When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he smiled and stepped forward quickly, leaned over to help Zhong Jinwei up, and said at the same time: "Master Zhong, there is no need to be polite, get up quickly!"
After Zhong Jinwei stood up as instructed, Emperor Chongzhen looked at it carefully and said with emotion: "Master Zhong, you have lost weight again! You have worked hard for the country!"
Zhong Jinwei felt that Emperor Chongzhen today seemed to be more sentimental than usual. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is the duty of an minister to be loyal to the state."
Zhong Jinwei's guess was indeed correct. Emperor Chongzhen felt a lot in his heart at this time. Because he remembered that in Yuntai, Yuan Chonghuan boasted to him that Haikou had brought peace to Liaoning in five years. However, in the end, the situation in Liaodong worsened, and even
When the capital was lost, the capital was almost captured by Jianlu.
But today, although Zhong Jinwei did not boast about Haikou and say that it would take five years to level the Liao Dynasty, he did it with practical actions.
In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, he saved a man from coma. After he regained consciousness, he helped him carry out various reforms, especially increasing revenue for the treasury, which gave the court money to do things.
At the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, Zhong Jinwei, with only 800 people strong, dared to sneak attack the Qingshui Mingyue Pass occupied by Jianlu, who was at the height of his power at that time. Then he blocked the 8,000 Jianlu in the pass, and even captured the slave chief Aixin alive.
Jueluo-Amin created opportunities for later, so that the Ming Dynasty finally had the opportunity to severely damage the Jianlu in the pass and recover all the cities in the pass occupied by the Jianlu.
At the end of the third year of Chongzhen's reign, Zhong Jinwei rectified the Beijing camp, reorganized the new army, and traveled thousands of miles to rescue the Denglai Ming army, which was heavily besieged by Jianqi.
At the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, Zhong Jinwei led another raid on Haizhou City in Liaodong, driving a nail under Jianlu's nose. At the same time, he quickly returned to the south of the Yangtze River to aid, quelling the Hongyi Rebellion in one fell swoop.
At the beginning of the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, he sent troops to annihilate the Liaodong Jianlu in one fell swoop, and wiped out a powerful Jin kingdom.
According to this calculation, it took Zhong Jinwei less than four years to accomplish so many things, not just limited to Pingliao.
Looking at the history of the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years, even among the heroes who founded the country in the early Ming Dynasty, in terms of merit, none of them can compare with Zhong Jinwei.
Because Zhong Jinwei not only made dazzling achievements in the military, but more importantly, he also had achievements in civil and political affairs that were not inferior to those in the military. It's just that in front of the world, his military achievements are more intuitive.
How could Emperor Chongzhen not sigh with emotion when he thought of this? Zhong Jinwei really fulfilled his promise to help him revive the Ming Dynasty when he first met him.
Emperor Chongzhen took Zhong Jinwei's hand and turned to face the ministers behind him.
Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, led the cabinet, six ministries and nine ministers, and a large group of old men in scarlet robes to pay homage to Zhong Jinwei.
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, how could this be possible? He quickly wanted to stop it. But his hand was firmly held by Emperor Chongzhen, and at the same time he heard Emperor Chongzhen say to him: "Master Zhong, you deserve this!"
Zhong Jinwei was helpless and had no choice but to accept it.
Then Emperor Chongzhen led Zhong Jinwei and walked towards the imperial chariot, saying at the same time: "Master Zhong and I will go to the Ancestral Temple to present prisoners."
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to ride with him to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. He thought to himself, this seems too dazzling!
He quietly said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, isn't this good?"
"Master Zhong, don't worry, just show off the momentum you have for me. What's wrong with a car?" Emperor Chongzhen replied in a low voice with a smile.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he was speechless. That meal was in the palace, with no outsiders present. This car ride was under the spotlight. It was completely different and would be written into the history books.
But Emperor Chongzhen held his hand again, holding it tightly, and it was difficult to break free. He was helplessly led by Emperor Chongzhen and approached the emperor.
When he arrived in front of the imperial chariot, Zhong Jinwei saw the driver. Suddenly he had an idea and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I will drive for your Majesty! In the process of reviving the Ming Dynasty and making the Ming Dynasty move toward an empire where the sun never sets, I will always serve your Majesty."
drive!"
Then, without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's consent, he said to the driver: "I'm sorry, I've stolen your job today. I'll drive your Majesty back."
The driver originally had a solemn face with a hint of respect, but when he heard Zhong Jinwei's words, he suddenly became stunned again.
He didn't dare to listen, and he didn't dare not to listen. He had no idea, so he had to look at Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen was moved by Zhong Jinwei's words just now about reviving the Ming Dynasty and letting the Ming Dynasty move towards the empire where the sun never sets. This was a good saying. Emperor Chongzhen no longer insisted on it. He thought in his heart and let the emperor and his ministers work together.
Daming takes you to the top of the world!
The royal horse has been trained. Although it looks tall and mighty, it is actually very docile. Zhong Jinwei just pretends that the horse can move forward on his own.
So, Zhong Jinwei drove the imperial chariot in front and slowly headed towards the Imperial Ancestral Temple, while the civil and military officials headed by Wen Tiren followed on foot behind the imperial chariot. Behind them, they captured some iconic things from the self-built imperial palace, as well as several
The head of a slave chieftain was protected by the capital camp and followed behind the officials.
Along the way, the welcoming people lined the streets and recognized that the person driving the imperial chariot was Marquis Zhongxing. As soon as the imperial chariot arrived, the people knelt down and worshiped on the ground.
There was controversy about this in the unofficial history of later generations. Some said that the people knelt down and worshiped because the imperial chariot came over; but more opinions were that the people knelt down and worshiped Marquis Zhongxing, because Marquis Zhongxing was the protagonist, and the people did not shout long live the three times.
During the prisoner sacrifice ceremony at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, someone had prepared a long chapter of the memorial text in advance, starting from the rise of Jianlu and ending with the destruction of the country. Emperor Chongzhen read it for a long time.
Anyway, it took a long time to finish it. Then Emperor Chongzhen led the civil and military officials back to the Huangji Hall, which was usually used for imperial meetings.
Emperor Chongzhen also specially gave a seat to Zhong Jinwei to sit in front of all the civil and military officials. Then Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, read out the imperial edict and listed Zhong Jinwei's achievements. The long imperial edict took a long time to finish.
Finally, there was a reward, and Zhong Jinwei was granted the title of Crown Prince and Tutor, and he was given the title of Hereditary Duke of Xingguo.
As a result, Zhong Jinwei was granted the title of hereditary Duke of the Ming Dynasty at a young age, which was rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the last person who was granted the title of a hereditary Duke based on his own merit while still alive dates back to the Xianzong period.
More than a hundred years have passed.
Of course, in fact, there was one in the past few years, that is, Wei Zhongxian's son Wei Liangqing was named Duke of Ning. But no one paid attention to this Duke, or in other words, everyone in the Ming Dynasty automatically ignored this Duke, because it was a part of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
shame.
Then, Yuan Ke, the governor of Liaodong, was granted the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, Bachelor of the University of Dongge, Prince Taibao, and his posthumous title was Wenzhong.
After all this was over, it was almost dusk. Zhong Jinwei was still not allowed to rest at this time, and was taken to the Wenhua Hall by Emperor Chongzhen to hold a small meeting.