I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

"Take it!"

After Zhu Youxiao's oral instructions, all the officials immediately agreed and shouted so loudly that the Jianlu prisoners trembled in fear.

Nurhaci, who was kneeling on the ground, was lucky. He had already been prepared to be sentenced to death.But when the others behind him heard that Ling Chi was going to be executed, they immediately panicked and wanted to shout for mercy.

But before they could say a few words, they were suppressed by the Jin Yiwei beside them, unable to move.Some were even so scared that they collapsed into a ball, unable to move or walk.

But the Jin Yiwei did not give them any chance and directly escorted them all and dragged them out. Once they left the Meridian Gate Square, they were put into prison cars and escorted directly to Shi Cao for execution.

Seeing Nurhaci and others being escorted out, Zhu Youxiao felt indescribably happy. This inner demon was finally gone.Although there will definitely be greater difficulties in the future, he has even killed Nurhaci, so what else can he not do?

By the way, there are still Huang Taiji, Yue Tuo and others, but these are nothing to worry about. Sooner or later, I will capture them and bury them with Nurhachi.

Now that the prisoner presentation ceremony has passed, they are looking forward to what happens after the prisoner presentation, which is the canonization process.Compared with Zhu Youxiao's happiest moment of presenting prisoners, this was what everyone present was most concerned about.

As for the canonization of Lord, Zhu Youxiao has also been preparing for a long time.

Since the Lordship system was promulgated last year, he has not been canonized in order to modify it. After all, once it is implemented, it will be troublesome to modify it in the future.

At the same time, there are also particularities about who should be conferred and what title should be conferred, so it must be done very carefully. Zhu Youxiao thought about it over and over again, and it was not finally completed until last month.

Now that things have come to this, Zhu Youxiao also knows everyone's expectations. Seeing Nurhaci gradually leaving his sight, he also returned to the throne and said to Wei Zhongxian:
"Let's start the canonization."

Following the emperor's edict, a singing officer from the Ministry of Rites immediately came out and shouted to the crowd:
"The prisoner presentation ceremony is over, the heroes have entered!"

After hearing this, except for Xiong Tingbi and others who were originally in the center of the square, Yang Zhaoji, Wen Yingkui, Qin Bangping and others who had been waiting beside the heroes for a long time immediately stood up and slowly walked to the center of the square to meet Xiong Tingbi and others.

When Yang Zhaoji and others received the emperor's decree last year, they were a little surprised.They thought that the emperor's promotion of the new lord was just to ennoble the soldiers who wiped out the rebels. They didn't expect that the emperor was still thinking about them. It was really an unexpected surprise.

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

After seeing the heroes gathered in the center of the square and kneeling before Zhu Youxiao, the place below was no longer the home of civil servants.

The British Duke, who was standing at the head of the military attachés' procession, first kowtowed three times in the direction of the emperor, and then Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, asked for the imperial edict and handed it over to the British Duke.

"Kneel down to welcome the edict!"

All the civil servants and generals in the square fell to their knees, bowing their heads and obeying orders.It was very quiet at this moment, and everyone held their breath and concentrated, not wanting to mishear a word of Zhang Weixian's words.I saw him walking to the front, slowly opening the imperial edict, and shouting to everyone:
"The Emperor is entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict says: I govern the world with literature, and quell chaos with force. But the military commanders and generals are the mainstay of the imperial court and the foundation of the country. He can do both civil and military affairs and work hard to achieve results. How can he ignore his defeats and not It's a blessing to be favored. Hereby, all the ministers will be given promotions and promotions to show their virtue.

Chen Liangbi, your military minister, was loyal and brave, annihilated the rebels and pacified Liaodong. He was specially promoted to the Duke of Liao and was hereditary.Xiong Tingbi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, spent a lot of money and was ordered to pacify Liaodong in the face of danger. He was specially granted the title of hereditary Liaobo.

Yang Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Xuanda, conquered Shuixi, killed the rebels, pacified the southwest, and specially created a hereditary second-class viscount;

Wen Yingkui, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, captured She Chongming, pacified Yongning, and was specially granted the title of hereditary second-class viscount;

He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, recovered Kaitie, conquered Saarhu, and was specially conferred the title of third-class viscount;
Kaitie Commander-in-Chief Heshun defended Shenyang, captured Nurhaci, and was granted the title of hereditary first-class baron;
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Cao Bianjiao, the sentry officer of the Yaowu Army in the Beijing camp, defeated Jianlu in the battle of Niuzhuangbao. Sarhu captured Nurhachi and made great contributions. He was specially granted the title of Yaowu Army guerrilla and was given the title of hereditary first-class baron.

Guo Zuoguang, a guerrilla leader of the Yaowu Army in the Beijing camp, repeatedly made military exploits in the battles of Niuzhuangbao and Saarhu, and was awarded the title of hereditary first-class baron.

The commander of the Jianzhou right guard, Zhaoyong General Amin, abandoned the dark side and surrendered to the bright side. He brought the city to surrender and was specially conferred a first-class baron, which was hereditary.

Since the Krupp cannon was cast, it has been invincible in all battles and conquered all attacks, wiping out the rebellion in the southwest and Liaodong. His Majesty has issued an edict to give it to the earl and change its name to Krupp.

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The process of conferring titles was very long. After all, there were more than 70 meritorious ministers who came here. Zhang Weixian spent almost half an hour before finishing.

This is only the list of baron and above. There are more people who have been awarded the title of lieutenant, but they are all canonized and appointed by the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, listening to the congratulations of the ministers below, and secretly thought that it was finally over.

