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    In real life, there are indeed many ministers who are ill, and the court will first draft a posthumous title.  However, these ministers were all in their seventies or eighties. Only when they were seriously ill did the court make preparations.  It's like ordinary people preparing for the funeral of a seriously ill elderly person.

    "But Sun Yuanqi was not yet forty years old, and he was just seriously injured and in a coma. Do we still need to give him a posthumous title first?"

    Na Tong suddenly remembered Zeng Guofan¡¯s peculiar hobby.

    Zeng Guofan made outstanding achievements in morality, merit, and writing, and was called "the most perfect man in modern China" by later generations.  But this man has a peculiar hobby, that is, he likes to write couplets, especially elegiac couplets.  The elegiac couplet has the meaning of closing the coffin. In just a few words, it is necessary to summarize life, express emotions, and give comments. If you want to achieve the level of hitting the nail on the head and blending emotion and reason, it cannot be written well without amazing talent.  It is precisely because it is extremely challenging that Zeng Guofan enjoys this path and is good at it.

    During the Daoguang period, Jiang Zhongyuan went to Beijing several times and failed to pass the examination.  Every time he went home after being defeated, people from Hunan and southeastern provinces who died in Beijing, whether they knew him or not, asked him to escort their coffins back home, and he always agreed.  Not only did he agree, but he would personally deliver it to his home.  At the same time, Zeng Guofan liked to write elegiac couplets to people. As long as someone passed away in the capital, he would be asked to help, and he would almost always respond to every request.  Therefore, there was a proverb widely circulated in the capital city for a while: "The coffin is included in the Minqiao River, and the coffin is included in the elegiac couplet."

    "It's just that those who need to make elegiac couplets are all recently deceased people, but how can there be so many dead people around waiting for Zeng Guofan to "respect" them?  The man frowned and thought of it, and decided to make some changes and carry out "live elegies" - that is, pre-write elegiac couplets for familiar living people around him. Firstly, he can achieve the purpose of practice, and secondly, he can also make strategic reserves.  in case for need.

    This approach is of course very unkind. If you write an elegiac couplet to someone who is living a good life, isn't it to curse them to death?  Zeng Guofan also knew that it was wrong to do this, but he was too interested!  So I can only write it secretly and never dare to let the "rescued person" know about it.

    As the saying goes: "If you always stand by the river, how can your shoes not get wet?" One Spring Festival, after Zeng Guofan finished writing the Spring Festival couplets, he felt that the meaning was still unfinished, so he picked up a piece of white paper and started writing elegiac couplets.  To whom should I write?  After thinking for a while, he thought of his good friend Tang Peng and Tang Haiqiu, who was 10 years older than him.  Tang Peng was a great talent in the past generations, but his career was very unsatisfactory.  Isn't a person who has suffered such a fate a good subject for writing an elegiac couplet?  Zeng Guofan was extremely excited.

    It¡¯s a coincidence that Tang Peng came to pay him New Year¡¯s greetings at this time.  The two brothers had a close relationship, so Tang Peng came to the study without waiting for an announcement.  Zeng Guofan happened to write "Haiqiu Master Eternal", and suddenly saw the person being held appear, and hurriedly hid the couplet.  Tang Peng thought he was writing Spring Festival couplets, but he was just curious about why he used white paper instead of red paper. Moreover, Zeng Guofan's skill in couplets was recognized by everyone, so he wanted to see what he wrote.  How could Zeng Guofan dare to show it to him?  Naturally, I covered it tightly.  The more he didn't show it, the more curious Tang Peng became, so he ignored it and pulled him over to see what was going on.  I almost fainted if I didn¡¯t read it: my friend actually wrote an elegiac couplet to me during the Chinese New Year, which is incredible!  Tang Peng severed ties with Zeng Guofan on the spot and walked away.

    Does Prince Qing Yikuang also have a habit of giving posthumous titles to living people?  Never heard of it!

    ??Looking at Xu Shichang again, he was still looking at his eyes, nose and heart, as if he was thinking about philosophical issues, ignoring the flirtatious glances he threw at him.  Na Tong had no choice but to turn around and ask, "I wonder what Prince Qing has to say?"

    Yi Kuan stroked his beard and said slowly: "Although Sun Yuanqi came from Western learning, he was granted a Jinshi status by the late Emperor and was awarded a Bachelor's degree as a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, the previous word must be the word 'ÎÄ'. The key is how to formulate the next word.  ?¡±

    "Your Majesty is absolutely right!" Na Tong flattered him, and then said: "Sun Yuanqi vigorously established schools in the capital and Hubei, and made them famous at home and abroad. This was his greatest achievement in his life. The posthumous title goes like this: 'Rou De teaches the public  "Jing." The next one can be the word 'Jing'."

    "Wen Jing" is a very good posthumous title.  Many famous officials in history, such as Xie An in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Li Hang and Lu Yijian in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao Weng in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Xu Pu in the Ming Dynasty, were all given the posthumous title "Wen Jing".  This shows that Na Tong was quite kind to Sun Yuanqi.

    Yikuang shook his head disapprovingly: "Qinxuan, you only know one but not the other. Although the posthumous title says 'Rou De teaches everyone to say Jing', there are also 'Kuan Le Ling ends up saying Jing', 'Rou Zhi'  Let¡¯s take a look at the saying that ¡°Jing¡± is the final word. Sun Yuanqi was shot by a murderer, how can he be called a good death? The word ¡°Jing¡± is inappropriate!¡±

    Na Tong thought for a while and then said: "What about the word 'Hui'? 'Love for the people and love for learning is called Hui', 'Love for the people is called Hui'. Sun Yuanqi was proficient in Western learning, and even foreigners admired him greatly; he also established schools and trained many students for free  Students can be said to be 'loved by the people'."

    Wen Hui is one level worse than Wen Jing. This has been used in history.Come: "Master, we came here just to save Mr. Sun, and naturally we have tried our best. But our medical skills are limited and we can only reach this level. Does Mr. Sun wake up in two days or twenty days?"  , we can only resign ourselves to fate, what can we do? If there is a way, we have already used it; but there is no way, let alone giving each of us five peanuts, even if we shoot us for five minutes, there is still no way!"

    Jiang Zhiqing said disdainfully: "Whether there is a way or not, that is your business. I only want one result."

    "Why are you being unreasonable?" The doctor was a little angry.

    Jiang Zhiqing ignored him at all: "If you have any other conditions or any medicines you need, just mention them now. But if Mr. Sun doesn't wake up within two days, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

    The doctors knew that this time they were serious, so they went back and began to torture Sun Yuanqi: needle sticks, electric shocks, pepper water injection almost all the methods of the top ten tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Sino-US Cooperation Institute were borrowed.

    In the blink of an eye, a day and a half passed, and Sun Yuanqi was still not in a coma.  As time passed by, the doctors sat silently, their faces looked ashen, and the timid ones almost started to tremble all over.

    Jiang Zhiqing walked in with a pistol and said coldly: "It seems that you can only live for another half day!"

    A Fujiadian doctor stood up and said tremblingly: "I still have a way. Although it is ridiculous, I hope the military master will let me try it." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to  Come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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