At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 71
Yang Zhicong knelt down and saluted, and made a gesture with his hands in front of his chest.

"The Qing family is flat!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "I called you here today to ask if there are any large-scale civil organizations in the capital?"

Yang Zhicong stared closely at Zhu Qizhen's lips, and when he finished speaking, he stepped forward, picked up the pen on the imperial case and wrote two words——

white lotus.

Seeing these two words, Zhu Qizhen frowned and asked, "Hasn't the White Lotus Sect been wiped out by Emperor Taizu Gao?"

Yang Zhicong shook his head lightly, and wrote a few more words: resurgence.

Zhu Qizhen's face was gloomy, and after a while, he asked again: "Do you know about the two murders and robberies in shops that happened recently?"

Yang Zhicong picked up a pen and wrote down a word: three.

"Three incidents?" Zhu Qizhen questioned, "Isn't it just two incidents?"

Yang Zhicong continued to write: Half a month ago, Tongfu Warehouse.

Half a month ago, Zhu Qizhen was still eating sand in the desert, so he really didn't know about the Tongfu Warehouse.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Listen to Yuge's top card, Song Guxi, do you know?"

Yang Zhicong nodded first, then shook his head again.

Zhu Qizhen could understand that Yang Zhicong meant to know this person, but he didn't know the special identity behind it.

"There is something wrong with this person. I have asked Jin Yiwei to investigate. However, I am worried that I will startle the snake. You will investigate in secret. If you find anything, you can report it to me at any time!"

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The next day, Zhu Qizhen still slept until he woke up naturally, and was drinking porridge. Wynn came to pass the news, and King Tan asked to see him.

"Let him go to the imperial study and wait!"

Poor Zhu Qiyu had to get up at three o'clock in the morning every day. He had just finished his morning court and didn't even take a bite of his meal, so he came to the imperial study and waited obediently.

It was boring to wait. I looked around and found a lot of drawings scattered on the table.

He curiously picked up one, glanced at it a few times, and suddenly looked strange.

Dare the emperor not to go to court, just studying this thing?
Besides, what is this? It looks like a stove for boiling water...

"My brother has been waiting for a long time!"

Hearing the voice behind him, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly put down the drawing, turned around and saluted.

"Your brother has seen the emperor!"

"Excuse me!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hands, and then said, "There are no outsiders here, so sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qiyu sat on the chair cautiously, and said: "I come here, I have a few things to report to the emperor face to face."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Qiyu took out a note and said: "This is a detailed list of the rewards for the officers and soldiers of this expedition. It is a regulation drawn up by the Ministry of War and the Cabinet. Please read it, Brother Emperor."

After Zhu Qizhen took over, he looked at it carefully from the beginning. Kuang Ye, Minister of the Ministry of War, was added to the crown prince and Taishi; Chen Huai, Bo of Pingxiang, added Prince Shaobao; Fan Zhong, the commander of the imperial guards, was promoted to Uncle Zhongwu; Luo Tong, a doctor of the Ministry of War, was promoted to be the right servant of the Ministry of War...

"Did Yu Qian draft this charter?"

Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised, and asked, "Brother Huang already knew?"

"That's not true!" Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "Yu Qian has a characteristic in doing things, that is, he is absolutely fair. Everyone's rewards are impartial and justified, but..."

Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a moment, then turned his head to read it again, and asked, "Why is there no British Duke?"

"About the British Duke's reward, neither Yu Qian nor the cabinet can make up their minds, and the ministers dare not make decisions without authorization, and the emperor needs to decide in person."

"Give me a reward, what's the problem?"

"Brother Emperor!" Zhu Qiyu said with a tangled expression, "The Duke of England is now a meritorious official of Grand Master, Doctor Guanglu, Zuo Zhuguo, and Yilian Zuoli, and there is no reward for him."

Zhu Qizhen understood that for Zhang Fu's level of meritorious deeds, he can only be crowned king if he is rewarded again.

"How about making a king with a different surname?"

