Dugu asked: "I wonder if this regulation is also effective for the king, I don't know when the king will abdicate?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Since officials above the third grade are going to retire at the age of sixty-five, how can this king say that they will also be seventy years old?" Of course, maybe this king will die before he is seventy years old, and naturally he does not need to abdicate, but if this king is not dead at the age of seventy, he will definitely abdicate, maybe this king is tired of it, and it is not impossible to abdicate before he is sixty years old! All in all, this is a hard and fast rule, there is no condition to speak, even if such and such an official is capable, he must retire when he reaches the age! ”

Dugu Wenshu breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, if the regulations on the retirement of Zhishi are only effective for officials and colonels, but not for the king, I am afraid that a considerable number of people will be dissatisfied, but if this regulation is also effective for the king, everyone will have nothing to say, and there will be no reason or excuse to object!

In this way, the minister was the first to agree! Chen is fifty-nine years old this year, and he only has six years to do, and he doesn't know if he will live to be sixty-five! It seems that we have to cherish the time in front of us! ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang drove all the way to the door of Cen Shen's mansion unimpeded, and it took nearly half an hour along the way, and this mansion was located outside the south city gate. Because the population of Xinjing has exceeded two million people in recent years, commerce and trade are extremely developed, the city can be said to be an inch of land, although Xinjing has undergone large-scale expansion more than ten years ago, but still can not meet the living needs of the huge population, the houses in the city are generally not big, and it is most suitable to live in a few families, but there are dozens of family members, family members and maidservants of the court officials at every turn, and the houses in the city can basically not be accommodated, so they have to buy land outside the city to build a large mansion to live. The houses in the city were either rented out to businessmen or left with a few people to guard and clean them.

Before getting off the sedan chair, Dugu asked the vulgar and said to Zhao Ziliang: "King, I heard that Lord Cen is in a very bad physical condition, and he may drive the crane west at any time, so the king had better have a number in his heart!" ”

Clerk Zhao Ziliang's face was calm, nodded, and when Dugu asked the customs, he took Princess Xinping's hand and walked off the sedan chair, at this time Cen Shen's son Cen Zuo and his two younger brothers Cen Cen Bing and Cen Ya with a group of juniors were already standing at the door to greet him.

"Welcome to the king and princess!"

"Flat!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand. When everyone got up, they asked, "Cen Zuo, is your father better?" ”

Cen Zuo said with a little sadness: "Thank you to the king and the princess for worrying about my father's illness, my father is getting sicker and sicker, and the medical officer said that I am afraid that time is running out!" ”

"Let's go, go in and have a look!"

"King, princess, please!"

Zhao Ziliang asked as he walked: "Hasn't your father's body always been very tough?" Why can't you afford to get sick? ”

Cen Zuo arched his hand and replied: "The king should know that his father and Gao Shi Gao are confidants, and after Gao Shi died of illness, his father couldn't bear the blow, so he couldn't afford to be sick!" ”

Zhao Ziliang knew that Cen participated in Gao Shi's relationship was extraordinary, both of them liked to write poetry, and they had the same concept of governing the country in politics, not only a very good friend in reality, but also a spiritual confidant.

A group of people walked into Cen Zuo's house, and under Cen Zuo's guidance, they went to the backyard and went to Cen Zuo's ward. I haven't seen him for three years, and Zhao Ziliang can hardly recognize the old man lying on the bed who is thin and gray-faced, and he must know that Cen Shen is only fifty-five years old this year.

"Father, the king has come to see you!" Cen Zuo walked to the side of the bed and whispered.

Cen Shen slowly opened his eyes, and after a while, he saw clearly that it was indeed Zhao Ziliang who was standing by the bed, and immediately struggled to get up, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lie down, lie down!" ”

A few old tears quickly dripped from the corners of Cen Shen's eyes, and his lips trembled and said: "The king is worried, and he blames the old minister for his ?????? bones."

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, how can anyone not get sick?" When your illness is cured, this king will discuss military affairs with you, you can recuperate in a short period of time, and then return to the government affairs to deal with political affairs when you are well, the position of prime minister has been reserved for you, you don't have to worry! ”

Cen Shen said: "Don't stabilize the old minister, the old minister's body, the old minister himself knows, there is no cure." Since the old minister was sick and couldn't be a director, I heard that some people in the court began to be dishonest and secretly made small moves, the old minister was worried, the king let the courtiers act before leaving, but the old minister did not manage the following people for the king, the old minister was ashamed! ”

"Now that the king is back, the old minister is relieved, with the old minister's current body can no longer serve as a director, why should he occupy the position of prime minister? Today, the king is here, and the old minister will resign from the king in person and ask the king for approval! The position of prime minister cannot be vacant for a long time, although Lord Dugu has full authority to handle the affairs of the Government Council as vice minister, but after all, the name is not right! ”

