Although Cao Guangbi was the head of the Han army, the literati were also busy after his death. The Ministry of Rites discussed for a few days, because I heard that Cao Guangbi's ancestral home is in Zhending Lingshou, and there may be people among his peers who call him Cao Lingshou, and according to Cao Guangbi's dying will, he is also willing to bury Lingshou, so he drafted a document and posthumously named Zhao Guogong, please allow the performance.

When Zhi Yanchong saw the three words of Zhao Guogong, he was furious and said: "Guangbi will follow me to create the Han Department, and the work of opening the foundation will be equal to me!" The management of Hedong, the enterprising of Shaanxi, and the inclusion of southern Hebei are all out of their strength, and the labor of expanding the land is especially on me! If he were alive, it would not be an exaggeration for me to share the world equally with him! Now that he has passed away to guard the Yellow River and set the foundation of the country, I only give him the name of a national prince, and the world is leisurely, but how to scold me for being unkind! ”

Han Fang was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Above the prince, non-ministers dare to talk about it!" ”

Orihiko said: "What to discuss!" King Zhao! After a pause, he said: "In the future, after I die, his cards will be on my right and left, so that children and grandchildren will respect him as if they were me!" ”

The ministers were shocked, retreated, and came to ask Han Fang if this was okay. Han Fang hesitated for a moment, and asked Di Yu first, Di Yu muttered: "According to the rules, such a major matter should be agreed by the government, and then submitted to the Yuan National Assembly, and then submitted to His Majesty, and now that the government has not yet agreed, it seems to be out of order, right?" ”

Han Fang said: "The act of sealing the king has not been done since the founding of the country, so the Ministry of Rites does not dare to make a decision without permission, for fear of being discussed." ”

Di Yu asked, "What did the prime minister say?" ”

Han Fang suddenly paused and said, "How did I forget this layer!" "I hurriedly went back to draft the paperwork, and Pegasus sent Tanggu to ask Yang Yingqi to decide. The ministers of Tanggu received the documents, either in favor or in disapproval, in favor of Cao Guangbi is that they think that Cao Guangbi deserves to be the king, and those who do not approve are worried about opening this head, in the future, if Yang Kaiyuan, Ouyang Shi, Xiao Tienu and others make meritorious contributions again, how can it be good at that time? If there were five or six kings with different surnames in the Han court who were in the same dynasty as the emperor, I am afraid that it would not be the welfare of the country. Moreover, Cao Guangbi still has two sons, if he is crowned king, whether this throne will be inherited is also a question.

There was a lot of discussion, and in the end, Yang Yingqi made a final decision: "What you plan is reasonable." Within four seals, the case is not crowned king. ”

Chen Zhenghui asked: "Is that to ask Your Majesty to take back the holy order?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "No, the second brother has been sealed." ”

Everyone listened to his inconsistencies and was puzzled, Chen Xian said: "When the world is not sealed, the deceased can be blamed, is this what the prime minister means?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Not bad. He also said: "I have a personal pact with my brothers: no matter what the merits of the future, as long as I live for one day, I will not occupy the position of king, if not, I will die in the heavens!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they all called it a great goodness, and the matter was decided.

The matter of name has been entangled for a long time, and the matter of mourning is also carried out at the same time. In order to conquer Mobei, the Han court even did not hesitate to borrow money to spend future money, the emptiness of the treasury was unprecedented, and Liu relayed Cao Guangbi's will, hoping that everything would be simple.

Chen Zhenghui complained to Yang Yingqi and said: "Marshal Cao is powerful all over the world, and the whole world admires him, so don't we want to be grand, but now that we really want to do it, I'm afraid we will have to move money around!" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "According to state affairs, the funeral should be simple and provincial, and the luxury is enough to increase the stigma behind the second brother!" But according to the righteousness, if this matter is too shabby, I am afraid that the world will scold my brother for being ruthless and unjust! ”

Chen Zhenghui asked, "How is that good?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "The public is simple and provincial, and the private is grand." The things in the name are handled by the public and respected as much as possible; The funeral expenses, a few of our brothers came and went, and they did not go into the treasury. You make a note according to my intentions, and use my name to play the eldest brother. ”

