In the morning, it was sunny and cloudy. In front of a tomb outside Yecheng, flags were waving and crowded. There were majestic ceremonial guards standing on both sides of the gods. The emperor stationed in Yecheng personally worshiped the former Shu king Yuchi Jiong today.

All the etiquette and numbers are all included, except civil and military officials, queens, princes, and princes.

Therefore, King Yuchi Jiong of Shu was a close member of the Yuwen family and a nephew of the Zhou Taizu. He turned the tide when the Great Zhou Dynasty was in turmoil and was the mainstay.

Even though his son later committed a traitor, it was the matter after Yuchi Jiong's death. Yuchi Jiong's achievements were in the country and the court had made a conclusion, so his tomb was intact and he had never been whipped out of a coffin (bone).

The Great Zhou court did not "reduce the title" to Yuchi Jiong, and the title of King of Shu was still the same. The emperor at that time Yuwen Gankeng arranged for the people to settle down near the King of Shu tombs and guard the tombs for generations. The Xiangzhou government also regularly sent people to pay homage to the tombs to show respect.

This time, Yuwen Wen brought the queen, prince and princes to worship the Shu royal tomb to express his attitude, that is, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty clearly distinguished his grievances, and treated Yuchi Jiong, Yuchi Dun and his son differently.

Any merits will be rewarded, and any mistakes will be punished.

Because without the mainstay of Yuchi Jiong, the Yuwen family's country would have been over, so Yuchi Jiong's mausoleum was qualified to receive the highest respect from Yuwen's clan and to be worshiped by the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

As long as the Yuwen family's country remains, the incense in front of the Shu King's Tomb will not be cut off. If it is cut off, it will only criticize the world for saying that Yuwen family is ungrateful.

The loyal minister Yuchi Jiong was worshipped by incense, and the rebellious minister Yuchi Dun had to crush his bones and ashes.

For Yuwen Wen, when he arrived in Yecheng, he had to go to the King of Shu tomb. This was not only a commendation of loyal ministers to save the country, but also a courtesy of his grandson-in-law's family to his deceased elders.

Empress Yuchi Chifan is the granddaughter of King Yuchi Jiong of Shu, the crown prince Yuwen Weicheng, and the great-grandson of King Shu. If Yuwen Wen, who is husband and father, does not express his attitude, the mother and mother will not know what to do.

In the patriarchal society, even though Yuwen Weicheng was bleeding from the Yuchi family, he was still a descendant of the Yuwen family and could draw a clear line with his mother's family, but Yuchi Chifan could not do it.

If she draws a clear line with her parents' family, although it is true in principle, it will be considered unfilial; but if Yuchi Chifan is in love with his family, he is a rebellious and unfaithful person.

The dilemma made Yuchi Chifan’s situation a little subtle. Yuwen Wen would not let his wife face the fierce discussions, so he set the tone himself to let his wife and children get out of the predicament, that is, to worship the King of Shu, and let everyone in the world know his attitude.

Therefore, Shu King Yuchi Jiong was a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and this matter is unquestionable. As for the actions of the unfilial descendants after Yuchi Jiong's death, it has nothing to do with him.

The emperor and the princes worshipped the former King of Shu, which was the kindness of the descendants of the Yuwen family thanked their saviors. As for the queen, in addition to being grateful, it was also a reasonable act of the granddaughter to worship his grandfather.

This move is upright and does not need to be concealed. Yuwen Wen, a female member of the Yuchi family who was confiscated as a slave for her crime, has also been pardoned, allowing these people to live as civilians (residential surveillance).

He also expressed his views on different occasions many times, saying that the rebellious ministers, Yuchi Dun and others were extremely ruthless and that they would die.

As for Yuchi Shun, who was "unknown to the end", he seemed to have forgotten both inside and outside the court and the country. No one mentioned it for several years, so Yuwen Wen naturally did not make any statement about his father-in-law's issue.

At this moment, looking at the clean mausoleum and the shrine, Yuwen Wen said to the prince Yuwen Weicheng: "Take your brothers and go copy the inscription."

The Shinto Monument refers to a stone tablet that stands in front of the tomb (Shidatou) to record the life and deeds of the deceased. It mostly records the life and year of the deceased, contributions made, etc. The inscription is actually an epitaph.

In this way, Yuwen Wen asked his sons to remember Yuchi Jiong's deeds. Yuwen Weicheng nodded and took his younger brothers to the Shinto Monument.

