Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 345 Funeral
"Master Li, sit down! Sit down!"

The direction is a little speechless.

Although this Li Wenzhong is a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, from the fifth rank, he is the Zhizhou, a fifth rank official, and his official position is higher than Li Wenzhong.

But Li Wenzhong is young and a Beijing official.

This time I was sent down to deal with the Xingwang Mansion. Although it seems to be troublesome, the people in the court may think that this person is capable. If this matter is done well, he will definitely be promoted. of.

After all, the position of Li Huai's right servant is still vacant!
Although his direction is Zhizhou now, he is not too young. To be honest, it is very satisfying for him to be able to live in Anluzhou, a rich place, and to live in this position.

Especially with the protection of King Xing, he has a smooth life in Anlu Prefecture, and his life should not be too smooth.

When the bandits were in chaos, many cities were breached, but with the help of King Xing, Anlu Prefecture has been strong and has become a safe place around.

He was also well-known in the officialdom circle at that time, and someone even extended an olive branch to him, but he just smiled and didn't answer.

The complexity of the officialdom, no one knows better than him, he understands his own situation, it is not bad in Anlu Prefecture, the main thing is that there are capable people from King Xing to help, if he leaves these, he will not be able to play well in that circle Thinking about it, it might as well be safer and more comfortable in Anlu Prefecture.

Looking at Li Wenzhong in the direction, he knew that even though this person looked so humble, he was definitely a smarter person compared to Li Huaina.

Knowing that he has been in Anlu Prefecture for many years and understands the situation, he wants to take advantage of himself and want him to help him complete his errands so as not to make any mistakes.

"Master Fang, you must help me!"

Li Wenzhong held on to Fang Fang's sleeve tightly and did not let go.

"Master Li, this... how to do this, I will help if I can, and I will never shirk it. Don't get excited, just sit down and let's talk about it in detail!"

Fang Xiang comforted Li Wenzhong again.

"Well, Mr. Fang, we are all doing business for the imperial court, and we are also here to make a living. It is not easy. The first time I saw you, I felt that I had a good relationship and wanted to recognize you as a friend. You are welcome. I Call you Lao Fang, you can call me Lao Li, it’s more cordial and comfortable, like a brother!”

"Old Fang, I've been in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and it's not easy. To be honest, I can't complete this job at my level. It's just that I can't help it if the top pressures me. It's just that I'm not familiar with the place where I was born. I know the general process, but there are different customs in ten miles, and you have to follow the customs when you enter the country. Therefore, I need you to give me some advice on how to do the matter of revitalizing the palace. I heard that you like painting. This is Zhang Zeduan's style. The picture of the family banquet, I don’t have much research on this aspect, and it would be a waste of money to put it in my hands, so I will show it to Brother Wei, and put it here for you first, and you should study more.”

As Li Wenzhong said, he took out a painting scroll from his arms and handed it to Xiang Xiang.

"Master Li, this... this thing is precious, you must... you must... If you have any needs, just say, I will copy them, don't you mean that you don't know what to do at King Xing's funeral? Since you call I’m Lao Fang, so I’ll call you Lao Li too, Lao Li, this job is easy and simple, you just need to follow my instructions, and do whatever you want, I promise you this job will be safe and secure!”

Direction said directly.

The son said a few days ago that if there were no accidents, some officials should come to him, and it was not as he expected.

This world is really predictable!

……

In the 15th year of Zhengde, Xingxian King Zhu Youzhu died.

His funeral was extravagant.

According to the regulations, the imperial court should stop for five days, but in recent years, when the vassal princes passed away, many of them were just for formalities.

At the funeral of King Xing, the court strictly stopped the court for seven days to express condolences in recognition of King Xing's previous achievements!
Civil and military officials set up an imperial tent (tent) in the north-west part of Xihua Gate, placed the imperial seat, and laid a plain mattress on the imperial seat.In front of the throne, there is a seat for the obituary, and on both sides are seats for accompanying officials, facing east and west.

