Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 101 The Silent Jin Yiwei (Second Update)

The first real Prince Consort to be conferred a title by a captain, naturally attracted a lot of attention.

According to the convention of conferring titles to the previous two "fake" Prince Consort Captains (actually Zhu Yuanzhang's niece and son-in-law), the imperial edict must explain the merits of such and such a certain person, so he was chosen as the Prince Consort Yunyun.

As for the first two princes-in-law, they were still members of the army. They were both commanders of troops and even commanders of the first guard.

Therefore, in the imperial edict conferring a title, military merit can be praised.

The same is true. The focus of everyone in the capital this time is how to write Zhang Yifan's decree on conferring a title?Could it be that he writes lyrics well?
If it were just for this reason, to be honest, many people would be unconvinced.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were so many talented people who could build such a huge empire. How could one person who was good at writing lyrics rise to the top and enjoy glory and wealth in one fell swoop?

Although they can't change the emperor's decision to order a son-in-law, it doesn't prevent them from eating a melon, despising the captain-in-law, and defeating the captain-in-law from the heart.

Especially those who suffered heavy losses due to Zhang Yifan's sudden victory. Naturally, they were the most unconvinced.

When Zhang Yifan entered the palace to receive the title, all eyes were focused on this matter.

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In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on a dragon chair, Zhang Yifan was kneeling at the foot of the steps, and a eunuch was pronouncing the decree in a unique voice.

Of course, people from the Zhu family were also there, including the crown prince Zhu Biao and other adult vassal kings.On the other side, there were only a few important civil and military officials standing.

Among them, Taishi Li Shanchang did not avoid it with any excuse and participated in the knighthood ceremony.

He had already heard about the conflict between Lan Yu and Zhang Yifan, and he also knew that many people outside were dissatisfied with Zhang Yifan, so he naturally took pleasure in his misfortune.

Of course, on the surface, he would definitely not show it.

He was also listening to the question of what achievements the emperor would use as a reason to declare Zhang Yifan as the Prince Consort.Although he has made up his mind not to face it directly.But it doesn't prevent him from passing on the news to the outside world. Naturally, some people will have grievances.

As a result, as he listened, he suddenly looked surprised and stared at Zhang Yifan's back with a look of disbelief on his face.

So this kid actually has these achievements?
Obviously, this will was beyond his expectation.

Zhu Yuanzhang directly endorsed Zhang Yifan for several achievements in this decree.

First, the method of rescuing the Zhang family from choking is effective and can save others as well as themselves. We order all states, prefectures and counties to promote it widely, and we must ensure that everyone in the Ming Dynasty can understand it.

Second, in three months in the capital city, eleven women with difficult labor were saved with the help of Zhang's birth forceps, and at least nearly half of the women with difficult labor were saved.Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered all the women in all prefectures and counties to be proficient in the use of Zhang's birth forceps.

Third, according to Zhang Yifan's suggestion, after the army drank boiled water, non-battle losses were greatly reduced. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all armies across the country to follow this rule, and the people can also apply it.

Fourth, it was Zhang Yifan who contributed the national treasure cement.

Among these four achievements, Li Shanchang only knew about the fourth one. The first and second ones were from the East Palace. To be precise, after the Crown Princess summarized them, the Crown Prince Zhu Biao went to the imperial court for verification.

The third point is that after King Yan Zhu Di implemented it in his army, he reported the results to Zhu Yuanzhang, which attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention and finally made this decision.

These achievements do not sound earth-shattering or exciting at all. However, with figures like Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang, it can be seen at a glance that these achievements are not inferior to those of conquering cities and territories, or it can be said that they are greater than those of conquering cities and territories. many.

After all, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, who didn't have the military exploits of conquering cities and territories?And these achievements only have a temporary impact.

As for Zhang Yifan's contributions, everyone can benefit, and his descendants can benefit. Who wouldn't be grateful?

Even if we only talk about the benefits in the army, just being able to reduce non-battle losses is very rare for the generals leading the troops.

As for literature, it was also mentioned in the imperial edict, but it did not mention the poem, but the "Disciples' Regulations".Zhu Yuanzhang also decreed that "Disciples' Regulations" became a must-read book for sociological enlightenment.

The influence of this one is far beyond the power of poetry and song.In a sense, Zhang Yifan's achievements in literature will be the enlightenment teacher of all Ming Dynasty scholars.

This is something that many great Confucians cannot achieve, and it is also what many great Confucians dream of: that their poems and articles can become a model for the world!

After Li Shanchang heard Zhang Yifan's achievements introduced in the imperial edict, he suddenly felt that it was thanks to him that he had improved the treatment of the Prince Consort Captain, otherwise, the Prince Consort Commander might have wronged Zhang Yifan.When he took the lead in discussing the status of the Prince Consort, he deliberately elevated it. The Minister of Rites and others felt that it was too much, but it was only because of his insistence as a grand master that they had to agree.

