Farewell to Liu Sheng, I didn't expect that one day Zhang Zijun was on duty at the cabinet and was summoned by Li Xian. Zhang Zijun came to Li Xian's duty room and saw Li Xian criticizing the papers without looking up at him. As a result,

Subordinates, of course, have to take the initiative. Seeing that the tea cup on Li Xian's desk was empty, he took the initiative to refill it to show respect for his elders and to show that I was here.

Li Xian didn't respond. Zhang Zijun could only sit and wait. After a while, Li Xian finished his work and took a sip of tea: "Jingyi, now is the time for the imperial court to employ people. I know your abilities.

I heard Liu Sheng say before he left that next month you will marry Yao Kui's daughter, and I will definitely give you a gift when you arrive, but you must arrange your affairs in the inner chamber of the house, otherwise it will damage your personal reputation and be detrimental to your career."

Zhang Zijun was stunned when he heard this. What did this mean? Then he slapped his forehead and realized that there was now a mistress who wanted to marry a daughter living in the house. This matter had already reached Li Xian.

Zhang Zijun was also not easy to argue. He pretended to obey the instructions with his kind eyebrows. Li Xian took a look at it and then said: "Master Chen is a scholar of literary debate, and his writing is powerful and elegant. He is very famous. But being an official is not his strong point. In addition,

It's easy to talk about and likes to criticize people's privacy, so it offends a lot of people. Now the wife and daughter are left at home and it's hard to make ends meet. I heard that you often send rice and grain to help. This is a good thing, but you have to pay attention to the impact. After all, everyone

They are women."

Zhang Zijun was about to argue a few words when he heard this, but was stopped by Li Xian with a gesture and continued: "Although Mr. Chen has passed away, the emperor still cares about him very much. Not long ago, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites issued a eulogy, and the emperor issued a posthumous decree.

As a distinguished official, he was given the posthumous title "Wen Yi".

What did ancient literati value most? They enjoyed glory and wealth, rich food and clothing during their lifetime, and after their death they left their names in history and were praised throughout the ages. In order to commend their achievements, the court would also give them mourning honors, which were called "posthumous titles."

Secondly, the posthumous title is the court's evaluation and summary of the official's lifetime achievements (the posthumous title will be recorded in the annals of history, and may even affect how future generations view you). Since it is a summary, it may be a praise (a posthumous title) or a posthumous title.

Criticism (posthumous title), so all the princes in the court were very interested in this honor. Not only did they want a posthumous title, but they also wanted a beautiful posthumous title that would last forever.

What's more, posthumous titles not only have specific meanings, but also rank them. According to different contributions and achievements during one's lifetime, posthumous titles are also divided into high and low levels. Your Excellencies, you not only hope that you will receive a good posthumous title and be famous for eternity, but also privately

compare

Jin is afraid of falling behind others. This posthumous title is not only related to the honor for thousands of years, but also related to the dignity and face of the descendants of the family. It is no wonder that the officials are staring at it like hungry wolves, for fear of this good posthumous title.

snatched away by others.

The highest posthumous title for a civil official is "Wenzheng", followed by the following characters: Cheng, Zhong, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang, etc.

The military general's nickname is "Wu Ning" (the posthumous title of founding general Xu Da is the highest "Wu Ning"), followed by the words Yi, Min, Hui, Xiang, Shun, Su, Jing, etc.

However, no matter how the dynasty changes, "Wen Zheng" will always be the white moonlight in the hearts of ministers. Without him, this posthumous title is too rare and too tempting.

There was no Li Shanchang, the founding prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, no Liu Bowen (Wen Cheng), no Xie Jin (Wen Yi), no Yu Qian (Zhong Su), and no San Yang in the cabinet. By the time of Zhengde, the empire had already had a history of 150 years.

There is no minister with the posthumous title "Wenzheng".

