Chapter 56: Seventh Grade Appointment?
Duke Donghai finally went to the yamen!
The Chief Cui Zhuo, who had been waiting for a few days, was almost bursting into tears.
I forgot a few days ago that he was still in the mansion and thought of countless excuses to prepare for excuses when the Donghai Gong summoned him.
In the past few days, he wanted to see Duke Donghai every day, but he was blocked by the black-faced Dianwei and others. He heard that Duke Dianwei was only the first level. After the Duke Dianwei, there was Secretary Dian, Secretary Dian, and the Duke Donghai's personal secretary Dian. Only by passing the many levels can the posts you ask for to see were sent to Duke Donghai, but he couldn't even pass the first level.
There is no choice but to wait for the time in the yamen every day just like Mr. Zhang joining the army.
And this morning, I finally waited for Donghai Gong.
Hearing the news from the minor official, he said that Donghai Gong had entered his hall.
Cui Zhuo was almost in tears.
I hurried outside the Donghai Hall, and then I met the legendary Donghai Gong's personal secretary.
A pair of twin sisters with extremely beautiful figures are all wearing Hu clothes, long swords on their waists, colorful silk ribbons, and slim waists that tie the pair of twin girls' slender waists.
"Sir Cui Zhuo, please see Donghai Gong!" Cui Zhuo hugged his fists.
A lazy voice came from inside quickly: "Come in!"
The door was pushed open by a secretary of Dian, and Cui Zhuo hurriedly straightened his clothes and walked in quickly.
Oh? Zhang Dingnan is here too.
Cui Zhuo frowned.
"Oh, Changshi Cui, you're here just in time. Since all the officials in this state are sick and Zhang Chanjun is old, how hard you can do it and take up the affairs in the yamen. Otherwise, you can give you a name? Just keep an eye on the matter in Zhangzhou?"
Behind the desk, there was a handsome young man sitting, and the pearl on his crown made him look like a beautiful person.
But his words almost made Cui Zhuo fall into trouble.
"I just came to Zhangzhou and everything has not been sorted out yet. Therefore, Cui Zhuo, I will be more troublesome to you. But if there is a mistake, don't blame me for being blamed!"
Cui Zhuo looked at Lu Ning speechlessly. Is this Donghai Gong really stupid or fake? But no matter whether it is really stupid or fake, he is very good at taking the blame.
"Yes, I will obey the order!" Cui Zhuo hurriedly said: "Duke Donghai has just taken office and needs to go to pay homage to the King of Jinjiang." He quickly said what he wanted to say, otherwise, this Duke Donghai might have some demonic wind.
These days, I have been holding it in the yamen. It was because my colleagues who were "diseased" were "recommendated" to remind Donghai Gong to leave for Quanzhou to visit King Jinjiang.
"Ah, I'm taking a boat to blow the sea breeze. I've had migraines recently. Wait until my body feels better!" Lu Ning waved indifferently.
Cui Zhuo looked at him resentfully, "You, even if you pretend to behave!" Do you seem to be sick?"
"Master, I have an imperial envoy!"
Outside, a familiar voice from Lu Ning had already heard, "Donghai Gong, you are very diligent!"
Diligent, diligent?!!! Cui Zhuo is determined to die.
A state capital that has not been inspected for so long after taking office? Is this not something that can be described as diligence or lazy politics? Instead, it is not that officials don’t know how to be a confused official.
Nowadays, Cui Zhuo doubts the legend of the capital. What made this young upstart have been granted the title of the king's military merits before he was granted a title. This must be a concealment statement. Judging from his style, he might be the illegitimate son of the royal family, and only the second generation ancestor can be so confused and not care about being an official.
Mr. Zhang's sidelines were even more numb. It was obvious that this young powerful man had already made him doubt his life. He used to be cynical and disliked mediocre officials, but those who he used to dislike were nothing compared to the Donghai Gong.
The old friend of Lu Ning, the secretary of the Secretariat, came into the hall. Qiao Kuangshun, was an imperial envoy. The guards outside the mansion could not stop him, but followed him in to report. Da Mitao also pushed open the door of the hall when he spoke.
