The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 402 clear rewards and punishments
After the enthronement ceremony, Zhao Guangyi and the officials returned to the main hall.

The matter of investigating the assassin was handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, so Zhao Guangyi will divide up the officials next.

Being the Son of Heaven at the beginning, this is an essential thing. Whoever helps him on his way to the throne will be able to get his love, and whoever becomes his stumbling block will be judged ruthlessly by him.

But there are exceptions, such as Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei.

It stands to reason that Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei prevented Jin Wang from ascending the throne, so he should be punished, and Zhao Guangyi suspected that the assassination just now was what Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei said. It stands to reason that he should not receive any rewards.

But Zhao Guangyi gave him a reward, and he appointed King Wei as the prefect of Kaifeng.

Although Zhao Guangyi was wary of King Wei Zhao Tingmei, the position of magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture must be given to King Wei. There was an unwritten rule at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty. The magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture was usually the prince or the successor of the next emperor. In order to sharpen it, if the prince becomes the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, it is implying that he is the next emperor.

Although Zhao Guangyi didn't want to admit this, but the Golden Chamber Alliance had already been announced, how could he not give Wei Wang the position of prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture?

After enfeoffing Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei, Jin Wang promoted Zhao Pu to the prime minister, and the former prime minister Shen Yilun became a political adviser.

Naturally, the ministers would not have any opinion on such an appointment. First of all, Zhao Pu had served as the prime minister of Zhao Kuangyin for many years and had great prestige. No one would think that he was not qualified to be the prime minister.

And Shen Yilun had a very good relationship with Zhao Pu, and he didn't have any objection to Zhao Pu's position.

In addition, in addition to letting Liu Wei continue to be a political advisor, Zhao Guangyi also gave him some rewards. In fact, people like Liu Wei did not provide much help in the process of seizing the emperor, but he He was the first person to call Zhao Guangyi the Holy One, which showed his determination at that time, so Zhao Guangyi must not treat him badly when awarding him a reward.

Originally, Liu Wei was allowed to be given the post of prime minister, but he was still too young, and there was only one prime minister, and Zhao Pu had already booked this position, so Liu Wei continued to be a political adviser.

In addition to this position, Zhao Guangyi also rewarded a person who contributed the most in this matter, Su looked at it differently.

It's just that Su Tongkan's credit lies in the dark, so although Zhao Guangyi rewarded Su Tongkan, he didn't give him an unreasonably high official position. He just asked Su Tongkan to be a deputy envoy of the Privy Council Zhao Dezhao, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, became the envoy of the Privy Council.

However, everyone knows that after Su Tongjian has gained a firm foothold in the Privy Council, the Privy Council envoy will sooner or later be seen by him, and the main reason why Zhao Guangyi did not punish King Wu is that he is Zhao Kuangyin's son. It is a bit unreasonable to set off as the son of the first emperor after ascending the throne.

And among all the reward recipients, if anyone said who benefited the most, it must be Pan Mei.

When Zhao Guangyi was fighting with King Wu and King Wei, Pan Mei could be regarded as neutral, but when the assassin assassinated Zhao Guangyi, he was the most active. In addition, Zhao Guangyi held the handle of Pan Mei's adopted son Pan Weiji, so Zhao Guangyi felt that He can control Pan Mei and let Pan Mei do what he wants to do but can't do, so he gave Pan Mei a big reward, and he made Pan Mei the grand master.

After the award is over, comes the punishment.

But Zhao Guangyi’s punishment was not obvious at the beginning, it was just the transfer of some positions. For example, Xue Juzheng, the former political counselor, was a member of King Wei, but now that Zhao Pu is back, naturally Xue Ju can no longer be the prime minister. Let him go to the Privy Council as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

Zhao Guangyi is a person who knows how to balance. If the Privy Council only has Wu Wang and Su Duan, Su Duan will inevitably suffer. But with Wei Wang, there will be a balance between the three. At that time, Wu Wang and Xue Juzheng will inevitably have some competition. At that time, he can also take the opportunity to clean up King Wu and King Wei.

And with Su watching, the Privy Council will not be peaceful.

Except for Xue Juzheng, the troops of King Wu and King Wei have all been transferred, some have been transferred from the capital, and some have been transferred from real positions to false ones. Although King Wei and King Wu are not angry, they have no choice but to let Zhao Guangyi do this. s arrangement.

After such rewards, all the officials withdrew, and when Zhao Guangyi returned to the harem, his concubine, the queen, had moved in from the former Prince Jin's mansion, and their prince became the emperor, so they naturally rose with the tide.

When Zhao Guangyi was the King of Jin, he had only three or four concubines. Now that he suddenly moved into the huge palace, these few concubines suddenly seemed to be less. Sigh, if Empress Xiao Zhou survived and brought her into the palace, the two of them would be so happy.

It's a pity that Xiao Zhou is dead now, and Zhao Guangyi is thinking about when he should recruit some beautiful women from the people, but he can't do it now, as soon as the emperor wants a woman, he will be criticized, and it's not good to keep it in the history books.
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After Liu Wei left the palace, he returned directly to the mansion, and then told Princess Ruyi what happened this morning. Princess Ruyi was a little unhappy when she heard that she only gave Liu Wei some other rewards and did not increase her rank.

"Thank you son-in-law for your support to the Holy Majesty. Why did he only reward you with such a small reward, which is not as good as Pan Mei's reward. He is a grand master."

Princess Ruyi was very upset. She felt that Zhao Guangyi's reward was unfair, but Liu Wei didn't care. He didn't do much in the process of Zhao Guangyi's seizure of the emperor. Zhao Guangyi knew this very well, but his qualifications were not. It's really hard to get promoted again, but it would be great to be a political adviser.

This has been the case in officialdom since ancient times. If you want to be promoted, you must rank according to your seniority. If you are not old enough and qualified enough, there are many positions that you just don’t even think about.

And there are many positions like this. As long as you are born into the right family, that position has been reserved for you from the moment you were born.

There are many fair things in this world, and there are also many unfair things. Whether you say it or not, complain or not, he is there, so Liu Wei doesn't pay much attention to these things.

Now he just wants to know what Zhao Guangyi will do next. As the old saying goes, a new official has three fires. Zhao Guangyi is the emperor at the beginning, and he can't do anything if he doesn't do anything. He is curious that Zhao Guangyi will set his goal there.

Is it to wipe out the Northern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop, or to do something commendable for the people of the Song Dynasty to win the hearts of the people, or something else?

(End of this chapter)