This edict was carefully considered and discussed by him, and it best reflects his intention to promulgate a new system of lords.The current system of lords is still arranged according to the six levels of duke, marquis, uncle, son, male, and captain. Each level is the same as the previous one. It will still be divided into hereditary, hereditary (inherited and demoted), and wandering nobility.

It's just that the first three grades are super grades and are generally not canonized, while the last three are regular grades and are the main titles for canonization.

However, in order to better motivate the soldiers, Zhu Youxiao discussed with the cabinet and decided to divide the sons, men, and lieutenants into three levels.That is, first-class knighthood, second-class knighthood, and third-class knighthood. In this way, below the earl, there will be a total of nine noble titles.

If you add in each level of title, it will be divided into three types: hereditary replacement, hereditary (demotion), and traveling title.Of course, each rank of Weijue is divided into two types: Xijue and Youjue. After all, they will be gone if they go down any further.

All added up, although there are 27 titles in name, there are actually [-] titles in total.

In this case, the original three-level titles of duke, marquis and uncle in the Ming Dynasty were instantly expanded to the 27th level.

However, the titles of duke, marquis and earl were not often granted, which ensured the rarity of high titles.

Although Zi Nanwei is often given the title, with many ranks, there will be enough titles for meritorious people.

This not only ensures that the title of the title will not be too high and will not reach the top all at once, but also reflects the preciousness of the title, making them more capable of promotion.

Therefore, under this system, it is clear at a glance whose title is higher or lower in the canonization list.

The biggest winners of this canonization are Chen Liangbi, the former Marquis of Taining, and Xiong Tingbi, Minister of War.

Chen Liangbi was canonized as a duke this time, and he was hereditary and would not be demoted. This is enough to reflect the importance Zhu Youxiao attaches to Chen Liangbi.

One is that he is very loyal to himself and has made great contributions to the reform of Beijing camp.

Since Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, Chen Liangbi has always stood on Zhu Youxiao's side, helping him carry out the reform of the Beijing camp and improve the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp.Although there were episodes such as the turmoil in the Beijing camp, he still fulfilled his mission and successfully led the reform of the Beijing camp. He is indispensable for the fact that the Beijing camp has such combat effectiveness.

The second is his special status. Although the new honorary title has nothing to do with the old nobles, Zhu Youxiao still has to consider the thoughts of the old nobles, and Chen Liangbi is a good example for him to appease the old nobles.

After all, Chen Liangbi was born in the old ranks, and now he can be promoted further because of his military exploits. This has set an example for other old ranks and given them hope of survival.

Of course, Chen Liangce was not the only one who was canonized by Zhu Youxiao this time. All the children of the nobles in the Beijing camp were specially knighted by Zhu Youxiao as long as they had military exploits.Therefore, this also made the old nobles present extremely satisfied and no longer objected.After all, being knighted by a child represents the lintel of the Guangda family and is also their glory.

The last reason is that Chen Liangbi did have military exploits. He first led the army to conquer Fushun, confronted Nurhachi and Daishan in Sarhu, and then conquered Sarhu, Hetuala and other cities, allowing the Ming Dynasty to annihilate the Jianlu plan. Success can be said to be a great achievement. Such merits fully earned Zhu Youxiao the title of Duke.

However, this is the end for Chen Liangbi. If he wants to lead troops to fight again in the future, I'm afraid it will be impossible. From now on, he can just stay by his side honestly.

And Xiong Tingbi can be awarded the title of earl, which can be said to be the highest number of civil servants currently.

There is a factor in this that he is a civil servant. After all, there are many examples of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty being granted the title of earl. The most typical example is Wang Yangming, who first quelled the banditry that had plagued Jiangxi for decades, and then led troops to quell the rebellion of King Ning. Because of his military merits Was named Xin Xin Bo.

And Xiong Tingbi led the troops to suppress the Liaodong rebellion and wiped out the Jianlu, so it was not too much to make him a count.

Zhu Youxiao even felt a little guilty about him. After all, the earl Wang Yangming was hereditary and irreplaceable, but the earl Xiong Tingbi was only hereditary, and would be demoted every time he succeeded.

This involves the title downgrading mechanism designed by Zhu Youxiao.

In order to prevent the number of nobles from being excessive, Zhu Youxiao specifically stipulated that when the titles are downgraded, they will not be downgraded in the following ways: earl, first-class viscount, and second-class viscount.Instead, they were demoted according to the six titles of Duke, Marquis, Uncle, Zi, Nan and Wei.

For example, if Xiong Tingbi is the uncle of Dingliao, then his descendants will be first-class viscounts after inheriting the title, and their grandson will be first-class barons after inheriting, and so on until the end.

In this kind of promotion, one needs to advance slowly up to 27 levels, but the downgrade is done under the six-level demotion system.In this way, only hereditary and non-replaceable titles are the most secure. Others, even if they are Dukes, will be cut off at the sixth level at most.

The purpose of this mechanism of advancing or retreating is to stimulate the sense of crisis among the nobles. They all want to obtain a hereditary and irreplaceable title, but Zhu Youxiao will never give it easily.

The purpose of this is to make them feel that it is not easy to obtain the title, and if they do not advance, they will retreat.After all, hereditary neglect will make everyone happy, but it is definitely not conducive to the development of noble groups.

If you don't believe it, just take a look at the current nobles. How good the imperial court is to them. Each one of them is hereditary and has become a worm. Now they have become a worm in the country, which is of no benefit to the imperial court. (End of chapter)