It was not until the Zhengde period that the great scholar Li Dongyang endured the humiliation and took down the eunuch Liu Jin, bringing peace to the chaotic court. The personal reputation of this minister, who had been famous throughout the world since the reign of the late Emperor Xiaozong, reached its peak. When he was seriously ill, the great scholar Yang Yiqing went to visit Li Dongyang.

, see Li Dongyang is

Worried about his posthumous title, Yang Yiqing patted his chest and vowed to fight for Li Dongyang's "Wen Zheng". This was the first "Wen Zheng" in the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of his serious illness and dying, Li Dongyang immediately got up from the bed and kowtowed to Yang Yiqing, knowing that "Wen Zheng"

"How important it is in the hearts of literati.

However, the Ming Dynasty was indeed stingy. In more than two hundred years of history, only four people were awarded "Wen Zheng": Fang Xiaoru, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Ni Yuanlu. Among them, Fang Xiaoru was a posthumous gift from the Southern Ming Dynasty, so there were only three people.

Sure enough, just a few days later, the imperial court issued a decree to posthumously confer Chen Jian, the Imperial College's wine-provoking doctor, as a Jiayi doctor, with the posthumous title "Wen Yi".

This means that all the regulations need to be changed. First of all, the tombstones need to be re-erected with stone monuments, the regulations for tombs need to be expanded, a new shrine must be built at home, and the dojo must be redone.

The master's wife asked Zhang Zijun to take charge of everything. The reason is very simple. The Chen family currently only has family members. As Zhang Zijun is the only inheritor of the deceased Chen Jian, if you don't come forward, why don't you ask the women in the family to come forward?

Okay, okay, Zhang Zijun is on the verge of crying now, he has made a hand full of mud, and he can't shake it off even if he wants to. But after doing all this, the teacher's wife and her little sister finally returned to the Chen family.

After finishing everything, Zhang Zijun, who had no words to express his sorrow, returned home as if running away. It was finally peaceful, but what happened next made Zhang Zijun unable to control himself and was at the mercy of others.

The imperial court gave the Chen family such an honor. According to the agenda, the Chen family wanted to go to the palace to express their gratitude. Since there were no male members in the Chen family, only female relatives were left. To express their gratitude, they were arranged to be given to Queen Qian.

Mrs. Chen and Chen Shiyun went to the harem to meet Empress Qian to express her gratitude. At first, it was just a matter of making love, but Mrs. Chen accidentally revealed that her daughter was going to marry Zhang Zijun. Empress Qian just laughed and said: "How can there be a mother?"

Such a rush to marry a girl."

Mrs. Chen praised Zhang Zijun for being like a flower and how he could cook good dishes. Queen Qian was stunned. Is there really such a man in the world?

Immediately, the eloquent Mrs. Chen lamented: "It's a pity that falling flowers are intentional and flowing water is ruthless. In fact, such a good uncle has a marriage contract with the Yao family. I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. From now on,

We, mother and daughter, really don’t know how we can survive. Then we talked about the imperial court’s posthumous award for Chen Jian, and Zhang Zijun was busy organizing it.”

Queen Qian was also a person who had gone through hardships. During the Jingtai period, she and Zhu Qizhen were dependent on each other. She knew that this life of a woman was not easy, so she just wanted to marry a good man. Listening to Mrs. Chen's words was very interesting, so she said: "Change tomorrow."

, let the emperor

The Lord has made the decision, how about a marriage?" In fact, Empress Qian just said it casually and didn't take it seriously. But when Mrs. Chen heard it, her eyes immediately brightened up, and she climbed on the pole. This is related to whether she can live the rest of her life.

A big deal for a good life.

Oh my, Queen, yes, yes, my daughter must be married to the emperor.

Queen Qian asked: "Who is this Jingyi?"

Mrs. Chen replied: "It's not Zhang Zijun who is the editor of the Hanlin Academy. The name Jingyi was given by Duke Wen Yi back then. He regards Zhang Zijun as his own son. Unexpectedly...

