In a solemn atmosphere, with thousands of people watching, Tang Shidian, the official official, read out the imperial edict of the title in a straight and clear tone.
"Respect Taishi Qing'er as the Supreme King; Yang Shitong as the Queen of the Ming Dynasty; Huang's eldest son Yang Yingping as Huang Shizi, with the remote leadership of the Yongzhou Shepherd; the prince's second son Yang Yinglong as the Longxi County King, with the remote leadership of the Jizhou Shepherd; the royal sister Zhou Bingqian She was granted the title of Princess of Luoning; Yang Rui, the eldest daughter of the king, was granted the title of Princess of Bianjing; the other children will be granted the title after they reach adulthood.
"There are seven levels of titles and twelve levels. They are divided into Duke of the country, Duke of the county, Marquis of the county, Marquis of the township, first-class uncle, second-class uncle, first-class son, second-class son, first-class male, second-class male, Longjingwei, and Xiaoqi. Lieutenant. The person who leads the founding of the country with his title is hereditary and will not be replaced."
"The male marquis is a noble noble. The first rank is Duke, the second rank is Marquis, the third rank is Earl, the fourth rank is Viscount, and the fifth rank is Baron. The sixth rank is Longjing Lieutenant, and the seventh rank is Xiaoqi Lieutenant. They are all nobles."
"The first rank of the country's official, with ten thousand households in the settlement, and the annual salary of 10,000 taels of silver; the first rank of the county official, with the settlement of 8,000 households, and the annual salary of 8,000 taels; the second rank of the county marquis, with the settlement of 6,000 households, and the annual salary of 6,000 taels of silver; The county marquis is of the second rank, with a settlement of 4,000 households, and an annual salary of 4,000 taels of silver."
"The first-class uncle is in the third rank, with a household of 2,500 households, and an annual salary of 2,500 taels; the second-class uncle is in the third rank, with a household of 2,000 households, and an annual salary of 2,000 taels; the first-class uncle is in the fourth rank, with a household of 1,200 taels. , an annual salary of one thousand two hundred taels; a second-class son from the fourth rank, a thousand households in the town, and an annual salary of one thousand taels."
"The first-class male is in the fifth rank, with a household of 800 households, and an annual salary of 800 taels; the second-class male is in a household of 600 households, with an annual salary of 600 taels; the Long Jinwei is in the sixth rank, with an annual salary of 600 taels; the Xiaoqi Wei is in the seventh rank, with an annual salary of 600 taels Five hundred taels.”
"Yang Yanzhao was granted the title of Marquis of Luling County; Zhang Xiang was granted the title of Marquis of Qingshui Township; Jin Kingdom was granted the title of Marquis of Ulshan Township; Duan Zhixian was granted the title of Marquis of Moyuan Township, and Cheng Shijie was granted the title of Marquis of Yunyi Township."
"Feng Majuan, Liu Zhiliang, Yin Mingde, Yang Jing, Xiang Danian, Fan Long, Huyan Chijin, Gao Hu, Cao Jun and Shi Liancheng are the first-class uncles."
"Feng Li Xu, Zhou Dayong, Zhang Yan, Han Jinxin, Yang Guihua, Guan Shan, Huyan Bixian, Liu Jun, Wang Hai, Yang Dezheng, Yang Gui, Yang Qi, Shi Ping, Du Jin'e, Wang Mingcheng, Xingfang...Twenty people are two. Wait for the uncle."
"The names of Cao Hu, Minzhong, Wan Chun, Tianyou, Deng Yi, Wang Gui... twenty-eight people are the first-class sons; the names of Zhang Daniu, Gao Ligong, Wang Kai, Meng Hu... thirty-two people are the second-class sons... …”
As Tang Shidian read out the names one by one, many people were extremely excited.
I knighted myself! Many people's ancestors have been farmers for eight generations. How have they ever held an official position? But after following Yang Peng for a few years, I got a knighthood!
What is Guangzong Yaozu? That's it. A total of one hundred and fifteen male fifth-level nobility titles were granted to Duke Bozi, and more than one hundred were also granted to Xiaoqiwei and Longjingwei as nobles.
In total, there were nearly three hundred people. Even if Yuan Cong, who was the first to follow Yang Peng in the Yingzhou refugee era, was an ordinary country warrior at that time, most of them had gained the title of a heroic knight.
Although the lowest rank of Xiaoqiwei is only seventh grade, what is difficult is that the "Founding Xiaoqiwei" is hereditary and has always been the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty Zuo.
