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Chapter five hundred and eighty second the sorrow of descending the monarch

So, before his death, Gao Baoxu finally wrote a letter asking for the title to be inherited by his nephew Gao Jichong.

What Li Jia saw was his oral memorial, which was truly meaningful.

He had no choice but to inherit the throne, and then surrendered to the court according to the destiny of heaven, and then he was greedy for pleasure. His already weak body was vulnerable and was about to leave, so he was only worried about his family...

"Duke Jing is OK!" Li Jia sighed:

"I gave the posthumous title to the Zhengshi Hall and allocated 5,000 guan from the inner treasury as funeral expenses, so that his nephew Gao Jichong could inherit the Duke of Jing. It was wrong, it should be the title of King Jing."

"In addition, the Duke of Jing followed the will of heaven and was also considered a contribution to the people of the world. He ordered officials below the fourth rank to pay their respects to their condolences, and for another three days, he would posthumously give them to him as the minister."

"Here--" Tian Zhong responded quickly. Although these rewards were a lot, they were due. The biggest loss was only 5,000 guan of money, and the rest were all empty.

Although it is empty, it has to be done, because people pay attention to the glory behind them.

Moreover, the pursuit of honor by the dead is also useful for living people. Their treatment can allow children to enjoy unrestrained benefits, such as the official.

According to the Tang Dynasty system, a first-rank official can have a son who is given a rank above the seventh rank; a ninth rank official can have a son who is given a rank below the ninth rank. This indicator can be used to pass officials above the third rank to great-grandchildren, and above the fifth rank to grandchildren, but for each generation, the use of shade must be reduced by one level.

In addition, the descendants of officials and descendants of the Tang Dynasty could also directly enter the palace, serve as the emperor's guards, and Zhailang and Wanlang who were institution or activities such as state sacrificial institutions and activities, and obtain the qualification to be an official.

It can be said that the bureaucrats, power and welfare during the Tang and Song dynasties were much stronger than those in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which is why it shows that the ruthlessness of the dynasty is.

Why did Han Yu write "Encouragement" because the children of officials and nobles can be officials without the need for the imperial examination. Moreover, even if they participate in the imperial examination, they can be admitted due to their fathers' relationship, so the role of studying has been reduced.

Of course, in the late Tang Dynasty, Yin officials were increasingly despised and could not be the prime minister. It became a secret rule that he could not be a Hanlin without a Jinshi, and he could not be a prime minister without a Hanlin.

Therefore, in a sense, the family system is actually the tail of the aristocratic system.

However, Li Jia doesn't want to change him for the time being, because the time is not right and he hurts officials before he can unify the world. Isn't this a fool?

"The Shooting Department and the Imperial City Department will monitor the movements in the capital with me. Gao Baoxu died. I am afraid that the Changsha Palace and the Yue Palace will think too much, especially when Li Yu first entered Beijing, he encountered such a thing, so he had no choice but to think too much."

Li Jia said in a deep voice.

"Here--" Wu Qing and Tian Zhong looked at each other and immediately responded.

"Go down!" Li Jia said casually, with a lot of thoughts in her heart.

The descendants are very sensitive and not easy. They are always ready to die, which may be due to trivial reasons. For example, Li Yu died by writing poems.

He suddenly felt that the rumors in later generations that the Northern Song Dynasty treated heroes well and surrendered kings were actually false propaganda.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin sent troops and destroyed Hou Shu in only 66 days.

As the king of the fallen country, Meng Chang, the last emperor of Later Shu, was forced to move his family to the capital of the Song Dynasty, Bianjing (Kaifeng).

Before leaving, Meng Chang nervously gave Zhao Kuangyin a message, saying that I only hoped to leave me a life, but considering that I was seriously guilty, I was very worried.

Zhao Kuangyin quickly replied, "I will seek more blessings from myself and cleanse all the past mistakes. I will not go back on my word, and I will have no worries."

After Meng Chang arrived in Kaifeng, he was indeed treated preferentially by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Even the surrender ceremony was very simple, without humiliating parades and other links. Meng Chang was only required to wear plain clothes, gauze hats, submit a surrender letter, kneel down and shout "Long live".

After receiving the surrender, Zhao Kuangyin also gave Meng Chang a banquet, and ate and drank together to welcome him.

Then, Meng Chang was given a house and awarded him a series of honorary titles, including Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Procuratorial Officer Taishi and the Secretariat, Qin Duke, etc.

Since the Southern Dynasty Liu Song started the tyrannical monarch model of the previous dynasty, a king who lost his country received such great courtesy and preferential treatment. This is the first time in five hundred years.

However, after just 7 days, everything came to an abrupt end.

Meng Chang suddenly died at the age of 46.

According to the "Xuzizhi Tongjian Changbian" by Li Tao, a historian of the Southern Song Dynasty, Li heard that when Meng Chang was dead, he did not cry and said with wine: "You cannot die in the country and are greedy for life until today. Why do I endure death because you are here? Now that you have died, why do I live?" Then he began to take a hunger strike and died a few days later.

Li's fierce actions were very problematic. If Meng Chang had died normally, she would not have taken a hunger strike to die. In the Song Dynasty, the hunger strike was obviously a silent protest against Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin was very afraid of Meng Chang.

As soon as Shu surrendered, the anti-Song movement continued. These anti-Song armed forces often called on Meng Chang (or his descendants) to raise the banner of "prospering the country" and "prospering Shu", and their intention to rebuild Shu was very obvious.

Zhao Kuangyin was very troubled by this and once said sadly: "The Shu people think of Meng Chang and will never forget it."

Meng Chang died as soon as he surrendered.

By the sixth year of Kaibao (973), two last kings died in a row.

First, the last emperor of Nanping, Gao Jichong, died at the age of 31. Then, Emperor Chai Zongxun died at the end of the weekend, at the age of 21.

Historical books are very secretive about the deaths of these two people, and the abbreviation is unknown.

He made three rules with the generals. The first one was, "I looked at the young emperor and the queen mother from the north, and the ministers are all my best friends. Don't let me add to the tyranny."

It is said that he also erected the Taizu oath monument, demanding to "preserve the descendants of the Chai family."

Chai Zongxun, 7 years old, was later deposed as King Zheng. Two years later, in 962, he was sent to Fangzhou (now Fang County, Hubei) to live. Fangzhou is adjacent to Shennongjia Forest Area and is remote and has always been the place for exile for exiled people.

With Chai Zongxun's death, Chai Rong's four sons either died in the Song Dynasty in an unknown way or did not know where to end. Chai Rong's bloodline was now gone.

In terms of blood, the descendants of the Chai clan who were granted the title of the Song Dynasty were not Chai Rong's direct descendants at all, but descendants of Guo Rong's brothers.

Zhao Kuangyin asked Guo Zongxun to change his surname to Chai, which means that your succession is not justified and I am the same. If your elder brother doesn’t mention your second brother, you will be ineligible. Chai Zongxun, 7 years old, was later deposed as King of Zheng. Two years later, in 962, he was sent to Fangzhou (now Fang County, Hubei) to live. Fangzhou is adjacent to Shennongjia Forest District and is remote, and has always been an exile place for exiled people.

With Chai Zongxun's death, Chai Rong's four sons either died in the Song Dynasty in an unknown way or did not know where to end. Chai Rong's bloodline was now gone.

In terms of blood, the descendants of the Chai clan who were granted the title of the Song Dynasty were not Chai Rong's direct descendants at all, but descendants of Guo Rong's brothers.
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