I want to be emperor

Chapter 499 Canonization Ceremony
The provincial garrison headquarters of the Great Chu Empire were responsible for recruiting troops, commanding their militia, reserve service, and wartime mobilization, while some border or coastal province garrison headquarters were also responsible for land border defense, coastal defense and other affairs.

In addition, there is also a certain authority to mobilize second-class divisions within the jurisdiction, but it is limited to mobilization within the province, and cannot command second-class divisions under the jurisdiction of the post to fight outside the province. The authority of second-class divisions to go out of the province to fight belongs to the staff.

As for the first-class divisions, their command authority naturally belongs directly to the staff.

After the Battle of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Great Chu Empire formed a command system of a Northeast Campaign Command, two border defense commands of Shanxi-Gansu and Xuanda, and 22 garrison commands. Lifu.

It is worth noting that the above-mentioned headquarters are directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Affairs Council, and have nothing to do with the local governors of the provinces. The provincial garrison commands have no connection with the governors of the provinces.

The Great Chu Empire implemented a strict principle of separation between the military and the government. Civil officials did not lead the army, and military generals did not interfere in politics. It was not that no one violated this in the past, but they were all punished with the most severe measures.

Because there are several major generals and second-rank civil servants who lost their heads.

Luo Zhixue used the strictest means to forcibly declare to all civil and military officials: the separation of military and government cannot be destroyed in the slightest!

With the successful conclusion of the Yunnan-Guizhou Campaign, it also means that the Great Chu Empire has fully recovered the Han land inside the pass, leaving only the Liaodong region outside the pass.

In order to further motivate soldiers, boost morale, and prepare for the subsequent Northeast Campaign, Luo Zhixue held a large-scale canonization ceremony in Jinling City in May, conferring titles on some meritorious officers and elevating the ranks of some generals.

This time, for the first time, Luo Zhixue will confer a number of courtiers as dukes!
Except for a few high-ranking generals who were sitting on the frontier and couldn't escape, the rest of the high-ranking generals gathered in Jinling City. For a while, the generals in Jinling City were shining brightly, and you could meet a general if you strolled on the street...

So much so that Major General Luo Yang, the new commander of the Third Division who had just rushed back from Yulin, couldn't help sighing: "Damn, this is a general who is not as good as a dog. Why are so many people coming back..."

The reason why Luo Yang came all the way back from Yulin was because he had received an order from his superiors to return to Jinling City to report on his duties, because his major general promotion ceremony and viscount conferring ceremony would be held together with other promoted and conferred officers.

Well, although he has actually received the appointment of a major general, but the superior insists that he go back and make up a collective promotion ceremony with others, so what can he do, he can only follow orders and run back all the way.

Not only him, this time more than 50 brigadier generals will be promoted to major generals, more than a dozen people will be promoted to lieutenant generals, and it is rumored that several people will also be promoted to generals.

The number of knights has also reached hundreds, and it is rumored that His Majesty will grant the title of duke.

This is the time of harvest!
It's just that, when he glanced at the dark-skinned fool he brought back from Yulin... he couldn't help but sigh even more!
This person compares to others, so maddening!
I have been a dragon for several years, worked tirelessly, and was born and died several times before I won a viscount title, but this kid, because he has a good uncle, and then he who is farming at home and opened his eyes, became an earl up.

The name of this black boy was Sun Donggou, an ugly name, and he could not read big characters. He was originally a farmer in Yulin, and he had never even been out of the village in the first half of his life.

Moreover, the eight generations of the Sun family were all mud-legged farmers, and at most some soldiers who joined the army were added.

And among the many people in the Sun family who went out to apply for soldiers in the past, there was a person who was very special to the Great Chu Empire and Luo Zhixue.

Sun established!
Known as Mazi Sun, his front half was unremarkable, until one day he rebelled with Li Tongren and became a thief...

After being a rebel for several months, in the autumn of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he followed Li Tonglin to the outside of Luoyang City, and arrested, no, saved a homeless scholar!
This refugee is Luo Zhixue, the current emperor of the Great Chu Empire!

