Chapter 802: Response (Page 1/1)

In the Ming Dynasty, the three titles of duke, marquis, and earl were generally given the corresponding Danshu iron coupons, which were not only the proof of the title, but also the gold medal for avoiding death.

Danshu iron coupons first appeared in the Han Dynasty, when cinnabar was cast on a tile-like iron plate to write the title of the rewarded and the merits of the rewarded.

In the Tang Dynasty, the method of inlaying gold replaced cinnabar writing, and the characters on the iron scrolls also became golden colors. In the Ming Dynasty, the Danshu iron coupon was more perfect, and the number of times to avoid death was stipulated.

Even after death, the title of the title that was given to the Danshu Iron Coupon will be passed on to the descendants. If you are only rewarded with a title but do not give a Danshu iron coupon, then every time you pass on the title to your descendants, you will have to decrease it by one level.

For example, if you are a duke, if you don't have a Danshu iron coupon, then when the title is passed on to your son, you will become a marquis, and then the next generation will become an earl, until there is no title, and the court will take back the title.

And the one with the Danshu iron coupon is different, what title are you passing on to the next generation or what title, as long as there is no major guilt, the title will never be reduced.

There is another purpose for the Danshu Iron Coupon, and that is to avoid death. As long as it is not a felony such as rebellion, the Danshu Iron Coupon can be exempted from the required number of capital crimes.

But this also depends on the mood of the emperor, Xu Da at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty was awarded the Danshu iron coupon can have three chances to avoid death.

But then Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy, and the Xu family was almost wiped out. Therefore, the Danshu iron coupon is not really exempt from death, but more of a symbol of honor.

The Ming Dynasty also stipulated that non-military merits could not be knighted, which blocked the road to civil officials. The biggest knighthood in the Ming Dynasty was the one-time reward of Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the second time was when Zhu Di was martyred, he was rewarded with 26 titles.

After that, most of them were posthumously awarded titles, and those were not counted at all.

And Zhang Douruo's knighthood reward was more embarrassing, and he didn't even give a single Danshu iron coupon. In other words, Zhang Dou's previous Dingliaobo and Dingliaohou were not reliable, and they could be lost at any time.

But this time it was different, the imperial court gave the Danshu iron coupon, that is, to recognize Zhang Dou's status as the prince of the country, and with the Danshu iron coupon, Zhang Dou could officially enter the noble class of the Ming Dynasty.

There is another unwritten rule that the recipient must go to the capital in person to thank him. This stipulation is the theorem of almost all recipients, so if Zhang Dou wants to accept the reward of Dingguo Gong, he must go to Beijing to thank him.

But will Zhang Dou enter Beijing? The Changxing army and the imperial court are now incompatible, and they are about to tear the last cheeks to meet each other. If Zhang Dou enters Beijing, he will definitely not end well, and the last time he will be confined to death.

The imperial court actually issued such a holy decree in the chaos of the explosion of Wang Gongchang, and the meaning of it is worth pondering.

It is obvious that the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, has lost patience with Zhang Dou and issued an ultimatum to Zhang Dou, the newly promoted Dingguo Gong.

If you don't enter Beijing immediately, you will face more severe retaliation from the Ming Dynasty. Next, it depends on how Zhang Dou chooses, if it is not handled well, it is possible to completely break with the imperial court.

Zhang Dou also hesitated when he received the secret report of the shadow, was he ready to tear his face with the imperial court? If it does not enter Beijing, will the Changxing Army be able to withstand the next retaliation of the imperial court?

It is conceivable that the imperial court can retaliate against the Changxing army next, and first directly send troops to attack, which was directly excluded by Zhang Dou.

At present, the Changxing Army does not border any land with the imperial court, and if you want to conquer the Changxing army, the imperial court must dispatch a naval division. When it comes to sailor Zhang Dou, he can only hehe!

Any fleet of the Changxing Army has the strength to destroy the imperial court's sailors, if the imperial court's revenge is really so simple, Zhang Dou doesn't need to worry.

Even if the imperial court sailors had this kind of strength, would the imperial court still be able to form another large army? The Jurchens who were locked up were involved in most of the experience of the imperial court, and the earthquake in the northwest caused a group of displaced people to rebel.

The current imperial court simply does not have the strength to deal with the Changxing army, nor does it have so much money to feed a large army.

In addition to the direct dispatch of troops and the assassination, the last time Zhang Dou was assassinated was completely negligent. As long as he was vigilant, such an assassination could have been avoided altogether.

He himself was able to avoid assassination, but were his men able to dodge? The answer is likely to be no, if three important figures of the Changxing Army are assassinated one after another, the overall strength of the Changxing Army will be a huge blow.

In addition, the imperial court can also blockade the Changxing army and prohibit all personnel of the Changxing army from going ashore. As long as all the people related to the Changxing Army are arrested and dealt with strictly, then the Changxing Army can be isolated.

Just like the mites in later generations who cleared the forbidden sea, they completely isolated Taiyuan Island and forced the Zheng clan on the island to surrender. However, the current Ming Dynasty is not the mite Qing of later generations, and going to sea is related to the interests of all parties.

Even if it is the ban on the sea that the imperial court has always had, how many people will abide by it? Which of those big families in Jiangnan is not inextricably linked with sea trade, and this forbidden sea collar is basically nothing.

It seems that there are really not many imperial courts that can sanction the Changxing Army, on the contrary, if the Changxing Army is ruthless, it can really make the Ming Dynasty not go to sea.

Leaving the silver brought by the sea trade, I am afraid that Daming will immediately have a silver panic. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will have all kinds of goods in his hands, but there will not be enough silver to support it, and the economy of the whole country will immediately collapse.

This is also the sadness of the Ming Dynasty that almost does not produce silver, but uses silver as a circulating currency. The silver of the Ming Dynasty mainly relied on sea trade, and the silver brought by the Wa Kingdom and Westerners could support the operation of the huge empire of the Ming Dynasty.

The current Changxing Army happened to control the passage between the Japanese State and the West into the Ming Dynasty, and any Western sea ship did not want to step into East Asia without the permission of the Changxing Army.

The discovery of Changsheng Bank was even more swift, and the silver dollar, a new type of currency, has penetrated into various transactions. Not only in the area controlled by the Changxing Army, but even in the territory of Daming, there was a circulation of silver dollars.

As a currency, the silver dollar is much more convenient than pure silver, and the people first save the trouble of identifying the fineness of silver.

There is no need to weigh the balance in every transaction, let alone divide the silver into unequal pieces of broken silver. It also reduced the cost of fire when re-smelting, and merchants in some coastal areas adopted silver dollars as their first preferred currency.

Nowadays, Changsheng Bank uses the stamping method to manufacture silver dollars, and the cost is greatly reduced. The Jeju Island Mint Workshop is fully operational for twelve hours a day, and it will not be long before the silver dollars fill the entire Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the economic lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty will be in the hands of the Changxing Army, and as long as the Changxing Army makes a slight move, the Ming Dynasty will fall into an economic crisis.

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