The ministers all guessed wrongly that the emperor did not stop the court for ten or eight days, and resumed the morning court in just three days. The day before the resumption of the court, he issued an edict to the cabinet, requesting the drafting of posthumous title and posthumous title of Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai.

The emperor issued an order to posthumously titled Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai. The ministers did not find it strange. After all, this man fell into the sea for so many days in the storm. Although he had not recovered the body, he might be almost zero. It would be natural for ministers of the same level as Xu Jin to posthumously titled after his death. What's more, it would be strange if the emperor's favor for Xu Jin.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, in front of Fengtian Gate, all the officials who were qualified to attend court were arrived. All civil and military officials stood on both sides. Zhu Houcun of Jiajing was promoted to the seat of presidency under the attention of his ministers. He looked calm and could not see clearly his joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

The ministers all vaguely felt that in just three days, there seemed to be some subtle changes in the emperor's body, as if he had suddenly matured much, making people even more unpredictable.

It has to be said that adversity can temper people the most. Since July, Zhu Houcong has suffered repeated blows. Emperor Jiajing, who survived, has grown up. This growth is not an increase in age, but a psychological growth. He has become more tenacious and cunning. He likes not to show his expression and is more like an emperor who rules the world. This change makes the ministers feel awe-inspiring. If they can choose, they would rather Jiajing be the young emperor who always hangs his joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on his face.

Jiajing was sitting in the imperial seat in front of Fengtian Gate. The ministers knelt three times and bowed three times, and shouted long live our emperor. The morning court officially began. The eunuch of the Sili Principal Bi Yun stood up with a whisk in his arms and began to read the edict. In fact, it was a "eulogy" written by Jiajing himself. This edict reviewed the life experience of Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai, and counted his achievements, vigorously praised his outstanding contributions to the country and country of the Ming Dynasty. Finally, it also expressed Jiajing's extremely sadness and infinite memorial service for his premature death.

This imperial edict was written by Jiajing himself. Its level may not be as good as the learned people in the cabinet, but the key is that it is sincere and the civil and military officials in the court were silent after listening to it. Some ministers with developed tear glands even beat their chests and feet and cried. Of course, it is not ruled out that some people are showing off, and the purpose is to leave a deep impression on Emperor Jiajing.

After Bi Yun read the imperial edict, a sharp-eyed official found that Jiajing's eyes were still red on the imperial throne. He couldn't help but be surprised and envious. The King of Jinghai Xu Jin was so popular with the emperor during his lifetime. It would be worth it even if he died.

Eunuch Bi took the imperial edict and retreated to the side of the imperial throne. Jiajing looked at Fei Hong, the leader of the civil servants. The latter looked much haggard, as if he had been old for several years and his gray hair was particularly obvious.

Fei Hong came out of the troupe with his jade scepter and knelt down and said, "The emperor, after the cabinet and the six ministries jointly discussed and decided, he posthumously appointed Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai, as Duke of Jingguo, and was given Shaobao, and the posthumous title of Wenxiang and Wujing."

After Fei Hong finished speaking, the civil and military ministers present reacted calmly. Obviously, they had known the result of posthumous titles. Xu Jin was a marquis during his lifetime. It was a custom to posthumous titles and upgrade their titles to a higher level after his death. There was nothing wrong with it. For example, Xu Da, the first meritorious official of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, was only granted the title of Duke during his lifetime. It was not until his death that he posthumously named King of Zhongshan and posthumously named Wuning.

The civil and military ministers had no objection to the result of Xu Jin's posthumous title, because the contribution made by Xu Jin was well deserved, not to mention that this person was dead, so there was no need to compete with a dead person. Let's seal it, it doesn't matter!

However, Jiajing on the imperial throne frowned and said indifferently: "It's not appropriate, let's discuss it again!"

As soon as this was said, the two following ministers couldn't help but whisper, and they were not satisfied with posthumously conferring Xu Jin as Emperor Jingguo. Could it be that they would be crowned king?

The censors immediately felt like they had their ancestral graves dug. They tightened their belts, tied their shit and horse stances and were ready to squirt, like cocks with high fighting spirit. If they were pronounced as Duke of Xu Jin, they had no objection at all, but if they were pronounced as King of Different surnames, they would never agree. When Taizu founded the country, he only had six Kings of Different surnames. What kind of virtue do you, Xu Ziqian? You dare to compare with the founding generals? Have you asked us if you are a group of "trolls"?

The first thing that jumped out was Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice. This man was straight-hearted and had always been as jealous as a hatred. He shouted: "I dare to ask the emperor, what's wrong with this proposal?"

Jiajing said calmly: "For Xu Jin's lifelong achievements, he can be awarded the title of Taibao, and the posthumous title is still to be discussed."

The censors who had put all their strength into the process of fighting were immediately stopped. It turned out that the emperor did not want to posthumously designate Xu Jin as a king of a different surname, but was just dissatisfied with his official position and posthumous title. That was easy to say!

The statement shows that the highest official position in the court is neither a Grand Secretary nor a Shangshu. On the contrary, the Grand Secretary has only a fifth rank, and the Shangshu is only a second rank, but the highest rank is the "Three Dukes and Three Orphans".

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It is obvious that Jiajing was not satisfied with only posthumously awarding Xu Jin as Shao Bao (one of the three orphans). He wanted to posthumously award Xu Jin as Tai Bao (one of the three dukes), and he was not satisfied with Xu Jin's posthumous title.

It is worth mentioning here that not everyone was worthy of posthumous titles in ancient times. Posthumous titles are a lifelong evaluation of a person. Only royal family princes and civil and military ministers were qualified to have posthumous titles. All ordinary people, such as cats and dogs, were sidelined. Moreover, the court was the only issue and certification agency for posthumous titles. In other words, only the court can give someone a posthumous title, and the rest are all counterfeits and illegal!

In addition, posthumous titles are of high rank. The posthumous titles of civil officials usually start with the word "Wen", and add the following words: Zhengzhong, Gongcheng, Duanke, Xiangshun... etc. Anyway, choose one of them, and "Wenzheng" is the highest. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only two civil officials who received the posthumous title "Wenzheng" after their death were only two.

The posthumous title of Ming generals and military generals is somewhat different from previous dynasties. Although it still starts with the word "wu", the following characters can only be selected from: Ning, Yi, Min, Hui, Xiang, Shun, Su, and Jing. For example, the posthumous title of Ming general Xu Da is "wuning", which is the highest posthumous title of military generals.

Since Xu Jin was a civil official, he had outstanding martial arts skills and was a half-master general when he took command of the war several times. His life evaluation naturally included civil and military achievements. Therefore, Xu Jin's posthumous title must be double-known, including both literary and military posthumous titles.

Therefore, the posthumous title given to Xu Jin by the cabinet was "Wenxiang Wujing". The word "Xiang" ranks seventh in Wenzuo, and the word "Jing" ranks eighth in Wuzuo, which is the last one. No wonder Jiajing was dissatisfied.

If we talk about the civil governance, it is reasonable for Xu Jin to get the word "Xiang". After all, Xu Jin was less than 30 years old and had less than ten years of his life in politics. Most of his time was spent leading troops to fight. Wen's posthumous title "Wenxiang" is fair, but it is unreasonable for him to get the word "Jing" in martial arts.

What Jiajing was dissatisfied with was the posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title. He felt that Xu Jin's martial arts were no less than the founding generals. Not to mention, just last year's support for the king and the support of the social post was enough to be comparable to the predecessors. What's more, Xu Jin also expanded territory for the Ming Dynasty and established the East and South China Protectorate Offices respectively.

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