On the second day of winter, Wang Yan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, where he had been away for several months.

The first thing to do when construction started was the Shaw family affairs.

Should the Shao family move up the ranks?

Wang Yan asked for instructions, and the emperor asked about the old affairs of the Han and Wei dynasties, so it was obvious that he would not pursue the title.

Because Cao Cao, Sima Yi and others were the founders of the dynasty and had the greatest contribution, it is not an exaggeration to say that they were the founding monarchs. It would be unreasonable not to pursue the title.

But if there is no merit, the title will not be pursued.

The second thing is still the Shaw family matter.

Wang Yan did not dare to carry it alone, but instead called for Taichang Qing Cui Yu, Shangshu Lingchu, Shangshu's left and right servants Liang Fen, Chen Xi, Zhongshu Supervisor Zhang Bin, and Zhongshu Yangman.

"Your Majesty is extremely filial. You must avoid taboos when mentioning the names of your parents, but there is no need to avoid taboos about the word 'Xun'." Wang Yan shook his head and said: "This sincerity will benefit the people of the world, but if you don't avoid taboos, what if someone uses the art of witchcraft?"

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It sounds a bit nonsense to say this, but this was the original reason for avoiding taboos. As for showing respect, it all evolved later.

You don't want to hide your name, I know your "real name", then I will use "witchcraft"!

"Why don't you ask your Majesty to change the name?" Taichang Qing Cui Yu said, "Han and Wei have old practices."

Of course, changing the name cannot completely solve the problem. It is not difficult to change the name today, but he may not agree with the name change of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Queen.

In this case, wouldn't "Xiucai" have to turn back into the "Maocai" of the Later Han Dynasty?

"Taichang's words make sense." Wang Yan said with a smile, then looked at the others and asked: "Then go to Emperor Shu and ask for a divination of the new name?"

Cui Yu secretly cursed an old dog. If he didn't mention it himself, he had to ask others to mention it, and he had to get others to agree.

"No." Just when everyone agreed, Shangshu Ling Chu objected.

"Although the word "Xun" is not uncommon, it may not be impossible to rewrite or avoid using it." He said: "If the word 'Xun' needs to be avoided, does the small character "His Majesty" need to be avoided?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone felt dumbfounded.

There is a classic saying in "Wei Lue": "A certain person, you are not mine, and you are not allowed to be in Jizhou."

Among them, the word "A" means "A'hao".

Cui Yu and Liang Fen were a little curious, what is Jinshang's nickname?

When Wang Yan heard Chu's words, he was a little displeased and said: "The emperor is respectful, but his reputation is difficult to understand and easy to avoid. What do you mean by planning for the future?"

Chu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has accomplished so much in the universe, why do you need to change your name?"

Wang Yan glanced at him and said, "Let's put this matter aside for the time being. We will discuss it later when I come to the palace."

After that, he took out another list and said: "This is what your Majesty has drawn up. I remember that many of my old ministers have passed away. Now that the country has been founded, I should posthumously grant them titles.

To show his merit."

Everyone took the list and passed it around one by one to read.

The first one is Yu Chen.

According to the previous meaning, the highest minister is the county prince, but here it is written that Yu Chen is posthumously named "Xu Gong".

Duke Xu is now the Duke of the country.

Although it was only a posthumous title, and Yu Liang was named "Hedong County Duke" (the founding title of the country), it was still an honor.

To be honest, Wang Yan felt a little sour when he saw it. He always wondered if he died before the founding of the country, would the emperor make him the Duke of the country? It was unlikely.

In addition, what made Wang Yan even more envious was that the emperor personally drafted a posthumous title for Yu Chen: Kang.

Looking at Yu Chen's life, he has the heroic feat of guarding the isolated city of Jijun, and also has the affairs of governing the world.

"It can bring peace and prosperity to the people". This is a beautiful posthumous title.

In addition to Yu Chen, Lu Zhi was posthumously named "Qinghe County Duke" and presented it to the Grand Master. The emperor also proposed a posthumous title: Bao, that is, Qinghe Bao Gong.

"Because of meritorious deeds" is called Bao, and "might and virtue serve far away" is called Bao, which is very appropriate.

He also renamed his son Lu Chen, the secretary-supervisor, as the founding Duke of Qinghe County. In terms of merit, it was not enough. The founding Duke of Qinghe had at least half of Lu Zhi's contribution.

Pei Kang was posthumously named "Bohai County Duke" and was given as a gift to Taifu. His posthumous title was: Si.

Wang Yan secretly cursed, this posthumous title is a bit interesting.

"Tenderness can encourage oneself" is also called thinking, and "repenting of you before" is also called thinking.

