Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 614 The Name of the Duke
In Qianqing Palace, in the side hall next to the imperial study, Taichang was staring at the map in front of him, frowning endlessly.

At this moment, Jiannu had been wiped out, and almost all the grassland beyond the Great Wall east of Chahar had been cleaned up, and the war had come to an end.

He has already rushed back to the capital, ready to reward all the ministers.

The army of the Shenwu Battalion also needs to be repaired, and then slowly rush along the grassland passage to the north of Datong Town to gather.

This year, he is not going to conquer the Mongolian Yuan tribe outside the Great Wall, because he can't finish the battle and transport the captives, and he doesn't need to let the soldiers fight all year round.

Everyone has worked hard and should take a rest, the next step is to reward.

He has no shortage of fiefdoms. The new Jingzhou government alone has 800 million square kilometers. Even if it is based on the standards of the largest fiefdom in the New England government, each first-class state is granted a fief of about [-] square kilometers. The new Jingzhou mansion is enough to confer fifty or sixty first-class dukes.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to confer so many first-class dukes at once, so this fief is enough.

The problem is that the names of these first-class dukes are not easy to get.

It is better for Sun Chengzong to say that he was originally the Marquis of Ding Liao, so if he removed the word Ding, he could directly enter the Duke of Liao, and his fief is the Duke of Liao.

The question is, what about other people, like Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and Wang Zheng, who originally didn't have titles, what kind of duke should be given to them?
There are also Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting. Although they used to have titles, it seems inappropriate to change them to dukes. It sounds too weird.

The name of the Duke really gave him a bit of a headache.

He even used names like Wen Guogong and Wu Guogong, so what kind of Duke should he choose for these people?
If the names of these dukes cannot be decided, there is no way to write an imperial edict, let alone canonize them.

How to do it?

Forget it, let's seek other people's opinions on this. Perhaps, this troublesome problem for him can be solved casually.

He thought for a while, and then said loudly: "Chuan Zi first and Zhen Zhi."

Soon, Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao came hand in hand.

After paying respects to the princes and ministers, Taichang handed the list directly to Xu Guangqi, and then asked, "Zixian, how do you decide the names of these princes and earls? I really can't figure it out."

Earl?

Xu Guangqi looked down and couldn't help being taken aback.

Because his name is the first in the first-class national kilometer, followed by a long list, such as Sun Chengzong, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Wang Zheng, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, etc. There are a dozen or so.

There are a dozen first-class marquess and first-class earls behind.

Li Zhizao's name is also ranked among the first-class earls.

However, most of these dukes and earls are empty. Except for Sun Chengzong and others who have chatted about a few titles, the others have not yet been finalized.

How about this?

In fact, the title is very good.

Xu Guangqi was stunned for a moment, then showed Li Zhizao the list, pointed out their names, and bowed together with Li Zhizao, "I thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

In fact, he had heard Song Yingxing say that the emperor wanted to grant them dukes.

So, he wasn't very surprised.

He just didn't expect that a letter from the emperor would be a first-class Duke.

This class of dukes has a fief, which can be said to be the biggest reward for civil and military officials.

If the emperor canonize him alone, he really can't bear it.

However, fortunately, the emperor canonized so many first-class dukes, first-class marquises and first-class earls this time, so he didn't feel pretentious.

This time there are more people canonized, so naturally no one will gossip.

As for the title of the duke of the state, how to decide.

He thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this title is usually determined according to the fiefdom. For example, King Qin, the fiefdom is in Xi'an Prefecture, so it is named. Another example, King Shu, the fiefdom is in Bashu, so it is named If there is no fiefdom, you can use words such as defense, stability, and bravery to define it. It can be named as a title."

Uh, well, Taichang actually knows all of this.

The problem is, the fiefs he gave to others are not in the mainland of Daming. Those places have no names, so what can I do?
Taichang said embarrassingly: "Well, I don't plan to divide the land of Daming, because it is not conducive to the governance of the court, and it is also not conducive to future development. Therefore, most of your fiefs are concentrated in New Jingzhou and New Yangzhou. The place doesn’t have place names in the first place, tell me, how are these titles determined?”

It turned out to be the case.

This is really a bit troublesome.

Alas, it is not easy to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. If the emperor has any problems, he has to find a way to make suggestions, otherwise, he will be ashamed of the name of the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Xu Guangqi frowned and pondered for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, if this is not the case, we will do the opposite and use the place of origin to determine the title. What do you think?"

That's a good idea.

However, it seems that there is a problem with determining the title according to the place of origin.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "What if the two have the same native place? For example, Wen Zhao and Bianjiao's uncle and nephew must have the same native place."

Uh, this.

Xu Guangqi was stunned again when he heard this.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and then carefully said: "This is actually not impossible. For example, Weichen and Menghou are both from Nanzhili, and Nanzhili used to be the land of Wuyue. character. For the two generals of Cao, their native place can be said to belong to the state of Jin or the state of Zhao, so that they can be given the word Jin and Zhao.”

Well, you are worthy of being the chief assistant of the cabinet, amazing!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but happily said: "Yes, that's the way to do it. Come on, Zixian, let's fix all these titles first. Zhenzhi, wait a moment, after these titles are settled, we will give the fief to you." Divide it out and modify the map."

That seems to be no problem.

However, they soon ran into new problems.

Xu Guangqi was determined to be Wu Guogong, which is no problem.

Bi Maokang was determined to be the Duke of Yue, and this is no problem.

However, when it came to Song Yingxing, there was a problem.

Song Yingxing belongs to Jiangxi, and Jiangxi originally belonged to the state of Chu, so it should be designated as the Duke of Chu according to his native place.

Question, it turns out that the fiefdom of the king of Chu is the state of Chu!
Can you decide?
Taichang couldn't help looking at Xu Guangqi.

The chief minister of the cabinet said that it would be fine if he could decide. Anyway, the king of Chu was cut off by him.

Doesn't the emperor give him a problem?

Xu Guangqi frowned and pondered for a while, and then he had an idea: "This should be no problem, because there was King Zheng in the Hongwu Dynasty, but Chang Mao, the son of Chang Yuchun, Duke of E, was changed to Duke Zheng when he inherited the title. So, as far as the ancestral system is concerned, there is no problem at all.”

That's all right, no problem, just settle it.

Song Yingxing was designated as the Duke of Chu, and Wang Zheng was designated as the Duke of Qin!

Next is Cao Wenzhao, Duke of Jin, and Cao Bianjiao, Duke of Zhao.

When it came to Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, there was another problem.

Because Sun Chuanting also happened to be from Shanxi, and Lu Xiangsheng also happened to be from Nanzhili.

The Dukes of Jin, Zhao, Wu, and Yue are all used up. How do they decide?

Taichang thought for a while, and simply gave them the word "defense", Gongsun Chuanting of Baoguo and Lu Xiangsheng, Duke of Weiguo.

They settled down on this journey, and when they arrived at Li Zhizao, they encountered some problems again.

Because Li Zhizao is from Hangzhou, it seems a bit inappropriate to be a Hangzhou uncle.

So, what to do?

In the end, Xu Guangqi thought of a way and changed him to Zhejiang Xibo.

There is also a basis for this, because in the Song Dynasty, Hangzhou belonged to Liangzhe West Road.

In short, they combined history and geography, and then referred to past practices, and forced their way down.

Finally, this piece of paper was finally filled, and the names of all princes and earls were settled.

(End of this chapter)