Although Wei Zheng didn't care much about Chongzhen's various rewards, before he really embarked on the road of rebellion, the more rewards Chongzhen gave himself and the higher the official position he gave himself, which meant that the more talismans he would have.

So, whether it's out of sincerity or for performance. As soon as Chongzhen's words were finished, Wei Zheng's face showed an expression full of anticipation. looked at Chongzhen in front of him and waited for the following.

When Chongzhen saw Wei Zheng's eyes full of longing, he directly said with a mysterious face: "Aiqing, you have just been promoted to the chief soldier of the super good Zhengerpin Shanxi because of your military exploits. For a general, such a position is almost to the limit. Therefore, in the official position, I will no longer reward you.

"In terms of finance, Aiqing, you just said that the current imperial court can't make ends meet, and even my inner treasury has been wiped out. In that case, of course, I will not reward you with any gold or silver. ”

"However, in order to show my trust and importance to you, I have decided to set a precedent and reward Aiqing with a knighthood."

"You know, since the year of Zhengde, our Ming Dynasty has never rewarded foreign ministers with any titles. But, for your sake, I'm making an exception. ”

"I have decided to crown Aiqing as the third-class uncle of the Ming Dynasty, and from now on, you will be the uncle of the Ming Dynasty..."

In the Ming Dynasty, except for the royal prince, who had a fief, the other titles were all false names. However, because the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to knighthood, it was no longer knighted to foreign ministers for decades after the Zhengde year. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the gold content of the title was definitely higher than that of the official position in the court. Very status. ’

Thus. This leads to zhì. Although the title was only a false name in the Ming Dynasty. However, this false name is very important, and many people are vying for it.

You must know that once you have a knighthood, even if you are a third-class earl with the lowest grade, you will have an extra talisman. Even those ministers in the court whose rank far exceeds their own, as long as they do not have a knighthood, after meeting themselves. You have to respectfully call yourself 'uncle'.

It is certain that once he becomes a third-class uncle of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention his identity as the chief soldier of Shanxi, he is the identity of an uncle, and he can overwhelm all the civil and military generals in Shanxi.

After taking a deep breath and quickly calming down the excitement in his heart, Wei Zheng quickly knelt on the ground and thanked him loudly: "Thank you for your reward, the minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations and swear to serve His Majesty..."

"Well... Aiqing can have this idea. I am very relieved...."

The holy decree of Wei Zheng being knighted has not yet been officially issued, and Wei Zheng has become the third class of the Ming Dynasty. It has spread like a gust of wind in Beijing.

As soon as Wei Zheng replied to his temporary residence in Beijing City, Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyi Wei, followed him to visit.

Of course, there are also a lot of congratulatory gifts that will follow Luo Yangxing to you.

Seeing that Wei Zheng in front of him did not show a condescending attitude because he was knighted, he still greeted him with a smile. Luo Yangxing, who walked to the gate, hurriedly quickened his pace, clasped his hands into fists, and said respectfully.

"Brother Wei, I really didn't expect that Your Majesty would trust you so much, and just after meeting you for the first time, I canonized you as the third-class uncle of our Ming Dynasty. You must know that knighting a foreign minister has not happened for decades in our Ming Dynasty. You have set a precedent since His Majesty ascended the throne, Brother Luo, I envy you..."

Wei Zheng replied with a smile: "Brother Luo, you are too polite, as long as the holy decree has not come down, everything will be stored in a fixed number... So, Brother Luo, isn't it too early for you to congratulate..."

Luo Yangxing shook his head and replied: "Not early, not early... Since it came out of the palace, and it was personally issued by His Majesty, with His Majesty's character, at the latest tomorrow morning, His Majesty will issue a holy decree to crown you as a third-class uncle. ”

"These gifts are all personally selected by me, although they are not as big as Brother Wei's handwriting, but they are still very effective for Brother Wei to take up the post of Shanxi General Soldier, I hope Brother Wei, your uncle, will not be disgusted."

As he spoke, Luo Yangxing had already sent a gift list to Wei Zheng.

And explained: "As far as I know, Brother Wei, you are now in Tuntian. Since you want to cultivate the fields, you need to plough a lot of cattle. And the cultivated cattle in the entire Central Plains, because of the drought every year, have been killed and sold, and they cannot meet the needs of Brother Wei's tuntian....and in my hands, there is just a batch of cultivated cattle ready to be sent to the capital from the south of the Yangtze River, a total of 8,000 heads, today, these 8,000 cultivated cattle will be given to you as a congratulatory gift to Brother Wei, and I will let people send them directly to the Datong General Military Mansion. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, and he replied to Luo Yangxing: "Brother Luo, you really deserve to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, just a big gift can solve my urgent need-... Thank you, Brother Luo..."

Luo Yangxing had just left, and among the civil and military officials in the entire capital, another official who had a relationship with Wei Zheng came to his mansion with a large number of congratulatory gifts...

For a whole afternoon, the civil and military officials above the third rank in the capital, whether they knew Wei Zheng or not, came to this small mansion with gifts to congratulate them.

Even those royal relatives sent a lot of congratulatory gifts in order to befriend Wei Zheng, an upstart in the imperial court.

As night slowly fell into the city of Beijing, the small mansion finally quieted down. Zhou Shuyuan, who followed Wei Zheng to the capital, walked directly into Wei Zheng's study with a face full of excitement.

After sending a thick gift list to Wei Zheng, he said with a mysterious face: "General, do you know how many gifts we received in one day today, because you were crowned a third-class uncle by the emperor?" ”

Wei Zheng asked with a nonchalant expression: "It won't be more than the big gift we gave to the emperor this time, right?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing in front of him, nodded affirmatively, and then replied loudly: "General, you really guessed right..."

"According to statistics, there are more than 30 civil and military officials above the third grade who have come today, and even some royal relatives in the capital have also come to more than a dozen... Not to mention those rare treasures, the gold and silver received were all combined, and there were two million hundred and fifty thousand taels. If you count those rare treasures, you can add another 1.5 million taels of silver..."

"So many ......" Wei Zheng, who opened his mouth because of shock, couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Then, he said to Zhou Shuyuan in front of him: "Now I finally know why there are so many displaced people outside Beijing... The silver and grain of our Ming Dynasty are in the hands of these officials and relatives of the emperor..."

"However, for us, whether it is the knighthood or the congratulatory gifts we receive, it can be regarded as a surprise. Not surprisingly, there will be more officials to visit tomorrow, you all stop me, leave the gifts, and I will be gone. I have just won the emperor's trust and been knighted, but I can't leave a bad impression on His Majesty the next day. ”

"In addition, we will stay in the capital for another two days, and after receiving all the gifts that should be received, we will be in harmony and expand the Haw Par Army." (To be continued......)