." Chen Shiyun beside her was so embarrassed that she wished she could find a place to hide in. But in the palace, she couldn't run away, so she could only cover her face with her hands, turned her head and peeked out from between her fingers, and found a girl about twelve years old.

little girl is rushing

He laughed to himself, and then slowly calmed down his shyness, and made a face at the little girl, which made the little girl also bared her teeth, and then laughed again, but was stopped by a palace maid next to her.

Only then did Queen Qian be alarmed.

It seemed that the princess from Chongqing was here. Normally, the little princess would pay her respects to Queen Qian at this time. Queen Qian had no children. The biological mother of this Chongqing princess was Concubine Zhou, who was also the half-sister of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianshen.

Queen Qian is in the harem, usually doing nothing, and she doesn't want to meddle in other people's business, because she has not left a son and a half for Zhu Qizhen. Today, Mrs. Chen's "nonsense" happened, how much should she give to Queen Qian?

It brought a little happiness, as well as many people's family affairs outside the palace. Queen Qian, who lived in the harem all day, brought the atmosphere of fireworks to people's homes.

Zhang Zijun's marriage became turbulent as things developed. Empress Qian took advantage of her happy mood to tell the story of today's interesting incident while visiting Zhu Qizhen Royal Garden. After Empress Qian's understanding,

He told the story that Mr. Chen, the former Imperial Academy’s liberator, made the little

My daughter intended to betrothed to Zhang Zijun, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, but unexpectedly Zhang Zijun was engaged to the daughter of Yao Kui, the Minister of Rites. Today, Chen’s wife came to express her gratitude to the palace and asked the emperor to marry Chen’s wife’s daughter, Miss Chen.

Marriage to Zhang Zijun, fulfilling "Wen Yi Gong's" deathbed request.

One good thing about the ancients was that they were very tolerant towards the dead. Even if their popularity was not very good during their lifetime, their evaluation after death would be very pertinent and their words would be very neutral. For example, they would give a review of the imperial wine ceremony to the Imperial Academy after their death.

The posthumous title "Wen Yi" was also approved by the emperor after cabinet deliberations, which shows everything. Everyone is still very tolerant of Chen Jian.

Zhu Qizhen's abilities were not very good. Apart from being very high-spirited, he was usually very easy-going and generous towards his courtiers. He was not familiar with Zhang Zijun, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, so it can be said that he did not know that such a minister existed.

One day later, he asked Li Xiandao: "How does Hanlin Editor Zhang Zijun feel about this minister?"

Li Xian replied: "It's unfathomable." Li Xian was referring to knowledge.

But Zhu Qizhen understood that this man's ambition was unfathomable?

Then he asked: "What's the origin?"

Li Xiandao: "Ding Chou ranked fourteenth in the second class of the National Academy Examination and fifth in the first class of the palace examination."

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and said: "How is this person's academic skills?" Li Xian was stunned when he heard it. Didn't he just say it? It's unfathomable. Academic skills refer to knowledge, abilities after becoming an official, etc. Li Xian

I could only say again: "It's unfathomable."

Zhu Qizhen was also stunned, and then he laughed and said: "The Ming Dynasty is full of talented people. I want to meet this subject. You can arrange it. Just now Ai Qing even said it was unfathomable. Tell me how it is unfathomable."

Li Xiandao: "The scenery of the North is covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness; the rivers up and down suddenly stop flowing.

Silver snakes are dancing in the mountains, wax figures are riding in the wild, and they want to compete with the gods. It is a clear day, and the red clothes are wrapped in plain clothes, which is particularly enchanting. There are so many beauties in the country that it attracts countless heroes to bend their waists.

Cherish the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, who are slightly less talented in literature; the Tang and Song Dynasties are slightly less charming. Genghis Khan, the genius of the generation, only knows how to bend a bow and shoot big eagles. They are all gone. To count the romantic figures, we still have to look at the present day."

After Li Xian finished reciting, he kept saying good things, good things. Your Majesty, such talents are a great blessing to our court. They have such bold minds and are not afraid of border crossings!
Chapter completed!