After three days, the new emperor ascended the throne.
The other side of the mourning hall is completely white, but the Wende Hall has restored its glorious appearance with golden walls.
The royal family is not comparable to ordinary people's families. Family affairs are also state affairs. The enthronement of a new emperor is a big day celebrated by the whole country. It cannot be delayed or bring any bad luck.
The Enthronement Hall is extremely grand. From the Inner Court, Outer Court, Meridian Gate, and Imperial Street, all the mourning sheds have removed their white silk and replaced them with colorful silks, decorated with flowers. Only the mourning hall still has mourning and white clothes.
, the palace servants and chamberlains wearing white belts were also temporarily restrained in the mourning hall, and were not allowed to move around during the ceremony.
The new emperor ascended the throne, civil and military officials, relatives of the emperor, and old ministers, all entered the palace in sequence, paid homage, and paid homage. Zhao Guangyi carefully placed his butt on the emperor's throne as the mountains shouted "Long Live the Emperor." He finally felt in his heart
Feeling more at ease.
Today, everyone is watching, and he is the only protagonist. His every move, every word and every deed is upholding God's will. He is a high-ranking emperor. Looking at the ministers kneeling at the imperial steps, he is like a high-ranking god, looking down.
The feeling of ants under my feet is really ecstatic.
After paying homage to the new monarch, Lu Duoxun, Lu Yuqing, and Xue Juzheng led the Zhongshu, the sect, the two privy offices, the six departments, and the nine ministers to invite your majesty to change the reign name.
According to the old practice, the reign name will not be changed when the previous emperor dies. The new emperor will draft a new reign name on January 1st of the following year. However, if the old reign name is still used, for Zhao Guangyi, it will be a disaster.
The shadow of his brother lingered, and his throne was never secure enough, so he did not care about the ancient rituals. Under his instruction, the three prime ministers led hundreds of officials to ask for a reign title. Zhao Guangyi, who had already prepared it, pretended to recommend it.
After some concessions, the reign name was changed to "Taiping Xingguo".
Immediately, Zhao Guangyi changed his name again.
His real name was Zhao Kuangyi. After Zhao Kuangyin came to the throne, his courtiers wanted to avoid the taboo of the emperor's name, so he changed his name to Zhao Guangyi. Now there was no reason to change it back to his old name, and he didn't want to change it back. The name Zhao Kuangyi always reminded him of him.
There was another name with a similar pronunciation, so he secretly invited a famous physiognomist from the capital to draft a new name for himself, with the single character Jiong. From now on, Zhao Guangyi would be called Zhao Jiong.
The Song Dynasty rejuvenated the country with the virtue of fire. The word "fire" in the sun was in line with the national destiny of the Song Dynasty. In his opinion, it was auspicious. Although the theory of fortune and feng shui was a bit false after all, for Zhao Guangyi, who was eager to consolidate his power, anything he could seek
He is now willing to take the trouble to find some auspicious things and follow them as he likes.
After the reign and name were given, a general amnesty was issued and a new policy was promulgated. The new emperor's grace was so great that the whole world was affected by rain and dew. Except for the serious crime of beheading, all prisoners were released and had their sentences commuted.
At the same time, the Chunwei Imperial Examination was in full swing. Zhao Guangyi decreed that the number of candidates for this subject would be expanded. The number of admissions in each subject would be ten times or even a hundred times higher than the dozens of people in each examination during Emperor Taizu's time, reaching several
Hundreds or even thousands of people were recruited, and it was stipulated that this would be the case from now on. Naturally, this move was enthusiastically supported by thousands of soldiers and horses crossing the single-plank bridge, who only wanted to become officials and their families.
During the imperial examination, Jinshi who passed the same subject and ranked in the same year called each other the examiner, called their master, their teacher, or their disciple, and called themselves disciples. In this way, a very special teacher-student relationship was established between the new Jinshi and the examiner.
New Jinshi often regarded their passing as a kind of kindness shown to them by the examiner and were grateful. Therefore, the imperial examination became a channel for the examiner to form cliques for personal gain and establish and cultivate their own power. The Niu-Li party struggle in the late Tang Dynasty was
An example.
