Rebirth of Zhu Di's son
Chapter 199 Disapproval 1
Chapter 199 Differing Opinions
"I gave an order before, and the Ministry of War sent someone to arrest General Liu Qi for questioning and punishment."
After hearing what Zhu Gaoxu said, Zhu Di naturally nodded in agreement without hesitation, looked at Jin Zhong and ordered: "If the person is captured, he will be punished according to law as soon as possible, and his head will be shown to the public to calm the public's anger."
Jin Zhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the military report submitted by Cao Guogong shows that Liu Jie, the commander-in-chief who killed people to seize food and harmed the people, died in the battle when the army conquered Turpan City."
Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Since he died in battle, it can be regarded as sacrificing his life for the country."
"Your Majesty, I believe that when dealing with Liu Jie, the 'eight discussions' system cannot be used to judge his crimes."
Jin Zhong immediately answered.
The "Eight Discussions" system is a special preferential treatment system in which feudal dignitaries who commit crimes enjoy "big crimes must be discussed and small crimes must be pardoned" and the court's judicial office is not allowed to handle them arbitrarily.
During the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, those in power introduced rituals into laws in legislation and formed many new legal principles or systems, which further developed the combination of rituals and law that began in the Han Dynasty. The "Eight Discussions" system is one of them.
The specific content of the "Eight Discussions" is: first discussion of relatives, second discussion of old friends, third discussion of virtuous people, fourth discussion of ability, fifth discussion of merit, sixth discussion of nobleness, seventh discussion of diligence, and eighth discussion of guests.
The direct origin of this system is "Eight Principles to Improve the State Law" in "The Rites of Zhou", which was officially recorded in the legal texts starting from Cao Wei's "New Code". Volume [-] of "Tang Liu Dian" states that "it is the eight principles that were incorporated into the law, which began in the Wei Dynasty" also".
The emergence of this system is the product of the combination of feudal etiquette and law, and is also a concrete embodiment of the etiquette principle of "punishment does not go to the doctor". It is equivalent to the further concreteization of the feudal hierarchical privilege system in the application of criminal law, and is a way to reduce or reduce the punishment of feudal aristocrats and bureaucrats. Privilege provisions.
Historically, this system was used until the Ming and Qing dynasties after it was first introduced into law in Cao Wei.
After hearing what Jin Zhong said, Zhu Di nodded and said: "Yes, the 'eight discussions' system does not apply to people like Liu Jie. Gong is merit, fault is fault, and they cannot be confused."
When he said this, he said loudly: "Jin Zhong listens to the order."
"I'm here," Jin Zhong said.
Zhu Di said: "Publish my decree to inform the whole army about Liu Jie's evil deeds and the imperial court's punishment, so that the officers and soldiers can take a warning. In addition, the Ministry of War should send someone to care for Liu Jie's family. In my opinion, the imperial court will In the name of Liu Jie, I will give the Liu family ten taels of silver yuan as a pension, and then recruit one of his sons and nephews to join the guard army and go to the Turpan mountainous area to cultivate fields for five years to atone for Liu Jie's sins."
Zhu Gaoxu understood in his heart that this decree seemed ordinary, but in fact it contained wisdom.
According to Zhu Di's past practice of punishing officers and soldiers like Liu Jie who massacred innocent people, Lingchi's execution was always light.
With Zhu Di's temper, it is very likely that Liu Jie will be skinned and made into straw and hung on the wall of Turpan City to quell the resentment of the local people, and it is even less likely that he will give a pension to the Liu family.
However, Liu Jie ultimately sacrificed his life for his country and died in the attack on Turpan City.
Moreover, the imperial court is currently sending a large army to the west. It is the time to employ people. The rules of punishing those who make mistakes and rewarding those who have merit must still be established.
Zhu Di ordered one of Liu Jie's nephews and nephews to be recruited into the guard army, and he would work in the Turpan Mountains to cultivate fields for five years to atone for Liu Jie's sins.
