Li Jing is now in control of the government and must be emperor in the future. It is inevitable that the forces opposing Li Jing will be eradicated, especially the forces behind Li Xian’s wives and concubines, as well as Li Xian’s children, may threaten Li Jing in the future, and they must be eradicated.

Now that Empress Wei and others are left in Dongdu, they must have hated Li Jing, which gives Lai Junchen and others the opportunity to frame them!

So Lai Junchen and others decided to write a letter to Li Jing, to collect some charges for Empress Wei and others, and to try Li Jing's attitude first.

Soon, Lai Junchen and others submitted a report and sent it to the Otsuka Paifu and Li Jing's desk.

After seeing this, Li Jing had to sigh that Lai Junchen was worthy of being a cruel official and was indeed deeply scheming. He knitted several charges for Empress Wei, which were enough to kill Empress Wei and then whip the corpse again.

After Li Jing saw it, he threw it aside. He didn't want to touch Empress Wei yet. He stayed in Dongdu's eyeliner and reported to him every day that Empress Wei has always been calm in Dongdu.

Since Empress Wei was calm in Dongdu, he would let this woman go with mercy.

Lai Junchen and others would still let them go. If you want to tame these cruel officials, you must use both kindness and power to achieve significant results. Otherwise, these guys will definitely bite back.

The most important thing at the moment is the funeral of the empress dowager. At this moment, the governors, governors, and gurus of various states were all on their way to Chang'an and sent them off with generous gifts.

The Queen Mother’s funeral matters will be left to the ministers in the court. The Ministry of Rites will conduct funeral rituals, and everyone can do it according to the above etiquette!

Therefore, Li Jing did not need to act on the funeral of the empress dowager, but Li Jing did not agree to bury Wu Zetian in Zhaoling, saying that people who died suddenly could easily disturb the late emperor and were not suitable to be buried together.

Li Jing ordered someone to find another place to be buried. In order to completely close Zhaoling, Li Jing decided to make a decision that violated his grandmother, dig out his grandmother, buried him in Zhaoling, and posthumously named Concubine Xiao Shu as the queen.

Before re-burying Empress Xiao, Li Jing took people to Zhaoling and learned that there were a lot of treasures inside, Li Jing ordered people to take out all the treasures inside.

For nothing else, he was mainly worried that Zhaoling would attract tomb robbers in the future. In order for his grandparents to avoid being disturbed by tomb robbers, he could only take out the treasures with tears and transport them back to his Dazhong Zaifu. All of this was for Zhaoling to be stolen.

These things are going on quietly, and Li Jing doesn’t want his filial piety to move the world!

After returning, Li Jing looked at the form presented by the Ministry of Rites, how much money it costs tens of millions of yuan. Li Jing shook his head and said to the official of the Ministry of Rites:

"The Queen Mother has always been frugal, how could she be so extravagant? The funeral expenses are too large and it will cost a lot of money to consume. The Queen Mother will not like it and must reduce the expenses!"

An official from the Ministry of Rites bowed and said, "How much should your highness cut?"

"Well, it's only 300,000 yuan! After all, it's the empress dowager of a country. You can't be too shabby to avoid making people laugh!"

The mouths of the Ministry of Rites twitched. The empress dowager was the dignified empire, and the funeral cost was only 300,000 guan. Isn’t this shabby?

Even the oil and water are not enough to be repaid. All expenses do not require money. There are also the governors of various states, the governors, the governors, etc., envoys from various vassal states come to Chang'an to pay their respects, and those who eat, drink, defecate and slaughter do not need money.

You can't let them solve it themselves!

"Your Highness, this is probably..."

An official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and wanted Li Jing to add some more money, but Li Jing interrupted him directly.

"What, you think it's still too much, so you'll save it to 200,000 guan!"

Everyone was speechless and no longer dared to speak. They were afraid that they would pay for it if they could pay for it. There was no need to make any money or water, but they had to pay for it themselves.

"Since everyone doesn't object, just do it like this. Do you have any other things?"

Li Jing asked.

"Your Highness, this is a list of burials for the Empress Dowager. Please check it out."

Cui Yuanzong, the Minister of Rites, handed the list of funerals to Li Jing.

Li Jing took it and saw that good guys are all rare treasures. How much is this worth? How many tomb robbers will be attracted in the future?

Will the Empress Dowager not be able to live in peace after her death?

Of course not. I must not let such things happen. These rare treasures are the source of sin and must be dealt with.

"The Queen Mother has always been frugal..."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked confused. The empress dowager was frugal. They didn't know at all. It was almost the same for extravagance and waste. As the empress dowager who was a crazy demon, Mingtang alone was a project that exceeded the establishment. Spending money was like flowing water and had nothing to do with frugality.

"...I decided to send these rare treasures to my mansion and keep them for me!"

Li Jing continued.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were speechless. They had never seen such a shameless person. As the prince of the royal family, how could he do such a shameless thing?

If you don’t even let go of the dead burial objects, are you still human? Of course, they won’t say this.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were helpless and could only surrender to Li Jing's tyranny and set up funerals according to Li Jing's wishes.

Li Xing learned that his mother's funeral was so shabby that even the funeral belongings were detained by Li Jing, and she fainted from crying on the toilet.

Five days later, the empress dowager's coffin was officially transported to the cemetery chosen for her. All civil and military officials gathered in the Daming Palace to prepare to send the empress dowager's last journey. All civil and military officials showed sadness on their faces and cried sadly.

The six guards carried the coffin and walked out of the hall. The ministers knelt on the ground, and the sounds of wailing and crying rose and fell.

Looking at the heart-wrenching civil and military officials who were crying, Li Jing was confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

As for crying so sadly?

It’s not that you are dead, and that old lady Wu Zhao has nothing to do with you. I mean, it’s better to just cry. Is it necessary to cry like this?

Many ministers cried and beat their chests and stamped their feet, and some even cried and almost left their anger.

This made Li Jing very confused!

But Li Jing didn't know that these people were crying not as the queen mother, but as the money.

In order to hold a funeral for the empress dowager, Li Jing repeatedly emphasized the need to be frugal without losing his dignity.

The most important thing is that Li Jing also cut his expenses, and the 200,000 guan he originally promised to give was cut into 10,000 guan.

There is no money, but Li Jing disagreed, saying that Wu Zhao was the queen mother, which represents the face of the Tang Dynasty. The funeral should not be too sloppy.

But what should I do if I don’t have money?

It is easy to deal with for Li Jing. As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, the empress dowager died first. Shouldn’t we express it?

So, officials in the court paid out of their own pockets and contributed some money and food to successfully complete the funeral.

Therefore, many people hate Li Jing to death. While feeling sorry for their money, they do not forget to curse Li Jing.

After sending the coffin to the cemetery for burial, tributes were placed for worship, the funeral ceremony ended, Li Jing returned to the Otsuka Zaifu to continue working!
Chapter completed!