Yang Peng spent a total of 200,000 households this time on taxes and titles, which was close to 3% of the household registrations under the Ming Dynasty. In the setting of Yang Peng and Han Bing, in the future, the food fiefdoms of all founding titles cannot exceed 3% of the country's total household registration, and the food fiefdoms of the clan cannot exceed 5%. And everyone, including the clan, has to pay taxes.
Only one type of person can be exempted from tax for twenty years, and that is the family members of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. They must also be their spouses and immediate family members. In this way, the burden on the country to support noble families can be controlled to a very low level. You won’t make the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty. The vast majority of the nearly three hundred people who have been awarded titles come from the military, followed by the imperial guards and secret guards, and then by the civil servants and craftsmen.
Everyone is happy! Even someone like Yang Yanzhao, who was not too keen on personal gain, was very excited when he heard that he had made the county marquis of his hometown.
If it weren't for the etiquette against making noise, many people would have cheered.
But this was not over yet. Tang Shidian, who was awarded the second-class title, continued to read:
"...land is granted with a title. The Duke of the country grants 12,000 acres of land, and each time the title is reduced, the number of acres is reduced by 1,000 acres. Therefore, Xiaoqiwei grants 1,000 acres of land..."
Yang Peng planned to allocate 1% of the land to confer honorary titles and clan clans. However, the noble land also needs to pay taxes, and everyone is treated equally.
In addition, Yang Peng also plans to distribute the slaves obtained from foreign campaigns to nobles according to their merits.
He is not a savior, so how can he give national treatment to foreigners outside China? Slaves would still exist around the world for hundreds of years, and he would certainly change that.
Next, there is the "Edict to Decide the Country", which is a major event related to the system of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Xiang, Cai Huaishui and others paid special attention to it.
Yang Peng did not discuss these major matters with the ministers, but after thinking about them with Han Bing, he "made the decision". The government once came from the Song Dynasty. With the Zhongshu Province as the core, the three provinces are collectively called the Political Affairs Hall. The Privy Council and the Zhongshu Province are also called the Second Government. The Political Affairs Hall and the Second Government are collectively called the "government". However, in fact, the three provinces of the Tang and Song Dynasties were in name only, and all power was in the hands of the Political Affairs Hall. The chiefs of the three provinces all work in the political hall and participate in political affairs as ministers. The three provinces are actually the administrative offices of the Political Affairs Hall.
"...The edict said that the three provinces were abolished, and the imperial court used the Political Affairs Hall and the Military Advisor Pavilion as the center to coordinate the military and political power. The Political Affairs Hall was set up with three prime ministers, namely the left, middle and right ministers, and the Military Advisor Pavilion was set up with four pavilions in the southeast, northwest and Taiwei, all called prime ministers. …”
"In addition to the Political Affairs Hall and the Military Advisor Pavilion, there is also a Yushitai. The Governor has the power of supervision. Together with the Hall and Pavilion, it is called the Three Governments. The Yushitai is equipped with a Yushi doctor, who is in the same position as the prime minister." Yang Peng mentioned the head of the military attache. The same height as the head of the civil service. The Minister of Political Affairs and the Minister of Military Affairs are both prime ministers, a typical group portrait system. The seven civil and military prime ministers were all responsible for him.
At the same time, following the Qin and Han Dynasties, the imperial censor was restored to the same position as the prime minister Taiwei, so as to facilitate formal supervision of power. This is like the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty. The combination of the two not only facilitates his grasp of power, but also enables him to fully delegate power. "Under the Tang Pavilion, three additional ministries were added, totaling nine ministries. The nine ministries are the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Police. The Ministry of War and the Police Department are under the control of the Military Advisor Pavilion. "
Six ministries became nine ministries, and the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of Police were added at once. Because the Ministry of Household Affairs had too much power, Yang Peng deprived the Ministry of Households of its financial rights, and the Ministry of Finance was solely responsible for spending and auditing. The Ministry of Household Affairs is only responsible for household registration, acres of land, agricultural taxes, civil affairs, and mulberry farming.
The Ministry of Commerce, of course, is in charge of industry and commerce, collects commercial taxes, and is in charge of government-owned industries and the salt and iron monopoly. The police department is responsible for public security, investigation, interrogation, and supporting military operations, so it is also under the control of the Military Advisor Pavilion.
The above are the "Three Prefectures and Nine Ministries" of the Ming Dynasty. The chiefs of the three mansions and nine ministries are collectively referred to as the Sangong and Jiuqing. In addition to the three prefectures and nine ministries, there is also the Procuratorate Temple, which specializes in public prosecutions, and the Dali Temple, which specializes in trials. In charge of the procuratorates and courts throughout the country.
