"How?" Xiao Yi saw the two of them walking out of the hall with confused faces, and stepped forward and asked, "What official position can I grant you?" ”

Bao Yuanqian and the others shook their heads blankly, they looked at the "well-dressed beasts" coming and going down the white jade steps, and they were carrying the file and copying the books, and they didn't know which halls to go to.

Just now they presented the jade seal of the country to the black-clothed monk in the hall, and the monk took it after a while, and then let them get up and leave, not salty and indifferent, and told them to listen to the seal on a later date.

Bao Yuanqian looked at the eunuchs and palace maids who were walking in broken steps around him, and he fell into deep thought. This palace face saint seems to be so "100 million points" different from what he imagined.

He thought that he was summoned in the three major halls like in the drama of later generations, and he slowly walked up the stairs in the middle of the hundred officials, knelt in front of His Majesty under the attention of a group of civil and military officials, and then suddenly offered the jade seal, and the hall was in an uproar, and Zhu Di Longyan Dayue on the Jinluan Hall waved his hand in one go!

And then... is to achieve fame and fame, and all officials congratulate each other, this is what he dreamed of in his dreams. But... Now they are in the palace to face the saint but it is extremely low-key, not to mention the hundred officials, there is no one else in the Chunhe hall except for a monk, this saint has no face but faces a very big black-clothed monk.

Before entering the palace, the brothers were dressed in white, but they were full of pride. When he left the palace, he was full of doubts, but he was still white.

Xiao Yi comforted: "It's okay, don't be in a hurry for the next two days, and just wait with me out of the palace." This great credit can be ignored by anyone. ”

The two nodded, but they didn't know how to explain to a group of brothers with outstretched necks when they went back.

................

"Young Master, what do you think?"

In the Chunhe Palace, behind a huge dragon and phoenix screen, a sturdy man in his forties dressed in a yellow robe, with a vigorous long beard hanging down on his chest, and a slightly dark complexion, looked at the jade seal in his hand and asked without looking at him.

His eyes were blazing, his ears were as big as a fan, his mouth was wide and his nose was wide, and he was sitting upright with a look of not being angry but still arrogant, but bleeding thousands of miles when he was angry. And the person he asked was the old monk in black on the side, a generation of demon monk Yao Guangxiao!

"Back to the saints, what they confessed is very different from what we have investigated, and it can be said that the origin of the identity is not a problem." Yao Guangxiao looked sick and sick, and Zhu Di didn't get up when he asked him, "It's just that I didn't expect them to have the seal of the Qin Emperor and kill a large circle of southern returns in Saibei, which is really incredible." I just don't know... This jade seal is true or false. @·error-free start~~"

Zhu Di was not in the dragon's body, but hid behind the dragon and phoenix screen in the Chunhe Palace, and asked the young master Yao Guangxiao to listen to Bao Yuanqian's words in the dark.

Zhu Di put the jade seal on the table on the side, and said with a contemplative gaze: "In fact, the true and false young masters already know in their hearts, and if they dare to offer the seal, they will not let themselves go to a dead end." It's just that I still have to go through the motions, and I will take this jade seal for a while to let the few wastes in the Hanlin Academy of the Ministry of Rites appreciate and observe. See if it's true... It's false. ”

Yao Guangxiao nodded yes, and the Heart Dao Shengshang was quite playful in the second half of the sentence, calling the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy a waste. Especially the sentence that is true... It's fake, and there is a lot of smugness between the words.

He knew that it was obvious that the Holy Lord was extremely satisfied with the appearance of this jade seal that had been handed down in time, but he remained silent. Only let the Ministry of Rites and those civil officials of the Hanlin Academy pass by and check the authenticity.

This seal is nine percent true, and no one can test it. And Zhu Di's purpose is, of course, not to really let the two civil officials verify the authenticity, but to use this way of heaven and man to block the mouth of the civil officials.

Although he was honored as a great treasure, hundreds of officials were attached, and the world was returned to the heart. But at the beginning of the reign of Vientiane, many people were disobedient to the yang and the yin, and they were not convinced.

