During this preparation, a problem arose. According to Zhao Zhen's edict, mourning clothes were replaced by the sun and the moon, and the mountain tomb system was based on frugality.
But when it's time to do things, who dares to really frugally do things, especially in this situation.
The succeeding emperor was too young to be in charge, and he was not his own flesh and blood. In addition, there was no legitimate empress dowager in the palace, so it was only the imperial concubine Miao Shijin who presided over it.
But after all, the Miao family never held a post, and they did not have much say in this matter, so everything basically fell on the ministers led by Ouyang Xiu.
Zhao Zhen has been in power for decades and has a long-standing reputation for benevolence in the hearts of the people. Regardless of his own considerations or Zhao Zonghan's reputation, Ouyang Xiu dare not act frugally, otherwise he will be scolded by others. .
Therefore, the specific process can only be set according to the old rules of Emperor Zhenzong and then continue to add to them.
Roughly calculated, the overall cost was almost equivalent to two years of taxes in the Song Dynasty, almost emptying the national treasury.
Li Hao and others naturally knew that this was not appropriate, but at this point they could only bite the bullet and carry on.
Although there are many things to do and the time is quite tight, after all, unlike the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty would start building the tomb before the emperor was alive.
But there are regulations that the emperor's burial must be completed within seven months, otherwise the soul will not be able to enter the Ancestral Temple smoothly.
Compared with such a big project as the construction of the mausoleum, seven months is obviously extremely tight, so the mausoleum construction staff, led by Shen Tugang as the administrator of the mausoleum and Yuan Wenshao as the guardian of the mountain mausoleum, left Bianjing early. , went to pick a suitable location.
In addition, most of the other procedures have established procedures. Once the personnel are arranged, just follow them.
Anyway, Li Hao helped his group find a position this time, and he also had to earn a lot of qualifications in this position.
The only thing left that required everyone to work together was to establish a posthumous title for Zhao Zhen. No one dared to stumble on this point, so it went smoothly.
Finally, the six characters were determined: Anren established the government, which was called Shen, the emperor's virtue was Guang, which was Wen, the wise Tianzong, which was called Sheng, the people who were peaceful and harmonious were called Wu, who looked after the four directions, called Ming, and who was kind and caring to the people, called Xiao. With these six words, Zi helped Zhao Zhen make the final decision.
Then after they selected the location and submitted the application plan, they started construction.
At this point, the busiest stage was over, and everyone began to have time to turn their attention back to the government.
Although the large-scale purge of erring officials will not begin yet, after all, the main task so far is to maintain stability in the DPRK.
But for certain important figures, naturally it cannot be delayed, otherwise external rewards for meritorious officials cannot be carried out, and someone has to make room for them.
You must know that only Ouyang Xiu and Duke Yingying have been promoted in accordance with Zhao Zhen's imperial edict, and the others have not moved yet.
Ouyang Xiu now finally has a long list of official titles, including the hero of Tuizhong and Coordinator of Tongde and Zuoli, Tejin, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Bachelor of Zhaowenguan, and Tongpingzhang for important military affairs.
Among them, the hero who promoted loyalty and conspired with Tongde Zuoli was a hero, which was just to show his role as a meritorious official; Tejin was a second-rank official with a casual rank, just like the official of the Ministry of Libu, who received salary and benefits. Only Zhaowen Guan The great scholar and Tongpingzhang are dispatched for important military and national affairs, which is their real duties.
At this point, Ouyang Xiu has become a legitimate Prime Minister. Before the next Privy Councilor takes office, he can be in charge of both the Political Hall and the Privy Council.
The official positions of the British Duke are: Zhongbao Jieyi Dai Gongchen, Zhongwujunjiedu, Xuzhou Guan Nei Observation and Disposal Envoy, Kaifu Yitong Third Division, Inspection Lieutenant, Envoy to Control Xuzhou Military Affairs, Xuzhou Governor, In the Shangzhu Kingdom, the British Duke had 8,700 households with food towns and 3,000 households with food seals.
In terms of official rank, the British Duke's rank is higher than that of Ouyang Xiu, and he is the first rank, but he has no actual authority in his official position.
Even if you are supervising the western suburbs camp, you are doing it according to the imperial edict. It is equivalent to the emperor clearly giving you the order to take charge of it, so you can take charge of it, otherwise you will not have this responsibility.