Yang Peng also stipulated that the Ministry of Industry should only manage engineering construction, and separated the power of craftsmen and manufacturing, putting it in charge of the newly established Craftsmanship Department. He also stipulated that all officials of the Craftsmanship Department should be skilled craftsmen.
Not only that, the level of the Ming Dynasty's craftsmanship department far surpassed that of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and was only one level lower than Jiubu. Yang Peng also set up a maritime affairs department specifically in charge of the marine industry, responsible for marine fisheries, sea salt, sea navigation and other matters. There is also the Mining Department, which is responsible for minerals. The lengthy edict also stated that the country's salt, iron, ore, and tea were all sold exclusively by the imperial court, and no private individuals were allowed to interfere.
As for Jinyiwei, Yang Peng has never made this organization visible. Not only did the Liao court not know about the existence of Jinyiwei, but also many officials of the Ming Dynasty did not know about it.
Sooner or later, Jin Yiwei will show up openly, but not now. Intelligence agencies are not easy for people to know prematurely, whether externally or internally. Other institutions such as Taichang Temple, Hanlin Academy, Honglu Temple, Qintianjian, Shibosi and other institutions were just like the Tang and Song Dynasties. Yang Peng has not made any changes for the time being. In general, Yang Peng's organizational restructuring has not changed much, and it is still the same as in feudal society.
As for many institutions in later generations, he did not plan to set them up at all, which was too unrealistic. Today's restructuring is just preliminary, take your time, don't rush. Then, he re-emphasized the national flag, national emblem, national flower and other symbols, requiring all the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty to be aware of them.
At this time, Tang Shidian's mouth was dry while reciting, but he continued to recite: "...change the provincial roads into prefectures. Divide the provinces of Jiangxi and Zhejiang into Zhezhou and Yangzhou. Change the province of Jiangxi to Ganzhou and change the province of Fujian. It is Minzhou. The state has a prefect, a prefect, and a state history. Under the prefecture there are counties, and the prefectures have county guards, prefects, and Sima. Under the prefectures there are counties, under the counties there are townships, and in the countryside there are villages, and there are village offices... …”
This is the local government system. Two rural levels were added, extending royal power to the grassroots. "...The three prefectures are of the first rank. The nine ministries are of the second rank; the divisions and the state pastors are of the third rank...the counties are of the fifth rank; the counties are of the seventh rank, the townships are of the ninth rank, and the villages are of the tenth rank."
Even the grade has been determined. However, Yang Peng did not immediately launch the three-level school system implemented in Tianjing New City, because in the vast Central Plains, it is impossible to implement it at this stage, and it is not a top priority.
Next is the military system.
The "Dingguo Shizhao" clearly stipulates that the Ministry of War has the power and responsibility to recruit and retire soldiers, provide pensions, and promote and remove military attachés. In charge of military affairs.
The power of military orders lies in the Military Advisor's Pavilion. Military training and military command power are of course in the hands of generals at all levels.
At first glance, it looks very similar to the Song Dynasty. But that's not the case. Because the civilian officials of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to interfere in military matters except financial logistics. The officials of the Ministry of War and the Military Council are also served by military generals. Military attachés who are not high-ranking warriors have no authority to take charge of the military.
The second difference is that the status and treatment of soldiers and policemen in the Ming Dynasty are far superior to those of the "thieves with the army" and police officers in the Song Dynasty. Even if soldiers and police officers commit crimes, the Military Police Department and the Military Court are responsible for sanctioning them, and other agencies have no right to intervene.
"...The military establishment of the Ming Dynasty is organized in the order of battalions, divisions, brigades, regiments, and regiments. There are ten military ranks and three levels of warriors; battalions are equal to nine departments, divisions are equal to states, brigades are equal to counties, and regiments are equal to counties..."
As the size of the Ming army and the scale of battles expanded, the original battalion of 20,000 people was obviously no longer suitable as a strategic unit. So Yang Peng added a division-level establishment under the battalion.
In ancient times, battalion often referred to "army", and the organization could be very large, which was completely different from the battalion of later generations. Yang Peng took charge of three brigades with one division and set up divisions to supervise them. The entire division plus the division commander's central army numbered up to 18,000 people.
The battalion has three divisions, which are still under the supervision of the battalion. The strength of a battalion reaches 50,000 to 60,000, which is enough to serve as a strategic unit and shoulder the combat tasks of the front army.
