The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 374 Even the Chang family’s dog was given an official title

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Since Yu Qian, military power has been the lifeblood of civil servants. In subsequent generations, the reason why civil servants dared to kneel down and remonstrate at every turn, and the cabinet dared to reject the emperor's imperial edict, was because their confidence came from military power.

If it were Taizu, Taizong, and Xuanzong who were personally in charge of the military. If the civil servants dared to challenge the emperor, let alone people, the family's dogs would be stewed into hot pot, the eggs would be shaken to lose their yellow color, and the earthworms would be split in half. Still chopping vertically.

Now that Emperor Zhengde said that he wanted to take back military power, Liang Chu, no matter how mediocre he was, would go out of his way to fight with him.

Liang Chu said: "Your Majesty, the power of commanding troops belongs to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, and the power of deploying troops belongs to the Ministry of War. This is the ancestral system! The ancestral system cannot be violated!"

Emperor Zhengde sneered: "Oh, ancestral system, it is ancestral system. Then let me ask you, Taizong personally controls the world's soldiers and horses, does it count as ancestral system?"

"Not to mention that Emperor Taizu was originally a commander-in-chief who led troops! My decision has been made and it is impossible to change it!"

"If you civil servants have any objections, go out and ask the soldiers outside the tent and the swords in their hands if they agree!"

Liang Chu suddenly discovered that Emperor Zhengde was not discussing with him, but threatening him!

Chang Feng thought to himself: Since ancient times, kings have had two magic weapons to establish their authority. One is to kill people, and the other is to win the battle. The latter is more convincing than the former.

Now that Yingzhou has won a great victory, it is a shame for Yixue Tumu Fortress. The emperor's prestige in the military reached its peak.

The emperor has taken back military power in the world. Although he has not yet issued an edict to inform the world, in fact it is a done deal and cannot be changed.

And just as the emperor said, today's battle in Yingzhou is enough to prove his ability to command the Ming army in the world.

In a word - returning military power to the imperial power is a good thing.

Thinking of this, Chang Feng shouted: "Your Majesty, sage!"

This shout startled everyone in the tent and even frightened Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde said: "My uncle, can you stop being so startled?"

Chang Feng became confused and said: "Ah! I speak from the bottom of my heart! The emperor is a sage! Among the emperors throughout the ages, the emperor is the most sage!"

Emperor Zhengde coughed: "Don't put a high hat on me! I want to ask you, what do you think of my return of military power to the royal family? Don't give me any trouble, I want you to have a clear attitude."

Emperor Zhengde said that even though he said this, he felt very happy in his heart. Which emperor throughout the ages doesn't like to be crowned? Even foreign kings, commanders, and Kaka are no exception. De Gaulle!
Chang Feng restrained his pretended confusion and said sternly: "Your Majesty. "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Beishan" says that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. I dare to extend it - the soldiers of the world All horses are the king’s soldiers!”

"The king coordinates the king's troops, this is how it should be!"

Liang Chu shouted: "Marquis Jin'an, have you forgotten the lessons learned from the Tumubao Incident?"

Chang Feng responded tit for tat: "Liang Shoufu, have you forgotten the historical fact that Emperor Taizong conquered Mongolia five times and conquered the grasslands for thousands of years?"

"Compared to Emperor Yingzong, today's people look more like Emperor Taizong! This is an indisputable fact! The piles of Tatar heads outside the door are irrefutable proof!"

Emperor Zhengde clapped his hands: "Hey! Well said! Chang Feng is the one who knows me! His grand statement just now is exactly what I want to say!"

Chang Feng regained his confused expression: "Well, the emperor is a sage king. I am able to follow the sage king. It is a blessing that I only got after my ancestral tomb was struck by lightning and exploded."

Chang Feng's words made Emperor Zhengde happy: "Haha. I will give you ten thousand taels of silver to repair the ancestral tombs!"

Chang Feng kowtowed: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"

Although it is a joke, the emperor has a golden mouth and jade teeth. Ten thousand taels of silver, Chang Feng doesn’t want it for free.

