereditary?This will be the biggest controversy today.

But before everyone started to argue, Zhao Kuangyin said that Ye Qing's county king can be passed down from generation to generation.Everyone was stunned.

The Song Dynasty opposed the fact that a minister of great merit could be posthumously crowned as a county king after his death, but he had never had the title of prince passed down from generation to generation.Even the titles of royal princes like Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Dezhao are reduced every generation.If Yechen County King can be passed down from generation to generation, wouldn't it mean that as long as the Great Song Dynasty exists, there will always be Xiangfu County King.This point is no different from Chai's and Qian's.

Although Ye Chen conquered Jinyang in the north, conquered the Southern Han Dynasty in the south, settled Sichuan and Shu in the west, and conquered Wu and Yue in the east, he was even more kind to the emperor in saving his life during this period.It is already very grand to be crowned the king of the county, but if it is a hereditary kingship, in the eyes of almost all the courtiers, it is a bit too much.

For a while, except for Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, and Cao Bin, almost all other courtiers blushed, knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly, begging the emperor to withdraw his order.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at them coldly, and said calmly: "If you can have half of the credit of Ye Qing, I will also make you a hereditary king after your death, or I will even make an exception and give you the title of king before your death."

Many people were ashamed and stopped persuading them.But the seven or eight people headed by Lu Yuqing, Tao Gu, and Wang Yuefeng were still eloquent and persuading them endlessly by citing scriptures.

But regardless of the seven or eight people persuading left and right, Zhao Kuangyin always sneered and remained silent.

At this moment, two voices sounded at the same time.

"I believe that the title of Lord Xiangfu Yechen can be hereditary."

"My younger brother thinks that the title of Lord Xiangfu Yechen should be hereditary."

As soon as the two voices came out, the audience fell silent.Just because everyone heard what two people said.

When Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi said this sentence at the same time, they couldn't help being startled, and then they looked at each other and stopped talking.

From Zhao Guangyi's point of view, Ye Chen is already dead, and with these great achievements made by Ye Chen, the benefits to future generations are nothing.The most important thing is that even if Ye Chen's concubine gave birth to a son, when he becomes the emperor, it is not a matter of saying that he wants to make Ye Chen extinction.Now people like Lu Yuqing didn't discuss it with themselves, and they are here to compete with the emperor here, which is really stupid.Moreover, the most important thing at this time is who should be in charge of the Huaxia Weifu. At this time, the smart people know that they should sell well to the subordinates who are loyal to Ye Chen in the Huaxia Weifu, so that Ye Chen can only control the Huaxia Weifu. After his hand disappeared, his own hand could reach in, grabbing some of the power and resources of Huaxia Weifu to the greatest extent.And the best time to buy the seven envoys, deputy envoys, and all the envoys is not this time to win more benefits for the dead Ye Chen and his descendants.

Both Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi are people with extraordinary minds and foresight, so they both thought of this at the first time.Just because the two of them said it at the same time, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help feeling a little vigilant.And because of unknown reasons, or thinking of something, Zhao Kuangyin took a step back and changed Ye Chenke's hereditary king to After the second generation was reduced to the state, it was hereditary again.

As soon as the final decision was made, some people thought that when Ye Chen desperately saved the emperor a few months ago, the emperor had promised Ye Chen that he would be a prince.Now this result can be regarded as the emperor's fulfillment of his promise.Naturally, no one dared to continue to dissuade them without looking good.

The next step is to give Ye Chen a posthumous title by the Son of Heaven.Posthumous names are commonly used with a total of 73 characters of Diji. According to the rules, under normal circumstances, princes should be bestowed with one-character posthumous names. County kings generally have two-character posthumous names, and ordinary ministers mostly have two-character posthumous names.

The two-character posthumous names are divided into civil officials and military officials. The posthumous titles of civil officials all start with Wenyu, and the posthumous titles of military officials begin with Wuyu.

Ye Chen made great military achievements. Although he did not serve in the Privy Council as a military officer, he is more inclined to be a general in terms of his achievements. It should start with the word wu.

The order of auspicious characters applicable to civil servants is Zheng Zhong Gong Cheng, Duan Ke Xiang Shun, etc., and military commanders are Zhong Yong Mu Gang, De Lie Gong Zhuang, etc.Lu Yuqing, Wang Yuefeng, Tao Gu and others who had feuds with Ye Chen naturally did not want to give Ye Chen a posthumous title that was too high and too honorable, especially since Tao Gu is now the Imperial Academy's commissioner. He has a lot of right to speak, coupled with his own profound knowledge, profound knowledge, and familiarity with ancient and modern allusions, at this time it is as if he has been beaten with chicken blood, and he is fighting with all the officials.

After seeing Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi saying good things to Ye Chen at the same time, some people also reacted and loudly gave Ye Chen what they thought was the best posthumous title to show their favor to Huaxia Weifu.Naturally, Lu Yuqing, Tao Gu, and Wang Yuefeng didn't like it, and arguing like bargaining in a vegetable market, or even a quarrel, started.

