Lin Hong already had a premonition when he saw the brand, and when he looked at his name, he still showed an expression of disbelief.

I saw him trembling all over, and the brand in his hand seemed to be healed.

Zhao Zhengzhi's words came into his ears: "When calculating your merits, many people think that you have a heart of rebellion, and it is already a gift if you don't punish you, how can you be knighted." ”

"It is His Majesty who overrides public opinion, he said that everyone has a dark side in their hearts, and if you talk about the heart, there will be no good people in the world, so we have to judge the deeds regardless of the heart."

"If a person can pretend to be a hypocrite for a lifetime, then he is a gentleman. Although you have a different heart, you have not really committed treason. ”

"Dismissal is already a punishment for you, and you can't be deprived of your previous merits, so you also have a part of the knighthood, and Your Majesty is also benevolent to you."

Expressions of remorse, self-blame, and pain appeared on Lin Hong's face, but there was no longer resentment or unwillingness.

'Poof! He knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, "Your Majesty, how can I repay you?" I'm sorry Your Majesty...... I'm not a thing...... I...... Woowoowoo......"

Zhao Zhengzhi sighed: "I knew this was the case, why did I have to ...... in the first place? The horse farm is also an important weapon of the country, if you really want to repay Your Majesty, work hard and run the horse farm well. ”

Lin Hong swore: "Please let go of the commander, I will spend the rest of my life taking care of the horse farm to repay the grace of God." ”

Zhao Zhengzhi said: "I hope you can do what you say...... The messenger of the Ministry of Rites will arrive tomorrow morning, so get ready. ”

Lin Hong heard the meaning of his words, and hurriedly said, "Commander you are ...... It's hard to make a trip, so I'll stay for a long time, and let me entertain you. ”

Zhao Zhengzhi got up and said: "Don't stay, from where you leave, I will go straight to the harbor to return to Mengqi City...... I'm a toiler, and I can't be free. ”

If it is an ordinary person, you must ask, what can you do if you can stay for one more night or something. But Lin Hong is also from the Weiwei Division, and his professional habits make him not ask this sentence, but say:

"You are Your Majesty's right-hand man, no better than us idlers...... In that case, I will not keep you, and I will visit you later. ”

"Well, let's go."

"I'll send you."

Lin Hong's wife was preparing a banquet with the cook, and when she heard that the guests were gone, she panicked. It's not a good sign that you won't even eat.

It wasn't until Lin Hong came back and saw the bronze medal that he was relieved, and then he cried with joy.

……

There are many more stories that happened during the award, or that every person who is rewarded, whether it is a knight or an honor, has a story behind it.

But the most controversial thing is not that Uncle Liu was named the Duke of the Kingdom, nor was he the viscount of Lin Hong, but that Shui Liu was named the Marquis of Jin'an.

Women, feudal marquis, you can imagine what kind of uproar it caused.

Even though the status of women in the Tang Kingdom is very high, and there are many women with official status in the academic and political system, medical system and museum system, the feudal marquis is still too shocking.

Many people wrote against it, and some even took the opportunity to demand that all female officials be dismissed and let them go home to marry and raise children, so as to conform to the ethics of the program.

didn't need Wen Yi to refute it himself, and immediately a large group of people jumped out to express their support.

According to the law, the reward of the Lord is based on merit, and the merit of the water willow is enough to be a marquis, so why can't he be a marquis?

She has military merits, she was the first soldier when she pacified Jin'an, if it wasn't for that battle, the founding of the Tang State might have been several years late.

Wengong also has literary skills, at the beginning she was in charge of the academic and political system, and later began to set up a women's academy, and then partnered with Zhou Qi to improve the academic and political system.

Why can't you be a marquis?

What, you say that a woman's marquis is an unprecedented thing?

Read the history books well, and the Han Dynasty made five female marquises. Regardless of what they relied on, just ask you if there is a precedent?

Anyway, the matter was determined in this way, and Shui Liu became the only female marquis.

Although she was not the first female marquis in history, she was the first woman to be made a marquis by merit.

The promulgation of the Lord's Law and the great bounty have been incomparable, especially in terms of motivation.

People with a little talent want to make a name for themselves, and the belligerence of the army is directly filled. The folk atmosphere has gradually changed, and more and more people are talking about war.

Only war can make enough merits to have a chance to be knighted. Feng Guo didn't dare to think that a medal could still be fought for.

Although the law of the Tang Kingdom does not have so many privileges, each generation can have a son, and with the title, the descendants can be officials for generations.

It's enough for ordinary people to fight for their lives.

As for whether the appearance of so many grace officials in the country will affect the overall situation...... It's totally overthinking.

In the Song Dynasty, less than one-fifth of those who passed the imperial examination became officials, and the rest were shadow officials.

It's just that the Song Dynasty's grace system is too exaggerated, as long as it is a high-ranking official, you can be graceful.

Qipin County Order can be favored by one person, and it is one person who is favored every year...... When the county order was twenty years, twenty people were officials.

The higher the level, the higher the number of graces, and when it reaches more than three grades, you can shade ten people every year, and within a few years, the seven aunts and eight aunts in the family will be officials.

The sum of so many officials in the country is a terrifying number.

Therefore, the redundant officials of the Song Dynasty had nothing to do with the imperial examination, but were caused by unrestrained grace.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang learned the lessons of the Song Dynasty and strictly restricted Enyin.

Even if he is the prime minister, he must make a certain score to pass the assessment in order to be able to grace a family, if the emperor does not give a grace, he will be able to grace this time in this life.

But don't forget that there is also a huge system of military merit and aristocracy, and the number of grace officials every year is also quite large.

Generally speaking, even in the era of the imperial examination system, the grace system still existed.

However, although the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties had a huge system of grace and shadow officials, there was an iron law, and only Jinshi could rank among the top three ranks.

Moreover, those who take the formal imperial examination to become officials are promoted faster, and the jinshi is given priority to be promoted, and in this case, almost all high-ranking officials are people from the imperial examination.

It ensured that the supreme power of the state was always in the hands of the scholars.

What Wen Yi wants to do is also to cooperate with the imperial examination.

Some people may wonder why they should keep the shadow officials. Why don't you just take the whole imperial examination?

It can only be said that it is unrealistic to do so, and if they are not given a chance to take shortcuts, they will destroy the entire legal system.

For example, if a person becomes a prime minister, his son can only be an ordinary person, is it possible?

If the court doesn't let him be favored, then he will rack his brains to exploit loopholes, which is inevitable.

However, if the imperial court allowed one of his children to become an official, even if it was just an idle official, he would not dare to risk destroying the legal system.

At that time, even if he wanted to do this, the entire group of readers would stand up against it.

To be a man is to know how to be sufficient.

In fact, in the previous life, the Ming Dynasty took this road, and the effect was quite good.

Wen Yi can also be regarded as a take-it-or-leave-it-it-ism.

But he also imposed restrictions on the Enyin system, and if you want to join the army, you must go to a military school to study and pass an exam before you can enter the army.

If you want to engage in politics, you must first go to school to study, and you can only be an assistant officer, not a chief official, which means that you don't have to think about county orders, judges, etc. in this life, and the highest grade cannot exceed five grades.

Only those who pass the imperial examination and become officials can become chief officials, break through the five grades, and enter the central government to become a ministry boss or even a prime minister.

On the whole, it is a mainstream trend to ensure that the imperial examination is the mainstream.

……

As soon as the matter of the knighthood came to an end, Wen Yi summoned the important ministers of the court and the central government together to discuss the matter of dominating the world.