Chastity Layman

"saint!"

Gao Fu rushed to Zichen Hall and rushed to play the emperor.

The emperor was flipping through the memorials, and there were more than a dozen memorials on the imperial case, but they were all about the same thing. Gao Fu quickly glanced at these memorials, and understood what the emperor was studying again.

In fact, these memorials have already been dealt with.

When a division below submits the memorial to the Central Committee, a copy will be sent to the Xuanhui Academy for backup, and the other original copy will be distributed to the East and West for disposal according to the difference between civil and military.

The emperor usually holds a copy with his trusted inner court eunuchs and Beimen scholars to study the disposal plan, just like the two governments will give a ticket to draft, but these disposal results will not be issued, and in the end they will only be archived records, similar to a simulation Ticket proposed.

After the formal proposals were submitted by the two governments, the emperor would generally agree. Even if the results were different from what he had proposed with the inner court eunuchs and Beimen scholars, the emperor would seldom reject them.

For this different treatment, the emperor would often put these memorials together afterwards and study them again, although the results would not change each time.

"saint."

Emperor Li Hao raised his head, "What's the matter?"

"The king of Luzon is dead!"

"The grand master is dead?" The emperor raised his head abruptly, his eyes were wide open, and there was even a slight hint of joy in the depths of his eyes.

Gao Fu hurriedly reminded the emperor, "The grand master just handed down the throne of Lu Song to his eldest son Qin Yu at Zhengdan, and abdicated as the supreme king. It was Qin Yu who died, and it is said that he died suddenly..."

The joy in the emperor's heart gradually disappeared.

"Oh!" After a long time, the emperor let out a cry.

After closing the memorial in his hand and throwing it on the table, the emperor sat back on the imperial couch.

Gao Fu quickly poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and then carefully reported the specific details. The news came from the intelligence department of the inner court, and it was reported by Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing from Lijingmen.

Lijingmen is an intelligence agency established by the emperor through the eunuchs of the inner court. This name is not the official name of the organization, but because the yamen was established in Luoyang Lijingmen, so it was called so, just like a department under the Ministry of Punishment. Intelligence agencies, known as the Six Doors.

In essence, Lijingmen is a secret intelligence agency affiliated to Xuanhuiyuan. It is not an official government office and is under the jurisdiction and control of eunuchs. Recruiting everywhere, placing eyeliner everywhere, because the funds are sufficient, and the eunuchs have the support of the emperor, so Lijingmen has expanded rapidly in recent years.

In terms of intelligence and news, it is indeed not bad.

They also planted a lot of hidden eyeliners in Lu Song, such as Qin Yu's sudden death, which is not secret news, can be sent back to Luoyang as soon as possible.

However, Lu Song's official memorial will not arrive until later.

"The grand master has already sent someone to play, please the saint canonize his eldest grandson, Qin Xiaogong, as the new King of Luzon!"

Holding the teacup, the emperor was a little dazed.

Qin Yu had just inherited the throne of Lu Song, and he passed away in less than a month. It was unexpected that such an accident would happen to Lu Song.

"Is the grand master alright?"

"The news from Luzon, the Grand Master is still strong."

Hearing this news, Emperor Li Hao was a little disappointed. Qin Lang, the pillar of the country, had already become a mountain that weighed on the young emperor's head, and he was even a little out of breath.

"There is some unsure news that the Grand Master once wanted to abolish the eldest son and establish the eldest son, Qin Jun as the king, and Qin Xiaozhong as the son, but they were all rejected by Qin Jun. Then, after Qin Yu's sudden death, the Grand Master called Qin Jun for a secret discussion. For a long time, it was said that he still wanted Qin Jun to be the king, but Qin Jun still refused, and finally the Grand Master had no choice but to let Qin Xiaogong inherit the throne."

In fact.

On the day of Qin Yu's sudden death, Qin Xiaogong had already inherited the throne in front of the deceased father's spirit in the San Francisco palace, under the witness of the princes and vassals of Luzon.

Now that Qin Lang is presenting himself to the Emperor of Luoyang and requesting canonization, it is just a supplementary procedure according to the usual practice.

In this case, it is impossible for the emperor of Luoyang to have side effects.

Unless it is said that Qin Lang suddenly disappeared, and then Qin Jun snatched his nephew's throne and asked the court to confer him, only then would the emperor interfere.

"Wait for the Luzon Memorial to arrive!"

The emperor was a little uninterested.

Five days later, Lu Song's memorial arrived.

