According to the will of the late king Zhao Si, after he was buried, the people of the clan not only buried the king of Yu, Zhao Yuandi, next to the king's bones, but also moved the coffin of the king of Yi, Zhao Yuanli, to Zhao Si's side and placed it with the king of Yu, Zhao Yuandi.
One on the left and one on the right, flanked by the four brothers who were still accompanying them.
After that, Zhao Hongrun issued an edict in the name of the new king, in accordance with the rules of the past dynasties, prohibiting weddings and weddings for three months, and not drinking alcohol in order to mourn the late king.
Three months later, everything was business as usual.
The fly in the ointment is that neither Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao nor Zhao Yuan'e's second son Zhao Chengyue could come back in time because they were thousands of miles away from Daliang. When Zhao Chengyue repelled Lin Hu who invaded Shuofang County, he was in a hurry.
When we rushed back to Daliang, it was already two months later, and it was even half a year later when Zhao Hongzhao returned to Daliang. It was a pity that these two children of the Ji and Zhao family could not make it to witness the burial of their father.
In order to commend the contribution of King Yu Zhao Yuanji to the country, Zhao Hongrun decided to retain the title of "Yu" after thinking about it, and reduced the one-level reward to his son Zhao Chengyi. Simply put, he canonized the latter as "Yu Hou" and allowed hereditary succession.
, never reduce your rank.
Unless the descendants of King Yu Zhao Yuanke seek to cause chaos in the country, that is another matter.
After the national funeral ceremony was completed, the following tedious matters were left to the Ministry of Rites with full authority, such as building a temple for the late king Zhao Si, King Yu Zhao Ke, and King Yi Zhao Ren to enjoy incense, etc.
Regarding the matter of guarding the mausoleum, after the national funeral, the current commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard Li Zheng and the eunuch Tong Xian came to Zhao Hongrun hand in hand and asked for their resignation from the new king, saying that they were begging for the bones and guarding the tomb of the late king.
, lest ignorant people offend the royal mausoleum.
Before resigning, Li Zheng and Tong Xian recommended their successors respectively.
The one recommended by Li Zheng was undoubtedly Wei Jiao, Zhao Hongrun's former sect guard chief. The latter followed Li Zheng during these days and gradually became able to take charge of his own affairs, even if he was still a little uncomfortable for a while. He had his own Imperial Guard promoted by Li Zheng.
With the help of the generals, there won't be any problems.
Tong Xian also recommended Gao Li, the young eunuch beside Zhao Hongrun, and the two brothers Gao He, who were in charge of the eunuchs.
In this matter, Zhao Hongrun also made his decision: he sent the more stable and rigid brother "Gao Li" among the two brothers to work internally, while keeping the younger brother "Gao He" by his side.
The reason is very simple, because in Zhao Hongrun's view, Gao Li is too rigid and doesn't understand humor at all. Although his younger brother Gao He reacts a little slowly, he can finally understand the jokes Zhao Hongrun makes on weekdays, although most of them are actually true.
Not very funny.
But strictly speaking, Gao Li, who is in charge of the internal affairs, has greater authority. After all, he is the director of all palace affairs.
Zhao Hongrun felt a lot about this.
Because both Li Zheng and Tong Xian can be said to have watched him grow up. Now seeing these two retire and go to guard the mausoleum, Zhao Hongrun also feels a lot of reluctance in his heart. After several times,
After failing to persuade them to stay, he gave Li Zheng and Tong Xian a token for entering and exiting the city gate respectively, and told them to hold this token to enter and leave Daliang at any time, and seeing the order would be like seeing the king.
I have to say that this is a great honor, and that token is enough to become the heirloom of Li Zheng and Tong Xian.
But, that's all.
Zhao Hongrun felt that after Li Zheng and Tong Xian left, they would probably never leave Wangling again in their lives.
"Your Majesty, then I will take my leave."
Li Zheng and Tong Xian bowed their hands and left.
The Praetorian Guards and the Chamberlains alternated their authority, leaving only the Guards Division.
However, Zhao Hongrun did not intend to change this department. After all, the people in the Gongwei Department were all personally promoted by the late king Zhao Si and were trustworthy. Moreover, most of these people were in their prime. It would be a pity if they were left idle.
In contrast, Zhao Hongrun was more concerned about the fate of the clan guards around him.
