Listening to the announcement of the decree coming from the golden stage, Tang Ji also looked surprised. He didn't expect Emperor Ning to be so generous this time. Not only was he promoted, but he was actually knighted and became a viscount!
From top to bottom, the title levels are simply divided into king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. There are also subdivisions. The highest one is prince. Generally, only relatives of the emperor are eligible to be awarded the title. For example, Li Yu and
Several princes are princes, and ordinary foreign ministers can basically reach the top if they can reach the level of marquis. Dukes have to wait and see their opportunities. In most cases, those humerus ministers who have devoted themselves to the court may receive the posthumous title of duke or marquis after their death. Of course,
, in Ningguo, which has not been knighted for more than ten years, it is very powerful to be awarded a title, let alone a viscount!
Tang Ji's concern is not about this. As long as he is knighted, no matter what title he is, he will get a fief. Listening to what Bai Chang read just now, his title is Jingwang County Son, which means that he will be in Jingwang County in the future.
There is a piece of land just for him.
At first, I was still worried about building a printing factory, but now it’s better. Let alone printing factories, all kinds of processing factories can be located in Jingwang County in the future!
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly, but he found Li Yu poking his waist, and glanced at him angrily: "What are you doing!"
Li Yu raised his eyebrows to signal him to look forward, and then reminded him softly: "Go and thank you!"
Hearing this, Tang Ji noticed that Bai Chang in the distance had retreated to Emperor Ning. He no longer hesitated and hurriedly came out of the queue.
In addition to Tang Ji, other officials also received awards or praises, including Chen Zehan, who had been contributing to agricultural reform. Everyone knelt down in the center of the hall and said in unison: "I accept the decree and thank you for your kindness!"
Seeing this, Zhang Rongyang, who was standing in the front row of civil servants, immediately turned his head and gave the official not far behind him a look.
Song Kui on the side glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and didn't say much.
"Pingshen!" Emperor Ning, who was sitting on the dragon chair, waved his hand. After the two young eunuchs put away the long imperial edict, he continued: "The new agricultural policy is a big matter, and it is related to the country. If you have any
If you have any ideas, please let me know at any time. Okay, let's continue the morning session. Do you have anything to report?"
There was a censor in the middle of the team who was wearing a scarlet official uniform and was about to go out to impeach Tang Ji. However, he was stopped by the Minister of Rites in front of him. Seeing that the other party shook his head at him, he did not act rashly.
Soon, some officials stood up to report the affairs, but because of the matter of the Tang Dynasty's ennoblement, all the officials had their own thoughts, so the morning court did not last long.
After the dynasty was dismissed, Li Yu patted Tang Ji on the shoulder as soon as he walked out of the golden palace: "Okay now, we don't have to beg that man named Ye. The Viscount has 800 acres of fiefdom, and that small broken city in Jingwang County
, I guess 30% of it will be yours, we can build as many printing plants as we want!"
Before Tang Ji could reply, several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works came over to congratulate him.
"I have met His Highness Prince You, Master Tang. Congratulations. I was promoted again after more than a month after leaving the Ministry of Industry, and was also knighted by His Majesty. It is really embarrassing to think that I have been a junior member of the imperial court for five years!"
"Hahaha, this is your Majesty's first knighthood in more than ten years. Mr. Tang has given me the face of the Minister of Industry!"
"Hey, Mr. Wang, Mr. Tang is obviously an official in my Ministry of Revenue, okay? What does it have to do with your Ministry of Works?"
"No, Wei Heizi, do you deserve a scolding? Don't forget that Mr. Tang came from my household department."
"Okay, okay, stop arguing. Isn't it embarrassing? According to me, Mr. Tang has his own ability. Otherwise, why would your Majesty make Mr. Wei or Mr. Wang a viscount? Mr. Tang, congratulations.
Don’t forget to submit to the official position in the future!”
"..."
Hearing this, Tang Ji also stopped and turned sideways to salute a few people: "Thank you all, sir."
Seeing many officials surrounding Li Yu and Tang Ji, Zhang Rongyang, who was standing at the gate of the Golden Palace, looked extremely ugly. He clenched his fists, snorted dissatisfied, and walked away quickly.
Seeing this scene, some officials started talking again.
"I heard that Tang Ji had a conflict with Young Master Zhang yesterday. He also beat Young Master Zhang until he was unconscious. The Zhang family didn't make any sound at all? This is not like their style!"
"Haha, His Majesty has just made Tang Ji a Viscount. Even if the Zhang family stands up and jumps around, it will not have any effect. Don't forget that King Hao only had two conflicts with Tang Ji and was punished by His Majesty to go to Dade Courtyard. Forget it.
He has only been fined once since then, and I thought Tang Ji was His Majesty's son!"
"Master Lu, please be careful, but having said that, this is indeed the first time I have seen Zhang Shangshu angry and had nowhere to vent his anger. Just now I saw that his face turned black."
"In short, Tang Ji has become a famous person. I don't know how King You knows such a person!"
"..."
Tang Ji's ennoblement once again caused the undercurrent in the court to surge. Looking back on what happened in the past two months, it seemed that both King Xun and King Jin were losing ground in his hands. King You, who had always been disliked by others, stood in front of the stage for the first time. This
This made many officials who had joined other camps early feel a little uneasy, and some were still wondering whether to switch to Prince You.
In addition, the relationship between Tang Ji and the Yang family was brought up again. Many people secretly laughed at the Yang family for being too stupid and losing a leg in the court. Yang Tianhao was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.
Tang Ji also considered the Yang family, but he was always thinking about how to make the Yang family disappear from this world. It wasn't until he parted ways with Li Yu in the outer city and noticed Chen Zehan approaching that he put away his thoughts, smiled and saluted: "Master Chen
.”
"You're welcome, Mr. Tang." Chen Zehan waved his hands quickly, but suddenly felt pain coming from his waist and couldn't help but groan.
Tang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, showing suspicion: "Mr. Chen, what's wrong with you?"
"I just accidentally fell down yesterday. It's nothing serious." Although Chen Zehan explained with a smile, he felt a sense of awe for Tang Ji in his heart. After all, he now believed in the idea of a disaster star.
Tang Ji nodded slightly, and learned to speak in the language of others who care about him: "Master Chen, please pay attention to safety on weekdays. If anything happens, it will be a loss for the imperial court!"
"By the way, I promised to teach you how to check accounts yesterday..." As he walked away, he turned around and found that Chen Zehan's forehead was already sweating. He couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chen, what are you doing?"
Are you really okay? Do you want to find an imperial doctor to check?"
Chen Zehan shook his head violently, and then cupped his hands: "I have something to do today and need to leave the palace. I will discuss the method of auditing the accounts with Mr. Tang in two days."
After saying this, he quickened his pace and walked forward.
The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of all things related to money in Ningguo. It is also one of the very busy departments on weekdays. Officials can often be seen running around, so Tang Ji thought that he left the palace just for official matters, and then remembered
The other party looked a little frail, and he immediately felt admiration. He looked at Chen Zehan's back and murmured: "There are not many people like this who are still working conscientiously even when they are sick!"
As everyone knows, the first thing Chen Zehan did when he rushed back to the household department was to ask for leave from Song Kui: "Sir Song, I can no longer serve as an official. I have to take leave today and go back. I have to find a temple to worship!"