"Your Majesty, I presented to the imperial court a method of pickling vegetables inherited from my family. I was granted the title of Hereditary Hundred Households of the Left Guard of the Yulin and was able to join the army." After hearing Yun's question, Li Zhiliang said slowly.
The way he entered the army could not be said to be dishonorable, but it was strange after all, and he was reluctant to tell anyone. But the person in front of him was the emperor, and he was also the one who named himself a hereditary hundred, so of course he did not dare to hide it
, but still speak slowly out of habit.
Yun was stunned for a moment, vaguely seeming to remember something, but it was still very vague. He couldn't help but ask again: "When was Aiqing named a hereditary household?"
"In the sixth year of Jianye's reign, Your Majesty," Li Zhiliang said again.
Yun still didn't think about it. Fortunately, Lu Yi had returned at this time and handed the found information to Yun with a strange expression on his face. But Yun soon didn't care why he showed such an expression, because
The same expression appeared on his own face.
"It turned out that when I was out of the palace and wandering around, I met this person by chance. I heard that their shop sold a very special kind of pickled vegetables that would last for a long time. I got curious so I asked about it and bought some.
After tasting it, he felt that the taste was very close to the mustard mustard of later generations. At that time, when troops were about to attack Annan, Yun needed this mustard to provide vegetables for the soldiers, so he made the production method state-owned. Of course, Li Zhiliang did not dare not follow it; but he also came out
Due to his simple concept of protecting intellectual property rights, he felt that Li Zhiliang should be given some compensation, but at that time he did not have the time to think about how to compensate a commoner, so he casually added a hundred hereditary households. A few days ago, he ordered Lu Yi to find out this person's resume
At that time, I only took a brief look at his age and promotion. I didn't find any abnormalities and didn't continue reading. But it turned out that I got the initial official position because of my casual instructions on a whim." Yun muttered a few words to himself in a low voice.
After understanding this, Yun felt quite amused. A man who got a hereditary official position because he handed over the method of making mustard, a small underworld leader and small businessman in the original gray area, could actually become the commander of the Yiwei.
A third-grade official, Yun, even had a classic joke in his mind: I never expected that I would become a commander because of selling mustard.
"Li Qing, I originally named Aiqing the hereditary hundred households of the Yulin Left Guards. In the eighth year of Jianye's reign, Aiqing participated in the Yiwu War and made contributions and was promoted to Qianhu. But why did he later become the Suzhou Guards Qianhu and be promoted to the commanding officer?
?" After a while, Yun asked again. Although he knew the origin of his official position, he was still a little surprised as to why he went to Suzhou Guard. The resume only recorded his transfer, but not the reason for the transfer.
"Your Majesty, the Yulin Left Guard is the Shangzhi Guard. The officers and men are all descendants of the officers who were included in it in the early years of Hongwu. It was very inconvenient for me to be among them, so I asked myself to be transferred to other guards. However, other guards in the capital at that time
There were no vacancies for Qianhu official positions in the capital, and even there was only one vacancy in the Suzhou Guard near the capital, so I asked myself to be transferred to the Suzhou Guard. Later, because of my diligence, I was promoted to a commanding officer." Li Zhiliang added.
After hearing this, Yun nodded. The Kamizhi Guards were indeed different from other guards. At one time, even the palace guards were only selected from the Kamizhi Guards, and they were all part-time troops. The officers and soldiers among them were naturally more arrogant.
Of course, after several reforms in the early years of Jianye, things were better than in the late years of Hongwu, but it was also not easy for outsiders to integrate. What's more, Li Zhiliang became one of the 100 households in Shangzhiwei because it was so rare that it was even more difficult for Li Zhiliang to be accepted by other soldiers.' So Li Zhiliang.
Later, I tried every means to transfer him to another guard, even if I had to leave the capital.' Yun thought.
"In this case, I will transfer you back to the capital as the commander of the First Guard. Are you willing, Ai Qing?" Yun asked again.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my sins. I ask your Majesty to allow me to continue to stay in Suzhou Guards." Li Zhiliang knelt down and said. Being an official has reached the level of a commander, and he is different from thousands of households. It is also a new guard post.
It doesn't matter whether he integrates or not, and there is no need to integrate, as long as he can command the guard station. But Li Zhiliang is not willing to bother to adapt to a new environment again, not to mention that he has already settled in Suzhou and is no longer willing to move.
"In this case, I will allow you to continue to be the commander of the Suzhou Guard." Yun did not force it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Zhiliang breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him.
Yun did not ask any more questions, but encouraged him a few more words, and finally said: "Ai Qing should continue to work hard to serve the court. Although Ai Qing has been promoted to the commander, you should not slack off. Sooner or later, there will definitely be something to do."
Opportunities for promotion through meritorious service in the imperial court.”
Yun actually just said it casually, but it was obvious that Li Zhiliang misunderstood him. He trembled slightly in his heart and paused before bowing and thanking him. Yun nodded again and let him go.
On the way out of the palace, Li Zhiliang kept thinking: ‘What did His Majesty mean by those last words? Do you want to send me to fight in India? Do you need to prepare early?’ He fell into a dilemma.
