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Chapter 281 On the Rewards for Deeds
Zhou Yanru's words to this point are enough to be explicit, and there is nothing more to say.

He didn't wait for Fang Kongxuan to leave a meal, he just flashed away, leaving Fang's family in a mess of mixed joy and sorrow.

Of course, the joy must still far outweigh the worries.

In such troubled times, it is much safer to have an official position and seek peace than to stay in the northern capital without a job.A young girl's marriage is really insignificant compared to the interests of the family.

How many dignitaries and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty went to the wrong place, and when the city was destroyed, everything was destroyed.Not to mention, Fang Ziling's two aunts, which one is not his uncle was killed by the bandits broke the city and became a widow, the whole family is gone, personal marriage happiness is nothing.

A bucket of rice for a woman in troubled times, although it sounds cruel and a bit inaccurate, but it is aimed at this kind of situation.

Of course Fang Kongxuan also knew the trade-offs, so after watching Zhou Yanru leave, he just sighed guiltily to his daughter:
"Ling'er, it's dad who is sorry for you... But in this troubled world, it's good for our Fang family to have peace. Shu is rich and dangerous. As long as Zhang Xianzhong can be wiped out, it will be a paradise of peace in troubled times."

"Father, you don't need to talk about it. This is what you should do. Besides, His Majesty has moved to reuse you. Do you still want to resist the order?" After Fang Ziling's initial shock and hesitation, his face was as cold as ever. Shuang, not seeing any embarrassment, said coldly,
"I only ask my father for one thing. Don't bring up my marriage in the future. I don't want to discuss marriage again. Although the agreement with Shen Lang has not been clear, but this time, it is just the king's fate. I don't believe what he thinks. Don't let me marry. If you don't want me to marry, I won't marry. I will keep my position and wait for the right time, but don't want me to marry someone else."

Fang Kongxuan originally wanted to persuade him, but his daughter's last words made him shut up.

Indeed, the emperor could only prohibit the Fang family from marrying, but it did not stipulate who the Fang family had to marry.In this case, the way of taking the initiative to act was banned by the emperor, so it is also a kind of self-esteem to resist with passive inaction.

Fang Kongxuan knew that her daughter had self-esteem, so let her fulfill her self-esteem.

"Forget it, it's all good fortune. Although our family has also encountered twists and turns, compared with most of the magistrates' families who are wandering and suffering in this troubled world, it is already better. In this year, it is right to wait and change the course hastily. Maybe stepping into a bigger quagmire.

That's all, let's pack up and prepare as soon as possible, maybe we will receive the order tomorrow, and then go south immediately to take up the post. "

Fang Kongzheng sighed and ordered, Fang Ziling went in without crying or fussing, and packed his luggage without mentioning it.

……

The next day was also an official court meeting day every five days.

Sure enough, at the court meeting, Chongzhen officially reported the progress of the recent battle to the ministers by Chen Xinjia, and also talked about the new and dangerous situation in Sichuan and other places, asking the ministers to discuss and go through the motions.

At the end of the court meeting, at the stage of announcing the decree, Chongzhen also presented the results of Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia's discussions,
Officially because of Henan's record, repelling Li Zicheng's contribution to rescuing Kaifeng and rescuing the kings, Governor Shen Shuren of Huguang was given the surname of the country and the title of Earl of Krupp.

After hearing this reward, many civil servants in the court who did not know were quite surprised, because it was not easy to be awarded titles by military merit in the late Ming Dynasty, and only the relatives might be awarded earls or something.

Therefore, don't look down on an earl. Although he has no real power, in terms of scarcity, it is much rarer than the governor.

