Records of the King of Xin'an County

After the promulgation of the official imperial decree, the conspiracy of the king of Yue, which lasted from the early autumn to the late autumn, finally came to an end temporarily.It seems that the Yue Palace has been overthrown, and the sage has also lost one of his right-hand men, but his reputation of filial piety has spread farther and is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it has also shocked many children of the distant clan.A saint of brotherhood is certainly more desirable, respected, and trusted than a saint who is naturally suspicious.

The sage's partiality to the Yue Palace also made many people understand that perhaps within a few years, the Yue Palace will be able to turn around and return to Chang'an from Lingnan.However, before the members of Yue Wangfu, who were deposed as common people, left Chang'an, there were still some fragmentary matters that had not been resolved, and the saint had to consider how to deal with them.

One is about the funeral of Guizheng County King and the placement of his wife and children.According to the rules, Zongzheng Temple quietly handed over the booklet, giving him a posthumous name and funeral specifications, and also asked for a seal for his eldest son.The sage did not hesitate to give a bad posthumous title "Desolation" and let him be buried with the ceremony of a prince.And the eldest son of the direct line asked for the title of heir, and only one was given the position of duke.

The princess of Guizheng County was naturally dissatisfied, and took her young son crying to find the elders such as King Peng, King Lu, and King Jing.King Peng, who failed in the first battle, was angry and anxious, so he naturally ignored her; King Lu didn't want to take the initiative to get involved in right and wrong, and stayed behind closed doors all day; this matter.

Therefore, some censors who finally got the chance to jump out immediately jumped out again without waiting for King Peng to give him a wink: "The king of Guizheng County was killed by thieves! How can he be given a bad posthumous title like 'Huang'? Moreover, According to common sense, the eldest son should inherit the title of county king."

Although King Peng was secretly annoyed that these censors had made their own claims and actually defended the king of Guizheng who did not play a key role in the case, but at this time he could add trouble to the saint, and he felt a little more comfortable in his heart.If the sage can be forced to retreat as he did last time, it will be even more satisfying.

However, this time there is no need for the saint to appear in person.Even the king of Xin'an County, who had a heart-to-heart with him, just looked sideways and didn't speak——

He heard a strange but familiar young voice Lang Lang reply: "Who doesn't know that Guizheng County King likes extravagance and spending money like dirt? After squandering his money, he tried every means to secretly make friends with merchants, low-ranking officials and scholars." Son, accepting bribes, doing some illegal things? Not to mention that when he was serving the late emperor, he used his poor health as an excuse to secretly hide in another courtyard drinking and having fun."

"In an unlucky year without grain, it is called famine; when there is chaos outside and inside, it is called famine; if you are happy and idle in politics, it is famine. If you don't manage your family, don't be an official, and indulge in singing and music, such a person, isn't the posthumous title of 'Huang' suitable for him? ?” In fact, a more accurate posthumous title should be “Yang”, which means to be courteous to people far away, not to be courteous, and not to be close to elders.However, this kind of posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumousness, which mainly lies in angering him for his unfilial piety, should be reserved for the king of Langling County who has only lived for a few years.

The ministers looked closely, isn't this eloquent and eloquent young man the No. [-] leader in the new department?The last time when he took the initiative to speak out and fought against the censor, he was still wearing a ninth-rank light blue gown, why did he suddenly become an eighth-rank dark blue gown?Could it be that after only ten days passed, he was no longer Hucao County Captain of Wannian County?

"If he hadn't been entangled by the robbers this time, he died of serious injuries and passed away. Speaking of past crimes, he should have been demoted to a noble rank, and his son should naturally be the Duke of the country. But he has passed away. However, the saint was merciful, so he didn't reduce his title, but only downgraded his funeral. Even if his title was not downgraded, there was a precedent for the eldest son to attack him by downgrading. It's reasonable, but what do you guys think is inappropriate?"

The clan of the Tang Dynasty is so huge, if every county king will not be downgraded to the rank of Xijue, sooner or later he will be sealed.Therefore, it is common for some county kings with poor reputation to die, and their sons are demoted to the rank of nobles.However, this kind of thing mainly happened to the distant clan, and it was not common for the near clan.

