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Chapter 978 Yongningbo

In the hall of Governor Ji Liao's Xingyuan in Songshan Fort, Eunuch Wang Cheng'en and Fang Zhenghua, Eunuch Bingbi, Supervisor of Rituals, got up together and walked to the front of the incense table under mutual humility.

Although Wang Chengen was more favored than Fang Zhenghua in front of Emperor Chongzhen, he was very cautious, thinking that this time Fang Zhenghua was ordered to come to Liaodong to preach the decree, so he should be responsible for reading it.

Although Fang Zhenghua is also the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies and writes the pen, he is incomparable with Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory. He has no choice but to drag Wang Chengen to read the imperial edict together.

"Hong Duchen, accept the order!" Fang Zhenghua said in a very high-pitched voice to Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, and others.

There was a sound of armor leaves colliding, and all the civil and military personnel in the hall immediately knelt down in the hall, from Jiliao Governor Hong Chengchou and Futai Qiu Minyang, down to the commanders-in-chief of the towns, all of them bowed their heads and knelt down on the spot.

In the hall, a huge incense table stood in the middle of the upper head, with an incense burner burning on it, and various offerings were placed. The eunuch Fang Zhenghua, the supervisor of rituals, Bingbi, wore a three-mountain cap inlaid with gold on his head, and wore a tufted brocade robe. An exquisite jade belt is tied around the waist, which is extremely eye-catching.

I saw him holding a yellow silk and dark dragon envelope in his left hand, standing behind the incense table with Wang Chengen, four handsome young eunuchs standing sideways behind him, and on each side were eight elite cavalrymen from the Beijing camp Soldiers.

All of them had bright armor and wore bright red cloaks. From the outside, they all looked energetic and majestic, even compared with the most brave fighters in Xuanfu Town.

Fang Zhenghua saw that Hong Chengchou and others were ready, so he drank in a high-pitched voice: "The imperial decree has arrived, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy capital censor Hong Chengchou, the military affairs officer of Jiliao, the general officer of Xuanfu Town, and Zhang Shuo, the general of Zhenshuo. Sincerely... accept the order..."

Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, immediately knelt down on his knees, put his head on the ground, and said very respectfully: "My minister, Hong Chengchou, wishes the emperor the best health, and long live my emperor!"

Immediately afterwards, Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief of the army, also bowed down to worship, followed by Zhang Cheng, the general of Xuanfu, and Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan, and then the officials of Liaodong and the generals who assisted Liaodong.

After all the officials and generals in the Governor's Xingyuan Hall had kneeled down, they sang again in unison: "...Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Only then did Fang Zhenghua take the rectangular brocade box from the eunuch beside him, took off the satin wrapping, took out a scroll from it, slowly unfolded it, and read: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict says:...the sage is the sect of Gangchang , will show the righteousness of expelling slaves and defending the country.

At that time, Wei admired the way of heaven, so he agreed to cooperate with public opinion.Today, the law is not clear, although the Tartars are fierce and ferocious, but the evil is full, the law of heaven and the people's hearts, it is obvious that it cannot be concealed.

Today, there is Hong Chengchou, the supervisor of Ji Liao, who drove out the captives and lifted the siege of Jin. There is also Zhang Cheng, the general of the Xuanfu, who supervised the soldiers to aid the Liao Dynasty. One army advances alone, the first to break out of Jinwei, so it should be greatly improved. "

Fang Zhenghua straightened his face at this time, and continued to read: "The supervisor, Hong Chengchou, has made outstanding contributions. In addition, he was the young Bao and the crown prince Taibao. He was given a python uniform, a brocade ribbon, and silk. He also gave fifty thousand gold and red silk. There are [-] horses on the outside and inside, so that they can be used to reward meritorious deeds!..."

Hong Chengchou knelt down on the ground, walked forward on his knees, choked with sobs and said: "My minister, Hong Chengchou, thank Your Majesty for your kindness..."

After he thanked him, he couldn't help crying. Hong Chengchou's staff Li Song, Xie Sixin and others were equally excited. Even Liaodong Governor Qiu Minyang, Commander Zhang Ruoqi and other officials were all envious.

In December of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen withdrew Chen Qiyu, who failed to encircle and suppress the thieves, and still used Hong Chengchou as the governor of the three sides. , the military affairs of the five provinces of Sichuan, and became the main military commander of the Ming court to suppress the thieves.

Now, by virtue of his achievements in defeating slaves in Liaodong, he was promoted to Shaobao and Crown Prince Taibao. What kind of honor is this?

Although Shaobao and Prince Taibao are generally just empty titles, they represent supreme glory. You must know that few people in the Ming court can live to receive this honor.

The three positions of Prince Taibao, Prince Taishi, and Prince Taifu are collectively called the "Three Masters of the Ming Dynasty". minister.

Although the "three divisions of the prince" were all changed to false titles later, which has nothing to do with the duty of tutoring the prince, but they have also become a symbol of the glory of civil servants and generals.