As he walked, a stone fell in Yuwen Weicheng's heart: He knew how to face his great-grandfather.

That year, he was still young, and the great-grandfather gave him the impression of kindness, so Yuwen Weicheng recalled the great-grandfather and felt quite warm in his heart, which was the warmth between relatives.

Now, Yuwen Weicheng looked at the Shinto Monument, the inscription, and the life of the great-grandfather, and felt that his eyes were hot. He had grown up, so he knew what he had experienced back then.

He and his mother lived in Yecheng for a long time. They were not grandfather and grandmother reluctant to let him stay, but were under house arrest.

He was made a pseudo-emperor by his kind uncle and was very ruthless.

His mother was a pseudo-queen, and his aunt was a pseudo-queen. His mother's family and cousins ​​were all traitors.

For his sins and his mother, my father apologized to the emperor at that time several times. Now that he has become the crown prince, how should he face his mother's family and how should he face the beautiful memories of his time in Yecheng?

Yuwen Weicheng didn't know what to do. His mother's family was a traitor. He should draw a clear line and swear loudly, but Yuwen Weicheng's childhood experience told him that his mother's family was very good to him.

Declaring the crime of Yuchi and drawing a clear line with the mother tribe? Or do you work hard for the mother tribe to cleanse the crime?

Yuwen Weicheng felt a little uncomfortable when he chose the first one; choosing the second one would probably cause shock to all civil and military officials. What should I do?

Now, my father has expressed his attitude, that is, his merits and demerits are clear, the right one is right, and the wrong one is wrong, so Yuwen Weicheng knows what to do.

Yuchi Chifan, who was standing beside Yuwen Wen, looked at her grandfather's tomb and saw her son copying the inscription seriously. Her eyes were hot and she quickly lowered her head, not wanting that people would see her crying.

Yuwen Wen gently held the queen's hand, felt the slight trembling of the other party, and comforted the other party with his warm hands.

He didn't say anything, he looked at the tomb with a lot of thoughts.

There is a poem that says: Duke Zhou is afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang has not usurped the times. He will die in the first place, but who knows the truth or falsehood of his life?

Therefore, if the king of Shu, Yuchi Jiong, lived for a few more years, would he?...

Could it be like Sima Yi, although he was nominally a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he paved the way for his sons to replace them in the future?

Or, like Prime Minister Zhuge of Shu Han, although he was in power, he devoted himself to the country and devoted himself to the whole country, and had no idea of ​​the righteousness of the ruler and the ministers?

There will be no answer to this question, because Yuchi Jiong passed away suddenly, and no one knows what choice he would make if he lived for a few more years.

This is also good, at least the friendship between nephew and uncle (Yuwen Tai and Yuchi Jiong) has a happy ending.

Yuwen retracted his thoughts, looked at the Shinto Monument, and then looked at the civil and military officials present.

He brought the queen, prince, and prince to worship the King of Shu tomb and made a clear statement that the status of the queen and prince will not be shaken, and this will have some side effects.

The civil and military officials who made great contributions in the battle with the Yuchi family were worried that the queen, who had a stable position, would also worry that after the prince ascended the throne in the future, would be rehabilitated by the mother's family under the temptation of the empress dowager, and would lead to the liquidation of their "murderers".

With such concerns, the undercurrent of the deposed queen or the deposed prince will inevitably gradually surge.

Yuwen Wen was mentally prepared for such a situation. He could act vaguely and not express his attitude so that some civil and military officials could calm down and not greatly increase his hostility towards the queen and the prince.

But Yuwen Wen still expressed his attitude. He believed that everything has advantages and disadvantages, as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Yuwen Wen believes that as the emperor, he must be in the world, and not only take into account the idea of ​​officials from the "anti-Yuchi camp" and also appease the "remnants" from the Yuchi camp.

The worst choice is better than not making a choice. Therefore, if the King of Shu does not make a clear statement, then officials of both backgrounds will have doubts, which will make both sides unpleasant.

Now he expressed his attitude by personally worshiping, so the achievements of King Yuchi Jiong of Shu cannot be forgotten, and the crimes of the rebel minister Yuchi Dun and others must be severely punished, and the positions are already very clear.

With all the efforts made before, Yuwen Wen has been trying to win over most people on his side, and now he has done this. If there are still people who are ungrateful and secretly cause trouble, Yuwen Wen will not hesitate to show what "killing and decisive" means.
Chapter completed!