Therefore, one day in early September, Zhao Hongrun summoned all the clan guards to the side hall of Chui Gong Hall and asked them about their respective plans - except for the former clan guard chief Shen Yu who was still in Shangshui County to represent Zhao Hongrun and Qin Shaojun's future son. Guarding this fief, the rest of the clan guards gathered here, including Wei Jiao, who had already become the leader of the President of the 100,000 Imperial Guards.
Among these sect guards, in addition to Wei Jiao, Gao Kuo also has a notable position. After all, he used to be the direct superior of the Blue Crows. In the future, he will definitely be under the "Tiance Mansion" and be responsible for investigating various matters for Zhao Hongrun. information.
Different from the Black Crows commanded by Zhang Qigong, the Black Crows are specifically responsible for doing things that are difficult for the court and the king to do. As for the ordinary things, the Green Crows under Gao Kuo are responsible for doing things. The two have equal powers and are well connected. Don't offend the river.
"Your Highness... No, Your Majesty, Gao Kuo invited me to serve as his deputy a few days ago..."
Zong Wei took the initiative and spoke first.
After hearing this, Gao Kuo pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "You don't have to talk about invitations. I just want to meet my brother and give you a bite of food..."
Zhao Hongrun and all the sect guards were overjoyed to hear these words.
Not to mention, Gao Kuo has great prestige among the three religions and nine streams in the Daliang area. Now he is simply the most local snake among local snakes, and he is indeed qualified to say this.
It's a pity that Zhongzhao had no intention of buying it. He curled his lips and said disdainfully: "I'll take refuge in you? Then I might as well take refuge in Wei Jiao, the leader of the president of one hundred thousand forbidden troops. This position is inferior to your small "left man in Tiance Mansion". "Captain, are you here?" After saying that, he turned to look at Wei Jiao and said with a smile: "Wei Jiao, brother, I surrender to you, why don't you promote me to be a commander?"
Wei Jiao smiled when he heard this and said: "Our Imperial Guard is currently short of manpower..."
Upon hearing this, Gao Kuo was anxious at first. After all, Zhongzhao and Zhongzhao have always been very good partners, and Zhongzhao was also cautious in doing things. Gao Kuo had long been thinking about luring this brother to his side as a deputy, so he couldn't agree to it. snatched away by Wei Jiao.
He quickly said: "Zhongzhao, I advise you to think about it again. The command of the Imperial Guard is only superficial. In terms of authority, how can it be as important as my "Capital Office of Tiance Mansion"?"
Wei Jiao immediately became unhappy when he heard this: "Hey, hey, hey, Gao Kuo, what do you mean by this?"
"That's true." Gao Kuo curled his lips and said.
But not to mention, except for the special status of Wei Jiao, the Imperial Guard is indeed not as powerful as the Tiance Mansion. After all, Zhao Hongrun's definition of the Tiance Mansion is "to supervise all military conflicts in the Wei Kingdom", so it can be replaced The word military means, strictly speaking, the Imperial Guard is also under the supervision of Tiance Mansion.
It's just that in terms of rank, Gao Kuo couldn't command Wei Jiao - the only one who could command Wei Jiao was Zhao Run, as the king.
Zhao Hongrun was also amused when he saw Wei Jiao and Gao Kuo joking with each other.
Although it was funny, he was also a little emotional, feeling that all the sect guards who had followed him were finally able to start their careers.
"Zhongzhao, what do you think?" Zhao Hongrun asked Zhongzhao.
Hearing this, Zhongzhao looked at Gao Kuo and chuckled, and said in a weird voice: "That depends on... Captain Gao's attitude."
Hearing this, Gao Kuo pursed his lips, fearing that his good partner would be taken away by Wei Jiao, so he said helplessly: "Invitation, it's an invitation, okay?"
Zhongzhao then nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, no one was surprised by this. After all, among the Zongwei, Gao Kuo and Zhong Zhao had the best relationship on weekdays, so how could they be separated.
"hey-hey."
Seeing the different tricks, Gao Kuo finally chose himself, and Gao Kuo glanced at Wei Jiao proudly.
Wei Jiao rolled his eyes and ignored this. In fact, he had already persuaded Lu Mu, the current Zong Wei Chief, to serve as his deputy, so Gao Kuo's triumphant look could not shock him at all.