Regarding the military system, Yang Peng did not say much in the edict. He only briefly touched on it, telling the people what the Ming Army was about.
Finally, the tax rate and land equalization order are what the people are most concerned about. Yang Peng placed this as the finale of the founding edict at the end of the founding edict.
"... From today on, the capitation tax will be cancelled, and no additional tax will ever be levied. However, agricultural tax per acre, commercial tax, and salt tax will all be collected at 20% of the value of goods. Local counties and counties are strictly prohibited from imposing additional taxes..." "... There are taxes as well as property, let alone the clan, officials, lords, warriors, and common people...except for the families of the martyrs who worship at Chumu Shrine, no one can do it..." This move completely eliminated the privileged class's privilege of not having to pay taxes. Avoid making the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty again.
Is the 20% tax low?
To be honest, it's not too low. But compared with the messy exorbitant taxes and levies of the Song Dynasty, it was much better.
The difference is several times! Although the 20% tax rate is not high, no one is covering the tax anymore, and there is no "middleman eating the difference." Then not only will the finances of the Ming Dynasty be guaranteed, but the burden on the people will also be greatly reduced.
Through this taxation, monopoly, and maritime trade system, the Ming Dynasty's taxation is absolutely indispensable. Why were the taxes in the Song Dynasty so high? It is because the Song Dynasty had extremely strict management of salt affairs and maritime trade. It was so strict that the big salt merchants who were extremely wealthy in the Song Dynasty became fat sheep in the Khitan Dynasty, which was miserable.
Khitan officials did not allow salt merchants to make money at all. Not only were the channels tightly controlled, but the taxes were also extremely heavy. But in the Ming Dynasty, due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty's monopoly and maritime trade systems were in vain, the big salt merchants became rich and the government and businessmen colluded, leaving the Ming Dynasty to die in poverty.
As long as the system is reasonable and fair, even if the tax rate is not high, the national treasury can still be abundant.
Finally, there is the most important land equalization order. The Land Equalization Order was the cornerstone of land distribution in the Northern Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was also an important reason for the strength of the Northern Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties. Taking advantage of the fact that he had taken back the Central Plains from Liao Ting by force, Yang Peng would of course implement the Land Equalization Order.
Previously, when the Song Dynasty enacted the public land law, it was opposed by the big landowners, but it failed. He himself was also blackmailed and had to die a good death.
Now, most of the big landowners in the Central Plains were suppressed by the Ming army, and the large amounts of land they annexed became Yang Peng's royal land.
The Ming Dynasty had the conditions to implement the land equalization order. "Every land in the world is the land of the king. All the fields in the world are the public property of the king and cannot be bought or sold privately. The land granted to the common people can be cultivated forever and cannot be sold in a moment. The land received by the officials and the people cannot be taken away unless they are convicted..."
First of all, a basic point is that all land in the world is state-owned and cannot be bought or sold privately.
However, the stability of tenure is also emphasized. People can farm for generations, but they are not allowed to buy or sell. Anyone with eyesight can see it. This is essentially private land ownership. Only in the name of public land, buying and selling is legally prohibited and the possibility of land annexation is suppressed.
Because no matter how much land you annex, the court can take it back with just one sentence. It can be said that most of the land in the Ming Dynasty is already in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. This provided conditions for the land equalization order. "From the public land in each county, after deducting the occupational land, the landless and small fields in the county will be divided equally among men, women, old and young. The fields are divided into upper fields, middle fields and lower fields according to the fertile and barren fields. One acre of upper field is equal to half an acre of middle field. , two acres of farmland.”
"Within a county, each county has its own population and land. It is based on the prefectures of various places, taking the county as the domain, and moving the people to balance the population. A county with many people and a narrow land can be moved to a county with a large land and a sparse population. county……"
Yang Peng's approach is to break the Chinese people's habit of relocation, balance population and land resources, and move the population from areas with fewer acres of land per capita to areas with more acres of land per capita. We should not have a situation where one county has a small amount of land and a large number of people, while another county has a large area and a sparse population, and maximize the use of land resources.
He plans to first use counties as a unit, then counties as a unit, and finally state as a unit, to slowly spread population migration and alleviate the imbalance of population regions. "Each person is granted three to five acres of land based on the county's population and acres. For a family of five, it is good to receive twenty acres of land. Every three years, the number of households is approved and the land acres are re-demarcated..."
