"Li Jiucheng, who recorded the incident at the Xicheng Branch of the Suzhou Police Department, was not in the Yamen when the incident occurred. This was considered a pass. However, after the incident, he immediately led his ears and more than a dozen policemen to support An Wang's escort, and then fought hard with the rebels.
In the fight, his eldest son also lost his left arm and was injured himself, and he made great contributions. I decided to appoint him as a county captain, in charge of the Xicheng branch, and granted him the title of Grand Duke. His eldest son, Li Xingxiao, was promoted to the position of recorder and transferred to the Zhongcheng branch.
He was granted the title of Grand Duke, given the rank of Colonel Zhongxian, and promoted to the rank of Colonel Zhongwu."
"Xiao Zhuo, a man from Kuaiji, rushed to rescue King An after the incident, led his troops to defeat the rebels who besieged the mansion, and captured the rebel leader Dan Mo and others alive. He has made great contributions. I have decided to promote his title to Kuaijizi and increase his salary by five
With a hundred stones, he will be given the rank of General of Hussars, promoted to General of Jinwu, and awarded to the State of Shangzhu."
Yun rewarded a few more people, then suddenly changed his voice and finally said: "However, the people I should reward the most are Li Taiyuan, the patriarch of the Li family in Suzhou, and his eldest son Li Xiaoxing. Li Xiaoxing has no official status, and he is not a rebel.
They did not send troops to attack the Li family, so the Li family could protect themselves wisely. However, the head of the Li family, Li Taiyuan, not only gave Xiao Zhuo 200 men to rescue King An, but also sent his eldest son to lead the troops there in person; Li Xiaoxing did not refuse and showed his loyalty to the emperor.
Not only that, Li Xiaoxing also took the lead when fighting the rebels, and together with Xiao Zhuo defeated the rebels who besieged the mansion, and captured the rebel leader Dan Mo and others alive, which was a great contribution."
"If you don't reward such a righteous man, who else deserves to be rewarded by me?" At this point, Yun raised his voice again: "I am determined to make Li Taiyuan a baron, hereditary and irreplaceable; and I will also make Li Xiaoxing five nobles and give him a hussar.
He will be promoted to the rank of General, General Jinwu, and General Longhu. Not only that, I will also appoint him to an official position, but I will not appoint him until I personally meet him."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Everyone said one after another. But Huang Huai hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty, is it too much to reward the Li family and his son?"
"Your Majesty, the Li family and his son deserve to be rewarded for their deeds. I think it is too heavy to be rewarded with a hereditary title. During the Northern Expedition of the late emperor, there were many righteous men who helped the court, but the late emperor did not grant him a title."
"How can this be confused?" Yundao said. He understood what Huang Huai meant. Huang Huai believed that the title was a famous weapon of the imperial court and should not be awarded lightly. Although Li Taiyuan, Li Xiaoxing and his son had contributed to the imperial court, according to past practice, they annihilated the Dan family like this
The rebels were not on a large scale, and the leader was not knighted enough. At most, he was given the title of hereditary commander. The current title is roughly equal to a viscount or a baron. The Li family and his son were not the people who made the greatest contribution to the rebellion. In fact, it is difficult to determine this.
Whoever made more meritorious service in putting down the rebellion was given a knighthood that was too heavy. Of course, the title Huang Huai was referring to was the fifth rank for male princes and uncles, and he had no objection to granting the last nine ranks.
However, "The Li family are righteous people, and their rewards should be higher than those given by officials for suppressing rebellion, not to mention their contribution to saving the prince. I have made up my mind and have no more words." Yun still said firmly. Huang Huai saw Yun say this.
, also knowing that he could no longer persuade him, he could only keep silent.
Yun glanced at Huang Huai again, thought about it for a while, and ordered Jian Yi to draft the edict, seal it and issue it before he started to say the next thing. "Qing Qi, there is a vacancy for officials in Suzhou Mansion. We must arrange it as soon as possible."
People will fill up. Due to the vacancy of officials in Suzhou, King An has temporarily replaced the officials of the royal family in charge of Suzhou affairs. But today is the twenty-seventh of the twelfth lunar month, and the clan cannot be allowed to celebrate the New Year away from home. You will appoint the vacant official position in Suzhou today.
At least three official positions must be appointed: Suzhou Magistrate, Suzhou Prefectural Recommendation Officer, and Police Department General Judge. We must select young people who can withstand the bumps and turns and can ride a horse. We will leave before the curfew tonight and arrive in Suzhou before the evening tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qi Tai complained in his heart. How many people are vying for such a good official position in Suzhou Prefecture, and it is very important. How can they be selected so quickly? Ke Yun gave the order, and he could only agree. 'Fortunately, Your Majesty.
The requirement is that he must take office tomorrow, and he must be young and able to ride a horse. There are not many fourth- and fifth-grade officials who meet these two conditions. They should be able to select them as soon as possible." Qi Tai thought with some luck.
"The same goes for Suzhou Jinyiwei. Qin Song, you must appoint thousands of Suzhou Jinyiwei as soon as possible. You will take office before the year." Yun said again.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Song also hurriedly agreed.
After giving instructions on this matter, Yun said a few more things and asked them to retreat. But after everyone got up, he ordered: "Xu Qing stays, I have something to say to you."
Hearing this, Xu Yingxu was stunned for a moment. Yunke had never left him alone before, why would he leave him alone today? Not only himself, but Li Jinglong was also very surprised and curious: What's wrong with your majesty?
