Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 443 Posthumous Name
The Ming Dynasty had enough gold and silver, which is naturally the reason why Zhu Yunying dared to exchange silver notes at the foot of the emperor and the Shibosi, a major trade center.

What's more, over the years, Zhu Yunying has not lost some banknotes, destroyed them, and is also carefully investigating the number of banknotes issued.So if you want to see the court's jokes now, you are being smart.

What's more, the banks are now conducting pilot projects in some places, just to accumulate some experience.Now it doesn't mean that the whole world is free, and Zhu Yunying naturally doesn't need to worry about not having enough real money.

Food needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road needs to be walked step by step. Zhu Yunying knows the truth that hot tofu cannot be eaten in a hurry.

Now it is only necessary to take a look at the development of the bank, and Zhu Yunying does not need to keep an eye on these things all the time.For him, there are other things to focus on.

The economy is naturally extremely important, and people's livelihood cannot be ignored.As for military equipment or official administration, which one can be slack?

As an emperor, these things must be paid attention to in all aspects.Especially when there are some bad signs, Zhu Yunying naturally needs to pay more attention to some things, he can't be careless.

Before going to court, Zhu Yunying received the news, feeling a little emotional.

Did Yang Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, survive? This minister who was proficient in classics, history, righteousness, erudite and literary, although he was in the prime of life, was just in his early forties, and died because of a serious illness.

"Yang Jing is talented. Before the court quelled the chaos in Longzhou, it was mostly he who raised the military rations. This person is also a guest of the father and prince, honest and virtuous." Zhu Yunying shook his head and said sadly, "I thought he could It’s a pity to contribute more to Daming.”

Yang Jing is not only an upright official, but also a capable minister. He has done a lot of good deeds in his position as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, and he is also the so-called 'Yang Qingtian'.

Zhu Yunying looked at Wang Chengen and said, "You will send people to Qianqing Palace later, just saying that Yang Jing died of illness. What we mean is to let him be buried with Dongling. After all, he is a subject left by the emperor to us."

It is naturally a supreme honor for the minister to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.According to the etiquette system, Yang Jing was admitted to the imperial examination during Lao Zhu's period, and also from Lao Zhu Jianba. This is Lao Zhu's courtier.To be honest, the funeral should also go to Xiaoling.

It's just that Zhu Yunying knew what Lao Zhu was thinking, and also felt that Yang Jing was once a guest of the prince, so there was no problem in burying Dongling with him.It's just that such a thing needs to be told to Lao Zhu, even if Zhu Yunying knows that Lao Zhu will definitely not object.

"It seems that Chen Di, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, has taken office, and Bao Zhao will officially become the minister of the Ministry of punishment." Zhu Yunying shook his head, ready to go to court. "Yang Jing's funeral is also being prepared. We need to help with his funeral."

In addition to the funeral, for an important minister like Yang Jing, he must be posthumous.This may not be what some people care about, but for many civil servants, what they care about is the posthumous title after death, which is also the real official conclusion for them.

This posthumous title is not given casually, that is, those with higher social status have it.Moreover, this is also an evaluation of the merits and demerits of a character, which will naturally cause controversy in the court.

"After all, he worked for the emperor's side, but it's a pity that he has never been able to take a higher step." Zhu Yunying thought for a while, and came up with an idea, "The three masters of the prince are enough, but it's no problem to give a third young master of the East Palace."

Forget about the third master, although the third master of the East Palace is only a false title now, and is not responsible for teaching the prince.It's just such an honor, not necessarily everyone can bear it.

Even if Yang Jing is the minister of the Ministry of punishment, he is a first-rank official.It's just that he is still a little far away from the third division.

A young teacher should be fine. Yang Jing is a civil servant, so it must be no problem to give him the grace of a prince's young teacher.

Thinking about these thoughts, Zhu Yunying also came to Fengtian Hall.The civil and military ministers had already arrived at this time, and when they saw the emperor walking up the imperial steps, they naturally knew that the morning court of a new day was about to begin.

After the civil and military officials paid homage, Zhu Yunying said directly, "Zhong Ning, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, died of illness. I think you should know the news."

Zhu Yunying's news came faster, of course, because of the death of an important minister like Yang Jing, not to mention Dongchang and Jin Yiwei reporting the news immediately.Including the imperial physicians who were dispatched before, they all had to report as soon as possible.What's more, Yang Jing estimated that just after his death, Yang Jing's heirs immediately reported the death to some court departments.

