These words are a bit piercing the heart of a father.

Liu Sheng was silent for a long time, stood there for a long time, and finally sighed.

As long as he lives, he Liu Sheng is the Duke of Yiguo.

If he dies, whoever attacks the Wing Kingdom will be sacrificed. The New Year's festival will not miss half of his pork tribute.

In this position, I don't need to mention anything before I was alive, and I don't need to mention anything after I die.

was born as the eldest son of the older generation, and it may be difficult to understand the helplessness of the second son after all.

Liu Sheng can look at this matter from the perspective of the Guogong Mansion, but Liu Yu cannot.

As Liu Yu said, no matter how big the Guogong Mansion is, there will not be half a flower or plant for him in the future.

The son said these words to his father, which was really heartbreaking, and Liu Sheng felt uncomfortable.

It is said that the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat.

But this kind of thing, unless you want to make trouble with the chickens and dogs, you have to follow the order of the eldest son, the eldest grandson, the second son, and the eldest son.

As a parent, you don't want to be said to be biased by your child.

However, the noble family, from the birth of the second child, has to be eccentric - is there anything more partial, than to inherit the whole family property, and the rest of the children to go out separately?

Liu Yu actually didn't care, and he didn't want to attack the lord at all.

He knew very well that compared with his two brushes, compared with his brothers who were immersed in this way, he really had to show a trace of thought, and he didn't know how to be played to death.

Qianming made a lot of fratricidal incidents because of the matter of the lord's lordship, he didn't understand.

Playing on his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, Liu Yu is not ready to play this kind of thing with his brothers on the road that he is not good at. The rank of his wealthy palace fight is too low, and his sister-in-law can play himself to death without his eldest brother's move.

The reason why I still want to mention it is just to make my father softer.

If I have any needs in the future, I also hope that my father will take more care of him for the sake of being a son and not being a knight.

Only children who can make trouble can have milk to eat, and it is good to say something grumbling and pretend to be wronged.

After all, Liu Sheng's heart was still touched by the father-son affection outside of this interest.

"Well, get up. Remember, this is the only thing, not an example. ”

Liu Yu, who had been granted amnesty, stood up, and said in his heart that he had finally been fooled.

He's fooled around, but it's not over yet.

Liu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "It just so happens that there are still some empty courtyards in the west. I'll have someone fix it tomorrow and open a door for you. You're still living in your small compound, so if you're willing to move there, that's fine. Do you understand what it means to be a father? ”

There was something in the words, and Liu Yu understood.

In the small courtyard inside the big wall of the Guogong Mansion, open another door and separate it from the inner courtyard of the Guogong Mansion by the wall.

Outsiders can't see anything, and people inside understand that this is a separation in a sense, at least in a gesture.

The difference from the previous one is the door.

Before, if Liu Yu wanted to go out, he had to go through the corner gate of the Guogong Mansion.

One door at a time.

Now I open a small door in the west, although I still live in the house of the Guogong Mansion, but the meaning is completely different.

is telling Liu Yu: Although you have some talents, you were rewarded by the emperor at a young age, but in the future, you will be an outsider after all, and the Guogong Mansion will be left to your eldest brother, and you will move out in the future.

is also telling Liu Yu's eldest brother: You, who are your elder brother, don't worry, let alone be suspicious. In the future, this national mansion is left to you, people say that brothers are against the wall, and now your younger brother is outside the wall, don't think about it, be your eldest brother and sister-in-law, brother and sister.

In this way, the family can be peaceful, and there will be no chickens, dogs, jumping and bullshit.

Just as he was about to say something more about things that he should pay more attention to in the future, there was a sound outside the door, and someone from the family said: "Guogong, there is news from the palace." It is said that the prince and the third prince are ready to welcome the holy decree. ”

Liu Sheng heard Liu Yu say that in the Forbidden City, the emperor said that he wanted to reward.

