Yang Guangyuan
Shi Jingtang commissioned a number of key officials for his new imperial government. As part of these commissions, Zhao Ying was made the chief imperial scholar (翰林學士承旨, "Hanlin Xueshi Chengzhi") and deputy minister of census (戶部侍郎, "Hubu Shilang"), to be in charge of the Hedong headquarters. Subsequently, after Zhang Jingda's deputy Yang Guangyuan assassinated Zhang and surrendered the Later Tang army to the joint Khitan/Later Jin army, As Shi and Emperor Taizong prepared to advance south toward Luoyang, Shi commissioned Zhao and Sang Weihan as chancellors (同中書門下平章事, "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi"), with Zhao also receiving the additional title of "Menxia Shilang" () and Sang "Zhongshu Shilang" (). Zhao was also put in charge of editing the imperial histories.