When the new monarch ascends the throne, the first priority is to reward the ministers, pardon the prisoners, and show grace to the people of the world!

Since Chai Rong ascended the throne, he has been working hard to make the country prosperous, cultivating literature and virtue internally, and cultivating martial arts outside, and the people have also gained a better opportunity to recuperate. The most important thing is that the Xiaoyaojin Bazaar, which Li Zhongyi secretly presided over, brought huge fiscal and tax revenues to the entire empire.

After more than five years of operation, the annual tax revenue of Xiaoyaojin Bazaar has increased by at least 30 percent. By this year, the commercial tax alone has brought millions of yuan in additional revenue to the state treasury.

Today's Great Zhou treasury can be described as unusually abundant, in addition to the three treasurers, even the left treasury in the palace is full of money and silk.

Therefore, in order to invite the hearts of the people, Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen carefully discussed, and decided to reward the ministers.

After the edict was issued, for a while, the courtiers were overjoyed. Li Zhongyi, the prime minister, in addition to getting a thousand guanwen, has more titles on his head.

The founding of the Yue Guogong, this is Li Zhongyi's new title, and at the same time, Li Xianggong also got a Yongye income, and he sealed 7,000 households.

Compared with Han Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Yanqi, these seven top princes, the Yue Guogong obtained by Li Zhongyi, actually belong to the second-level Guogong.

The Yue and Wu kingdoms, in the Spring and Autumn Period, both nominally dominated the Central Plains. In fact, even their prestige at their peak was far inferior to the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, which were split from the Jin State, let alone the Qin State that swept through Liuhe.

Fan Zhen was named the Duke of Chu, Wang Pu got a Korean duke, Li Gu was the Duke of Zhao, Wei Renpu, Li Yun and Wu Tingzuo, and they got the rest of the dukes, which can be regarded as the title of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

Only. Li Qiong, the king of Kaiping County, is still a county king, but the name is a little better, and his new title is the king of Huayang County.

On the occasion of the new monarch's accession to the throne and the amnesty of the world, Li Qiong, the prime minister of the dynasty. The reward received can be described as very thin!

In the singing and cheering of the salute officials, Fan Zhen led the prime ministers and thanked the new monarch for his grace.

Immediately afterwards, Chai Zongxun's two younger brothers, with the support of Grandma Grandma, knelt down in front of the throne in front of everyone and said in unison: "Brother Chen." Knock on the royal brother. ”

Fan Zhen stroked his beard, and felt greatly settled in his heart, the so-called righteousness that Confucianism has always admired has been decided, referring to this moment.

The name is established, even if it is a brother, it will be the division of the monarch and the minister from now on. If, these two princes are not interesting, they want to make something famous. In the blink of an eye, you can put on the big hat of rebellion.

This is the so-called. The teacher is famous, yes!

Li Zhongyi stood silently in the middle of the shift, he didn't care much about other things, except for the title obtained by Zhao Laoer. His curiosity was aroused.

Zhao Lao Er was originally the envoy of the Song Zhou Festival, and now, the imperial court has added the title of Song Guogong to him.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Song Zhuang Gong. used to dominate for a while, this name is a beautiful name, and it is even slightly better than Li Zhongyi's so-called Yue Guogong.

It can be seen that Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen still have a good impression of Zhao Laoer.

The old master of the empire is gone, and the new master is on the throne, and he has finally established Chai Zongxun's position as the supreme ruler in terms of name.

As for saying that it is a general amnesty for the world and the release of criminals, in fact, there are still heavy prisoners who belong to the eight unforgivables, and they cannot enjoy the happy rain and dew of changing the dynasty.

After the empire has a new owner, the next step is to intensively prepare for the funeral of the first emperor.

According to the usual practice, the prime minister of the political affairs hall is the prime minister, and he is the envoy of the mountain. The rest of the ministers, including Li Zhongyi, were appointed as road envoys, mausoleum envoys, and tomb sweepers.

In Li Zhongyi's view, according to the division of labor among the ministers of the political affairs hall, although there is no name of the funeral committee, there is a reality.

As in any period of empire, as long as the highest ruling class attaches great importance to it, no matter how troublesome and important things are, they will be properly handled.

On weekdays, officials at all levels, who are good at stealing and playing tricks, and who are always acting in disobedience, are afraid that they will be pushed out as scapegoats at such a critical juncture, and their work efficiency is simply astonishingly high.

After the prime minister took his own responsibilities, in order to give Chai Rong the temple number, Wang Pu and Li Gu finally seized the opportunity and argued with Fan Zhen fiercely several times, and alarmed the Empress Dowager Fu.

So, under the call of the Empress Dowager Fu, Li Zhongyi followed the shift again and came to the side hall in front of the first emperor's spirit.

Empress Dowager Fu asked lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever agreed on the temple number of the first emperor?" ”

Fan Zhen took the lead as usual, arched his hand and replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager's words, the old minister thinks that he should be designated as Emperor Sejong Wen." ”

The ministers in the palace, except for Li Zhongyi, Li Yun and Li Qiong, are all Confucian elites who have read poetry and books.

So-called, Sejong is the name of the lord of the order. The original intention is to unify the line from this point on, for the first generation, containing the meaning of the transfer of the imperial line within the imperial family.

The first emperor Chai Rong was not the son of Taizu Guo Wei, when he ascended the throne as an adopted son, he was not surnamed Chai, but surnamed Guo.

Later, after the Battle of Gaoping, Guo Rong drove his own expedition, not only defeated the joint attack of the Northern Han and Khitans, but also recovered several states, and became famous for a time.