On the surface, these people are long live, but in private, they are Yan Rebellion who kills a thousand knives. After he entered the heavens, he killed a large number of people, and he shed a large number of people, but it was impossible for him to kill all the officials of the court, and the female officials only killed the first few evils on the list, and he only killed people for political purposes and not to vent his anger. If all the officials are killed, the country's operating institutions will collapse immediately, and the hard-won world will be in chaos.

Moreover, the military generals who guard the border gates are still able to collude with foreign races, not to mention these civilian-official groups who contradict themselves during the time of the appeasement, they may form a party in private, and they will stab themselves in the back from time to time.

He can fight the world right away, but he can't rule the world right away. Although I hate these civil officials in my heart, I can't help but rely on them.

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Now, not long after he ascended the throne, the jade seal of the country that had lost his years has returned. In the Ming Dynasty, which advocated Confucianism and the unity of heaven and man, this is an undoubted phenomenon, highlighting who is the lord of ups and downs, and who is the orthodoxy of the mandate of heaven!

He just wants to make these nerds who are in the yang and yin go against the yin to stare at it with wide eyes, and then pass it on to them through their mouths, and spread it to the government and the opposition inadvertently, and then the entire Jingshi will become a household name in the whole world.

At that time, he will push the boat down the river again, and hold up the jade seal of the country to declare his legitimacy and legitimacy, who would dare to question it at that time? Hundreds of officials can question the Son of Heaven, but they can't question God!

Yao Guangxiao said: "This Deng Pingyu and Li Chengen... How to dispose of it? ”

"Then Li Chengen is Jiujiang's cousin, right?" Zhu Di said lightly.

"Yes."

Zhu Di let out a long sigh, knocked his fingers on the table and said, "One is a veteran of the frontier pillar stone, and the other is Jiujiang's cousin... Although they made peace with Warat in private, they did not lose the city and collaborate with the enemy. This Suzhou Wei is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and only Deng Pingyu can still deal with it. Now that the Jingjing is preliminary, it may not be the right time to deal with him hastily if the border is restless. ”

He pondered for a moment and then said: "The court still needs him now, and let Jinyiwei write this down for him, remember not to startle the snake, if he commits several crimes in the future, it is not too late to be punished." ”

"That's very good." Yao Guangxiao nodded, "That cousin of Cao Guogong..."

Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "Jiujiang has the merit of making a decision, and he is the head of the lords of my cousin. Now, if he is implicated in only a few months, it will be a change of order and the law is not strict. If it is hastily disposed of, it will make the courtiers panic, and make a note with that Deng Pingyu, and call him back to Beijing to report on his work. ”

That's how the emperor's mind is, you make a mistake or even a sin. His first consideration is not to dispose of you first, but to deal with the negative impact on himself after dealing with you. If the pros outweigh the disadvantages, take it immediately. If the harm outweighs the good, then the emperor will also help you cover up your mistakes, and then write down the handle of the small book and waiting for the opportunity. Once the handle is grasped, when the time is ripe, small things can kill people.

Many meritorious heroes and nobles are often executed for some trivial matters, and outsiders do not understand the outspoken emperor's lack of gratitude. In fact, this little thing is just a fuse, and these executed nobles don't know how many heinous things they have committed before, and the emperor is inconvenient to move them on weekdays, once the time is ripe, he will calculate the old and new accounts together!

After disposing of the two of them, he suddenly remembered something, dusted his hem and asked, "I heard that Qiu Fu's youngest son was killed a few days ago?" ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled lightly: "Yes, the origin of the assassin is unknown and he has not been caught. ”

"Those people in the Terracotta Division are resting, so don't catch them if you can't catch them." Zhu Di said coldly: "That guy usually does a lot of evil, and I rarely hold his father's credit accountable in the past." Now that he is dead, it is a wonderful thing, and I will find a way to punish him again. @*~~”

Yao Guangxiao's wrinkled old face smiled and said: The people of the Terracotta Division and Ying Tianfu Yin have already been cased, and as far as I know, the person who led the case is none other than ... It is Qi Guogong himself! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Di straightened up after hearing this, and said with interest: "Qiu Fu, this guy can have this bearing, but his son was killed but didn't investigate deeply?" ”

