At the end of September, the thirty-eighth year of the First Emperor of Qin, this time starting from the revision of the official history books, the summary of several issues in the civil war in the past two years after the death of the First Emperor finally came to an end.
Later, Heifu also held a grand funeral for Gongzi Gao near Lishan Mountain. He removed him from the burial pit and buried him next to Qin Shihuang's mausoleum. "Mourning the Crown Prince".
As for "Fusu", he was just a supporting role in the funeral. He was buried with the rites of a prince and was named "Haidong Ganghou", and he was "died" like this.
Of course, apart from the necessary ceremonies, the funeral was simplified to the extreme. Except for a few pottery figurines left in the examination room, there were almost no other burial objects.
This is the new system formulated by Heifu: "The coffin is three inches thick and has three quilts, which is enough to allow the bones and flesh of the deceased to rot inside. The depth of digging should be such that there is no moisture leakage below and the smell of the corpse does not leak out to the ground. .The grave is enough for people to recognize it. The mourners are sent away crying and come back crying. After returning, they are engaged in seeking food, clothing and wealth."
"This is the Mohist theory of funeral festivals..."
The Confucian scholars who had been gearing up and thinking that it was finally their turn to come forward looked at each other. The Mohist family suffered a heavy blow in the last years of the First Emperor. Qin Mo was almost expelled by massacre. There was only a group of young Mohists in Wu Zhonghou's army. Among them, the oldest official was named A Zhong, served as a subordinate of the Shaofu, responsible for engineering equipment, and only six hundred stone officials. I thought that the Mohist family had little political influence, but I didn't expect that Marquis Wu Zhong still adopted its theories.
As the leader of the Confucian scholars in the court, Fengchang Lu Jia actually agreed with this system: "All good laws are not limited to schools. Mozi's theory of festival burial is suitable for the current situation and does not harm the interests of both living and dead parties."
He also wrote a letter to support the proposal: "The difference between using money and money depends on whether you use it wisely or not. If you don't use it wisely, it will be exhausted even if it is full; if you can be economical, it will be full even though it is empty. Now that the national treasury is empty and people's livelihood is in ruins, how can we waste money to go to the grave anymore? Buried inside? And then let the living waste their time farming or even be buried with them because of the death of princes and ministers?"
The tall Lishan Mausoleum next to it is a negative example of extreme luxury. It has been criticized by various factions for a long time and is regarded as the source of instability in the world. So after Heifu came to power, he naturally moved towards another negative example: advocating thrift and deposing. extravagant……
Under this influence, Gongsun Jun's time guarding the tomb of "Fu Su" also changed from the three years originally envisioned by Heifu to one year.
This move has won unanimous praise from officials to Mohists. However, a few Confucian scholars from Lu have not finished their business and feel that it is too simple and the ceremony is too short to reflect their specialties.
So after the two funerals, these Confucian scholars tentatively asked Lu Jia.
"Does Qin Shihuang need to make up for his posthumous title!?"
They really want to give this tyrant a "word of praise".
After Heifu learned about it, without saying a word, he directly asked Ting Wei to send the person who asked the question to prison. The charges were the same as when Hu Hai tortured these Confucian scholars:
"This is inappropriate!"
Perhaps a hundred years from now, a thousand years from now, he will be able to get a fair evaluation. As for now, no one can look at him rationally, except Heifu.
"Only I can comment on its merits and demerits!"
"First Emperor, this is the best posthumous title, a posthumous title that no one can have!"
Everyone then shut up, but one wave after another started. As the year was approaching, an issue that had been put aside for a long time was finally put before the Heifu regime.
"Who stands?"
Since Hu Hai is said to be plotting to usurp the throne, the eldest son Fusu has passed away, his son Gongsun Jun is too demented to be emperor, and the orthodox successor, Gongzi Gao, and his entire family have died, then who's turn will succeed him next?
It is inevitable that some strange voices will be heard among the government and the public.
"Shang Jun said: The method of the former kings is to establish the emperor without making the princes suspicious; to establish the princes without making the officials suspicious; to establish the suitable son without making the common people suspicious. Doubts breed disputes, and disputes breed chaos."
"Han Feizi said: A country cannot be governed without a king."
Fortunately, Heifu used his white gloves to beat a group of "royalists" in advance, otherwise similar noises would have been even louder.
In short, establish a successor to the First Emperor as soon as possible to reassure people.
The eyes of all the old Qin officials in the dynasty could not help but focus on Li Si's son-in-law, General Lu, the oldest of the young masters still alive!
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The three brothers, Gongzi Jianglu, Gongzi Jiangchen and Gongzi Jiangye, are from the same mother, but their mother died early, so they relied on the three brothers to protect each other and survive carefully in Xianyang.
The three brothers were devastated by Hu Hai's act of massacring Prince Gao's family. During the Xianyang Incident, they gathered around Li Si, the wife of the Prince's general, hoping to find a chance to survive.
After the coup failed, the three of them followed Li Si to Feiqiu. They went back and forth and became the only ones among the First Emperor's disciples to survive.
The turmoil in Xianyang has ended, but the three brothers are still left in Feiqiu and are not allowed to return to Xianyang.
