After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the news that Lu Haowen had resigned from the positions of Prime Minister and Chief of the Secret Council was made public, but it did not cause much stir in the court or the public.
There are three reasons.
For one thing, the court actually re-initiated the Qingmiao Law, coupled with the national grand sacrifice and the grand words of turning defense into offense in the court bulletin, which have somewhat obscured this matter.
Secondly, the position of prime minister, also known as the so-called Pingzhang military and national affairs, was separated from the capital and did not interfere in miscellaneous affairs. It was an abnormal position from the beginning. this transitional position for more than a year, and it is time to move on from the past and turn from defense to offense, but it is time for him to leave.
Third, Lu Haowen himself is indeed almost seventy years old, and he has never been one to fight for power, so this move is not surprising... Moreover, if someone really understands the situation of Lu Haowen's family, they will probably understand that even from a selfish perspective of pursuing political prestige, Lu Haowen should pursue a clean retirement instead of continuing to seek power.
Why?
The reason is amazing. From the founding of the Song Dynasty to the present, there have been a total of six people who have been in charge of important military and national affairs, namely Lü Yijian, Wen Yanbo, Lü Gongzhu, Cai Jing, Li Gang, and Lü Haowen... Among them, the three with the surname Lü are actually from the same family. Lü Gongzhu is Lü Haowen's grandfather, and Lü Yijian is the father of Lü Haowen's grandfather.
Not to mention Cai Jing's shameful end, nor the delicate relationship between Li Gang and the current emperor, the Lu family has been in power for more than a hundred years since Lu Yijian's uncle Lu Mengzheng was promoted to prime minister. When it came to Lu Haowen's generation, it seemed that "the grace of a gentleman will be cut off after five generations." In fact, Lu Haowen was really disheartened after experiencing the Jingkang Incident. On that day, he asked his son Lu Benzhong wants to buy a house in Guangxi, ready to refuse all official titles in the court and die there.
But who could have imagined that a fall into a well in Mingdao Palace would force out five generations of three dukes and three generations of prime ministers?
Compared with the way Han Xiaozhou was scolded, Lu Haowen should have withdrawn early even if it was just for the sake of gaining family achievement.
However, one point must be emphasized here. To outsiders, it might seem that Zhao Jiu gave Lü Haowen the important position of Pingzhang Jun and state affairs precisely because of this Lu family tradition. But in fact, Emperor Zhao was not that knowledgeable... He gave the important position of Pingzhang Jun and state affairs to Li Gang because of Cai Jing, and he gave Lü Haowen the important position of Pingzhang Jun and state affairs because of Li Gang.
In essence, it was for the smooth transition of political situation. Who would have thought that this would involve Lu Haowen's family achievement points?
Of course, after such a long time, it is impossible for Zhao Jiu to remain so confused. Although he was not clear at the beginning, he should understand it now... After the ceremony, he returned to Tokyo. Originally, he wanted to give his serious husband a good title, but when he checked the classics, he came to his senses. It turned out that Lu Haowen's title and nobility were all prepared and could not be changed at all, because his ancestors had the same title and nobility for generations.
For example, Emperor Zhao had always wondered why Lu Benzhong, who looked so dissolute, was known as Mr. Donglai in the academic world. Now, after reading the book, he realized that the Lu family was the hereditary Marquis of Donglai County!
As long as the head of the Lu family wore a purple robe, he was destined to be the Marquis of Donglai County; and once he became the prime minister, he was destined to be a retired duke, that is, the Duke of Shen, the hereditary Duke of Shen; even in the semi-retired state, he still had the ancestral right to be in charge of important military and national affairs.
Of course, considering Lu Haowen's merits and the current situation in this special period, it must be increased.
Soon, an imperial edict came down, and because of Lü Haowen's great contribution in supporting the throne, he was specially conferred the title of King of Shen, and was given the title of Grand Tutor, and continued to serve as the chief of the cabinet.
This treatment of being crowned a king while still alive is obviously better than Xu Jingheng's Prince of Danyang... Of course, it is a retirement benefit after all, and it may not be better than Han Shizhong's Prince of Yan'an plus the title of Grand Tutor and Jiedushi of Three Towns.
But in any case, after seeing this result, can only say that the current official is indeed generous in personnel matters. He gives power and reality to those in office and gives names and positions to those who have resigned. At the very least, he will not be ridiculed like Xiang Yu, who held on to the official seal and was reluctant to give it to others.
Turn back to the present.
Let me tell you, after three consecutive days of sacrifices on August 15th, two days later it was the August 21st Festival. From the early morning of this day, it began to rain heavily and the air became a little colder.
On this day, Emperor Zhao naturally did not go to the martial arts shooting range to practice archery, but the grand court meeting was calm. With the endorsement of the prime ministers and the advance approval of the secret cabinet officials, the package of financial plans of national debt, Jiaozi and the new Qingmiao Law was formally passed.
However, after the court meeting, Emperor Zhao did not return to the harem to hug his little girl, play with the cats and walk the dogs, but returned to the nameless stone pavilion to sit for a while and carry out the routine "mulberry and fishing activities".
This is not to say that the official was deliberately pretending to be diligent, but that the so-called "mulberry and fishing activities" had already evolved into a reference to other matters after the fish ponds and mulberry forests took shape.
For example, Yang Yi Zhong would make his daily routine intelligence report here; Liu Yan would submit the secret military reports that arrived yesterday but had no expedited mark; and Lan Gui, the chief escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would compile some brief reports on the capital, the province, and the court affairs with the Yutang scholars on duty; finally, if the next day was a formal court report day, Emperor Zhao would also read the draft of the next day's court report here.
Basically, he had to listen to the overall situation of the court, military and national affairs, prices in the capital, domestic public opinion, personnel matters and rumors in the military. It was just that today's grand court meeting inevitably delayed him a little, so he was a little late.
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