Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1053 Fengshen

  The Duke of Qi's mansion began to get busy, setting up mourning halls and so on.

  Qin Lang changed into white mourning clothes, and took his brothers to report the funeral to every close family in Luoyang city one by one.

  Every family came to report the funeral, and every time he arrived at a family, Qin Lang would take the lead and knelt down to report the letter, and then went to the next family. Qin Qiong has a wide network of contacts, and has a good relationship with the Chaozhong Xun relatives.

  Especially because he is still the leader of the military upstarts in Shandong.

  The report sent by Chengqian to the emperor of Chang'an was also rushed by Kuaima Babaili, and the emperor's reply arrived in Luoyang the next day.

   Chengqian proposed to posthumously present Qin Qiong as Taishi, Governor of Youzhou, King of Qi County, posthumous posthumous Zhongwu, etc., and even changed the word of county of King Qi County to country, which became a posthumous gift to King Qi.

  Give Ban Jian, Yu Bao, and Advocate, and be buried with Zhaoling.

An order was issued to order Cen Wenwen, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, to record the records of Qin Qiong's application for meritorious service. Originally, the records of the officials recommended by officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded the life and family history and merits of the recommendees to the imperial court. A good thing is an official document for the imperial court to determine his posthumous title.

  Generally speaking, the normal process is that after the death of an official, the family members of the official write a statement of conduct and submit it to the deceased, asking for posthumous posthumous titles for the deceased.

  The Tang Dynasty stipulated that officials with a rank of three or above and scattered officials with a rank of two or above have a posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title.

   After the written record is completed, it is first submitted to the Department of Examination of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials is responsible for evaluating the merits recorded in the record, and then submit it after verifying that it is correct.

Although it is said that the job description has to go through the examination and verification of the Ministry of Officials, it is usually written by family members or old students. It must be a spring and autumn style of writing that maximizes strengths and avoids weaknesses. would be too harsh.

   Of course, during the inspection, some important parts of the records will be revised and hidden to ensure that they are consistent with the officially recognized caliber. For example, for a major special event such as the Xuanwumen Incident, the contents of the records of its participants must be hidden, and what should be changed must be changed, and must be consistent with the official.

  Family members make a statement of posthumous posthumous title, and then the official department checks the posthumous title, and then goes to Taichang Temple to propose a posthumous posthumous title, and finally the minister discusses the posthumous posthumous title, and then the emperor decides the posthumous posthumous title.

  The Taichang Doctors of Taichang Temple chose the posthumous title for the deceased according to the qualifications approved by the Ministry of Officials, and then handed it over to Shang Shusheng for discussion.

   It is obvious that Qin Qiong's matter is special. The prince did not follow the procedures, and directly gave the tune first, with the posthumous title of Zhongwu. Then he played the emperor directly, and the emperor agreed.

  Of course, the procedures that should be followed have to be followed.

  So the emperor specially asked Cen Wenwen, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to write a statement for Qin Qiong, and went through the procedure again. Cen Wenwen was the emperor's penholder, so the level of literary talent was naturally high.

  This biography will inevitably be included in the National Museum of History, and may even become an important biography of Qin Qiong in the official history of the Tang Dynasty in the future. It can be said that this biography is the most important source of Qin Qiong's future historical image.

  The emperor also ordered Chu Suiliang, the servant of Huangmen, to write Qin Qiongshu's Shinto stele.

  The system of the Tang Dynasty, the system of steles, the steles of the fifth grade or above are erected, with the head of a dragon and a tortoise, and the height is no more than nine feet. The stele above the seventh grade is erected.

   Ruoyin became a Daoist, Xiaoyi wrote and heard about it, even though he was not an official, he erected a monument.

  The Tang Dynasty was a feudal society, with strict hierarchy everywhere. Even a stele is not for everyone to erect. First, an official of the seventh rank or above, or a well-known filial son and righteous man, can erect a stele.

  Qin Qiong’s Shinto inscription was made by the emperor himself, and then sent to Luoyang, where he was appointed to write by Chu Suiliang, the servant of Huangmen.

  Because Chu Suiliang is a master of calligraphy today, he is known as one of the four great calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty, alongside Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan.

  Before Wang Gui passed away, the emperor appointed Yu Shinan to write. However, Ouyang and Yu were all old. This time, the emperor specially appointed the younger Chu Suiliang to make the stele. In addition, Chu is also the highest among several calligraphers.

Shinto inscriptions are much shorter than official records, and the number of words is limited, ranging from a thousand to hundreds to a few hundred, but the content must also be approved by the report before it can be erected. The official ranks on it, as well as life and death traces are very strictly verified and must be true wait.

Basically, the deeds recorded in the deeds and the Shinto stele are roughly the same, but the Shinto stele is displayed in public, so it is often exaggerated, and the deliberate collection and discussion of the life of the deceased is even more important. Most of them reflect the official will, especially those with high positions and powers, especially in the inscriptions.

For example, in the Shinto inscription written by Li Shimin himself to Qin Qiong, it is very well-intentioned that Qin Qiong participated in the change of Xuanwumen. Seeing the flames of war in Chang'an in the distance, the camp immediately led the troops back to Chang'an with great loyalty and courage...

   Not only portrayed Qin Qiong's unparalleled loyalty and bravery in this incident, but also portrayed an image of loyalty and filial piety to himself.