After shaking his head with a smile, Zhao Hongrun looked at the other sect guards and asked, "Where are you?"
Sure enough, the current Zong Guard Chief Lu Mu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Wei Jiao intends to let me serve as the "East Palace Colonel". I think it is not bad, and I am ready to take up my post in the Imperial Guard... In this case, there is no need to leave your humble position.
around."
Zhao Hongrun smiled and nodded.
Among the three clan guards, Shen Yu, Wei Jiao, and Lu Mu, Zhao Hongrun preferred Lu Mu to follow him the most. The reason was that Lu Mu had a good sense of humor and could always keep up with his thinking.
After Lu Mu, Zhu Gui and He Miao looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, we hope to be transferred to the Shangshui Army... More than half of the Shangshui Army was lost in the war with South Korea. At present,
We are short of manpower. I heard that Zhai Huang of the Shang Shui Army was kindly inviting me to Zongwei to take office, and we were both a little moved... As men, we should still make meritorious deeds on the battlefield."
This sentence upset everyone here.
No, Wei Jiao and Gao Kuo were immediately unhappy: "Hey, hey, hey..."
"Zhai Huang." Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and thought: "Well, in this case... He Miao, Zhu Gui, if you two can support the Shang Shui Army, I would like to transfer Zhai Huang to Tiance
He served as a general in the government. This person stayed in the Shangshui Army. To be honest, he was a bit unqualified."
"General of Tiance Mansion?"
Zhu Zongwei was slightly surprised.
As the name suggests, the General of Tiance Mansion is the staff officer of Zhao Hongrun, the "General of Tiance Mansion". His power is almost equivalent to that of half a lieutenant, which is quite an incredible position.
However, thinking about these years, Zhai Huang, as the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, has been responsible for almost all the affairs of the Shang Shui Army. He is also the commander of the Shang Shui Army during the war, so he is indeed qualified to hold this position.
"Could it be that Your Majesty thinks that Zhai Huang has the ability to become the "fourth person"?"
Zhu Zongwei secretly guessed in his heart.
The so-called "fourth man" refers to the fourth commander of the Wei Kingdom with this ability after the three country-destroying commanders Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Yuanzuo, and Zhao Yuanji. After all, Zhao Hongrun, as the king of Wei, has basically already
It was destined to be unlikely to lead an army on an expedition, and coupled with the death of King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai, only Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, was left as an outstanding commander.
But unfortunately, with the experience and character of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of the Southern Liang Dynasty, unless the Wei Kingdom suffers a disaster, neither Zhao Hongrun nor the imperial court is destined to give him much power. Therefore, looking for another person with the ability to destroy a country
The commander-in-chief of Wei State became particularly important.
Having said that, for this "fourth person", the guards had previously guessed Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, Sima An, Governor of Hexi, General Shao Hu, Qu Cheng of Yanling Army, etc., but unexpectedly, in front of them,
Your Majesty seems to be more optimistic about Zhai Huang.
And this point alone is destined to make Zhai Huang prosperous in the future, and his future is limitless. Jane is in the emperor's heart!
After that, the remaining three people, Mu Qing, Chu Heng, and Zhou Pu, also made their decisions.
The first two people were inclined to serve in the imperial guards, but Zhou Pu was the most unexpected. He actually expressed his hope to serve in the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and other judicial offices of the imperial court. Not to mention that the guards did not expect this, even Zhao Hongrun himself was stunned.
After a while.
In this regard, Zhou Pu explained with a smile: "In a humble position, I still tend to persuade people to do good..."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei looked at each other in astonishment: This smiling tiger actually said something about persuading people to be good? You are the evil party yourself!
Not to mention, even though Zhou Pu is always smiling, only people close to him know that this guy actually has the worst character. Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun and the clan guards would not call him Smiling Tiger in private.
"I thought you would choose the department where Zhang Qigong is..."
Zhao Hongrun's faint words caused the other sect guards to snicker knowingly: Although Zhang Qigong is a poisonous person, Zhou Pu is not inferior to Zhang Qigong in terms of character. If these two people get together, it will be really amazing.
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Unexpectedly, Zhou Pu said with a smile: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. Beizhi and Mr. Zhang are not the same people... Mr. Zhang has only one way to kill those who hinder him, but Beizhi is different. He is more inclined to persuade people to do good.
