Ever since Qin Shihuang became emperor, it has been customary to posthumously confer the title of emperor on his father who failed to become emperor. Therefore, after the ancestor worship was completed in Yunxi, the ancestors of the Zhu family knew who the emperor of Ming Dynasty was now.
After that, officials from the Ministry of Rites came to ask Yunxi how he planned to pursue the title of Zhu Biao.? ≠'
Of course, the officials of the Ministry of Rites cannot mention this matter, at least they can't talk about it in a hurry, otherwise they will be considered to be flattering Yunxi. Officials of the Ministry of Rites are all concerned with reputation.
Therefore, the people from the Ministry of Rites came to Yunxi with the matter of conferring the title of prince on Yunwen, Yunxi and Yunxi, and then mentioned the issue of Zhu Biao's posthumous title.
Of course, Yunxi had also considered this matter, so he also said that he would grant his father Zhu Biao a posthumous title. But the temple name he granted was "Taizong".
At that time, the people in the Ministry of Rites were shocked. Chen Di said: "Your Majesty, is there any reason to posthumously name the temple as Taizong?"
Yunxi said: "I am the grandson of the late emperor, and my father is the eldest son of the late emperor. The temple name after Taizu is Taizong. Why not? Why is there no such truth?"
Chen Di was not very good at debating, and when talking to the emperor, he couldn't just show off his words. He stopped talking for a while and began to think about the precedents of past dynasties.
Then I thought about it and realized that although there is no precedent for naming someone as Taizong in the past dynasties, there is also no precedent for a grandson to directly inherit the throne after the founding emperor. At least there is no unified dynasty or a relatively long-lasting separatist regime.
Then Chen Di persuaded Yunxi to give up the idea on the grounds that there was no precedent of naming someone as Taizong in the past dynasties. But since Yunxi had already proposed it, how could he give up? So he got into a fight with Chen Di and others, insisting on
Zhu Biao was posthumously named Taizong.
Chen Di couldn't convince Yunxi, but he didn't dare to agree just like that. He just withdrew, and the matter of Yunwen and others being crowned kings was temporarily put on hold.
It happened that work had already begun, and the officials in the capital began to discuss this matter. For a time, the whole city was talking about it, and even the homes of ordinary people who had nothing to do with the matter started talking about it.
As a great scholar of the time, Fang Xiaoru certainly did not support it, but it was also an act of filial piety for Yunxi to fight for a good title for his father, whom he had only met a few times. No one could say that Yunxi's intentions were impure, so Fang Xiaoru could only patiently persuade him.
How could Yunxi give in? Finally, Yunxi cited the example of Cao Cao. Cao Cao had not been emperor for a day, but he was posthumously named Taizu. Cao Pi was only Taizong. So since even Taizu can be posthumously named Taizong, of course, Taizong
also.
In the end, officials from the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple, as well as most officials related or unrelated to the matter, had no choice but to accept it.
It took half a month to figure out whether Zhu Biao could be crowned Emperor Taizong, and it was already early February. After that, he had to deal with Zhu Biao's ceremony for the title of Taizong, which was another busy period.
And since Zhu Biao is being named after Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao's other sons also have to be busy. Although Yunxi is now not only the head of Zhu Biao's lineage, but also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He personally participates in all ceremonies and officiates.
, but Yunwen and others must at least appear at Zhu Biao's posthumous ceremony.
This led to the fact that after the matter of pursuing Zhu Biao was over, the officials of the Ministry of Rites proposed the matter of canonizing Zhu Yunwen and others as princes. Yunxi had to face this very headache.
The reason why Yunxi has never mentioned this matter is because he doesn't know how to treat Yunwen. It is easy to confer a prince, and Yunxi is not reluctant to give up the salary of 10,000 shi of rice or wheat a year. The problem is that after being conferred the title of prince,
The fiefdom has been chosen.
If Yunxi felt that Yunwen was suitable to be the king of a feudal country, it would be much easier. After Yunxi carefully checked the records of the Ming vassal states, he found that many small Southeast Asian countries had never paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, so he directly chose
It is enough to send troops to destroy it and then make Yunwen the king. It is also okay to keep Yunwen in the capital for a year or two.
In fact, Yunxi was very strange. Small countries like these just spent some words and humbled themselves, and the benefits were doubled. Why didn't they come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty? Even countries along the Indian Ocean still came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty!
But no matter why they didn't come to pay tribute, it gave Yunxi a very good reason, which was not a bad thing. However, Yunwen and Yunxi felt that it was not suitable to be the king of a vassal state, and after adding a prince, he could not stop being a vassal.
Yes, this is the difficult part.
However, Yunwen's identity is very sensitive. If it is delayed for a long time, some ministers may come out to remonstrate, and then Yunwen will be passive.
Therefore, after officials from the Ministry of Rites proposed to confer the title of prince to Yunxi, after repeated reflections, he finally decided to confer Yunwen the title of King of Wu, and the fiefdom was tentatively designated as Hangzhou.
At that time, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji was also granted the title of King of Wu and the fiefdom of Hangzhou, so Hangzhou still has the half-built palace that was not completed at that time. It can be slightly processed. Although Yunxi did not really have the idea of letting Yunwen vassal Hangzhou.
You can't let others see it, so the palace still has to be repaired, but if Hangzhou happens to have half of the palace built, you can save a lot of money.
Then Yunxi's biological mother, Concubine Lu, believed in Buddhism when she was alive. Yunwen didn't believe it at first, but since Concubine Lu passed away, she seems to have started to believe in it. Yunxi doesn't want to really study whether Yunwen really believes in Buddhism.
, even if it is fake, you can always use it as an excuse.
Yunxi still felt that he could not keep Yunwen in the country, so he finally decided to find a suitable country that believed in Buddhism or Hinduism in the central and southern regions and beat Yunwen out.
Generally speaking, countries that believe in Buddhism are easier to deal with. As long as they win over the local Buddhist monks, they are basically half the enemy. Yunxi then appoints two powerful kings to support Yunwen. No matter how small the country is, it will not be afraid.
Already.
As for the future, firstly, Yunxi will call all Yunwen's sons to the capital to discipline him. Secondly, he doesn't care too much. If Yunwen really can't manage the country well, he can't rely on Yunxi not to treat Yunwen kindly:
Uncles like us tried to get a feudal state but couldn't. As a result, you got a semi-independent feudal state. You didn't have the ability to govern it well, so you deserved it.
As for the matter of directly preventing Yunwen from granting the title, Yunxi could start from his own son, but he could not start from his own brother.
After deciding the whereabouts of Yunxi, the next step is Yunxi and Yunxi. Yunxi is fifteen years old this year. Although he is not yet an adult and has not been married, according to the royal standards, he can already be crowned. Yunxi is crowning the emperor.
The great-grandson was crowned at the same time, and Yunwen was also about the same age, so he had to be crowned king. Yunxi was only ten years old, so there was no rush.
However, Yunxi thought that since he had to do something once, it would be better to do it all, so he also granted the title to both of them: Yunxu was granted the title of King Heng, and Yunxi was granted the title of King Xu. However, Yunxi did not decide on the fiefdom.