Yang Peng implemented the land equalization order based on twenty acres of land for a family of five, which seemed much more stingy than one family holding a hundred acres during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it was not. Because the farming technology at this time was no longer the extensive farming of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. With intensive farming and careful farming, the yield per mu was greatly increased, and the per capita farming quantity was also reduced. A family has 20 acres of land, and they can't finish it if they don't work hard. Including the southeastern field fertilizer, a few acres of land per capita is enough to create a slight surplus after paying taxes.
It's just that we have been fighting this year and missed the farming season. Large-scale grain harvesting will have to wait until at least next summer. This transition period requires a large amount of relief grain. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had a lot of food reserves, which could basically cope with the situation and prevent a large number of people from starving to death.
Finally, the lengthy "Edict to Decide the Country" was read out.
However, it was still not over. Next, there was another edict to reform and reopen the imperial examination. This is a gift package that Yang Peng gave to the poor people in the southeast. The edict said: "The national talent promotion ceremony is the most important thing in the country. Talent and learning are the foundation of the country. The king governs the world with the clear way, so he weighs the world's talents with the clear way... The so-called clear way means knowing the way, knowing the way of people, knowing the way of ministers, knowing integrity and shame, and knowing the hearts of the people. , know good and evil..."
"Those who know the way must know literature and history as a guide, know arithmetic to know numbers, must learn riding and shooting to strengthen their bodies, must know how to cultivate crops to encourage farmers... This is the way of knowing." As soon as this statement came out, some officials with literary backgrounds, They were all a little stunned, but they were all old people in Tianjing New City, so they didn't complain.
Since ancient times, emperors have governed the world with filial piety. The King of Yan, Yang Peng, was the first to propose "ruling the world with enlightened principles". As the founder of the country, he has this qualification and this convenience.
Yang Peng's rule of law is to select talents with strong comprehensive qualities. The requirements for the Classics and History subset have been greatly reduced, but not abolished, while the requirements for arithmetic, farming, people's livelihood, and the Six Arts of the Gentleman have been increased.
To put it bluntly, it requires intellectual education, moral education, and physical education to be integrated, and each one is indispensable. "Printing scientific examination textbooks in each state and distributing them to counties and counties to determine the scope of the scientific examination..."
It means that the exam materials are distributed so that students taking the exam can review and prepare first. The weight of each subject in the exam is the same as Haidong. At present, the traditional subset of classics and history is still the subject with the most weight.
"Those admitted from each county are regarded as scholars, and are awarded the title of scholar; those admitted by the state examination are regarded as juren, and are given the title of juren; the candidates can go to Bianjing to participate in the joint examination... The joint examination is held every two years, and those who fail in five examinations will be disqualified from the reference... "
Yang Peng borrowed from the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty and clearly set up three levels of civil service: scholar, examiner, and Jinshi. However, the exam was changed from one exam every three years to one every two years, and the number of exams was also limited to prevent many people from taking the exam all the time and wasting human and material resources.
"The imperial examination will be re-opened on the second day of February next year. The state examination will be held on the 15th day of May. The general examination will be held on the tenth day of October..." "A scholar can be awarded the tenth rank; a scholar can be awarded the ninth rank; a Jinshi can be awarded the eighth rank. "Even talented people are appointed as village officials. In this way, grassroots power was placed in the hands of the court. The only difference between the third-level literary ranks is the .asxs. of the official rank, but there are no restrictions on going up, all are open. Even if you are just a scholar, as long as you are really capable, it is possible to climb to three houses and nine departments.
This is to promote talents in an eclectic way, and will never determine life with one exam. You are a Jinshi, and you started out as the eighth-rank county government registrar. But I couldn't do well in the exam, so I was just a scholar and became a small tenth-grade village leader.
However, if I really have the ability to do practical things and do it well, maybe I will become a state pastor many years later, while you, who was a Jinshi at that time, will still be just a county guard. Just like hereafter. The starting point for PhD and master's students is definitely higher than that of undergraduates, but they may not all be more capable than undergraduates. Those who will do well in the future may not be as good as undergraduates. This is the reason.
To do so is to curb the rigidity of the bureaucratic ranks. At the same time, the civil servants were divided to prevent them from becoming a single family like the Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty and forming a civil servant group based on their common origin.
With the edict to reopen the imperial examination, the literati class was also won over.
The next edict was to abolish all types of household registration, and no longer classify and imprison official households, craftsmen households, farmers, hunters, fishermen, merchants, weavers, prostitutes, music households, etc., and remove them from the household registration liberated from confinement.