Soon after Li Tonglin died in battle, Sun Mazi became the leader of the rebel army in the chaos and worshiped Luo Zhixue as his military adviser. The next year, Sun Mazi died of illness, and before his death, he appointed Luo Zhixue as the new general of the Township Protection Army.

As a result, Luo Zhixue started the process of conquering the South and the North and gradually unifying the world.

And last year, when the Chu army marched into Shaanxi, Luo Zhixue also specially explained to several generals on the western front, asking them to take down Yulin and go find Sun Jiancheng's hometown.

He also owes Sun Chengli a promise: Let Sun Chengli return to his roots!

After the Chu army took Yulin, this task was entrusted to Luo Yang, the new commander of the third division stationed in Yulin.

It took Luo Yang several months to find Sun Chengcheng's hometown, and finally found Sun Chengcheng's only nephew: Sun Donggou!

Then he was told by his superiors to take this Sun Donggou with him to Jinling City, because His Majesty wanted to confer a knighthood on this Sun Donggou, and it was an earl!
It's normal for His Majesty to repay your kindness. This is the behavior of a benevolent monarch. A bunch of courtiers naturally stand together with their hands raised.

But... Luo Yang looked at this Sun Donggou, and still had to curse in his heart: Nima, this luck is too bad, an earl fell from the sky, and he will lie down and live a life of glory and wealth from now on.

Even though the titles of the empire do not have any actual military and political power, they still have some noble privileges and salaries.

Earl title, you can get a salary of 3000 taels a year!
Is this number too much?
There must be many.

Don't look at the tens of millions of taels of military expenditure of the Great Chu Empire, but this is an entire empire, and when it comes to individuals, their income is actually very low.

In Jinling City, ordinary staff from the ninth rank, patrol police and other low-level officials have an annual income of about 80 taels to 100 taels, and this refers to high-ranking officials. If it is an ordinary person, the annual income is actually only four to five taels Ten, or even two and thirty taels of silver.

For example, in the Dangtu Industrial Zone next door, an ordinary young worker without special skills can only earn about 30 taels a year.

After Sun Donggou is named Earl, his annual income will be a hundred times that of an ordinary young worker!
He will be able to lie down and live happily ever after.

To give Sun Donggou the title of earl to a peasant who has never met in the book and has almost nothing to do with the Great Chu Empire in the past, this is purely a political propaganda demand.

The history of the Great Chu Empire is very clear. It used to be the Township Protection Army, and Luo Zhixue was not the founder of the Township Protection Army, but the second successor leader.

Going back further, it can be traced back to the era of Li Tonglin.

Strictly speaking, Luo Zhixue is the third generation general of this bandit army!
To be a human being, you must not forget your roots, especially when you are an emperor.

So after Luo Zhixue sent troops to take Shaanxi, he ordered to go down to find Sun Jiancheng's hometown, and at the same time look for his descendants. After finding him, he planned to give him the title. To be precise, he did not directly award Sun Donggou the title, but let Sun Donggou inherit the title.

Luo Zhixue had posthumously conferred the title of Marquis on Sun Jiancheng, and posthumously titled Earl Li Tonglin.

Sun Chengli didn't have a family and had no children. Now that he found Sun Chengli's nephew, he would naturally let him inherit Sun Chengli's title, reducing his succession to earl.

Not only Sun Chengli, but he also sent people to find Li Tonglin's family members, but unfortunately they couldn't find them, so they had to let it go.

After Sun Donggou was brought to Jinling City, Luo Zhixue specially summoned him once. Unfortunately, this honest man, who had never been out of the village before being found by the Chu army, saw Luo Zhixue with weak legs. Don't even talk, I can't even stand still.

He was helped in, and he was helped out...

At first, Luo Zhixue thought, if this Sun Donggou is a good man, then he should be promoted to one or two, find him a suitable job, and don't wait for death with the title, but it seems that this person can't even speak, He looked like he couldn't even stand still, so he put out the idea.