On the surface, this seems to be the case, but in fact, all the guardsmen understand that this is a disguised gift from Zhu Di to Liu Jie.
Because Liu Jie's nephew went to Turpan to cultivate land for five years and would continue to serve in the guard station, no different from ordinary guard soldiers.
Compared with ordinary people, those who could become guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty were considered to be paid officers and soldiers.
"Your Majesty is merciful!"
Jin Zhonggong said.
Zhu Di continued: "As for the crown prince's request to honor Zhang Yu, Huo Zhen and other meritorious soldiers who died in the battle, the Ministry of War needs to prepare a specific list and submit it."
"The minister obeys the order."
Jin Zhong bowed and accepted the order.
"Do you have anything else you want to say about the awarding of meritorious soldiers?"
Zhu Di looked down at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhu Gaoxu turned around again, bowed to Zhu Di and said: "Father, I believe that after the battle of Licheng, Anping Bo Li Yuan should be made a county prince based on his merits."
Historically, Li Yuan inherited his father's position and became the commander of Weizhou Guards. During the Battle of Jingnan, the Yan army attacked Yuzhou, and Li Yuan surrendered the city.
After that, he worked hard to serve as the governor of Qianshi, and was granted the title of Marquis of Anping, with a salary of thousands of stones and a certificate for Shi Bo.
In the seventh year of Yongle, Li Yuan followed Qiu Fu out of the fortress and reached the Luqu River. Qiu Fu marched rashly. Li Yuan tried hard to remonstrate with Qiu Fu, but Qiu Fu refused to listen, which led to the final defeat.
At that time, Li Yuan led five hundred cavalry to break into the formation and killed hundreds of people. His horses were knocked down and he was scolded endlessly. He died at the age of 46. He was later posthumously named Duke of Ju, with the posthumous title of Zhongzhuang.
After history was changed, Li Yuan took the position of commander of the Weizhou Guard and was transferred by the imperial court to serve as the general of the third army to aid the west. After arriving in the northwest, he returned to the control of Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining.
When Song Sheng sent Huozhen to assist Zhang Yu, Li Yuan followed Huozhen and made a contribution to clearing out the enemy's ambush.
Soon, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Qihou Qiufu led their troops to join Zhang Yu's tribe and raised their troops to attack Turpan City. Li Yuan achieved the military merit of ascending Turpan City first.
Later, Cao Guogong sent a messenger to send the army to report to the court. Li Yuan was awarded the title of Anping Tingbo based on his merit.
After that, Li Yuan led a team of strange soldiers to the west of Yili City and helped Zhang Yu and Li Jinglong capture Yili City.
Zhu Gaoxu believed that in this battle, Zhang Yu and Li Jinglong were able to capture Yilibaili City, and Li Yuan should be the first to take the lead!
Later, Li Yuan cooperated with Zhang Yu to defend Yili City until reinforcements arrived.
In this battle, when it comes to the defense of the city, Zhu Gaoxu believes that Zhang Yu undoubtedly ranks first, while Li Yuan's performance must definitely be ranked second above Tan Yuan who died in the battle.
After all, the significance of capturing Yilibaili City and holding on to Yilibali City are extraordinary.
Yilibali City is the royal city of Yilibali Khanate and is currently the largest city in the Western Region. The total population of the city and the surrounding villages and towns outside the city exceeds 15.
If the population of the entire Ili Valley area under the control of the city's forces is included, the number would probably be 20.
The fact that the imperial army was able to capture Yilibaoli City meant that the Ming army had the ability to capture the largest city in the Western Region.
And holding Yilibaoli City means that the Ming army also has the ability to hold on to the largest city in the Western Region.
After the Ming army's siege and defense battles have been fermented and publicized, they will trigger a strong chain reaction throughout the Western Region.
This is also the reason why many forces in the Western Regions chose to surrender after hearing that the Ming army was attacking.Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu believed that Li Yuan's achievements were enough to promote him to the rank of first-class marquis.
"Tell me your reasons." Zhu Di asked.