In this way, almost all classes, including civil and military officials, the army, the common people, scholars, craftsmen, etc., received favors.
It is truly the radiance of the Ming Dynasty, which descends upon all sentient beings. There are still many laws that will be promulgated one by one in the future, but at the King's Ceremony, these major benefits will be enough to quickly stabilize the new Ming Kingdom. "The announcement is over, all the ministers are dancing!" After Tang Shidian read out several edicts, the etiquette officer sang and shouted again.
While the music was booming, hundreds of officials raised their arms, opened their arms, clapped their hands, and shouted together: "Ha! Hoo!" They shouted "Ha!" and raised their legs together. With a cry, we step together. As a result, thousands of people clapped their hands and stamped their feet, and turned up their robe sleeves. They could not be said to be uniform, but they were very impressive. The officials' dance was also very serious.
This is the Chao He dance, also known as dancing. Congratulatory dance is also a ritual that has been practiced for thousands of years. In the eyes of Yang Yanzhao, Chai Yongqi and others, this is normal. The Chao He dance originated from the Chinese tribal era. The ancestors at that time paid tribute to their leaders through dance. It has been passed down and is very ancient. The Nuo dance of China's primitive religion and the shaman dance of Chu State all use dance to pay tribute to heaven, ghosts and gods.
Therefore, the so-called dance is a ritual in Chinese tradition, and it must be danced by the humble to the noble.
"Ha! Phew!"
Yang Tong, the newly minted queen, tried her best to hold her face tight and endured the soreness in her stomach.
She was afraid that she would laugh if she couldn't help it.
Of course Her Majesty the Queen would not really laugh, but some people still laughed at the scene.
I just heard someone laughing. Although the voice was a bit muffled, I could still hear it clearly. Yang Peng couldn't help but glance, and it turned out that it was Xiao Yan, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom who came to congratulate him.
As the congratulatory envoys, Xiao Yan and Xinxin sat in the VIP seats on the side with Dali's envoys, and did not dance in the square like the officials of the Song Dynasty. Xiao Yan is said to be the King of Zhao of the Liao Kingdom, but he is not an embroidered pillow. He is capable of literary and military skills, but after all, he is young and a bit frivolous. However, Xiao Yan quickly suppressed his laughter and his body trembled slightly.
Yang Peng just pretended not to see it. The hard worker next to Xiao Yan glared at him fiercely.
"The ceremony is over!" the salute official sang and shouted, "The mountain is shouting!"
The ministers stopped dancing, bowed down to the mountain again and shouted: "God bless the emperor! Wish you peace and happiness, may you rest with heaven!"
"prosper!"
"Shanhu!"
"God bless the emperor! Wish you peace and happiness, rest with heaven!"
"prosper!"
"Zaishanhu!"
"God bless the emperor..."
Yang Peng also stood up at this time, stood on the high jade steps, opened his arms, held his sleeves flat, and said loudly: "Pingshen! On the founding of the country, I and you are equal!"
The salute officer sang and shouted again: "The emperor has an order. At the eleventh hour tomorrow, we will give you a banquet to attend the founding ceremony of the country!"
Since the Zhaosong Palace in Fenghuang Mountain was so damaged by the Khitan, there were actually not many decent palaces left, so there was no room for the grand banquet in the palace.
Yang Peng had no choice but to order that the "Hour Garden" of Taishi Pang's garden with the most beautiful scenery by the lake be changed to "Xianyou Garden" and be taken over by the royal family.
This garden is only a dozen miles away from here. It is adjacent to the mountains and the lake. Its magnificence blends in with the scenery of the lake and the mountains. It is very suitable for holding a royal banquet.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Finally, the seals and ribbons of the knights were distributed. The moment they received the seal and ribbon, they became the real nobles of the Ming Dynasty.
Like Du Lie and Wu Tu, they are even more envied by others because they both have the same discipline and two titles. Both fathers are uncles and sons are both viscounts.
Of course, others don't find it strange either. Because everyone knows that the father and son of Dulie and Wutu are not only the great king Yuancong, but also the oldest and earliest Yuancong.
Yang Yanzhao, who had the highest title, was granted the title of County Marquis, and no one said anything about it. Although Yang Yanzhao returned to the Ming Dynasty for only three years, he had a high reputation and great military exploits. Especially as soon as Yang Yanzhao entered the Central Plains, the poor scholars returned to the Ming Dynasty immediately. He easily won over the hearts of the scholars in the Central Plains for the Ming Dynasty and took control of culture and education. Public opinion in the land of prosperity.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