But this is understandable. After all, it is not suitable for the British Duke to take charge of the third party now.
Yamen, there are no other seats available further up.
Anyway, these two have now established a firm foothold, and it will be much easier to deal with the corresponding officials.
Among them, the civil servants were handled by Ouyang Xiu, and the military officers and nobles were handled by the British Duke.
But in terms of overall difficulty, the handling of civil servants is even more difficult, especially Han Qi.
This guy's relationship with the DPRK and China is intricate, and he was not directly involved in Zhao Zongquan's palace coup this time.
Although witnesses can be found to prove that Han Qi and Zhao Zongquan are connected, there is no substantial physical evidence to prove it.
Han Qi was a very cunning old woman. Li Hao and the others searched through Zhao Zongquan's throne, but could not find any letters between Han Qi and Zhao Zongquan.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to convict Han Qi of treason.
Moreover, civil servants have always been accustomed to protecting each other. Although many people want to see Han Qi in trouble, if the punishment is too severe, I am afraid they will have something to say.
After all, people always make mistakes, and they also hope that when they make mistakes, they will not be punished too severely, so naturally they are unwilling to break this unspoken rule.
So under this situation, Ouyang Xiu came to Daxiangguo Temple and wanted to talk to Han Qi in person.
Speaking of which, Han Qi has been living here for more than a month since he prayed for Zhao Zhen.
Han Qi was naturally dissatisfied with this, and began to get angry when facing the soldiers sent by the British government, and made things difficult in every possible way.
It was not until the situation in Kaifeng Mansion became clear later that the task of guarding was handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, and Zeng Gongliang sent people. Only then did Han Qi finally calm down.
After all, there is a difference between civil and military affairs. Han Qi is very sure that the British Lord will not take action against him, but will carefully protect him to avoid conflicts between civil and military forces.
But in Zeng Gongliang's hands, he no longer had these worries, and naturally Han Qi calmed down a lot.
However, as time went by, Han Qi felt more and more at ease. The longer the time passed, the less evidence the other party had.
Otherwise, for me, the other party will definitely deal with it quickly, instead of leaving so much time for me.
Therefore, facing Ouyang Xiu's arrival, Han Qi was not too surprised. He even said calmly: "It's been a long time since we had tea together. When was the last time we had tea."
Ouyang Xiu replied: "It's been a long time, probably since you joined Zhao Zongquan's sect, and we haven't had tea together."
Han Qi smiled after hearing this and retorted without hesitation: "What you said is wrong. When did I vote for Zhao Zongquan? Why don't I remember this?
If we talk about official connections, it means taking refuge. Then it was the two of us who went to Yuzhou to bring Zhao Zongquan back. Could it be that you also took refuge in Zhao Zongquan. "
Faced with Han Qi's answer, Ouyang Xiu replied: "You and I both know the cause and effect of this matter. There is really no need to argue. I am not here to study this matter in detail."
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Han Qi naturally understood this truth, but Han Qi could not let go of the fame and fortune in his heart.
In the end, Han Qi still wanted to work hard. Even if he was demoted and exiled, as long as he could still stay in the officialdom, he would at least have the possibility of returning to the center.
Moreover, Han Qi boasts that he has many friends abroad and believes that as long as he persists, there will always be people who can speak for him.
So he said firmly: "Then let's take a look and see what will happen next."
Seeing that Han Qi was determined to struggle, Ouyang Xiu only left a few words to help himself and left.
Originally, Ouyang Xiu was thinking about their friendship over so many years and wanted to give Han Qi a decent treatment, but he didn't expect that Han Qi didn't want it himself.
In this case, Ouyang Xiu can only do those things that should have been done long ago.
In fact, Ouyang Xiu could roughly understand the reason why Han Qi was so stubborn. It was just that he felt that he still had someone to rely on.
After all, Han Qi has been in charge of the Central Committee for seven years and is famous all over the world. Naturally, this disciple has many followers.
Han Qi thought these people could help him overcome this difficulty, but Ouyang Xiu didn't think so.
If the court intends to cause serious involvement this time, then maybe these people will stick together to keep warm and work together to save Han Qi.
Because at that time, protecting Han Qi meant protecting themselves.
