Three Kingdoms

"In ancient times, it was heard that when a person died, his coffin was sealed, his merits and demerits were commented, and his posthumous title was given. Emperor Gaozu established the Han Dynasty, restored temples, established order, and restored ethics. Wei Zhou Gongdan and Tai Gongwang established the royal family and made contributions in the field of animal husbandry. He was finally buried and received a posthumous title. Then the posthumous method was described. The posthumous title refers to the traces of deeds. The number is a sign of merit. The one who serves the car is the seal of his position. Therefore, great actions receive great names, and careful actions receive small names. Actions come from oneself, and names are born from others, without any rebellion. 』

"However, today's posthumous titles are gradually declining. People in the market use honorable names, have no etiquette, no sense of loyalty, and are arrogant and rebellious people who also promote fame. As a result, posthumous titles are lost." Isn't it ridiculous to call those who have troubled lives and empty treasury a peaceful life and are difficult to change? Those who have done evil are called public will? 』

"There are even more arrogant people who are arrogant and easy to move, either using financial resources or holding scholars hostage, trying to gain fame and fame, which is contrary to the original intention of the posthumous title, and is even suspected of subverting the clan. I heard that Your Majesty is smart enough to detect this shortcoming, and to prevent false posthumous titles and remove bad names before Hebei and Yu, which is actually the key to consolidating the true source. Therefore, the top should obey the sky, and the bottom should respond to the people. The abuse of posthumous titles will be eliminated, and the effect will be sequential. The counties will change it in response to the effect, and it will gradually be implemented. This order is specially issued and widely publicized. 』

The announcement issued by the hussar general Fei Qian immediately caused an uproar in the Sanfu area of ​​​​Guanzhong.

The posthumous title was not exclusive to the emperor at first, but to all princes and ministers. It was not standardized at the beginning. King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou would call themselves civil and military when they were alive. It was not until the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty that the posthumous title was decided. The rule of adding a posthumous title.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he thought that the posthumous title "sons discuss fathers, ministers discuss emperors" was too gossipy. Of course, it was also because Qin Shihuang was too arrogant and felt that no one could judge himself, so he abolished it.

After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, the temple name was restored. However, because the use of temple names has been suspended for a thousand years, and the Shang Dynasty is too old, there is no information about the temple name system, and there is no reference at all. Therefore, the use of temple names in the Han Dynasty is like a blind man trying to figure out the elephant, and he can only fumble and reinvent it. set. As a result, the Han Dynasty re-established a temple name system. However, because this system was newly built, it was still in its early stages. Many places were not perfect, and everyone did not know how to use it or how to name it. So to this point Here comes the problem.

After Liu Bang's death, according to the temple name system established by the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang started from scratch and built his empire on his own. Therefore, the Han court designated Liu Bang's temple name as "Taizu" and his posthumous title as "Gao". In fact, his posthumous title was "Gao". There is no word "gao" in the law. Liu Bang's ministers deliberately customized it for Liu Bang in order to show that Liu Bang had worked hard to establish the Han Dynasty.

In other words, Liu Bang's temple name should be called "Han Taizu" and his posthumous title is "Han Gaodi", but later he became accustomed to calling him "Han Gaozu". This pot mainly belongs to the Sima family...

When Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records", for the convenience of writing, he simplified the full name of Liu Bang's temple name and posthumous title "Taizu Gao Emperor" to "Gaozu" in "Historical Records: The Benji of Gaozu". This is equivalent to creating a new name for Liu Bang. title……

The Sima family's habit of giving people nicknames is really the same.

Therefore, as the influence of "Historical Records" increased day by day, the title "Han Gaozu" was passed down to later generations, but Liu Bang's correct temple name "Han Taizu" was rarely mentioned.

Although posthumous temple titles were sometimes used concurrently in later generations, people still mostly used posthumous titles. Until after the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to the temple name, and then the reign name...

It's because many things were ruined by the emperor himself. It's like the posthumous title was quite serious at first, but then it became casual and anyone could take it. And what's interesting is that some emperors will have multiple posthumous titles. Of course, this kind of treatment is generally worthy of only the king who has subjugated his country.

When a country is destroyed, many mountains and rivers are divided. Different forces will give different posthumous titles to the fallen king based on their own political considerations. For example, "Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty" was a posthumous title given to Yang Guang by his cousin Tang Gaozu Li Yuan.

