Chapter 536 Burial
"Xu Mansion?"
Emperor Wu was stunned for a moment and even thought he might have heard it wrong.
Then, Emperor Wu frowned and shook his head: "I'm afraid this won't work. Xu Ming's ambition is not in the court, but in the world. Moreover, Mo Chi has told me before that Xu Ming's service in the court will only affect his life span.
He needs to look at the whole world. When Xu Ming becomes a great cultivator, things will be different. The Wu Kingdom will benefit a lot from Xu Ming.
At least it can ensure the stability of Wu State for a hundred years."
Prime Minister Fang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood my meaning. The young man from Wu State that I was referring to was not Xu Ming."
"Hmm?" Emperor Wu was somewhat puzzled, "What does the old gentleman mean?"
Prime Minister Fang stroked his beard and said, "The one I'm referring to is Xu Pangda, the third son of the Xu family."
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Emperor Wu fell into deep thought.
"Xu Pangda is indeed a good person with talent. During the years he was a county magistrate, his achievements were also outstanding. He is a good candidate.
After being tempered in the future, he will definitely become a pillar of the court.
But Xu Pangda was only a young man, and had only served as a county magistrate.
It would be hard to convince the public that he is so young and yet he is the Prime Minister of Wu State."
Prime Minister Fang shook his head, took out two letters from his sleeves and handed them to Emperor Wu.
"What's this, Mr. Fang?" Emperor Wu took the envelope but did not open it immediately.
"These two letters, one is Mo Chi's letter of introduction, and the other is mine."
Fang Ling explained.
"Although Mo Chi is dead, he is still a Confucian saint of the time, and his influence on people is still there. I also have many friends in the court. I have also recommended Xu Pangda, and other people will naturally help.
At least he would give some face to the old minister.
No matter what, there is no problem in letting Xu Pangda take office.
But it is indeed necessary to establish authority so that we can stand firm.
But this depends on your Majesty."
Emperor Wu looked at the envelope in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Fang Ling just raised his head, looked at the picture of mountains, rivers and states on the wall of the imperial study, and sighed softly: "We old guys are old after all, and young people are not necessarily young."
On the tenth day of the Battle of Wudu, the King of Xiliang and his son were paraded through the streets of Wudu in prison carts.
While they were paraded through the streets, officials from the Ministry of Justice announced their crimes.
There are ten major sins in total.
Among them, "rebellion against the Wu State", "disruption of the imperial order" and "collusion with sects" were the most serious.
With Emperor Wu's permission, as the details of the battle at Wudu Palace gradually spread outside the palace, more and more people knew what happened at that time.
Everyone knows that during the Battle of the Imperial Capital, the King of Xiliang was a traitor who directly betrayed Emperor Wu and defected to the sect, trying to sell the interests of the Wu Kingdom, just to get the support of the sect and let him ascend the throne of the emperor of the Wu Kingdom.
The people of any dynasty hate traitors the most, not to mention that the Wu Kingdom advocates the use of force and has a relatively simple folk customs. They are even more disdainful of the behavior of the King of Xiliang.
Furthermore.
Under the leadership of Emperor Wu, life in the Wu Kingdom is getting better and better, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment.
What do you mean by "you still want to rebel"? Do you want to become the emperor yourself, so you want to plunge the entire Wu Kingdom into disaster?
More and more people picked up cabbages and rotten eggs and threw them at the King of Xiliang and his son.
Then I remembered that the King of Xiliang and his son were going to marry Her Royal Highness the Princess.
This is simply outrageous! You guys want to marry the princess?
Do you deserve it?
The King of Xiliang and his son were dragged to the execution platform.
Because the people being beheaded were royal relatives and nobles, Emperor Wu personally supervised the execution.
The people watching were all there to watch the fun.
It’s not like many ordinary people haven’t seen beheadings.
But the common people have never seen royal relatives and nobles being beheaded!
Not to mention the famous King of Xiliang!
"It's noon! Kill!"
On the high platform, Emperor Wu threw down the token in his hand.
The executioner raised his knife and slashed it, blood spurted out, and two heads rolled to the ground.
Xu Ming, who was also watching the execution, frowned and felt quite emotional.
Xu Ming did not feel any pity for the death of the King of Xiliang and his son.
There is absolutely no need for that.
It was just that not long ago, the father and son of the King of Xiliang were still in the princess's mansion, chatting and laughing, but now they died suddenly.
All I can say is that once you start down the road of rebellion, you have to go all the way.
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Moreover, Xu Ming just felt it was ridiculous when he looked at the father and son of the King of Xiliang.
Emperor Wu and Mr. Xiao fought to the death with all the sects in the world for the great cause of Wu State, but these guys betrayed Wu State for their own interests.
After the heads of the King of Xiliang and his son were chopped off, the two heads were sent to Xiliang at full speed.
Emperor Wu's behavior was a complete provocation to the rebels, and at the same time it showed his extreme confidence in himself.
If it were in the past, Emperor Wu would never have done this.
Four days later, Wudu held a grand funeral.
Because Mr. Xiao didn't even have a piece of flesh and blood left, his entire body disappeared between heaven and earth.
So all they could do was put Mr. Xiao’s clothes and hat into the coffin and build a cenotaph in the imperial mausoleum.
On the day of Mr. Xiao's funeral, all the civil and military officials came to see him off, and the people of the city all wore mourning clothes and saw Mr. Xiao off together.
Xu Ming held Mr. Xiao's spirit tablet and walked at the front of the team.
On this day, there was another dark rain, as if the heavens were crying for this Confucian saint.
Mr. Xiao's will asked Emperor Wu not to hold a grand ceremony so as not to waste people's money and resources.
Emperor Wu did indeed simplify various procedures.
However, the people sent Mr. Xiao off with all their hearts, and his funeral was more magnificent than the funerals of countless kings and princes.
There were also many guests at this funeral.
Among them, the Bailu Academy has the largest number of scholars.
Even the dean of Bailu Academy came in person.
After Mr. Xiao was buried, according to the Wu tradition, the two closest relatives needed to keep vigil in front of the tombstone for three days and three nights.
Usually, this is done by children.
Mr. Xiao has no children, only some relatives.
But according to Emperor Wu, he finally asked Xu Ming and Xu Pangda to keep vigil in front of Xiao Mochi's tombstone.
No one was surprised by Emperor Wu's decision.
Although Mr. Xiao is the prime minister of a country, he is the pillar of the Xiao family.
But in fact, Mr. Xiao’s relationship with the Xiao family has always been bad.
Xu Ming and Xu Pangda are Mr. Xiao's two most famous and most promising disciples.
Once a teacher, always a father. It is only natural for them to keep vigil over the body.
And late at night on the first day of the wake.
Two guests came to Mr. Xiao's tombstone.
(End of this chapter)