Just now, Liu Cong took all the civil and military officials to pay homage to the ancestral temple. Liu Cong is an authentic descendant of the Han Dynasty after King Liu Gong of Lu in the Western Han Dynasty.
But apart from Liu Yu, Liu Biao and Liu Cong, none of the tablets in the ancestral temple were recognized.
Kneeling in the ancestral temple, Liu Cong only said to Liu Biao in his heart, "Father, my son is going to be king. The foundation of Jingchu will definitely be stronger in my hands!"
Today's meeting is to discuss some specific matters, and the officials below are already quarreling over the issue of the country's title.
"My lord, occupy the southeast and take Wu as the name of the country. Why not?"
"Wu Kingdom? The Sun family of Jiangdong also called themselves Soochow. It is absolutely not okay for my lord to use Wu as the country's name!"
"That's right, my lord was in charge of Jingchu, and then he controlled Cao Cao in the north, and he became as powerful as he is today! The country's name should be Chu!"
"During the Warring States Period, when Chu defeated Wu, it was no different than today's Lord. Chu should be the name of the country!"
Officials from Jiangdong and other factions wanted to name the country Wu, but unfortunately the Jingchu faction did not agree. There were many people in Jingchu, so they supported Wu as the country's name.
It wasn't until everyone was tired of arguing that they all looked at Liu Cong, waiting for Liu Cong to make the final decision.
In fact, both parties consider this based on their own interests. The political center of Chu must still be in Xiangyang, and the political center of Wu must be in Jianye.
But for Liu Cong, it didn't matter whether it was Chu or Wu. In his opinion, the king was just an excess. If one day he unified the world, he would still use Han as his country's name.
However, in terms of the dignity of country names, Qin, Jin, and Chu should be ranked first, Qi, Zhao, and Wei should be ranked second, Han, and Yan should be ranked third, and other vassal and small countries are not worth mentioning.
Looking around at the civil and military officials, Liu Cong said, "I have already made a decision on the country's name. I will use Chu as the country's name and make Xiangyang the capital!"
"My lord is wise!"
When you become king, you can have your own country name and capital, but you don't have your own era name, because the era name can only be promulgated by the emperor, which involves the "Zhengshuo" issue. Using an independent era name means betraying the emperor of the suzerain country.
It is an act of rebellion.
Although Liu Cong wanted to be king, he did not want to be directly opposed to Zhengshuo of the Han Dynasty. Although he was king, Liu Cong still respected the emperor, but he only had less power than the emperor. Of course, in Jing
Chu and Liu Cong are no different from the emperor.
After talking about the name of the country and the capital, it's time to talk about other things. The selection of the queen and the crown prince is another thing that civil and military officials care about.
In fact, the officials of the Jingchu faction wanted Liu Cong to establish Cai Jia. However, due to Cai Mao's original thoughts and Liu Cong's majesty, they did not dare to say this.
As for the officials of the Jiangdong faction, they are also worried that although Sun Shangxiang is now the official wife, if Liu Cong refuses to make Sun Shangxiang his queen because of the Sun family, then Jiangdong will really be suppressed forever.
"When I call myself the king, my mother should be the queen mother, Sun should be the queen, and my eldest son Liu Chang should be the crown prince!"
In Liu Cong's eyes, Sun Shangxiang is his legitimate wife and will always be so! When he calls himself the king, she is the queen; when he calls himself the emperor, she is the queen. No one can shake this.
"My lord is wise!"
After hearing this, the officials of the Jiangdong faction were the most happy, and the ministers could only kowtow.
After deciding on the candidates for the queen and the crown prince, Liu Cong then said, "Now that Gu is going to be king, and Gu's father wants to be posthumously named, in your opinion, what posthumous name should he choose?"
The ministers became noisy again. Kuai Yue, the Minister of Rites, came out and cupped his hands and said, "My Lord, I think that when the First Lord was in power, the culture of Jingchu was prosperous, the economy was prosperous, and the people were happy, so the posthumous title of the First Lord should be used as a publicity!"