The gift of good inner and far away is called Yang.

However, when Yang Guang died, the Sui Dynasty had not yet been destroyed, so Yang Guang's grandson Yang Tong gave his grandfather the posthumous title "Emperor Sui Ming".

The only person who sees and knows first is Ming.

Such contradictory evaluations are unprecedented.

The handsome Yang Guang was very fond of success and hard work in his life, but he was really busy with his big career.

Many people think that the imperial examination was only introduced in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the Tang Dynasty just followed the path laid out by the Sui Dynasty. And starting from the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's posthumous title changed. It was normal at first. After Li Shimin's death, he was given the posthumous title "Wen". If nothing else happened, "Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty" would be as famous as Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. But his descendants wanted to cause more trouble. They probably felt that Li Shimin's wisdom and martial arts could not be summarized in one article, so he was posthumously named the Civil and Military Saint Emperor.

He was then posthumously named the Civil and Military Great Sage Emperor.

Finally, he was given the posthumous title of Emperor Daguangxiao, the Great Sage of Civil and Military Affairs...

Of course, this reason is not entirely the fault of his descendants. It is because during the Five Husties, countless countries were established in China, and then the emperors of these small countries claimed this "wen" or that for themselves or their fathers. "Martial", posthumous titles of civil and military are simply rampant. The descendants after Li Shimin felt that their ancestors and these Hu regimes were all called "civil and military", which was too embarrassing, so they made such a weird move, and then Taking a wrong path.

Now, Fei Qian said, the road is here, don't go astray. At the same time, Fei Qian also deliberately interpreted Cao Cao's actions as what Liu Xie meant. This is very interesting...

Originally, the Sima family in Hanoi secretly sent this letter to Fei Qian because they felt that Fei Qian was now on the opposite side of Cao Cao. Normally, if Cao Cao promoted it, Fei Qian would definitely oppose it. If Fei Qian vigorously instilled it here, Cao Cao would definitely oppose it. They refused without hesitation, but what they didn't expect was that Fei Qian would actually stand with Cao Cao this time!

There seems to be no connection between the argument that "defending the people is better than guarding the rivers". After all, what Fei Qian and Cao Cao objected to was that these people gave names to others or boasted about themselves, and they did not say that these people were strictly prohibited. To participate in and discuss government affairs, there is even a special department in Feiqian called the "Senior Law Institute".

But if you just tolerate it, the power among the nobles will be reduced a lot invisibly. After all, fame has everything. A big V without fans is worse than shit, whether it is a real fan or a zombie fan. Anyway, it's easy to get things done with just a name, everyone knows this.

Therefore, after Fei Qian issued such an edict, there was an uproar in the Senate and endless discussions. Of course, they are all discussed in private, or openly...

Not everyone is as bold as Ni Heng in seeking death.

Because of this, in the last three days before New Year's Day, there was such a strange atmosphere in the Shenlu Courtyard.

Wei Duan summoned the officials, and after bowing to advance and retreat as usual, he mentioned the current matter. Among the several things happening in the Senate, the most important one is the "Law of Greed", the second is "Amnesty", and the third one is naturally the new "name" thing.

Wei Duan suffered a terrible disaster some time ago and was in a sad mood. However, after some time, he has returned to some normalcy. And for the "name", there is no doubt that a nobleman with a relatively high position like Wei Duan The younger brother was the most seriously injured, and the side branch and the poor family had almost no impact, because the poor family did not have the money to support others and become famous, so Wei Duan actually disagreed with this matter, but when he said it, he deliberately used a tone that sounded disinterested. How urgent, as if still under control.

The members who came today, including Guo Tu Fengji, are also experienced in the ups and downs of the officialdom. Not to mention that they are all talented people, they naturally understand the key points. There is no need to say more about the things behind these matters. They are also clear. It couldn't be clearer, and naturally he knew Wei Duan's intention.

But at the same time, these people also hope that Wei Duan can be more powerful, at least not to be pinched by Fei Qian, which is really uncomfortable. After all, the three things seem to have no connection, but in fact they all have the same word: "Shi".

It doesn't seem good if this continues...

However, everyone was disappointed.

