Although the public could not see the scene of the knighthood ceremony, the news was simultaneously announced on the Internet and in the media, so that the public across the country could see the content.
In addition to describing the past achievements of these officials, there are also records of their origins and the honors achieved by their ancestors.
Seeing the announcement of these civil and military officials who were relatively familiar to them at first, the people of Sanlikun started talking a lot. What they thought before, but now they know that their ancestors were such-and-such loyal ministers and righteous men.
All of a sudden, these people who were granted hereditary titles seemed to have a halo around them, and some of the instinctive jealousy that people had towards them was alleviated a lot.
However, only one of the recipients was criticized by everyone, that is, the little-known Cheng Yishan, who was suddenly granted the title of commander of the Imperial Guard and hereditary earl, which caused widespread controversy among the people.
After all, the reputation of the Jinyiwei is not very good among the people. Although in the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei was only responsible for supervising the law enforcement of hundreds of officials and clan nobles, and had no law enforcement power over civilians.
In order to discredit them, later Jin Dynasty also used Jin Yiwei as a target to slander the reputation of the Zhu family of the former Ming Dynasty, in order to combat the popular trend of anti-Jin Dynasty and restoration of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, it is difficult to clean up Jin Yiwei's reputation.
The Zheng family of the Dongning Kingdom suddenly brought in a commander of the Imperial Guards, which inevitably made people feel a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Zheng's side also expected this, and someone immediately started to popularize the news by combining the previous news in reality and on the Internet.
Although this operation may not necessarily clear up the existence of Jinyiwei, it can at least cause controversy and muddy the water, and also dispel some of people's concerns. When the tide recedes, some people with serious intentions will be exposed.
But that's all a story for later. At this time, outside the parliament building, listening to the discussion among the crowd, there were two ordinary-looking people standing together. One of them said with interest:
"Speaking of which, the Zheng family is quite capable. They even brought out the royal guards of the former Ming Dynasty. They want to become the emperor!"
If Gao Jingfei saw another person here, he would find that it was his old acquaintance Zhang Lin.
When Zhang Lin heard this, he couldn't tell whether the other party was joking or had a deeper meaning, so he explained: "Zheng's move did not exceed the rules in any way."
"At that time, Emperor Yongli and King Lu were in charge of the country, in addition to their titles, they both gave the Zheng family's ancestor the title of commander of the Jinyi Guards. Of course, it was only a false position. At that time, there was someone else who was the real commander of the Jinyi Guards."
Of course the person opposite also knows that this kind of thing was very common in ancient feudal dynasties.
For example, in the Ming Dynasty, when a governor went on an expedition to take command, the emperor would usually give him the title of Minister of War. This was also a false position. He was not really asked to become Minister of War, but for the sake of his reputation and righteousness to better convince others.
All generals.
He smiled and said:
"It's rare for you to speak up for others, but even though you once served as the commander of the Jinyiwei, now the Zheng family is in power as the successor of the Ming Dynasty, the Dongning Kingdom, and the people under its command have taken the name of the Jinyiwei Yamen exclusive to the Zhu Ming royal family.
No., is that considered an act of overstepping one's authority? After all, his ancestors, the three generations of Dongning kings, especially the one with the surname Guo, did not set up a royal guard!"
Zhang Lin said: "The Ming Dynasty has been gone for more than three hundred years. The Zheng family is now an independent vassal state and has reestablished the Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Ming Dynasty for worship. With this status, it naturally has the right to speak and explain.
, so from a legal perspective, the Zheng family’s transfer of the royal robes from their ancestors to their subordinates is not considered excessive. At most, it would be a matter of burning a memorandum and submitting it to the Yongli under the Nine Springs.
Just the emperor!"
After hearing Zhang Lin's deliberately biased words, the other person did not refute, but nodded in agreement and said:
"That's right. After all, he is the Commander of the Imperial Guards who was awarded by the Ming Emperor and the Commander-in-Chief of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. He is also a hereditary son of thousands of Imperial Guards. In particular, the Commander-in-Chief of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has a first-class military position.
