174: Borrowing the past to satirize the present (3 more)
After Cheng Qing finished speaking, the tribesmen in the conference hall slowly came back to their senses.
It turns out that Cheng Qing and Master Wu had agreed early in the morning.
Emperor Daizong threatened the royal family and court officials and said that Princess Tongchang was not allowed to be buried in the imperial tomb, so he moved his imperial tomb from Tianshou Mountain. The fifth master just said the same as Emperor Daizong's words.
Everyone disagrees with Cheng Rong buried in the ancestral tomb, and Master Wu himself did not.
He didn't even want to bury his ancestral tomb, so he was the leader of the clan and devoted himself to the clan. Wouldn't he be sick?
Cheng Qing used the old stories of Emperor Daizong to emphasize the determination of the fifth master.
The clan elders were all shocked.
There can’t be no Master in the clan!
The fifth master may not be suitable for entering the officialdom, but it is really suitable for being a clan leader. If they are asked to choose others for a while, how can they be more suitable than the fifth master?
Cheng Qing has already explained the fifth master’s mentality clearly, and it has also given the clan elders a step to go.
In terms of face, there are also Ai Rong and titles given by the emperor, and Cheng Rong is indeed different from other unmarried daughters.
The princess is more noble than the county lord, but there is a precedent for the princess to be buried in the imperial tomb in this dynasty. It seems that it is okay to let the county lord Cheng Rong be buried in the Cheng family’s ancestral tomb?
What's more, the younger generations in the clan themselves don't mind.
This incident also indirectly inspired their ambitions.
If the scientific test fails in the future, if Cheng Rong is blamed for bad Feng Shui, it will be a slap in his mouth.
Both the inner and the face were reasonable. The clan elders came together to discuss and simply wanted to fulfill the fifth master. Before the clan elders could express their opinions, Cheng Heng's father hummed:
"Emperor Daizong is the third emperor of this dynasty and a wise monarch. He has a deep love with Empress Xiaohui. He has no son. He adopted the prince's son and made him the crown prince. After Emperor Daizong's death, the crown prince succeeded to the throne for the later Emperor Xianzong. Cheng Qing, don't talk nonsense. Emperor Daizong confronts the royal family and court officials and let Princess Tongchang be buried in the imperial tomb. I have never heard of it, nor have you read it in books. Where did you see the far-fetched unofficial history and legends that later generations have been forced to be taken seriously!"
Cheng Heng’s father means that Cheng Qing is talking nonsense.
The clan elders all thought he was too noisy, but Cheng Qing was not angry, but instead said with a smile:
"It was the time I went to the capital to learn about the secrets of the royal family, which ordinary people did not know. Only Hanlin officials who compiled and compiled the history documents could know. Don't be anxious. When I enter the Hanlin area in the future, I will definitely copy this historical evidence for the cousin to review."
——You don’t know because you haven’t even entered the Hanlin Academy and are not qualified to access these historical materials.
——But it doesn’t matter. If you didn’t get into the Hanlin Academy back then, your son Cheng Heng might not get into the exam, but I can get into the exam. When I go to the Hanlin Academy in the future, I will definitely remember this.
If you translate Cheng Qing's words slightly, it means the above.
Father Cheng wanted to jump up and hit someone.
Little baby, why should he curse his son not to enter the Hanlin Academy?!
Master Cheng San couldn't stand it anymore and coughed twice:
"Okay! Holding a junior is a little bit like an elder. Do Brother Qing dare to tell lies on such things? He said that if there is such a thing, there must be something!"
"Thank you for your trust, and it's still wise!"
Cheng Qing was sweet-mouthed and climbed with a pole, and Master Cheng San felt comfortable being flattered by her.
Seeing that the situation was settled, the fifth master winked, and Cheng Qing said that he would not disturb the elders' discussions and would retreat first.
Father Cheng was so angry that he was dizzy by her.
Little baby, now I know that I am a junior, and no one invited you in just now!