Li Shanchang originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would say something about his memorial, but he didn't say anything, so he attributed it to Zhu Yuanzhang favoring relatives.

Thinking about it at this time, he finally understood that Zhu Yuanzhang at that time must have known about these achievements and was ready to announce them to the whole world.Therefore, the status of the Prince Consort is not considered to be high, so he will naturally not deny it.

Seeing Zhang Yifan receiving the order to thank him, and seeing all the vassal kings going to congratulate Zhang Yifan, Li Shanchang was a little confused.

With so many achievements, if it was just one of them, he didn't think it would be strange to show up.After all, if you are lucky, it is not impossible to know one of these skills.

However, so many rare credits are all concentrated on him!That’s really incredible!

Also, with the announcement of this imperial edict, scholars all over the world will know about Zhang Yifan, women all over the world will be grateful to Zhang Yifan, and even military generals will have a different impression of Zhang Yifan!

From now on, Zhang Yifan will no longer be the wild boy from Liujia Village. He will have great reputation in the Ming Dynasty.Anyone who wants to deal with him must think about whether he can be beaten to death with a stick and make him stink. Otherwise, it is best not to have any idea of ​​​​him.

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong was naturally there, and he was equally shocked by this imperial edict.After thinking about the memorial that was originally hidden in his sleeve, he decided not to take it out at this time because the other party's momentum was too strong.

At least once Zhu Yuanzhang's happiness has passed, this memorial may have some effect.

Of course, Zhang Yifan didn't know their thoughts. At this time, he was busy reacquainting himself with relatives and receiving gifts.

He was very busy in the following days.To go back to deploy the consort's mansion, to go through the marriage process, engagement period, appointment, etc., a lot of things.

The most important thing is that he is not familiar with these things, and there is no one to help.

Fortunately, he had a good relationship with King Yan from the beginning.And King Yan just got married.The relevant manpower was directly seconded to him.

This side of the palace is also busy.Zhu Yuanzhang officially issued an order to grant Zhu Jingjing the title of Princess Lin'an, which also required a set of procedures.

In short, Zhu Yuanzhang was actually getting married for the first time, and everyone inside and outside the palace was filled with joy.

Naturally, after Zhang Yifan's edict of conferring titles was made public, most of those who were paying attention, whether they were scholars or military generals, were immediately convinced.

Just two treatment methods basically involve everyone.Is it possible that when my wife gives birth in the future, she will ensure that there will be no dystocia and that she will not use Zhang’s birth forceps?Or, if you choke, even if you choke to death, you don’t need Zhang’s treatment method?

As long as you use it, you will receive a favor and owe a favor!

Of course, for heartless people, there is no psychological burden if they use it without owing anything.

All in all, with the announcement of this decree, all the negative public opinion about Zhang Yifan turned positive at once.Some people are even worried for the emperor. The captain-in-law wants such an outstanding talent, but the emperor still has so many daughters, can he marry them?
Zhu Yuanzhang certainly did not expect this. He took this opportunity to really give some relief to the officials involved in the empty seal case.The newly established Jinyiwei will go to various places to verify the political achievements of these officials. If they are verified to be upright officials, they will be extrajudicial and grant pardons; if they usually have a bad official reputation, they will be punished for several crimes and severely punished.

Jin Yiwei made his official debut, several years earlier than in the original history.At this time, no one paid much attention to this Jin Yiwei.Many people just think that this is just another emperor's guard.

That is to say, after Zhang Yifan heard about it, he was stunned for a long time.Just like in the original history, the first commander of the Jinyi Guards was still Mao Xiang.Zhang Yifan has reason to believe that the Jin Yiwei in this plane also does not make a sound, and if he makes a sound, it will be amazing.

He definitely can't control these things, as he is also busy marrying a wife.

After a month and a half of hard work, Zhu Jingjing finally married into the Zhang family, and the lovers finally got married!
Zhang Yifan is an orphan, so there is no etiquette for a daughter-in-law to meet her parents-in-law or sister-in-law.According to regulations, ten days after the wedding, the prince-in-law goes to the Hajj to see him.

During these ten days, Zhang Yifan and Zhu Jingjing were like you and me, never separated for an hour.As for what later generations said about female officials taking care of them, that is simply impossible.

Occasionally, Zhang Yifan remembered that Zhu Di ran to him the day after the wedding.Relatively speaking, Zhu Di is really cruel and a man who does big things!As for Zhang Yifan himself, he couldn't do it.

No, during the honeymoon, Zhu Jingjing took out the poem and paired it with a painting, which was based on the meaning of the poem. The person in the painting was naturally herself.

Zhang Yifan was very happy when he saw it and praised him sincerely.

That is to say, after getting married and having nothing to do during the honeymoon, he came across Zhu Jingjing's music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which was really good.

But Zhu Jingjing didn't care about these compliments. She leaned against Zhang Yifan and just made requests to him eagerly.

(End of this chapter)