So he just said a few words, and let him go. Afterwards, this person will follow the relevant officials to the foot of Funiu Mountain and Songshan, and move Sun Chengli's bones back to Yulin, following Sun Chengcheng's last words.

Naturally, the officials sent by the Hanlin Academy are in charge of Sun Chengli's returning the fallen leaves to their roots. Sun Donggou is just going to be a family representative...

Many trivial matters were almost handled, and the most important award of many courtiers was also discussed collectively by many courtiers. Luo Zhixue's personal approval was finalized, so on May 27th, the promotion ceremony was officially held.

First, there was the general promotion ceremony. A total of 58 people were promoted to be major generals, 13 to be rear admirals; 18 to be lieutenant generals, four to be vice admirals; seven to be generals and one to be admirals.

The next day, Luo Zhixue also held an appointment ceremony for the civil service system, appointing five senior second-rank officials and 23 senior second-rank officials.

This promotion is both civil and military, and everyone is happy.

In addition to the two ceremonies that Luo Zhixue attended in person, there were also a group of generals and officials who were promoted in other places, and Luo Zhixue sent imperial envoys to announce the promotions.

After the promotion is completed, the next step is the grand title conferring ceremony!
In this knighthood conferring ceremony, Luo Zhixue conferred 230 nine barons, 110 six viscounts, 24 earls, and nine marquises.

One of the most eye-catching is the birth of the four dukes!
Participated in a series of Huguang campaigns, led the army mainly to participate in the Eastward Campaign, led the Northern Expedition, defeated Hong Chengchou in Tianjin, and overthrew the Chongzhen Dynasty. The current commander of the Northeast Campaign, Army General Li Chengtong was canonized as a duke.

Guarding Chubei for a long time, resisting the southward march of Ming troops from Shaanxi and Henan, followed by leading the Central Plains Campaign and Shaanxi War, invaded Chang'an and destroyed the Long'an Dynasty, successfully recruited the Gansu frontier army, ensured that Jiayuguan was not lost, stabilized Jiayuguan and The three border defenses are not lost. The current commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu border defense, General Huang Dingquan, was canonized as a duke.

Xu Zhixian, the Minister of Staff who has been leading the staff affairs for a long time and coordinating the strategy of the empire, was named Duke.

He has shown bravery in all previous southward battles, defeated Xiong Wencan's army of more than [-] from Guangdong and Guangxi, captured Guangdong and Guangxi, and avoided the worries of the Great Chu Empire's Northern Expedition. For logistics affairs, General Huang Xiangbin, the current head of the logistics department, was canonized as a duke.

In addition to the four people, there are many famous generals who were canonized as Marquis, such as General Li Dongshao, General Han Ziping, General Dong Siyuan, General Zuo Yingzhe and others were all canonized as Marquis. Li Tonglin was granted the title of Marquis.

As for the earl, there are even more, because the Great Chu Empire does not confer titles of princes unless it has military merits. In other words, even without military merits, one can obtain the title of earl.

Therefore, several civil servants who made great contributions were awarded the title of earl, and then a few generals who had died in battle were posthumously awarded the title of earl, and their descendants were allowed to inherit the title.

As for Sun Donggou, he inherited Sun Jiancheng's title by a lower degree, rather than being newly canonized. The two are not the same concept.

After a canonization, everyone is happy, everyone is happy!
However, to the surprise of many people, after the canonization ceremony, Generals Li Chengtong and Huang Dingquan, who had just been canonized as Dukes, wrote a letter requesting to return to Jinling. The emperor refused.

The two wrote a letter to beg for the bones, saying that they hoped to disarm and return to the fields, and return to their hometown to be a farmer in the mountains, often accompanying the two elders, but the emperor refused.

Two days later, the emperor formally decreed that Li Chengtong had been fighting abroad for many years and made great achievements, so he was transferred to the Minister of Ordnance Department and called into the Imperial Study to assist in handling confidential matters;

Nian Huang Dingquan has been loyal to the emperor for many years, worked hard, was transferred to the commander of the imperial guards, and recruited into the imperial study to assist in handling confidential matters.

But after the news spread, many people were relieved!

(End of this chapter)