Yao Guangxiao laughed, brushed his white hair and said: "He is the so-called first hero of the Jingjing, and naturally he knows the truth that high merit will inevitably hinder the master." The saint used the word Qi, wasn't it just that he was beaten by the Duke of Liang Guo in the past? ”

Zhu Di pointed at Yao Guangxiao, and said with a rare smile: "It's still the young master who understands me, and it is self-explanatory!" ”

The blue jade of the Hongwu Dynasty was supposed to be awarded the title of Liang Guogong because of his merits, but Zhu Yuanzhang secretly manipulated Liang and changed Liang to be cool. A word difference, but a long way apart...

In ancient times, the feudal kings and feudal princes were all respected by the single-character princes, followed by the double-character princes. Among the single-character princes, Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu, Liang, Zhao, and Yanzhong (zhong) are honored.

But Zhu Yuanzhang gave Lan Yu the title of duke, but he didn't give him the heavy duke of Liang, but instead used a cool character to become a miscellaneous duke, and the intention is self-evident. After Zhu Dijing's martyrdom, he also learned from his father, and he should have given the first hero the title of Duke of Qi, but changed the word Qi to Qi. The heavy name became a miscellaneous name in an instant, and the intention was also the same.

The two old men looked at each other tacitly and couldn't help laughing a few times.

"Now that's what I'm talking about, how many people are offering the seal..."Yao Guangxiao still said: "How can the Holy One place them?" ”

Zhu Di slowly got up and said with his hands.

"Now that the civil and military parties are fiercely contested, these people are raised by the Marquis of Jiangyin, and they have not yet been involved in party disputes... I want to help myself, and I want to give both grace and power. It's just that I don't know what the young master thinks? ”

"That day, Yuan Heng touched his bones for him, and bluntly said that this person is a capable minister in the world, a hero in troubled times, and a two-edged sword." Yao Guangxiao pondered: "If the saint wants to use them, he can't be rewarded with the merits of the seal, but with military merits. ”

"Oh?"

Yao Guangxiao said in a dignified voice: "The jade seal is a gift from heaven, since it is a gift from heaven to the Son of Heaven, how can it be pretended by the hands of others?" Therefore, the saint can secretly remember the merits of several people to dedicate the seal, and lead him to the confidant of the Son of Heaven. But on the surface, this matter cannot be mentioned, and a few people can be rewarded with military merits to quell the chaos. ”

"It's very good for these people to be confidants, they have the merit of offering seals and have no background in party struggle, and they are easy to use in my hands." Zhu Di nodded thoughtfully, "It's just, what position should a few people be rewarded?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "If the saint wants to use it for his own use, don't reward him too much. I think that letting them sharpen and sharpen can not only avoid the civil and military vision, but also remember the kindness of the saint in the future. ”

His words couldn't be more obvious, if the reward is too full, he will lose the motivation for promotion, so that he will be complacent and corrupted by the civil and military nobles. And if you want to promote and suppress first, you can let them know who is helping them to rise step by step, so as to use it for their own use.

Zhu Di hesitated a little and said: "After all, a few people took the seal first, and the chaos came later." If it is too suppressed and neglected, it is easy to hurt the enthusiasm of the loyal and brave. ”

Yao Guangxiao seemed to have known this question for a long time, and he smiled and said: "The Holy Lord can confer several more titles, and the three ranks and honors will be used to reassure people's hearts. If they were wise, they would have understood the Divine Will, and then again, if they were just a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, and they were not worthy of the Holy Divine Quote for their immediate gains, then they would have tested their minds. ”

"Miao Miao, the young master is extraordinary!" Zhu Di applauded three times, and said: "But I want to use the young master's strategy as the foundation and add another brick." ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Di said proudly: "Although there is no civil and military party dispute, they are from one place, and although they have no party, they have invisibly become a party of their own. In the long run, it's not good. ”

It has always been taboo to form a party for personal gain.

Yao Guangxiao seemed to understand the intention of Zhu Di's words, so he said: "Break it into pieces!" ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Not only that, isn't it the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people are watching, then I will change it slightly, and see how the civil and military will win them over this time?" After he said that, he lowered his body and whispered to Yao Guangxiao, and Yao Guangxiao sighed when he heard it.