Even though he was at a disadvantage, the censor was still not reconciled, and said with a sneer, "Wang Lang actually asked 'who doesn't know'? Dare I ask all the gentlemen here, who would know what illegal things the King Guizheng has done? Tsk, all Wang Lang is very clear about things that no one knows about. Dare I ask, where did Wang Lang get the news? Is there any proof? Otherwise, to frame a county king for no reason is also a crime of disrespect."

"Zongzheng Temple interrogated King Yue's treason case, and found out by the way." Li Hui, King of Xin'an County, took the words lightly, "I told Wang Lang about these things. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle King Jing and You Servant Xu Gong; or, if you can't even trust them, then call out the case file and read it carefully."

"..." Who dares to say that you can't trust You Pushe and King Jing? !A mere eighth-rank supervisory censor dared not openly offend these two even if he had the guts of a bear! !The censor was speechless for a while, but when he saw Wang Zixian raised his lips and looked confident, he couldn't help being furious, and turned around and wanted to find his colleagues to speak out together - he couldn't say it alone, the four Are the tongue skills of five censors no better than that of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy? !

However, at this time, Yushi Zhongcheng squinted his eyes, coughed lightly, and interrupted the tense atmosphere: "Saint, Wang Lang is indeed very suitable for the position of supervising the censor, and what he said is well-founded. Even the speaker should be like this Only in this way can we assume the responsibility of inspecting hundreds of officials and inspecting prefectures and counties. Those who only care about rumors, disregard the facts and even fabricate rumors are really not suitable for supervisory censors."

Only then did the officials know that the young Wang Zixian had indeed been transferred from Wannian County Household Cao County Captain to supervisory censor.The excuse used by the sage was that he was rated as the best in the evaluation, but after only half a year as Hucao county captain, Shangfeng and his colleagues were full of praise for him.Compared with last year, the tax income of Cao, a household in Wannian County, has also increased by as much as [-]%, which shows his contribution.

As a result, not only did his rank jump to four levels, but he also became a confidant of the saint who "conquered left and fought right".Right now, the censor Zhongcheng has clearly protected him, so all the unrighteous supervisory censors, servant censors in the palace and servant censors should have started to tremble with fear, right?

Another matter dealt with by the sage was the marriage between Xin'an County Lord and Tianshui County King.

Originally, the head of Xin'an County had already verbally agreed on the marriage, and she would marry back to her mother's family, the Wang family of Qi County, and the marriage would be completed next year.However, after the rebellion of the Yue Palace happened, the Wang family of Qi County was terrified and refused to admit that the marriage had been settled.Not only that, but even the marriage of the king of Tianshui County, who had already submitted the application period and was only short of the welcoming ceremony, was affected.After the young lady of the Wang family heard that the whole family of Yue Wangfu was abolished as commoners and that she was about to be exiled to Lingnan, she openly stated that she would rather become a monk than marry a rebel.

The Qi County Wang clan from the Wang Taifei and the Yue Wangfei Wang clan has long since declined, and there are no high-ranking officials in the court, so they don't know the truth about the Yue King's conspiracy.Moreover, when they repeatedly begged Li Heng to find an official for them, Li Heng, who was considering self-protection, always refused sternly, so the two parties were not close.

As soon as they heard about the rebellion of the Yue Palace, the evidence was conclusive, and they were afraid of implicating their own family, so they hurriedly drew a line.At that time, many literati from aristocratic families who did not know the truth praised the Wang family as having a strong character and not being in the company of those who conspired against them.The young lady of the Wang family also won a good reputation.

Up to now, seeing the sage leaning towards Yue Wang's mansion, they may turn around in a few years, and the Wang family regretted it.But since the little lady of the Wang family has said such decisive words, it is naturally impossible to have the cheek to claim that all this is a misunderstanding, and then marry Li Jing, the king of Tianshui County.So, they set their sights on Xin'an county lord again, and planned to marry another man.

The head of Xin'an County is an aristocratic daughter of the clan, how could they allow them to go back on their promises and break their promises?She is the granddaughter of Emperor Taizong, the niece of a saint today, how could she be picked and picked by the Wang family of Qi County?However, Princess Wang of Yue thought that being exiled to Lingnan was too much to suffer, and she didn't want her to suffer for thousands of miles, wasting her youth in vain, and couldn't find a suitable husband.

