Red House Shoufu

There are two kinds of titles in Dachu, which are divided into clan titles and meritorious relatives (honors) titles.

Meritorious officials' relatives (honors), based on the system of the previous dynasty, ranked five ranks to seal meritorious relatives, and super ranks were divided into six ranks: county king, public, marquis, uncle, son, and male. In addition to the county king, it is divided into three grades For example, Jia Amnesty was conferred the title of first-class marquis, and Lin Shuxin was granted the title of second-class marquis.And customized: "Fanchao ranks cannot be granted unless they have military merits in the country, and titles cannot be granted unless they are specially ordered."

There are two types of nobles, one is only granted for life (without world coupons), and the other is hereditary (with world coupons).

In addition to those with military merits, the descendants of Confucius in Qufu (Northern Confucius) Yan Shenggong and empresses (including empress dowagers, grand empress dowagers), fathers, brothers, or son-in-laws, etc. who were granted titles of titles by virtue of their favors, were only awarded by imperial edicts. Give coupons.

The imperial decree came sooner than expected. When the golden light of the rising sun poured into the mansion from the middle gate of the Lin Mansion, Xia Shouzhong, who came to deliver the decree, arrived hand in hand with the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Rites.

"Lin Xueshi, Lin Houye, our family congratulates you!"

Ji Chen, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, also cupped his hands to congratulate: "Congratulations to Bachelor Lin, I am here to re-convey and draw regulations for your mansion under the cabinet's decree.

"Thank you both, for the unexpected order, the mansion was flustered for a while, and they didn't even prepare a glass of thin wine. There will be a banquet another day, and I invite the two of you to come and have a drink!"

Lin Shu exchanged pleasantries with him, the incense table was ready, the members of the Lin family, including third uncle Lin Jin and the three brothers Lin Bai, and several female relatives also came to the front door, and followed Lin Shu to kneel behind the incense table.

Xia Shouzhong glanced at the three Lin Bo brothers with deep meaning in his eyes, wondering how famous the Lin family is, who said that the Lin family has only one Lin Shu, and they are weak?These three are all in Confucian uniforms, and in the future, there may be a four Jinshi.

"Eunuch Xia, it's time to announce the decree!"

Ji Chen also followed Xia Shouzhong's eyes and glanced at the three Lin Bo brothers. Seeing that Xia Shouzhong seemed to be in a daze, he whispered a reminder.

"The literary style of the Lin family is at its peak, which makes our family happy for His Majesty. It seems that it won't be long before there will be a few more talents in the court to assist His Majesty."

Xia Shouzhong laughed, and then opened the imperial decree in his hand. , with the light opening of the jade axis, the holy decree embroidered with golden silk with auspicious dragon and cloud patterns shines brightly in the newborn sunlight.

Just listen to Xia Shouzhong's preaching: "Doctor Jiayi, Hanlin Bachelor, Minister of Industry Lin Shu accepts the order!"

"Chen Linshu respectfully invites Shengan!"

Lin Shu took the lead in shouting, and everyone behind him also shouted: "Greetings, Sheng An!"

"Saint Gong'an!"

Xia Shouzhong began to read the imperial decree loudly: "The edict said, I heard that the emperor governs the world with virtuousness, and the courtiers care for the people with loyalty. Those who have made outstanding achievements cannot be rewarded unless they are distinguished. The Lin family of Gusu has been loyal for several generations, and now there is Lin Shu , cultivate literature and comfort the people, rule the martial arts and put an end to chaos, and the best talents will enter the officialdom at six yuan. With a dignified appearance, you follow the herdsmen's policy and serve the country to cultivate the people's good seeds, which is the auspiciousness of the country."

"...I am the father of all the people, and I will reward you for your great achievements. Today, you are entrusted with the founding of the country, and you are sincerely guarding the text. You will be the Marquis of Yongfeng County, hereditary and will not replace you, and you will retire with the country. I hereby declare to the world, the salty envoy Heard it!"