"Father, as far as I know, Jinghai (Selim Lake) is a large mountain lake in the Western Region. It is located in the southwest of Yilibali area and among the mountains in the western section of Tianshan Mountains. The circumference of the lake is nearly two hundred miles. , and Li Yuan led 500 people across the mountains, halfway around the lake, and around to the west of Yilibaili City, they must have experienced hardships that are unimaginable to ordinary people."
Zhu Gaoxu replied respectfully: "Li Yuan led his troops to twice defeat the generals sent by the traitor Hu Gada and the elite soldiers who came to stop him. Then he cooperated with Pinghou to attack from the west gate and captured the inner city. Later, he and Pinghou jointly defended the city. , fought to the death and refused to retreat, and finally insisted on waiting for reinforcements led by Cao Guogong and Qihou, and then the city of Yili was saved."
"What do you think?"
Zhu Di looked around at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Since the prince of the dynasty had spoken, and what he said was well-founded, most of the courtiers in the palace thought that there was nothing wrong with Jin'an Ping Tingbo Li Yuan being a prince. Only a few courtiers thought further and thought that this move would have the effect of conferring a reward to the prince. To be fair, Fang Xiaoru is a representative of this type of officials.
He bowed and came out of the queue, bowed in salute and said, "Your Majesty, I have some objections."
Zhu Di had seen Fang Xiaoru's occasional opposition to the prince several times, and now he was used to it. He immediately answered, "Tell me."
"Previously, His Majesty restored the fifth-class Duke and Prince Baron title, and stipulated that the third-class Duke and Duke count is a high-level title, and each title is subdivided into three grades. Spylord is reduced to a noble title, and Viscount and Baron are not divided into ranks and are regarded as floating titles. , could not be hereditary. At that time, all the titles awarded for assisting Emperor Taizu to pacify the world were all changed to first-class titles."
Fang Xiaoru spoke eloquently: "In other words, since then, His Majesty has directly raised the first-class title to a higher level. If the soldiers who go on an expedition want to be awarded the first-class title for the first time, they must have achieved great military merit or Wonderful feat."
"Not long ago, when the imperial army conquered Annan and pacified Annan, the highest marquis was only a county marquis, and no one was awarded the title of county marquis. As the general of the southern expedition, Sheng Gong made great contributions, but in terms of merit, he was just To be promoted from County Marquis to County Duke is equivalent to a two-level promotion. Now His Royal Highness the Prince proposes to promote Anping Tingbo to County Marquis, which is equivalent to directly raising the title of General Li Yuan by five levels at once. It is really an excessive reward."
In the first year of Xianxi of the Cao Wei Dynasty, under the auspices of King Sima Zhao of Jin Dynasty, the fifth-level nobility was established, which was divided into ten levels of nobility, including county prince, county prince, great prince, secondary prince, great uncle, and secondary prince.
Starting from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the duke of the country was added to the county duke, and the county duke became the third rank of the duke.
At this time, none of the five noble titles had actual titles. Although the county prince had the word "founding the country", he did not found the country. The word "founding the country" became an honorary title. After the Tang Dynasty, county princes were generally not hereditary and were often empty. seal up.
In the Sui Dynasty, the Duke of the founding county was the first rank; in the Tang, Liao, and Song dynasties, the Duke of the founding county was the second rank; after the Jin Dynasty, there was no longer the first rank among the dukes.
Zhu Di reinstated the five ranks of nobility and divided the dukes into three ranks. The Duke of the State was the first rank, the Duke of the County was the second rank, and the Duke of the County was the third rank.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, marquises were divided into county marquises and county marquises. The county marquises were the first rank of marquises and the second rank.
At this time, the prefectures and princes were actually enfeoffed, with a state and a seat. Officials were appointed at the founding of the country, which were hereditary. The seats ranged from a few thousand to ten thousand households. A country was established with a county. .
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, there was only one example of enfeoffment of prefectures and marquises. In the Chen Dynasty, the founding prefectures and marquises were the third grade nobles and valued two thousand stones.
