The civil officials were headed by Zhao Shu and five other people, while the nobles were headed by several princes. They stood in two rows, which looked quite neat.
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the civil servants were fine, but the military attachés immediately became short of breath.
When it comes to the glory and wealth of future generations, no one can be calm.
Zhu Yixi waved her hand, and Yang Le on the side immediately took out the yellow silk.
As soon as this object came out, the whole hall became much brighter in an instant.
Countless pairs of eyes stared at him.
This is glory, this is destiny, this is reward, and it is a good medicine that makes people forget about death.
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven. The edict said: In the last years of Chongzhen, slaves were established as officials and bandits were rampant. I imitated Emperor Taizu with cloth clothes and raised troops to pacify the people. After four years, God has shown mercy and as the emperor..."
"Three people form a group, and many trees form a forest. Now I canonize my meritorious service as a commendation..."
"Since ancient times, heroes cannot be without names. Today, Zhongxing is the hero of assisting the country——"
The so-called title of meritorious officials gradually formed a tradition in the Tang Dynasty. For example, during the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, he was bestowed with the title of "Meritorious Officer Baoying." Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Fengxiang due to the chaos, and gave the title of "Meritorious Official of Fengtian Determining Difficulties to Yuan Congcheng" to the guards and soldiers of the imperial guards.
In the Ming Dynasty, he was canonized by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang as the hero of "founding the country and assisting in the movement of the country" and Yongle as the hero of "Fengtian Jingnan".
Other meritorious officials are awarded "Fengtian Yiyun"; those who inherit the title of their father and ancestors are awarded "Qin inherits the father's (ancestor's) industry".
Civilian officers add a little more sincerity, military officers add a little more publicity, etc.
And "Zhongxing Fuguo" is the title of the hero in Zhu Yixi's era, which can well distinguish the distinguished ones.
At the same time, it also differentiates the meritorious classes. For example, those who contributed to the Jingnan War and those who contributed to the founding of the People's Republic of China generally cannot talk to each other and live separately in Nanjing and Beijing.
After the hero's name is said, it's time for the main course.
"Zhao Shu, Secretary of Military and Political Affairs, assists in military and political affairs... he has made outstanding contributions, so he is named Marquis of Feng, with an annual salary of three thousand dan..."
Zhao Shu held his head high, stepped forward with excitement on his face, put down the Wuban in his hand, and kowtowed: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty was granted the title of Marquis of Feng, which was more exciting to him than any salary and title.
Others also became excited, but the martial artists were a little depressed:
Even Zhao Shu is only a marquis. It seems that there is no duke this time.
The highest one can only be a Marquis, so why not make people depressed?
This is also Zhu Yixi's intention.
Although there is no war in the entire south, the huge north has not been recovered yet?
If he is granted the title of Duke at the beginning, wouldn’t it be difficult to make him a Duke later?
You have to whet their appetite.
"Zhang Shenyan... is De Anbo, with an annual salary of one thousand dan."
"Yan Chongxin... is Bao Qingbo, with an annual salary of thousands of stones!"
"Feng Xianzong... is a son of Hengyang, with an annual salary of five hundred dan!"
Wow——
When it was Feng Xianzong's turn, everyone was instantly shocked.
The emperor actually changed the tradition and added a viscount.
You should know that from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to restrict the powerful, the second title of son and second baron was abolished, and there were only three titles of count, marquis and duke.
This is a very severe restriction on nobles. The threshold of the earl makes it very little living water, and gradually turns into a stagnant water.
Zhu Yixi chose to expand the quota both to win over the troops and to facilitate arrangements.
Zhu Mou of the Staff Department, as one of his own, how could the emperor forget about him and seal Yichengzi?
Even Wang Yingxiong also caught a Yongding man.
In his mind, dukes use country names, marquises use single names, earls use house names, and viscounts and barons use county names to make distinctions.
It also saves him the headache of thinking of a name.
"Set up a cabinet, with Zhao Shu as the chief assistant and a bachelor of Zhongji Palace; Zhang Shenyan as a bachelor of Jianji Palace; and Yan Chongxin as a bachelor of Wenhua Palace."
To everyone's surprise, there were only three members on the list, and neither Feng Xianzong nor Wang Yingxiong was included.
But soon after thinking about it, everyone thought it was natural.
Feng Xianzong was under thirty. If he were to join the cabinet, even if he had to pass the qualifications, he would probably be very difficult to control in the cabinet.
Seniority and age are his biggest limitations.
Not to mention Wang Yingxiong, he has been serving as governor of Sichuan and his relationship with the emperor is not very close. His qualifications and age are sufficient, but his merits are not enough.
Half of the next six ministers were promoted by the former ministers of Nanjing, and the other half were their own.
Among them, Feng Xianzong occupied the Ministry of Justice, and Wang Yingxiong was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Mou, who had always been extremely low-key, became Minister of the Ministry of War, causing an uproar in the palace.
Everyone was puzzled, but considering that his surname was Zhu and he was probably from the clan, they just let it go.
People who were born in the Department of Military and Political Affairs basically stayed in the position of Minister of the Six Ministries, and they were considered to have real power, and everyone was happy.
After all, they are basically in their thirties and cannot suddenly rise to high positions.
Otherwise, Zhu Yixi could foresee that in the ten or twenty years after he became emperor, the court would definitely be as motionless as a stagnant water.
The next highlight is the military attache.
"Zhu Meng, who has been guarding Sanguan for two years, followed the emperor into Shaanxi...so he was named Xuanhou, with an annual salary of three thousand shi!"
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Zhu Meng's eyes were red and tears were streaming down his face. Wearing court clothes, he put down his banquet and knelt down tremblingly. He was inexplicably excited.
In the past, he, like Zhu Mou, was a gangster on the street, hungry for food, but now he has risen to become a marquis.
Moreover, it was obvious that the emperor had regarded him as the number one military minister. This kind of honor and status made his heart tremble.
Immediately, Li Jizu was named Anhou, Chen Yongfu was named Xuanhou, You Shiwei was named Yihou, and Liu Tingjie was named Chenghou.
These people were all out of town, so it was just a matter of reading.
Yan Guochao was named Yonghou, and Li Jingwu was named Yihou.
And the commanders of a battalion like Prime Minister Hui Deng are basically counts, he is Huangzhou Bo, Bai Wang is Yunyang Bo, etc.
It took more than a quarter of an hour to read down the long list of names, which made Yang Le's mouth dry.
Everyone waited patiently.
Finally, the list of more than a hundred people was finally read out.
Including civil and military personnel, there are eight marquises, nineteen earls, thirty viscounts, and seventy-eight barons.
The viscounts and barons who occupy the largest number of people are generally Qianzong, a guerrilla type.
So many people may seem like a lot, but in fact they are only one-tenth of the officer class.
These are enough.
The hall was already filled with joy, and everyone had basically been promoted. Everyone could not restrain the joy in their hearts, grinning silently.
However, the emperor always shows his presence at the end.
He sat upright with a smile on his lips and said:
"The reward of the title is to praise you for your sacrifice and sweat. However, just like Chongzhen and Hongguang years, when the country was in trouble, not only did it not help, but instead rushed to surrender."
"It's time to change these shortcomings."
The old ministers in Nanjing still thought it was okay, but the old ministers in the shogunate were all shocked: