Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the rule that non-military merits could not be crowned marquis, it was naturally not an easy thing for a group of civil and military ministers to obtain a knighthood.

Especially in the Taiping period, it is extremely difficult to want to be a marquis, but the princes who were enshrined in the Zhengde Dynasty are wave after wave, no matter which marquis is a meritorious person, and the non-feudal marquis cannot be commended, which even those who are blushing can not say anything.

Don't say anything else, let's just say that Yang Yiqing, Duke of Jin, and Wang Yangming, Duke of Anguo, in addition to the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu enshrined so many kings with different surnames, and since then there has been no king, and the highest title of Daming is the duke.

is the so-called prince Wandai, rich and glorious, and there are actually very few people who can be named dukes, at least after Taizu and Chengzu, few people are named dukes.

The reason why Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming are regarded as upstarts is that they are compared with the ancestors of Dingguogong, Yinggong, and Weiguogong.

Meritorious fame is only taken immediately, relative to the rule of the civil ministers, the military generals fought on the battlefield, relatively speaking, it is relatively easier to achieve meritorious deeds, this time the East Ying fell, for the soldiers involved, the court will naturally not be treated lightly, and it is natural for the meritorious ministers to be feuded.

As the figures walked into the majestic hall one by one, dozens of generals dressed in military uniforms, with a bit of the evil aura of the battlefield remaining on their bodies, walked into the hall with their heads held high.

The leader is Zhai Luan, who succeeded Chu Yi as the commander of the army, followed by Lu Dazhu, Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and other famous generals.

Walking into the main hall, all the soldiers bowed down to the Son of Heaven, and the mountain shouted long live: "The ministers meet Your Majesty, and wish Your Majesty a long life!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was in a very good mood, and immediately sat up from the dragon chair and said with his hands: "Everyone, get up without courtesy!" ”

When the soldiers got up, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the team of hundred officials, and then nodded to Wang Zheng, the chief eunuch beside him.

Wang Zheng, as one of the few little eunuchs under Chu Yi in the past under Huang Shichen, can be said to have risen to prominence with Chu Yi over the years, and now he has become the chief eunuch beside Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao did not choose a new chief celebrant supervisor, so Wang Zheng, as the chief eunuch next to the Son of Heaven, was faintly regarded as the candidate for the future chief celebrant supervisor, and he could definitely be said to be a hot internal supervisor in the big house.

If this was an ordinary little eunuch who suddenly ascended to a high position, I am afraid that it would have swelled a long time ago, but Wang Zheng did not become arrogant at all because he became the chief eunuch beside the Son of Heaven, but became more and more cautious.

has been by Chu Yi's side all these years, and Wang Zheng can say that he knows Chu Yi's personality the most, and what Chu Yi can't see the most is that his subordinates will be rampant once they gain power.

Moreover, over the years, under Chu Yi's words and deeds, Wang Zheng and several people have also come up step by step, but they have not suddenly taken power and got carried away.

Wang Zheng saluted to the Son of Heaven and took out a bright yellow scroll, and for a moment the eyes of the civil and military officials fell on the scroll, and the fool knew that this scroll must be about the reward for the civil and military who returned victoriously from the expedition to Dongying.

At the beginning, Chu Yi insisted on leading the army across the ocean to conquer Dongying, and at that time, no one in the Manchu Dynasty would have thought that one day, Dongying, which had been inherited for thousands of years, would be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

In everyone's opinion, Chu Yi's dispatch of troops was more to teach Dongying a lesson, but in less than two years, Dongying was destroyed, and now it has been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, all the soldiers who accompanied Chu Yi on the expedition were all meritorious soldiers, and it can be said that if they accompanied Chu Yi to Dongying, they would be not enough qualifications.

Take a look at these generals in the palace, and I don't know how many of these generals will be marquis.

In the main hall, everyone stared at the holy decree in Wang Zheng's hand, as if they could see through the holy decree and see the content above the holy decree.

Chu Yi stood aside, his expression was indifferent, about the rewards for the generals, Chu Yi had already learned from Zhu Houzhao.

Even who is the marquis and who is the uncle, Zhu Houzhao completely listened to Chu Yi's opinion, after all, no one knows better than Chu Yi who is the soldier who has made what meritorious deeds this time he has made in the east.

Wang Zheng slowly opened his mouth and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says, there are barbarian states and small countries bullying our dynasty, Wu Wang Chu Yi led the troops to raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, educate Fanbang, and proclaim the benevolence and righteousness of my Ming Dynasty, and now reward Wu Wang Chu Yi with ten thousand taels ......of gold, and thousands of acres of fertile land."