To inspire evildoers..."
"I'm afraid those five boys from the Anling Zhao family won't agree with what you said."
Mu Qing said quietly from the side.
The five boys of the Anling Zhao family in his mouth, namely the five grandsons of Zhao Hongrun and his third uncle Zhao Laiyu, Zhao Chengzhi, Zhao Chengjiong, Zhao Chengtang, Zhao Chengcan, and Zhao Chengxun, were originally playboys who were fearless, until they met Zhou
Pu—— Even now, Zhao Chengzhi and others are still trembling when they see Zhou Pu.
In the end, Zhao Hongrun agreed to Zhou Pu's request to serve in the judicial office of Daliang City, but in his heart, he still secretly felt pity for those prisoners who would fall into Zhou Pu's hands in the future: Zhou Pu definitely has the ability to make people
As long as a person has the ability to "repent his past mistakes" and falls into his hands, you will never dare to break the law again in your life.
In a sense, this can be considered as persuading people to do good?
After settling the clan guards, Zhao Hongrun summoned Yan Shun and Tong Xin from the Guard Division.
There is no need to mention the loyalty of the Gongweisi. After all, they were promoted by the late king Zhao Si himself, and most of them were descendants of the family who were close to the Ji Zhao family. There were even some connections among them.
For example, Tong Xin is the nephew of the great eunuch Tong Xian.
The current situation of the Gongwei Department is very embarrassing, because this department was originally set up by the late king Zhao Si to track down Xiao Ni. Therefore, the guards of the Gongwei Department can be regarded as the royal guards around the king and have the power to arrest and kill important criminals.
A transcendent status.
But after the new king Zhao Run took the throne, the status of the Gongwei Department inevitably became very embarrassing: in terms of criminal investigation, it was closely related to the "Left Captain Gao Kuo" and "Right Captain Gao Kuo" who were in charge of the Blue Crow and Black Crow respectively.
"Zhang Qigong" conflict; and as a member of the guard, his power overlapped with that of the Imperial Guards commanded by Wei Jiao and the East Palace Guards (formerly King Su's Guards) commanded by Cen Chang.
The situation is quite embarrassing.
If Zhao Hongrun doesn't find a way to find some errands for the Imperial Guard Department, I'm afraid that the Department, which once stood above the Criminal Department and Imperial Guards, will be completely idle and reduced to a low-level person.
But the question is, how to arrange the Archguard Division?
After all, it is not appropriate whether it is affiliated under the name of the Imperial Guard or the name of the Chamberlain.
After much deliberation, Zhao Hongrun finally decided to ask the Gongwei Si to return to the Chui Gong Hall. In addition to being responsible for guarding the Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Hongrun also listened to the orders of him and the ministers in the inner court.
Since then, the Gongwei Division and the Qing and Hei Erwei of Tiance Mansion have become the three most detached special departments in Daliang and even the entire Wei State. The internal eunuchs have completely lost the right to supervise Daliang and even the whole country, and their rights are limited to the palace.
Inside.
In addition, there are also some changes in the DPRK. After all, the new king has a new atmosphere, so there must be some slight changes.
On the ninth day of September, the ministers in the Chui Gong Hall finally formulated some new policies and mentioned them in the so-called morning court which was postponed to the afternoon the next day.
The core of the new national policy is actually four words: rest and recuperation.
But when broken down, there are dozens of them.
The first is the "field reclamation" area.
The land reclamation in the Wei State is divided into civilian villages and military villages. Needless to say, the former is the main source of grain reserves for the Wei State, while the latter is simply to feed the army in various places of the Wei State.
However, the imperial court gradually discovered that the efficiency of the civilian villages was gradually being compared with that of the military villages. Although the grain production of the civilian villages was still far behind the general villages, if calculated carefully, the efficiency of the civilian villages was far less than that of the military villages.
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In this regard, Li Liang, the former Minister of Household Affairs, proposed several reasons:
First, domestic cultivated land is unevenly distributed.
In Yingshui County, the most densely populated county in Wei, more than half of the land is still in the hands of nobles and noble families, so that the area of cultivated land for common people is very small. What is embarrassing is that in Sanchuan County, Shangdang County, and Hexi County,
In Hedong County and the Hetao area, a large amount of fertile land remains uncultivated.
