Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1709 After the War
And go back to the time when the news of the victory in the two wars was sent back to the capital.At that time, the urgent news of the military situation at six hundred miles was sent back to the capital, and because such good news of great victory would be shouted along the way, the people in the capital actually knew about it earlier than the palace.

When the news was heard by various ministries, the cabinet, and even the supervisor of ceremonies, newspapers such as Jinghua Times and Shixue News had already started to write articles, and the people were singing and laughing, and many people spontaneously began to celebrate.

Different from folk celebrations, officials are much more "reserved" about it. Many people just talk about the scene, feeling a few words about the destruction of the old enemy, the victory of the Ming Dynasty, etc., but most of them have a lot of gloom on their brows .

As Liu Xin expected, not only did the officials of the Xin School learn about the details of the victory, but even many officials of the neutral School of Neo-Confucianism also looked gloomy. Can be rescued in general.

The trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them. 20 years ago, he made a small plan to surrender Tumed, and he defeated Ordos a year or two ago.

As a result, Gao Yushi's military achievements are already too much, and considering that he is too late to stand up this year, if things go on like this, who else in the court can check and balance him?
The reaction in the palace further exacerbated the concerns of all parties - the emperor quickly issued an edict: Tomorrow, the officials and the people of the capital will celebrate together!

Although there was no news about how the emperor planned to award Gao Yushi, since he wanted to celebrate and even quit the court for it, it obviously meant that the emperor thought it was a great contribution!As for not mentioning the reward yet, it's hard to explain, the senior manager is still Tumed!

Besides, although Tumen and the others ran away, it is not yet clear where they are now, and it is not clear whether Gao Jinglue intends to continue chasing and killing them.

However, for officials of the non-real school, this is rare good news, which means that there is still a certain window period, and they can find ways to make good use of it to avoid the situation from being completely irreversible in the future.

It may be because the news came too suddenly. Some time ago, they had obviously been unable to find the enemy. Suddenly, the situation changed drastically, and there was a double kill all of a sudden, so that the reaction of the officials in the capital was a bit messy.

Officials from all walks of life who didn't have time to discuss in detail went to the forum one after another on the second day. This "group discussion" really had a variety of things to say, and the focus of the discussion was also different.

Some officials directly denied Gao Pragmatic's military achievements, thinking that there was a lot of water in it, especially this time: "60 troops went out, spending millions of dollars, and there were only more than [-] fighters against the Tartars, and they failed to wipe out the Tartars. Slave, it can be said that he is greedy for merit and incompetent!"

Some officials are more biased. For example, some people say that Gao Yushi spent a lot of money on this battle, saying that "the imperial court has accumulated [-] years and exhausted it once. If something happens in the world, how can the imperial court respond?"

Some people said: "At this time, things are in chaos in the south, Bozhou is not peaceful, and Caochang is happening again. The imperial court uses troops in many places, like two fists against four hands, but if one or two things go wrong, the whole thing may be destroyed. Today, the slaves are both Flee, why should I eat the wind and drink the dew and pursue the poor bandits? I heard that the Bozhou barbarians are united in a row, and there are Han rebels offering advice. Quickly call the ministers back to Beijing to hand over..."

Another person was extremely upright, bluntly saying that high pragmatism and authority were too strong: "The scripture ministers are high pragmatism. In one place, he cut and fried flowers and other industries. With his wisdom, he became a capital and became rich in the world;

However, he is rich in the world and has private soldiers, conquers the south and north wars and is a powerful general, he succeeds in the imperial examination and praises the leader of the party, he connects with the inside and outside and strengthens the holy family... If he is not controlled, the ministers will fear the people of the world but know that there is a high level of pragmatism but do not know how to do it. Holy Son of Heaven too! "

Of course, there are also gentle ones, who said: "Since the third generation, the saints have been rewarding officials with virtue and meritorious deeds, so there has been a practice of being awarded officials for virtue and rewarding for merit. Today, the Ministry of Economics and Accounts of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties is highly pragmatic and governed. Wealth accumulates treasures, military exploits shine brightly, virtues shine in Kyushu, and benefit the whole world. Is there any reason not to reward meritorious deeds?
Meng Yuan, my dynasty's old enemy.Now, with its overthrow, it can comfort the second ancestors and the ancestors, and it can stabilize the hearts of the people of the country.Jing Chen is highly pragmatic and especially dedicated to his meritorious service. Your Majesty is not stingy with rewarding the country!I don't think it's absurd, I think it should be rewarded by the country..."

This one is just like what Liu Xin worried about before. It seems to be praising high pragmatism, but in fact it has hidden murderous intentions. It wants to reward high pragmatism with a knighthood, but it cuts off his official career.

Of course, in addition to these memorials that are either explicitly or implicitly aimed at attacking high pragmatism, there are also officials from the Pragmatic School who discuss this matter, but... er, there is some confusion.

The arguments of the officials of the Pragmatic School are generally for the sake of high pragmatism, but they are generally divided into two schools according to the degree of exaggeration.