In view of this, Zhao Kuangyin transferred the final decision on whether candidates can be admitted to his own hands, thus forming the third level of the imperial examination: the palace examination. The emperor became the final examiner and became the benefactor of all new Jinshi. sect, all the new Jinshi became students of the emperor and disciples of the emperor, and the only person they could be grateful to was the emperor. In this way, the emperor firmly grasped the power of selecting scholars through the imperial examination in his own hands.
Zhao Guangyi greatly expanded the number of scholars and added a lot of fresh blood to the official team. These Jinshi will serve in the government in the future. This is equivalent to having a huge reserve official team loyal to him at once. This move is very important. Gao Miao, it was Song Qi and Murong Qiuzui who proposed the plan.
Immediately, Zhao Guangyi generously rewarded all the ministers. Of course Dang Jin, Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan and others who were on the expedition were all rewarded, and the civil and military officials of the DPRK were no exception. Lu Duoxun, Xue Juzheng, Lu Yuqing, Shen Lun, Cao Bin and Chu Zhao The assistants and others were promoted to officials. Those who could no longer be promoted were promoted to officials, and their children, grandchildren, and nephews were promoted to officials. In addition, some leveling was carried out. Some senior officials, such as Zhao Pu, were promoted to officials in the court. The ministers who still had great potential in the country were sent down with edicts one after another and prepared to be transferred to the vicinity of Kaifeng for control.
Zhao Guangyi issued an edict, and all the civil and military officials called for a hundred years. The sound was like an overwhelming sound. Zhao Guangyi, who was sitting on the high throne, felt the huge sound coming in front of him and couldn't help but get excited. This is power, supreme power, hierarchy. Everyone below is a powerful civil and military minister, and they all kneel at their feet. This is the emperor.
There is a huge difference between a prince, no matter how noble he is, and the emperor. If you don't sit in this position, you will never feel the feeling of having the world in your hands, even though you try your best to maintain solemnity, solemnity, and harmony. Remembering the late emperor's sorrow, he still couldn't help but smile. So he imitated the emperor's brother's previous habitual movements, stretched out a hand, waved it slowly and forcefully, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is safe."
"Long live thanks!" All the ministers got up and returned to their seats in order. One of them was limping, which looked unusual at first sight.
As soon as Zhao Guangyi saw him, he felt particularly sick in his heart.
Yang Hao, the person he once wanted to recruit, has always been aloof from him. This made Zhao Guangyi, who had always been subordinate to him, always have a sense of unhappiness and humiliation in his heart. This suppressed disgust finally turned into Yang Hao when he became a cripple. The last bit of patience in his heart was gone.
Now, this Yang Hao, who can hardly be called his confidant, but who probably holds the truth about his brother-killing and usurping the throne, is like a thorn in his eye, and he is determined to pull it out quickly.
But... now is not the time. Sitting on this throne is just the beginning, and sitting firmly on this throne is the end. Yang Hao does not have the courage or ability to expose his scandal on the spot. He has plenty of time and opportunity to deal with him slowly until Remove this thorn in your side forever.
He looked down at Yang Hao from the high throne, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. Then he raised his head, looked straight ahead, and said in a deep voice: "When I was in Qiandi, I was in charge of the affairs of the Kaifeng mansion. The officials in the mansion were Song Qi and Jia. Yan, Cheng Yu, Murong Qiuzui, all of you have worked hard and diligently, and they are all worthy of reuse. Now I inherit the great treasure, so I have been promoted and appointed. Wang Jien, declare my will."
"My slave obeys the order."
Wang Jien agreed and said: "I have ordered that Murong Qiuzui be appointed as the envoy of the East Pavilion, Song Qi will be the envoy of the East Pavilion, Jia Yan will be the emissary of the East Pavilion, Cheng Yu will be the envoy of the West Pavilion, and Shang Feng will be the left guard in front of the palace.
Chen Congxin is the deputy envoy of the right squadron, Chen Zan is the deputy envoy of the armory, and Wang Yande is the deputy envoy of the imperial kitchen. Zhang Xun is appointed... Zhou Ying is appointed... Wang Jiying is appointed..."
