Chapter 38 Two Grand Ceremony
On the fifth day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Baoda (951 AD), on the day of Dingmao, when the "breaking the Five" folk customs, the Later Zhou and Southern Tang held a far-reaching ceremony at the same time.
In the north of Tokyo City (Kaifeng), the Empress Dowager of the Later Han Dynasty issued an edict early in the morning, granting the imperial seal to the governor Guo Wei and officially ascended the throne.
After receiving the order, Guo Wei, who was 47, entered the palace from Gaomen in a bright yellow dragon robe, entered the Chongyuan Hall and ascended the throne. He held an extremely concise throne ceremony, issued a book and presented a series of "good news":
The name was changed to Zhou. It said: "The descendant of the Zhou Dynasty, the descendant of Guo Shu, and the son of Guo Jian". Therefore, the country's name was Zhou, known in history as Later Zhou, and the reign was Guangshun. The Later Zhou regime, which lasted ten years, officially entered the historical stage.
The harsh punishment was abolished. He said: "To achieve peace and stability, one must first administer." Guo Wei posthumous officials of the Later Han Dynasty who died tragically a month ago, Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang and others were awarded official titles. The government came forward to confiscate them and buried them, and they also sought their descendants to be appointed in turn. Those who were guilty of theft and rape were dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law before the first year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty; those who did not commit the crime of treason shall not implicate relatives and family members and register and confiscate family property.
At the beginning, when the Tang Dynasty was in decline, there were many thieves, so they did not use the original criminal law. In addition, they formulated severe punishment laws, which stipulated that those who stole dirt enough to be executed if they were executed. During the Tianfu period of the Later Jin Dynasty, the execution standard was increased to five pieces of silk. Women who raped married women, regardless of rape or adultery, were executed. In the Later Han Dynasty, the criminal law stipulated that those who stole more than one cent of money would be executed. In addition, the crime did not belong to treason, and the Manchus were often executed and their property was confiscated.
He advocated frugality. He said, "I am aroused from the cold and have suffered hardships. Once I become an emperor, how dare I support myself and suffer (drag the people of the Xia people?" He said, "It is a very useless thing to accumulate in the Youshi Office." He took out all dozens of precious jade artifacts in the Han Palace and broke them in court, saying, "If you are an emperor, please use this thing!" He announced that he would exempt the extra harshness set up by the Later Han Dynasty and the "envious surplus" offered by local officials since the Middle Tang Dynasty. All grain warehouses and court officials in charge of payment shall not collect additional "dou surplus" or "deserve consumption"; in the past, all tribute items were cancelled in the name of tax surplus;
Guo Wei strongly advocated a simple burial, saying: "The ancient kings gave me a lecture. A filial son was not a wise man because of his heart. He only regarded the family as a ritual. He swept the floor and sacrificed his sacrifice. He could still tell the gods that the burden of men is to make a tomb, which is important to do his best."
Restoring people's livelihood. He said: "Before establishing politics, fostering the people is the basis. Whenever he collects taxes, he must pay special attention to the public... Profit lies with the people, but it is the country. What do I do with this money?" The people and the foreigners "trade for personal gain"; they slightly relaxed the ban on salt, wine and leather that had been severe in the dynasties; they were granted land without owners to hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Youzhou who returned to the Central Plains, and exempted their taxes, and distributed the land to the current tenants to serve as permanent property, and allowed farmers to cultivate and cultivate for permanent property; the army strictly prohibited disturbing the people.
Subsequently, Guo Wei issued an edict to encourage the cultivation of mulberry trees, saying: "The work of agriculture and mulberry trees is the food and clothing, and a man does not farm and has the concern of hard food; a woman does not weave or not brown." He asked the officials to do: "There is no open land in the wild, and there is a circle of mulberry trees. When the grain and silk are abundant, he will steam the rice and the rest."
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Of course, rewards to the subordinates of the trusted people are indispensable, and a large official hat was quickly distributed.
Among them, Chai Rong was appointed as the governor of Chanzhou and controlled the troops of Hebei; Wang Yin, the former commander of the guards' personal army, also served as the governor of Ningjiang (released as the governor of Yedu on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, was promoted to the governor of Yedu, and was in charge of the imperial guards' entourage, and also led the entourage of the guards' entourage to the town); Zhao Kuangyin was also promoted for his outstanding military achievements, and his position was the head of the East and West Class of the Imperial Army, responsible for the palace guards...
In a word, the following Monday showed a few signs of political clarity that were chaotic in the Five Dynasties, and the famous historical drama "Making wedding dresses for others" officially kicked off since then.
Compared with the grand narrative of the Northern Ceremony, the Southern Ceremony is as concise, but the content is very different.
The first five-year-old congratulations from the ministers of the dynasty and above began, and Lin Feng, who was mixed with the crowd, naturally became the center of attention for everyone. Now, the news has long spread. In today's morning dynasty, the entire Ma family of the Chu State surrendered to the country!
When the time came, everyone immediately stopped the sound, entered one after another, and stood in the Liangyi Hall.
