He took Hong Wutian and others out of the palace to the State Council Government Office. Lu Xiufu and others were all there, and officials came to the State Council Office one after another.

After becoming an official, Xiang Dongyang acted in a low-key manner, never participated in forming cliques, and only did practical things, which also made him highly respected among the officials of the court.

After Zhao Dongting entered the government office, he directly asked the eunuch to take the office to Xiang Dongyang to work in the office.

At this time, Xiang Dongyang's body had not yet been transported away.

When I arrived at the door, I could see that there were already many officials standing outside, all wearing purple and red official robes. It is true that they were full of red purples and purples.

"Everyone is exempt from gifts!"

Seeing Zhao Dongting arrive, these officials would kneel on the ground to salute. Zhao Dongting just waved his hand and hurried into the lobby.

Xiang Dongyang's body is placed in the middle of the lobby.

Next to them, there were only first-rank ministers such as Lu Xiufu, Su Liuyi, and Wang Wenfu, who were the first-rank ministers.

Zhao Dongting walked closer and stopped Lu Xiufu and others from saluting. Looking at Xiang Dongyang who was still lying on the desk, he shook his head and sighed without saying a word.

He didn't know what to say. He felt guilty or guilt in his heart.

If we could pay attention to the issue of the failure of officials in the court earlier and not allow Xiang Dongyang and others to work hard all day long, the tragedy at this moment would not have happened.

Hong Wutian walked to Xiang Dongyang and looked at Xiang Dongyang's gray temples and his eyes were slightly red.

He and Xiang Dongyang have been friends with each other for decades. If you say that you have heartache at this time, it should be the most heartache for him.

Suddenly, he looked back at Zhao Dongting and Hong Wutian said, "Your Majesty, the old beggar really regrets his advice to Brother Dongyang to enter the palace and become an official."

He undoubtedly had some resentment in his heart.

Zhao Dongting looked guilty, "It's my fault."

He fell to the ground and kowtowed to Xiang Dongyang.

After getting up, he said to Lu Xiufu and others: "Grandpa Xiang has no relatives, so the court will handle the matter properly and be buried with the royal family ceremony. He posthumously named Taishi and posthumously named Wenzhong."

Lu Xiufu and others bowed to accept the order.

Zhao Dongting stepped forward and raised Xiang Dongyang's body. He was very thin and his bones were scattered. He was afraid that Mo only weighed more than 90 pounds. "I should send Xiang Gong's body back home. I will keep you for three days."

A group of officials from the Song Dynasty followed Zhao Dongting away from the State Council Government.

Go to Xiangdongyang Mansion.

The mansion is not big, and there are only a few servants inside. One is in charge of the office and the kitchen, two miscellaneous servants, and two maids sent out from the palace.

It is hard to imagine that it would be the mansion of a first-rank official in the dynasty.

Zhao Dongting carried Xiang Dongyang's body to the main hall and placed it on the chair. Then a minor official from the court hurriedly came in and arranged a mourning hall.

Xiang Dongyang's body was put into the coffin.

Zhao Dongting knelt in front of the coffin and stopped talking.

The officials of the court came forward one by one and knelt down to pay homage.

All night, Zhao Dongting knelt in front of the coffin. When Concubine Yang Shu, Ying'er, Zhang Ru and others arrived, they asked Zhao Dongting to take care of the dragon's body.

Zhao Dongting just whispered: "It is my fault that I will die suddenly when I am tired. I should guard the mourning hall for him."

The next day, the Hengshan Tianshi Dao Tianshi Yuan Zhenzi was summoned to Changsha with several small Tianshi.

Zhao Dongting held the ceremony of a filial son and was covered with white clothes.

In the evening, after Lu Xiufu and others handled the affairs of the yamen, they rushed to Xiang Dongyang Mansion and planned to stay with Zhao Dongting to watch over the night, but Zhao Dongting refused.

He said: "I have lost my Lord Xiang and I don't want to lose you again."

Lu Xiufu and others just sighed without saying a word.

When Xiang Dongyang died suddenly, he gradually spread among the people. Countless people rushed to Xiang's mansion and knelt on their knees.

The land distribution system was made by Lord Xiang, and it was no exaggeration to say that Lord Xiang was their great benefactor.

When Xiangdongyang's coffin was out of the mansion for burial, there were thousands of people in Changsha City. There were only the main street, and tens of thousands of people flocked to see Xiangdongyang off.

Tianshi Daoyuan Zhenzi and others walked at the front of the funeral team, muttering something. Zhao Dongting held the spirit position and followed the team as Xiang Dongyang's descendants.

From Yang Shufei, Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, to third-rank officials, all of them were in the funeral team.

After learning the news, he took the initiative to ask the court to mourn the Buddha to the adults, and there were countless Taoist affairs.

Yue Peng led the Tiankui army to guard the white guard.

The entire funeral procession, not only the people who were sent to each other on the shore, had more than 10,000 people.