Ru Yu's expression was heavy. As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he just learned the news before the opening of the court.Even though Yang Jing has been seriously ill for a long time, many people know that Yang Jing's situation is not optimistic.But there is always some fluke, hoping that he can tide over the difficulties.

Of course, some people may be secretly happy that Yang Jing's death can free up a high position, and some people may be promoted naturally.One carrot and one hole, if the people in front don't make room, some people won't be able to replace them.

It's just that nowadays, there are still many people who must be sad on the surface, and they need to put on a show when they should.

Zhu Yunying said at this time, "Zhong Ning abides by the law and has outstanding political achievements. He was in the Ministry of Punishment, and his sentencing was fair and impartial. It can be said that there are countless people alive. Such a good official died, and the court lost a pillar!"

Zhu Yunying's words made many people feel excited, although there is also a tradition of taboo for the deceased.It's just that the emperor's evaluation also shows that Yang Jing is indeed a very capable and good minister with political achievements, which is definitely a very high evaluation.

"King Wu's behavior is immodest, I'm afraid it's inappropriate. King Xu has a literary reputation, so he ordered King Xu to go to the Yang Mansion to mourn the funeral." Zhu Yunying spoke directly, which can be regarded as setting the tone, "Order the internal funds to give out a hundred taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver. , Zhongning is clean and honest, and the funeral ceremony is undertaken by the imperial court. Zhongning's family members should also be supported by the imperial court."

This also made some civil servants excited, and the emperor's statement made many people happy.This is probably an expression of the imperial court's respect for the virtuous, and the king's respect for the virtuous, of course, will also make some people think that "the king treats me as a scholar of the country, and I will repay the virtuous person of the country".

The imperial court gave funeral rites and so on, which is actually not a particularly exaggerated honor.Not to mention some important ministers, even some civil and military officials with relatively high grades, the court will more or less express themselves in their aftermath.

Looking at all the civil and military officials, Zhu Yunying continued, "Prince Zhongning will be buried with Dongling as a posthumous gift to the young master."

This also made some people a little surprised. If Yang Jing was buried with Xiaoling, everyone thought it would be reasonable. After all, this is a minister promoted by the Supreme Emperor.Or the Changling Mausoleum being built for the current emperor, which makes sense.

It's just that now it's buried in the Dongling of the 'First Emperor', which is a little bit not so good.

Zhu Yunying could see the intentions of literary and martial arts underneath, and said without waiting for their objection, "Zhong Ning was the prince's guest in the early years, and he was in charge of the late emperor's praise of etiquette and rules. When the father was there, he also praised Zhong Ning many times. Now It is also a good story that Zhongning buried Dongling with him."

Now that Zhu Yunying has said so, naturally there is no way to continue to object.Because in Yang Jing's resume, he really had the experience of being under the family of a great scholar. It is not a big problem to say that Yang Jing is a "veteran of the three dynasties".

What's more, many people are also very clear that after Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty, he not only restored the system of prefabrication of longevity mausoleums for the sake of admiring imperial power, but also made major reforms to the mausoleum system in the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Old Zhu had established a system of sacrificial burial before, which was abolished after Zhu Yunying became the throne.

As for some names of the imperial mausoleum, they are basically Lao Zhu's thoughts.In fact, logically speaking, the tombs of Lao Zhu and Empress Ma must be the "ancestral mausoleum", but Lao Zhu decided on the name of "Xiaoling Mausoleum" early on.Not only because Empress Ma's posthumous title is "Xiaoci", but also to show the meaning of "governing the world with filial piety".

The mausoleums of Dazhu and Chang's family were designated as "Changling", mainly because Zhu Yunying ascended the throne, and his parents were posthumously named empresses.Otherwise, the mausoleum of Dazhu, the 'Executive Deputy Emperor', can only be the 'Tomb of Prince Yiwen', since he did not ascend the throne after all.

The mausoleum chosen by Lao Zhu for Xiao Zhu, Lao Zhu's previous preference was "Dingling", which naturally means "Dingding Tianxia".It's just that Zhu Yunying became anxious as soon as he heard it, he didn't want to be dragged out hundreds of years later and be ashamed.

It is better to have "Changzhi and Longan", so Zhu Yunying's mausoleum is also named "Changling", which is on the west side of Xiaoling.With Changling on the left and right, it can be regarded as being able to accompany Lao Zhu forever after a hundred years.

This is one of the things that Lao Zhu is most proud of, even Zhu Yunying feels that Lao Zhu is still encouraging little Zhu.Maybe in the future there will not be the so-called Changping Huangtu Mountain where the tombs of the Ming emperors are concentrated in Beiping, but will be concentrated in Zijin Mountain.