For example, from Jiajing to Wanli, three generations of ancestors and grandchildren were awarded earls because of their military achievements. Li Chengliang was the only one who earned the title of "Uncle Ningyuan" by repeatedly raising bandits and self-respecting his military achievements.In contrast, Qi Jiguang, who was at the same time as Li Chengliang and would not raise his own self-respect, could only "I don't want to be a Marquis, but I hope Haibo is peaceful" for the rest of his life.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the battle situation became more and more dangerous, but when Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting killed Gao Yingxiang, the former Chuang Wang, they also did not confer Bo and Hou.

Even because of the butterfly effect, in the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Taimiao finally made an oath, "The one who punishes Zhang Xianzhong will be made a duke", but Zhang Xianzhong is not dead yet, and no one has been made a duke because of it.

In history, the earls and marquises of the Ming Dynasty were devalued. Basically, after the death of Chongzhen and the fall of Beijing, the Southern Ming court began to issue titles randomly.

It was also because of the precarious wind and rain that the world was about to end, and they didn't care about so much, so they gave the warlords with heavy troops at the level of the four towns in Jiangbei a general distribution of titles in exchange for their loyalty to the Nanming court.

The earls issued by Zhu Yousong in history are absolutely different from those issued by Chongzhen Jinkouyu himself.

In the same way, the national surname bestowed by Emperor Longwu to Zheng Chenggong in history is not the same as that bestowed by Chongzhen at this moment.

This time, the earl has taken the first step.If it wasn't for Shen Shuren being too young and promoted too quickly, he wouldn't be able to be promoted to governor-general within a year, and he wouldn't be able to take out the earl as a reward.

Even so, there are still many censors who came out to play the right thing and earnestly obstructed it, saying that this is not in line with the ancestral system. Since Jiajing, it has not been so easy to confer an earl because of military merits.It's nothing more than the group of people like Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou.

It's just that Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru, and Chen Xinjia all unified their views and made an internal decision in advance, so these people's "senior views" did not make waves, so they decided.

In addition, the rewards at the court meeting, of course, cannot only be aimed at Shen Shuren, so many other generals and civil servants who participated in the Henan campaign also received their own rewards.

Huang Degong, who has the highest military exploits, has also been the commander-in-chief since the ninth year of Chongzhen, and has been in the position of commander-in-chief for six years.

Originally, the commander-in-chief was already the highest among normal military officers, so there was no way to raise the reward. This time, Chongzhen gave him an additional title of "General Against Rebels"—the addition of the number of Generals in the late Ming Dynasty was mainly based on the ancient times of suppressing thieves and punishing rebels. Choose from miscellaneous generals such as Polu.

General Pingzei had given Zuo Liangyu a few years ago, but Zuo Liangyu was taken away after he was convicted of avoiding the war.But it also caused the title of General Ping Zei to be a bit stinky, so naturally he would not give it to others, and others would despise it as unlucky.

Even if it is to be reused in the future, it will have to wait for a few years, or even until Zuo Liangyu resigns or passes away, and use time to heal everything, so that it will not be unlucky.

As for Dangkou Kelu, they were occupied by Liu Guoneng and Shen Shuren respectively, so there was basically no choice left for Huang Degong, except for the title of General Dispute.

Huang Degong was given the rank of general, and Zhang Mingzhen and others also had military merits, but they were all general soldiers, and their military merits were not so outstanding, so there was no promotion, they just rewarded gold, silver and property.

As for those who have not reached the general army, it is generally possible to select those who have outstanding performance and move them.For example, Zhu Wenzhen's general can be moved to lieutenant general, and several other naval battalion defense and capital divisions under Zhang Mingzhen can also be promoted again.

It's just that most of the generals and below don't need to be dealt with by imperial decree at the court meeting. Later, Chen Xinjia can deal with it privately at the Ministry of War.

After dealing with the promotion of all generals, there are still some involving civil servants.

Fang Yizhi, Yan Yingyuan, etc. under Shen Shuren's command also contributed a little to the logistics and preparations, but not as much as the ones who went to battle to kill the enemy.

Fang Yizhi is already the magistrate of Wuchang, so he hasn't been moved for the time being. Yan Yingyuan's rank is still very low.