The obituary position is set up in the north to comfort officials, facing north.The two praise officials are also located in the north of the obituary, the two Yinli officials who guide the obituary are located in the south of the praise officer, and the four Yinban officials who guide the hundred officials are located in the north of the wailing place for the hundred officials. Towards.

The Ministry of Rites asked Li Wenzhong to be in charge of the funeral etiquette, and the Imperial Academy wrote the sacrificial text, posthumous text and epitaph.

The Ministry of Industry made inscriptions and dispatched officials to build the mausoleum.

Officials of the Qin Tianjian made burials, and eight of the Imperial College's students reported their obituaries to the palaces of the princes.

One imperial sacrificial offering (official decree), one each for the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the East Palace, and one each for the civil and military officials in Beijing.

From the beginning of the funeral to the removal of the clothes, there are thirteen altars for imperial sacrifices, and one for each of the civil and military officials in the country.

The civil and military officials in the country were sealed off for three days (followed by Zhan Shuai), crying for five days, and the military and civilians in the city were sealed off for five days.

News came from the capital that Zhu Houzhao knew that after the death of King Xing, his old illness relapsed, and he has been lingering on the sick bed, with his heart on the emperor's uncle.

On the day of the great funeral, he attended with the help of several internal officials, but because he was too sad, he was about to faint in a short time, and was soon carried back. A group of people from the Imperial Hospital quickly entered the palace to help diagnose .

The people in the capital all lamented the relationship between Emperor Zhengde and King Xing's uncle and nephew. They seemed to have completely forgotten the reasons for King Xing's death.

This is the most leisurely errand that Li Wenzhong has ever run.

He only attended the funeral of King Xing for a while, but because of his sadness and dizziness, he was forced by Fang Xiang and Yuan Zonggao to take him to the residence to recuperate.

As for the construction of King Xing's tomb by the Ministry of Industry, it only sent an unknown official to attend symbolically, but he said how much it would cost, just report it directly!
These days, not to mention feudal lords, many officials and wealthy households started building tombs and preparing birthday materials while they were still alive.

King Xing was also different. His tomb had been prepared long ago, and he only needed to ask the court for reimbursement after a hundred years.

I don't want to use it early now!
King Xing's funeral was tossed and tossed for half a month before it ended.

As soon as King Xing's funeral was over, the imperial court's decree that Jin named Zhu Houxi, the son of King Xing, as the new King Xing came down.

Because Li Wenzhong belonged to the Ministry of Rites and happened to be still in Anlu Prefecture, the task of conveying the will fell to him again.

According to Fang Fang's suggestion, Li Wenzhong just sent the will to Xing Wangfu, and it was over after a brief conveyance.

King Xing's funeral had just ended, and he heard that the son was not in a good mood, so he didn't dare to be entertained by the new King Xing, and returned to Beijing in a hurry after finishing his work.

By the time everything returns to normal, it will be around October.

……

Sutun Salt Land has changed a lot now.

Rows of neat houses, red bricks and green tiles, obviously a peaceful manor.

Except for one big house, the rest are small courtyards, where chickens and dogs hear each other, and it looks like a happy manor outside the world.

Here is located in the mountains, generally few people come.

As for the government, they all know that this land is a three-way zone, and it is now the private land of King Xing of Anlu Prefecture. I heard that some of them opened up wasteland there as a racecourse for fun.

Royal nobles, as long as they don't mess with political affairs, no one is willing to mess with those living Hades.

Many people knew the fate of Li Huai from the Ministry of Rites.

Ever since that incident happened, no one dared to go to other people's private land. After all, the Anlu state officials didn't care about it!

"My lord, no, my lord, take a rest when you're tired from walking. You can't see the mountain when you look at it. The mountain doesn't look high, but it's not low when you climb it. Don't be tired!"

A shrill male voice spoke to a man dressed as a landlord in front.

"Understood! I know it, Zhang Zuo, it's better to come out, you see the sky is so cloudy, the feeling of freedom is really good!"

The middle-aged man sighed happily.

(End of this chapter)