After reading Yang Yingqi's recital, Zhi Yanchong also felt reasonable, so he ordered the allocation from the private treasury. Because Cao Guangbi wished to return to the funeral of Lingshou, he had to choose someone who could do things to undertake this matter locally. Han Fang recommended Liu Cao, and Zhi Yanchong thought that Liu Cao's status was not high enough, Han Fang said: "Liu Cao is not only smart and accessible, but also has been a true parent official for a long time, and it is justified for him to handle the funeral." As for the reputation and status, Liu Cao only undertook the funeral, and the name of the funeral should have been led by His Majesty and the Zhu Jinlan brothers. ”

Only then did Zhi Yanchong agree, and said: "Liu Cao has made a lot of contributions over the years, and it is time to promote him." You let Ying Qi and them discuss, if you don't have any opinions, you can add Liu Cao's rank of waiter, so that it may be more convenient for him to do things. ”

When Liu Cao heard the news, he hurriedly came to thank him, but Han Fang stopped him and said, "What kind of grace are you grateful!" Your Majesty gave you the title because you have made meritorious contributions, not because you want to be grateful! ”

Liu Cao is a delicate person, and he is very thorough, and he hurriedly said: "Then I will rush to Lingshou immediately, choose an excellent feng shui for Marshal Cao, and make things lively!" ”

Han Fang smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad!" He said in a low voice: "In order to save money, those people in the household department actually put forward such a shabby proposal, and Your Majesty is actually very unhappy in his heart. Now the prime minister has spoken, saying that the funeral expenses are all contracted by His Majesty and the five brothers, although everyone thinks that the prime minister's private treasury is the best in the world, but he can't press on His Majesty's head, so needless to say, Your Majesty is going to make a big head! Therefore, the funeral should be done beautifully, but the amount of expenses presented should be just right, and the amount should not be too small to make His Majesty feel cold, but not too big to make His Majesty spend too much money. ”

Liu Cao smiled and said, "This subordinate understands!" When the monarch has something to do, the courtiers obey him. Hebei West Road officials, everyone loves His Majesty like a father, and a marshal like an uncle, and now his father mourns his uncle's funeral, where can we not express it? For the cost of funeral, everyone should do their filial piety. ”

Han Fang was overjoyed and said: "Han Fang is going to boast about his vision this time!" It is right for Lord Liu to do this important thing! ”

Liu Cao hurriedly said: "The grace of Han Xiang's recommendation, the lower officials also keep it in mind, in the future, only Han Xiang will be the first to look forward, and he will not dare to exceed the rules." ”

At that time, the Ministry of Rites issued an official document ordering officials of all sizes from the Daimyo's Mansion to Zhending to greet and see off the coffin along the way when it arrived. Liu Cao also secretly instructed his colleagues and subordinates to apportion the funeral expenses at all levels on Hebei West Road. Liu Cao asked the officials to pay, but where would the officials only get in and out? In the end, it is still big and small, the high bullying the low, the officials knocking out the officials, the officials knocking the people, and it is inevitable that there will be some harassment that will be covered up. Fortunately, Liu Cao's influence was limited after all, and the state and county officials with a more upright atmosphere resisted and even denounced impeachment, so that this unhealthy trend did not spread too much.

On the day of the burial, the Han Emperor Zhi Yanchong, the Yuan National Assembly Speaker Di Yu, the Han Prime Minister Yang Yingqi, the East China Sea Marshal Ouyang Shi, the prince Zhe Yunwu, the empress Wanyanhu, and the prince Zhe Yunwen all came to mourn and weep. The living Buddha of the Golden Horde in Mobei sent his eldest disciple Les Bada to come and pray for Cao Guangbi's recitation of the Buddha, and the chiefs of the various tribes either came in person, or their sons and nephews saluted on their behalf, and the subject countries of Goryeo, Japan, Uighurs, and Tubo also sent ministers and envoys to mourn, and the Great Song Dynasty also sent important ministers to the scene, and the Western Xia even sent Wei Mingren to pray, and Zhiyan Chong also treated Cao Guangbi with courtesy, but only cared about the mourning etiquette and never said anything about state affairs. As for the ministers and generals within the Han Dynasty, there are countless people who go to mourn.