Being knowledgeable and knowledgeable is called Wen, knowing everything. Being diligent and inquiring is called Wen, and not being ashamed to ask questions. Being kind and caring to the people is called Wen, and it helps to achieve political success. Being kind to the people and being kind and polite is called Wen, and being helpful and polite is called Wen. Giving people titles is called Wen, and they are promoted together. Saint
Shan Zhou Wen is called Xuan. Wen means the good things he has heard.
King Wenxuan of Chu, Liu Biao certainly deserves this posthumous title.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
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The Minister of Rites, Yi Ji, and his servants Wang Can, Han Song and others all seconded the proposal. In any case, when Liu Biao was in power, he treated them well.
Besides, it’s not the fault of getting into trouble with Liu Cong just because of such a posthumous title, right?
Liu Cong nodded, "Okay, then we will use Wenxuan as my father's posthumous title!"
One day Liu Cong will rule the world, and Liu Biao's posthumous title will be upgraded from King Wenxuan of Chu to Emperor Xuan of Han!
Most of the emperors before the Tang Dynasty had one or two-character posthumous titles. Emperors with posthumous titles would only be enshrined for seven generations, and after seven generations, they would be regarded as the last relatives.
Only the emperor with a temple name can be enshrined in the ancestral temple forever.
Since the Tang Dynasty, every emperor has had a temple name, and the temple names in the Han Dynasty are much more valuable than those in later generations.
In the more than 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there were only seven emperors with temple titles: Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, Emperor Taizong Wen Liu Huan, Emperor Shizong Wu Liu Che, Emperor Zhongzong Xuan Liu Xun, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, Emperor Xianzong Ming Liu Zhuang, Su
Emperor Zongzhang Liu Jin.
In the Han Dynasty, more than seven of them had temple names, but others were abolished due to merit and other reasons. Only these seven people have temple names recognized by future generations.
Liu Biao could give him a posthumous title, but to be honest, he didn't have the qualifications to give him a temple title. But if someone is really alive, knowing that Liu Cong gave him a posthumous title should be a comfort to Liu Biao.
After saying the posthumous title, Liu Cong spoke again, "The Han Dynasty has been passed down to this day. The harem only has queens and nobles, and below it there are only beauties, palace servants, and maidens. I want to change this rule!"
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, the three thousand concubines in the harem have expanded to fourteen levels. Namely: 1, Zhaoyi, 2, Jieyu, 3, (female saint) E, 4, Rong Hua, 5, beauty, 6
, Bazi, 7, Chongyi, 8, Qizi, 9, Beloved person, 10, Long envoy, 11, Young envoy, 12, Five senses, 13, Shunchang, 14, Wujuan, Gonghe, Yuling, Baolin, etc.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the complex was simplified. The sixth palace only contained queens, who were called nobles, and the following three levels were beauties, palace servants, and maidens.
The civil and military officials did not speak, quietly waiting for Liu Cong to continue speaking.
"Gu decided that under the queen, there would be a noble concubine, whose position would be comparable to the prime ministers of the three provinces. Under the noble concubine, there would be six concubines, namely Concubine De, Concubine Xian, Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui, Concubine Li and Concubine Hua, whose position would be comparable to the six ministers."
"Another nine concubines are added, namely Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoai, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuai, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongai. Below the nine concubines, there are nine concubines, and below Jieyu, there are nine concubines.
Rong Hua, under Rong Hua are the nine beauties, under the beauty are the nine noble people, and under the noble people are the nine talented people.”
"Below it is the twenty-seventh wife; under the twenty-seventh wife there are twenty-seven treasure groves, twenty-seven royal ladies, and twenty-seven picking ladies."
As he spoke, Liu Cong said solemnly, "This is the ancestral precept. It cannot be changed by future generations, and the number of people in the harem in future generations must not exceed this number!"
At first, Mrs. Cai asked Liu Cong to give Cai Jia a better position, and Liu Cong thought about the position of imperial concubine. Later, he felt that he could not wrong other women, so he studied it carefully.
After this research, I found that I still had few women. This is not to say that Liu Cong wanted to expand his harem. But compared to some emperors in history who had a harem of three thousand beauties, Liu Cong was really low-key.