This kind of thing can't be neglected, so he hurriedly said: "I know, quickly ask someone to set up the incense case." ”

The family left in response, and Liu Sheng patted Liu Yu's shoulder affectionately to encourage him.

"Don't stand, go back quickly and change your clothes. I'll have to change into an official uniform, too. ”

"Yes."

hurriedly returned to his small courtyard, and the frightened maids in the small courtyard cried one by one like apricots and peaches.

At this time, when I saw Liu Yu coming back, I heard that I was going to receive the holy decree, so I didn't have time to ask more, so I had to rummage through my swollen eyes to find suitable clothes and hurriedly put them on.

After changing their clothes and playing drums, Liu Yu and others ushered in the eunuch who delivered the decree at the gate, all the way to the main hall of the Guogong Mansion.

This place has already been cleaned up, the incense burner and the table are placed, and a few wisps of auspicious incense are rising.

The eunuchs were respected on the left side, and Liu Sheng, Liu Yu and others were all on the right side, and after standing still, they knelt down one after another.

There are a lot of holy decrees in Liu Yu's family, and they are like ancestral tablets on weekdays, which is not unusual.

He also knew the rules of this time, and he had seen the form of the decree.

At this time, in order to show respect, it is necessary to use it to lift. Lift, or leave a space, or start a new line, as a sign of respect.

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said, according to tradition, these eight words, there are two places that need to be moved.

The emperor is naturally to be respected.

The emperor is ordered by the heavens, and the heavens are greater than the emperor.

The emperor is going to move, and the heavens are going to be lifted.

Therefore, these eight words, written on the holy decree, will occupy three lines.

serve

Day carrier

The emperor said

The sharp-voiced eunuch held the holy decree and muttered the emperor's words in a low tone, which was not the same rhythm as the writing.

"Fengtian carried the emperor and said: Yu, the third son of Liu Sheng, the Duke of Yiguo, is worried about state affairs, and his heart is commendable. Promoted to Guard, former service of the Frontier Army......"

Before the decree was finished, both father and son knelt on the ground, not daring to make any moves.

But they were all stunned, this holy decree is really a little strange.

The back is full of reward gadgets, Liu Sheng has seen a lot, and he doesn't take it seriously.

The key is the previous sentence "Promote the guard, serve in front of the frontier army".

He had heard and received too many holy decrees in his life, but he had never seen such a strange one, and he was a little unaware of its meaning.

Honorable Guard...... Former service in the Frontier Army?

Never before have these two things come together in a single decree.

Honor guard is a special official position with no rank.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, there has been a saying that "the heirs of the noble and noble make up the number of black clothes".

The sons of the nobles, especially the eldest sons who want to attack the lord, will be crowned a knight first.

That is, the emperor's side guards, which can be regarded as a kind of dependency relationship under the imperial power.

The second son of the prince who does not attack the lord, or the prince of the distant branch, if there are special circumstances, can also be promoted to the guard, which is an additional reward.

Under the guard, there is also a loose horseman.

The level of this loose rider and the guard is different, it belongs to the low-end idle position of eating and waiting for death, and it is generally awarded to the second son of the prince and the heir of the general.

Xunwei has no rank, but has the corresponding treatment of a fifth-rank military attaché. There is no grade for the free riders, and the corresponding ones are only seven grades.

Xun Wei can be familiar in front of the emperor; The casual riders are not familiar with their faces.

Guards can't be sealed casually; The scattered riders are like rotten cabbage, which were all wholesale in the later period of the dynasty.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary five-rank military attachés would not dare to hold up in front of Xun Wei, after all, they were the emperor's side. Especially since most of the knights are going to attack the knight in the future, they can't afford to be provoked.

It sounds like being promoted to a guard, it seems to be an award, and as Liu Yu's second son, it is normal to be a loose rider.

But this has just been crowned a guard, but it is said that he will serve in front of the frontier army, which is like a punishment.

There is no precedent to follow, and it is difficult to understand the meaning.