Qin Lang personally wrote the memorial to the emperor, one is to report the death of the emperor, the king of Lusong, and the other is to ask his son Xiaogong to be the new king of Lusong, and canonize Xiaogong's eldest son Qin Zhao as the new son.

After receiving the performance, the emperor issued an edict to serve Qin Yu for five days, posthumously present the Taibao, posthumously posthumously Zhuangsu, posthumously present Shizhong, be buried with Dingling, and enjoy the Taimiao.

The posthumous title can be regarded as the final conclusion given by the imperial court. The posthumous title of Zhuang Su is a very special one among the posthumous titles. Like Zhuang Su, it can be commended or derogatory, and has various meanings.

For example, Duan Zhixuan in Lingyan Pavilion hero is also Zhuang Su.

Generally speaking, Zhuang Su is still a relatively good posthumous title. For example, among the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, seven posthumous titles are Xiang, and Xiang is a beautiful posthumous title for opening up territories and military exploits.

Of course Qin Qiong's loyalty is higher.

Qin Yu can be called King Qi Zhuangsu in the future.

The posthumous treatment was good, and the standard was very high, not only because he was the king of Lu Song, but more because of Qin Lang's status.

Qin Lang, the patriarch of the Six Dynasties who had five emperors and four emperors, was still alive, so the posthumous treatment of his eldest son was naturally high enough.

This is for the living to see.

Dingling is the mausoleum of Tang Gaozong Li Zhao, the fourth emperor of Tang Dynasty. He is Qin Lang's nephew and Qin Yu's cousin. Li Zhao passed away after more than a year in office, and Qin Yu passed away after only one month in office. The reasons for their deaths are similar.

The imperial court enfeoffed Qin Xiaogong as King of Qi, King of Lusong, General of Shangzhu Kingdom, Tejin, Zuo Shenji, Crown Prince Taibao, Governor of Lusong Province, Nanyang Consolation Envoy, and his son Qin Zhao as the son of King of Lusong and Yueshenji. Duke Guo, Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Zhu Guo, San Francisco Fu Mu, General You Xiaowei...

The emperor gave various favors and rewards, and specially sent Gao Fu to visit Lu Song in person to express condolences and comfort Grand Master Qin Lang.

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When the Luoyang emperor's envoy arrived in San Francisco, Luzon, Qin Xiaogong had served his father for twenty-seven days.

Daxiang on the 25th, release on the 27th.

As the king of a country, Qin Xiaogong’s filial piety for his father is also based on the day instead of the month. The three-year filial piety period of 27 months was actually served for 27 days, and he even ascended the throne on the day of Qin Yu’s death. , and then a formal enthronement ceremony was held after March 7th.

San Francisco seems to be back to normal.

As lively as ever.

Qin Lang was crowned the Supreme King of Lu Song by the imperial court.

As the grandfather of the new king, who was promoted from Supreme King to Supreme King, Qin Lang had no expression when he received the decree, and there was no sadness on his face.

For an old guy in his eighties, it was already expected that a white-haired person would send a black-haired person.

There was no sign of national mourning in the entire San Francisco Port, which was also what Qin Lang meant.

There is no need to be too obsessed with those ceremonies, keep everything simple so as not to affect social life, so Luzon’s national mourning lasts for one month, and drinking and entertainment are prohibited within this month, but slaughter is not allowed. Everyone else is returning to normal life.

Gao Fu also brought greetings from several empress dowagers and empresses in the palace, who were also Qin Yu's aunts, sisters, nieces, and grandnieces.

"The saint specially decreed that Luzon's tax for this year will be exempted for one year."

"I thank the sage." The new king, Qin Xiaogong, paid his respects to the north. The 28-year-old Qin Xiaogong, in terms of seniority, is still the uncle of the current emperor. The emperor's grandmother Tianhou is Xiaochang's aunt, and Empress Zhongzong is his cousin. The current empress is the daughter of his younger brother Qin Shi, and the quasi-emperor concubine Qin Shi is the granddaughter of his younger brother Xiaozhong.

The Qin family of Lu Song Dynasty and the Li family of the royal family have been married to the Qin family for five generations, from the time when the ancestor inherited Qian and married Qin Lang's two younger sisters, through Gaozong, Zhongzong, to the current emperor, and the crown prince. And the Qin family started from Qin Lang marrying Li Lizhi, the daughter of the holy ancestor, Princess Taiping. Qin Lang's son, grandson, even great-grandson and great-great-grandson were also married to the royal family for five generations.

This kind of marriage will definitely continue in the future.

This is due to the special status of the two families. As long as the current situation is not broken, this marriage will continue forever.