From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Liao and Song Dynasties, there were no prefectures and marquises; during the Jin Dynasty, prefectures and marquises were re-established as third-grade nobility; the Yuan Dynasty extended the establishment.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the princes and princes and retained only the third-level title of duke, marquis and uncle.
A few years ago, Zhu Di restarted the five levels of nobility and divided the marquis and earl into three levels. The prefectures were followed by the county marquis, the township marquis, the county bogey, the township boe, and the tingbo.
Fang Xiaoru believed that according to Zhu Gaoxu's wishes, Li Yuan's title would be upgraded from Tingbo to five levels at once, skipping Township Bo, County Bo, Township Marquis, County Marquis, and reaching County Marquis.
And this is completely an excessive reward.
"Your Majesty, it is natural to reward meritorious officers and soldiers, and it is a matter of course. However, if the reward is too great, it will be unfair to the previous meritorious officers and soldiers. In the future, there will soon be a situation where no one can be rewarded."
Fang Xiaoru bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please think again."
"Fang Qing's words are reasonable, but the merits Li Yuan performed were extraordinary achievements. The extraordinary achievements are different from the ordinary military achievements of attacking a city and killing enemies, so it is difficult to consider rewarding him."
After hearing what Fang Xiaoru said, Zhu Di replied first, then turned his head slightly, looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "What do you think, Prince?"
Zhu Gaoxu immediately bowed and said: "Reporting to His Majesty the Father, I feel that what Advisor Fang said is right. I was in a moment of excitement and did not think carefully."
"In that case, the Jin Dynasty will confer the title of Anping Tingbo Li Yuan as the Marquis of Anping Township. The details of the reward will be handled by the Ministry of War."
Zhu Di said loudly.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Fang Xiaoru shouted respectfully and then returned to the class.
Jin Zhong accepted the order and said: "I accept the order."
After Jin Zhong retreated, Zhang Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the army sent by the imperial court has now quelled the civil strife in the Yili Khanate and repelled the Timurid army that invaded the east. The deceased He Yili made the Li Khan Shami Chagan childless, and the successor Great Khan Mahama and his children were killed by the rebels. However, Yili also made the Li Khanate have a relationship with our Ming Dynasty. Will it rise and fall and continue to die, or will it be destroyed? As a county, I ask your Majesty to make plans in advance."
"What do you think the court should do next?"
Zhu Di looked at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Naturally, he wanted to go to the western region of the county, but he knew very well that if he wanted to accomplish this difficult task, he must get the support of most of the courtiers to increase the possibility of accomplishing it.
Moreover, the Western Regions of prefectures and counties are not just words, there are too many things involved. Otherwise, why did the Han and Tang Dynasties only set up Duhufu to govern them?
"Your Majesty, the killing of our Ming officers and soldiers by Kudada and Mahama is like a rebellion, and they have become traitors. The court cannot treat them as vassals. Since they have conquered Yili City, they should be treated as counties."
Qitai, the Minister of War, bowed and went out to report: "Your Majesty, I thought that when Timur retreated and the morale of our Ming officers and soldiers was high, the imperial court could send a large army to conquer the west to quell the disobedient forces in the Western Regions in one fell swoop, thereby regaining control. Western Region.”
"Your Majesty, I feel that the imperial court cannot only use force, but should combine the strategy of being gentle with distant people with the strategy of military conquest. In this way, it may not take more than a year to pacify the Western Regions."
Zhang Yan continued: "Moreover, after the Western Region is pacified, officials will always need to be dispatched to manage it. If we blindly destroy it, the manpower and material resources invested in post-war reconstruction will inevitably be huge."
Wei Guogong Xu Huizu said: "Your Majesty, my Ming officers and soldiers are marching to the west. The Oara and Tatar tribes will obviously not watch our army regain the Western Regions. The grassland people in the north will definitely take advantage of the situation."
"Since the ministers have different opinions, we will withdraw from the court for the time being, and each will submit his own proposals and decide on a day."
Zhu Di got up and said.
"The minister waits for the order."