In the battle for military power between the monarch and the civil servants, Chang Feng, as a veteran, noble, and old commander, was the first to take a clear stand and sided with Emperor Zhengde. Chang Feng threw peaches at him, and Emperor Zhengde naturally wanted to repay him with plums.

Emperor Zhengde said: "In this battle at Yingzhou, the Chang family has made an unparalleled contribution! It goes without saying that Chang Qingyun has followed me from beginning to end."

"The imperial aunt even saved my life."

"Chang Feng led the Xuanfu soldiers to arrive at the most critical moment, instantly reversing the stalemate. This is a great achievement!"

"Not to mention the fact that Chang Ponu, the right minister of the Household Affairs Bureau, helped me arrange military pay, food and fodder. Although he is not in Yingzhou, he is still a great contributor to the battle of Yingzhou!"

"I have appointed the emperor's aunt as the ruler of the country. Oh no, Mrs. Weiguo."

Emperor Zhengde made a slip of the tongue, which made Chang Feng tremble subconsciously.

Emperor Zhengde said: "I see, Chang Feng's direct grandson Chang Qingyun can be awarded the title of Companion Reading Man based on his merits! The rank of civil servant is from the fifth rank!"

Chang Qingyun is only thirteen years old and has no fame. Emperor Zhengde's appointment of him as a fifth-grade civil servant was inconsistent with the official system of the Ming Dynasty. But Emperor Zhengde was not a person who adhered to old rules. His favorite thing is to break the rules.

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty lived in poverty for ten years. They had their heads hung with beams, cones stabbed their buttocks, and cold water was poured on their heads. They passed the county examination, government examination, hospital examination, township examination, joint examination, and palace examination all the way. Even if he stands out from thousands of students and becomes a Jinshi, he will only be awarded the rank of a civil servant. Only those who are among the top three in the first class and the top ten in the second class will have the opportunity to be awarded the sixth rank of civil servants.

Thirteen-year-old Chang Qingyun started out as a civil servant from the fifth rank. At the starting line, I beat those scholars by a thousand miles.

To say that Chang Qingyun was born and grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth would be an understatement. This guy is like God grabbing his neck and stuffing big gold ingots into his mouth.

Chang Qingyun was in the tent where Chang Feng and Liu Xiaoyan lived, not in Emperor Zhengde's tent.

Chang Feng kowtowed and shouted: "On behalf of my ministers, I thank you for your grace! Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Zhengde continued: "Chang Po Nu is in charge of arranging food, military pay, and ordnance well! I should promote him to an official position as a reward."

Liang Chu was stunned and reminded: "Your Majesty, Chang Ponu is only thirty years old this year. He has already become the right minister of household affairs, with a rank of third rank. He is already the youngest Liubu Tang official since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."

"Moreover, he is neither from the top three in the first-class league, nor in the second-class league, but at the bottom of the third-class league. It would be inappropriate to promote him again!"

Chang Feng couldn't say much about his son Chang Ponu's official promotion. He glanced at Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yongxin understood the idea and said: "First Assistant, Your Majesty is the most promising monarch in history. A promising monarch always employs people in an eclectic way!"

"You, Liang Shoufu, were the first disciple of the Second Class in the 14th year of Chenghua. You are extremely talented and knowledgeable. I wonder if you have read Mencius thoroughly?"

Zhang Yong asked a chief minister of the cabinet and a civil servant leader with a first-class background in the second class if he had read Mencius thoroughly. It's like asking an old prostitute if he is a boy.

Liang Chu glared at Zhang Yong: "What did Eunuch Zhang mean by this? I didn't just read Mencius through it. I could recite it from top to bottom when I was ten years old!"

Zhang Yong shook his head and said, "Since Liang Shoufu knows Mencius by heart, you must remember that there is such a passage in it."

Liang Chu asked: "Which section?"