A group of old pedants paid more attention to the posthumous name than the life, two hours passed, and they fought for a Wu posthumous name, but there was no result for a long time.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at these ministers who were in charge of the country and the country and billions of people with an unswerving expression, haggling over everything for a famous name, refusing to give up an inch, citing scriptures and talking non-stop.But this thing is too knowledgeable, and with his literary attainments, he doesn't understand it too well, so he can't intervene, or dare not intervene rashly.

Not only can the emperor not get in the way, but even with Zhao Pu's literary level, he often uses a single word, and everyone can start talking about it, and then talk about why it is okay to use this word, and it is not good to use this word. Zhao Kuangyin heard the most I also felt that it was a little unpredictable, after all, Ye Chen passed away, it was a very solemn matter, and it should not be hasty, so he didn't intervene, and simply let the officials argue.

After four full hours, the ministers finally reached a compromise, and used a posthumous title that was neither too high nor too low, and that all parties could reluctantly accept, and gave it to the newly "baked" Xiangfu County. The king set a posthumous title.At present, Tao Gu, who was ordered by the Hanlin Academy of Sciences, came forward to worship profusely and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, the ministers and others have given the posthumous title to King Xiangfu."

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin, who was getting impatient with waiting, and was annoyed by them, almost fell asleep, and even closed his eyes slightly to sleep, was refreshed, opened his eyes suddenly, sat up straight, and said, "Tell me quickly. "

"The ministers and others discussed carefully, based on the great achievements of King Xiangfu in his life and his character and virtue, and chose the most appropriate posthumous words for Zhengzhong Gongchengduan and Zhongyong Mu Gangde, and finally unanimously decided: Xiangfu The posthumous title of Fu Jun Wang Ye Chen is Wu Zhong!"

The posthumous title of Wu Zhong is actually too mediocre compared to Ye Chen's great achievements, but when Zhao Kuangyin heard the literal meaning, remembering Ye Chen's loyalty to him, he said happily: "Wu Zhong allow!"

The large gilded plaque hanging on the gate of Yefu in Xicheng, Kaifeng has been replaced by "Xiangfu County Prince's Mansion".

The two tall and mighty stone lions beside the gate both show the special status of the owner.In the past, people who came in and out, whether they were masters, guests, or servants and guards, always held their heads high and full of confidence. There was also a happy world in the courtyard, even in the circle of maids, servants, and guards in Kaifeng City. It has long been recognized that the servants of Ye Mansion are the happiest and luckiest servants in Kaifeng City.

However, Ye Mansion is now shrouded in a heavy sadness, everywhere is plain white, as if a heavy snowfall fell prematurely.

A archway was tied up with pine branches and white flowers at the gate, and the four red lanterns with "Ye Fu" written in the past have been replaced with plain lanterns made of white silk, and even the necks of the two stone lions were covered with white cloth strips.On the flagpole in front of the door, there is a long soul-raising flag hanging, blown by the wind, slowly floating up for a while, and falling down gently for a while.

In the middle of the open space in front of the gate, a tall stele pavilion was erected, and in the stele pavilion was enshrined a vermilion and gold Daewoo tablet with the inscription "Xiangfu County King Yechen".Around the stele pavilion, four mountains of gold and silver were ignited, and clouds of thick smoke and flames sent ashes of yellow and white tinfoil into the air, and then fell in all directions.

The secret agents of the Huaxia Weifu were like wandering spirits, circling around the Yefu, monitoring all suspicious persons.Standing with their heads held high in front of the door, Huaxia Wei was also dressed in plain clothes with white silk tied around his waist, with a sad and solemn expression on his face.

Li Junhao presented an elegiac couplet and walked out of Ye Mansion with a sad face, ignoring Huaxia Wei's respectful salute at the door, standing at the door and looking up at the sky, muttering to himself: "Lou Yanming, Shangguan Bingyun, Maitreya Sect! I swear, if I don’t kill all the demon monks like you in this life, Li swears not to be human.”

When he lowered his head and looked forward, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

He can't stay in Ye Mansion for a long time. The seven chief envoys of the Huaxia Weifu, Bai Canghai, the Assassination Division, and Xu Fangyi, the Intelligence Division, are still in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Weapons Division Yu Qingyan and the Chief Envoy were killed together. .Now in Kaifeng, only the envoy of the Supervision Department, Jia Xian, the envoy of the Internal Affairs Department, Han Hu, the envoy of the Security Department, and Liu Shuizhi, the envoy of the Law Enforcement Department.

Among them, Liu Shuizhi is Shui'er, and Ye Chen's other apprentice, Kou Zhun (Hu Zi), is in a mess crying at this time. Although Jia Xian is in charge of all the money and property of the Huaxia Weifu, his prestige and power are only with the Department of Internal Affairs. One, and the Department of Internal Affairs is also the most relatively stable department.As for Han Hu's prestige to the ordinary Huaxia Guard who was born in the forbidden army, but the killers and spies of other departments, especially the more than 100 masters of the rivers and lakes, did not have the slightest prestige at all.

Therefore, among the envoys in Kaifeng now, only Li Junhao barely possesses the prestige and qualifications to suppress the people below.

(End of this chapter)