Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 301 Two Imperial Edicts
reward?What the hell?

As soon as such an idea popped into their minds, the couple thought of the letter written by the prince at the same time, and quickly looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Could it be that the emperor's reward has arrived?

A group of people hurried to the door, and they saw a group of guards wearing court uniforms standing neatly outside the door. In front of them, there was a young man with a white face and beardless face in eunuch uniform.

As soon as the young eunuch saw them coming out, he shouted in a voice that was obviously slightly softer than that of ordinary men: "Where is Yun Jinghao, the imperial edict has arrived, accept the edict—!"

Yun Jinghao knelt down, supported Luo Jinxiu at the same time, paid attention to her stomach and asked her to kneel down, which was a heavy burden for her today, but in ancient times, there was no way, the imperial power was supreme, and receiving the order should be You still have to kneel, otherwise it is disrespectful.

The other servants in the family who heard the news were dumbfounded when they heard the imperial decree. When they saw their masters and wives knelt down, their legs trembled, and they knelt down quickly, not daring to raise their heads. Shocked and panicked and a little inexplicable, I don't know how the imperial decree came.

Xu Shigui is the Duke's wife, according to the laws of Yunshui Kingdom, you don't need to kneel, you just need to salute. At first, the young eunuchs didn't notice Xu Shi, until everyone knelt down, and she was the only one left standing out from the crowd. Only then opened his mouth in surprise, but because of the occasion, he didn't say anything, opened the imperial decree and began to read it.

The specific content of the imperial decree will not be repeated because the words are too difficult. The general meaning is actually that Yun Jinghao has contributed to the pacification of the border war not long ago. The emperor was very pleased with the things that are beneficial to the people's livelihood, so he specially bestowed the title of "Marquis of Ding'an" and a set of boa robes corresponding to the title. Furthermore, I hope that Hou Ding'an will also devote himself to benefiting the people in the future and so on.

In addition, the imperial decree also stated that the title of the Marquis of Ding'an can be hereditary for three generations, and after the third generation, it will be inherited. Compared with the general honorary titles that cannot be hereditary at all, this treatment can be said to be quite superior.

After the main content of the imperial decree was finished, there was a long list of rewards, such as thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, silk and satin, some jewelry, probably because Yun Jinghao was born as a general, and he also had swords and swords. There are several weapons, and even living animals such as cattle, horses and sheep are rewarded a lot.

The corner of Luo Jinxiu's mouth twitched fiercely at that time, and she thought to herself, what does the emperor mean by this?Sending hundreds of cows and sheep here is to make them divert to grazing?
Of course, after listening to Xu's words, I realized that ordinary cattle are farming cattle. Although Yunshui Kingdom has no laws that do not allow the slaughter of farming cattle for food, ordinary people are reluctant to kill farming cattle for meat, and the emperor The rewards are all the food cattle specially raised in the Biezhuang in the capital, including the sheep, and they are given for them to eat.

The main meat eaten by the dignitaries in the capital is beef and mutton, like pork, which in their eyes is only eaten by ordinary people.

And because there is almost no grassland in Yunshui Kingdom, there are not many people who raise sheep, and the number is rare, which makes them even more precious. The emperor rewarded them with hundreds of sheep, which also proved the importance he attaches to them.

For the rich and powerful who are not short of money, these rewards are actually more affordable than gold and silver rewards.

"Yun Jinghao accepts the decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live." After Yun Jinghao finished speaking calmly, he took the imperial decree from the young eunuch.

The young man smiled and said to Yun Jinghao, "Congratulations to Marquis Ding'an."

Yun Jinghao nodded slightly, said "I have a husband" and prepared to help Luo Jinxiu get up.

No idea, before they stood up, the other party hurriedly stopped them, and took out another imperial decree from their arms, "Don't worry, there is another imperial decree here, which is for Mrs. Yunluo."

Luo Jinxiu, who heard this name for the first time, was stunned for a while before realizing that she was referring to her. However, what surprised her even more was that she also had an imperial edict?

There is no example of Yunshui Kingdom conferring titles on women. Since rewards such as waterwheels and heated kangs were all hung on Yun Jinghao, she thought it had nothing to do with her. Anyway, among the rewards, silk and satin and There are a lot of jewelry, she thinks that those are the rewards given to her by the superiors.

Regardless of any doubts in their hearts, the group can only continue to kneel.

The content of the second imperial decree is relatively simple. At the beginning, it was all kinds of praises for how virtuous and virtuous she is, and how intelligent she is. She is a model that all Yunshui country women should learn from. Then she changed the subject and said that she is good at business. Good quality and low price, no tax evasion, and law-abiding, it is a good example for all merchants, and it has played a positive and upward guiding role. In the end, it pointed out the central idea of ​​the imperial decree.

Luo Jinxiu listened carefully, her eyes widened in surprise.

This is actually the imperial decree for her to be an imperial merchant!
In the history of Yunshui Kingdom, there is indeed no precedent for conferring titles on women, or conferring female officials on women outside the palace, but it is different for the imperial merchants.

