There was not a single civil official in the Ming Dynasty who was granted the title of Duke or Duke. For this reason, there is a saying in later generations that when talking about the system of the title of civil servant and title in the Ming Dynasty, it means that the title of title for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty ended with Bo and ended with Duke.
The examples are obvious. Among the three civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Ji was Jingyuanbo, Wang Yue was Weiningbo, and Wang Shouren was Xinjianbo. Apart from these three, no other civil servants were awarded titles.
However, this statement is actually not correct. If you look through the "Da Ming Code", you will find that there is such a provision: All civil servants who have not made great contributions to the country, but who are invited to be granted the title of Duke and Marquis by the Secretary, shall be regarded as the official and the recipient of the title.
All of them will be beheaded. Those who have served as generals and ministers during their lifetimes, are able to eliminate serious troubles, and serve the country with loyalty, will be integrated with the founding of the country, and will be granted the posthumous title of Duke. This is not the case.
According to this law, we can find that it does not generally mean that civil servants of the dynasty cannot be granted the title of Duke.
This law refers to the "Mongwu Zhaoqing" that both the person who conferred the title of duke and marquis and the person who was summoned to the title will be beheaded. This means that if someone rashly petitions the Ming Dynasty emperor without a clear reason,
If the emperor is asked to approve the canonization of a certain civil servant as a duke, then not only will the petitioner and the petitioner be canonized, they will not be canonized, but will also be killed.
However, this is only the first half of this rule, and there is more to the second half. The following is: If the civil official who has been canonized as a duke has made a special contribution to the dynasty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should ask the emperor to make him a duke.
Not only will it not be beheaded, but it will also be approved.
What is a special contribution? This of course needs to be explained. According to the above regulations, it can be clearly understood that the "special contribution" is the following three items: first, it is to be able to get rid of major troubles; third, it is to be able to get rid of major troubles;
It is to serve the country with all your loyalty.
If these three items are met, it is also allowed for a civil official to be granted the title of Duke. It should be regarded as one with the founding of the country and has a transcendent status. Regardless of whether he is a civil official or not, he should be canonized as a Duke. Latecomers who want to be canonized should
As a prince, you can imitate several of the founding heroes.
Look, in fact, the "Da Ming Code" makes it clear enough that all civil servants and military generals can be granted the title of Duke. However, the restrictions on being granted the title of Duke are relatively confusing.
What's wrong? In addition to the fact that the third article "Serve the country with all your loyalty" is relatively vague, the two articles of being able to eliminate serious dangers by becoming a general or becoming a prime minister have basically blocked the hope of 99.99999% of officials to be granted the title of Duke.
It is already very difficult to get out of generals and into phases.
Being a general means that this civil servant has served as a governor and has achieved dazzling results while commanding the army; becoming a prime minister means that this civil servant has at least a very reliable academic qualification.
In the Ming Dynasty, non-Jinshi were not allowed to enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin was not as good as the cabinet. You want to "enter the prime minister", even if you are not old enough to become an official, and you may not be in the cabinet for the time being, but you must first be at least a Jinshi at the top of the gold list.
Those who have been admitted to the Hanlin Academy are gilded figures, right? If you don't even meet this basic standard, it means that you have no chance of being admitted to the cabinet. What's the point of "entering the prime minister"?
If you look at the phrase "going out, generals and entering" in isolation, it's actually pretty good. There are still many people who can meet the standards. But the problem here is that it doesn't stand alone!
"Out of general and into phase" means that you have to "come out of general" and "into phase" at the same time.
That's it for sure, because there aren't any.
Wang Ji became an official with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Wang Yue became an official with the title of Yushi of Zuodu, and Wang Shouren became an official with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War of Nanjing and Yushi of Zuodu of Nanjing (he voluntarily resigned without approval).
Although these three civil servants who were closest to civil officials and dukes met the criteria for "general status", none of them met the "prime minister status" - of course, all three of them were Jinshi, so their qualifications were sufficient.
If there is no need to create a duke, but only an earl, then the previous standard of "three kings" is enough. Gao Pragmatic is already very close to meeting this standard - if you have to say that it is still a little short of it, then it is probably
This is due to Shonai's strategizing in this battle.
What surprised Zhu Yingzhen was that after hearing what he said, Gao Yingshi first thought about it, and then his face became serious. There was no sign of being overjoyed at all.
After all, the young Duke Cheng Guo was not as calm as Gao Pingshi. He couldn't help but ask: "Seeking truth, why are you not happy and joyful when you are facing the joy of eternity?"
