Xinshun 1730

Chapter 24 The Strange Decree
These words are a bit piercing to the heart of a father.

Liu Sheng remained silent for a long time, stood there for a long time, and finally sighed.

As long as he is alive, Liu Sheng is Duke Yi.

If he is dead, whoever attacks Duke Yi will be sacrificed.During the Chinese New Year, there will be half a mouthful of pork tribute from him.

In this position, you don't have to mention things before you were alive, and you don't need to mention things after you die.

Born as the eldest son of the older generation, it may be difficult to understand the helplessness of the second son after all.

Liu Sheng can look at this matter from the perspective of the Duke's Mansion, but Liu Yu cannot.

As Liu Yu said, no matter how big the Duke's Mansion is, there will be no flowers or plants like him in the future.

It was really heartbreaking for the son to say these words to his father, and Liu Sheng also felt uncomfortable.

It is said that the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat.

However, unless it is going to cause a lot of turmoil in the matter of inheriting the title, it must follow the order of the eldest son, the eldest grandson, the second son, and the eldest son.

As a parent, you don't want to be called eccentric by your children.

However, the honorable family, from the birth of the second child, has to be eccentric - is there anything more eccentric than inheriting all the family property and leaving the rest of the children to live alone?

Liu Yu actually didn't care, and didn't want to attack the noble at all.

He knew very well that compared with his brothers who were immersed in this way, with his two brushes, he really showed a little thought, and he didn't know how he was played to death.

It's not like he didn't understand how many brothers killed each other because of the nobles and nobles in the previous Ming Dynasty.

To make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, Liu Yu is not prepared to play this kind of thing with his brothers on a road that he is not good at.His rank in the wealthy Gongdou is too low, and his sister-in-law can play himself to death without his elder brother making a move.

The reason why I still mention it is just to make my father soft-hearted.

If I need anything in the future, I also hope that my father will take care of him more because he is also a son and cannot be a prince.

Children who can be troubled can only eat milk, and it is good to say something complaining and pretend to be wronged.

In the end, Liu Sheng's heart was still touched by the family relationship between father and son beyond this benefit.

"Forget it, get up. Remember, this is the only thing, not the next one."

Liu Yu, who had been pardoned, stood up, thinking that he had finally been fooled.

He's been fooling around, but it's not over yet.

Liu Sheng thought for a moment and said: "It's just right, there are still some yards on the west side that are empty. I will ask someone to repair it tomorrow and open a door for you next to it. You still live in your small courtyard. If you want to move there, that's fine. You Do you understand what it means to be a father?"

There was something in the words, Liu Yu understood.

In the small courtyard within the big wall of the Duke's Mansion, open another door and separate it from the inner courtyard of the Duke's Mansion with a wall.

Outsiders can't see anything, but everyone inside understands that this is a separation in a sense, at least in terms of posture.

The difference from before is the door.

Before Liu Yu wanted to go out, he had to go through the corner gate of the Duke's Mansion.

Family by family.

Now a small door is opened on the west side, although it is still the house of the Duke's Mansion, but the meaning is completely different.

It is telling Liu Yu: Although you have some talents and received the emperor's reward at a young age, you will be an outsider after all in the future. The Duke's Mansion is reserved for your eldest brother, and you will move out in the future.

It was also telling Liu Yu's eldest brother: You, as a brother, don't worry, let alone be suspicious.In the future, this mansion will be left to you. People say that brothers fight against the wall. Now that your younger brother is outside the wall, don't think about it. Be a good elder brother and sister-in-law, respectful brother and friend.

In this way, the family can be peaceful, and there will be no such thing as flying around.

Just as he was about to talk about some things that should be paid more attention to in the future, there was a sound outside the door, and a family member said: "Duke, there is news from the palace. It is said that the Duke and the third son are preparing to welcome the imperial edict."

Liu Sheng heard from Liu Yu that in the Forbidden City the emperor said that he would reward him.

This kind of thing can't be neglected, so he hurriedly said: "Understood, quickly ask someone to set up the incense table."

The family members left in response, and Liu Sheng patted Liu Yu's shoulder affectionately as a rare encouragement.

