After the new king takes the throne, there will be a national mourning.

In previous years, the celebratory objects left behind by the new king would be kept in the city for a long time, but this time, these celebratory objects were quickly replaced with white silk, so that when you look at the whole city, everywhere is white, and there is a solemn atmosphere.

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At this time, the imperial court also officially issued a proclamation in the name of the new king Zhao Run to mourn the late king.

Regarding the death of the late king Zhao Si, it is certainly unrealistic to say that the whole country of Wei wept in tears, but I believe that the vast majority of people in Wei would feel sad about the passing of this king, especially the common people in the country.

You must know that the late king Zhao Si was a king who put "country" before "clan". Although it cannot be said that no Wei king had done that before, he was definitely not as thorough or as pure as Zhao Si.

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Because of this, when Zhao Si was in power, he always maintained an aloof relationship with the aristocratic forces in the country. Even at certain times, the aristocratic forces would use the clan as a medium to fight against the royal power in order to seek more power.

big benefits.

And to whom did the benefits that Zhao Si finally wrested from the aristocratic forces end up being diluted? It was undoubtedly the common people of the Wei state.

Compared with the period of "King Zhao Kang of Wei" who frequently collected taxes from the common people, although Zhao Si was still called a tyrant by many people - especially the survivors of the family who were implicated in the Xiao family incident in Nanyan -

Among the people, there are many supporters of this king.

In addition, the late king Zhao Si also did not forget the privilege of restraining the power of the nobility. Although to some extent, it is inevitable that there will be a compromise such as "golden redemption", that is, the convicted nobles will eventually be able to

They escaped punishment by paying a large amount of compensation, but compared to the national situation in Chu State where the nobles treated common people as if they were grassroots, Wei State's situation is undoubtedly much better.

Generally speaking, the late king Zhao Si was a king whose merits outweighed his faults and who had a profound influence on the Wei state.

There is no doubt about this. Therefore, whether it was the court drafting the posthumous title of this king or the evaluation of the king by the historians in the court, in the end, most of them were positive.

"Your Majesty, this is the posthumous title of the late king drafted by the Ministry of Rites. Please make your decision."

On August 25, the second day after Zhao Run succeeded to the throne, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, handed over a list of posthumous titles they had drafted to the new monarch, Zhao Hongrun, for review.

The so-called posthumous title is generally the evaluation of the ancestor's achievements and character during his lifetime by later generations. Generally speaking, it is a "good posthumous title" and the worst is "average", but there are exceptions.

For example, when Zhao Hongrun's father Zhao Si succeeded to the throne, he deeply hated his father Zhao Kang, so he rebelliously decided to use "Yang" as Zhao Kang's posthumous title.

"Yang" is an evil posthumous title, that is, a bad posthumous title, which means to criticize. The literal meaning of the word is probably to be good at being polite at home and far away from others, to be polite to others at a distance, to go against the will of nature and abuse the people, to be cruel to the government, to be unkind and unjust, and to be morally barren.

country and so on.

Using Yang as a posthumous title for a king is equivalent to bluntly saying that he was a tyrannical and foolish king.

But this time the situation was different. The relationship between the new king Zhao Run and the former king Zhao Si was obvious to all. Therefore, the officials of the Ministry of Rites tried their best to choose the best words as the posthumous title of the former king, such as De, Zhuang, Wen, Mu, Zhao, etc.

Wait, as long as they are posthumous titles that have never been used by the kings of the Wei Dynasty, almost all of them are in this vocabulary list, which made Zhao Hongrun dazzled.

"The word "virtue" is actually left?"

Sitting in the side hall of Ganlu Hall, holding this list of posthumous titles, Zhao Hongrun asked in surprise.

You must know that his father Zhao Si is the eighth generation king of the Wei Kingdom, and there are seven kings before him. Logically speaking, in this era where reputation and virtue are valued, a posthumous title like "De" should be

I had already used it, but I still kept it unexpectedly.