Although Shaobao also started from the first-rank official rank, Shaobao, together with Shaoshi and Shaofu, was called the "Three Gus" of the Ming Dynasty, and was responsible for assisting the emperor in handling important state affairs and government affairs, and his position was the most important.

But like the "Three Masters of the Prince", since the Xuande and Zhengtong years, the Three Gus of the Ming Dynasty have gradually become vain titles of honors, mostly for the purpose of rewarding ministers of civil and military affairs for adding or presenting officials.

The difference between Shaobao and Prince Taibao is that one is a subordinate official of the Prince's East Palace, while the other is a subordinate of the current emperor, which naturally makes a big difference.

Just like Qi Jiguang, the military god of the Ming Dynasty who used to be the governor of the left, he was first named Prince Taibao because of his meritorious service, and then he was named Shaobao and Prince Taibao, so Qi Jiguang is often called Qi Shaobao.

Fang Zhenghua's imperial decree had not yet finished reading, and Hong Chengchou could not be allowed to delay here. He sang in a shrill voice: "Governor Hong, hurry up and accept the decree."

Hong Chengchou raised his hand as if waking up from a dream after hearing the words, and tremblingly accepted the imperial edict, Fang Zhenghua whispered again in a shrill voice: "Hurry up and help the old man get up."

Staff member Xie Sixin hurriedly got up and helped Hong Chengchou stand up, several young eunuchs were holding exquisite trays with various imperial gifts on them, Li Song and several other staff members came to accept them for them.

Afterwards, Fang Zheng, who was an angel, straightened his clothes, and then shouted loudly: "Xuanfu Town Chief Military Officer, Zhenshuo General Zhang Cheng accepts the order."

Zhang Cheng originally knelt behind Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, he also walked forward on his knees like Hong Chengchou, bowed to the ground and said: "Minister, Zhang Cheng accepts the order!"

Fang Zhenghua seemed to be very concerned about Zhang Cheng. He did not directly read out the imperial decree in his hand, but looked at Zhang Cheng again and again, and then took out another imperial decree from the envelope of another yellow silk dark dragon and read it out stand up.

Zhang Cheng knelt down on the ground in front of the incense table, although he knew in his heart that he was the focus of today's imperial decree to reward him, but he couldn't guess how the current emperor would reward him.

It stands to reason that he is now the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, how else can he be rewarded?

In his mind, it was nothing more than some false titles, posthumous titles, bequests, etc., but when he listened to it, he realized that something was wrong.

The more Zhang Cheng heard it, the more shocked he was. The amount of rewards given to him by Emperor Chongzhen had completely exceeded his expectations.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Since ancient times, emperors have pacified the world, relying on the strength of teachers and military officials;

Zhang Cheng, the general of Zhenshuo, led his troops and bowed to the men who had obtained meat and porridge. In the past, there were diligent kings, Mazhan and Yuetuo, the closest relatives of slave chieftains, in front of the battle; The achievement of saving Kaifeng;

Today, he led his division to aid the Liao Dynasty, fought successively, cut thousands of pieces, greatly boosted the morale of the army, and strengthened the power of our country. He even killed the bandit and puppet king Duoduo in front of the battle, and killed the slave bandit Gushan. Ten, it is useless to win the flag and drums.

...The achievements of the two Jue slave kings are extremely great, truly unprecedented in history, and won the first place in the first victory in the solution of Jinwei, which greatly exaggerates the prestige of our dynasty. Not only is loyalty and bravery commendable, but it is also "the best of the three armies"...

I am so stingy with rewards. After I was promoted to the military governor's mansion, the governor of the military governor's mansion was given the seal of "General Zhenshuo". thing.

Give his army title Yongyi, give his camp title Weiyuan, give his noble title Yongning Bo, give him a royal coupon, an iron coupon, a thousand stones for food, and a thousand households for a son.

The rest of the meritorious deeds of the Ministry, etc., will be verified by the Ministry of War before they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds. "

What kind of honor is it for a general to hang the seal of "General Zhenshuo"?

For example, the Jingning Temple in the southwest corner of Chicheng Castle on the North Road of Xuanfu Town was changed into Changping Marquis Yang Gong Temple, enshrining the spiritual seat of Duke Wu Xiang of Yang Yingguo, the military official of Xuanli, Fengtian Yiwei of Ming Dynasty.

Duke Wuxiang of Yang Yingguo was Yang Hong, a famous warrior in the early Ming Dynasty.

After that, he began to follow Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's Northern Expedition and guarded the border for many years.In the first year of Zhengtong, he was promoted to the rank of guerrilla general because of his meritorious service, and then he was promoted to the command of the capital.

Then in the 13th year of Zhengtong, he became the governor of Zuo. In the [-]th year of Zhengtong, he began to wear the seal of General Zhenshuo and act as a military officer, guarding the Xuanfu.

