First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 642 Chapter 660 Four Honors
The dormitory where Nuanyu lives is a little far away from Chengqian Palace, but it's okay. When Chang Luohua allocated the palace earlier, he took special care of Nuanyu Yunjin and other people who had served Zhu Biao since childhood. It's a bit far away, but everything should be well arranged.

As Zhu Biao approached, there was a slight smile on the corner of the eye and brow. Although the royal family has always been valued by the mother, there is still a difference. How could children be the same?

The choice Wang Rui made today not only voluntarily abandoned her only valuable place, but also deprived her child of the right to choose once before it was born.

Since Zhu Biao just had a bad complexion, and Zhao Huaian, who was accompanying the chief, went to the palace again, so no one dared to be smart enough to report in advance. The court ladies and eunuchs they met along the way hurriedly avoided and bowed to the ground on both sides, causing Zhu Biao to arrive. No one in Nuanyu's dormitory came out to greet her.

"Hey (＾ν＾) Sister Yunjin, why don't you give me another one~"

Soon Yun Jin's gentle but firm voice sounded again in the hall: "I've already eaten two, don't be greedy, go have a bowl of black chicken soup, and you will be allowed to eat another one when you are going to sleep at night."

"Ah~ That will take a long time."

Zhu Biao walked in and said with a smile: "What's so good that Nuanyu is greedy again?"

Yun Jin and Nuan Yu in the hall stood up to greet them, and the rest of the servants hurriedly bowed down to greet them, "Concubines (slaves) welcome His Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness will be safe forever."

"Well, it's all free."

Zhu Biao first bent down to support Nuanyu, then stretched out his hand to pull Yunjin up, shook his hand slightly, Yunjin got up smoothly, and replied with a gentle smile: "Although these kinds of preserved fruits are sweet, they are cold in nature. It is said that eating less is not harmful, but it is better not to eat too much."

Of course, Zhu Biao wanted to support Yun Jin. As for Nuan Yu's little plan to rely on His Highness's coming down to support her, it was naturally suppressed ruthlessly.

Zhu Biao looked around and nodded in satisfaction when he saw that everything was in order. Nuanyu still had the original temperament, and liked to play around with the little palace maids. If it wasn't for Yunjin's supervision, she might have been in a mess here.

It's a good thing to be gentle and kind, but it's not okay to be too unassuming. It's easy for the people below to be spoiled and arrogant. In the end, if something happens, it will not be a trivial matter, and that will hurt them.

Zhu Biao sat down on the main seat and said, "Did the imperial doctor come to ask for a pulse?"

Nuan Yu pouted and replied, "I came here at noon, it was Doctor Zhang, and he prescribed a bitter decoction."

Nuan Yu served the tea and said, "The imperial doctor said that the fetal appearance is flat, but you have to pay attention to the benefits, so I changed another more stable prescription to strengthen the foundation."

"In a few days, the palace is going to go to Zijin Mountain for an outing. Let's invite the imperial physician to come and see it tomorrow. If you can, Nuanyu will follow. It's not good to be bored in the palace all the time."

"Great."

"No, my concubine will invite Imperial Physician Zhang to come over tomorrow."

Accompanied by Yunjin Nuanyu, Zhu Biao simply stayed here for dinner. In any case, it is something to be happy that his two unborn children are safe now.

Not long after the meal, Nuanyu became sleepy, and being pregnant is always not easy, Zhu Biao ordered the maid to serve her on the couch to rest, but Yunjin was worried and went to arrange it herself.

Zhu Biao sat on the chair and looked at Yun Jin's busy figure, feeling a little distressed. Since Chang Luohua entered the East Palace, Yun Jin deliberately concealed her existence, and spent all day around Nuanyu, which is really overkill.

I feel a little regretful, maybe I shouldn't accept her, if I stay with Empress Ma to assist in managing the affairs of the harem, I am afraid that I will be more comfortable and proud.

Zhu Biao was a little dazed until Yun Jin came slowly and asked, "Master, are you going to rest here tonight? If so, I will let them prepare soup for bathing."

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and stood up with a smile, "Why don't you ask me if I want to go to your place to rest?"

Yun Jin blushed slightly and turned her face slightly, Zhu Biao stood up and took her hand and walked out, the palace servants who were waiting on the side all showed smiles, Yun Jin Nuanyu's today may not be their tomorrow.

