Wanshou Palace, west side hall.
The hearts of the four heroes, Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, were almost broken. Originally, they all felt that their merits were great. At least they were a marquis, and they might even be granted a duke status. However, now they felt that it would be better to have a smaller title. It would be good to have a baron. For dukes and duchess, Huang Degong should be given the credit. , Sun Yingyuan and others...
The six elders and ministers, including Wang Zaijin, Wen Tiren, Sun Chengzong, Zhang Fengyi, Bi Ziyan, and Xiong Wencan, looked at Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou with sympathetic eyes - good civil servants who were deceived by Emperor Zhu. The general finally became a hero, but he still had to worry about the military household in Xunzhuang. Their contribution is still so great, why can't they be granted official titles? A duke can grant 4,000 households, and a marquis can grant 2,000 households. This is a very difficult situation.
"Yuanfu," Zhu Youjian suddenly turned his attention to the first assistant king in Jin at this time, "When the emperor of the Han Dynasty defeated Qin and destroyed Chu and established the world, the number one hero he named was Xiao He, Marquis of Fou! And you... ..This is my Xiao He!”
What? Xiao He? So why don't you make me a duke? 4,000 households!
"Long live my lord," how dare Wang Zaijin take on this challenge? He hurriedly said, "Although the veteran is the chief assistant, in terms of credit, he is not ranked first among the cabinet. During the late emperor's dynasty, Mr. Sun Ge went out to command the army and restored 400 miles of territory in western Liaoning. In this dynasty, he also commanded Huaiyang Salt. He raised tens of millions of dollars for the Liao army, and he is truly the number one contributor to the cabinet!"
How could Sun Chengzong admit that he had great merit? 4,000 households! You are already an old man, why should you worry so much?
"Long live my lord, I think it's a great achievement to open up 400 miles of land in western Liaoning, but it's really an exaggeration. The cities in western Liaoning are all lined up in a row, guarding the seaside, but the mountainous areas in western Liaoning are ignored, and the defense of Ji Town is weakened. If it weren't for your majesty's wisdom, He mobilized soldiers from western Liaoning to guard Datong and Jizhen, and personally led the elite troops in front of the tent to conquer the east and west. The slaves and thieves may have been wreaking havoc in the mouth... This cabinet has the highest credit, and the veteran really dare not take it. The veteran feels that I Bing Zhang Fengyi is the number one hero!"
Zhang Fengyi became anxious when he heard this. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I am a humble and timid veteran. I have been serving as a soldier for many years but have made no achievements. I am really sitting in a dead position. I am unworthy of your majesty's trust!"
"Talented and cowardly" is what Sun Chengzong said when he scolded Zhang Fengyi in the Year of Tianqi. Now he actually admitted it - after the defeat of Guangning that year, Sun Chengzong oversaw Ji Liao, and Zhang Fengyi became the governor of Liaodong to work with him. I don't know whether it was because Sun Chengzong had different political views with him or because he didn't like him, so he actually wanted to leave the country to guard Ningyuan. Where is Zhang Fengyi willing to go? Zhang Fengyi and Wang Zaijin were wearing the same pair of trousers. They originally advocated retreating to Shanhaiguan, so how could they go to Ningyuan? If you go to defend Ningyuan, you will die if you fail to defend it. If you defend it, it will be more difficult to retreat to Shanhaiguan. No matter how you calculate it, it will be a loss! So he kept putting it off, and after procrastinating for a while, his mother died of illness, so Ding You went home and became a dutiful son.
Because of this incident, Sun Chengzong scolded him as "a man of contemptuous talent and cowardice, a man who works hard to gain profit and is clever at avoiding trouble."
But Sun Chengzong was right. Zhang Fengyi really didn't have much ability. Otherwise, like Zhu Youjian, wouldn't it be better to use black guns and cannons to kill Nurhachi? But Zhang Fengyi knows that she has no ability, so she should be less courageous!
Like Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, they are stupid and bold even if they have no ability. That makes people anxious!
Zhu Youjian glanced at the "talented but cowardly" Zhang Fengyi, and said with a smile: "I know that you don't have the ability to pacify Liao and exterminate slaves... But you are self-aware and will not brag indiscriminately. How many You can only do as many things as you can. Like Mr. Bige, it is not easy to work hard to maintain the situation for me. You two are like King Yuanfu in Jin and Mr. Sun (he is Tianqi's teacher). How can you be granted a title? of!"
Marquis? And trying to maintain the situation... Why does it sound so bleak? Although there are still many people in the Ming Dynasty who do not have enough to eat, the situation of ZTE has been achieved, and the country is booming, so it is not miserable at all!