Looking at Qiao Sheren, Lu Ning smiled and said, "Let me guess, that's the matter, is it done?"
Qiao Sheren smiled and said, "Half."
Lu Ning shook his head, "That's not interesting!"
Qiao Sheren smiled bitterly in his heart, saying, "You should be content." If the emperor had not been generous, how could he allow you to make trouble?"
However, Qiao Sheren was summoned by the Holy Emperor himself and said something to him.
It turned out that before Duke Donghai set out from Donghai to Zhangzhou to take office, he wrote a memorial to the Holy Emperor, saying that before he traveled thousands of miles, he asked His Majesty for his resignation, that is, he was no longer going to marry, because he liked the two women whom the Holy Emperor sent him as slaves, Gan and You, but because they were lowly households, they were freed and could only be concubines, and even if they became mothers, it seemed that it was against the law, so he was willing to not marry his wife again, and only hoped that he could give Gan and You the title of "Like Madam" in this life, so that there would be no regrets in this life.
When the Holy Emperor summoned Qiao Sheren, he couldn't help but sigh that Donghai Gong was indeed hysterical as the Crown Brother said. Now, he is even more innocent and innocent. Otherwise, he would not have been confused by a violator's wife and concubine, and he was willing to not marry again.
It is also said that it is rumored that Donghai Gong is abusing gambling, which is simply nonsense.
When Duke Donghai was appointed as Zhangzhou, he had thought about it for a long time, but in the end he still hoped that Duke Donghai could bring me surprises as King Yan said, as Duke Yan said.
The Donghai Gong took his post to travel a long journey within a few days, which shows that it is exactly the same as the ignorant young man described by the former crown prince.
Thinking about it, I still feel sorry for him.
Qiao Sheren listened to the holy wish for the first time, and many of the words were private words. He was surprised and did not dare to say a word.
When the Holy Emperor asked about his impression of Donghai Gong, Qiao Sheren had no words, and followed the emperor's intention to describe the image of Donghai Gong who was stupid, simple, and devoted to serving the country.
When enthusiastically praising the innocent heart of Donghai Gong, Qiao Sheren took it seriously and burst into tears. Only in this way can the emperor believe that he is the truth, right?
However, when he returned to the mansion that night, Qiao Sheren was disgusting and didn't even eat dinner.
The Holy Emperor did agree half of his request to Donghai Gong.
The laws of this dynasty have been promoted to the ranks, internal and external destiny women, etc., basically followed the Tang Dynasty's laws, and there was no major change. It was just that the external destiny women had an additional jade certificate given by the royal family.
However, according to the promotion system, the level between wives, wives, concubines, and maids is very strict and cannot be surpassed.
Only those who are above the fifth rank official have a mother, and have a higher status than concubines. Moreover, they can formally create a book and have a grade.
For example, Donghai Duke, a county duke with a country, can have eight concubines and be regarded as the seventh rank.
The Donghai Duke got the beautiful wife and concubine of the Donghai County Magistrate, indeed, could not become a mother, and at most the status was a concubine who was one of the first grade higher than the maid.
Not to mention, Donghai Gong thought of the name "Like Madam" that he had come up with.
However, the emperor also agreed to half of the request of Donghai Duke. The content of the imperial decree was to allow Lu Ning to register Gan and You as mothers, and to give two people jade certificates and jewels and ceremonies.
This is the treatment of a foreign woman.
According to the national etiquette system, the lowest rank of foreign women is the fifth rank.
For example, the mother or wife of an official above the fifth rank can be enfeoffed as a county lord or a township lord, which is commonly known as the fifth rank lord.
The prince’s concubines may have two concubines, and they are also fifth-rank imperial edicts.
The other princes and senior officials were not in the imperial edicts, but they were registered from the sixth to eighth ranks, but they were considered to have a status.
The wife of the imperial decree has jade letters and jewels and ceremonies.
The regulations for jewellery and ceremonies are: one grade nine pieces, two grade eight pieces, three grade seven pieces, four grade six pieces, five grade five pieces.
This time, the jade letters and jewels and jewels were given to Gan and You. Two of them were jewels and jewels, which were jewels and jewels and jewels, which were jewels and jewels and jewels.