The purpose of promoting sincerity in the founding of the country is to point out the origins of the founding princes of the Lin family, and to show that Lin Shu's roots are in the right seedlings.Then he was granted the title of shouzhengwenchen, which deliberately divided Lin Shu into the sequence of civil servants, so as to prepare for the future use of Linshu. …

As for the title of Marquis of Yongfeng County, it is a place of food, and it also shows the reason why Lin Shu was named Marquis for cultivating grains and ripening them all over the world. It is really appropriate.

What pleased the Lin family the most was the last sentence of the imperial decree, hereditary without replacement.Even if it is only a second-class county marquis, it is still a super-grade marquis who lives with the country.

Since the founding of the country, how many hereditary princes' mansions have been replaced?Except for the special existence of the Yanshenggong Mansion, the rest of the few families are all hereditary titles obtained by generations of talents in exchange for their lives.In contrast, the title of the Lin family is much easier.

Of course, conferring titles for military merits is different from conferring titles for literary honors. If anyone can protect the people from famine and lay a solid foundation for the stability of the country, the emperor will reward him heavily to show his title.

"Chen Linshu leads the decree to thank you, long live long live long live long live!"

Lin Shu respectfully thanked Shengen, took the imperial decree, coupons and other imperial gifts with both hands, and respectfully bowed in the direction of the imperial city again: "I am so grateful for the glory of Shengen, the only way to be loyal to state affairs is to go through fire and water to serve His Majesty. Thank you for your kindness."

"No one in the world knows Lin Hou's loyalty."

Xia Shouzhong took an exquisite wooden box from the little servant behind him, handed it to Lin Shu and said, "This is the form of gratitude from the people sent by the embroidered clothes guard from Henan. One copy will be offered to the Taimiao by Your Majesty, and this one will be given to you by Your Majesty." Let's leave it to Marquis Lin."

Lin Shu took the wooden box and opened it to see that there were dense piles of signatures and handprints inside, and the top one was written with words of thanking the Holy Grace and so on.

"Your Majesty said, let Marquis Lin remember the oath he made during the roll call of the Fengtian Palace..."

Lin Shu murmured: "Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later!"

Xia Shouzhong smiled and nodded: "That's the sentence, Your Majesty aspires to be a wise king like Yao and Shun, and Marquis Lin's ambition of Wenzheng must never be forgotten!"

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It has been the greatest request of civil and military officials since ancient times to seal the title of marquis and worship the prime minister.

Lin Shu was less than 20 years old when he was knighted for meritorious service, and the hereditary founder of the country was promoted to the official minister of Yongfeng County, Marquis of Yongfeng, with a python robe and a jade belt, and a certificate on his body.

Ever since the imperial decree came out of the palace and the news came out from the cabinet, there has been an uproar in the capital.

Different from the titles of relatives and nobles, the emperor gave Lin Shu such a prominent title, and most of the people in the capital agreed very much.Even those with a lot of wealth in the family admired Lin Shu's great achievements in cultivating grain seeds and living the people of the world.

When the civil servants who had learned that Lin Shu was named Marquis were regretting that there was going to be a like-minded Liu Yuanlang among the civil servants, there was an excellent news from the cabinet. The big four words: Shou Zheng Wen Chen!

Civil servants are titled "Founding Auxiliary Movement" and "Shouzheng Shouzheng Wenchen".Except for the beginning of the founding of the country, Da Chu has not had a civil official for nearly a hundred years. Lin Hou is giving our civil servants a face!

Originally, today the Shuntian Mansion Tribute Hall was on the honor list, but not many people went there.As long as the civil and military officials in the court had contact with Lin Shu, almost all passed the news to their families. People who came to congratulate Lin's mansion almost broke the gate of Huanghuafang.

"Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother, I will leave the matter of the invitation to the two elder brothers. Let's count according to today's invitation."...

"Ninth Brother, don't worry, Brother Yu will make proper arrangements."