At the beginning of the morning court, Li Jing stood up with great enthusiasm and read a passionate edict in a slight manner, summarizing the achievements of the reform and development in the past year, and hoping that the Tang Dynasty would be more prosperous in the future.
As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, the official of the Sili shouted: "The Ma family of Xuan Chu came to the palace to meet!"
Ma Guanghui led four cousins to the hall with common clothes, performing three bows and nine bows, claiming that the people of Chu were guilty of the people, and they were famous and surrendered, respectfully presented the seal of Chu and the map of Chu.
Li Jing successfully played the role of a sage and wise ruler. He personally helped Ma Guanghui up, praised and comforted him a few words, and then took the dragon throne again, and announced a series of "good news" against Chu:
The management of Chu territory was as usual, and the palace of the King of Chu was still established, and the four governors of Wu'an, Wuning, Jingjiang and Anning were still appointed as the original position of court officials;
The people in Chu were deeply affected by war and were exempted from rent for three years;
Ma Guanghui was awarded the title of "King Liu", and all the people of the Ma clan deserved the title of king, rewarded with a large mansion, and stayed in Jinling;
The Chu area was equal, and the Han and Han areas were carried out to carry out alliances and covenants, and lived in peace.
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After that, it was naturally a great reward to receive the heroes of Chu:
Li Congqian was promoted to King Ji, temporarily entrusted the land of Chu, and rewarded 1,000 acres of land and 20,000 guan;
Liu Renshan was granted the title of Tongpingzhangshi, and temporarily stationed in Wuchang and Wuning. He was rewarded with 200 mu of land and 5,000 stag of money;
Lin Feng was promoted to the title of Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, General Yunhui, and was awarded the title of Special Deputy General; he was awarded 200 acres of land and 5,000 stagnant of money;
Former Wuchang Army deputy generals Ma Jiwei and Zhao Yu, I temporarily led Jingjiang and Langzhou Jiedushi; Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng were appointed as deputy governors of the two places;
Thirty-one warriors who entered Chu were awarded the second-level sixth-class lord medals, each with a hundred sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacr
All the soldiers who died in Wuchang Army in Chu distributed 100 sacrificial gifts and were granted the martyrs of the war in Guizhou; the rest of the soldiers were awarded the ninth-class lord medals and rewarded 100 sacrificial gifts.
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Lin Feng listened to the reward below, and his heart was calm. Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu was a third-rank literary official. General Yunhui became a regular officer from the agency to the actual position and became a third-rank military official. There was only one strange special deputy general position, which was considered to be a formal recognition of a fact: Lin Feng can lead troops openly from now on!
After the reward, Li Jing led his ministers to hold a simple and grand ceremony to worship the heaven and ancestors, solemnly comforting the ancestors, Li Jingtong, the promising descendants of the old Li family, has made great achievements today, successfully conquered a country, and the territory has doubled. You can drink and celebrate in the sky!
There have always been some people who are happy and others who are sad.
When the news of Guo Wei ascended the throne expanded like a flying, the Hedong Jiedushi and Secretary Liu Chong regretted and hated him and became furious.
What regrets is that he did not obey the persuasion of Taiyuan Young Yin Li Xiang. At first, he heard that Emperor Yin of the Later Han was killed and was about to raise an army to march south. Then he heard that his son Liu Yun had succeeded to the throne, so he gave up. The loyal Taiyuan Young Yin Li Xiang privately persuaded him: "Observe Guo Wei's thoughts, he will eventually take the throne. You might as well lead troops to cross the Taihang Mountains, occupy Mengjin, wait for Xuzhou Prime Minister Liu Yun to ascend the throne, and then return to the town, and Guo Wei would not dare to take action. Otherwise, he would be betrayed."
At that time, Liu Chong, who was obsessed with the ghost, said angrily: "You corrupt scholar, want to alienate my father-son relationship!" He ordered his subordinates to pull Li Xiang out and behead him. Li Xiang shouted: "I have the ability to manage the world and help the people, but I am planning things for fools. I should be willing to die if I die! But I still have an old wife at home, and I hope to die with her." Liu Chong killed his wife and reported the matter to the court, saying that he had no intention.
When Liu Yun was deposed, Liu Chong sent an envoy to ask Liu to return to Jinyang. The empress dowager replied in the edict: "Liu Yun, the Duke of Xiangyin, is in Songzhou, and is now returning to the capital, so he will definitely be able to do what he wants. Don't worry about this. If you can work together to assist the court, you should be given the title of king and guard Hedong forever." In this way, Liu Chong was comforted easily and missed the best opportunity to help his son as a leader.
I hate that I hate that Guo Wei usurped the Han Dynasty and became independent, and that my beloved son Liu Yun would be unable to survive. In the afternoon of that day, Liu Chong ascended the throne in Taiyuan, and still used the Ganyou reign of the Later Han Dynasty, which was known in history as "Northern Han". The territory under her jurisdiction was Bing, Fen, Xin, and Dai twelve prefectures (one of which was ten prefectures), which are equivalent to the central and northern parts of Shanxi today.
On that day, Liu Chong sent an envoy to the Liao Kingdom overnight, requesting a joint attack on the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the north was destined to fight the clouds!
Chapter completed!