In fact, Zhu Youjian is now rewarding Zhang Fengyi and Bi Ziyan for their contributions. One of them is cowardly and talented, the other is good at maintenance. Together, they can keep the broken ship of Ming Dynasty unsinkable. If Chongzhen in his previous life could reuse the two of them, he would have managed to survive and lose less vitality, and would not have allowed the slaves and thieves to suck blood and eat meat from Daming. Its entrance), might not be able to survive until the 17th year of Chongzhen... And the catastrophe 10 years after Chongzhen was the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the fate of the slaves and thieves.
If the slave thieves cannot capture the Ming Dynasty and do not farm the land properly, their vitality will definitely be greatly reduced, and they will not be difficult to deal with after 17 years.
Wang Zaijin, Sun Chengzong, Zhang Fengyi, and Bi Ziyan knew they couldn't hide, so they had to stand up to express their gratitude.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said with a smile: "You each have a marquis, and you will give 2,000 households to Xunzhuang... Wang Yuanfu and Mr. Sun, you are from Northern Zhili. Xunzhuang is sealed outside Xuanfukou and Yanshan. In this way It can also be closer.
Mr. Zhang Ge, you are from Daizhou. Just seal the outside of Xunzhuang's border wall in Datong!
Mr. Bige, you are from Shandong, so Xunzhuang should be sealed in the Jinzhou and Fuzhou areas! "
Okay, I can’t run away anymore! All our children and grandchildren will have to guard the border for the Ming Dynasty...
Zhu Youjian said again: "I will not treat heroes badly. I will give you a marquis mansion in Beijing, and I will give your family a reward of 200,000 taels of silver!"
"I thank God for his grace!"
Wang Zaijin, Sun Chengzong, Zhang Fengyi, and Bi Ziyan quickly kowtowed and thanked them... 2,000 households in Xunzhuang were granted the title of Beijing City, and a reward of 200,000 silver! If this is announced, everyone will be excited!
But who knew that Zhu Youjian granted the honorary villages to the meritorious officials outside the Great Wall. The 2,000 households that were granted the title had to find people by themselves. The reward of 200,000 was just used to recruit military households and build the honorary villages... It was Feng who actually hired several thousands of households to guard the border for Zhu Youjian.
"Wen Tiren, Xiong Wencan, you two are also meritorious!" Zhu Youjian named Wen Tiren and Xiong Wencan again.
Both guys were stunned.
Although Wen Tiren is the elder of the cabinet, he is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites has nothing to do with killing thieves!
But Xiong Wencan was the most unjust, he was new here. He turned out to be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and before that he was the governor of Fujian. He was completely incompatible with peaceful slaves and thieves... Oh, it's not completely irrelevant. He helped Nanjing's eunuch Pang Tianshou buy many fire guns from Foshan and Quanzhou. and artillery.
Zhu Youjian looked at the two mediocre ministers in a daze and said with a smile: "Wen Qing, I will give you the title of viscount, 500 households in the honor village, and the title of Da Yuan Island, with a reward of 50,000 taels of silver. Xiong Qing, I will give you He will be granted the title of earl, 1,000 households in the village will be granted honors, and he will also be granted the title of lord on Dajuan Island, with a reward of 100,000 taels of silver."
Wen Tiren was a native of Nanxun, Zhejiang. His family was a silk merchant, and he was quite profitable. Without Zhu Youjian's 50,000 taels of silver reward, it would not be a problem to build a 500-household Xunzhuang on Dayuan Island. But his abilities are limited, and he can't control any more.
And Xiong Wencan is amazing. He is a military-qualified Jinshi from Yongning Guards in Guizhou. He has a clan to rely on in his family. After high school, he spent most of his time as a local feudal official. Especially when he hooked up with Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, it was considered the "ladder to heaven" for Zheng's richest man. The richest man Zheng is a pirate boss and must be loyal. With Zheng Zhilong's help, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to build a 1,000-household Xunzhuang for Xiong Wencan on Dayuan Island?
"As for Mr. Chen, Mr. Hong, Mr. Sun, and Mr. Lu," Zhu Youjian looked at the four great heroes with cold sweat on their foreheads gently and said with a smile, "You should also be granted the title of marquis, and all of them should be given to 2,000 households. , all sealed in Yizhou, relying on Wu Lushan, the doctor in Beizhen... I am giving you a reward of 200,000 taels each!"
Zhu Youjian was also bleeding heavily! In one breath, 8 marquises, 1 uncle and 1 son were granted the title, and the reward alone was 1.75 million taels... That is to say, the court has money now, but if it had been put aside in the previous life, just these 1.75 million taels would have been Two, you can bankrupt Taicang.
However, no matter how rich the court is, it will not be easy to come up with these 1.75 million taels (unless the villain is in charge of the country, he will talk about 100 million), so the 10 newly minted heroes all feel "a lot of pressure"!
