Wentang

Chapter 584 Posthumous Title and Evidence (To Supplement Yesterday's)

The colleague who was fine just now died beside him, Li Shimin and others were a little panicked, and they only reacted after being reminded by Zhao Meng, they can't just let Wang Gui slump on the chair like this.

Everyone frantically lifted him up to put him in a suitable place, but they were soon dumbfounded. This is an office place, there is no bed or anything like that, so they don't know where to put it.

It was still Zhao Meng who was decisive, knowing that these prime ministers could manage the country well, and expecting them to handle this kind of thing would be difficult for others.

So he ran to a wall of the main hall on his own initiative, stretched out his hand and tore off the blanket hanging on the wall and spread it on the ground, and then instructed everyone to lay Wang Gui flat on the blanket.

Afterwards, everyone was silent, and they were not in the mood to speak after such a thing happened.

Even if the imperial doctor hadn't arrived yet, everyone already knew the result, Wang Gui was gone.This kind of thing, to be honest, is the first time since ancient times.

Or Li Shimin couldn't bear the dignified atmosphere, so he had nothing to say: "Have you notified Wang Xiang's family?"

Zhao Meng hurriedly came out and confessed: "Saint forgive me, I ignored this matter in a hurry."

"Then why are you still standing there, hurry up and send someone to invite you." Li Shimin said angrily.

"Here." Zhao Meng quickly went to handle it.

In fact, I really don't blame Zhao Meng for this matter, who would dare to send someone to pass the news without Li Shimin's order for such a big matter?It was Li Shimin himself who panicked and forgot about it just now, and Zhao Meng took the initiative to take his mistake on himself.

Li Shimin also understood this truth, so he just reprimanded him without any actual punishment.

Wang Gui passed away in the palace, and there was no need to hide this kind of thing. He generously invited Wang Gui's family over and told them what happened. It would not cause any misunderstanding if so many colleagues helped to testify.

Soon three imperial doctors rushed all the way under the leadership of a strong man, greeted Li Shimin in a hurry, and hurried over to treat Wang Gui.

In fact, there was no need for diagnosis and treatment. Wang Gui had completely lost his breath, his body began to cool down, and his face gradually turned gray... These are all signs of death.

The reason why the imperial doctor was sent to check it was just in case, and it was also for the family of the deceased.

Sure enough, after the examination, the three imperial doctors gave an answer that everyone already knew.

"Saint, Prime Minister Wang has left."

"Can you find out why?" Li Shimin asked.

"This... the initial diagnosis should be that anxiety leads to mental exhaustion. We need to ask Wang Xiang's family to find out the specific situation." The imperial doctor replied.

"Worried? I understand." Li Shimin waved the imperial doctor to step aside, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

He almost guessed why Wang Gui died. He was already old and lacked energy, especially Wei Damao was involved in the case and was afraid of being implicated. He was worried all day and forgot to drink his pillow, which eventually led to sudden death.

But...how come this.Although I did doubt you, but it was only doubt, and I finally thought that you would not do such a thing.So I didn't intend to move you.

You are dying for this reason now, and you are still dying in Zichen Palace, where will you put me.

After this kind of thing happened, everyone was no longer in the mood to discuss national affairs, but no one left.At this time, it is better to wait until Wang Gui's family arrives before leaving.

Wang Gui's family business is an aristocratic neighborhood living around the imperial city, so his family came very quickly. The ones who came were Wang Gui's first wife and eldest son Wang Chongji.

The two of them walked fast all the way, their eyes were red, obviously they had cried on the way, and when they saw Wang Gui's body, they burst into tears from grief.

After Wang Gui's death, Wang Chongji was the head of the family and had to take on family responsibilities, so after crying for a while, he forced himself to salute Li Shimin and other officials one by one and asked what happened.

Chen Shuda came forward to tell him what happened, and asked him about Wang Gui's situation in recent days.

Wang Chongji told everyone that since the case of the hen turned into a male chicken, Wang Gui was worried about the saint and empress, and also worried about the stability of the state affairs... which caused him to be unable to sleep or eat at night...

In a word, Wang Gui worked hard day and night to be loyal to the country. As for worrying about the emperor's distrust and liquidation, he didn't say a word, not even a hint.

This also reflects Wang Chongji's political wisdom. At this time, it is said that Wang Gui was afraid of being implicated, so that he could not eat well and sleep well, and eventually died suddenly.

And biting him to death is to die for the country, it seems that Wang Gui is loyal to the king's affairs, and it also makes Li Shimin proud.

In the era when the emperor had to die, holding resentment towards the emperor was disloyalty, and it was easy to arouse the emperor's resentment.