The ministers said in unison.
(End of this chapter)
"I gave an order before, and the Ministry of War sent someone to arrest General Liu Qi for questioning and punishment."
After hearing what Zhu Gaoxu said, Zhu Di naturally nodded in agreement without hesitation, looked at Jin Zhong and ordered: "If the person is captured, he will be punished according to law as soon as possible, and his head will be shown to the public to calm the public's anger."
Jin Zhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the military report submitted by Cao Guogong shows that Liu Jie, the commander-in-chief who killed people to seize food and harmed the people, died in the battle when the army conquered Turpan City."
Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Since he died in battle, it can be regarded as sacrificing his life for the country."
"Your Majesty, I believe that when dealing with Liu Jie, the 'eight discussions' system cannot be used to judge his crimes."
Jin Zhong immediately answered.
The "Eight Discussions" system is a special preferential treatment system in which feudal dignitaries who commit crimes enjoy "big crimes must be discussed and small crimes must be pardoned" and the court's judicial office is not allowed to handle them arbitrarily.
During the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, those in power introduced rituals into laws in legislation and formed many new legal principles or systems, which further developed the combination of rituals and law that began in the Han Dynasty. The "Eight Discussions" system is one of them.
The specific content of the "Eight Discussions" is: first discussion of relatives, second discussion of old friends, third discussion of virtuous people, fourth discussion of ability, fifth discussion of merit, sixth discussion of nobleness, seventh discussion of diligence, and eighth discussion of guests.
The direct origin of this system is "Eight Principles to Improve the State Law" in "The Rites of Zhou", which was officially recorded in the legal texts starting from Cao Wei's "New Code". Volume [-] of "Tang Liu Dian" states that "it is the eight principles that were incorporated into the law, which began in the Wei Dynasty" also".
The emergence of this system is the product of the combination of feudal etiquette and law, and is also a concrete embodiment of the etiquette principle of "punishment does not go to the doctor". It is equivalent to the further concreteization of the feudal hierarchical privilege system in the application of criminal law, and is a way to reduce or reduce the punishment of feudal aristocrats and bureaucrats. Privilege provisions.
Historically, this system was used until the Ming and Qing dynasties after it was first introduced into law in Cao Wei.
After hearing what Jin Zhong said, Zhu Di nodded and said: "Yes, the 'eight discussions' system does not apply to people like Liu Jie. Gong is merit, fault is fault, and they cannot be confused."
When he said this, he said loudly: "Jin Zhong listens to the order."
"I'm here," Jin Zhong said.
Zhu Di said: "Publish my decree to inform the whole army about Liu Jie's evil deeds and the imperial court's punishment, so that the officers and soldiers can take a warning. In addition, the Ministry of War should send someone to care for Liu Jie's family. In my opinion, the imperial court will In the name of Liu Jie, I will give the Liu family ten taels of silver yuan as a pension, and then recruit one of his sons and nephews to join the guard army and go to the Turpan mountainous area to cultivate fields for five years to atone for Liu Jie's sins."
Zhu Gaoxu understood in his heart that this decree seemed ordinary, but in fact it contained wisdom.
According to Zhu Di's past practice of punishing officers and soldiers like Liu Jie who massacred innocent people, Lingchi's execution was always light.
With Zhu Di's temper, it is very likely that Liu Jie will be skinned and made into straw and hung on the wall of Turpan City to quell the resentment of the local people, and it is even less likely that he will give a pension to the Liu family.
However, Liu Jie ultimately sacrificed his life for his country and died in the attack on Turpan City.
Moreover, the imperial court is currently sending a large army to the west. It is the time to employ people. The rules of punishing those who make mistakes and rewarding those who have merit must still be established.
Zhu Di ordered one of Liu Jie's nephews and nephews to be recruited into the guard army, and he would work in the Turpan Mountains to cultivate fields for five years to atone for Liu Jie's sins.
On the surface, this seems to be the case, but in fact, all the guardsmen understand that this is a disguised gift from Zhu Di to Liu Jie.