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and asked: "My lord, it is not a blessing if you are not worthy of your virtue. Besides, in terms of my merits, do you really think that I can rival the three kings?"
"How can you call your reputation and status unworthy of your virtue?" Zhu Yingzhen frowned and said, "As for your merits, I think you have greater merits than the three kings."
He did not wait for a pragmatic rebuttal, and continued on his own: "When you took office in Guangxi, you made Annan annexed, and Annan has not been in chaos so far, and we have settled the southern border of the Ming Dynasty. Is this better than Wang Zhongyi Gong (Wang Ji, posthumous name Zhongyi)?
) Is the three expeditions to Luchuan still more prominent?
You commanded the Monan War as a full-power imperial envoy and defeated Chahar. Are you more distinguished than Wang Xiangmin Gong (Wang Yue, posthumous name Xiangmin) who went straight to Helan?
As for how you put down the rebellion in the northwest this time, that is even more exciting! Quickly conquer the Hetao and plan to capture Ningxia. More than 100,000 rebels were surrendered by the Mongolian army, and they were even used by me. The difficulty was no less than that of Wang Wencheng, Ping Pingzhu
Chenhao Rebellion?"
Well...if you want to say that, it is indeed correct.
After Zhu Yingzhen finished speaking, he was still not satisfied, and added: "I especially want to talk about the Battle of Monan. Your Battle of Monan was far more beautiful than Wang Xiangmin's direct attack on Helan Mountain. Only that battle of his
How much harvest? No more than forty-two heads were beheaded, two hundred and forty-one horses and camels were captured, and thousands of cattle, sheep, and weapons were captured. Do you still want me to credit you for your contribution to the Monan War?"
Well... if you want to compare like this, then it is true that my superiors fought better in the Battle of Monan, at least the results achieved were obviously many times greater.
However, when you should be humble, you still have to be humble. Gao pragmatically said: "This time, that time, this place, that place. Helan Mountain is far away, while Monan is close. If it is far, it is difficult to attack, but if it is close..."
"It's useless to say this." Zhu Yingzhen waved his hand: "When Li Guang sent troops and got lost, his military exploits were not as good as those of Wei Huo. Can this be said to be a 'non-war crime'? Gong is merit. What the court wants to see is the result, not anything else.
that is!"
He sighed softly and said with some regret: "It's a pity that you were not the governor during the two battles between Annan and Dingbei. Such two great achievements cannot be counted as the 'general'. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to do this this time."
It’s time to discuss whether we should be knighted, but whether we should be knighted.”
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "The Duke of the country is joking, but the earl doesn't dare to accept it, so how can we talk about making him a marquis?"
"Hey, let me tell you, why are you still saying that?" Zhu Yingzhen became anxious, looked around cautiously, and when he saw no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "You think the emperor won't come to see you today? Really?"
Just because the Empress Dowager Cisheng is slightly ill? How is that possible?"
Gao Pragmatic was taken aback and asked in surprise: "Is it still related to the issue of ennoblement?"
"Of course it's relevant!" Zhu Yingzhen's eyes widened: "The emperor summoned me into the palace yesterday just to say hello to you. Although there are many opinions and noises from the outer court this time, the emperor has decided
I’m going to knight you! He has been your classmate for ten years, so he knows you very well. He was afraid that you would not accept it, so I asked me to find an opportunity to talk to you. Don’t let the emperor down.
Hard work, do you understand?"
Gao pragmatic took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and asked, "What did the emperor say?"
"What did the emperor say? Didn't I just say it?" Zhu Yingzhen was stunned this time.
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "I'm asking the emperor for his true words."
"Exact words..." Zhu Yingzhen thought for a moment and said slowly: "The Emperor said: 'Although there are many benefits to seeking truth, there is one thing that is really unsatisfactory. He attaches too much importance to reputation. Things like being awarded a title,
If he wants to follow his own ideas, he will have to wait until his merits are so great that no one in the world can say anything against it before he can accept it. But you also know the virtues of some people in the outer court, and you can pick them out from an egg.
Come with two taels of bones, how many years and months will it take for them to stop talking nonsense! Go and talk to Qiu Zhen and tell him to ignore those gossips and just accept this letter first!'"
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly at Zhu Yingzhen who looked at him without blinking: "This... my parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and the emperor is the one who knows me. My lord, the emperor is right, I really don't want to be like this."
He was knighted at a critical moment."