If Pei Kang had made a decisive decision and promised His Majesty that once Sima Yue passed away, he would not lose face and strongly support Concubine Pei to marry His Majesty, then what else would Queen Yu have to do?

This posthumous title was decided by His Majesty himself. I don’t know what he was thinking at that time. Wang Yan was very curious.

Pei Kang's son Pei was re-titled as the founding Duke of Bohai.

Cao Fu was posthumously named "Dong Tao County Duke" and was given the title of General Hussar. His posthumous title was: Zhe.

Because Cao Fu's son died early, his grandson Cao Yin was given the title of Duke of Dangyang County, the founding state of the country.

In addition to these four people, there were others who died early and many civil and military generals died in the war, but none of them personally decided their posthumous titles, let alone had titles or titles as gifts.

These are all handled by Taichang Temple and will be finalized within half a year.

Including the posthumous title of the late Jin Emperor Sima Chi, it had not been decided before the Zen Dynasty. Some Dr. Taichang wanted to give it a good posthumous title. After all, the deceased was the most important person, but some people just wanted to give it a flat posthumous title. They argued endlessly. This time, they will all be included.

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After reading the list, everyone felt the same as Wang Yan, but they had no objections.

The emperor really misses the past, which is a good thing for his ministers.

"One last thing." Wang Yan looked at everyone and said: "In ancient times, there was a ritual of two kings and three kings. Your Majesty intends to pursue the three dynasties of Han, Wei and Jin.

Jin has Teng Gong, but who are the Han and Wei?"

"Where is Queen Chenliu?" Shangshu Ling Chu asked.

"We're crossing south." Taichang Qing Cui Yu said, "How about waiting?"

"I'm afraid we can't wait." Yang Man, the servant, shook his head and said, "Queen Chenliu is not blessed, so she will look for her in the clan. How about Dangyang County Duke?"

"The Duke of Dangyang County is the great-grandson of Cao Hong. Isn't this too far away?" Cui Yu disagreed and said, "If you want to find it, you have to look for it among the descendants of Emperor Wei Wen."

"Then let's choose one of Wei Wen's descendants."

"I'm afraid it's hard to find."

Wang Yan listened to their discussion quietly and did not participate.

He still enjoys the feeling of having the final say, which makes him feel that he is the real leader.

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After getting down, Wang Yan returned to his home.

In fact, the imperial court prepared an official residence for him, but Lao Wang didn't use it, so he still lived comfortably in the old residence.

The servants sent away all the visiting guests, and closed the door tonight to welcome all guests. After all, he was really over seventy years old, and no matter how good his spirits were, his body would eventually grow old.

I was busy all day yesterday, and today again, I need to take a good rest.

"I don't know what I'm busy with all day long." Mrs. Guo placed the tea bowl heavily on the table and said, "I've all gone home, and I'm still reading my letters.

It’s just for fun, why don’t you do something serious?”

Wang Yanran asked: "Selecting officials is not a serious matter?"

"Although it's business, how does it compare to your daughter?" Guo asked.

Only then did Wang Yan react and remained silent for a while.

"Third Madam, Ninth Concubine, you decide for yourself." After a moment, Wang Yan said.

Guo was stunned for a long time and said, "Who is the third lady?"

"The noble concubine Pei Shi, the madam Yang Shi, the noble Le Shi."

"What?" Mrs. Guo was a little surprised: "It's just for daily enjoyment. How can Queen Hui be the 'third lady'?"

"Queen Hui is from the previous dynasty." Wang Yan said angrily: "Although it will cause criticism, it is nothing. She is just a woman, and outsiders are too lazy to care."

Guo was speechless.

Yang Xianrong turned out to be a wife, so her two daughters were out of luck.

There are only three positions for noble concubine, madam, and noble person. Pei, Yang, and Le occupy the three positions. The others can only compete for the ninth concubine position, which is a bit inferior.

To put it bluntly, when later dynasties were compiling histories, the biographies of concubines could only include the third wife, and the ninth concubine was probably useless.

Even if a child is born, so what? Just one more sentence, "Wang Jieyu" gave birth to a certain king.

Who is Wang Jieyu? I won’t mention it at all.

But when writing about Sheep Xianrong, I would write "Mrs. Sheep's name is Xianrong, from Nancheng, Mount Tai——", which is a long paragraph.

Mrs. Guo felt sorry for her daughter, and it didn't matter whether she was worthy of being mentioned in the history books or not, but she still wanted to strive for status and treatment.

"What do I need from you, old slave?" Guo became angrier as she thought more and more, "Or the Prime Minister? You usually show off your power, but when you really need to use it, you shrink back and don't know how to think of a solution?"
To be continued...