Wei Duan is just like the last time he formulated the law of corruption. His shoulders are slippery. He only wants to take advantage and does not want to take responsibility. He hopes that someone will jump out and then he will follow the trend. But in fact, everyone knows that no one can Not standing up.

Wei Duan handed over the Corruption Law, and the crimes of corruption were divided into three levels. The penalties were much heavier than the original Han Law. This was originally a shackles imposed on officials. At the same time, there was no amnesty, and now they have lost their reputation. This day is really Wang Xiaoer’s Chinese New Year...

But the problem is that the Guanzhong nobles don't have any powerful means to come up with. After all, they are all foxes who have been practicing Taoism for many years, and they still have some ability to judge the situation. Now Fei Qian is pushing the executive order with combination punches, and he just comes up and does it. As a master, when faced with such a situation, sometimes I find that there is really no good solution except for scolding young people secretly in their hearts for not paying attention to wood and rat tail juice.

In the earliest days, local noble families used taxes as a threat to force local governments and the central court to bow their heads. Because they did not rely on local gentry, they often could not collect money and food. Then they had no money to pay military salaries, and it was difficult to maintain military morale. Just like the bald men of later generations, they have to issue some commendation orders from time to time to commend local officials who have completed the tasks of money and food. As for how the money and food came from, sometimes even if they know, they just turn a blind eye. .

However, here in Feiqian, it doesn't work. There had been a commotion before. Fei Qian directly sent a grain collection team to the countryside. The patrol officials who were knowledgeable in writing and the livestock queues with a large number of cattle and horses may not be able to tell. In the area northeast of the Sanfu River in Guanzhong, it is difficult to collect taxes. It was just a matter of traveling a little longer, and if he and Fei Qian went against each other like this, the original interests of the local gentry and large households would also be cut off, and there was also the risk of being drawn by lot and directly having their homes confiscated and exterminated, so I bowed my head obediently and didn't dare to do it again. What kind of monster is this about taxes, money and food?

Another strategy originally used by the nobles to suppress them was people. Many things had to be handled by the nobles' children. If all the trivial matters in the fields were handled by the hussar general Fei Qian, Fei Qian would be exhausted directly. Once Fei Qian delegated power, it would be tantamount to surrendering to these gentry children. It was like Liu Bei had never properly handled the relationship with the local gentry after entering Sichuan, which led to Zhuge later saying that he would die of exhaustion. On the one hand, Zhuge was unwilling to delegate power. On the one hand, we cannot delegate power. After all, if we give it away, it will be difficult to take it back.

Only this time, in the name of the plan, Fei Qian dismissed 30% of the officials in one fell swoop during the Lunar New Year when there were less people's livelihood affairs, and investigated them for dereliction of duty, corruption, etc., and then used agricultural, engineering, and inspection personnel to We jointly support the county and township political bureau structures, and there does not seem to be any big problems...

The Guanzhong nobles suddenly discovered that this move of restraining the personnel did not seem to be that effective.

Agricultural bachelors are very familiar with local mulberry farming, and are even more useful in the fields than local Hucao. After all, when Agricultural Bachelors come, they increase the production of their own fields, while when Hucao comes, they mostly harvest grain, so it is more important. If you are willing to listen to whoever you want to say, then why do you need to say more?

The same is true for the Bachelor of Engineering, who works on water conservancy, digs ditches, builds cities and houses, etc. Even without the Engineering Cao, things are still in order.

Most of the inspections are retired veterans under Fei Qian's command, so managing local defense, inspections, and stability is not a problem...

So in fact, it is not that the nobles in the Sanfu area of ​​​​Guanzhong are easy to bully. After all, they are all the same local snakes with many eyes and ears. How can they not know the power of Fei Qian's policies and measures? But the originally toughest means were defeated by Fei Qian, so they were all at a loss to come up with any powerful countermeasures. They could only pretend to be confused on the surface, communicate with each other in secret, discuss countermeasures, and then discuss it. They went to discuss it, but before they could come up with a result, Fei Qian's next wave of combo punches came again, and then there was another bang and he was knocked to the ground.

Of course, if you work well as an official, not to mention how brilliantly you govern the local area, you only need to have good government and people, and there will be no problems. But the problem is, if you are used to being free and easy, how willing will you be to put shackles on yourself, and still Complete hands and feet plus a neck tie?