One of the factions is fierce boasting, boasting Gao Yushi from his background to his achievements, and then saying that Gao Yushi has both ability and political integrity, and it is unreasonable not to join the cabinet.In short, the purpose of this group of people is to promote pragmatism and join the cabinet. Some of them even said that the emperor should summon the big and small nine ministers to push the court.

The other faction boasted in moderation. They didn't mention Gao Yushi's background and being the emperor's companion to read these old things, but emphasized Gao Yushi's achievements after he became an official.

Their purpose is actually to promote pragmatism into the cabinet, but these people may have a far-reaching perspective, or they heard some rumors last night, so they also specifically pointed out: As a civil servant, high pragmatism has made more achievements in civil governance than Martial arts, so the rewards for high pragmatism should be more focused, and you can't just give him the martial arts title just because he looks more outstanding in combat.

In a word, within the category of "civil servants", His Majesty the emperor can reward you with high pragmatism, but you must not use the method of conferring military officials.What's more, they think that even if Gao Yushi is to be knighted, it must be done according to Li Shanchang's model.

As for what is meant by "according to Li Shanchang's model", it naturally means that Gao Wushi was knighted according to the method Li Shanchang used to confer titles on civil servants: Li Shanchang was the founder of Korea (he was the Duke of Xuanguo at the beginning).Uh, as for why the Duke of Korea was expelled from his title, that is another matter. In short, it is all to blame for the Hu Weiyong case.

To be honest, this proposal is a "pioneering move", because when Zhu Yuanzhang named Li Shanchang, he didn't say that only military merits could be knighted in the future.

China's title system appeared very early, and the five titles of Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Nan have appeared since the Zhou Dynasty.The Han Dynasty changed the fifth-class titles into two types: king and marquis. Those who could get this honor were the emperor's relatives, relatives, and meritorious officials. Later, those who held the post of prime minister were named marquis.Since the Han Dynasty, especially in the period of Wuhu Chaohua, the title of knighthood has become extremely chaotic. Basically, anyone who serves in the imperial court can obtain the fifth-class title.

In the Ming Dynasty, the form changed.When Zhu Yuanzhang fought the world, the titles given to heroes and dead soldiers were also fifth-class titles.But after he settled down in the world, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the title of nobility was too excessive, and it seemed that he could not show his dignity, so he changed the fifth-class nobility into the third-class nobility, that is, only duke, marquis, and uncle, and stipulated that civil servants should not be named As a prince, he can only be named an earl at most, and the premise is that he must have military merits.

On the surface, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is harsh and reluctant to be rewarded with a title. After all, a civil servant generally does not have the opportunity to make military exploits.On the one hand, this policy is indeed Zhu Yuanzhang's preference for generals, because as long as a general has a title, even if his official position is not as high as that of a civil servant, his respect and status in the court is much higher than that of a civil servant. The government restrained the power of civil servants.

Unfortunately, this system did not persist in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.In the Ming Dynasty, the chief soldier belonged to the first rank of Wu, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a situation where "the chief soldier had no county magistrate under his account, and the county magistrate had a general soldier".In order to encourage civil servants to make meritorious deeds, in the official schools of the Ming Dynasty, it is customary to open military training courses. On the one hand, students learn the words of sages and the way of governing the country, and on the other hand, they also learn the art of war and bowing horses—of course A system is a system, whether you learn it or not is another matter.This system was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang, so most civil servants in the early Ming Dynasty were both civil and military.

However, the founding emperor was not a god. In fact, in the 277 years of the Ming Dynasty in the original history, there were only nine civil servants who were knighted, only one was duke, and the remaining eight were earls.

The only national prince is Li Shanchang, the Duke of South Korea.Li Shanchang is Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiao He. He followed Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning of the incident. Although he didn't read much, he was full of tricks and made great achievements for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang regarded him as his Xiao He.

Not long after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang was granted the title of Duke of Han, with a salary of [-] shi. There was an iron certificate for hereditary succession, and he was saved from two deaths and his son from one death.But even so, Li Shanchang was not spared death in the end. Because of being implicated in Hu Weiyong's case, more than [-] members of his family were killed.Compared with other people, Zhu Yuanzhang was "meaning enough" to him. He gave Li Shanchang the whole body, and because Li Shanchang's son was a son-in-law, he spared Li Shanchang's eldest son from dying.

Then among the eight earls, the one at the top of the list is Liu Ji, the sincerity uncle, also known as Liu Bowen.

Whether it is myth or reality, Liu Bowen's ability is indeed equal to that of Zhang Liang in the Han Dynasty.Although Liu Bowen looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang before, but since he took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, he has made a lot of tricks and made immortal contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of the Ming Dynasty.In November of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang made a great meritorious official, and Liu Ji was named the Boss of Sincerity, with an annual salary of 240 shi.Even if Liu Bowen didn't care about it himself, the annual salary is indeed pitifully small, but there is also a saying that in order to protect Liu Ji, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that the reward would be too generous, which would arouse the jealousy of others. It depends on how you understand it.