Because Liu Jie's nephew went to Turpan to cultivate land for five years and would continue to serve in the guard station, no different from ordinary guard soldiers.
Compared with ordinary people, those who could become guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty were considered to be paid officers and soldiers.
"Your Majesty is merciful!"
Jin Zhonggong said.
Zhu Di continued: "As for the crown prince's request to honor Zhang Yu, Huo Zhen and other meritorious soldiers who died in the battle, the Ministry of War needs to prepare a specific list and submit it."
"The minister obeys the order."
Jin Zhong bowed and accepted the order.
"Do you have anything else you want to say about the awarding of meritorious soldiers?"
Zhu Di looked down at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhu Gaoxu turned around again, bowed to Zhu Di and said: "Father, I believe that after the battle of Licheng, Anping Bo Li Yuan should be made a county prince based on his merits."
Historically, Li Yuan inherited his father's position and became the commander of Weizhou Guards. During the Battle of Jingnan, the Yan army attacked Yuzhou, and Li Yuan surrendered the city.
After that, he worked hard to serve as the governor of Qianshi, and was granted the title of Marquis of Anping, with a salary of thousands of stones and a certificate for Shi Bo.
In the seventh year of Yongle, Li Yuan followed Qiu Fu out of the fortress and reached the Luqu River. Qiu Fu marched rashly. Li Yuan tried hard to remonstrate with Qiu Fu, but Qiu Fu refused to listen, which led to the final defeat.
At that time, Li Yuan led five hundred cavalry to break into the formation and killed hundreds of people. His horses were knocked down and he was scolded endlessly. He died at the age of 46. He was later posthumously named Duke of Ju, with the posthumous title of Zhongzhuang.
After history was changed, Li Yuan took the position of commander of the Weizhou Guard and was transferred by the imperial court to serve as the general of the third army to aid the west. After arriving in the northwest, he returned to the control of Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining.
When Song Sheng sent Huozhen to assist Zhang Yu, Li Yuan followed Huozhen and made a contribution to clearing out the enemy's ambush.
Soon, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Qihou Qiufu led their troops to join Zhang Yu's tribe and raised their troops to attack Turpan City. Li Yuan achieved the military merit of ascending Turpan City first.
Later, Cao Guogong sent a messenger to send the army to report to the court. Li Yuan was awarded the title of Anping Tingbo based on his merit.
After that, Li Yuan led a team of strange soldiers to the west of Yili City and helped Zhang Yu and Li Jinglong capture Yili City.
Zhu Gaoxu believed that in this battle, Zhang Yu and Li Jinglong were able to capture Yilibaili City, and Li Yuan should be the first to take the lead!
Later, Li Yuan cooperated with Zhang Yu to defend Yili City until reinforcements arrived.
In this battle, when it comes to the defense of the city, Zhu Gaoxu believes that Zhang Yu undoubtedly ranks first, while Li Yuan's performance must definitely be ranked second above Tan Yuan who died in the battle.
After all, the significance of capturing Yilibaili City and holding on to Yilibali City are extraordinary.
Yilibali City is the royal city of Yilibali Khanate and is currently the largest city in the Western Region. The total population of the city and the surrounding villages and towns outside the city exceeds 15.
If the population of the entire Ili Valley area under the control of the city's forces is included, the number would probably be 20.
The fact that the imperial army was able to capture Yilibaoli City meant that the Ming army had the ability to capture the largest city in the Western Region.
And holding Yilibaoli City means that the Ming army also has the ability to hold on to the largest city in the Western Region.
After the Ming army's siege and defense battles have been fermented and publicized, they will trigger a strong chain reaction throughout the Western Region.
This is also the reason why many forces in the Western Regions chose to surrender after hearing that the Ming army was attacking.Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu believed that Li Yuan's achievements were enough to promote him to the rank of first-class marquis.
"Tell me your reasons." Zhu Di asked.