Back to Yunjin’s bedroom, after bathing, there was naturally some intimacy. After a long time, Zhu Biao lay on Yunjin’s side and rubbed his ears and temples tenderly for a while, saying: “I don’t know about other people’s children, but the one you gave birth to me must be filial and pure. .”

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Early the next morning, Zhu Biao put on his imperial uniform and crown and left the East Palace to go to the early court. After the sound of drums, under the watchful eyes of the supervisors, the civil and military officials entered the court one by one.

Standing sideways on the imperial steps, Zhu Biao first greeted the dragon chair with all the officials, and then received a salute from all the officials, announcing the beginning of the morning court, and each department played in turn.

The main thing is the Ministry of Education. Yesterday Zhu Biao did not go to court or review the memorials, so some of the accumulated government affairs need to be approved by the Prince Jian Guo before they can be carried out.

After several officials from Zhongshu Province reported a few things, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials came out and said: "His Royal Highness, Li Mingdao, the envoy who transported salt from the two Huaihe Rivers, died of a sudden illness the day before yesterday. Appoint the chief officer."

Zhu Biao frowned slightly when he heard that the transfer of salt envoys was not a small official, he was a dignified member of the third rank of the imperial court. Accumulated salt is also in charge of prefectures and counties where salt is distributed, and water conservancy of Xiahe River. All salt fields, Sanjiang, and Qingshan Second Battalion, as well as patrolling soldiers and police, and salt warehouses are under its control.

The position is high and powerful, so it is not a big official in the frontier, but it will not be too far behind. He is responsible for controlling the lifeline of the Jiangnan salt industry for the imperial court. Li Mingdao and Zhu Biao also have the impression that he is an upright person, otherwise he would not be entrusted with such an important task by the old Zhu .

In charge of the salt tax, that is the fattest official position in the world. When such a person died suddenly, Zhu Biao suddenly became suspicious, but it was not too much. After all, he was a senior official with military power under him, and no matter how he died The imperial court will send people to investigate both openly and secretly. If there is a problem, it is impossible to hide it.

Zhu Biao first ordered: "The Ministry of Rites sent officials to visit his family, posthumously named him Zanzhi Yin Jiayi, and allowed him to be buried with first-class etiquette, and the local government erected a monument to remember it."

Doctor Jiayi is an official of the third rank. It is reasonable for Li Mingdao to change from the third rank to the third rank after his death. After all, the dead are the most important, and the court will express it.

But Zanzhi Yin is different, that is the Lord of Wenxun, although it is only the fourth-rank Wenjue, corresponding to the Shangqi Duwei who is the fourth-rank Wuxun, but this is the first Wenxun after the major reform of the court etiquette system minister.

The system of honors was formally formed in the Sui Dynasty and perfected in the Tang Dynasty. It was followed by successive dynasties and changed in each generation, but it was mainly given to military officials with military exploits. Only in the Song Dynasty was it changed to the official position granted.That is to say, what kind of official you are, you will be given honors accordingly, and it has nothing to do with military exploits.

In this way, all civil and military officials have honors, and everyone is happy together, which also represents the prosperity of civilization and the decline of martial arts. The military officials have lost their basic decency. This is also the foundation of the national policy of the Song Dynasty.

In the Yuan Dynasty, it was changed back to granting honors based on military merits. It was the same when the Ming Dynasty was first founded. People like Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, etc. were awarded knights based on military exploits, so honors are the same as military merits.

It can be foreseen that with the peace of the world, civil servants will eventually stand in the center of the stage. It is impossible to rule the world by virtue of martial arts. Therefore, when the ritual system was revised last time, Zhu Biao separated the civil and military honors by the way.

Civil and military officials share a set of honor titles, which always seems nondescript. After all, honor titles like Lieutenant of the Guards and Light Vehicles, Xiaoqi Lieutenant, etc. are not very suitable for civil officials, and it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among the military officers.

It was simply changed, except for the left and right Zhu countries of the first rank and the Zhu kingdom of the first rank, which were still civil and military general, the following were changed, and the martial arts remained the same, and the civil officials mostly used more suitable titles such as Qing and Yin.

In the future, Wen Xun will be under the management of the Ministry of Officials, and Wu Xun will be under the management of the Ministry of War.

Of course, Wu Xun is also very happy, after all, they have not changed, and they look even more noble and extraordinary.

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(End of this chapter)