As soon as Cheng Qing left, Cheng Gui and others also followed her out.
Cheng Mao was curious, "Not only did the cousin of the eldest son know about this old history, but I have never heard of it before. Where did Xiaolang look at it?"
Cheng Mao was not questioning Cheng Qing, Cheng Mao was purely curious.
Cheng Qing smiled, "Senior Brother Meng passed the top scorer in the exam and entered the Hanlin Academy to be a sixth-rank compilationist. He was promoted to the sixth-rank attendant lecturer a year ago. When Uncle Wu and I left Beijing, we heard that my senior brother became a fifth-rank attendant lecturer. "
"Ah, it's Senior Brother Meng!"
"Shhhh, I never said it was said by Senior Brother Meng."
Cheng Qing threw Cheng Mao a look of "You know, I know, don't you be allowed to tell me" and Cheng Mao nodded vigorously.
Cheng Mao did not mention Emperor Daizong's secret, but instead asked about Meng Huaijin's current situation.
Actually, what's there to say?
This secret of Emperor Daizong was indeed told by Meng Huaijin before leaving Beijing. At that time, Meng Huaijin had already mentioned to the fifth master that Cheng Rong was buried in the Meng family's ancestral tomb.
However, the fifth master did not respond. Meng Huaijin was worried that Cheng Rong would be buried in the Cheng family's ancestral tomb would not go well, so he told Cheng Qing about this past of Emperor Daizong and asked Cheng Qing to use it as a basis to convince the Cheng clan members.
The true historical facts are not as easy as Cheng Qing said in a few words. Emperor Daizong is already a very powerful emperor. He threatened to move to the imperial tomb and wanted to bury the imperial tomb where Princess Tongchang, who was the one who most opposed was not the court officials, but the royal family.
After all, the influence of Emperor Daizong's actions is bad, and it is also bad for the royal feng shui, and it has nothing to do with the court officials. Why do they have to do with Daizong for their own affairs?
The royal family had a strong opposition, so Daizong said that he would adopt his descendants from the royal family to become the crown prince.
With the prince hanging on it, the royal family didn't care about singing opposite to Daizong, for fear of arousing Daizong's disgust, and they would abandon their descendants from the royal heirs.
That is the position of the crown prince and the future emperor. Only because Daizong has no personal son, he has the opportunity to fall on their descendants!
Compared with the throne of the emperor, where Princess Tongchang is buried is a trivial matter.
Emperor Daizong used this incense bait to hang the royal family members, and there was no opposition inside and outside the court. After Princess Chang's coffin was buried in the imperial tomb, he chose the later Xianzong as the crown prince from the son of the royal family.
Before Emperor Daizong's grand ceremony, the prince's biological father had passed away and his biological mother was alive. After Emperor Daizong ascended the throne, he could posthumously be granted the biological father and be given the biological mother. The condition was that the prince was not allowed to change Daizong's decision after ascending the throne and then move the imperial tomb.
Emperor Xianzong was adopted as the crown prince when he was aged by Emperor Daizong. His relationship with his biological father and mother was far less than that with Emperor Daizong. After ascending the throne, a court official made a flattery and submitted a long article of 10,000 words to find many reasons for Emperor Xianzong to posthumously named his biological father as emperor. He thought he would be commended by Emperor Xianzong, but Emperor Xianzong refuted it with Confucius' righteousness, saying that if his biological father was posthumously named the emperor, there would be no place for the tablets to be placed in the Taimiao. In terms of the time of his death, his biological father was still before the adoptive father Daizong. Now he is posthumously named the emperor. Should he rank the tablets before the adoptive father Daizong?
He is filial to his biological father, but he is not filial to his adoptive father.
Meng Huaijin talked about this history to Cheng Qing and praised Xianzong as a wise monarch. Xianzong's adherence to the bottom line suppressed a riot that could affect the entire court.
Many of the secrets mentioned by Meng Huaijin are recorded in the daily notes of the two emperors of Daizong and Xianzong.
Chapter completed!