Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 732
Just when everyone was speculating about Li Jing's intentions, a piece of news that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty came out. Li Jing resigned as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and recommended Yang Liufeng to take over as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

As soon as this news came out, officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty wrote letters asking Li Jing to stay in office, but no matter how officials at all levels begged, Li Jing refused to continue in office.

Seeing that Li Jing insisted on resigning, some officials began to write letters in blood, and some even planned to show their ambitions with death. Li Jing had no choice but to write an article in Minsheng Daily, explaining in detail why he resigned.

In the end, Li Jing told the officials that if everyone hopes that they will not be stained in the history books in the future, then they should not ask themselves to stay in office.

Seeing Li Jing's resolute attitude, the officials finally stopped writing the letter in desperation.

The turmoil of these two submissions lasted more than half a year, and when the turmoil completely subsided, the wedding date of Li Anguo and Princess Changping was approaching.

The wedding of Li Anguo and Princess Changping can be said to be the highest-ranking event since Zhu Youjian ascended the throne. Needless to say, the court officials, Chinese and military officials, those officials in frontiers include generals and commanders in various theaters, such as Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Chu, Qin Liangyu, Zheng Zhilong, Sun Meng, Sun Chuanting and others also rushed back to the capital to congratulate.For a time, the capital of Ming Dynasty was full of stars.

Li Jing didn't blame the generals for returning to the capital privately. Now, apart from the wars in the east and west of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the situation in the rest of the war zone has largely stabilized. Only a few small groups of forces are still resisting, but they are just lingering. .

In fact, each war zone has been designated by Li Jing as the province of Ming Dynasty, and it has begun to be managed according to the system of Ming Dynasty. It is no longer meaningful for these senior generals to stay in the war zone.

Moreover, Li Jing didn't want these generals to stay in various places. These people were generals in command, and each of them had at least tens of thousands of troops under his command.So even if they didn't take the initiative to come back, Li Jing was going to transfer these people back.

In addition, these people have led the army for many years, regained the lost land for the Ming Dynasty, expanded the territory, and it is time to reward them for their merits.

Like the founding emperors of all dynasties, Li Jing was troubled by the rewards for meritorious deeds.Although everyone regained the lost land for the Ming Dynasty and opened up the frontiers, the credits are different. For example, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao flattened Mongolia, destroyed Liaodong, conquered Korea, occupied Hetao, and swept Mobei. The military achievements can be said to be far away. He is much higher than the rest of the military commanders, but his position is comparable to these people. If Cao Wenzhao is raised too high, these people will definitely not accept it.But if Cao Wenzhao is equal to these people, it would be unfair to Cao Wenzhao.

Li Jing thought about it again and again, and finally decided to confer titles on the generals first, and then to confer titles. The titles represent the contributions made by the generals, and the military ranks represent the status of the generals in the army.

After discussing with Zhu Youjian, the two reached a consensus and decided to make Cao Wenzhao and Gao Qi the first-class dukes, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Meng, and Sun Chuanting the second-class dukes, Chen Guozhu, Chen Dahu, Liu Erleng, Zhang Chu, Qin Liangyu, and Zheng Zhilong were named third-class dukes.As for Li Dingguo, Sun Hutou, Huang Degong, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Zuo Liangyu and other generals who commanded the army, as well as the generals guarding those places in the past, they were granted first to third ranks and even earls.

Among them, Li Dingguo and Sun Hutou have fought with Cao Wenzhao for many years, and their military achievements are illustrious. Judging from their military achievements, they are higher than Chen Dahu and others, and the title of Marquis is obviously lower.

However, with so many people conferring titles this time, some people must be dissatisfied with their titles and think that their titles are too low. Li Jing suppressed the titles of Li Dingguo and Sun Hutou just to dispel their dissatisfaction.

If someone is dissatisfied, Li Jing can let them compare their credit with Li Dingguo and Sun Hutou.

Li Dingguo and Sun Hutou were awarded first-class marquis for their military achievements. What else can they say about those generals whose military achievements are far inferior to the two?

After drawing up the list of knights, the next step is to confer titles on the generals.

Li Jing initially planned to confer the ranks of Gaoqi, Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Meng, Sun Chuanting, Chen Guozhu, and Zhang Chu.Chen Dahu, Liu Erleng, Zhouhuhu, Li Dingguo, Sun Hutou, Zheng Zhilong, Qin Liangyu, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, and Huang Degong rank ten generals.

In fact, only seven marshals should have been awarded, that is, Gao Qi and the governors of the six major military regions. However, considering that Myanmar and other places have replaced Yunnan as the gateway to the southwest of Ming Dynasty, and their strategic position is extremely important, Li Jing decided to upgrade the southwest theater to a military region. The governor of the Southwest Military Region, in this way, Zhang Chu will be on the same level as Cao Wenzhao and others, so Zhang Chu should be awarded the title of marshal.