It’s basically the ceiling that non-noble military generals in the Ming Dynasty could be awarded!”
"Although military positions in the Ming Dynasty are not valuable, unless they are famous generals in the world, the left and right governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are basically served by senior emperors and nobles."
"I guess the ancestors of the Zheng family at that time should actually value the official positions of Commander of the Jinyi Guards and Governor of the Fifth Army more than the worthless titles conferred by Yongli and King Lu Supervisor, because at that time, Zheng Zheng of Dongning
The Nanyang Zheng family is already in turmoil, and as a descendant of the first generation of King Yanping, the Nanyang Zheng family will certainly care about this throne."
Zhang Lin rarely frowned when he heard this. He was a little confused about which side this person belonged to, so he became silent.
The person on the other side did not ask for it, and was not angry. Instead, he stared at the Congress building as if he could see through it, and then said after a while:
"When the celebration is over, let's go see the newly promoted Danyang Marquis!"
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After the knighting ceremony, all officials in the Dongning Kingdom were present, and everyone received rewards according to their merits.
Next, the king will be led by the ceremonial officer to the Zheng Family Ancestral Temple, which is also the Ancestral Temple of the Kingdom, to worship his ancestors and the late emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
On the way, Gao Jingfei, as an entourage, came to the side of the king Zheng Jizong invisibly, but Gao Jingfei suddenly thought of a question.
"Xiao Fei, what are you doing?"
Gao Jingfei explained:
"Uncle, it suddenly occurred to me that if you follow the arrangements of the Ministry of Rites to honor your ancestors, there will be some problems!"
"What's the problem?"
Zheng Jizong understood that Gao Jingfei, a kid who had nothing important to do, would not bother him at this time.
Gao Jingfei said:
"In the ancient feudal dynasty, once the country was established, the ancestral home and cemetery in the Yang world would be transformed into the Dragon Court of the Underworld in the underworld. The Dragon Court in the underworld and the royal family and the imperial court in the Yang world were interconnected by fate. If there were too many titles,
People in the underworld will inevitably damage the strength of the Dongning Kingdom and the Zheng family in reality."
"In the past, it was the Age of Ending Dharma, and the underworld of our world has long been dilapidated and desolate, so it was not a big deal to do so. But now is the era of extraordinary awakening and spiritual energy recovery. Just after I was knighted, I could sense that there was something there in the underworld.
There have been changes, so if my uncle pursues too many titles at once, it may consume a lot of the country's luck, and the underworld has long since disappeared from the underworld. Unless the souls of the dead enter the spirit world, they will all be in the underworld.
Dissipate and return to heaven and earth, so..."
Gao Jingfei did not continue, but Zheng Jizong also understood what he meant.
So the new king frowned and asked:
"Then is there any way for me to meet my deceased relatives and elders?"
Gao Jingfei heard this and said: "I can take uncle into the underworld, but you have to be mentally prepared!"
Zheng Jizong's heart sank slightly when he heard this, and he nodded to express his understanding.
When the convoy arrived at the inner city of Anping Royal City, which was the original Zheng's Acropolis, Zheng Jizong ordered to go to the royal city for repairs for a while.
So the Zheng family and Gao Jingfei took the opportunity to repair and walked into a living room.
When Zheng Jizong asked Gao Jingfei to explain the question just now, the Zheng family members suddenly looked a little confused.
Fortunately for Zheng Zhixuan, because the elder above her parents had passed away long ago after she spoke out, so she didn't have much affection since she had never met her. Although Zheng Zhao Shuyuan had met Zheng's elders a few times, the time was too short and she didn't have much affection.
, but the two Zheng brothers did not just pop out of the cracks in the rocks, so naturally they wanted to see their parents and relatives again.
So Gao Jingfei invoked his family's authority in the underworld, opened the passage between yin and yang, and led the Yue family into the underworld.