During the previously scheduled trip to the Gongyuan, after Lin Shu accompanied the officials of the Ministry of Rites to read the regulations of the mansion, he could only give up and stay at home to deal with the follow-up matters of the feudal marquis.

Fortunately, there are still a few brothers in the Lin family to help. Lin Bai is mature and prudent, so he took over the responsibility of general management and is responsible for the daily affairs of the entire Lin family.

Lin Feng has already started drawing up the list of invitations according to the greeting cards he sent, and Lin Gui is responsible for assisting the two elder brothers, serving tea and pouring water, grinding ink and adding paper.

In the Lin family's ancestral hall, Lin Jin knelt on the futon and offered incense to the ancestors of the Lin family.

He looked at the several imperial edicts enshrined on the table, especially the imperial edict of enshrining the marquis with the dragon pattern on the jade scroll, his hands were shaking with excitement.

When Lin Jin was born, there was only one empty general left in the Lin family, and he had only heard about the greatness of the Lin family who founded the country through word of mouth from the elders.

The Lin family of Gusu, born as a Marquis, has outstanding martial arts and a beautiful culture.

The reason why the Lin family changed their families in the first place was one of the reasons for Cong Wen in the prosperous age, but it was more because of the gradual weakening of martial arts, and the Lin family no longer had the ability to confer titles for military merit.It was only then that the golden generation began to aspire to study in the imperial examinations, and it was not until Lin Ruhai of the water generation became a Jinshi and won the first-class Tanhualang that the Lin family had the confidence to say that they were a scholarly family.

Back then Lin Jin was so excited when he learned that Lin Ruhai had won Tan Hualang. He thought that the Lin family would rise again from then on. In just over ten years, the Lin family fell into the vortex of Jiangnan again and it was difficult to escape.

Lin Ruhai died of illness in Yangzhou, and seeing that the Lin family was going to be quiet again, Lin Jin gritted his teeth and poured all the resources of the Lin family on Lin Shu. Even if he put all the strength of the whole family together, he also wanted to give Lin Shu the greatest help to get promoted.

He tried his best to help Lin Shu find good seeds in various places in the south of the Yangtze River and even overseas, gathered the best old farmers of the Lin family, and exhausted his efforts to cultivate new types of food.Even though there have been constant disputes in the clan for several years, Lin Jin will not waver.

When Lin Shu went to Beijing to participate in the test, Lin Jin was already tightening up the strength of the Jiangnan clan, and slowly moved to the capital. They were all delivered to Lin Shu.

Finally got the biggest reward today, and the Lin family has since become one of the top dignitaries in Great Chu.From today onwards, the men of the Lin family are all sons of princes, and the girls are all noble daughters of the prince family!
"Uncle, it's cold on the ground, you better get up!"

Lin Shu had been waiting outside the ancestral hall for quite a while. Seeing Lin Jin tearfully telling his ancestors about today's great event, he wondered whether he should disturb the old man at this time.

When the noise outside the gate intensified, he sighed and walked in to help Lin Jin get up: "People from the Ministry of Rites said that the imperial court will build a Marquis Mansion in the old house in Suzhou, and His Majesty also gave a plaque on the memorial archway. It's up to my uncle to make up his mind, how to arrange it at home, you have to write a letter every now and then, and the arrangement is done."

"It's easy to handle. Let your second uncle preside over it. He has a reputation for raising people and works in the yamen. He is most familiar with official affairs."

The person Lin Jin was talking about was his eldest son, Lin Rulan, the second eldest in the Lin family.He is forty years old, only four or five years younger than Lin Ruhai.

After Lin Rulan was admitted to Juren back then, she failed the three-time trial and then made up for the errand. Now she is the head of the county government in her hometown.The official of the eighth grade has been in office for more than ten years, and has the opportunity to be transferred to other places as the county magistrate several times, but in order to keep the Lin family, he had to give up the chance of promotion, traded with others, and exchanged a lot of resources for the Lin family. …

Lin Shu nodded, and while helping the old man out of the ancestral hall, he responded: "Second Uncle has been in the officialdom for many years and is well versed in the ways of the officialdom. It is indeed the best choice for him to preside over this matter. There is one more thing. Can't make up my mind..."