As a result, the mother and daughter disagreed, and the Xin'an county head insisted not to marry into the Wang family, but the Wang family forgave her mother's family intentionally and let them take care of the young daughter with guilt and blood relationship.

After learning of her mother's plan, the county lord Xin'an was furious, and asked Princess Changning, who came to visit her, to give her a booklet to the saint, and invited her to Zhaoling to guard the mausoleum.

After the sage received the excerpt, he was also very disgusted with what the Wang family in Qi County had done.In any case, Huanniang, the head of Xin'an County, is his niece, and Li Jing, the king of Tianshui County, is his nephew.The case of King Yue's rebellion has not yet been closed, so they broke off their marriage so impatiently, and then tried their best to cling to it afterwards, which simply put the dignity of the royal family at nothing.However, as a father, he also understands the obsession of parents for their children, and he does not think Wang's concerns are absurd.

So, he took Zhezi to the side hall where the common man Li Heng was under house arrest.Li Heng called Li Wei and Li Jing over, and they knelt down together to perform Jishou ceremony——since the case was closed, the father and son lived in the same hall, but they were still not allowed to communicate with the Wang family who was under house arrest in the Yue Palace. , the various surveillance people around him gradually decreased.

Although they were all abolished as ordinary people, Empress Du still provided them with food, clothing, housing and transportation according to the treatment of princes and county kings, and never treated them badly.However, they are no longer wearing brocade clothes, but plain clothes that ordinary people can wear.Even so, the tolerance of the father and son is far from that of ordinary people.

"Second brother, why are you doing this?" The sage sighed, and handed Li Heng the copy of Xin'an county lord, but Li Heng shook his head and dared not take it.

Recalling his current status, the sage couldn't force it, so he had to explain: "The Wang family turned their backs on their promises and wanted to marry Huanniang. The second sister-in-law seemed to agree, but Huanniang thought they were all villains, and she was not ashamed to be with them." In order to put an end to the idea of ​​the second sister-in-law, she asked herself to guard Zhaoling. I feel that it is not appropriate to marry the Wang family or guard Zhaoling. The second brother is Huanniang's father, what do you think?"

"The Wang family is short-sighted and definitely not a good match." Li Heng sighed, "My lady's concerns are not unreasonable. Huanniang went to Lingnan, and she was really wronged in terms of marriage."

"With the character of the Wang family, even if Huan Niang is entrusted to their care, I can't believe it!" Li Jing snorted coldly beside him, "It's better to let Huan Niang follow us to Lingnan, just to find a poor scholar, They are also better than the Wang family. In the future, if you are successful in your studies, you may even be able to serve your uncle!"

"That's not right." Li Wei's voice was very low and hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, "Stay in Chang'an to guard the mausoleum, and do filial piety to our grandparents for us." He suddenly mentioned Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende, making people Both the saint and Li Heng's expressions moved slightly.

The two brothers looked at each other, as if they could sense the emotions flowing in each other's eyes.

Indeed, being filial to the Zhaoling Mausoleum is just a little more difficult. Compared with marrying into the Wang family or being exiled to Lingnan, it is already much better!Furthermore, after the reputation of being filial to the elders spread, it could be said that the Lord of Xin'an County would be able to restore his title before the Yue Palace returned from Lingnan.At that time, if the saint is willing to choose a good son-in-law for his niece, why can't she marry a young talent?

"Just as Qianli said." The saint said.It's just taking care of his niece, as far as he is concerned, he only needs to give orders.

Li Heng bowed deeply to the ground again: "It is difficult for the sinner to repay the kindness of the saint. I don't know if I will go to Lingnan and return to Chang'an to be loyal to the saint. However, as long as the lineage of the sinner is still there, the children and grandchildren will be happy." I will definitely go through fire and water for the saint, and I will never give up!! Heaven is above, if the sinners and descendants break this oath, they will not be human forever!!"

Li Wei and Li Jing were stunned, and immediately bowed down: "If you break this oath, the sinful minister will not be a human being for the rest of his life!!"

The sage sighed, and helped the father and son up: "Why do you swear such a heavy oath?" However, deep in his eyes, there was a strong joy.