The Qin family had queens of four dynasties and a crown princess, and there will definitely be a fifth, even a sixth and a seventh queen in the future.

And Qin Lang's first wife is Princess Taiping, the eldest son Qin Yu's first wife is the princess Chengqian, the eldest son Qin Xiaogong's wife is Gaozong's princess, and the current eldest son Qin Zhao is only seven years old, but he is also the successor of the current son Back then, Qin Zhao was married to his eldest princess.

This kind of marriage from generation to generation has nothing to do with love or anything to do with the parties involved. It is just a marriage of two huge interest groups.

Even Qin Lang could hardly stop this kind of political marriage.

"I heard that Yue King Li Zhen rebelled in Erhai Lake, Dali?" Qin Lang asked.

"It's true, but the imperial court has already sent troops to quell the chaos, and I believe it will be quelled soon." Gao Fu did not hide anything. The king of Yue, Li Zhen, was the eighth son of the ancestor Li Shimin.

He is the same age as Qin Jun, sixty-nine and almost seventy this year.

His mother, Concubine Yan De, as the son of the fourth concubine, Li Zhen has a good status among Li Shimin's sons. It can even be regarded as the longest-lived among the ancestors.

His brothers, every dynasty, there are always three or two involved in the rebellion case and killed. It is rare for Li Zhen to live until now.

Unlike most of the royal clan of the Li family, Li Zhen and his tenth younger brother Ji Wang Li Shen have a good reputation. They are good at riding and archery, and they are also involved in literature and history. They have good administrative skills.

Li Zhen's fief was changed several times, and finally it was sealed in Erhai Lake. The imperial court set up Dali Mansion, which was appointed as the governor. It was originally the fiefdom of Hou Junji. Very successful, Dali is the two supporting points of Yunnan, especially after the development of Yongchang, Lishui, Dianyue and other places, Dali is a must pass, so Dali develops very rapidly.

Together with Tonghai and Kunming, it is called the three pearls of Nanzhong.

As a secular royal family, Li Zhen also contributed a lot to Dali's prosperity, but as she got older, she gradually became confused.

Especially when Li Hao first succeeded to the throne, after Xu Jingye's brothers failed in the rebellion of Li Kun, the son of Li Ke, the king of Wu, many princes and vassals of Gaozu, Shengzu, and Shizu were involved in the rebellion case, and were investigated and even implicated.

Some of them had indeed complained, and some were simply repaired by the new emperor.

Originally, clans and feudal vassals enfeoffed border lands, and they always existed in a special way. Few would really dare to rebel and rebel, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is inevitable that they will be a little bit coercive and convincing, or even bullying the local area. , It may even be that a certain descendant of a vassal prince did not live up to his expectations.

But there are too many such things, and the court princes are not happy.

Just when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, there was a rebellion in the clan, so the princes took the opportunity to find faults and repair the clan, so as to prevent them from going too far.

This was originally just a matter of killing chickens and monkeys.

However, Li Chong, the son of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Chong, the king of Langya County, were indeed involved in Li Kun's rebellion. Also involved were Li Zhuan, the son of King Li Yuanjia of Han, Li Zhuan of Huang Guogong, the son of King Li Yuanjia of Han, Li Xu of Jiangdu, the son of King Li Yuangui of Huo, and Li Lingkui, king of Lu. Son Fanyang Wang Li Ai, Guo Wang Li Feng's son Dongguan County Gong Li Rong, etc.

Seeing that the fire was about to burn themselves, these brave clans decided to take active actions to save themselves.

Huang Guogong Li Zhuan forged an expired imperial edict of Li Yin, the ancestor of the ancestors, saying that I was imprisoned by Li Xian, and the clans of all vassal clans should send troops to rescue me. Then Li Chong added this similar edict of Li Yin's plea for help, adding In a word, I plan to hand over the Li family's country to the emperor's younger brother, Yue Wang Li Zhen.

As for the reason, it was naturally that the Qin family stood behind Li Xian's mother and son, and they intended to usurp the Li family and so on.

If the ancestor Li Yin has been dead for decades at this time, what is the point of you taking out this edict at this time?

But for this group of clan vassals who are eager to save themselves, they really dare to use any trick.

Li Chong and Li Zhuan were also very courageous, and they planned to contact the clan kings to join forces to challenge King Qin of Luoyang, and then support Yue King Li Zhen to succeed him.

It's just that although these people are jumping up and down very happily, when they really want to risk their lives, they are not in one mind, and most of them are hesitant.

When the officially agreed time to raise troops came, only Li Chong and Li Zhen and his son raised troops. The other kings were not ready yet. Some hesitated, while others tried to raise troops but failed.

