Chapter 778: Shijue Shilu

After Emperor Chongzhen set the rules and regulations about Emperor Ming Shijue Shilu, Zhang Weixian first put out two candidates, and the emperor immediately agreed.

Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Guangqi, the cabinet minister and secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were surprised by the emperor's reward for the meritorious officials of this war, but they also had nothing to say.

They are not unaware of the situation of the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force, as well as the negative impact of this situation on the military strength of the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, at this time, the emperor in front of him has been trying to break the boundary between civil and military, so that the knighthood of civil officials has become a norm, such a thing is a good situation for the entire civil official group, and they have nothing to say.

So, following closely behind the British Gongzhang Weixian, Li Guoqiao and Xu Guangqi picked up the meritorious generals on the battlefields of Xuanda, Hetao, Jibei, and Liaodong in this war according to their assessment of the merit level, and said them one by one.

And Emperor Chongzhen himself, in addition to their list, added a few candidates who he wanted to be rewarded and promoted.

In the end, under the personal revision of Emperor Chongzhen, this matter was decided.

As for the issue of the clan's lordship, everyone here knows that the stakes are very high, and it is advisable to be quiet and not move at this time, the emperor did not mention it, and these important ministers also deliberately avoided that topic.

The meritorious lord is divided into five classes, such as duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male, and each class is divided into three classes, which together are five and fifteen levels.

The existing lords are all set as first-class, and the new lords have their own differences, and there are also equal differences between the annual salaries and Yongye fields between different levels of titles.

The first-class duke, Shilu is 8,000 taels of silver, and he is actually awarded 500 hectares of Yongye field;

The second-class duke, Shilu was 7,500 taels of silver, and he was awarded 500 hectares of Yongye Tian

The third-class duke, Shilu was 7,000 taels of silver, and he was awarded 500 hectares of Yongye Field.

The first-class marquis Shijue, Shilu annual silver 6,500 taels, actually awarded Yongye Tian 400 hectares.

The second-class marquis, Shilu was 6,000 taels of silver, and he was awarded 400 hectares of Yongye field.

The third-class marquis Shijue, Shilu was 5,500 taels of silver, and he was awarded 400 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The first-class earl, Shilu is 5,000 taels of silver, and he is actually awarded 300 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The second-class earl, Shilu was 4,500 taels of silver, and he was awarded 300 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The third-class earl, Shilu has 4,000 taels of silver, and he is actually awarded 300 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The duke, marquis, and earl of the third rank continue to give titles according to the old rules, or by the name of the place, or by the name of merit, or by the name of virtue, in short, following the old practice, all of them are titled.

As for the viscount and baron, there is no precedent in the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen also wants to settle this matter as soon as possible, so the matter of the title will be put on hold for now.

Therefore, compared with the dukes and earls have lords and titles, viscounts and barons are slightly less valuable, although they have lords and lords but no numbers.

The first-class viscount Shijue, Shilu was 3,500 taels of silver, and he was actually granted 200 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The second-class viscount, Shilu was 3,000 taels of silver, and he was actually awarded 200 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The third-class viscount, Shilu was 2,500 taels of silver, and he was actually granted 200 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The first-class baron, Shilu is 2,000 taels of silver, and he is actually awarded 100 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The second-class baron, Shilu was 1,500 taels of silver, and he was actually granted 100 hectares of Yongye Tian.

The third-class baron, Shilu is 1,000 taels of silver, and he is actually awarded 100 hectares of Yongye Tian.

Among them, the third-class baron is only a lifetime knight, except for the death knight.

Of course, this time there was no title of duke.

Although the current Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to take Shijue Shilu so seriously, he also knows that this thing must not be rewarded too casually.

Once the reward is too casual, it will soon be like the original situation in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of counts, marquises, dukes and even princes will be feuded, but in exchange for not loyalty, but shameless betrayal again and again.

And Shijue must match Shilu, otherwise, this title is just good, and it is not valuable.

Just like Da Ming Cao gave such and such a doctor's title to the ministers of civil service, why doesn't anyone care?

It is because it is only an honorable thing, on the one hand, it cannot be hereditary, it cannot be passed on to future generations once and for all, and on the other hand, it is also because it has no interests corresponding to these honors.

On February 25 of the third year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen wrote a quasi-character of a red pen on the top of the reward fold that was played together after the cabinet and the military aircraft department changed their drafts several times.

In addition to Li Banghua and Sun Chengzong, who were respectively awarded the first-class Dongsheng Marquis and the first-class Ning Chengbo according to the proposal of the previous British Duke Zhang Weixian, there were also 29 meritorious generals who were awarded different titles:

Ma Shilong, the commander of the first town of the Guards, was awarded the second-class Wudingbo for his achievements in leading the army to resist the enemy and repel the captives at Juyong Pass, and gave 300 hectares of land outside the mouth of Xuanfu Xinghe as Yongye Field.

At the same time, the Xinghe Fort outside the Xinghe mouth of Xuanfu Town was changed to Wuding Fort.

Wang Fu, the commander of the second town of the Guards, was awarded the second-class Wu Xingbo for his achievements in leading the army to resist the enemy and repel the captives at Bauhinia Pass, and gave 300 hectares of land outside the mouth of Yang and Wei Baiyangkou as Yongye Field.

At the same time, the Maoerzhuang Fort outside the mouth of Yang and Wei Baiyang was changed to Wuxing Fort.

Zu Dashou, the chief military officer of Datong Town, was awarded the third-class Wuchuan Bo for his Bai Deng's pursuit, march to naturalization, and recovered the Hetao, and gave 300 hectares of land at the northern foot of Yin Mountain (Harawuna Pass) north of the naturalization city as Yongye Field.