But Yun never thought that what he said casually would make Li Zhiliang think wildly. He stood up, stretched, and muttered a few words to himself in a low voice: "Actually, the reward given to Li Jiucheng is still low. According to his resume,
I also read the records of the local police yamen by the Jinyiwei of Suzhou Prefecture. Li Jiucheng is very suitable to be a policeman, and can even be the general judge in charge of the police in a prefecture. It's just that this meritorious service is not for solving a major case, and it is not related to the detection of a major case.
The errands that the police should do are completely irrelevant, so I can reward him with titles at will, but the official position can only be promoted by one level at most. However, he is not too old, so I will give priority to him in the future."
After thinking about a few more things, Yun took a look at the clock and saw that it was already noon and he was a little hungry. He ordered Lu Yidao: "Order the imperial kitchen to prepare some food for me. I want to eat. Just like yesterday.
Just have lunch.”
"I understand." Lu Yi agreed, then turned around and rushed to the imperial kitchen to tell the imperial chef. Soon the chef in the imperial dining room prepared the dishes and sent them to the Qianqing Palace. After Yun finished eating, he took a nap and began to comment on the memorial in the afternoon.
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"Dad, brother, you are back." In the temporary residence where the foreign officials from the Ministry of Rites were staying before coming to Beijing to meet His Majesty, when she saw Li Taiyuan, Li Xiaoxing and his son returning with Li Jiucheng and others, Li Yonglin immediately walked over and called. She called
Because she was considered a meritorious person in putting down the rebellion in Suzhou, she lived in this place, and she was probably the first female resident in this place.
"Well, we are back." Seeing his daughter, Li Taiyuan said with a smile on his face.
"What reward did the emperor give to our family?" 0 welcomed them into the courtyard and asked immediately.
Li Taiyuan was not surprised. What kind of reward should be given is a very important matter for the entire Li family. It is normal for 0 to ask immediately. He had expected it. But even though he had expected it, when his daughter asked, he still tolerated it.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "The emperor conferred the title of baron on your father, which is hereditary. He also conferred on your eldest brother the fifth rank of baron, granted him the rank of second rank, and also appointed your eldest brother to the official position of the governor's palace!"
"This is so great!" 0 shouted immediately, and then said hurriedly: "The emperor's grace is truly magnificent."
"Well, the emperor's grace is truly magnificent." Li Taiyuan couldn't help but say. A hereditary person who directly enters the title of noble class, and is rewarded to a person who has never had any official position or title before, is really worthy of the title.
The emperor's grace is vast.
"Our family can be on an equal footing with the Xiao family again." 0 said again. Since Xiao Zhuo's son Xiao Yong became the consort, Xiao Zhuo was granted the title of baron and became a noble, and his status was suddenly much higher than that of their Li family. Even though Xiao Zhuo
He never puts on a noble air in front of them, but the Li family members still feel the pressure all the time to be a head shorter; but now their family also has a hereditary title, although Xiao Zhuo has also been promoted to a title, he is still lower.
What's more, they also have sons who are consorts, but at least they are all nobles, and they are all newly crowned nobles, so they can be counted as people of the same class.
"It's also good for our family's business." Li Taiyuan added. Extorting the property of a businessman with a background is completely different from extorting the property of a distinguished person. Local officials would not dare to do it no matter how brave they are.
This should also be a happy thing, but when he heard this, 0 frowned and said: "Dad, but according to the rules set by His Majesty, your Majesty can only operate certain industries, and many industries cannot be operated.
The industries our family is currently operating are all industries that Xungui cannot operate. What should we do with these industries?"
"This," Li Taiyuan was so happy along the way that he forgot about it. Only then did he think of it and frowned. "His Majesty will probably not make an exception for our family. These properties can only be handed over to others. Our family can only
Manipulation is secretly behind the scenes, but the clan members and servants of the family must not directly participate in the management, otherwise it will violate the emperor's will. However, if these properties are handed over to the current managers, can they manage it well? Can they continue to do so?
Are you loyal to our family and will not transfer your property to other nobles with higher status and more powerful saints?"
Although Yun has always emphasized the separation of government and business and must not turn into bureaucratic capitalism, he also knows that it is impossible if officials and businessmen do not collude. After all, nobles and officials need wealth, and businessmen need people to protect their industries.
There are just two different situations where businessmen are the leaders. What is allowed is to prevent this collusion from affecting the normal business order. Honorable nobles and officials cannot allow tribesmen or servants to directly operate business in any form, and officials are not allowed to use administrative means to suppress colleagues.
Other merchants in the industry have also classified some of the most profitable industries as monopolies for the clan's nobles to reduce the possibility of them intervening in 'small businesses'. Therefore, it is okay for the Li family to give away the industry and continue to control it behind the scenes. But this way
But you still have to worry about whether you can continue to make money or whether you can always control these industries.
"It's really hard to say. It's hard to say whether those shopkeepers can continue to run a prosperous business. It was possible to change people in the past, but it will be ten times harder to change people in the future. But for the last point, dad, my daughter has a way: our family will
Just share the property with Her Royal Highness the Princess." 0 said.
"Share with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"Yes. Dad, your Majesty loves the princess very much. With her as your backer, no one will dare to take advantage of these properties. My daughter and the princess are also old acquaintances, and the princess has not asked for too many jewelry in recent years, so
If you are trustworthy, why not give part of your property to Her Royal Highness the Princess?" 0 said.
After listening to her words, Li Taiyuan was still thinking when he suddenly heard a voice from outside the door: "What do you want to give me?"