Even the fields purchased by some nobles and aristocratic families in counties with smaller populations are just left there uncultivated.
In the view of Li Liang, the former Minister of Household Affairs, this was a huge waste.
Therefore, Li Liang proposed to the court to encourage the people of Yingshui County to move to Sanchuan, Shangdang, Hexi, Hedong, Hetao and other places, and he did not hesitate to reduce the land tax of the previous few days as a sweetener.
But the Ministry of Rites said this was difficult.
After all, in this era, the "love for hometown" complex is quite common. Unless they are desperate, few people will leave their hometown and go to a strange land.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hongrun made a baffling suggestion: build roads!
What does road construction have to do with this?
The ministers in the DPRK and China expressed their confusion one after another.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun explained to him.
Zhao Hongrun believes that the reason why people in this era are generally reluctant to leave their hometown is mainly due to inconvenient transportation. For example, the distance between Anling and Shangdang is more than a thousand miles. If ordinary people rush to travel, it will take several months or even longer.
Arriving from Anling to Shangdang is still optimistic that we don’t get lost along the way. Otherwise, it may happen in a year or two.
Under such circumstances, people are certainly not willing to leave their familiar hometown easily.
But if transportation is convenient, for example, rail carriages are used for civilian use, it may only take 20 days to a month for Anling people to go to Shangdang, which greatly reduces people's fear of going to strange lands - even
, even if they miss their hometown, they can still spend another 20 days to a month to return to their hometown, so as not to be tied to the Shangdang all their lives, until they are old and dying, then they try to return to their hometown with the mentality of returning to their roots.
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's point of view, the ministers in the DPRK were greatly surprised because they had never thought about this factor.
But it cannot be denied that this concept is very reasonable.
However, Meng Wei, Minister of Industry, raised objections: "Your Majesty, the project is too huge."
Yang Yi, the current Minister of Household Affairs, also quickly followed up: "And the expenses are too high."
Think about it, laying a road network across the country, and also installing rail carriages. Oh my god, not only will the Ministry of Industry be burdened to the point of vomiting blood, but even if the Ministry of Household Affairs is sold, it can't afford it.
In this case, Zhao Hongrun suggested: "As for the money, you can temporarily borrow it from domestic merchants. As for the cost of maintaining the track carriage, I think we can charge it to the private sector... One ride can greatly shorten the travel time of the private sector.
I believe that the people will not be dissatisfied with the meager remuneration in exchange for the hard work... In addition, you can also collect it from the merchants who wish to carry the goods. You can rest assured that I can guarantee that this will never be a loss.
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Since Zhao Hongrun personally guaranteed it, the ministers had no objection. After all, there is never any possibility of being wrong in what His Majesty firmly believes.
As a result, Tao Ji, the Minister of War, rolled his eyes and stood up immediately: "Your Majesty is wise, I think this strategy will be of great benefit... I think it is better to leave this matter to our Ministry of War, which is under the jurisdiction of our Ministry of War.
The Driving Department has always been responsible for managing roads and horse administration..."
After hearing this, Meng Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Yang Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, secretly cursed their mothers: As soon as they heard that it was profitable, these guys came out immediately, why didn't they see you talking just now?
But let’s not forget that the Ministry of War has always been responsible for the management of roads and horse administration in the country. It is understandable that Tao Ji, the Minister of War, takes charge of this matter.
On that day, in addition to confirming the construction of additional track carriages, Li Liang, the former Minister of Household Affairs, also put forward other suggestions for improvements in "field reclamation", such as land taxes, land loans, and the court's control of rice prices, etc.
This allowed the day's court affairs to last until dusk.
The terrible thing is that even so, there are still many new policies that have not yet been discussed by the ministers of the inner and outer dynasties.
This made Zhao Hongrun finally realize that being the king of Wei was not an easy task.
Even though an internal dynasty was formed to share the pressure, the government affairs were still so heavy that it was physically and mentally exhausting, and it was simply destructive to the body and mind.
Zhao Hongrun deeply believed that if he continued like this for a long time, he might not survive even twenty years and would follow in the footsteps of his father Zhao Si.
And just when he was sitting lazily in the Chui Gong Hall to rest, Jie Ziyu lost no time in coming to him and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about... moving the capital?"
"Move the capital?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Jie Ziyu and felt that the latter's question was very meaningful.