In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, April Bingzi (thirteenth).

Please ask the Ministry of Etiquette: The story of Zhiping, the emperor of Daxing completed the mausoleum and covered the palace, and Zong Zhengqing performed the ceremony of Yu sacrifice. Due to the restructuring, the old rituals of the Imperial Ancestral Temple are all belonging to Taichang Temple. In the future, the emperor of Yu will return to the capital to change the ceremony of Taichang Qing.

The ritual of Yu sacrifice.

The answer is: I respect you.

This means that the funeral of Emperor Daxing has entered a new stage.

The site for the imperial mausoleum has been determined and groundbreaking construction will begin.

This day also happens to be the national mourning of the Daxing Emperor, the 42nd day of the 7749th.

The two palaces embraced Zhao Xu and came to Jinling Palace again to offer sacrifices to Emperor Daxing.

After the ceremony, as usual, the ministers comforted him.

Zhao Xu gave tea and wine one by one.

During this process, Zhao Xu felt that the way that bad old man Wen Yanbo looked at him seemed a little strange.

But he didn't take it to heart.

After all the rituals were completed, he followed the two palaces back to the palace.

In seven more days, the national mourning will be over, and no one except in the imperial city will shed tears for the death of his father (even if most of them are fake).

The next day, Ding Chou in April (the 14th).

After lengthy arguments and debates, the capital city finally came up with a candidate to replace Wu Juhou as the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road.

It was not much different from what Zhao Xu expected.

Cai Jing, Lu Dafang, and Fan Chunchun were successfully selected, but there was one more person that Zhao Xu did not expect.

This person was recommended by Han Jiang.

Longtuge is waiting to be established, and the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Right Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs choose Kumamoto, the minister of the imperial court!

Zhao Xu was stunned when he saw this name.

In his previous life, this Kumamoto was disliked by both the new party and the old party. The new party said that his stance was not firm enough and actually opposed the wise decision of Prime Minister Wang Jiefu!

The old party thinks there is something wrong with this person.

He always likes to crawl into ravines and kill people like crazy, which is not what a scholar-official should be like.

Therefore, in the Yuanfeng era, he was not taken seriously, and in the Yuanyou era, he was marginalized.

In the sixth year of Yuanyou's reign, he died at the age of just over sixty.

But in modern times, when Zhao Xu was studying with his teacher.

However, Kumamoto was an inescapable figure in the development of southwest China during the Song Dynasty.

Whether it is developing Luzhou or Guangxi, this person cannot be avoided.

But there is very little information about him. If you want to study it, you have to dig through piles of old papers and look for it in local county and state chronicles.

Unexpectedly, now Kumamoto has caught up with Han Jiang.

Come to think of it, after Han Jiangxin removed his right prime minister, there was no one in the court.

Of course he wants to support his own power.

But the ministers in the court are either from the new party or from the old party.

People like Kumamoto, who are disliked by both the old and new parties, but whose abilities, qualifications and official positions are high enough, are like fireflies in the night sky. It is difficult not to be reused by Han Jiang!

And when Han Jiang began to step down, using the authority of the Right Prime Minister, he took the lead in the selection of Jingdong Road Transport Envoy.

Zhao Xu knew that this matter had been settled.

The right minister will be the first recommended minister, if none of them are approved.

Then Han Jiang only has one option: resignation!

Sure enough, the next day, Wuyin Day (15th), the government was held in the back hall of Yanhe Hall.

Zhao Xu met Xiong Ben who was recommended by Han Jiang.

A minister whom he had never met in his previous life, but who once troubled him in modern times and caused him to lose countless hairs and dig through countless piles of old papers.

"Your Majesty, Longtuge is waiting to be published. The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Right Selected Edition of the Ministry of Civil Affairs wish His Majesty the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager long blessings!"

Zhao Xu was sitting on the throne, looking at the purple-robed minister who was bowing in front of him.

Kumamoto is now about fifty years old, with a strong build and slightly dark skin. He does not look like a scholar-official at all, but looks like an old farmer in the countryside.

Zhao Xu looked at him and rubbed his hands slightly.

Zhao Xu studied this minister for his water thesis in modern times.

I am familiar with his life story.

Therefore, Zhao Xu knew that this minister had a bright future - in the eighth year of Xining, he had already received the Zhizhi imperial edict, and the Tianzhang Pavilion was waiting to be made. He was just short of the title of Hanlin bachelor, and he would have the chance to become one of the two provinces of the Three Provinces. candidate for government.