After hearing this, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, explained with a strange expression: It is not that the kings in the past did not use the beautiful posthumous title of De, but they were embarrassed to use it.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun suddenly understood and nodded and said: "I'm sorry for the past generations, that... well, I'm not polite, Zhu Aiqing, I just drafted this word for virtue... virtue, virtue, well, the single word doesn't sound good, plus

Let’s have a “wen”, Wende!”

The so-called "wen" is also a beautiful posthumous title, which generally affirms the king's internal governance, praises the king for his ability to govern the country, and his love for the people like his son, etc.

"Two words?"

Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was stunned for a while and didn't even react.

You know, almost all posthumous titles in the world today are single characters, but the His Highness in front of you is so lucky. Not only did he choose De as the posthumous title of the late king, but he actually added a character. This is really unprecedented.

"Isn't this... not in line with the ancestral system?" Zhu Jin cautiously persuaded.

"What?" Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly and glanced at Zhu Jin.

Not knowing that it was due to the power of the new emperor's succession, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was glanced at by Zhao Hongrun, and his heartbeat suddenly increased. He quickly changed his words and said: "Your Majesty, calm down. What I mean is that there is a Wende Hall in the palace, which is related to the posthumous title."

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"Changed!"

Before Zhu Jin finished speaking, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "From now on, Wende Hall will be changed to "Zhaowu Hall"!"

"..."

Zhu Jin opened his mouth but stopped talking.

In his mind, the title of Wende Hall was left by his ancestors.

"Is there any problem? Zhu Aiqing." Zhao Hongrun asked.

Zhu Jin secretly smiled bitterly, thinking that he could not change the will of the new king in front of him, so he had to accept the order: "I...obey."

At this time, outside the palace, King Yan Zhao Jiang and King Huan Zhao Xuan were standing outside the palace gate, listening to the conversation between Zhao Hongrun and Zhu Jin. Probably when they came to look for Zhao Hongrun, they saw the latter talking to Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites.

When they were discussing the posthumous title, they did not interrupt and stood waiting outside the palace.

After Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, left, King Yan Zhao Jiang and King Huan Zhao Xuan came in and saluted Zhao Hongrun with a slight smile: "I'm waiting to see your majesty."

"You two are also doing this?" Zhao Hongrun waved his hands casually, and then said: "Just now, I drafted the posthumous title of "Wende" for our father."

"We heard it outside the palace." King Huan Zhao Xuan smiled bitterly and hesitated to say: "Brother, is this posthumous title appropriate? My brother, I'm afraid someone will make irresponsible remarks..."

You must know that the word "beautiful posthumous title" cannot be used casually. If it does not match the life of the king, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be attacked by the people of the world.

"Making irresponsible remarks? Who dares?" Zhao Hongrun snorted.

He knew that his father Zhao Si's lifelong wish was to contribute to the country and the country and be worthy of his ancestors. In fact, his father had also achieved it, although his achievements may not be greater than those of certain people in the Wei Dynasty.

King, but as a son, Zhao Run must support his father, right?

At least between his grandfather Zhao Kang and his father Zhao Si, Zhao Run was definitely on his father's side.

If there really is such a thing as a spirit in heaven in this world, he fully supports his father, Zhao Si, who bears the posthumous title of "Wende" and goes to Jiuquan to meet his grandfather Zhao Kang, who bears the evil posthumous title of "Yang", so that his father can

The emperor let out another breath of anger.

"Well said!" King Yan Zhao Jiang supported: "Who dares to make irresponsible remarks about my father's posthumous title? Without Your Majesty's intervention, I will crush him to death first!"

Looking at Zhao Jiang and then at Zhao Run, King Huan Zhao Xuan shrugged helplessly.

After getting acquainted and smiling with King Yan Zhao Jiang, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously: "Fourth brother, why are you two here? Where are you in the inner hall? Who is watching?"

