Zhao Hao was in a good mood, but his face was still solemn.
Outside King Shou's estate, the palace guards had been waiting. Zhao Hao was the crown prince personally conferred by Di Yi and the designated successor. Now that Di Yi had passed away, Zhao Hao had to shoulder all the national affairs and Di Yi's funeral affairs.
Zhao Hao immediately followed the chamberlain into the palace. What followed next was a series of complicated matters to send Di Yi's body back to the emperor's tomb.
After Diyi was done, it was naturally Zhao Hao's turn to ascend the throne.
During this process, Wei Ziqi had even jumped out to make things difficult for Zhao Hao. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that Di Yi had suddenly passed away and Zhao Hao was not officially crowned as the Crown Prince to fight for the throne with Zhao Hao.
However, with Wen Zhong and Shang Rong protecting Zhao Hao and Huang Feiyan becoming Zhao Hao's concubine, Huang Gun no longer supported Wei Ziqi.
Naturally, Wei Ziqi couldn't do anything.
Soon after, Jiang Hengchu, Ji Chang, E Chongyu, Hu, and the other dukes left their fiefs and entered Moyi to witness the new emperor's ascension and pay their respects to him.
On the day Zhao Hao ascended the throne, he announced that he would call himself the Son of Heaven, Hao, and did not change the name of the capital city, Moyi, to Zhaoge.
From then on, Yinshang was no longer the Yinshang in the God Deification Ceremony. There was no King Zhou of Shang, no Zhaoge City, only Di Hao!
After that, Zhao Hao made Jiang Wenqiang the Empress of the Middle Palace and commanded the concubines in the rear palace (of course, the so-called concubines were only three O(Empyrean_Empyrean)O~). Yang Jiu was conferred the title of Imperial Consort of Xinqing Palace, while Huang Feiyan was conferred the title of Imperial Consort of West Palace.
After the harem and the concubines were conferred, Zhao Hao wanted to reward the officials and truly establish his own team.
This was the so-called principle of one emperor and one courtier.
Among the officials, Wen Zhong, Shang Rong, and Huang Gun were the most loyal to Zhao Hao. These three had contributed greatly to Zhao Hao becoming the Emperor.
Zhao Hao had a feeling that Wen Zhong and Shang Rong were probably the important ministers of Di Yi. As for Huang Gun, he was his father-in-law. If he didn't help him, who else could he help?
However, Wen Zhong and Shang Rong, one was the Grand Preceptor and the other was the Prime Minister, both of them were extremely important and had no titles.
However, this was not a problem for Zhao Hao.
Ever since Zhao Hao had cultivated the first level of the Primordial Black Yellow Undying Body, not only had his body been completely reborn, but his soul had also undergone a complete transformation. His intelligence had received an unbelievable increase. He could recall everything he had experienced in his previous life, including what he had seen, heard, felt, and thought.
With all the memories of his previous life, how could he not handle this trick of winning over his subordinates?
Didn't Wen Zhong's official position already reach its peak? Unable to seal it? Then, he would learn from an emperor of the Tang Dynasty and confer the title of the Double Whip in Wen Zhong's hands. He could blame the king for his mistakes and beat up the crafty officials. He would also give him the privilege of acting first and reporting later.
In this era, this kind of reward was definitely a great privilege that ordinary people could not imagine. Even Wen Zhong was extremely grateful after hearing this. From then on, he was even more loyal to Zhao Hao.
As for Shang Rong, Zhao Hao gave him a Death Exemption Medallion. As long as he held this medallion, no matter what kind of crime he committed, even if he was a rebel, he could be exempted from death once.
Hearing this, Shang Rong was extremely excited. His hands trembled as he carefully took the gold medal from Zhao Hao's hands. Then, he kowtowed to Zhao Hao, kowtowing non-stop until his forehead was bleeding.
At this moment, the officials in the court were in an uproar.
Zhao Hao's reward for Wen Zhong and Shang Rong was simply too great!
Huang Gun was also extremely excited at this moment. Zhao Hao had ascended the throne, and he had contributed as much as Wen Zhong and Shang Rong. Moreover, he was Zhao Hao's father-in-law. If Wen Zhong and Shang Rong could receive such an unprecedented reward, what kind of honor would he get?
Zhao Hao didn't disappoint Huang Gun either. He made Huang Gun the King of Wuwei and gave him the title of Grand Marshal of the army. His son, Huang Feihu, was granted the title of King Wucheng of the Zhenguo to assist him in commanding the three armies.
As soon as he said that, Huang Gun and Huang Feihu immediately kowtowed to Zhao Hao like Shang Rong. From then on, they were loyal to Zhao Hao.
After Wen Zhong, Shang Rong, and Huang Gun were rewarded, it was time to reward the four great dukes, the eight hundred minor dukes, and the other officials.
However, the following rewards were only average.
After all, if everyone received a great reward, how could Zhao Hao show how much he had rewarded Wen Zhong, Shang Rong, and Huang Gun?
Moreover, after obtaining the complete loyalty of Wen Zhong, Shang Rong, and Huang Gun, the military and political forces of Yinshang were all under Zhao Hao's control. There was no need to reward the officials one by one to win over the hearts of the people.
As for the four great dukes and the eight hundred small dukes, Zhao Hao would still have to deal with them when he implemented the central power system in the future. How could he reward them so much now and increase the difficulty of dealing with them in the future?
After he ascended the throne and was rewarded, Zhao Hao held a banquet in Xian Qing Hall to entertain the officials.
After the banquet was over, Zhao Hao summoned Wen Zhong to Dragon Virtue Hall alone.
When he had cultivated the first level of the Primordial Black Yellow Undying Body, he had wanted to find Wen Zhong to understand the strength of the immortals in the World of Gods.
After all, no matter how powerful the Son of Heaven was in the mortal world, he could not control the Immortals. If the Immortals wanted to destroy the dynasties in the mortal world, they could do so easily.
The Apotheosized Tribulation was the act of immortals and saints. They transferred the killing tribulation to the human world and used the rise and fall of dynasties and the overthrow of Yinshang as a way to resolve the great tribulation of the killing tribulation.
Therefore, Zhao Hao had to understand the levels of immortals and the corresponding powers of each level. Only by knowing himself and his enemy could he deal with those immortals better!
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