This place was originally Wuchuan County on the map of China during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it was naturally changed back to its original name at this time.

Jiang Yingzhao, a veteran general of the general officer of the Fifth Military Battalion, was awarded the title of third-class military guard for his meritorious work in resisting the Jianyu at Juyong Pass, and recorded his previous merits, and gave 300 hectares of land in the area of Balihan as Yongye Field.

Wang Tingchen, the chief officer of the 3,000 battalion, was awarded the third-class Wu Anbo for his achievements in resisting Jianyu at Juyong Pass and recovering Huailai, Baoan, Huai'an and other places, and gave 300 hectares of land in the south of the desert outside the victory mouth as Yongye Tian.

Zhao Shujiao, the chief military officer of Shanhai Town, was awarded the title of third-class Jingyuan Bo for his merits in resisting the enemy outside the border of Jizhen and his achievements in marching into naturalization and restoring the Hetao, and gave 300 hectares of land on the north bank of the Situ River in the southwest of the Hetao as Yongye Field.

Cao Wenzhao, the envoy of Rehe Town, also with his merits in resisting the enemy outside the border of Jizhen and his achievements in marching into naturalization and restoring the Hetao, was awarded the title of third-class An Yuanbo, and gave 300 hectares of land in the Houtao Plain, the most fertile land in the Hetao, as Yongye Field.

In addition to these generals who were awarded the rank of third-class earl or above, Deng Zuyu, the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, was awarded the title of first-class viscount for his contribution to defending the monolith fort to repel the siege of Jianyu with the yellow flag, and gave 200 hectares of Yongye field outside the monolithic fort.

At the same time, he was awarded the title of first-class viscount, as well as Sun Chuanting, the governor of Yansui, who led the army to recover Shuozhou, participated in the battle of the Pingyu Acropolis, and marched to the naturalized Yansui governor Sun Chuanting and the chief military officer He Shiyu.

Sun Chuanting and He Shiyu took the cavalry of Yansui Town to run around, fought a lot of battles, and worked very hard, but their luck was never very good.

If they recover the naturalization together and then march into the Hetao, then no one can pick on the third-class uncle.

It is a pity that the thieves in northern Shaanxi, who had been encircled and suppressed by the Yansui army for more than a year, escaped from the mountains of northern Shanxi at a critical moment, returned to the Yansui area again, and ravaged several county towns in the Yansui area that had been dilapidated before.

The impeachment of him flew like snowflakes, even now the Chongzhen Emperor, who intends to reward him with a higher title, cannot give him a reward at this time.

After all, Yansui Town is his defensive ground, and a nest of thieves in King Gao Yingxiang's pursuit, under his pursuit, not only was not eliminated, but wandered around in northern Shaanxi again, and after that, he successfully entered Pingliang, Guyuan and other areas, and the momentum was once again greatly invigorated.

In this case, it is really impossible to convince the public to make him an earl.

Of course, like these two unlucky high-ranking officials, there was also Wang Guoliang, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, who was named a first-class viscount.

If Wang Guoliang followed Li Banghua to the Hetao and participated in the cause of recovering the Hetao, then giving him a third-class uncle can also serve the public.

It's a pity that he didn't go, but was left by Li Banghua in the naturalization city to transfer grain and grass and guard the back road.

In addition, the figures who won the title of first-class viscount also include Ma Dengyun, the former right guard of Datong in the second town of the Guards, Chen Jisheng, the deputy commander of Dongjiang Town, Shang Kexi, the deputy general of the General Military Office of the Front Road of Dongjiang Town, Kong Youde, the deputy general of the Water Division of the Back Road of Dongjiang Town, Mao Chenglu, the chief soldier of the General Military Office of the Front Road of Dongjiang Town, Li Xin, the imperial history of the Supervisor of Denglai Town and the guard of Lushun Town, as well as Hei Yunlong, the deputy chief of the Fifth Army Battalion, and Liu Xingzhi, the deputy chief of the 3,000 Battalion.

These people have their own merits, in addition to being named a first-class viscount, the reward of the 200 hectares of Yongye Land that they should have will naturally not be less.

Several first-class viscounts of Dongjiang Town, all of whose rewarded lands were sealed in the area south of the Douman River and north of Xianxing City, where Bu Dai and others were entrenched.

And Ma Dengyun, Heiyunlong, and Liu Xingzhi were sealed outside the mouth of killing Hu.

In addition to these first-class viscounts, there are also a group of newly promoted little nobles, including Ma Kun and Liu Zhaoji, who were named third-class viscounts.

Those who were awarded the title of first-class barons included Shen Tingyang, Hu Dawei, Fierce as a Tiger, Huang Degong, Mo Youjing, Ban Zhifu, as well as Zu Keyong and Cao Bianjiao.

Among them, Zu Keyong and Cao Bianjiao arrived in Beijing successively and received the knighthood this time, and then they were left by Emperor Chongzhen and served as the military attache of the imperial attendant.

And the person who earned the Shilu for these many people, that is, the Jinong Exuan minister of the Ordos tribes, was also named the first-class Fengen Marquis of Inner Mongolia in accordance with the previous practice, and since then, like the Shunyi King Bu Lost Rabbit, has been left in the Ming Jingshi.

Emperor Chongzhen also gave a mansion to the Edunchen and the Shunyi King Bu Lost Rabbit in the 49 cities of Jingshi, so that they could live in peace.

Erdos Taiji Shandan and Zamusu, who followed the Eluchen to meet in Beijing, were respectively awarded the title of first-class viscount of Mongolia attached, and like the Shunyi King Bu Lost Rabbit and the Feng'en Marquis Elu, there is a world lord and no world.