Zhu Di said that, he lifted the jade belt around his waist with his hands roughly, frowned and scolded: "This time it's Lao Tzu's turn... Cough.. It's my turn to see what these turtle crabs do! ”

..............

In the first year of Yongle, the third day of February

The inn where Bao Yuanqian stayed was flooded with a large number of Imperial Forest Army, and Xiao Yi walked with a solemn stride holding the Holy Decree!

The innkeeper was quick-eyed, and went upstairs early to inform a few people, waiting for Xiao Yi to stand at the inn and say, "The holy decree has arrived!" The brothers were already kneeling at the door waiting for the order.

Bao Yuanqian and the others entered the palace in advance, but a few people in the inn waited for a long time.

Now that the decree has come, it is a strong anti-itching medicine. @·error-free start~~

I saw Xiao Yi's official uniform, and solemnly unfolded the holy decree and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says!" ”

He chattered a lot of nonsense, mostly some encouraging and appreciative official words such as quelling the chaos and the imperial court, and Bao Yuanqian didn't remember it in his heart.

“..... In view of this, the post of the superintendent of the sixth grade of the country was specially sealed, and the first rank was awarded to Feng Zhilang, and the martial arts rank was specially rewarded, and the cavalry captain was rewarded! ”

Xiao Yi read this... There was also a slight pause, and it seemed that this was the most special part of the decree that he had read out for so many years.

"Specially named Jiang as the deputy commander of the Seventh Rank Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, the first rank of the Zhongjing Lieutenant, and the special reward for the title of Wenxun Xiezheng Shu Yin!"

"Special seal Ying Hao for the six products of Jinyi Weinan Town Fu Si to sit in the hall to try 100 households."

"The special seal cloth is the same as the experience of the Seventh Grade Taiping Mansion."

“...... Chin this! ”

Everyone listened in ignorance, including Gao Shouzheng and the Zhao family brothers, all of whom were rewarded, but none of them were in Yingtian.

Official. There are only three officials in Yingtianfu: Bao Yuanqian, Jiang Wei, and Ying Hao.

Gao Shouzheng went to Zhenjiang to be a judge, and the Zhao brothers were sent to Suzhou and Changzhou as officials. Most of their official positions are between the seventh rank and the seventh grade, which is not much of an official, but it is enough to be envied.

Gao Shouzheng was originally a wild seven-rank general banner, and now he is content to be a seven-rank life officer. The Zhao brothers are just a small banner, and now they have come to Jiangnan to be a pusher, and they have no objections, but they wonder in their hearts that they have such double merits, why they only give a sixth- or seventh-grade official to do, and even Bao Yuanqian is also a sixth-grade civil servant, martial arts.

Ying Hao fulfilled Kou Shicheng's last wish, so he naturally didn't dare to be extravagant, and Bao Butong had no concept of the size of the official position, but when he listened to the judge, he remembered Ren Wenzeng, who was an official in Suzhou in the past.

That Ren Wenzeng is majestic, and he must not have suffered as a judge.

Jiang Wei's face did not change, but Bao Yuanqian was confused, and his heart said Lao Tzu went south and north to get the jade seal, quell the rebellion, and retreat from Tatar, you will give me a six-grade official?

is still the secretary of the country, and he is not a teacher, and this is a civil official when he hears it. It's okay for him to cut people, read books? Forget it!

However, everyone still kowtowed and thanked him, after all, he had obtained an official position.

"Everyone, get up, the official documents of the imperial court will come down in a few days, and you will be able to take office with the official documents at that time." Xiao Yi's face was not as enthusiastic as before, but it looked a little salty.

Thinking about it, it was originally a great achievement, how could he be a supreme minister, and he couldn't have imagined that the highest was just a fictitious position with no real power. He was so surprised at that place that he lost his heart to stutter.

Bao Yuanqian's mind was lively, seeing that the Imperial Forest Army was preparing, Xiao Yi got up and grabbed him before he left, and before Xiao Yi could speak, he stuffed several treasure notes into his sleeve like lightning.

