 After about a year, Du was recalled to the imperial government to serve as "Shangshu You Cheng" (尚書右丞, one of the secretaries in general of the executive bureau (尚書省, "Shangshu Sheng")), deputy minister of civil service affairs (吏部侍郎, "Libu Shilang"), and minister of worship (太常卿, "Taichang Qing").In 762, both Emperor Xuanzong (then "Taishang Huang" (retired emperor)) and Emperor Suzong died in rapid succession, and Emperor Suzong's son Emperor Daizong took the throne.Du Hongjian was put in charge of the burials of Emperors Xuanzong and Suzong.