If you want to yell loudly, it’s okay for this official in Guanzhong not to do it! Or he threw up his sleeves and left, saying that if he didn't stay here, he would have a place to stay. However, the problem was that if Feiqian had a small momentum, for example, there was only Shangjun in the north, then there would naturally be no problem. The hero in the world at that time was undoubtedly Er Yuan. , and no one thinks that Fei Qian will have much success, so investing in Yuan Er or even Cao Cao is a good direction, but now...

Er Yuan collapsed, and Cao Cao was beaten by Fei Qian with a stick on the left and a slap on the right. He had no ability to fight back. At this time, if he said "I will not stay", it would really become "I will not stay".

So, everyone could only smile and endure it. Didn't they see that the Yang family of the Guan clan shed tears and prostrated themselves before the hussar, saying that they were stupid and innocent back then?

During today's discussion, everyone understood why Wei Duan's tone was so understated. Although everyone sneered in their stomachs, they listened calmly, as if nothing had happened.

Wei Duanyunshan talked a lot in the fog, and when everyone was silent, he finally gritted his teeth secretly and asked by name: "Pei Ziyuan!" What happened to the amnesty debate? 』

Fei Qian's attitude towards the "amnesty" issue may not be very clear to everyone at the beginning, but as time goes by, everyone will gradually understand. After all, if we really want to comply with the amnesty issued by Xu County, Wouldn't it be over if I were immediately pardoned? Is there any need to discuss it? Moreover, the discussion lasted for such a long time. Fei Qian was not in a hurry, and he did not send anyone to urge him. It was as if the discussion would last forever...

Therefore, Pei Yuan naturally knew that what he was holding was not the fragrant meat buns, but the bun mines from the drama. He held them carefully and did not dare to move them.

When Wei Duan asked, Pei Yuan knew he couldn't hide, so he simply felt relieved and said: "Qi Shen Lv, although there is an edict of amnesty now, Xijing is different, so... we can't generalize it, we need to go further." Let’s discuss...』

Wei Duan was so angry that he felt his beard trembling a little. He really wanted to point at Pei Yuan and call him a coward, but in the end he endured it. "oh? Didn't I hear that Ziyuan originally agreed to comply with the amnesty and be exempted from guilt? There are also many declarations that the first culprit should be punished and the innocent should be spared. Is this also a joke? 』

Pei Yuan smirked, cupped his hands and said, "I...I didn't think carefully before I went down, and I made a little nonsense, which made me laugh..."

"You..." Wei Duan was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.

People are subject to change, and they are still fickle.

At first, Wei Duan opposed the amnesty because if it was granted, those "sinners" who had hurt their children would have to be pardoned, which made Wei Duan unhappy, so Wei Duan opposed it. But now Wei Duan has changed, because his son's injuries have become irreversible. Even if these people continue to serve in hard labor, it is impossible to restore them to their original appearance. However, if the way of "name and hope" is cut off, , in the future, we cannot "purchase fame", so how can people like them who stand at the top of the noble clan gain more advantages than ordinary people from poor families?

So Wei Duan became a supporter of the amnesty because he knew that Fei Qian was opposed to the amnesty. Moreover, the reasons for supporting amnesty are also valid. Didn't Fei Qian just say that he would follow Liu Xie's ideas and keep pace with Cao Cao? It can’t be said that the removal of the name is synchronized and the others are not synchronized?

And if it is true that the matter of name is irreversible, then the amnesty is almost equivalent to the last chance to gain fame at this stage. Otherwise, there will be no talk of name in the future, and ordinary people will still Do you know who Guanzhong Webster is?

The same goes for Pei Yuan.

At first, Pei Yuan felt that Fei Qian was trying to amnesty him because of his face, so if he took the initiative to show his expression, wouldn't he benefit both sides? In the end, I didn't expect that Fei Qian really didn't want amnesty, so he shot himself in the foot. He got on stage but couldn't get off. So why would he jump down willingly when he knew it was a trap?

So Pei Yuan no longer supports the amnesty. Although he goes to Qinglong Temple every day and seems to be very busy, he actually cooperates with the delay again and again...

Wei Duan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "At the end of the year, things also come to an end!" The matters discussed today are all like this and should be settled! Everyone, please go home and present your opinions, and hand them in tomorrow at the Mao Festival! If you are deliberately delaying, or are being vague and confused...haha, just take care of yourself! 』