Then there is Zhongqin Bo Wang Guangyang.Wang Guangyang's position in the early Ming Dynasty was higher than that of Liu Ji.Because Liu Ji said that he could not be the prime minister, so Wang Guangyang was named the right prime minister.This person has been cautious all his life, seeking no merits but no faults. In the third year of Hongwu, he was named Zhongqin Bo, with an annual salary of 360 shi.

Then comes Loyal Boruchang.Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di spoke highly of Ru Chang, but his deeds did not dare to be flattered.The reason is that the reason why he was made an earl as a civil servant was not because of his military merits, but because of his persuasion.

After Zhu Di invaded Nanjing, Ru Chang first persuaded Zhu Di to take the throne.As a veteran minister, in the face of usurping the throne, instead of fighting against the enemy, he dared not speak up when negotiating with Zhu Di as a negotiator.But when Zhu Di entered Nanjing, he was the first to jump out and persuade him to enter.

Of course Zhu Di was overjoyed, wouldn't it be better for an enemy minister to persuade him to proclaim himself emperor than to persuade him to proclaim himself emperor!So Ru Chang was named the loyal uncle for his merits in persuading people, with a salary of one thousand stones every year.Moreover, Zhu Di also praised it greatly: "The majesty stands tall, the aura is deep, the taste is Xianxi, and the smell is outstanding and everywhere."That's not to mention, Zhu Di also wrote a poem to praise him: "There are many loyal and good men in ancient and modern times, and there are few Ru public great honors", that's it.

Then came Jingyuanbo Wangji.Wang Ji is a civil official trained under Zhu Yuanzhang's education system of both civil and military cultivation, and he is also the No. 1 civil servant of the Ming Dynasty who was knighted by military merit in the true sense.

During the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Ji made military achievements in the campaign against Lichuan Xuanwei envoy Si Renfa and Weimo chieftain Wei Langluo. The annual salary is three hundred stones.

It should be said that Wang Ji is very capable, but this person cares about Li Lu very much.His original earl was not hereditary, but after his repeated requests, the court felt that he was an old minister and should give him face, so he was granted hereditary qualifications.

Later, when Ming Yingzong was restored, he also participated a little bit, but he was not there when the reward was given. The old gentleman once again wrote to ask for the reward. What is the reason?

It turned out that when Yingzong was restored, his son Wang Xiang did participate, but he was hit by some soldiers in the chaos, and was almost trampled to death. There was no glorious deed, so when the reward was awarded, everyone did not remember it. If such a person also participated, there was no declaration.Wang Ji was not happy, and wrote a letter to show his merits. Yingzong probably didn't expect that this master was so shameless and only wanted benefits, so he pinched his nose and sealed Wang Xiang as the commander.

Then there is Xingji Bo Yang Shan.In fact, Yang Shan's title as an earl has nothing to do with military merits. He was the hero of Yingzong's "Change of Seizing the Gate". qualifications.

The same is the martial arts uncle Xu Youzhen.Xu Youzhen, like Yang Shan, was also a hero of Yingzong's "Change of Seizing the Gate", and was named a martial artist in March of the first year of Tianshun.

After that, we arrived at Weiningbo Wangyue.Compared with Wang Ji who made military achievements in conquering the southern chieftains, Wang Yue made military achievements in conquering the northern Tatars.As I said before, the Ming Dynasty used troops in the north and the south because the strength was very different, so the south often beheaded tens of thousands, 10,000+, but what about the north?Beheading a few hundred is a great victory.

Because Wang Yue led an army to behead 350 levels in the war, he was named Wei Ningbo, with a yearly salary of 120 shi.Later, [-] people were beheaded in the war, and the annual salary was increased by [-] stones. Later, a small contribution was made, and the annual salary was increased by [-] stones.

But Wang Yue was not satisfied, he expected to be granted the title of Marquis, but the system of the Ming Dynasty was there, and it was impossible for civil servants to be granted the title of Duke.So this was a good time, Wang Yue couldn't stop being a civil servant, and asked himself to be a military post, which was quite rare at the time.Because he had reached the middle of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and the status of military generals was far inferior to that of the early days, but Wang Yue couldn't control so much in order to become a marquis, so he wore the seal of "General Pinghu" and served as the chief military officer. It's not as good as God's fortune, and in the end, there is no seal of the mansion.

The last one is Xinjian Bo Wang Shouren. This one has been mentioned twice before, so there is no need to say it again.

In short, there were only nine civil servants in the Ming Dynasty who were knighted. Only Li Shanchang was knighted for his ability in civil governance. Although Liu Bowen was a civil servant, he offered war strategies. The other three were meritorious in persuading or participating in the restoration. The rest were knighted by martial arts. .

In other words, the Real School also saw the possibility of Gao Yushi being knighted by martial arts, so he searched his brains and thought of comparing Li Shanchang's method to strive for Gao Yushi's "artistic knighthood" - Li Shanchang served as the prime minister of the left after he was knighted as the Duke of Korea Yes, then if Gao Pragmatism can also handle it sequentially, it will not affect his continuing to assist the government.

Good idea, but will it work? ——
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