"Father, as far as I know, Jinghai (Selim Lake) is a large mountain lake in the Western Region. It is located in the southwest of Yilibali area and among the mountains in the western section of Tianshan Mountains. The circumference of the lake is nearly two hundred miles. , and Li Yuan led 500 people across the mountains, halfway around the lake, and around to the west of Yilibaili City, they must have experienced hardships that are unimaginable to ordinary people."
Zhu Gaoxu replied respectfully: "Li Yuan led his troops to twice defeat the generals sent by the traitor Hu Gada and the elite soldiers who came to stop him. Then he cooperated with Pinghou to attack from the west gate and captured the inner city. Later, he and Pinghou jointly defended the city. , fought to the death and refused to retreat, and finally insisted on waiting for reinforcements led by Cao Guogong and Qihou, and then the city of Yili was saved."
"What do you think?"
Zhu Di looked around at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Since the prince of the dynasty had spoken, and what he said was well-founded, most of the courtiers in the palace thought that there was nothing wrong with Jin'an Ping Tingbo Li Yuan being a prince. Only a few courtiers thought further and thought that this move would have the effect of conferring a reward to the prince. To be fair, Fang Xiaoru is a representative of this type of officials.
He bowed and came out of the queue, bowed in salute and said, "Your Majesty, I have some objections."
Zhu Di had seen Fang Xiaoru's occasional opposition to the prince several times, and now he was used to it. He immediately answered, "Tell me."
"Previously, His Majesty restored the fifth-class Duke and Prince Baron title, and stipulated that the third-class Duke and Duke count is a high-level title, and each title is subdivided into three grades. Spylord is reduced to a noble title, and Viscount and Baron are not divided into ranks and are regarded as floating titles. , could not be hereditary. At that time, all the titles awarded for assisting Emperor Taizu to pacify the world were all changed to first-class titles."
Fang Xiaoru spoke eloquently: "In other words, since then, His Majesty has directly raised the first-class title to a higher level. If the soldiers who go on an expedition want to be awarded the first-class title for the first time, they must have achieved great military merit or Wonderful feat."
"Not long ago, when the imperial army conquered Annan and pacified Annan, the highest marquis was only a county marquis, and no one was awarded the title of county marquis. As the general of the southern expedition, Sheng Gong made great contributions, but in terms of merit, he was just To be promoted from County Marquis to County Duke is equivalent to a two-level promotion. Now His Royal Highness the Prince proposes to promote Anping Tingbo to County Marquis, which is equivalent to directly raising the title of General Li Yuan by five levels at once. It is really an excessive reward."
In the first year of Xianxi of the Cao Wei Dynasty, under the auspices of King Sima Zhao of Jin Dynasty, the fifth-level nobility was established, which was divided into ten levels of nobility, including county prince, county prince, great prince, secondary prince, great uncle, and secondary prince.
Starting from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the duke of the country was added to the county duke, and the county duke became the third rank of the duke.
At this time, none of the five noble titles had actual titles. Although the county prince had the word "founding the country", he did not found the country. The word "founding the country" became an honorary title. After the Tang Dynasty, county princes were generally not hereditary and were often empty. seal up.
In the Sui Dynasty, the Duke of the founding county was the first rank; in the Tang, Liao, and Song dynasties, the Duke of the founding county was the second rank; after the Jin Dynasty, there was no longer the first rank among the dukes.
Zhu Di reinstated the five ranks of nobility and divided the dukes into three ranks. The Duke of the State was the first rank, the Duke of the County was the second rank, and the Duke of the County was the third rank.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, marquises were divided into county marquises and county marquises. The county marquises were the first rank of marquises and the second rank.
At this time, the prefectures and princes were actually enfeoffed, with a state and a seat. Officials were appointed at the founding of the country, which were hereditary. The seats ranged from a few thousand to ten thousand households. A country was established with a county. .
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, there was only one example of enfeoffment of prefectures and marquises. In the Chen Dynasty, the founding prefectures and marquises were the third grade nobles and valued two thousand stones.