Zhu Qiyu shuddered all over, and said: "Brother Huang, you must be careful, I am in the ancestral system, and different surnames are not allowed to be crowned king, unless it is..."

Unless it was a posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title, but the British Duke was still alive and well, it was unfavorable to say such words, so he swallowed them back.

"Then what do you say?"

"The younger brother has no idea, the emperor brother can only make the decision."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and asked: "When the King of Zhongshan County returned from the Northern Expedition, how did Emperor Gaozu reward him?"

Zhang Fu's current situation is very similar to that of Xu Da back then. Before Xu Da went to the expedition, he had already exhausted his officials to be the Taifu, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu You, joined the army and served as the prince Shaofu, and was named Wei Guogong.

The Northern Expedition broke through the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, drove the remnant Yuan forces back to Mobei, and once again made extraordinary achievements, which stumped Zhu Yuanzhang because there was no reward for him.

Zhu Qiyu replied: "My brother doesn't know."

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while, then patted the table and said, "Just make me a king!"

"Ah?" Zhu Qiyu immediately became nervous, and persuaded, "This is against the ancestral system, Brother Huang...Have you considered it clearly?"

"Are you worried about those Qingliu running out and making noise?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Brother Huang's move will definitely cause a shock in the court."

"Let them talk about it, what's the point of obliterating the merits of others?" Zhu Qizhen continued with a face full of indifference, "The British Duke deserves a reward for his outstanding military exploits. If anyone refuses to accept it, let him Also go and make a contribution for me to see!"

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "What kind of king does the emperor plan to confer on the Duke of England?"

"My younger brother thinks..." Zhu Qizhen suddenly smiled and asked, "How about King Jiaozhi?"

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, what do you mean, didn't Cochin give up a long time ago?
After Emperor Taizong conquered Annan, he changed to set up Jiaozhi Chief Envoy, but civil strife continued. During Xuanzong's period, these two fathers, adhering to Emperor Renzong's recuperation policy, simply gave up Jiaozhi and canonized Chen Hao as King Annan. , Annan became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again.

So far, it has only been 21 years since this new province returned to the name of Ming Dynasty, and it separated again.

Zhu Qizhen turned his head, and said: "The late emperor canonized Chen Hao as the king of Annan, but he didn't say to revoke the chief envoy of Jiaozhi, do you think so?"

"This……"

Zhu Qiyu is confused, do we still need to issue a separate edict?

It's already canonized as a king, isn't it enough to understand...

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "At the beginning, Emperor Taizong changed Annan to Jiaozhi, is this okay?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "No problem!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up, and he continued: "The first emperor canonized Chen Hao as the king of Annan, but it was actually just a title, just like the emperor Taizu canonized the dukes of the country, like Wei Guogong, Han Guogong, Zheng Guogong, Cao Guogong, Song Guogong...etc. , the Wei State, South Korea, Zheng State, and Song State are all the titles of the vassal states in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. "

For some reason, Zhu Qiyu felt that it made sense, and couldn't help but nodded.

"So, the same is true for this King Annan. Giving him a title does not mean that he can restore the previous dynasty, right?"

"It seems... that's the reason!" Zhu Qiyu frowned and said, "But our army has already withdrawn to the Central Plains and lost control of Jiaozhi."

"It's easier to handle!" Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "The army has withdrawn, so we can drive there again!"

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a while, then said: "Brother Emperor, I don't know what to do, why don't you discuss it with the cabinet."

"Just convey what I mean exactly, and tell me directly if the cabinet has any problems!"

"Just do as the emperor said, and my brother will leave!"

After Zhu Qiyu made up his mind, he turned and left, and just as he reached the door, he turned back and took out a blueprint.

"By the way, Brother Huang, this is the construction blueprint of the Martyr's Shrine submitted by the Ministry of Industry, please have a look!"

Zhu Qizhen only glanced at it, and then said: "There are too many problems, I have to correct them myself, you go first!"

(End of this chapter)