Zhang Yong cleared his throat and hung up his book bag: "Shun was raised among the acres, Fu Shuao was raised among the boards, Jiao Ge was raised among the fish and salt, Guan Yi was raised among the soldiers, Sun Shu'ao was raised among the seas, Baili. He was ridiculed in the city."

"Chang Ponu, who is at the bottom of the top three, is not of nobler birth than them? Not to mention that Chang Ponu is the prince of a marquis!'

"And the emperor always only chooses people based on their merits! As the head of the cabinet, you should know how difficult it was for Chang Ponu to arrange food, fodder and military pay for the emperor in the battle of Yingzhou!" "Do you want the emperor to reward his merits but not his faults? No punishment? Do you want the emperor to become a coward?"

Liang Chu was speechless. Lao Liang was like a certain fat author in later generations who loved to write Jin Yiwei novels. Although he was full of economics and knowledge, he was not good at speaking. Zhang Yong's words left him unable to argue.

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Zhang Yong said it well! What's wrong with being thirty? Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve! So what if he ranked low in the imperial examination? Li Shanchang, the founding prime minister, was not even a Jinshi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was just an examiner!"

"I have made up my mind! Remove the word 'acting' from the front of the official title of Chang Po Nu, and I will actually be appointed as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will be promoted to the third rank! I will also be given the title of Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu!"

Zhan Shifu is an official institution of the prince. Zhan Shi is the chief auxiliary officer of the prince. If the prince ascends the throne, Zhan Shi will be the assistant minister.

Although Emperor Zhengde had no heirs. But Zhan Shi still belongs to an honorary title. It is not accessible to anyone but the emperor's closest confidants.

Emperor Zhengde not only promoted Chang Ponu to a regular position, but also gave him a supreme honorary title.

As soon as Emperor Zhengde finished speaking, Chang Feng started howling mournfully again: "Your Majesty! Holy Ming! I would like to express my gratitude to the Emperor for his grace!"

Emperor Zhengde was startled: "My uncle, I beg you, don't be surprised all the time! I am cowardly!"

Chang Feng pretended to be crazy and acted foolishly: "Huh? Your Majesty is timid? Your Majesty is very courageous! You dare to charge, charge and kill the enemy among hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides. Your courage and courage are comparable to those of Taizu and Taizong!"

Emperor Zhengde felt really comfortable being licked by Chang Feng: "Ha! Uncle, you are exaggerating! How dare I compare with Taizu and Taizong."

Chang Feng said: "I am speaking from the bottom of my heart. Today's battle at Yingzhou can be compared with the Poyang Lake water battle when Taizu pacified the world. It can be compared with the great victory of Hulanhuwenwen when Taizong pacified the grassland!"

Emperor Zhengde was so praised by Chang Feng that he was so proud that his face glowed red.

Liang Chu frowned and thought to himself: Chang Feng is said to be a strong and straightforward minister. Why have you become more and more like a sycophant and jester in recent years?

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Now it's time to reward Chang Feng! You are already a marquis in terms of title. To be granted a title in the Ming Dynasty requires unparalleled merit. If I make you a duke, you will inevitably be criticized. Let's forget it. "

"As for official positions. You are now the governor of Nanzhen Fu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army. You are already the highest military general in the Ming Dynasty and cannot be promoted."

"But I can't help but reward you. Let's do this. I specially grant you permission to serve as the former military governor. One person can serve as two governors. This is a precedent that has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."

"What do you think?"

Liang Chu was stunned: "Your Majesty, you have already said that there is no precedent for one person to serve as the commander-in-chief of two armies!"

Emperor Zhengde said: "Liang Qing, haven't I set a precedent?"

Chang Feng was not polite. Years of ups and downs in officialdom have taught him that humility is the most useless virtue in officialdom.

Chang Feng shouted: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhengde immediately shouted: "Holy Ming! I knew you were going to scream at me again! Yes, yes, you are right, I am indeed holy, right?"

Chang Feng, an old dramatist, was in tears at this moment: "Wow! The emperor values ​​me so much. My life has not been in vain! My life has not been in vain!"

