Chastity Layman

  Chapter 358 Extremely Renowned Minister

  Prince Chengqian heard that Qin Qiong was ill, so he was very worried and came to ask the emperor.

   "If there is no serious problem, take it back and recuperate."

  Li Shimin looked at the prince, "Huiliang is not in Beijing recently, do you have any intentions in your studies?"

   "My son recently studied administration, and he didn't dare to forget his lessons. He worked very hard."

   "Then I will test you. You said that the imperial court has won a great victory in the northern border recently. Shubao is now returning to Beijing. How should the imperial court arrange it?"

   Chengqian didn't think too much, and said directly, "Reward!"

   "What kind of reward?"

"My son thinks that Prime Minister Qin sent an envoy to Lingwu with the title of prime minister. He has been out of the town for more than a year, and his achievements are obvious. To help the common people, now that Prime Minister Qin returns to the court, he can increase the food seal and be promoted to the official rank!"

   What Chengqian said was also very logical, which made Li Shimin very satisfied.

  Qin Qiong returned home with illness this time, so Lingwu must be handed over to other officials.

   "What kind of officer do you think should be added?"

  Qin Qiong has already worshiped the prime minister. Last time Qin Qiong took the initiative to ask him to go out to guard. Although he went out, the post of prime minister was inevitable after all. To add more officials, Li Shimin couldn't think of any good official positions to add.

  In terms of positions, they are all prime ministers, and they are also princes and grand tutors, so it is really difficult to add.

  Chengqian thought for a while, "I think I can add the title of Sikong to Qin!"

  Sikong, one of the three princes of the Sui Dynasty, continued to be used in Tang Dynasty, after Taifu and Situ.

   "Sangong, the official who discusses Taoism, is the one who assists the emperor, manages yin and yang, balances the state, and governs everything, so he does not name his official by a single position." Chengqian said.

  Li Shimin laughed.

  The name of Sangong has changed a lot since the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it has always been a top official position, a first-rank official, and was originally a prime minister, who could open the government.

  So from the Sui Dynasty onwards, the Sangong became purely an honorary official.

  For example, in the early Tang Dynasty, the three princes only granted Li Shimin and Li Yuanji brothers. Li Shimin only gave Pei Ji a Sikong when he became the prince, and later planned to give Feng Lun the three princes.

  He is a first-rank official, but he has no specific job, and even without the title of prime minister, he cannot really make decisions about military affairs.

  Qin Qiong is now the prime minister himself, but this time he came back due to illness, but he has made great achievements. Adding the title of Sangong can also show the emperor's favor.

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   Shuofang.

  Qin Qiong has been ill for several days.

  Qin Lang received the order and came in, and Qin Qiong was sitting on the heated kang writing his memoirs. These days, because of sickness, Qin Qiong declined all visits, going out, etc., and stayed in the house all day, and was bored. Qin Lang gave him an idea, recalling the past experiences, in the future Qin Lang will engrave him A personal biography, included in Qin's family biography.

   It can also be used as information in future court histories.

  Qin Qiong sits here and writes every day, not to mention, he really puts himself into writing.

   "His Majesty's will has arrived. Sikong and General Hushi will add 300 solid food seals, a total of 1,600. They will be given the title of hero, and they will be given to the three generations of ancestors."

  Emperor had previously gifted two generations of Qin Qiong's ancestors, and this time Qin Qiong's great-grandfather Qin Xiaoda was bestowed the title of Duke of Guangnian County and Governor of Weizhou.

  In the warm room, Qin Qiong was only wearing a thin shirt. Hearing this, she put down her pen.

   "The grace is too great to bear!"

  Qin Lang actually held this edict and thought it was too much.

   "It seems that I won't get better from this illness." Qin Qiong smiled.

  Qin Lang felt a little helpless.

   They are all sealed to the point of being unsealable. It seems that Qin Qiong is indeed an official, and it is impossible to really do things in the future.

  Look at these seals this time, Sikong, Sangong, are first-rank officials. General Hussars, from the first-rank San rank, the highest rank of Wu San Guan.

   Also posthumously presented three generations.

  Before, Qin Qiong’s father presented the Duke of Jinan County as a gift, and his grandfather gave him the County Duke of Licheng as a gift. This time, even the great-grandfather also presented him as the Duke of Guangnian County, and specially ordered Qin Qiong’s six sons to inherit the title.

   "What is this name of hero?" Qin Qiong asked.

   "This is His Majesty's new creation. It is a unique title given to some of the meritorious ministers who have made great contributions to the country. It is a combination of two characters. This time, my grandfather is the first to be awarded the title of meritorious official. He directly bestowed five sets of titles of cross meritorious officials."

  This title of meritorious official is the same as the family temple given to ministers before, it is an honorary thing created by the emperor.

The emperor gave Qin Qiong so many good things at one time, and at the same time officially removed Qin Qiong from the title of prime minister under Zhongshu's family, and also removed him from Guanzhong Dao Jinglue envoy, Lingzhou governor, Lingzhou governor, Lingwu Dao The Marshal is in charge of these ministries.

  Now Qin Qiong only has the positions of Sikong, Prince Taifu, Hushi General, Shangzhu Guoxun, Duke of Qi.

Originally, Qin Qiong had already obtained the Wensan rank from the first-rank Guanglu doctor, and now he has transferred to the Wusan rank. Before he had the Zhenjun general from the second-rank Wusan rank, this time he directly skipped the Fuguo general. The second-rank Wusan rank is right, and the Hussar General is gone from the first-rank top Wusan rank.

  A bunch of honors, in exchange for removal of all ministries.

