"Your Majesty, you are wrong again. The temple name 'Chengzu' really wasn't given by Zhu Gaochi!”
Hearing that Zhu Gaochi, this little fatty, had inexplicably taken the blame, Fang Yunfei could not help but stand up and defend him.
"Not Gao Chi?"
"Bastard! This bunch of pedantic scholars is really bold!"
Emperor Hongwu was furious when he heard that Zhu Gaochi didn't give Zhu Di the temple name.
In ancient times, there were only two kinds of people who could give the emperor a temple title and a posthumous title.
One was the successor emperor, and the other was a civil official.
Since the temple name Zhu Di was not given by his son, it must have been given by the civil officials.
Alright!
These pedantic scholars actually dared to call Fourth Elder their ancestor?
He clearly didn't put the Great Ancestor Emperor in his eyes.
It seemed that these people thought that Old Zhu's knife was not sharp enough.
He hadn't killed enough people!
Unlike the later generations who only cared about immediate benefits, the ancients valued their reputation more.
Therefore, in ancient times, the temple title and posthumous title of the emperor after his death were almost the last resort for civil officials to check and balance the imperial power.
If an emperor wanted to have a good reputation after his death, he had to pay attention to his reputation among the civil officials.
However, for Emperor Hongwu, who had a strong desire to control others, he was not as powerful as he seemed. This was completely a provocation to himself and the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty!
In order to overthrow the Prime Minister who had been in love with the imperial power for thousands of years, Emperor Hongwu did not hesitate to raise the case of Hu Weiyong and killed the people inside and outside the court.
He didn't expect that this group of civil officials would still be lingering around. They actually used the opportunity to give Fourth Brother a temple name to play tricks?
In Emperor Hong Wu's understanding, it was because he was too ruthless to these civil officials that they did not recognize him as the Great Ming Emperor.
The reason why Fourth Brother was given the temple name Chengzu was because they believed that Fourth Brother was the true founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
In their eyes, he, the founding emperor, was worthless.
At the thought of this, Emperor Hongwu could not help but be furious and murderous.
Seeing his father so angry, even the usually carefree Zhu Di did not dare to make a sound. He shrunk his head and began to act like a quail.
"Your Majesty, you are wrong again! Big mistake!"
"The matter of the temple name of the King of Yan really has nothing to do with those civil officials.”
Seeing that Emperor Hongwu was about to kill the innocent again, Fang Yunfei hurriedly defended the Confucian scholars.
Although he didn't like these dutiful sons, he couldn't let his temper run wild!
If you kill all the ministers, who will help you govern the world?
Even if you are made of iron, how many nails can you sharpen?
"What is it? It has nothing to do with civil officials? Then who gave Fourth Brother the temple name?"
"That's right! What was with the temple name of Fourth Brother?”
Other than the successor emperor and the civil officials, who else could give the emperor a temple name?
This time, not only Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhu Biao was curious.
"Actually, the temple name of the King of Yan was originally 'Taizong', but someone changed it later.”
"Who changed this king's temple name? Why did he change my temple name? What good would it do him to change this king's temple name?”
When he heard that someone had actually changed his temple name from "Taizong" to "Chengzu", Zhu Di immediately sent three question marks.
Once the emperor's temple name was set, it would not change for a thousand years. Even if the dynasty was overthrown, the temple name would not change.
Why did he have to change his temple name?
Picking the soft persimmon to pinch?
Do you think I, Zhu Di, am easy to bully?
"Kid Fang, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't hide it.”
Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned and said.
Strange!
Since ancient times, there has never been a commoner emperor who started from scratch. Our Old Zhu has done it.
Since ancient times, there had never been a vassal king who had successfully rebelled, but his fourth brother had done it.
Since ancient times, there had never been an emperor who had changed the name of his ancestral temple. The grandson of his fourth brother had actually done it again!
Why does our Ming Dynasty always play this trick?
"This matter has to start from the sixth grandson of the King of Yan, Emperor Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao. Speaking of which…"
"Why was Fourth Brother's temple name changed by this kid called Zhu Houzhao?”Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted.
"That's not it. After Emperor Zheng De passed away, he did not have a son to inherit the throne, so he chose his close cousin Zhu Hou to succeed the throne, which was later Emperor Jia Jing.”
"Yes! Brothers die together, not bad, not bad!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and glared at Zhu Di.
Due to the limitations of medical conditions, the young emperor ascended the throne and died prematurely. Because there was no heir, it was a common practice for his brother to succeed the throne.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that Zhu Houzhao was already thirty years old when he passed away. He thought that he was just a baby emperor who died early.
Therefore, Emperor Hong Wu thought that this was the correct way to treat a brother as his younger brother. It was much better than the Fourth Brother rebelling.
Seeing that his father was about to vent his anger on him again, Zhu Di, who could get shot lying down, almost stuck his head into his pants.
"After his cousin Zhu Houzhen ascended the throne, in order to let his biological father enter the ancestral temple to enjoy the worship, not only did he confer his father the title of emperor, but he also ranked above Emperor Zheng De.”
"However, because the number of God Thrones in the ancestral temple is limited, in order to allow his father to enjoy the offerings of future generations, he has to be careful. Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houyu changed the temple name of King Yan from "Taizong" to "Chengzu" and appointed a priest.”
"This is the reason why the temple name of the King of Yan has been changed.”
As soon as he said that, everyone fell silent.
You said that Zhu Houzhen was unfilial…
She was doing this for her own father.
If you wanted to say that Zhu Houzhen was filial…
He changed the temple name of his sixth ancestor.
If you want to say that Zhu Houjie is courteous…
He forcefully carried his father, who had never been an emperor, into the ancestral temple.
If you want to say that Zhu Houzhen is not polite…
He even knew to give his father the title of emperor before entering the ancestral temple.
Emperor Jiajing's move directly made everyone unable to do anything.
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