"Your Majesty, your Majesty actually knighted you?" Even Han De looked at Han Du in disbelief.
Ennoblement, what so many people have been dreaming about would actually happen to the Han family?
"What on earth is going on?" Hande was puzzled. There is no knighthood without military merit. This is an iron rule.
Han Du has been a civilian official since he became an official. He has never even been on the battlefield. What kind of military exploits can he achieve?
Seeing his father's confusion, Han Du smiled and did not answer.
Han Du had some guesses as to why Lao Zhu thought he had military merit. Making your own revolver can greatly enhance the combat power of the Ming Dynasty's army. Isn't this military merit? So what is military merit?
But now is not the time to talk about it everywhere, so Han Du never thought of explaining it to his father.
"Oh, sir, Du'er has not done enough meritorious service? Maybe he will have achieved military merit at some time. Now that he can be named an earl, that is a good thing that you can't even ask for." Mrs. Liu was very happy. Being able to be named an earl is just a matter of hoping for the stars and the moon. Who cares how the earl came to be?
If your son is made an earl, then you will be the earl’s wife! Ms. Liu was happily imagining how she would live as an uncle and mother-in-law. After saying "Master", he stopped paying attention to him.
"Congratulations, brother." The girl congratulated Han Du with a smile and a clear voice.
Han Du smiled and nodded, responding to the girl.
Mrs. Liu came back from being immersed in the beautiful vision and suddenly asked, "By the way, Du'er is an earl, so wouldn't there be an earl's palace? Those eunuchs just now didn't know clearly where the earl's palace is. How can we move there now?"
Hande was interrupted by his wife just now and was unhappy. When he heard what she said, he said angrily: "The Earl's Mansion will definitely be built. Is there a ready-made one there? The Earl's Mansion must not have started yet. Wait until the construction begins." Once the department is built, we will naturally notify Du'er."
"Then the master knows this Earl's Mansion, would he build it there?"
Liu's tone of asking for advice made Han De feel a little satisfied.
After stroking his beard and pondering for a while, he said: "It must be in the east of the inner city, where the princes and nobles of this dynasty live. Although the earl's title is low, it still belongs to the princes and nobles, so it can only be built there."
"Chengdong? That's a really good place."
Naturally, it is a good place. How can it be a bad place where princes and nobles live?
But the Mingjingzhai where I live now is not bad at all. It is located on Chang'an Street. Whether it is going to the palace or to the Jiaofangsi, etc., it is extremely convenient. However, this Mingjingzhai is a backyard with a shop after all. Although it can accommodate everyone in the Han family, compared with the Earl's Mansion, it is just a country hut.
"Then after the Earl's Mansion is built, won't the eldest brother want to move out?" Han Shu, who rarely speaks, suddenly said this:
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Hande is naturally the head of the family. If he is made an earl this time, there will naturally be nothing to say and the whole family will follow him. But it happened that Han Du was made an earl. This situation completely depends on Han Du's wishes.
Han Du smiled and touched his head, and said, "What do you mean by eldest brother moving out? Of course our whole family will move there by then. Do you still want to kick eldest brother out?"
Staring at Han Shu deliberately, Han Du's eyes contained malicious intent.
"No, no, no, that's not the case, big brother. I don't mean that." Han Shu was startled by the big brother's expression and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Hahaha, don't be nervous, big brother is just teasing you." Han Du comforted his younger brother. But whether it was just to tease him or not, that's not necessarily the case.
My younger brother is not young anymore, and he still doesn’t have a sense of propriety when speaking. He just says whatever comes to his mind. This would be a disadvantage in the future, so Han Du didn't mind scaring him, hoping that through this incident he would have a better memory.
"That's right, when adults are talking, you, a child, don't interrupt randomly. Otherwise, be careful to whip you for your mother." Ms. Liu waved her hand and threatened Han Shu.
Han Shu was so frightened that he didn't even dare to do it.
The whole family was immersed in the joy of Han Du being named Jing Haibo, and Han Du naturally had a sympathetic smile on his face.
However, there was always a question in his heart, why did Lao Zhu let himself be in charge of the Arms Bureau.
The Ordnance Bureau is different from the Jiaofang Division. The Jiaofang Division is just an unimportant yamen. But the Ordnance Bureau is different. The Ordnance Bureau is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, it was just made independent by Lao Zhu and specialized in firearms manufacturing.
Lao Zhu asked himself to make firearms, which Han Du could understand. But what I don’t understand is that the head of the Arms Bureau is a fifth-grade official. Is this something that I, a mere sixth-grade official, can take charge of?
"Can't you understand?" Seeing Han Du's confusion, Han De came over and asked with a smile.
Han Du was stunned for a moment. Does his father know why? He nodded and said, "I really can't understand. Does dad know what's going on?"
Hande chuckled twice and said: "Call you an earl. This is because the emperor wants to reuse you."
Han Du was speechless. This was completely different from what he thought. But since my father is willing to give me advice, it’s better to listen to it myself.
Seeing that Han Du was deep in thought, Han De continued: "It seems that the emperor has agreed to the matter between you and Princess Anqing. But do you know that once you marry Princess Anqing, you will be the Prince Consort. Although Wei is also a title, it is actually none of the above. Not only that, among the officials now, they often use relatives who were involved in politics during the Han Dynasty to target the emperor's family members, especially the Prince Consort."
"What are you doing against the Prince Consort?" Han Du couldn't understand.
Lao Zhu did not just marry his daughter randomly, but used his in-laws to tie important officials of the court to him. For example, Xu Da's daughter married Zhu Di, which is also a kind of marriage. And among the princesses in front of Anqing, which one was not married to the heir of an important official in the imperial court? If the officials want to target the Prince Consort, aren't they targeting these important ministers?
This is something only a person with a powerful brain can do.
It is said that it is a hundred officials, but in fact the six ministers are the leaders of the hundred officials. But compared to someone like Xu Da, the status of Liubu Shangshu was completely different. Why are they targeting it?
Strangely enough, if you think about it carefully, maybe Ouyang Lun's family is not simple.
Han Du didn't believe that Lao Zhu would get up early without benefit. There might be a secret that he didn't know, so Lao Zhu was willing to marry Ouyang Lun from Anqing. But later on, he probably considered himself more important than Ouyang Lun. Only then did he regret it and promised to marry Anqing to him.
The more Han Du thought about it, the closer he felt to the truth.