Qin Qiong was silent for a while, and finally chuckled a few times, "This is what I have always wanted. I am completely unofficial and light-hearted. This time I return to Beijing, and I will take a good rest at home in the future. I have fought for so many years. It’s really not good, now that we are unified, I can disarm and return to the fields.”

   "I'll send Grandpa back to Chang'an!"

   "Did Your Majesty let you go back?"

   "I was given an imperial edict, and I was appointed as the deputy governor of Anbei Dadufu, the governor of Langshan Dudufu, and the governor of Fengzhou, and I was transferred to the assistant general."

  Qin Lang couldn't figure out what Li Shimin was thinking.

  Qin Qiong won the title of "Cross Hero", plus Sangong, Jin Hussar General.

  Qin Lang has also transferred from Wen San class to Wu San class. Could it be that the emperor wants to transfer him from a civilian job to a military job? Before, he was from the Wen San rank of the second-rank Guanglu doctor, and now the emperor has transferred him to the second-rank Fuguo Grand General Wu San rank.

  He also won the title of hero, and he was a hero who helped the founding of the country and helped Feng Tian to fix the difficulties.

  It is also a ten-character hero title, but it is quite different from Qin Qiong's. Although they all start with the founding of the country, Qin Qiong is followed by the military ministers who assist in promoting sincerity and proclaiming strength.

  Qin Qiong’s title of meritorious officials is quite special in terms of the words “Founding the Country” and “Tiance”, while in Qin Lang’s title it is “Conspiracy for the Founding of the Country” and “Did Difficulties Yuan Cong”.

Obviously, Qin Qiong's meritorious title mainly shows that he once served as the general of Tiance Mansion to assist Li Shimin in conquering the world and founding the country, while Qin Lang's meritorious title mainly shows that he was in the Xuanwumen Incident, cooperating and setting Hard work.

  The title of hero given by the emperor is not only extremely honorable, but also rewards 1,000 mu of land with one word, so the father and father each got another 10,000 mu of land.

   What can be seen is that Li Shimin's heroic title is a bit like the founding title of Peiji Li Shimin and his Taiyuan Yuanmou servicemen after Li Yuan won the world.

   It's just that the wording is different this time, and there are even different heroic words for different courtiers.

  It is said that all the meritorious officials have their titles this time, but the number of characters is different.

For Qin Lang and Qin Qiong, those with many food towns and high-ranking noble titles naturally won the cross title, such as Cheng Yaojin, who got the six-character title of "Founding the Country and Feng Tian Ding Difficult Meritorious Officer", while Zhang Liang didn't even have the word "Founding the Country". Yuan Cong Fengtian determined the six characters of difficult heroes.

  And there are still quite a few heroes with low titles and official positions, who only got the title of Yuan Cong Heroes.

Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, and Luo Yi have already been removed from the list of meritorious officials. Liu Hongji and Changsun Shunde were also confiscated before, but this time the emperor recalled them back to the court, and each restored their titles , but it was not returned to Shiyi, but this time they were also given the title of hero for the founding hero.

   "I can rest with peace of mind in the future." Qin Qiong said.

   In these words, Qin Lang felt a bit lonely. The emperor's edict this time really made Qin Qiong have no other thoughts. They are all extremely human ministers, what else can they think about, it is impossible to shine and heat up, no matter how good they are, can the emperor make Qin Qiong king?

  The kings with different surnames in the Tang Dynasty were all killed. Being named a king means death.

  Although it was Qin Qiong who took the initiative to say that he was sick and wanted to pay back the court this time, he still felt somewhat unwilling to quit like this.

  Qin Lang thinks military generals, since the world is unified, it is better to retire.

  It is very dignified to retire with the title of Sangong like this. From now on, I will recuperate in Chang'an, under the eyes of the emperor, and occasionally attend palace banquets or something. It is very good to be a rich man.

  As long as you don't get involved in any party struggles in the court, you should be able to enjoy it for another ten or twenty years.

   "Are you really going back to Beijing?"

   "Although I didn't get the decree, Grandpa is still in Beijing. I will be my son's escort. I will rule the country with filial piety."

"Think about it again." Qin Qiong is also very confused now, but since the emperor didn't let his son go back, he was added to the rank of official and promoted, and he changed from a civilian job to a military one. He probably wants him to continue guarding the Northland. "According to this momentum, There will definitely be a battle with Xieli next year."

  The implication of his words is that now Xieli is not as good as before. If there is a full-scale counterattack against the Turks next year, it may be another great military achievement.

   "I also feel that I will definitely beat Jieli next year, so I can't stay here anymore." Qin Lang said with a wry smile. This time, the imperial court did not react to such a great military achievement by mistake, and it was too late for everyone to pick the peaches for the credit, but now that the situation has reversed, everyone can see that next year they may do Jieli, or even take credit for it It is estimated that the court and the central government have already started to fight for this good thing.

  Qin Lang certainly didn't want to stay here anymore.

   What's more, he is very dissatisfied with the current border policy of the imperial court, and plans to go back and fight Li Shimin for a good chat.

  Qin Lang Shifeng also increased by two hundred.

  Now there are 1,500 households that have been sealed off, and one household has three dings. With 4,500 dings, the tax income is one-third of one tael, which is still a little less than Qin Qiong.

   "Since you've made up your mind, let's go back together. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we have to enter Chang'an before the new year."

  Qin Lang was also unrestrained, and wrote a letter to Li Daliang who was staying in the East Surrendered City, and threw the entire Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate to him, and escorted Qin Qiong back to Beijing with his own soldiers on the road.

  (end of this chapter)