From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Liao and Song Dynasties, there were no prefectures and marquises; during the Jin Dynasty, prefectures and marquises were re-established as third-grade nobility; the Yuan Dynasty extended the establishment.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the princes and princes and retained only the third-level title of duke, marquis and uncle.
A few years ago, Zhu Di restarted the five levels of nobility and divided the marquis and earl into three levels. The prefectures were followed by the county marquis, the township marquis, the county bogey, the township boe, and the tingbo.
Fang Xiaoru believed that according to Zhu Gaoxu's wishes, Li Yuan's title would be upgraded from Tingbo to five levels at once, skipping Township Bo, County Bo, Township Marquis, County Marquis, and reaching County Marquis.
And this is completely an excessive reward.
"Your Majesty, it is natural to reward meritorious officers and soldiers, and it is a matter of course. However, if the reward is too great, it will be unfair to the previous meritorious officers and soldiers. In the future, there will soon be a situation where no one can be rewarded."
Fang Xiaoru bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please think again."
"Fang Qing's words are reasonable, but the merits Li Yuan performed were extraordinary achievements. The extraordinary achievements are different from the ordinary military achievements of attacking a city and killing enemies, so it is difficult to consider rewarding him."
After hearing what Fang Xiaoru said, Zhu Di replied first, then turned his head slightly, looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "What do you think, Prince?"
Zhu Gaoxu immediately bowed and said: "Reporting to His Majesty the Father, I feel that what Advisor Fang said is right. I was in a moment of excitement and did not think carefully."
"In that case, the Jin Dynasty will confer the title of Anping Tingbo Li Yuan as the Marquis of Anping Township. The details of the reward will be handled by the Ministry of War."
Zhu Di said loudly.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Fang Xiaoru shouted respectfully and then returned to the class.
Jin Zhong accepted the order and said: "I accept the order."
After Jin Zhong retreated, Zhang Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the army sent by the imperial court has now quelled the civil strife in the Yili Khanate and repelled the Timurid army that invaded the east. The deceased He Yili made the Li Khan Shami Chagan childless, and the successor Great Khan Mahama and his children were killed by the rebels. However, Yili also made the Li Khanate have a relationship with our Ming Dynasty. Will it rise and fall and continue to die, or will it be destroyed? As a county, I ask your Majesty to make plans in advance."
"What do you think the court should do next?"
Zhu Di looked at the ministers in the palace and asked loudly.
Naturally, he wanted to go to the western region of the county, but he knew very well that if he wanted to accomplish this difficult task, he must get the support of most of the courtiers to increase the possibility of accomplishing it.
Moreover, the Western Regions of prefectures and counties are not just words, there are too many things involved. Otherwise, why did the Han and Tang Dynasties only set up Duhufu to govern them?
"Your Majesty, the killing of our Ming officers and soldiers by Kudada and Mahama is like a rebellion, and they have become traitors. The court cannot treat them as vassals. Since they have conquered Yili City, they should be treated as counties."
Qitai, the Minister of War, bowed and went out to report: "Your Majesty, I thought that when Timur retreated and the morale of our Ming officers and soldiers was high, the imperial court could send a large army to conquer the west to quell the disobedient forces in the Western Regions in one fell swoop, thereby regaining control. Western Region.”
"Your Majesty, I feel that the imperial court cannot only use force, but should combine the strategy of being gentle with distant people with the strategy of military conquest. In this way, it may not take more than a year to pacify the Western Regions."
Zhang Yan continued: "Moreover, after the Western Region is pacified, officials will always need to be dispatched to manage it. If we blindly destroy it, the manpower and material resources invested in post-war reconstruction will inevitably be huge."
Wei Guogong Xu Huizu said: "Your Majesty, my Ming officers and soldiers are marching to the west. The Oara and Tatar tribes will obviously not watch our army regain the Western Regions. The grassland people in the north will definitely take advantage of the situation."
"Since the ministers have different opinions, we will withdraw from the court for the time being, and each will submit his own proposals and decide on a day."
Zhu Di got up and said.
"The minister waits for the order."
The ministers said in unison.
(End of this chapter)
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