Soon after the Battle of Gaoping, Guo Rong sat on the dragon chair, recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, and changed back to the surname Chai, which also means that the imperial family was completely transferred.

Historically, the emperors of the temple name Shizong are more famous: Liu Che of Han Shizong, Sima Shi of Jin Dynasty, Chai Rong of Later Zhou Shizong, Zhu Houxi of Ming Shizong, and Ai Xinjue Luo Yinzhen of Qing Shizong.

Wang Pu opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but unfortunately, Empress Dowager Fu didn't want to listen to his reasoning at all, so she waved her hand and made a decision categorically, "Just according to what Fan Xianggong said." ”

Come on, Empress Dowager Fu has already expressed her position, what else does Wang Pu have to say?

At this point, Chai Rong's temple name was officially set as Sejong, and the name was a very prestigious "Wen" character.

From then on, the official title of Chai Rong by ordinary courtiers must be: Emperor Shizongwen.

Of course, the important ministers of the imperial court, especially the ministers of the political hall, are qualified to abbreviate two words: the first emperor.

The feudal rules are greater than the sky, and at the time of the imperial examination, the words used by the tribute students of the Great Zhou Dynasty when mentioning Chai Rong must also be three lifts. If there are only two lifts, for example, Emperor Sejong Wen, hehe, waiting for the candidate, it can only be the tragic fate of dethronement.

After the temple number and the name of the temple were made, next, it was the turn of the mausoleum to be a big problem.

Before Taizu Guo Wei died this week, the imperial tomb was in Guodian in the northern suburbs of Xinzheng, and the official name was Songling.

The naming of Chai Rong's mausoleum, Fan Zhen did not dare to be arbitrary, and specially consulted the meaning of the Empress Dowager Fu.

Empress Dowager Fu thought about it carefully, and said with some hesitation: "Why don't you call it Qingling?" Although she has read some books and knows a lot of words, after all, her knowledge is shallow, and she is worried that she will be ugly and lose face.

Without waiting for Fan Zhen to speak, Wei Renpu suddenly interjected and said: "The first emperor has great favors to the subjects of the world, whether it is the gentry or the common people, they must keep in mind the kindness of the first emperor. "It's actually a big slap on the back of the Queen Mother.

Li Zhongyi looked at Wei Renpu with some curiosity, this well-known good minister in political affairs must have a plan, right?

Wei Renpu took the initiative to stand up and support Empress Dowager Fu's opinion, even if it was Fan Qian, it was impossible to speak out against it.

So, Chai Rong's mausoleum was so set and called "Qingling".

When it comes to major events of the national funeral, they have been agreed one after another, and even Li Yun has been asked for her opinion by the Empress Dowager Fu, but Li Zhongyi has been left hanging aside and sitting on a very cold bench.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart, Empress Dowager Fu had already looked at him unpleasantly, and in addition, he was now Chai Yuniang's husband-to-be, and his bad feelings were stacked with bad feelings, how could his attitude be good?

Of course, Li Zhongyi didn't care at all about Empress Dowager Fu's snubbing.

Chai Yuniang, that is also one of the four sisters in the capital, the well-known beauty, and the marriage promised by Chai Rong himself, hehe, this flower, Li Xianggong is determined.

What's more, Chai Yuniang is still the little emperor's aunt, and in private, Chai Zongxun wants to call Li Zhongyi as an uncle.

Master and disciple, uncle and nephew, prime minister and emperor, there is this triple relationship to play a role, Li Zhongyi will be in charge of the government in the future, there are a few more indestructible "sharp weapons" out of thin air.

The name of this thing, which may not be tightened in normal times, will play an unimaginably huge role at a critical moment.

Take a more appropriate example: a man raises three children outside, although he can love her a thousand times on weekdays, but what he really takes out to meet people can only be a genuine wife.

Nowadays, among the courtiers, many scholars like to admit death and pay attention to the so-called reputation.

When the time comes, this kind of inexplicable and incomprehensible emotion will naturally add a lot of help to Li Zhongyi.

Generally, the elders of the dead relatives pay attention to filial piety for three years, but the royal family is different, and the official filial piety period is set at three months.

The day of the official funeral, after the explanation of the Ministry of Rites, there are fixed rules, scheduled to be 7749 days later, by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military together, sent to Qingling for burial.

According to the logic of accompanying death as companionship, all the items used by Chai Rong during his lifetime must be brought into the mausoleum, which is a requirement specially added by Empress Dowager Fu.

After the collapse of Guo Wei, the Taizu of this dynasty, the layout of Songling was not only not the slightest luxury, but it looked extremely shabby.

Stone beasts, no; majestic palaces, no; Palatial decorations, likewise absent.

Although Li Zhongyi did not compliment him, he also respected Guo Wei from the bottom of his heart, how to say it, the emperor who is diligent and thrifty and maintains the country is worthy of respect.

As for Chai Rong's mausoleum, it is actually quite shabby, since he ascended the throne, he has not built a mausoleum, and he has made up his mind to accumulate national strength and people's strength to unify China.

It's a pity that a generation of male masters, whose ambitions were not rewarded, died first, and went to the Western Heaven Elysium with a strong unwillingness.

After a whole day of tossing, Li Zhongyi came out of the palace, and when he boarded the car to go home, his legs felt a little weak.

Li Zhongyi, who was sitting in the car, gently put down the curtain in his hand, turned his back to the sky, and let out a long breath.

Zhao Laoer, when are you going to do it, this is indeed a question worth pondering! (To be continued......)