"Don't stand still, go back quickly and change your clothes. I have to change into official clothes too."

"Yes."

Hurrying back to her small courtyard, the maids in the small courtyard who were frightened before all had crying eyes like apricots and peaches.

Seeing Liu Yu coming back at this time, he heard that he was about to receive the imperial edict, so he didn't have time to ask more questions, so he searched for the right clothes with swollen eyes, and hurriedly changed into them.

After changing clothes, the drums sounded, Liu Yu and others greeted the eunuch delivering the decree at the gate, and walked all the way to the main hall of the Duke's Mansion.

The place has already been tidied up, with incense burners and desks set up, and a few wisps of auspicious incense rising slowly.

The eunuch is respected on the left, and Liu Sheng and Liu Yu are all on the right. After standing still, they all knelt down.

There are quite a lot of imperial edicts in Liu Yu's family, and it is not unusual for them to be paid up like ancestral tablets on weekdays.

He also knows the rules at this time, and he has seen the format of the imperial decree.

At this time, in order to show respect, you should use a move.Move it up, or blank a space, or start a new line, to show respect.

According to the imperial edict of Fengtian Chengyun, these eight characters, according to tradition, have two places that need to be moved.

The emperor naturally needs to be respected.

The emperor is ordered by the sky, and the sky is bigger than the emperor.

The emperor is about to be moved, and the sky is even more about to be moved.

Therefore, when these eight characters are written in the imperial decree, they will occupy three lines.

Bong

day carrier

The emperor said
The eunuch with a high-pitched voice held the imperial decree and recited the emperor's words in a rhythm that was different from the rhythm of writing.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's Decree: Yu, the third son of Yi Guogong Liu Sheng, is worried about state affairs, and his heart is commendable. He is promoted to Xunwei and served in the frontier army..."

Before the imperial decree was finished, both father and son knelt on the ground, not daring to make any moves.

But they were all dumbfounded by coincidence, this edict is really strange.

Behind them are some rewarding trinkets, Liu Sheng has seen a lot, so he doesn't take it seriously.

The key is the previous sentence "Zhou Xunwei, served in the frontier army".

He has heard and received too many imperial edicts in his life, but he has never seen such a weird one, and he is a little unclear about its meaning.

Zhuo Xunwei... Served before the frontier army?
These two things have never appeared in an imperial decree at the same time.

Xunwei is a special official position without rank.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been a saying that "the descendants of honored nobles make up for the number of black clothes".

Noble children, especially the eldest son who is going to be a prince, will be granted a honorary guard first.

That is to say, the emperor's bodyguards can be regarded as a kind of dependency relationship under the imperial power.

If there are special circumstances, the second son who does not inherit the title, or the distant branch of the prince, can also be promoted to the honorary guard, which is an additional reward.

Under the Xunwei, there is also a cavalier.

The ranks of Sanqisheren and Xunwei are different. They belong to low-end idle jobs, which are usually awarded to the second sons of princes and generals.

Xunwei has no rank, but has the corresponding treatment of a fifth-rank military officer.There is no grade for Sanqi Sheren, and the corresponding salary is only the seventh rank.

Xunwei can be familiar in front of the emperor; Sanqisheren can't be familiar.

Xunwei can't be sealed casually; Sanqisheren are like rotten cabbage, and they were wholesaled in the later period of the dynasty.

Under normal circumstances, an ordinary military officer of the fifth rank would not dare to puff up in front of Xun Wei, after all, they were the emperor's close people.In particular, most of the guards are going to be knighted in the future, so they can't be provoked.

It sounds like being promoted to Xunwei seems to be an award. As Liu Yu's second son, it is normal to be named a Sanqi Sheren.

But just now he was appointed as an honorary guard, but he said that he was going to serve in the frontier army, which seemed like a punishment.

There is no precedent to follow before, so it is difficult to understand its meaning.

The eldest son of the prince will definitely be awarded the post of honorary guard before he takes over the title.

One is to close the relationship with the emperor, to get acquainted with each other, and it will be easy to get along in the future. The emperor also needs to be familiar with the next generation of honorable officials and princes;

These honored guards are by the emperor's side, and when they are older, they will start to take charge of some imperial guards.

