Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352 Merit Reward
As the so-called Wen left and Wu right.

The civil servants were headed by Zhao Shu and other five people, and the Xungui was headed by several princes, standing in two rows, which looked quite neat.

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the civil servants were fine, but the military officials immediately became short of breath.

It is related to the prosperity and wealth of future generations, and no one can be calm.

Zhu Yixi waved his hand, and Yang Le, who was at the side, immediately took out the yellow silk.

As soon as this thing came out, the whole hall became much brighter in an instant.

Countless pairs of eyes stared at him faintly.

This is glory, this is fate, this is reward, and it is a good medicine for people to sacrifice their lives.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: In the last years of Chongzhen, slaves were established as officials, and bandits and bandits were rampant. I used common clothes to emulate the emperor Taizu, and raised troops to comfort the people. After four years, the destiny is in mercy. As the emperor..."

"Three people are in a group, and the trees are forests. Today, I will confer meritorious service as a commendation..."

"Since ancient times, a hero cannot be without a name, and now he is a hero who assists the country with Zhongxing—"

The so-called meritorious title gradually formed a tradition in the Tang Dynasty.Tang Dezong fled to Fengxiang due to chaos, and bestowed the title of "Feng Tian Ding Nan Yuan Cong Hero" on the officers and soldiers of the imperial army.

In the Ming Dynasty, he was the hero of "founding the country and auxiliary transportation" canonized by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and the hero of "Fengtian Jingnan" in Yongle.

Other meritorious officials are called "Fengtian Yiyun"; those who inherit the title of their father and grandfather are awarded "Qin Chengfu (ancestor) career".

Civil officials add more sincerity, military officers add more power, etc.

And "Zhongxing Fuguo" is the title of hero in Zhu Yixi's era, which can distinguish honorable ones very well.

At the same time, it also divides the meritorious class. For example, Jingnan heroes and founding heroes generally cannot get along with each other, and they live separately in Nanjing and Beijing.

After the hero number is finished, it's the main course.

"Zhao Shu, the military and political officer, assisted in the military and political affairs... He has made outstanding achievements, so he was named Marquis Feng, with an annual salary of three thousand stones..."

Zhao Shu held his head high, stepped forward with a face full of excitement, put down the wat board in his hand, and kowtowed: "My minister thanks Your Majesty Long En!"

Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty was granted the title of Marquis Feng, which was more exciting to him than any title of salary.

Others were also excited, but Wu Xun was a little depressed:

Even Zhao Shu is just a marquis, it seems that there is no Duke this time.

The highest can only be the Marquis, why not make people depressed?
This is also Zhu Yixi's intention.

Although there is no war in the whole south, the huge north has not been recovered yet?

If he was made a duke from the beginning, wouldn't it be difficult to be canonized later?

You have to whet their appetites.

"Zhang Shenyan... is De Amber, with an annual salary of one thousand shi."

"Yan Chongxin... is Uncle Baoqing, with an annual salary of a thousand stones!"

"Feng Xianzong... is the son of Hengyang, with an annual salary of five hundred shi!"

wow-

When it was Feng Xianzong's turn, everyone was instantly amazed.

The emperor actually changed the tradition and added a viscount.

You must know that from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to limit the powerful, the titles of Zi and Baron were abolished, and only the titles of uncle, marquis, and duke were abolished.

This is a severe restriction on the nobility, and the earl's threshold makes his living water very little, gradually turning into stagnant water.

Zhu Yixi chose to expand the number of places in order to win the hearts of the army, and in order to make arrangements.

As one of his own, Zhu Mou of the Chief of Staff, how could the emperor forget him and seal him up as a son of Yicheng.

Even Wang Yingxiong got a Yongding man.

In his mind, the duke uses the country name, the marquis uses the single name, the earl is the mansion, and the viscount and baron use the county name to distinguish them.

It also saves him from scratching his mind to think of a name.

"Establish a cabinet, with Zhao Shu as the chief assistant of the cabinet, a scholar of the Zhongji Palace; Zhang Shenyan a scholar of the Jianji Palace; Yan Chongxin a scholar of the Wenhua Palace."

To everyone's surprise, there were only three members in this list, and Feng Xianzong and Wang Yingxiong were not included.

But after thinking about it, everyone took it for granted.

Feng Xianzong is under [-], if he enters the cabinet, even if he has seniority, he may be very difficult to control in the cabinet.

Qualifications and age are the biggest restrictions on him.

Not to mention Wang Yingxiong, he has been serving as the governor of Sichuan, and his relationship with the emperor is not very close. His qualifications and age are enough, but his meritorious service is not enough.

Half of the next six books were promoted by the former minister of Nanjing, and the other half were his own people.

Among them, Feng Xianzong occupied the Ministry of Punishment, and Wang Yingxiong was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Mou, who has always been extremely low-key, also became the minister of the Ministry of War, causing an uproar in the hall.

Everyone was puzzled, but considering that he was also surnamed Zhu, he probably came from the clan, so they simply let it go.

Those who were born in the Military and Political Department basically stayed in the position of Minister of the Sixth Department, and they could be considered to have real power, so everyone was happy.

After all, they are basically in their thirties and cannot rise to a high position suddenly.

Otherwise, Zhu Yixi could foresee that within 20 years after he proclaimed himself emperor, the imperial court would definitely be as immobile as a stagnant water.

The next highlight is the military officer.

"Zhu Meng, who guarded Sanguan for two years, followed the imperial driver into Shaanxi...so he was named Xuanhou, with an annual salary of three thousand stones!"

"My humble servant thanks His Majesty Long En!"

Zhu Meng's eyes were red, and tears could not stop streaming down. He put on the imperial uniform, put down the wat board, and knelt tremblingly, feeling inexplicably excited.

In the past, like Zhu Mou, he was a bastard on the street, hungry and full, but now he jumped up and became a marquis.

Moreover, it is obvious that the emperor has regarded him as the No. 1 military official. This kind of honor and status makes his heart tremble.

Immediately, Li Jizu was granted the title of Marquis of An, Chen Yongfu was named Marquis of Fu, You Shiwei was named Marquis of Yi, and Liu Tingjie was named Marquis of Cheng.

These people are all out of town, so they just read out.

Yan Guochao is the Marquis of Yong, and Li Jingwu is the Marquis of Yi.

And the commanders of the first battalion like Prime Minister Huideng are basically earls, he is the uncle of Huangzhou, Bai Wang is the uncle of Yunyang and so on.

Reading down the long list made Yang Le's mouth dry and took more than a quarter of an hour.

Everyone waited tirelessly.

Finally, the list of more than 100 people was finally finished.

Civil and military affairs are included, including eight marquises, 19 earls, 30 viscounts, and 78 barons.

The viscounts and barons with the largest number of people are generally Qian Zong and Guerrilla.

So many people seem to be a lot, but in fact they are only one-tenth of the officer class.

These are enough.

The hall was full of joy, everyone was basically promoted, everyone couldn't restrain the joy in their hearts, and grinned silently.

However, the emperor always has a sense of presence at the end.

He sat upright, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said:
"The reward of the title is to reward you for sacrificing your life and sweating, but just like the Chongzhen and Hongguang years, when the country was in trouble, not only did it not help, but it scrambled to surrender."

"Such ills, it is time to change one or two."

The old ministers in Nanjing still felt that it was okay, but the old ministers of the shogunate were shocked one by one:

The emperor couldn't bear his temper.

(End of this chapter)