"Lord Dugu is very knowledgeable, and there are many ministers! He is talented, energetic, honest and honest, and has the courage to speak out, making him a rare candidate for prime minister. Now that the internal stability of Western Qin is and the people are rich, there are more corrupt officials below, and there is a need for a righteous person like Lord Dugu to set an example! Before his resignation, the old minister recommended Lord Dugu to take over as the prime minister of the Government Council! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Cen Qing rest assured, your recommendation will be seriously considered!" It has been nearly 20 years since the establishment of the Western Qin, but you and Gao Shi have been following this king since the sixth year of Tianbao, you are all people with great merits, but this king has never rewarded you extraordinarily, and this king also knows that if you reward you, you must not want it, and this king will count this reward on your children and grandchildren! ”

Cen Shen hurriedly said: "The king can't! Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, even if the king rewards more today, if they themselves do not fight, they will not be able to keep it in the future! Over the years, the king has rewarded the old ministers enough, the children and grandchildren of the old ministers have long enjoyed preferential treatment, and their starting line in life is much higher than that of the vast majority of young people in Western Qin, if they still have nothing to do in such a situation, no matter how much the king rewards, it is useless, not only useless, but also will fuel their arrogance! O king, there are too many noble sons of the Tang Dynasty, relatives of the emperor, and children of eunuchs, they have no scruples in doing things, they do whatever they want above the law, and enjoy privileges far beyond ordinary people, which is not a blessing for the country! Western Qin can't repeat the mistakes of the Tang Dynasty, Lao Chen and others who followed the king to fight the world back then are indeed some credits, but on the other hand, why not because of the king's knowledge, the ministers have today's achievements? The children and grandchildren of the minister have already enjoyed special treatment far beyond ordinary people, so should the children and grandchildren of the minister not enjoy this kind of preferential treatment? What can they do? ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to Cen Shen's words and sighed: "Cen Qing is high-spirited, broad-minded, long-term, fair and selfless, and few people can match him!" Cen Qing's words just now are thought-provoking, and this king has benefited a lot. Okay, just listen to Cen Qing. In the future, in terms of promotion and sprouting shade in politics and the army, only the direct second generation of meritorious ministers can enjoy certain privileges, that is, when they reach the age of eighteen, they will automatically obtain the official position of the Nine Rank Dispersion, and their father must be a marquis or above, and the title can only be canonized, not inherited! ”

Cen Shen smiled: "The king is wise! ”

After coming out of Cen Shen's house, Zhao Ziliang then went to Gao Shi's house with Dugu Wenqing, and saw Gao Shi's descendants. Gao Shi has three sons and two daughters, all of whom have married and have children and grandchildren, two of the three sons are officials outside the home and one is in business.

Zhao Ziliang comforted Gao Shi's descendants, rewarded them with some property, and issued an edict to give him the nickname Wenzhong. In ancient times, after the death of people with extremely high social status, including emperors, monarchs, princes, ministers, concubines, etc., descendants evaluated praise and disapproval according to their life deeds and moral cultivation, and gave a title with a kind evaluation and judgmental nature. In addition, some neighboring countries influenced by Chinese culture also used epithets, but not every ancient East Asian country used epithet. After the death of the king, his nickname was agreed upon by the ceremonial officials and submitted to the new emperor for approval and then announced, while the posthumous titles of the princes, ministers, concubines, etc., were given by the imperial court. To put it simply, a nickname is to use one or two words to make an evaluation of a person's life, which can be regarded as a final conclusion. There are three types of nicknames, which are praised: Wen, Wu, Jing, Lie, Zhao, Mu, etc.; Those who belong to criticism are: Yang, Li, Ling, etc.; Those that belong to sympathy are: mourning, nostalgia, sorrow, mourning, etc.

A few days later, late at night on April 23, Cen Shen died of illness at home. Because the palace gate was not open at night, Zhao Ziliang received the report on the morning of April 24, and immediately issued an order to comfort the Cen family and give him the nickname Wenzhen. At the same time, the edict stipulates that the rank of Wenchen from high to low is: Wenzheng, Wenzhen, Wenzhong, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang, Jing, Yu, Jie, Yi, Jing, Mu, Zhao, Ke, Gong, Xiang, Qing, Xiu, Kang, Jie, Min, Da, Tong, Jie, An, Lie, and He.

After the death of Wu Chen, the name of Wu Chen took Wu as the first word, and the words that matched it and were arranged according to the high and low ranks were: (Wu) Ning, Yi, Min, Hui, Xiang, Shun, Su, Jing......

At the same time, Zhao Ziliang also issued an edict to designate the name Wu Yi for Wang Zhonghei, the name Zhonglie for Huangfu Weiming, and the name Wujing for Laiyao.

Of course, the higher the rank, the more glorious, but not the higher the rank, the better, and the name must be consistent with the person's life deeds and moral cultivation to be more pertinent.

There has always been a tradition that the status of Wenchen is higher than that of military generals, so the nickname "Wenzheng" is the highest rank and best evaluation of all the nicknames. When Zhao Ziliang promulgated the edict on the level of the name, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials and generals from all over the country were all warm-eyed, especially when they heard that Gao Shi and Cen Shen were given the titles of Wenzhong and Wenzhen respectively after their deaths, they were all thinking about what kind of nickname they would get after their deaths.