But in the tenth year of Xining, Wang Anshi's right-hand man Du Shuicheng Fan Ziyuan invented a magical tool for river control - a dredging rake. He reported to the court that using this tool to dredge the Yellow River had remarkable effects.

Wen Yanbo heard the news and immediately impeached him.

Zhao Xu's father then sent Xiong Ben to investigate. Xiong Ben came back from the investigation and reported the truth - it was useless!

Okay, now I've poked a hornet's nest.

Cai Que, Huang Lu and a large number of new party ministers have come forward to support Fan Ziyuan - Mr. Wang Jiefu has just resigned, and you, Xiong Botong, can't wait to jump out. I think your intention is not to dredge the rake at all, but to attack Mr. Wang Jiefu!

As a result, Kumamoto's great future came to an end.

Throughout the Yuanfeng era, he was either idle in Luoyang or in Guangxi, dealing with mosquitoes, leeches, mountain roads, betel nuts, and Jiaozhi people.

Last year, he just returned to Beijing from his post as Guangxi Economic and Strategic Envoy, and served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, concurrently serving as the Left Selector of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then changed to the Right Selector.

It was obvious that Zhao Xu's father had plans for him.

Unfortunately, a stroke brought everything to an abrupt end.

Now, with Han Jiang returning to the DPRK, things have taken a turn for the worse.

If you are the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road, it is not impossible to be promoted to three provinces and two prefectures!

Zhao Xu thought in his mind that Xiong Ben in the palace had already bowed twice with fluorene.

The Empress Dowager behind the curtain said: "Xiong Qing has been in charge of local affairs for more than ten years and has won the trust of Emperor Daxing. Now he will take on the important responsibilities of Jingdong. He should put peace of mind and care for the people as his top priority!"

He also said to the Queen Mother: "You are about to take up your post as Jingdong, so please remember to love the people!"

Kumamoto paid tribute: "The Empress Dowager, I will bear in mind the Empress Dowager's teachings and I will not dare or forget them!"

I thought that this ceremonial pilgrimage was coming to an end and he should return to his train.

At this time, the young master who had been silent on the throne suddenly spoke.

"Xiong Qing..."

Kumamoto raised his head.

"I saw that you have informed me that last year I transferred the envoy from Guangnan West Road to the Guangxi Economic Strategy and appeased the envoy. Did you know that you returned to Beijing after taking office in Guizhou?"

"Yes..." Kumamoto answered honestly.

"How many miles is it from Guangnan to Bianjing?" the young master asked.

"Your Majesty, I am going to Guizhou for two to three thousand miles, but the mountain roads are rugged, the waterways are difficult to navigate, the jungle is dense, and miasma is everywhere..." Kumamoto lowered his head and played.

"That's it..." Xiao Guanjia said: "So, how are the people living on Guangnan West Road like?"

"By the grace of Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager have mercy on me, although the people of Guangnan are poor, they are content and contented with peace in the world..."

The young master listened and sighed: "I understand what you mean..."

"It's just a hard life, right?"

Kumamoto did not dare to answer directly, so he could only say: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"You have been in Guangnan for many years, and you must be familiar with the local people. Can I ask you, my beloved, to write down the hardships and worries of the people in Guangnan West Road and submit them to the capital hall for discussion, which may be able to alleviate the suffering of the people. By?"

Hearing this, Kumamoto raised his head in disbelief, and then bowed respectfully: "I obey your will!"

After returning to Beijing for so long, everyone has only asked him about the geography and environment of Guangnan. I wonder what Guangnan people do for a living?

Even Emperor Daxing only cared about the Jiaozhi people.

But the young master was the first to care about the people's livelihood in Guangnan, and asked him to write it down and submit it to the capital to discuss reductions and exemptions.

Xiong Ben knew that Zhao Xu was acting as a gangster - in modern times, he spent half a month drinking coffee in the library to look up information on Xiong Ben in Guangxi, and he was almost depressed.

At the same time, this is Zhao Xu gradually, bit by bit, quietly demonstrating his power.

Although Zhao Xu was very restrained and cautious.

Basically, when listening to government affairs in court, he would not speak specifically about punishment, censure or censure.

Nor will I be involved in personnel matters.
To be continued...