Emperor Zhengde said: "Okay! Stop crying and wiping your tears. Who else in the Chang family has not been sealed?"

"Ah, yes, your concubine, Mrs. Ninth, is now a second-grade imperial concubine. I will grant her a first-grade imperial edict. Your concubine Biyun is now a third-grade imperial concubine. Let her follow you and be granted a second-grade imperial edict!"

Emperor Zhengde promoted rewards and titles to the Chang family from top to bottom, in order to express an attitude: Whoever supports me to take charge of the world's military power, I will let whoever achieve enlightenment, and all the chickens and dogs in the family will follow him to heaven!

Emperor Zhengde thought so and did so. He changed the topic: "My gift to the Chang family seems not big enough."

Zhang Yong reminded: "Princess Wanping Chang Tian and Yibin Huang Yuan"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it. As the saying goes, a married daughter throws away water. My imperial aunt is no longer a Chang family member, she is a member of the Huang family."

"Besides, she is already a princess with a different surname. The next step up is to make her a princess. It's a bit too outrageous to make her a princess with a different surname."

Suddenly, Emperor Zhengde thought: "I remember it! Uncle, do you have a dog at home named 'Shit'?"

Shit is a three-year-old Laizhou Red. This wicked and smoking name was given by Chang Qingyun.

Chang Feng was stunned: "Ah, back to the emperor, yes."

Emperor Zhengde said: "I heard it from my mother. Shit's ancestor has a great origin. His ancestor is named Huzi. He participated in the protection of the crown prince in the last years of Chenghua, and he was a great contributor to the smooth accession of the father to the throne!"

Chang Feng replied: "Your Majesty, that's right."

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "I also heard that my uncle is quite honest. He never accepts bribes from officials. If an official pays a bribe, the dog feces will smell it, bark at the briber, and drive the briber out of the door."

"Is this happening?"

Chang Feng replied: "Yes."

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "What a dog that protects his master's reputation! I have decided! I will appoint Dog Shit as the Incorruptible Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate! He will be promoted to the fifth rank as a civil servant!"

As soon as these words came out, Chang Feng did not scream at Shengming, but froze on the spot.

Not only Chang Feng was stunned, but Liang Chu and Zhang Yong were also stunned, and all the officials and generals accompanying him were stunned.

Everyone knows that the current emperor loves to make up official positions at random.

But naming a dog named "Shit" as the "Incorruptible Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate" is a bit sensational.

After a while, Chang Feng figured out what Emperor Zhengde was thinking: The emperor hated the noisy Yanguan Yushi most. Calling my dog ​​a real fifth-grade censor is nothing more than a mockery of the censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who are worse than a dog!
My dog's name is also "Shit". By extension, the bunch of censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not as good as a piece of shit.

damage! What a loss! The emperor is really an iron-eating beast. Waiting for the meal, the bamboo shoots are home.

Emperor Zhengde said: "Uncle, why don't you thank your family for their shit?"

Chang Feng kowtowed: "Ah! On behalf of my humble dog, I would like to thank the Emperor for your kindness!"

This reward from Emperor Zhengde has ruined Liang Chu's outlook on life. Liang Chu finally came to his senses: "Your Majesty, official position is a famous weapon of the imperial court. How can you grant it to a dog at will?"

Emperor Zhengde said sternly: "However, some officials in the imperial court talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but in their hearts they only want to get promoted and get rich, and be filled with beautiful women. They can't keep up with the dogs of the Chang family! Why can they wear official uniforms, open offices and build mansions? , living with eight seats? Can’t the Chang family’s dog?”

Liang Chu was speechless: "This, this"

Emperor Zhengde said: "That's it! The matter is settled like this! Zhang Yong, when you return to Beijing, you ask the needlework bureau to tailor a set of official uniforms and official hats for the 'shit' of the Chang family."

"Everyone has listened! As long as anyone is loyal to me and works hard to do his job, I will not only reward his whole family, but I will also grant him an official position!"

(End of this chapter)