Only Shen Shuren's cousin Zhang Huangyan was promoted among civil officials above the prefect level—but he was not because of the war with Li Zicheng, but because he was guarding against Zhang Xianzhong's remnants in Jingzhou Prefecture and Yiling during the same period.

And when Sun Kewang's entire army withdrew to central Sichuan, Zhang Huangyan keenly bit some of Sun Kewang's rear troops who were greedy for property and procrastinating in action, slightly wiped out more than 2000 enemies, recovered Zigui, Wuxian and other places, and opened up the defense zone with Qin Liangyu. The passages together can be regarded as taking back the territory of a mansion.

These places are poor, there are not many counties, but the area is still very large. From Zhangjiajie in western Hunan to Shennongjia in the north of the Yangtze River, the entire Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is steep and poor. If you look at the map, a large area has been recovered, although most of them are no-man's land. and Savage District.

Therefore, Zhou Yanru made a plan in advance, changing Zhang Huangyan from the prefect of Jingzhou to the prefect of Chengdu, and adding the title of Sichuan Bingbei Taoist.

This appointment was due to Zhang Huangyan's self-satisfaction, and his performance was worthy of this award.

Secondly, it is also for the military power under Shen Shuren's command, so that in the future, he can be directly seconded to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion and pursue Zhang Xianzhong.After all, Shen Shuren was not that stingy when he lent his troops to his cousin.

A considerable part of Sichuan must have been occupied by now. Zhang Huangyan seems to have been promoted a lot, but the power still needs to be fought back by himself to recover and pacify his own jurisdiction. .

Strictly speaking, the prefect of Jingzhou was replaced by the prefect of Chengdu. Strictly speaking, this is not a promotion.But even if they are also prefects, there is still a clear gap in real power between the level of the prefects they know.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhou Mansion was no longer considered the richest and most densely populated mansion in the Huguang area. It was far inferior to the territory of Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang, and even slightly worse than Xiangyang Mansion. look.

The wealth and economic value of Chengdu Mansion are obviously much higher. Since ancient times, it has been the most prosperous land in Shu, the land of abundance. As long as it is not destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, it can be settled as soon as possible, and its economic potential can be restored quickly.

After Zhang Huangyan's appointment, it was time to renegotiate the issue of the governor of Sichuan.

And Zhou Yanru also recommended Fang Kongxuan without any surprise, and everything passed the process.On the contrary, this issue was the least controversial in this celestial court meeting, even Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, who always sprayed it on everyone, stopped spraying it.

Fang Kongxuan was originally innocent, but also has qualifications and is waiting for a job in Beijing.He is a 53-year-old old man, and he still has a few years to work, and he has been a governor for a long time, so he should be.

……

After the end of the court meeting on November 21st, the relevant decrees were made immediately.The marriage gift between Shen Shuren and Prince Lu's Mansion was not mentioned that day.

This is a private matter of the emperor's relatives, and there is no need to discuss it at the court meeting, the emperor can decide it himself.If there is a time difference, it will be more beneficial to Shen Shuren's face, because it will not be associated with "so the country's surname was given today to cover up that Shen Shuren is like a family."

Now that the limelight has passed, Shen Shuren doesn't have to bear the gossiping rumors about his "husband-in-law".The family was first given the national surname because of military merits, and was given a marriage for another reason later. One thing is another thing, don't think about it.

The decree does not need to travel six hundred miles to rush, anyway, Fang Kongxuan's family will follow the decree to take up the post.The decree came to Huguang first, and if Fang Kongxuan and others did not arrive, they would not be able to take office.

So I traveled two to three hundred miles a day, took seven or eight days, and rushed to Wuchang at the end of November.

At this speed, Fang Kongxuan almost felt that his old bones were about to fall apart, but the military situation was urgent and the emperor's life was at his side, so he could only endure it.

(End of this chapter)