It's better to look away, put some gold on the face of my late father, and give the emperor some face, both good.

This can be seen from Li Shimin's satisfied eyes.

After that, things will be simple, since everyone has unified the caliber, let's send a funeral to the outside world.

Wang Gui was too busy working on the king's affairs, causing old illnesses, and died suddenly in office.

Normally, the death of a Zaifu would cause widespread concern and discussion, but now that the whole world is in panic caused by the witchcraft case, no one cares about this issue.

Those who are also officials inquired about the specific situation a little bit, and when they learned that they died on the way to work, they also sighed with emotion, "The king is loyal to the king, and he is a role model for our generation" and the like.

As for Li Shimin's killing... Some people tried to associate it with this aspect, but not many people believed it.

Wang Gui is Li Jiancheng's confidant. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, regardless of the previous suspicions, he was reused by Li Shimin, and he was also appointed as the prime minister.

If Li Shimin really wanted to kill him, he could have found a reasonable and legal excuse to clean up Li Jiancheng's remnant party.Since he was reused without killing him at the beginning, there is no reason to kill him now.

Besides, even if the emperor wanted to kill someone, he would not choose such an important place as Zichen Palace, let alone do it in front of a dozen important officials.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin has witnesses.Anyone with a brain knows that it is impossible for the emperor to kill Zaifu for no reason in front of so many people.

According to the etiquette at that time, after a person died, the body was buried for seven days.During these seven days, relatives and friends from all over the world can come to worship, and Yue Shan will naturally come too.

To be honest, Wang Gui's sudden death was indeed beyond his expectation, and his mood was also very complicated.

Since time travel, he has saved several people who were supposed to die, but the celebrity Wang Gui who was fanned by butterfly wings and died prematurely was the first one.

Originally, Wang Gui could live for five or six years in history, but in this life, he died suddenly because of being implicated in the witchcraft case.It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that he was killed by Yue Shan, but... I didn't kill Boren Boren, but he died because of me.

It's just that Yue Shan couldn't figure it out. The majestic Zaifu has experienced so many storms, how could he be frightened by such a little thing?

Or did he have a hidden emergency himself, which was just induced this time?It is a pity that the person has died, and the truth cannot be traced back.

However, compared with the original history, his treatment after death has been improved several grades.

In the original history, he was only given posthumously as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his posthumous title was Yi.But in this life, Li Shimin probably felt that he owed him too much. In addition to posthumously presenting the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he also posthumously presented the Governor of Xiangzhou with the posthumous title of 'Duan'.

The most important thing is the change of posthumous title.

The posthumous titles of civil servants generally use Wen as the first character, followed by different characters to indicate different meanings. In the Tang Dynasty, it was generally:

Zhen, Cheng, Zhong, Xian, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang, Jing, Yu, Jie, Yi, Jing, Mu, Zhao, Ke, Gong, Xiang, Qing, Xiu, Kang, Jie, Min, Da, Tong, Jie, An, Lie, He, Xi, Rong, Min, Si.

The higher the word is, the higher the praise, and Wenzhen is the highest reputation of civil servants.In order to avoid Zhao Zhen's taboo, the Song Dynasty changed Zhen to Zheng.So from then on, Wenzheng became the number one posthumous title, which actually means the same thing as Wenzhen.

In the history of the Tang Dynasty, only a few people such as Wei Zheng, Zhang Shuo, and Song Jing obtained it, which shows how precious it is.

Someone said, isn't it just a reputation after death, what's the use?

It's just that modern people lack a sense of honor. In ancient times, the posthumous title after death was very important, and it could even bless the younger generations.

When Li Dongyang was about to die in the Ming Dynasty, he still refused to die because he was concerned about his posthumous title. His friend Yang Yiqing came to visit him and said to him: The emperor has drawn up a posthumous title for you, Wen Zheng.At that time Li Dongyang got up from the bed and kowtowed to Yang Yiqing.

This shows how much the ancients attached importance to posthumous titles.

The word Yi ranks eighth among all posthumous titles, and the word Duan ranks fifth. Although there are only three characters missing, the things represented are very different.

For those ministers who are still alive, if you tell them that dying five years early can advance their posthumous names by three or four places, I am afraid that half of them will agree.

This is no exaggeration at all.

When Wang Gui's descendants learned that his posthumous title was 'Duan', tears filled their eyes with excitement. They were grateful to Li Shimin and knelt down in the direction of Yong'an Palace to thank them.

On the third day after Wang Gui's death, Guan Lijun found Wei Damao again.