The status of merchants in Yunshui Kingdom is generally relatively low, so there is no difference in the eyes of the real powerful people whether the merchants are male or female, but it is different if they are imperial merchants. Words, their social status, and influence will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Similarly, this imperial decree is accompanied by some rewards, but compared with Yun Jinghao, they are nothing compared to Yun Jinghao. There are a hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, and some jewelry. The most important thing is probably a piece of imperial business gift from the emperor. The plaque has a big seal on it.

Originally, Luo Jinxiu was a little dissatisfied with kneeling down when she had a big belly. Of course, even if she didn't have a big belly, she would not be able to adapt to the social system of kneeling in modern society, but the title of 'Marquis of Ding'an' Later, with the name of an imperial merchant, she reluctantly ignored this little detail.

After all, they still earned it.

After the two imperial edicts were over, Yun Jinghao questioned each other with his eyes, seeing that the young eunuch did not stop him, he quickly helped her up, because the imperial edict came too suddenly, they were not prepared, it was Xu who gave it to Madam Yu With a wink, the latter skillfully took out a purse from his arms and handed it to the young eunuch.

"I'm sorry to trouble Eunuch Yue to make a special trip."

The young eunuch, that is, Yue Lan, saluted Xu respectfully, "Mrs. Guogong is serious, this is what miscellaneous people should do, but I didn't expect you to be here, because I had to read the imperial decree, I didn't bother to talk to you." Say hello."

Yue Lan is a powerful eunuch beside the emperor. Although he is not the chief eunuch yet, when the current chief eunuch retires, he will undoubtedly be in charge.

All the dignitaries in the capital did not know him, and most of them were very polite when dealing with Yue Lan.

But Mrs. Xu is the majestic wife of the Duke's Mansion, so there is nothing to worry about.

"It's still important to read the imperial decree. My wife is just here to see my grandson and grandson's wife." Xu said with a smile.

Yue Lan further increased Yun Jinghao's weight in her heart. Counting the days, Xu might have left the capital just after the new year. It is likely that the Lantern Festival will be spent here, plus Yun Jinghao and his wife After leaving Beijing, the people in the Duke's Mansion still took good care of the "Jinxiuyuan" and the Anbaotang branch in the capital, and punished them with thunderous means when someone tried to make a move. It shows that the Duke's Mansion really attaches great importance to this grandson.

This time, the decisive role played by the Marquis of Ding'an in the border has also been spread among the ruling and opposition parties. Whether considering the relationship between the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis of Ding'an, or the Marquis of Ding'an, and the excellent abilities of the Emperor Yunluo himself, these two are very important. It's worth making friends with.

Because she was in a hurry to go back to her life, Yue Lan didn't stay long. After the accompanying guards sent in many rewards, she congratulated Yun Jinghao and Luo Jinxiu respectively, said some auspicious words, and expressed her own feelings. Goodwill, and left.

Not to mention how excited the other servants in the family are afterward—from servants of ordinary wealthy families to servants of Lord Hou’s family, their status will naturally rise—even Luo Jinxiu has a lot of things she wants to ask Xu Shi?

For example, what level of title is the Marquis of Ding'an?She already has an understanding of the official position system here, but the title of a knight, I thought it had nothing to do with them in this life, and I didn't understand it at all. I was suddenly sealed, and my eyes were so dark, I was in a trance clear.

"The Marquis of Yunshui Kingdom is probably equivalent to the level of a third-rank official." Xu explained: "However, the title is no more than an official position. It is just a false title and has no specific rights. It can only be obtained according to the number of food towns. A certain amount of tax and silver is used as salary, and the rest such as fiefdom and military power are not available."

Luo Jinxiu nodded, "Of course I know that." Both she and Yun Jinghao just wanted to be a wealthy individual, to be given an honorary title, to enjoy benefits only, and not to perform any obligations. Greedy people might be dissatisfied, but she I couldn't be more satisfied.

The emperor's reward is just right!
"By the way, you rewarded the Marquis Mansion, why did you reward two at once?" Luo Jinxiu wondered.

Mrs. Xu had some guesses in her mind, but she still asked them to take the land deed of the Hou Mansion that was sent along with them to take a look, focusing on the locations of the two places.

really!

After seeing the cities where the two Marquis Mansions are located, Luo Jinxiu also understood that one is in the capital and the other is here.

Based on their relationship with the Duke's Mansion, even if they don't go to the capital now, there is no guarantee that they will settle down one day in the future. Make two-handed preparations so that they will not go in the future. Obviously Yun Jinghao is a lord, but he is not even a lord. The government doesn't even have it, isn't this for him, for the Duke's government?

The location of the Hou's Mansion here is also ingenious. It is not too far from their home, just across a street. Most of the people living in that street are officials big and small. Among them, this newly granted Hou's Mansion has always been a Empty, she heard from a local merchant in Fucheng that it was said that it used to be the general's mansion where a military general who had made great achievements when the first emperor was alive lived after he died.

(End of this chapter)