Chu Yi took a step forward and saluted the Son of Heaven and said, "Minister, thank you!" ”

For Chu Yi's reward, in fact, Zhu Houzhao wanted to be rewarded, but he was rejected by Chu Yi, he is now a one-word king, and his title has reached the peak, it can be said that there is no way to advance, as for the official position, Chu Yi finally resigned, how could he receive the official position again, even if it was a gold and silver field, it was also Chu Yi who took into account the reward of the soldiers who went with him to receive it, otherwise, Chu Yi had no interest in gold and silver at all, let alone ten thousand taels of gold, even if it was dozens or hundreds of times more, Chu Yi wouldn't care either.

Many officials looked at Chu Yi, the Son of Heaven only rewarded acres of gold and silver, but did not give Chu Yi other rewards, and the civil and military ministers naturally knew that with Chu Yi's current status, it had reached the point where it could not be sealed, so they were not very surprised.

But then, what was read out from Wang Zheng's mouth was not Zhai Luan, the commander of the three armies, but Lu Dazhu, who himself was stunned and stepped forward to listen to the seal.

"Tejia Feng Lu Dazhu is the Duke of Xiangwu, hereditary replacement, and retirement with the country!"

The expressions of the ministers couldn't help but change when they heard this, and they looked at Lu Dazhu with a dull look in shock. Obviously, the Son of Heaven was not only surprised by Lu Dazhu's edict, but even Lu Dazhu himself was very surprised.

Lu Dazhu is indeed a meritorious person, and he has been made a marquis before, and it is said that with the blessing of great meritorious service, it is not impossible to be crowned as a prince of the country.

It's just that the position of the Duke of the Kingdom is extraordinary, and there are only a few of the Duke of the Kingdom that have been sealed by the Ming Dynasty, and there are two more Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming before.

This time Lu Dazhu was named the Duke of the Kingdom, which really surprised everyone, it was really a few years ago, Lu Dazhu was just an ordinary general in the Ming Army, but in just a few years, Lu Dazhu has been rising all the way, from a general directly to one of the few generations of the Ming Dynasty.

If you just look at Lu Dazhu's promotion path, it is simply a legend.

It can only be said that Lu Dazhu was lucky enough, and he met a pair of martial monarchs and ministers like Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, and he also happened to catch up with several major battles, but Lu Dazhu's merits, which were almost never lost in one big battle, were enough.

The most important thing is that the promotion of Lu Dazhu to the Duke of Xiangwu is actually Chu Yi's suggestion, Lu Dazhu himself is loyal to the Son of Heaven, and now he is even more favored by the Emperor of Heaven, and he has been enshrined as a generation of princes, it can be said that if there is really a loyalty value, it is impossible to say that Lu Dazhu's loyalty to the Son of Heaven will definitely soar to full value.

Lu Dazhu is a fierce general in the army, not only brave and brave in the three armies, but also brave and strategic, can be called a generation of generals, a foreign family to practice kung fu is even more to reach the realm, even against the congenital level of the strong, it is not without the power of a battle.

Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, Yu Dayou and other generals are the Optimus White Jade Pillars selected by Chu Yi for the Son of Heaven for the future Ming Dynasty for decades.

With these generals here, unless Zhu Houzhao dies by himself, otherwise, even if something goes wrong, he will keep the Ming Dynasty forever.

Lu Dazhu was followed by Zhai Luan, and Zhai Luan, who had a calm face, stepped forward and listened respectfully.

"Zijia Feng Zhai Luan is the ...... of Wenyi Hou"

Although Zhai Luan is the commander of the three armies, it is said that the merit of destroying the country, even if he is like Lu Dazhu, it is not impossible to be named the prince of the country. But Zhai Luan is, to a certain extent, said to have inherited Chu Yi's legacy.

Most of Dongying was laid in the hands of Chu Yi, even if Zhai Luan mobilized people to completely occupy Dongying later, it was also the foundation laid by Chu Yi.

In the eyes of the world, Zhai Luan is Xiao Gui Cao Sui, decent, everything is in accordance with Chu Yi's arrangement, in that situation, if anyone is in Zhai Luan's position, as long as the rules are in order, he can win Dongying.

Therefore, Zhai Luan's merits are not as great as imagined, and it is precisely for this reason that when Zhu Houzhao agreed on a meritorious minister, the reward for Zhai Luan was set as a marquis.