Because the number of guards of the kings on the frontier fiefs is limited, and the military, government and financial power are basically in the hands of the court officials. Civil and military officials were arrested and imprisoned.

Li Zhen and his son were able to raise troops successfully because Li Zhen is indeed more capable and has more prestige in Erhai. He also has many slaves and has a good relationship with many barbarians around him. Soliciting exile, generous promises, false edicts, etc., really succeeded in capturing Dali City and raising troops.

However, the reason why Qin Lang asked this question was just to use it as a talking point. The rebellion of Li Zhen and his son may not have caused as much noise as the rebellion of Li Kun, Xu Jingye and the others.

It is impossible for Li Zhen to rebel successfully, but as Li Zhen and his son officially seized Dali and rebelled, it may trigger another round of purges of the imperial family.

Originally, maybe they just wanted to use Li Kun's rebellion to beat up the clan and make them behave more honestly, but after such a disturbance, the imperial court had no choice but to deal with them severely.

Even Qin Lang heard some rumors that some officials in the court proposed to abolish the system of feudal feudalism, and the person who proposed was an eighth-rank junior censor. The discussion of the seal probably came from the emperor's intention, but the emperor was smarter, so he first found a small character to bring up the topic.

Gao Fu nodded.

"This time, more than a dozen clan kings participated in the rebellion, which is too appalling. Since the ancestors of Zhenguan implemented the system of enfeoffment, the clan's enfeoffment of frontier lands did not fulfill the vision of the Pingfan court. On the contrary, In every dynasty, the clan kings conspired to rebel and rebelled, and the rebellion became more and more serious, such as this time, it has seriously threatened the court."

"The grand master was also the prime minister who assisted the ancestors in formulating the enfeoffment system. Now this result is unexpected by the grand master, right? The grand master thinks that there has been a big problem with the clan enfeoffment system?"

Qin Lang heard the meaning in his words, it was obviously asked on behalf of the emperor.

"That's right. Back then, I was the one who took the lead in supporting the law of the Holy Ancestor. Even now, I still firmly support the system of the world. There is nothing wrong with the system of the world. What is wrong is only those who rebel. That's all. Even if there is no feudal system, don't those people stay in Luoyang and Chang'an, if they really want to rebel, they won't rebel?"

"You can't stop eating because of choking!"

When Gao Fu heard Qin Lang's answer, he nodded and shut up. He was just here to test Qin Lang's attitude towards the cutting of feudal clans on behalf of the emperor. Since Qin Lang had clearly expressed his attitude, his mission would be accomplished.

As for whether to cut or not to cut in the end, these are not up to Gao Fu, a eunuch.

"The grand master thinks that if the imperial court stops the system of enfeoffment of the clan, how about putting them in the capital?" After a while, Gao Fu asked another question, "Of course, the feudal titles of meritorious officials are still the same, just like before. "

It is not uncommon for the young emperor to want to raise all the Tang clan as pigs and lock them up in the capital, not allowing them to go to other places, let alone seal them up.

After all, in history, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did this later.

To set up the ten kings' house and the hundred grandchildren's courtyard, and detain the clan's clan in the capital to raise pigs. In this way, the clan's local rebellion can indeed be avoided, but in this way, it also runs counter to Li Shimin's hope that the royal descendants can block the imperial court. . In the late Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the descendants of Li Tang basically did not play their due role. When Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, the descendants of the Li family were just killed as pigs.

This aspect is not as good as the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang sent his descendants to raise pigs in various places, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, at least he could pull out a banner in front of his face, and at least there was a small court in the Southern Ming Dynasty for decades.

But in the Tang Dynasty, it never happened. The key is the restriction of the Tang Dynasty's clan policy. It can neither be a prime minister or a general, nor can it go out of the town. It can't even take the imperial examination. It can only be raised in Beijing. , Naturally, they all turned into waste in the end.

Li Hao is very scheming.

Although it's irrelevant, Qin Lang feels that although there are some problems with the current clan's seal of border land, it's not a big problem.

Compared with raising pigs in the capital, it is actually not wrong to entrust them to other places.

"I think the patriarch's family feudal system is very good." Qin Lang expressed his attitude again.

Today, the emperor wanted to cut down the vassals of the clan, and he Qin Lang agreed. Who can guarantee that the emperor will not continue to cut down vassals with different surnames after the clan is cut down?

"Gao Gong, please return to Luoyang and play the role of the emperor. The feudal vassals will guard the frontier and screen the imperial court. There are always more loyal ones!"