It seems that the meaning is that the Gan family and the You family are still in the seventh rank, but they have also become the wife of the imperial decree.
This is the first example of a seventh-rank foreign wife.
After all, if you have a jewel, a ceremonial and a garment, you are qualified to follow your husband’s pilgrimage. If you can attend the court, are you a foreign wife? That is, what the people call the wife of the imperial edict?
Qiao Sheren coughed while thinking about it, saying, "Where are the two ladies?"
Although the imperial edict was not required to be read out for the reply to Lu Ning's memorial, there was another book, which was to praise the words and sentences of the two ladies and the bright rewards. It was necessary for the two beautiful concubines of Donghai Duke to announce the edict.
Lu Ning looked at Cui Zhuo and Zhang Lao joining the army and said, "You two should retreat!"
Hearing the imperial edict, Cui Zhuo's ears were already on the rise, but Donghai Gong obviously didn't want the two of them to be present, so he had to hold his fists and bow, "The official is leaving!"
From beginning to end, Lu Ning did not introduce Qiao Sheren to them. Qiao Sheren had no good feelings for the local officials appointed by the Qingyuan Army and did not bother with them.
He frowned and said, "Duke Donghai, this huge government office is deserted. It seems that thank you for your hard work in Donghai. Only by being as diligent as Donghai can you make Zhangzhou safe and safe!"
He naturally knew why the government office of the huge prefecture is so deserted. He thought it was difficult for Donghai Gong to come here. He was not afraid of hardships. It would be fine if he was really confused, but obviously Donghai Gong is not a simple person!
At this moment, Qiao Sheren suddenly felt that the good things he said for Donghai Gong in front of the Holy Emperor were not considered dissatisfied.
His sigh is also sincere.
Cui Zhuo was walking out whine, are these central officials not in normal minds?! How can I listen to this? In the central government and in the capital, I like to enjoy the absurd young and powerful people who are almost perverted, or are they extremely diligent and extremely diligent?!
Cui Zhuo and Zhang Lao joined the army and walked out. Lu Ning looked at Qiao Sheren and coughed, "Brother Qiao, thank you for your hard work."
Qiao Sheren knew something was wrong in his heart. This guy seemed to not like to speak human language.
"Look, we came by a boat, and the wind and waves were strong and the hardships were extremely difficult. We were not a few days earlier than you..."
Qiao Sheren was speechless. Did anyone say that to himself?
"Oh, my two wives are both cold and can't get up. Brother Qiao, look, give me a compromise and declare it to me. How about I convey the holy grace to my two wives?"
Lu Ning didn't want to see Gan and You Wuniang, and knelt in front of these officials and listened to the mighty emperor's grace.
As he spoke, Lu Ning was the same old rule again, bowing and holding his fists.
Qiao Sheren smiled bitterly. Seeing that there was no one around, there was only the confidant who held the jade plate behind him, he took out the first silk book in the plate and handed it to Lu Ning and said, "You can see this for yourself."
This is the edict from the Holy Emperor to reply to the Duke of Donghai. The first is the content of the memorial from the Duke of Donghai, and then the word "Imperial" begins with the word "Imperial". The following is the reply from the Emperor.
In the reply of the Tang Lord, Lu Ning allowed the Gan family and You family to be mothers. As for titles such as wife, the Tang Lord ignored them.
Qiao Sheren took out another yellow silk paper from the jade plate and sang: "Under the disciple: Lu Ningxia, the founding county of Donghai County, and Youshi, Gan, had a kind of respect and frugality. He gave him a jewel and a ritual garment, made the same veil clothes, and added two pants!"
Then, Qiao Sheren smiled and said, "Duke Donghai, congratulations!"
Lu Ning was stunned. The imperial edict this time was so simple, just a short sentence. I think so, the Holy Emperor could not have a lot of words praising his wife. What would it be?
"Where are the tiachai and the jade slips, I'll take them to show my two ladies. Brother Qiao, you rest first, I'll have a drink with you later."
Seeing Lu Ning's anxious look, Qiao Sheren smiled bitterly in his heart, "Are you really bedridden by your two ladies?"
Chapter completed!