"Prince Wang is gone."

Wei Damao, who was eating, said casually: "Just go, what are you talking to me..."

It wasn't until the words were normal that he realized that his cloudy eyes recovered instantly, and he stared at Guan Lijun and said, "What did you say? Say it again?"

"Prince Wang left, just the day before yesterday." Guan Lijun said.

Wei Damao murmured in disbelief: "How is it possible? How is it possible? Isn't his body always strong? How could he suddenly disappear?"

Suddenly he rushed to the cage like crazy, grabbed the fence and said, "You're lying to me, you're lying to me, aren't you?"

"Three days ago, the sage called the ministers to discuss matters..." Guan Lijun calmly recounted what happened that day in detail.

"Too much work, too much worry, haha... Wang Gui didn't expect you to be so timid. Haha..." Wei Damao laughed loudly, and his smile turned into weeping.

"Ah...Brother Shujie, I hurt you, I hurt you. I'm sorry for you...Ah...Ah..."

"You should know that even if you are a king, you won't be like this. The reason why you became like this is all because of you." Guan Lijun ignored his crying, because he knew that Wei Damao would definitely listen. the way:
"The witchcraft case is more implicated than you imagined, and you are the most important criminal. Even if he wants to protect your illegitimate child, it will be difficult. He is afraid that he will lose face in the future. You old man died of worrying too much."

"After Prime Minister Wang left, the saint was grateful for his loyalty and decided to let your illegitimate son go. At this time, their mother and son should have boarded the boat to Xinma Island. You can rest assured that Prime Minister Wang has not broken his promise."

"But, can you enjoy all this with peace of mind? Don't you feel any guilt towards him in your heart? Think about it for yourself."

After speaking, Guan Lijun turned around and left.

Halfway through the walk, Wei Damao suddenly heard a hoarse voice saying: "There is a store called Zhang Ji Mutton Shop on West Street. I put something there. I found the shopkeeper and said that I don't want to buy three catties of pork." Yes, don’t let the three catties of horse meat be thin, and he will give it to you.”

Guan Lijun showed ecstasy, his performance just now was not in vain, and he finally squeezed out Wei Damao's last secret.

As for fighting against Wang Gui...Who is Wang Gui?Do I know you?does he know meWhat does it have to do with me?
After leaving the prison, Guan Lijun quickly summoned his confidantes and rushed to West Street to find the shop.

In order to prevent accidents, he asked his confidants to surround the shop, and he changed into plain clothes and came to fetch things with a code.

The owner of the mutton shop was also a clever man, he didn't ask anything, when Guan Lijun gave the password, he went to the back room and took out a package and handed it to him.

Guan Lijun took the package and came to an alley. After opening it, there was a small wooden box inside.He opened the wooden box carefully, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the strand of hair in the crevice on the edge.

This strand of hair is a secret mark made by Wei Damao, and it will fall off as soon as the box is opened. Now the strand of hair is still there because the front box has never been opened.

There were two letters in the box. He took it out and glanced at it, and immediately became excited.

The evidence the saint wanted was there.

Guan Lijun is naturally not qualified to meet the emperor, and the only way to send this evidence to history is through other people.Without hesitation, he found Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.

The Ministry of Punishment was originally one of the competent units, and Li Daozong was also the royal family, and one of Li Shimin's most trusted and valued masters. It is safest to hand over the evidence to him.

Sure enough, after seeing the evidence, Li Daozong took him to meet the emperor in person without saying a word.

Speaking of which, this was Guan Lijun's first time entering Yong'an Palace and meeting a saint in person, so one can imagine the excitement in his heart.

But fortunately, he is also a person who has experienced big storms. After meeting Li Shimin, he was not rude. He described how to meet Wei Damao and how to obtain evidence.

During the period, it was necessary to beautify himself. For example, he went to see Wei Damao not to make a confession, but to scold Wei Damao for Wang Xiang's injustice.

As a result, Wei Damao's conscience found out that he took the initiative to tell the secret.

The face has it all.

Li Shimin was really happy, and promoted him to be the head arrester of Six Doors on the spot.Of course, the witch case must be dealt with before taking office.

Li Shimin, who got the evidence he wanted, did not delay for a moment, and immediately started to act.

Soon a news that shocked the world came out, that Boling Cui and Fan Yang Lu, among the five surnames and seven hopefuls, were the real masterminds behind the witchcraft case.

　I had something to do yesterday, and I set off to go to other places before dawn. After returning, I was really sleepy, and I fell asleep before ten o'clock.The earliest sleep in so many years.But the update is broken again, and it will be made up today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)