On that day, there were thousands of horses and thousands of cars, not to mention the number of nobles, even if it was only about the number of people, I am afraid that this place has not gathered so many people here since it was opened.

Zhi Yanchong and others were extremely sad, and after seeing Cao Guangbi's two sons, one daughter and three orphans, they even saw their sons and hurt their fathers, and said to Liu: "The second brother is only one year younger than me, but he got married late, and now my eldest son is also an adult, but the two nephews are still young children. I want to wait for them to grow up, and I will take them with me to raise them personally, I don't know if my sister-in-law is willing to do it? ”

Liu sobbed: "Your Majesty's grace is all over the sky, and the surviving people are terrified. When my late husband was dying, he said: 'Your Majesty and I, although we have different surnames, love is better than flesh and blood. I am thankful, Your Majesty will push brotherhood to the second orphan son, although the second son of the ninth generation of the grace of the nineth, but when I was the founding of the country, all things are frequent, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, if you are distracted to raise the two sons, I am afraid that it will be because of private misinformation, if it is because of brotherly love and mistaken about the country, but teach these two boys how to afford it? Therefore, arrangements have already been made, and it is hoped that the eldest son will follow his uncle Liu Qi to learn martial arts after the age of twelve, and the seventh uncle will arrange for the seventh uncle to learn literature after the age of ten. This is the meaning of the first husband before the country and the family, and the public before the private, and please let Your Majesty know it. ”

Before Zhi Yanchong could speak, he heard Yang Yingqi say: "The second brother is very worried. Wan Yanhu was also on the side. Zhi Yanchong hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine, that's fine." When the two nephews are successful in civil and military affairs, I will make arrangements. ”

After seven consecutive days of mourning, Liu's mother and son guarded the mausoleum in Lingshou, and Zheyan Chong ordered to build a mansion for her mother and son to live in. Shi Kangyin asked Zhe Yanchong for an order: "Now I am a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and there is not much more than me in the army, and there is not much less than me." Shi Kang wanted to take a three-year leave and settle here, firstly, to protect the mother and son of the Cao family, and secondly, to fulfill the master-slave relationship between the second general and me for more than 20 years! Orihiko Chong also agreed.

Cao Guangbi has been honest and honest all his life, almost not like Xiao Tienu who has plundered everywhere he goes, and is not like Ouyang Shi who has taken care of both public and private affairs and business, but for 20 years, he has a share of property that Yang Yingqi has helped him take care of, although more than half of this money has been taken out by Cao Guangbi in previous crises and pasted as military funds, but a small half of what is left behind is enough to ensure that orphans and widows are rich for a lifetime. What's more, Cao Guangbi is for the country and the people, his prestige is far and wide, all the soldiers and generals in the world are admired, Liu's maiden family is a powerful northwest Gancheng, Liu himself is the daughter of Jiangmen, and has experienced many major events, Cao Guangbi died for more than a year after Cao Guangbi's death, and she was actually the leader of the five-person group of decision-making on the Yellow River defense line - from this one thing alone, you can deduce what kind of woman she is! Therefore, although Cao Men is lonely and widowed at the moment, there are strange women in charge of the house, and there are all parties outside who are good at protecting them, and no one dares to invade them in black and white, and his life after settling in Lingshou is also stable and peaceful.

On this day, the guests dispersed, Cao Guangbi's grave returned to calm, Liu went up the mountain to see if the grave can grow new grass, set off before dawn, to the tomb, sweep some night wind blowing fallen leaves, straighten some small beasts knocked over the candlestick, suddenly saw a hairpin hidden in the gap of the tombstone, it seems to be a woman's ornament, the hairpin is very hidden, if it is not for Liu's careful heart like a hair, it is difficult to find.

Liu thought to himself: "Which family member is this lost?" Then I didn't feel like it, and thought, "I cleaned and inspected this place a few days ago." And this hairpin is of average texture and is not particularly valuable, and the female dependents who can go to the tombstone to salute at that time are not rich or expensive, how can they leave such a hairpin? Could it be that someone has come up in the last two days and left it behind? ”

She stroked the hairpin, but saw a very small warm character engraved at the end of the hairpin, groaned slightly, seemed to understand, sighed lightly, and still stuffed the hairpin back to its original place.