Yang Hong has guarded and fought in the frontier for more than [-] years. He is a general who dared to fight and was good at fighting.

After Emperor Daizong ascended the throne, Yang Hong was granted the title of Uncle Changping for his meritorious service, and after the victory in the defense of Beijing, he was granted the title of Marquis. coupon.

In the second year of Jingtai, Yang Hong even wore the seal of General Zhenshuo, and still guarded the Xuanfu. He was afraid of being full, and begged for a rest, but Daizong refused.Later, he returned to Beijing due to illness and died soon at the age of 71.

After his death, he was given the Duke of Yingguo with the posthumous title of "Wuxiang", so the world often calls him Duke Wuxiang of Yang Yingguo.

However, Yang Hong had been guarding and fighting at the border for more than [-] years before he was awarded the title of "Bo Changping" and the seal of "General Zhenshuo" for his meritorious service. And only for these three or four years.

What a great honor it is to be given the military title and battalion title by the current emperor, and even to bear the seal of "General Zhenshuo"?

As for conferring Zhang Cheng the title of "Uncle Ning Yuan", that would be even more serious!

In other words, since the Zhou Dynasty, China has had the five-class title system of Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Male. The Western aristocratic system in later generations is just a translation of the ancient Chinese titles.

It's just that, because of the powerful Western countries in later generations, the world has a better understanding of the Western title system, but gradually forgets the rules and inheritance of their ancestors.

The system of five-class titles has remained unchanged for thousands of years. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the titles of Zi and Nan were abolished, and only the third class of Duke, Marquis, and Bo was retained. It is also not allowed if it is not a special purpose.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty were further subdivided into two types. One was the title that was granted only for life, that is, it was not hereditary; the other was the title that could be hereditary.

In the Ming Dynasty, apart from those who were awarded titles for their military exploits, those who received titles also included the descendants of Confucius in Qufu, Yan Shenggong, his son-in-law Duwei, and his relatives, etc. They were awarded titles because of their kindness, but they were only awarded titles, not Give coupons.

At the same time, there are some differences between the Dukes, Marquises, and Earls of the Ming Dynasty and the previous dynasties, that is, the Dukes, Marquises, and Earls of the Ming Dynasty only had the title of title and food salary, but no actual feudal city.

As for Zhang Cheng, who was awarded the title because of his military exploits, it was impressively written on his iron certificate, "Uncle Yongning, with a yearly salary of one thousand shi, and his descendants will not attack him. He will save two deaths, and his son will not die once."

This shows that Zhang Cheng's "Yongning Bo" is a non-hereditary and irreplaceable iron hat title. Only when he is alive is he considered an earl, and his descendants are not allowed to inherit it, but even if it is so, the glory is infinite.

Zhang Cheng was in a trance for a while, all this seemed a little sudden, he had only been in this world for more than four years, and he had jumped from a small official of a thousand households to the Yongning Bo of the Ming Dynasty, and he was even more admired. The chief military officer of the Xuan Mansion sealed by General Zhenshuo.

This is an honor that no one else can get after working hard for a lifetime, and he is not immune to it. His excitement is hard to restrain for a while, and his body is trembling slightly.

Everyone in the hall was also stunned on the spot. Among them, Chen Jiugao, Wang Pu, Li Fuming and others were both surprised and happy. They were surprised that the emperor gave Zhang Cheng such a generous reward, and they were happy that they offered Zhang Cheng Get closer, it's really good!

And Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Tang Tong, Zu Dabi, Fu Yingchong, Zu Dale and other lieutenant generals of the general army were also very excited. Although they were jealous, they were still happy for Zhang Cheng's appointment.

After all, we all belong to the background of warriors, although seeing that Zhang Cheng is Feng Bo and General Pei Zhenshuo, everyone is envious, jealous and hateful, and several emotions are intertwined.

But it also gave them a glimmer of hope. After all, they hadn't seen a martial artist for many years in Daming, and they were conferred uncles for meritorious service. Now that Zhang Cheng was conferred the title of uncle for military merits, how could it not make them hopeful?
Wu Sangui's expression was very complicated, intertwined with envy and jealousy, but also revealing a sense of expectation, of course, he was more happy, he thought that if Zhang Cheng could be named uncle for his meritorious service today, Wu Sangui might not be able to do so in the future!

But the supervisor Wang Zhizhen and Miyun chief soldier Tang Tong and others had pale faces, fear and jealousy in their hearts, this is not fair, Zhang Cheng, a lucky man, why was he named Bo?

The conscience of heaven and earth is really unfair!
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhang Cheng knelt down on the ground. He thanked the emperor loudly for his kindness, and then received the imperial decree and handed it over to Zhang Chengfang and others. .

The coupons are made of iron, and in the Ming Dynasty, the words on them were filled with gold powder, so they are also called "golden book iron coupons".

(End of this chapter)