Fortunately, two months have passed and everything is fine. The family members have also been sent to Feiqiu. However, this precarious life of house arrest makes people feel uneasy. They feel uneasy and always feel that they will be murdered by the black husband at any time.
"After all, we are the heirs of the First Emperor. How can we be so imprisoned as a noble son?" The young master and the generals were even more impatient and a little annoyed. After drinking, they slammed the cup.
"Brother, don't you know about the black husband's heart? I'm afraid he has the heart to seek power and usurp the throne. The three of us are a thorn in his side." Young Master Jiangye said in a low voice.
"Wu Zhonghou has always claimed to be a loyal minister. Shouldn't he do this openly? Otherwise, he will be hated by the people of Qin."
It was not until the arrival of the young master that they stopped quarreling and asked: "Brother, what does Li Cheng believe in saying?"
Today, Li Si, who has been without news for many days, suddenly received a letter. This may be a sign that the three brothers' life under house arrest has been relaxed.
The young master sighed and told his two younger brothers everything that Li Si said in the letter, from Heifu holding a funeral for the young master Gao, honoring him as the "prince in mourning", and then to the "death news" of Fusu.
"Brother Fusu also passed away..."
The general was a little stunned, but he quickly came to his senses and said in surprise:
"In this way, there are only three of us left as father and son, and brother, you will be the next successor to the throne!"
But the young master, General Lu, was not happy at all. He shook his head repeatedly: "Don't talk nonsense."
The general said: "It's no nonsense. Although Wu Zhonghou was appointed as regent, it was the first time he entered Guanzhong and people were in chaos. Now that Guanzhong is a little more peaceful, it's time to establish a monarch to stabilize the country. According to the order of eldest and youngest, the elder brother is the eldest.
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"If we go by the merits, in the past when the late emperor was on the throne, my elder brother would not dare not to obey the courtesy of the court. In the position of the corridor temple, my elder brother would not dare to fail to behave properly. When ordered to respond, my elder brother would not dare to fail to respond to the request. He will do the same!"
"Being the emperor..." Jiang Lu never thought that when his father was still alive, he had Fu Su in terms of seniority, noble son, and Hu Hai in terms of favor, but it was not their turn anyway.
Especially in this situation.
"Be a puppet?" he asked his brother:
"Like the Emperor of Zhou who is in power among the princes, the Marquis of Jin who rebels against the three ministers, or the monarch of Jiang Qi who is held hostage by Tian Chang?"
The general's voice became deeper:
"Hei Fu cannot be in power for the rest of his life. When he gets old, even if his brother is gone, there will be loyal people in the court, and his descendants will be waiting for the opportunity to revive the Qin Dynasty!"
General Lu remained unmoved: "The throne is no longer a throne, but a pit of fire. I don't want to harm my family or my heirs. We know what Prime Minister Li warned me at the end of his letter?"
He said slowly:
"If virtue does not match the position, there will be disaster; if virtue is weak but the position is high, if wisdom is small but the plan is big, if strength is small but the responsibility is heavy, it is rare to be inferior."
This is a passage from "Yi Ci". The meaning is very obvious. Don't get involved in this muddy water!
And Li Si's letter must have been approved by Heifu. Heifu's meaning couldn't be more obvious.
The general said blankly: "Then what will happen to us next? How will we be dealt with? We can't be put under house arrest in Feiqiu for the rest of our lives?"
Raising them like pigs? It’s scary to imagine.
Jiang Lu sighed: "This matter is not decided by us, but by Heifu..."
While they were talking, the sound of the door opening was heard outside, and a high-ranking official came in with a group of soldiers. He was so menacing that the family members of the three brothers fled in a hurry, thinking that their lives were in danger.
The three brothers went out to welcome him, but the visitor turned out to be Yang Huan. He had been promoted to Zong Zhengcheng, replacing Zi Ying, and was in charge of the clan roster.
"The regent has an order!"
Yang Huan's face was solemn, and with his eyes he forced the Third Young Master to bow his hands, and then said slowly:
"The prince will be in the palace, the ministers will be the ministers, and the night will be the general's."
"During the time of the First Emperor, the three young masters did nothing to benefit the country and wasted their salary. This is because they have no talent."
"Hu Hai usurped the throne and mourned the death of the crown prince. He was also timid and did not dare to say a word, out of dissatisfaction."
"Unless the clan has merit in the military, it cannot be a member of the family. The three of us today have no talent and no hatred. They are respected but have no merit, and they are generous but have no hard work. This is inappropriate. We should return to being common people!"
"I don't accept it!"
Yang Huan sneered and said: "This is a sectarian law, why don't you accept it?"
"We also contributed a lot to overthrowing Hu Hai. This is unfair!" The general was a little angry and wanted to stand up to argue with him, but his brother, General Lu, held him down!
And whispered in his ear: "Gou Jian can also endure the shame of Kuaiji. Don't act rashly and survive..."
People are fighting for their lives and others are fighting for their own good, so they can only let the black man do what he wants.
Yang Huan just stared at the three of them until they became more honest, and then said:
"I thought he was the son of the First Emperor, and sent envoys to Lingnan to enrich the land of Luliang, build towns, feed hundreds of households each, and guard the borders for the country..."
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ps: My brain was exhausted yesterday, so I was writing a little slowly. The second chapter will be before 0 o'clock.