Zhai Luan's eyes flashed with a little joy, and he hurriedly stepped forward to bow down to Zhu Houzhao: "Thank you for your order!" ”

Zhai Luan never thought about what he wanted to be crowned a national duke, it was too far away, so when Lu Dazhu was named a national duke, Zhai Luan was only envious, but he didn't have any jealousy.

The generals of a member were either made earls or viscounts, and Yu Dayou, who was only sixteen years old, was given the title of earl.

Sixteen-year-old earl, I am afraid that I can't find a few people in the history books, and I don't know how many people are envious.

It's a pity that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and the ministers can't think of any reason to prevent the appearance of such a young earl except for envy.

Yu Dayou's exploits are recorded in detail one by one, if there is not enough background and background, it is not uncommon for him to be named a marquis based on his exploits alone.

After an hour or so, the reward for meritorious soldiers was completely stopped, and dozens of nobles were born in the Ming Dynasty, which greatly strengthened the power of nobles.

Judging from the current situation in the court, there is a tendency for military generals to overpower Wenchen, which is not a good thing for a dynasty where any party is too strong.

Fortunately, if the Ming Xungui is counted from Zhengde, the nobles before Emperor Zhengde belong to the old school, and the nobles enshrined by Zhu Houzhao in the current dynasty can be regarded as the new school.

The Wuxun faction is also divided into two factions, the old and the new, and these two factions are naturally incompatible.

This is not surprising, in the eyes of the old martial arts bosses such as Dingguo Gong, British Gong, and Wei Guogong, the new Guogongs like Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, and Lu Dazhu are not as good as their family heritage and long-term inheritance, and they feel that they are just a group of fortunate ministers who have been in power for a while, so they look down on Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming.

Similarly, such as Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, they also look down on the old nobles such as Wei Guogong and British Duke who are lying in the merit book of their ancestors.

If it was a title that he had spelled out with a knife and a gun, Wang Yangming and they would naturally be convinced, but the Duke of England and the Duke of Wei were just the shadow of their ancestors, which naturally made Wang Yangming and them a little disdainful.

In this way, the new faction feels that the old faction has no ability and can only eat the old book, and the old faction feels that the new faction is a group of fortunate ministers with no background, everyone you look down on me, I don't look down on you, and I am stunned to divide the Wuxun line into two factions.

In this way, the Wuxun line, which seems to have skyrocketed in strength, actually does not seriously threaten the balance of the civil and military situation in the court, otherwise, both Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao have to think carefully about whether to reduce the power of the Wuxun line.

Just when everyone was thinking differently and waiting to retreat from the dynasty, Chu Yi, who rarely spoke, suddenly stepped forward and saluted the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty, the Qintian Prison is here, and please set an auspicious day for the fleet to go to sea!" ”

Zhu Houzhao's plan was to be able to delay it for a day, he thought that Chu Yi had forgotten if he didn't open his mouth, but he never thought that when he was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty, Chu Yi mentioned it.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao nodded at Chu Yi, and then said to Lin Ruoshi, the supervisor of Qintian, "Qing family, I don't know when the nearest auspicious day is?" ”

Lin Ruoshi had been praying in his heart that Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven would ignore him, but as soon as Chu Yi spoke, Lin Ruoshi was flustered in his heart.

"Minister...... The ministers have seen Your Majesty, and have seen His Royal Highness King Wu! ”

That is, Lin Ruoshi had long thought that there would be such a situation, so after stepping forward and saluting the Son of Heaven and Chu Yi, he tried his best to keep himself calm, under Chu Yi's watery gaze, Lin Ruoshi had a feeling that Chu Yi had seen through it.

It was as if all the careful thoughts in his heart had been seen through by Chu Yi.

And Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also stared at Lin Ruoshi, he had personally summoned Lin Ruoshi before, and told Lin Ruoshi to be sure to deduce the auspicious day to three months later, so Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi faintly complacently in his heart.

Chu Yi didn't know that Zhu Houzhao's heart was full of complacency at this time, under his gaze, Lin Ruoshi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat in the blink of an eye, which showed how much pressure he was between the Son of Heaven and Chu Yi.

Gritting his teeth suddenly, Lin Ruoshi said to Zhu Houzhao, the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister has calculated that if His Royal Highness King Wu wants to go to the West, the best time should be in a month. ”

Zhu Houzhao was expecting Lin Ruoshi to say that the auspicious day would be three months later, but his eyes widened, and he looked at Lin Ruoshi, who was drooping his head and trembling all over, in disbelief, and secretly said in his heart: "How dare he, how dare he ......"