?Do you have something to tell the Xu family?
But no matter how curious Li Jinglong was, he could only retreat outside and saw that only Yun and Xu Yingxu were left in the hall.
"Xu Qing, don't be so nervous." After everyone left, Yun suddenly smiled and said: "I leave you in the palace, and I have nothing to say to you. It's just that Concubine Chen misses her relatives. When she talked to me last night
To show you, I happen to be summoning you to the palace today to give you some instructions. It is almost noon now, so I will leave you to have dinner in the palace and meet Concubine Chen by the way."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." After hearing Yun's words, Xu Yingxu felt relieved and thanked her sincerely. He also thought that he, a little sister he had grown up raising as his daughter, would be happy to meet her a year ago.
Seeing his sincere gratitude, Yun suddenly felt a little guilty in her heart, but then she regained her composure and chatted with Xu Yingxu again, waiting for Xu Miaojin to arrive.
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"The master is back." Qin Song's wife Zhang Rui stepped forward and said when she saw Qin Song returning home.
"Yes." Qin Song agreed, took off his coat and handed it to the servant, sat down at the table, poured a cup of tea, drank it, and said, "I'm really thirsty."
"How many errands has your Majesty ordered? Why did you come home at this time?" Zhang Rui walked to him again and poured him a cup of tea herself, and asked.
"You don't have to worry about how many errands His Majesty has given me. I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?" Qin Song said.
"Of course it's good." Zhang Rui said.
"The good news is that His Majesty has given you grace, and Guan'er will be able to go to the Jiangwu Hall to study in the next year." Qin Song said.
"This is really good news!" Zhang Rui said happily: "It is difficult to enter the martial arts hall now, and we are in the capital. Unlike the local generals who can put their own children into the quota of the martial arts hall,
If you let Guan'er participate in the selection, you may not be selected. Now you can ensure that he goes to the martial arts hall. Today Guan'er went out to the second uncle's house and had lunch at the second uncle's house. When he comes back, I will prepare this.
Tell him the news."
Then she said: "Although school will not start until the third day of February after the new year, the things needed for school must be prepared now." She then began to calculate the things that her son Qin Guan needed to prepare for the martial arts hall. She calculated for a while, until the servant came to ask if
Stopped only after eating.
After she started eating, she asked again: "Master, what is the bad news?"
"The bad news is that I can't celebrate the New Year at home this year. I have to leave the capital early tomorrow morning at the latest and go to Suzhou for errands. And this errand will take less than half a month to complete, and I probably won't even be able to celebrate the Lantern Festival at home.
"Qin Song said.
"Why are you so anxious about errands?" Zhang Rui asked in surprise: "You can't even stop during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's still the errand I've been busy with these days." Qin Song said.
"Still can't tell?"
"No, your Majesty has not allowed it to be made public. Today, even the imperial decree on rewards for meritorious service has been drawn up and has not been issued. Naturally, I cannot talk to others." Qin Song said. In fact, the ancient Chinese government did not have any real secrets.
, almost all the so-called 'secrets' and close servants knew about it. In order to change this situation, Yun emphasized it many times, and therefore dismissed several officials before establishing a confidentiality system. Qin Song did not dare to tell his family. "About.
This matter will not be made public until a few years later, and you will know by then."
"Furthermore," Qin Song continued: "There is another bad news. Although Your Majesty has not told me about it yet, I have already thought of it myself. If I was not sure at first, because of the grace Your Majesty gave Guan'er, I can
confirmed."
"Isn't the grace given to Guan'er your majesty's reward for your hard-working ministers? How can you conclude this bad news? And what exactly is this bad news?" Zhang Rui asked immediately.
"Don't you think that this grace given to Guan'er is too early? Guan'er will only be seventeen next year. According to past practice, even if His Majesty wants to reward ministers, he will have to wait until he is nearly 20 years old and still cannot be selected to enter the martial arts hall.
Grant it now, not now. This is very similar to the grace your Majesty bestows upon an official as he approaches old age to reward him."
"What I mean is, sir," "What I mean is that Your Majesty is going to transfer me to an official position, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the capital."
"This," Zhang Rui was so shocked that he even dropped his chopsticks to the ground without noticing.
The transfer of officials should be a common thing, but Qin Song has served as the commander of the Jinyi Guards for fourteen years. From the 31st year of Hongwu to the present, he is the only official in the Jianye Dynasty who has not been transferred for a long time, including Zhang Rui.
Many people including him thought that he would be the commander of the Jinyiwei until he was old and could no longer do it, or even until he died. But now he suddenly said that he was going to be transferred, how could Zhang Rui not be shocked?
"Sir, why is this? Does your Majesty suspect that your Majesty is slacking off or doing some errands that His Majesty is not satisfied with?" she asked hurriedly.
"Perhaps there are two reasons, but the most important thing is that I have been the commander of the Jinyiwei for too long. Although I have not had much contact with many officials in the court, I have gradually become familiar with everyone. The Jinyiwei is a secret agent, and the most important thing is that I
The first is my loyalty to His Majesty, and the second is whether I am attentive in doing things, and whether I have any scruples in doing things due to personal reasons. Your Majesty will not doubt my loyalty, but as I become more and more familiar with the officials in the DPRK, Your Majesty will probably think that I am doing something wrong.
My concerns are increasing, so I have to be replaced. If my prediction is correct, the next commander of the Imperial Guard must be a new person, and even someone most of the officials have never heard of."
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