In contrast, although Chen Dahu and the others were also generals in command of the army, their military ranks were one notch lower than the above-mentioned eight because they served as deputies in the military region.

After drawing up the list of titles and military ranks, Li Jing and Zhu Youjian summoned the generals to prepare for the conferment of titles.

I don't want to, before Zhu Youjian finished conferring the titles of Gao Qi and Cao Wenzhao, he was opposed by the two.

Gao Qi and Cao Wenzhao agreed that Li Jing was a first-class public, and they absolutely could not stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Jing, so they asked to be lowered, and their proposal was immediately supported by the generals.

Seeing everyone's strong opposition, Zhu Youjian immediately showed embarrassment, because if the two were downgraded, the rest of the people would also be downgraded, and the third-class baron with the lowest title would not be awarded the title. , which is unfair to these generals.

After hearing Zhu Youjian's explanation, Gao Qi and Cao Wenzhao immediately said that if they could not be lowered, they would increase Li Jing's title and give Li Jing the title of king. In short, Li Jing's unique status in Daming must be demonstrated.

After hearing Gao Qi and Cao Wenzhao's proposal, Zhu Youjian didn't say a word, but just looked at Li Jing.

Zhu Youjian knew very well that it was not up to him whether to be crowned king or not, but it depended on Li Jing's attitude.Li Jingmo said that if he wanted him to be king, even if he wanted his throne, there was nothing he could do.

However, Li Jing has always made it clear that he will never be crowned king. In the past, the generals below privately discussed to ask Zhu Youjian to crown Li Jing as king. After Li Jing learned about it, he severely punished these generals.

After punishing those generals, Li Jing warned the generals below many times that they must never mention the matter of becoming a king, and if found out, they will be severely punished.

The reason why Li Jing firmly disagreed with being a king was because Li Jing knew very well what it meant to be a king. This was a Pandora's box, once opened it could not be taken back.The generals below saw that Li Jing accepted the title of king, so the next step they would ask Zhu Youjian to give up the throne to Li Jing.

Because Li Jing repeatedly warned the generals and officials below, no one dared to propose to Zhu Youjian that Li Jing be king, but today, because he wanted to confer titles on generals who have done meritorious service, Li Jing's proposal to be king was finally put on the table desktop.

Seeing everyone staring at him without blinking, Li Jing got up and walked slowly in the hall.

After a long time, Li Jing finally said: "Demotion is definitely not acceptable. Downgrading means denying the merits of the soldiers below. But Brother Gao and Brother Cao insisted on refusing to share the same title with me. It seems that I am the only king Only then can this problem be solved. If this is the case, then I will accept the title of king."

Hearing that Li Jing agreed to be king, Zhu Youjian's heart sank slowly, but the generals looked delighted.

But Li Jing immediately continued: "But there is one thing, being named king is against my original intention. Since you insist on asking the emperor to make me king, then from now on, I will resign from all positions and become an idler in the mountains."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and shouted in unison: "Commander, you have resigned from the position of prime minister before, if you resign from the position of governor, who will lead us to rejuvenate Daming in the future. Commander! This is absolutely unacceptable! "

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Da Ming's internal and external troubles are all gone now. The system I made before has achieved remarkable results. It can be said that Da Ming is on the right track. At this time, it doesn't matter whether I have me or not. As long as you work together, Da Ming's revival is just around the corner."

With a smile, Li Jing continued: "Actually, I intended to resign from all posts half a year ago, but you hadn't returned to Beijing at that time. If I resigned from the military post, I was afraid that you would do something unfavorable to the country without knowing the reason, so He only resigned as Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Now that you are back in Beijing, you know that resignation is my own idea, and you will not do anything reckless again.well!I originally wanted to wait for An Guo to get married before announcing this matter, but if you propose to the emperor to crown me king today, then let me tell you in advance.By the way, arrange your duties as well. "

When Gao Qi, Cao Wenzhao and others heard the words, they suddenly knelt down in front of Li Jing, and said anxiously, "Commander! Commander! Why did you resign! Daming really can't do without you!"

Li Jing sighed softly, and leaned over to help Gao Qi and the others up: "Get up, brothers, sit down, and listen to me talking to you slowly."

After everyone sat down, Li Jing shook his head and sighed: "For more than a year, I have heard someone calling me from time to time. I don't know what it means, but I always feel that I am leaving you, so just in case, I We have to make things clear."

Zhu Youjian and others were shocked when they heard this: "What? Someone is calling for the Commander? Who is so bold as to send the Commander to Nightmare Town?"

(End of this chapter)