Even Li Shimin was still in the inscription and wrote Qin Lang on it. Looking at the entire Shinto inscription, there are more than 3,600 words eloquently written about Qin Qiong's life, from his family background to his life's military exploits, etc. It is a positive image, and the image of loyalty and unparalleled loyalty of a brave general is vivid on the paper, he is simply a great hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

  Although the characters are a bit scribbled and written in one stroke, the content is really good, and the words are very talented. The life of Qin Qiong is written, and the image is portrayed quite well.

Anyway, Qin Lang was very impressed after reading it, and Chu Suiliang, a calligrapher, said that the emperor's inscription was extremely accomplished. The friendship between the emperor and his ministers, etc., anyway, he flattered the emperor, and by the way, flattered Qin Qiong and Qin Lang.

Qin Lang saw that this guy wanted to collect this inscription, so he immediately told him clearly that this inscription was made by a saint. Chu Suiliang could only copy the inscription in the Qin family, and write a copy when he went back. It should be enshrined properly and passed on from generation to generation.

Chu Suiliang is very sorry, this imperial system is really rare, the number of words is very long, more than 3,600 characters, and it is even more rare that it was written in one go, with true feelings in the pen, and even tears dripping on the paper, a treasure. .

  With the emperor’s imperial regulations, Cen Wenwen’s records must also be carefully referred to to ensure the consistency between the records and the Shinto stele.

  This imperial document will also be included in the Tang History Museum, and will become an important material for Qin Qiong's biography in the future. It can be said that the emperor's imperial document has actually set the tone for Qin Qiong's posthumous image.

   This is a hero in troubled times, the God of War in the Tang Dynasty, with unparalleled loyalty.

  Even the Qin family's family history, good family education, loyalty to the family, etc. will surely become famous all over the world.

  For Qin Qiong, this is the final conclusion, and it is also a valuable political asset given by the emperor to the Qin family in Licheng.

  The general minister died and stopped working for one to three days.

  Qin Lang quit court for five days to show his special honor, not to mention posthumously presenting him with the title of prince, which is even more extraordinary.

It is said that originally the emperor allowed him to quit court for ten days, but Yu Shinan, an imperial scholar who accompanied the emperor, thought that this move was too much, and it was not a gift due to a minister, so it was changed to five days in the end. Never before, too much.

  Amidst the discussion in Luoyang City, Qin Lang left Beijing and flew to Songzhou.

Although Qin Qiong has withdrawn from the center for many years, and has been stationed in Songzhou these years, Qin Qiong is popular and has made great achievements, because he has been praised by the emperor on purpose, and has always been the God of War and the leader of the military. , folks like to post door gods.

  Qin Qiong is a portrait of the door **** that every family must post. There are also many heavenly king temples in many places, where there are also large and small statues of Qin Qiong and Qin Qiong's father and son.

  In any case, Qin Qiong has not participated in the central power struggle much these years, and has always been aloof from the outside world, which has also led to his good reputation among the people. After all, who would deliberately compete with such a detached God of War?

   Qin Lang, who was in court, had a mixed reputation, but Qin Qiong had an absolutely positive image.

   Now that Qin Qiong died of illness suddenly, the whole city was full of condolences, and countless people took the initiative to come to the mourning hall set up by the Qin family to offer their condolences.

  Many scholars are vying to write poems and lyrics for Qin Qiong to praise the great general's military exploits throughout his life.

  Qin Qiong has been aloof from worldly affairs for the past few years, and has already been praised as a demigod. However, Qin Qiong's death, under the deliberate promotion of Li Chengqian and Li Shimin's father and son, has officially become a god.

Qin Qiong has begun to be completely mythological. This person has become an almost perfect **** of war, door god, and king of heaven, a hero with unparalleled loyalty, an invincible general who wins all battles, a leaping horse and a spear, Among the 100,000 troops, taking the head of a general is like an invincible general.

  Anyway, Qin Qiong is a combination of loyalty, benevolence, filial piety, propriety, wisdom and trust. She is the reincarnation of the stars in the sky, and she specially came down to assist the holy emperor who comes out every five hundred years. Now the mission is completed and she has returned to heaven.

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Under this momentum of public opinion, even the high-ranking families with five surnames and seven surnames in Shandong and six surnames in Guanlong dare not say anything at this time. Everyone is jealous and sour, and then they say it in public. Some words of mourning and regret, and many words of praise.

  The old king Zhongwu of Qi, the governor of Youzhou, the governor of Songzhou, the grand master, and Qin Qiong of Shangzhu Kingdom, had a perfect curtain call.

Qin Lang, who was speeding on the road with his family, felt very sad. For Qin Qiong, the first person in this world who was kind to him wholeheartedly, or who had always been kind to him wholeheartedly, left suddenly, and felt uncomfortable. There is no falsehood.

  Even though the emperor let his fifth son, Qin Xun, inherit the title of Duke of Qi and inherit the Qin family, to Qin Lang, this did not affect his father's relationship with Qin Qiong.

  Grieved that he was not able to accompany him in the last days, and missed his care for him when he first came. The head of the Qin family finally left, leaving behind seven sons and five daughters. From now on, Qin Lang will be the head of the Qin family.

   It was a long road to Songzhou, but Qin Lang suddenly had a feeling of wanting to go back to the world.

  (end of this chapter)