Zhu Chengxun, a genuine meritorious descendant of military generals, the ninth generation of Wu Jinbo.

Because the ancestor Zhu Rongjing was difficult to make meritorious contributions, he was named Wujin Bo by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that up to now, Wu Jinbo has declined like the descendants of other meritorious achievements, and many meritorious deeds are idle or unemployed.

Compared with the clan, the life of the meritorious children seems to be more difficult, and the special civil officials have been "suppressed" in a focused manner.

After Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he rewarded the meritorious heroes for the country, and adopted the five-rank title system of the Zhou Dynasty, such as duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. However, he did not copy all of them, but removed the titles of son and baron, and only retained the titles of duke, marquis, and earl, and each title was divided into four classes.

Even if it is the same Ming Guogong, there is already a difference in its rank, and Lu Mi is not the same.

During the Hongwu period, the meritorious Lu rice was stipulated: 5,000 stone to 2,500 stone for Gong, 1,500 stone to 1,000 stone for Hou, and 1,000 stone to 700 stone for Bo.

In the Zhu Di period, the hierarchy was more clearly divided: Zuo Taizu determined the world, and said that the founding of the country and the auxiliary movement were sincere; From Chengzu to the army, it is said that it is difficult to push sincerity from Fengtianjing; Yu said that Fengtian Yiyun pushed sincerity, and said Fengtian Yiwei pushed sincerity.

Like the Wei State Mansion in Nanjing, because Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, followed Taizu to set the world, so he entered Fengtian to open the country and promote the sincerity of Xuanli Wuchen Wei Guogong, Lu 5,000 stones, is the highest level of the entire Ming Dynasty.

As for Zhu Chengxun, the uncle of Wujin, because his ancestor was the hero of Jingnan, he was already a national auxiliary and a second-class uncle.

If the prince enters the army, he can be in charge of the five prefectures and the six armies, and if he goes out, he can lead the general seal as the commander and governor, and govern the Caogang, but he is not allowed to pre-empt the affairs of the nine secretaries.

For example, the Duke of Guogong Xu Pengju commanded the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and Pingjiang Bo Chen Wangmo served as the commander-in-chief of Liangguang, which were all good errands for the nobles to "ascend to the sky in one step". It's just that they follow the clan and enjoy preferential treatment, but they are also subject to a certain degree of moderation.

"Don't pre-empt the Nine Secretaries!"

In fact, this has little impact on the merits of military generals, mainly for the merits of the Ming Dynasty.

Taizu stipulated: civil officials cannot be crowned princes, but can only be crowned earls, and the premise must be military merits, and no nine affairs are allowed.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding minister Li Shanchang, who was named a duke, the remaining eight ministers were all earls, and the recently knighted Wenchen was the new Bowang Shouren.

Many people in later generations wondered why Jiajing didn't reuse Wang Shouren?

In fact, there is a big misunderstanding here, not that Jiajing doesn't want to reuse Wang Shouren, but that Jiajing can no longer reuse Wang Shouren.

At the beginning of Jiajing's ascension, Wang Shouren's backer, Wang Qiong of the military department, Shangshu, fell, and he, as Wang Qiong's henchman, was not exempt from being hit. The matter of the Chenhao Rebellion was turned over, and he was knighted as a new earl for Wang Shouren's military exploits such as quelling the Chenhao Rebellion.

This seems to be asking for "justice" and "reward" for Wang Shouren, but in fact it is uneasy and kind.

Unlike the military generals' hard pursuit of titles, civil officials are not keen on knighthood, even if Yan Song can be said to cover the sky with one hand, but he has never thought of getting a knighthood for himself.

The title, for the pursuing civil officials, can be described as harming themselves and future generations.

Like Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji three expeditions to Luchuan, Jingyuan Bo was awarded Jingyuan Bo for merit, and Weining Bo Wang Yue and Xinjian Bo Wang Shouren became the three civil officials of the Ming Dynasty who were knighted for military merits, but his descendants attacked the knight, but they couldn't get an official and a half.

The most important thing is that once you accept the merits of the imperial court, you cannot hold important positions in the imperial court, and you cannot even participate in the affairs of Jiuqing.

For example, Wang Shouren was born in the seventh place of the second class jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, and he has been in the officialdom for 22 years, and he is only 50 years old.

The matter happened to be on the next "Xinjian Bo", because he got the title, it was impossible to return to the capital to take over the secretary of the military department or other important positions. Because of the ancestral system, "no nine affairs are allowed in advance", he has no relationship with the six ministries, and can only serve as a local governor.

In the sixth year of Jiajing, due to the rebellion of Lu Su and Wang Shou, the ethnic leaders of Liangguang Sien and Tianzhou, the imperial court issued an edict to let Shouren take the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu and Zuodu Yushi, and the governor of Liangguang and the governor.

This is the last stop of Wang Shouren's career, and he, a new uncle, has no world bonds and no old age.

If it fell on the descendants of the military generals, I am afraid that they would have already made a lot of noise, but Wang Shouren's descendants seem to be happy to do so, and it is not uncommon that 700 Shi Lu rice per year, but they are concentrating on the imperial examination.

In general, whether it is a military general or a civil minister, the title is a double-edged sword.

Zhu Chengxun was unwilling to receive 900 Shilu rice every year, and lived a noble life of eating and waiting for death. He knew that he couldn't get the errand of the general army, and he didn't want to mess around in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, so he spent money and connections to get the position of commander of Tongzhou Guard.

Many thoughts kept flashing through his mind, and finally he was fixed on one point: he wanted to shoot this Mongolian leader, he wanted to use it to gain military merit, and he wanted to become the Ming general of the Mongols.

Cough!

He pulled the bow to its full state, and pointed the arrow at the running figure, and the wrench suddenly released the bowstring, and the sharp arrow on the bow seemed to rush out with a dragon groan.

This......

Lin Haoran rushed to the front of the city with all the officials and generals to inspect the battle situation, and saw the scene of Zhu Chengxun pulling the bow and shooting hard, and looked at the demeanor of this general displayed by Wu Jinbo, which caused many people present to be stunned immediately.

It's just that more people followed the sharp arrow with a breaking sound, wondering if this powerful arrow could hit the two leaders of the Mongol cavalry who were fleeing, and whether they could seize this last chance.

Click......

The blood on the buttocks of the red date horse was bleeding nonstop, and it was the two of them who were running wildly towards the official road in front, and it seemed farther and farther away from here.

"You wait and see, he will return the capital a hundred times in the future, and it will make your Ming blood flow like a river!" Hamu has never been so embarrassed, and at this time he yelled towards Tongzhou City with hatred.

The sharp arrow seemed to follow his voice, and it was already close behind, and it was about to pierce the bodies of the two.

Hiss......

The red date horse was bleeding too much from his buttocks, and when he was just escaping, he was hit by two more arrows, and then he was faced with a fence blocking the middle of the road, but he could no longer jump, so he hit the fence hard.

Burst!

The sharp arrow passed through the body of Geriletu, and because of the sudden fall of the horse, Hamu caused Du'er's body to fall downward, and the sharp arrow could only pass in front of his eyes.

Hamu felt the pain in his brow, but the fear lingering in his heart lingered, he was almost shot and killed just now, and he almost became blind.

Although he survived, his brother Gřiletu was killed on the spot, and he fell from his horse to the ground, losing all consciousness.

The surrounding Mongolian cavalry originally cheered away, but when they saw that Ge Ri Letu was shot on the spot, and Hamu looked uncertain about his life and death, he was also stunned for a while.