Lin Jin asked, "What's the matter?"

I only heard Lin Shu say: "The imperial decree granted my grandson the Marquis of Yongfeng County, with a thousand households in the city, and it was a real seal. My grandson was thinking, should I write a letter to His Majesty to push this real seal?"

"Why did you push the seal?"

Really sealed, how many people are envious of not coming, why did Lin Shu push away such honors?

Different from Xufeng, the Shiyi of a thousand households can be said to be the most solid foundation of a family.If the imperial court was poor, the fictitious salaries would be in arrears at every turn, but in the real food towns, the taxes were paid directly to the main family, and the annual taxes of a thousand households in the food towns were enough for a family to squander.

Lin Shu explained with a wry smile: "Uncle, grandson mentioned to you before that one of the contents of the reform and new policy is that officials and gentry should pay food together, even clan princes are no exception. If grandson accepts this seal, In the future, how can you tell others that officials and gentry pay food as a whole?"

When Lin Jin heard it, he also felt that there was an essential contradiction between the two.However, he still finds it difficult to accept that this food town of a thousand households is too rare and important to the Lin family.

"Ugh!"

Lin Jin was silent for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh: "If you should push it, you should push it. It is because of you that you got here, so it is up to you to make the decision. The most important thing in the Lin family is not the food, but you! Without you, the Lin family is probably in trouble. I can't get out of the quagmire in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Without the Lin family, how could grandson be where he is today? Without the Lin family, where would the Marquis of Yongfeng County come from?"

Lin Shu bowed gratefully to Lin Jin: "My grandson is able to have what he is today, thanks to the support of my uncle and the family. Today my grandson will be granted the county title, and in the future I will support the family's talents, making the Lin family the largest family in the south of the Yangtze River! "

The largest family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Lin family has been looking forward to it for several generations!

Lin Jin helped Lin Shu up, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed loudly: "The Lin family has you as a unicorn, so why worry about the family being unhappy!"

……

The Qiuwei Guibang was posted, and Jia Lan was on the list.

Firecrackers rang outside Rongguo Mansion for a full quarter of an hour, and red confetti spread from Ningrong Street to outside the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

In the front hall, Jia Lan knelt in front of Jia Zheng, and said guiltily, "It's all about my grandson's incompetence, I let my grandfather down!"

His ranking did not win the Jieyuan of Shuntian Mansion as his family expected, not even Yayuan, he only got the [-]st in the Shuntian Mansion Township Examination.

The reason is exactly as Lin Shu said before, Jia Lan has no shortage of talent and hard work, but what he lacks is life experience.As the saying goes, reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, Jia Lan has read a lot, but the farthest place he has been to so far is Zhuangzi outside the city, and he has never even been out of Shuntian Mansion.

Jia Zheng helped him up, and comforted him with a smile: "Silly boy, you are stronger than grandfather. Back then, I never even entered the gate of the Gong Yuan. How about Xie Yuan? How about Ya Yuan? The whole Shuntian Mansion is rumored that the Jia family came out." A young talent, 11 years old juren, how many have there been since the founding of the Great Chu?"

Jia Zheng is happy today. Although he is concerned about the Guibang list today, he still went to Shuntian Mansion on time to be on duty.All of a sudden, his colleagues came to his room to congratulate him, saying that the young talents of the Jia family, his grandson was on the list, and he felt that the whole person was floating.

When Jia Zheng returned to the mansion, he sat in the carriage so happy that the corners of his mouth could be tilted behind his ears. From now on, no one would dare to say that he is a man without talent. The old man's son and grandson are all well-known young talents in the capital.He can proudly say that they are the blood of the old man, who taught them to read!