But it is a pity that in order to stabilize the court situation as soon as possible this time, Ouyang Xiu just wanted to scare the monkeys. It would be enough to free up some official positions for meritorious people, and control some key positions by the way.
The participation of civil servants in the palace change was not high this time, so there were not many official positions that really needed to be transferred, so naturally there was no need to expand the scope.
As long as his own interests are not affected, Ouyang Xiu doesn't think these people will come forward to speak for Han Qi. After all, in the officialdom, those who are single-minded are only a minority, and most people will weigh the pros and cons.
Ouyang Xiu then asked the people from the Admonition Court to start impeachment one by one in the court, and called out all the people who should be called out.
Then he would talk to them one by one, win over those who needed to be roped in, and appease those who needed to be comforted. As for those that needed to be dealt with, Ouyang Xiu would not care about them.
After this operation, the officials above the court naturally understood what Ouyang Xiu meant.
Based on the recognition of Ouyang Xiu's integrity, the group of people who originally planned to stay together were quickly disintegrated by Ouyang Xiu.
In addition, some people even took the initiative to provide evidence to Ouyang Xiu in order to show their loyalty to Ouyang Xiu and to settle the matter as soon as possible to avoid more troubles.
In addition, in front of everyone, Ouyang Xiu also vaguely mentioned that he wanted to give Han Qi a decent ending, but Han Qi refused in person.
The other guilty officials are now being dealt with, but if there is no result from Han Qi, I'm afraid this matter may cause trouble again.
So I want them to go together to persuade Han Qi to stop being so stubborn and accept his kindness.
After hearing Ouyang Xiu's words, everyone said that Ouyang Xiu was a gentleman and tolerant of others, and they all agreed to persuade Han Qi.
Ouyang Xiu didn't think they would be able to persuade Han Qi. Anyway, persuasion would be the best way to save everyone trouble.
And if they can't talk, I think these people will take the initiative to find ways to help Ouyang Xiu deal with Han Qi for their own benefit.
This is indeed the case. After Han Qi made a scene in front of them, these people began to try their best to find evidence to throw dirty water on Han Qi.
Even if there were a few people in the DPRK who cleared Han Qi's name, they could not withstand the powerful fighting power of these people.
After the opinions at the court were unified, Ouyang Xiu petitioned Zhao Zonghan to agree to remove Han Qi, Chen Shengzhi and other important officials from their posts, destroy their writings since their birth, return them to their original hometowns, and hand them over to the custody of local officials.
And this is basically the most serious punishment for officials. After all, the Song Dynasty never killed civil servants very much.
As for other officials, there were also a number of people who were exiled and demoted. Anyway, after more than a month of hurried work, all those who were to be dealt with were dealt with.
after
This is the moment that Li Hao and the others are most looking forward to, because as the official positions are vacated, it means that their rewards can be implemented.
This time, Li Hao was promoted from Salt and Iron Envoy to Third Division Envoy, taking over the position vacated by Chen Shengzhi, and began to completely take over the financial power.
The specific official positions became Yinqing Guanglu Dafu, Shangshu Youcheng, Quan Sanshishi, and became a high-ranking official in the court from the third rank.
This was also the position that Sheng Hong felt he would be satisfied with when he retired.
Of course, Sheng Hong's goals must be more ambitious now. After all, he has been promoted very quickly with Li Hao in the past few years.
For example, this time, although Sheng Hong did not catch up with the meritorious service, Li Hao still gave him the opportunity to take over the post of Salt and Iron Envoy.
After all, he did understand the affairs of the Salt and Iron Division, and he was quite obedient. In addition, this time he was sent to Bianjing, allowing him to go around the Song Dynasty. There was no credit but hard work.
As for Gu Tingye and the others, they don't have to worry about Li Hao. This time, the British Duke will take charge of the general's affairs.
Naturally, Gu Tingye and the others will not be treated badly. Basically, everyone's official rank has been improved. Among them, Gu Tingye was pushed to the position of deputy commander of the Guards and Horse Army.
Yang Wenyuan also took over Bi Zhongyou's original position and became the deputy commander in front of the palace.
Of course, part of their position is due to British public help, but more importantly, both companies themselves have made great efforts.
The remaining Yuan Wenshao and Zhang Wen were far behind, and could only fall among the armies below.