Liu Yu's elder brother had been named a Xunwei early on.

Those who are close to the water first get the moon, and Xunwei is the emperor's close friend, so he can be familiar with each other, so the future will naturally be wider than others.

But I never heard that he was just appointed as a Xunwei, and he did not go to work in the Forbidden Palace, nor in the Boyer Army and Luan Yiwei, but was thrown directly to serve in front of the frontier army.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Sheng thought of the key point.

Liu Yu is in the inner house of Wude Palace, and has the hope of being promoted to the upper house.

There is hope, but it does not mean that it is already a fact.

If you have not been promoted to Shangshe, you cannot be appointed as an official, because it is against the rules.The Temple of Heavenly Blessing will deny it, and the emperor doesn't do whatever he wants.

To be promoted to Xunwei is a family affair between the emperor and Xungui, and it does not violate the official system.

It belongs to the meaning similar to personal affection and personal relationship.

The imperial decree meant that Liu Yu was asked to suspend his studies and finish his studies after his pre-military service was over.

This is equivalent to leaving a chance to be promoted to the upper house, which doesn't sound like a bad thing.

There is no fixed number of honor guards, but apart from the eldest son of the prince who will inherit the title, the other second sons and side branches want to be honored guards, which is really worthy of congratulations.

However, he served in the frontier army immediately, which seemed to be a reprimand.

The Xunwei didn't go directly to the frontier, they all mixed in the Beijing camp, mixed up in Xijue, or were in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp.

It is a rule that Xungui is in charge of Beijing camp affairs.

Dashun remembered very clearly the lessons learned from the chaos caused by the frontier generals' entry into Beijing after the civil fort change in the previous dynasty.

On the side of the town, it must be after Xijue.

The imperial decree made it very clear - no official position, and served in the frontier army, and it was only a honorary guard, without any official general position.

What is this?

The good seedlings who are promoted to Shangshe in the Wude Palace will also be the emperor's side for a few years first, and will be released when they have the opportunity in the future.

But the ones selected from Shangshe are definitely not called Xunwei, but Longjianwei, and they must be approved by the cabinet of Tianyou Temple.

Xunwei, who has a personal relationship with the emperor, is not the same thing.

Xunwei borrowed more from the shadow of his ancestors, while Longjianwei relied on his strength to fight for it.

The position of one of the two sides is to attack the nobles in the future, to be in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp, or to go out of the town as a nobleman;

It's not the same thing at all.

What's more, even the dragon guards selected by Shangsheli, according to the rules, had to hang out with the emperor for at least three to five years before throwing them out.

When you go out, you must have a formal official position.

Liu Yu has been envied in the capital as an honorary guard who is not well-known in the frontier army. What is he doing in the frontier army?

Without a formal official position, if you go, then follow the general to watch the fun?
Furthermore, the imperial decree is also written vaguely.There are too many frontiers, northwest, northeast, southwest... Which frontier is it?

After receiving this bewildered imperial edict, Liu Sheng was about to get up, and the eunuch delivered another message from the emperor.

Let Liu Sheng enter the palace to discuss matters.

After passing this sentence, the group of people stood up and hurriedly called for tea and gave the eunuch some gifts.

The eunuch took the money and smiled happily.

"Congratulations to the Duke. It is rare for the second son to be promoted to Xunwei in our court. I don't want to eat this tea. Your Majesty has asked the Duke to enter the palace. There is an important matter. How dare you delay?"

　There are similarities between lifting and emptying a space.But the empty space joke of the Holy Lance nun did not originate from traditional culture.Because he is a believer, and the Holy See has always believed that the God of the East is an evil god, so it is not allowed to be translated as God, but to be translated as "God".In the English version of the Bible, the word GOD refers to both the so-called God and the rest of the "evil gods".Therefore, when taking the former meaning, the translator will leave a space blank and use it as a proper noun; when taking the latter meaning, the translator will not leave a space blank, indicating that this god is not that god.He was reading the version with a blank space before God, so he also had to blank a space... Fortunately, what he was reading was not an imperial decree, otherwise it would not be a blank space, but a new line.

　　
　
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