Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 384
After listening to Meng Chong's report, Emperor Longqing burst out laughing on the spot, and left a comment at the end: "The crown prince's observation of politics in the past year seems to be very meaningful."

It is indeed very meaningful, because Zhu Yijun's reward for high pragmatism completely followed Longqing's previous style:
First of all, only promotion officials or East Palace officials, and always add a word "false" at the beginning, which is similar to the meaning of "temporary", so as to avoid disputes.

In addition, he did not forget that the other meaning of the reward is "promise you to be distinguished in front of others", so he gave the big red silk flying fish suit.The previous time Gao Yushi was awarded the big red silk bullfighting uniform, but he immediately went back to his hometown for the exam, and he didn't have time to be "prestige in front of others" in the capital.

The so-called "flying fish" is actually a four-clawed dragon with a tail like a fish's tail. The red uniforms worn by the earl and his son-in-law have unicorn patches on the chest and back, but the unicorn is an ordinary animal image, which is different from the dragon-shaped "unicorn suit").A dragon with four claws and no other deformations is called a "python".

The robes embroidered with these four patterns are called boa clothing, flying fish clothing, bullfighting clothing and kylin clothing.They are not included in the official uniform system of the rank officials, but belong to the conferred clothes, which are extremely high-level, and generally can only be worn after being rewarded by the emperor or approved by the emperor.

Fufu is usually made of cloud satin, flash satin, cloud silk, gauze, silk and other high-grade clothing materials, usually with red as the background color, but also blue, blue, purple, agarwood and other colors to distinguish between high and low - red is vermilion, is In the Ming Dynasty, the grade of Dahong was the highest.These costumes are made of complex crafts such as gold weaving and flower decoration. The chest is a dragon head and dragon claws, the dragon body goes around the shoulders, and the dragon tail is thrown behind.Generally speaking, python suits are the highest level of bestowals, followed by flying fish suits, bullfighting suits and unicorn suits.

It should be noted that the big red silk flying fish suit is different from the general Jinyiwei's flying fish suit, at least the color is different - the big red flying fish suit, even in Jinyiwei, can only be worn by officials of the third rank and above.

However, the problem is that among the official ranks of Jin Yiwei, the third rank is the commander.As for the commanders, there are usually the governor and the governor, but in most cases, the governor and the governor are both false titles. Only the governors like Lu Bing in the Jiajing Dynasty and the current Zhu Xixiao are the emperor's cronies. , in order to truly master Jin Yiwei, otherwise, the actual leader of Jin Yiwei is actually the commander of Jin Yiwei.

If you have to force an analogy, this is like a school under a certain education group in later generations. This school can be compared to Jinyiwei.The chairman of the group may also serve as the principal of the school, which can be compared to the governor of Jinyiwei, but he will not directly manage the school. It is the executive vice-principal of the school, the commander of Jinyiwei, who actually manages the school.

During the Jiajing and Longqing years, although more and more uniforms were given, only the ministers of the six ministries and the marshals who served as inspectors were rewarded with red silk flying fish uniforms. academic officer), at most, a red silk bullfighting uniform will be given.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun's two rewards, in terms of name, are more practical to be promoted, because he was originally a bachelor (false) from the fifth-rank Hanlin Academy, but now he is the fifth-rank Zhan Shifu Zuo Yude (false) ), which is an explicit upgrade.But the problem is that although Hanlin Xueguan or Donggong officials are all noble officials, but the word "false" is added in front of it, the meaning is not so great, that is, it sounds better, and it has been upgraded from Gaoshidu to Gaoyude.

But this dress is different. If there is no conferment, Gao Yushi will go to the palace to study with him, and he will only wear blue regular clothes with white pheasant patch (that is, it is counted from the fifth grade).This was allowed by the emperor in an exceptional way, otherwise he would be too shameful if he could only wear casual clothes, let alone a green robe, since he was not actually considered a rank.

But it's different now, jumping straight to wear the big red silk flying fish suit, even in the palace where flying fish suits are flooding (because most of the eunuchs give flying fish patterns), and because of the word "big red", it looks dignified enough .

The reason why Long Qing was happy was because Zhu Yijun's award was smart enough:

Officials can be promoted slowly, because Gao Yushi is still young, even if it is a "false" official, he must take his time and pay attention to the impact.

The conferment should show the great love of the royal family, so that Gao Yushi's uncle and nephew should feel the trust of the emperor's father and son, and the conferment belongs to the unshakable authority of the emperor. Even if the civil servants are not satisfied, there is nothing to say. Because this is a simple "graciousness", and "graciousness comes from above", and the subordinates are not allowed to comment.

The next day, Gao Wushi arrived in Beijing.

Although it was already noon at that time, he still followed his usual style and didn't even go home, but went directly to the palace to sell his vacation.There is no need to worry about Guo Pu, he has already complained to Guo Pu in advance, Guo Pu not only does not blame him, but is very satisfied with his attitude.

Of course Gao Gong knew that Guo Pu came with Gao Yushi, and had already arranged for someone to greet him.Since Gao Yushi didn't go home first, he would take Guo Pu to the mansion first to have a talk, and it was the same.

I heard that Gao Yushi's family didn't come back, and came to the palace to sell holidays. "Little Bee" Emperor Longqing also took a rare break from the busy work in the harem, and personally drove the Zhongcui Palace to meet Gao Yushi with the crown prince.

In fact, this was agreed between Long Qing and Zhu Yijun yesterday. Of course, it was actually Long Qing's decision, and Zhu Yijun just agreed. And as a prince, please reward the emperor for his high pragmatism.

Then the emperor cheerfully expressed that "the reward is indeed deserved", but said a little embarrassingly, the cabinet thinks that Xiao Gao Aiqing is still young after all, and has never been on the gold list, so it is not good to give more rewards, so what can I do?

When Gao Wushi heard this, he immediately took a step forward, and began to talk nonsense in a serious manner, saying that he had only done a little bit of his duty as a minister, and that he really didn't have any credit for it.Even if the emperor and the prince fall in love with each other wrongly and think that the minister has made some trivial achievements, the minister still feels that it is not enough to reward him, so the emperor and the prince are asked to take back their orders.

After he said this, Zhu Yijun quit. The number of examples is high and pragmatic. Since he became the prince's companion, he counted eight of the various credits, and he insisted on rewarding the emperor very stubbornly.

Long Qing "couldn't beat the prince", pondered for a moment, and asked the prince what he thought about it.

The crown prince naturally immediately brought up the reward that the father and son had agreed yesterday, and Long Qing thought about it for a while, "extremely tangled", and then smiled wryly: "I really can't bear to brush off the crown prince's kindness in caring for his close ministers, this matter... just let it go." .”

Gao Wushi couldn't refuse again and again, so he had to say "Long Live Thank You" three times, and "Thousand Years Thank You" three times. His appearance made the emperor and his son smile.

Gao Yushi himself was quite happy in his heart, and the only person who was unhappy was probably Feng Bao, who was the prince's companion, but even he was smiling all over his face at the moment, showing no dissatisfaction at all.

(End of this chapter)