The eldest son of the duke, before the ascension of the knighthood, will definitely be granted the position of knight.

One is to get closer to the emperor, mix a familiar face, and get along well in the future, the emperor also needs to be familiar with the next generation of lords and princes; Second, the emperor's side affairs are still trustworthy to these noble families who share weal and woe.

These guards were by the emperor's side, and when they were older, they would take charge of some of the affairs of the Janissary Guard.

Liu Yu's eldest brother was named Xun Wei early.

The first to get the moon near the water, Xunwei is the emperor's side, he can be familiar with his face, and his future is naturally wider than others.

I have never heard that I just made a guard and didn't go to the Forbidden Palace to be on an errand, nor did I go to the Children's Army and Luan Yiwei to be on duty, but I was thrown directly in front of the frontier army to serve.

Liu Sheng pondered for a long time and thought of the key to this.

Liu Yu is in the inner house of Wude Palace, and there is hope of ascending to the house.

Just because there is hope does not mean that it is a fact.

If you haven't been promoted to the upper house, you can't be sealed because it doesn't conform to the rules. The Heavenly Blessing Hall will refute it, and the emperor will not do whatever he wants.

The promotion to the guard is a family affair between the emperor and the nobles, and it does not violate the official system.

It is similar to the meaning of private affection and personal relationship.

The meaning of the holy decree was also said later to let Liu Yu suspend his studies, and then finish his studies after the end of his pre-military service.

This leaves a chance to move up the ladder, which doesn't sound like a bad thing.

There is no fixed number of guards, but except for the eldest son of the duke and uncle who will be the lord in the future, the rest of the second sons and side branches want to mix up the guards, which can really be said to be worth celebrating.

However, the service in the border army that followed, this is like a denunciation.

The Xunwei did not go directly to the frontier, they all mixed in the Beijing camp, mixed up with the raider, or were in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp.

Xungui is in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp, this is the rule.

After the change of the civil fort in the previous dynasty, the chaotic lessons caused by the entry of the border generals into Beijing, Dashun remembers very clearly.

On the side out of town, it has to be after the attack.

This holy decree is clear - there is no official position, and he serves in front of the frontier army, and he only has the status of a guard, without any official military general position.

What is this?

The good seedlings who have been promoted to the upper house in the Wude Palace will also be the emperor's side for a few years first, and they will be released when they have the opportunity in the future.

But those selected in the upper house are definitely not called Xun Wei, but Dragon Guards, which must be approved by the cabinet of the Heavenly Blessing Palace.

It's not the same thing as the Emperor's personal relationship with the Honorable Guard.

Xun Wei borrowed more from the remnants of his ancestors, while the Dragon Guards fought hard by strength.

One of the two sides is positioned to be in charge of the affairs of the capital camp in the future, or to go out of the town as a noble; The other is to be the emperor's confidant and release him as a minister, as a force to balance the factions of officialdom.

It's not the same thing at all.

Moreover, even if the dragon guards selected from the upper house, according to the rules, they would be by the emperor's side for at least three or five years before throwing them out.

When you go out, you must have a formal official position.

Liu Yu sealed a guard who was enviable in the capital but had an unjustifiable reputation in the border army, what did he do in the border army?

If you don't have a formal official position, then follow the master to watch the excitement?

Moreover, the decree is also written in vague terms. There are more frontiers, northwest, northeast, southwest...... Which frontier is it?

After receiving this confused holy decree, Liu Sheng was about to get up, and the eunuch passed another message from the emperor.

Let Liu Sheng enter the palace and discuss something.

After this sentence was transmitted, the group stood up, hurriedly asked someone to serve tea, and gave the eunuch some gifts.

The eunuch took the money and smiled.

"Congratulations to the Duke of the Kingdom, the matter of the second son's promotion to Xunwei is also rare in our dynasty. I don't eat this tea, Your Majesty called the prince to enter the palace, there is something important, where do you dare to delay? ”