"Lord Xiao, what else does this country superintendent have to Feng Zhilang, and what does it mean to have a martial arts captain?" Bao Yuanqian has never been an official, so he naturally doesn't understand.

Xiao Yi can not look at human feelings, but she has to look at the "yuan" points.

He accepted the money and naturally smiled and said: "Feng Zhilang doesn't know that this Guozijian is an errand in Guozijian, and it is a place where you need to work every day." That Feng Naorou is the corresponding rank, and it is also the name of the colleague. As for the martial arts lieutenant, I, Xiao, have read the holy decree for so many years, and it is the first time I have met a civil official to confer a military medal, not to mention the situation of a military attache conferring a military medal. ”

He began to chatter again, and Bao Yuanqian and Jiang Wei listened to it. This title is an honorary title given to meritorious officials, who have the treatment of rank and rank but have no position, and the official position is the power they actually hold, and the rank is the corresponding title.

Bao Yuanqian, a person in later generations, is easy to understand, probably because he does the work of a six-grade official, but the treatment is official, and he belongs to a low position and a high match. Jiang Wei has been working in the yamen for many years, and he probably understands what it means.

It's just that Bao Yuanqian is a border army, and he is not given a military position, but he is asked to go to Guozijian as a civil official. Jiang Wei worked in the Yamen all the year round, but he didn't reward the civil service, but let him go to the Soldiers and Horses Division as a deputy commander and became a military attaché.

However, Bao Yuanqian was rewarded with a military rank as a civil official, but Jiang Wei was awarded a military rank as a military attaché. This civil martial artist is really confused by the second monk, but it seems to be deliberate, no wonder Xiao Yi will pause halfway through reading.

The weirdness doesn't stop there, it stands to reason that the honorable officer will only be awarded when he is there, and the two of them are a sixth-grade division and a seventh-grade deputy commander, how to calculate the qualifications are not enough, but they are not enough to be promoted to a few levels of honors. @·error-free start~~

In this way, the stool they received, the official robes they worn, the embroidered clothes, and the complements of the beasts were all treated. But no matter what, with such a big credit for a few of his own people, and the recommendation of Marquis Wu, how can this official position be considered low.

After Xiao Yi said goodbye, the brothers were happy and worried.

Bao Yuanqian was still thinking about what went wrong, and whispered: "Old Jiang, did we say long live that day and offended this Zhu Laosi?" ”

Jiang Wei waved his hand, "If it's really a crime, it's the head that will be lost." ”

Bao Bu and the others were smiling, and he paced excitedly: "Whatever, it's better than being bullied in Suzhou Wei anyway!" ”

Bao Yuanqian didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he pulled Jiang Wei and said, "It seems that the Holy Decree of Fang Cai did not mention the merits of our dedication?" ”

Jiang Wei nodded and said, "I'm going to make it."

It's a bit of a taste, and the saint is playing games with a few of us and civil and military officials. Civilian martial arts, martial arts and martial arts are specially made difficult for the civil and military factions! ”

Bao Yuanqian nodded and said: "More than that, this Zhu Laosi really has a lot of thoughts!" He broke up a few of us, not to mention, you and I were the nominees, but he deliberately moved you to the seventh grade and the cloth is the same as them, what is the plan? Don't you just want you to get into dislike with a few of us? Like the two peaches killing the three soldiers in the spring and autumn period. ”

Jiang Wei smiled: "You only see one and don't know the other!" ”

"Oh?"

"He was indifferent to us for so long and deliberately lowered our official positions, but he also made the two of us unusually skip the rank and be promoted to the throne, which was mostly intended to appease. I don't know what it means, but it's not that simple. Jiang Wei said in a low voice: "Since the saint does not reward him with a seal, we can't talk nonsense with our mouths open and provoke anger." ”

After he said that, he raised his chin and looked at the excited brothers, Bao Yuanqian nodded, these words must be told to them again and again. @*~~

"Naorou Bong... Feng Zhilang..."Bao Yuanqian pondered a few words in his mouth, slapped his head and scolded: "Isn't this a crazy man, this Zhu Laosi will really give Bao Ye an official." ”。