The historian of the Song Dynasty recorded a strong page in history books. On August 21, the eighth year of Jingyan in the Song Dynasty, the Grand Tutor and Deputy State Order Xiang Dongyang died suddenly at Ren and hid in Yuelu Mountain.

The specifications of the tomb shall be treated as the specifications of the emperor and the prince.

After Zhao Dongting and others arrived in Yuelu Mountain, countless people spontaneously rushed to the tomb of the Taishi of Yuelu Mountain to worship, and the incense was not extinguished for more than a month.

After Zhao Dongting went down the mountain, he immediately took Lu Xiufu, Wang Wenfu, Zhang Shijie and other humerus to the palace hall.

During the three days of Xiang Dongyang's funeral, he learned from his mistakes, but finally made up his mind to tell Lu Xiufu and the others about this matter.

After asking the eunuch to take the seat to everyone, Zhao Dongting said, "Today, I have two things to know about several adults."

Lu Xiufu and others all looked slightly stern.

Since the emperor said he was informed, there was obviously no room for discussion.

Several people looked up at Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting said: "Mr. Xiang died suddenly in office. This is the loss of the Song Dynasty and my loss. I learned my pain and decided to implement the new policy. In the future, the court meeting will be cancelled. You will no longer have to go to the palace every morning. If there is any matter, you can convene all the ministers in the office of their respective governments to hold a meeting. If you need to come forward, you can go directly to the palace to see me. In addition, officials of the third rank or above in the court, who are over 60 years old, must retire from the position of chief officials and shall not work hard all day long. After the age of 65, they shall not be allowed to serve in the court again. They can rest assign a bachelor's position to be a scholar and be at home to be retired. Officials of the fifth rank or above will be five years lower than that of the sixty years old. When those who are over 60 years old, they will leave their posts and leave their posts, and the court will give them monthly pensions."

His words made Lu Xiufu and others immediately look extremely surprised.

In the past, officials in the court did have the saying "retirement", but there was no specific age requirement.

After pondering, Lu Xiufu bowed and said, "Emperor, if this is the case, wouldn't there be many officials in the court now that they have to step down?"

Zhao Dongting nodded, "Extraordinary things will be done at extraordinary times. First promulgate this new policy, and then give officials who have reached their age for two years, so that they can focus on cultivating potential officials, and the court will be able to improve them as appropriate. Now that the Imperial College has begun to become a new climate, I see that the imperial examination system can be implemented again, and I will still be divided into civil and military imperial examinations, but no longer only examines the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry, martial arts, etc. like before."

He has been thinking about this in his mind these days, and he doesn't need to think about it after saying it, "Literary examination; the main examination is to cultivate oneself, govern the country, and the main examination is to cultivate oneself, and the military examination. Before the imperial examination, the vacant official positions in the court can be announced, so that the students can choose their own yamen. For example, supervision, punishment and other provinces, they will also have to take the knowledge of supervision, punishment and other aspects, such as water conservancy, agriculture, etc., and this aspect of professional knowledge is to be tested. What do you think?"

As he said that, he looked at the Imperial College who was taking over Wang Wenfu's class and said, "In the future, the highest academic institutions in China will open these subjects separately, focusing on cultivating talents from all aspects."

Lu Xiufu and others were stunned.

What Zhao Dongting said at this time is really something they had never even thought about before.

In the past, the imperial examination was just a test for who was more familiar with the teachings of the saints? Who could better write articles on landscape embroidery?

But now I think about it, if the emperor really did what he wanted, it seemed that the officials who were promoted in this way would have a much higher ability to do things.

With Zhao Dongting over the years, their thinking has gradually become more and more open and no longer so confined to ancient methods.

Wang Wenfu has many years of experience as an Imperial College, and he is the most conscious of the benefits of this new policy. He took the lead in saying: "The Emperor is wise."

This matter was decided.

No one raised objections from Lu Xiufu and others, which surprised Zhao Dongting. He was going to spend some saliva to convince them.

Just the morning court the next day, Zhao Dongting announced his retirement and the imperial examination for civil and military officials in front of the court.

The whole palace was shocked.

Especially officials like Chen Jianghan who are already retired, their hearts are even more ups and downs.

This is something that has something to do with them.

But no one raised any objection. After all, the emperor is a one-size-fits-all approach, not for any individual.

They were all officials who had served in the court for many years, and they also understood that the emperor's sudden promulgation of such a retirement system must have something to do with the sudden death of Mr. Xiang.

The emperor is afraid that there will be situations like the one among them again.

The official who was about to retirement could not help but start to think about who could take over his work at the yamen.

Zhao Dongting wanted to govern the country by entrusting his abilities, but that does not mean that every official has this idea.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the involvement is inseparable.

When people in the officialdom are gone, who doesn’t want to cultivate a close young man so that the family can continue to flourish?
Chapter completed!