After hearing this, King Yan Zhao Jiang explained: "The boss is here, and he is watching from the inner hall right now."

The boss in his mouth refers to their eldest brother Zhao Hongli.

Just as Zhao Hongrun guessed, after receiving the bad news of his father's death, Zhao Hongli, who was living in seclusion in Zhaiyang, also traveled day and night to Daliang to attend the funeral, and had just arrived in Daliang this morning.

"... Your Majesty didn't see the scene just now. The boss and the queen... no, the queen mother and the queen are really strangers." King Yan Zhao Jiang added with a sigh.

King Huan Zhao Xuan nodded repeatedly.

The arrival of the eldest brother Zhao Hongli certainly made him extremely happy, but when this eldest brother and the Queen Mother Wang stayed in the same palace, the atmosphere was so tense that it could turn your breath into ice. In addition, Zhao Hongxin and Zhao Hongyin, inside,

The atmosphere in the palace was really weird, so weird that the two brothers couldn't stay any longer.

"So you two ran out?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a strange expression.

"That's not true." King Huan Zhao Xuan shook his head and said: "It was sent by the mother and concubine... The mother and concubine said that before his father passed away, he had told his fifth uncle to be buried with him. At present, the place in the inner hall is being prepared.

There is not much left. As juniors, my mother-in-law thinks that Your Majesty and our brothers should also come over to pay homage to my fifth uncle."

"Oh, right." Zhao Hongrun slapped his forehead.

He had been extremely busy these past two days. After this reminder, he remembered that it was not only his father who passed away this time, but also their Five Kings, Shu Yu and King Zhao Yuandai.

"It's time to go and pay homage."

Without further ado, Zhao Hongrun took Yan King Zhao Jiang and Huan King Zhao Xuan and immediately set off for the residence of Yu King Zhao Yuandai.

When traveling as a king, the specifications were of course different from before, but Zhao Hongrun didn't like that. He still rode a horse to Prince Yu's Mansion with his two brothers, leaving the people guarding outside Prince Yu's Mansion unresponsive for a moment until Zhao Hongrun got off his horse.

, stepped into the mansion, and the few disciples woke up from a dream, and rushed to the mansion shouting: "Your Majesty is here, Your Majesty is here!"

Not long after, Zhao Chengyi, the eldest son of King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai, hurried out with his people. The two groups met in the courtyard. Zhao Chengyi quickly raised his hands and saluted: "We will pay homage to your majesty."

"How polite, cousin." Zhao Hongrun took two steps forward, lifted Zhao Chengyi up, and pulled him towards the depths of the house. At the same time, he asked: "Is the second brother back?"

The second brother he refers to refers to Zhao Chengyue, the second son of King Yu Zhao Yuandai and the younger brother of Zhao Chengyi.

Compared with his brother Zhao Chengyi, Zhao Chengyue was quite brave and resourceful. Zhao Hongrun, of course, wanted to reuse such an outstanding descendant of the Ji Zhao family. Therefore, after his Wei State captured the Hetao area, he recommended Zhao Chengyue to the imperial court as the "Shuofang Shou".

, making the latter a general with military power and guarding the border for the country.

I have to say that brothers from the same clan are a double-edged sword. Outstanding brothers from the same clan, including people from the same clan, are actually more trustworthy and can be relied on. It is just a clan, and there will inevitably be some black sheep among them.

Being of the same clan as the royal family, he used his power to bully others and steal the people's favor.

"Not yet." Zhao Chengyi shook his head and said: "The bad news has been sent over a long time ago, but Shuofang is thousands of miles away from Daliang. My second brother wants to come back for the funeral in a short time, but I'm afraid he won't be able to make it in time."

"It's my fault." Zhao Hongrun said apologetically.

After hearing this, Zhao Chengyi said quickly: "Your Majesty's words are serious... My father is also very happy that my second brother can serve the country and take care of Your Majesty's worries. I have my family with me, so there is no need for my second brother to make a special trip.
To be continued...