Wang Jien thought about it one by one, and found that most of the officials affiliated with Nanya had been assigned positions in the court. These official positions were not only filled with Zhongshu, Menxia, Privy Council and Six Ministries, but also spread throughout the capital and local military systems. The total number of people was eighty.
There are many people. What does it mean to be an emperor and one courtier? This is it. The officials they hold are not big, but everyone knows that in three to five years, these people will be promoted one after another and become emperors in the civil and military classes.
the backbone of.
Among these people, Song Qi, Jia Yan, Cheng Yu, Murong Qiuzui and others were represented. They went to the temple to express their gratitude on behalf of the officials who had been granted the title. After Zhao Guangyi kindly called them up, he suddenly burst into tears and said in a trembling voice: "The late Emperor is not the only one in the world.
Your Majesty is also my brother. My brother, Emperor Longyu Bintian, is extremely sad in my heart. When the late emperor was still alive, he loved his family deeply and never regarded himself as the supreme one. As a great treasure, I regard respecting Heaven and Dharma Patriarch as my top priority. How dare I not follow the example of the late emperor? Today
I have ascended the throne and granted a general amnesty to the world. All civil and military officials will receive awards, and all people in the world will inherit the emperor's grace. How can I forget that my family, empress, emperor's brother, prince, and princess came forward to receive the award?"
Empress Song, who had changed into palace attire, Prince Defang, the two married princesses and Princess Yongqing, and the emperor's third brother Zhao Guangmei came forward to pay tribute to the emperor. Zhao Guangyi had already left the dragon throne and trotted away.
After falling to the ground, Kankan helped them up and said with tears in his eyes: "Emperor's sister-in-law, emperor's brother, emperor's nephew, you all get up, get up. You don't have to kneel down to receive my graceful decree, just listen quietly."
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Wang Jien waited for Zhao Guangyi to take a step back, then he coughed and loudly declared: "...King Dezhao of Wei was granted the title of King of Wu, and was granted the title of Jiedushi of Yongxing, and things were settled; the second son of the emperor, Defang, was granted the title of Jiedushi of Shannan West Road.
Envoy, Tongping Zhangshi; the emperor's brother Zhao Guangmei, the Huainan West Road Jiedu envoy and minister, Zhongshu Ling, informed Kaifeng Mansion, and granted the title of King of Qi; the children of the late emperor, today's children, the emperor's brother, the Prince of Qi, will all be called Princes of Qi from now on.
Prince and princess, there is no difference between them..."
Later, the two empresses who had passed away by the late emperor were posthumously granted the titles of empresses of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin originally had four sons and six daughters, two princes and three princesses who died young. Among the three surviving princesses now, the married Princess Zhaoqing
Princess Yanqing was promoted to Princess Xu, and Princess Yongqing, who was not yet married, was also promoted to Princess Guo. Princesses are still princesses, and they have rank in their titles. With this promotion, their
Salary, treatment will be improved one level...
Zhao Guangyi's actions immediately dispelled the suspicion and doubts of many courtiers. If we say that the titles of Jiedushi, Pingzhangshi, and even princes were all empty titles, they only increased their salary and treatment, and had no real power, but the third emperor
My younger brother Zhao Guangmei is appointed as the governor of the Kaifu. This is a real power. If there is really something fishy about the death of the late emperor, how can the emperor dare to delegate power like this now?
Zhao Guangyi saw the reactions of the ministers in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. He turned his eyes and suddenly glanced at Yang Hao, the thorn in his side, and found that there seemed to be a faint sneer on the corners of his lips. Looking at him again, he saw that he was like
Like other ministers, they stood respectfully, without squinting their eyes, without any sign of disrespect. It seemed that he had just been dazzled. Despite this, he still felt very uncomfortable.
At this time, Zhao Guangmei, the third brother of the emperor, had already stepped forward to thank him. He had no time to think too much, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support his third brother and offered some words of comfort. When talking about his deceased brother, the two brothers held hands and looked at each other with tears streaming down their cheeks.
All civil and military officials saw the touching scene of the deputy brother-in-law and his brother-in-law. Some of them missed the late emperor and could not help but cry secretly.
Afterwards, Empress Song led a pair of children to come forward to express her gratitude.