It's just these things, Zhu Yunying doesn't think there is any need to force them.After all, the capital will definitely be moved to Beiping in the future, and it is impossible to wait until the emperor dies and then transport it back all the way.Zhu Yunying thought that it would be enough to wait until he died and transport him back to Zijin Mountain. Lao Zhu reckoned that his son and grandson would just be by his side, but the presence or absence of his great-grandson might not be that important.

Zhu Yunying glanced at Wen Wu, and said, "Zhong Ning died of illness, what posthumous title do you think should be given?"

Posthumous titles were no strangers in the Ming Dynasty.For example, Zhu Yunying's father-in-law Xu Da is "Wu Ning", which basically confirms that the highest posthumous title of a general in the Ming Dynasty is "Wu Ning".The posthumous title of Zhu Yunying's grandfather Chang Yuchun was "Zhongwu", and the famous Yue Fei was given the posthumous title of "Zhongwu" in the Southern Song Dynasty.Li Wenzhong's posthumous title is 'Wu Jing', and Mu Ying's posthumous title is 'Zhao Jing'.

In fact, there seems to be no specific and strict restrictions on the posthumous titles of military commanders, but some things that are rigid in convention can also be seen.

Unlike previous dynasties, especially at this stage, there is no strict requirement that the first character of a general's posthumous title must be "Wu".

It's just that everyone also understands that Chang Yuchun and Mu Ying's situation is special, so basically it is a little special.As for the other military generals, the first character of their posthumous titles is basically "Wu", and it is certainly impossible to surpass Xu Da.

On the civil servant's side, the rules for posthumous titles have not yet been fully settled.

The famous Li Shanchang did not have a posthumous title after his death, nor did Song Lian, Da Zhu's "teacher".Liu Bowen still has no posthumous title.

This also proves once again that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Guiwen was light, and the generals had all the posthumous titles they should have.As for civil servants, the current Yang Jing is almost about to become the first officially recognized important minister to be given a posthumous title.

This also made many civil servants excited. If they are dissatisfied with their status, this has happened a long time ago.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the warriors often showed off their might in front of them.Those arrogant soldiers did not seldom exclude and suppress these civil servants.But there is no way, the Supreme Emperor himself doesn't particularly like civil servants, and the phenomenon that civil servants are superior to military officials cannot be reversed for a while.

For a moment, many civil servants were so excited that they were about to cry. They felt that they had really wronged the current day.

When the son of the emperor was still the grandson of the emperor, many people heard that he was precocious, respected and so on.But at that time, everyone heard that the emperor's grandson was not close to Confucianism, liked martial arts, etc., and even had some "rebellious" remarks and behaviors.

But looking at it now, the salary increase of officials in the Ming Dynasty has been put on the agenda again, let alone today.During the Hongwu Dynasty a few years ago, many people also knew that the emperor's grandson at that time also argued with Emperor Hongwu in order to improve civil and military salaries.

In addition, six Shangshu were promoted to first rank, and the status of the civil official group was raised.Now, we have to start giving posthumous titles to Wen Chen.

If, if Emperor Yingshi hadn't cut Yan Shenggong's treatment at the beginning, if Emperor Yingshi could get closer to and value Confucianism, maybe the name of Emperor Yingshi would be praised in the scholars now. This is simply the most Confucian saint. Jun!

Interesting dramas also began to be staged at this time, giving Yang Jing a posthumous title, it seems that this is not just a final conclusion on Yang Jing.These are actually a proof of Wenchen Group's status improvement.

Therefore, the posthumous title must be given, not to mention that the emperor also recognized some of Yang Jing's contributions, which is justified.

At this moment, Zhu Yunying felt that he had nothing to do, and the debate about Yang Jing's posthumous title became more and more intense at this time.Or it can be said that after Zhu Yunying decided to give Yang Jing the posthumous posthumous title, the civil servants collectively felt as if they had been beaten to death.

This is a very rare opportunity for them, which is their performance to further improve their status.

If the posthumous title system of the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty can be determined by giving Yang Jing a posthumous title, in the eyes of many civil servants, this is not only related to their own interests, but it may also be a good opportunity for them to leave their names in history.

The civil servants looked very excited at this time, which is probably understandable.They have been suppressed for too long, and any opportunity that seems to be able to improve their status is enough to make their hearts surge.

As for whether this is Zhu Yunying's plan to elevate the status of the civil servant group again, or just thinking about checks and balances, or other thoughts, Zhu Yunying probably knows it well.

(End of this chapter)