"Aren't you?" Zhu Yingzhen opened his eyes wide and said with some dissatisfaction: "The emperor has already said this, and you still want to refuse? Is reputation really more important than anything else?"
"The reason why I want to decline is not just because of my reputation." Gao Pragmatic said solemnly: "Brother Yingzhen, there are no outsiders here, and I won't hide it anymore. I will tell you what is in my heart today.
"
The relationship between Gao Pangshi and Zhu Yingzhen is indeed very close. The two have been friends for more than ten years, and they have cooperated a lot in business. Now they are even involved in some issues in the Beijing camp. It is really like you have me, and I have you.
, to the point where both gain and lose, so once he replaced "Cheng Guogong" with "Brother Yingzhen", Zhu Yingzhen knew that the drama was coming.
"Since Qiuzhen has said so, Brother Yu is of course willing to listen attentively. If you have any concerns, just ask." Zhu Yingzhen also rarely put away his smile and said seriously.
Gao Pingshi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Looking at today's court, the two parties of practical learning and spiritual learning are the mainstays. Brother Yingzhen, you won't deny this, right?"
This is something everyone knows, and Zhu Yingzhen will certainly not deny it and nod in approval.
Gao pragmatically said: "Although Shen Yuanfu is in charge of the government now, he lacks helpers; our school has more cabinet ministers, but without the position of chief assistant, it is inconvenient to issue orders. I don't think this situation will happen for the time being.
There will be big changes, Brother Ying Zhen, do you think so?"
This question was a little more difficult. Zhu Yingzhen thought about it for a while, then nodded slowly and said: "As long as there are no big mistakes between the two of you, I think what you said is probably right."
"Okay." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said, "Why are we opening the vassal ban now?"
Zhu Yingzhen was stunned and said subconsciously: "Raising money... Oh, I mean, raising money to fight those thieves."
"Exactly." Gao Pragmatic ignored Zhu Yingzhen's words and continued to ask: "At this moment, is it best for the DPRK and China not to show any signs of intensifying party disputes, so that the DPRK situation remains stable, at least until the Tumen are completely defeated?
, destroy the remaining Yuan?"
"Well..." Zhu Yingzhen obviously had not considered such a far-reaching issue before, scratched his head and said: "It seems so, but the intensification of party strife you mentioned - I mean the degree of intensification, I am a little unsure.
did you mean."
Gao Pragmatic snorted softly: "The meaning of intensifying party strife is that whatever the I-Practice School stands for, the other Xin School will oppose. For example, if I want to open a vassal state, the Xin School is acquiescing to it now, but if the party struggle is completely intensified, then
They may not care about the consequences at all and oppose everything.
For example, if something happens to the vassal king or the clan in a certain place, they will go out and talk about the disadvantages of opening the vassal ban. Regardless of whether there are any, they will talk about the opening of the vassal ban as if it has disrupted the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
——Don’t think that they can’t do it. I can find reasons and be reasonable, and so can they. If this happens, what will the emperor do if he is annoyed?”
Zhu Yingzhen said in surprise: "I don't know whether the emperor is annoyed or not, but the emperor is definitely on your side - when has he not been on your side? What do you have to be afraid of?"
You...you, Zhu Yingzhen, are lucky to be a prince. If you were a eunuch, he would be someone like Wang Zhen or Liu Jin. As long as you have the favor of the emperor, you dare to do anything? I mean, my friend, the world
If everyone yells at you to kill you, sooner or later the emperor will be too lazy to protect you!
Gao pragmatic had no choice but to change his method of persuasion and sighed: "I am dedicated to serving the public good, so I am not afraid of nature. But brother Ying Zhen, you have to know that although the senior officials of the Xin School may be less than our Shi School, their base is
However, there are more schools than the Shi School. Nine out of ten scholars in Nanbang are either from the Xin School or have some connection with the Xin School.
If their school of thought is really determined to oppose us, no matter what resolution we make in the government, when they implement it in the local areas-especially in the south-I'm afraid they will turn into crooked monks and read crooked scriptures.
.By then, the vassal ban could have gone well, but it will also lead to big troubles. So what do you think we should do?"
Zhu Yingzhen was stunned for a long time, then hesitantly said: "Isn't that true?"
Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "You know about the partisan struggle between Niu and Li in the Tang Dynasty, why didn't it happen?"
Zhu Yingzhen took a breath: "I understand, you are afraid that because of this you will be knighted, and then Shen Yuanfu... Oh, I mean the Xin School can't swallow this breath, and they have to say goodbye to you.
There are signs, and then it spoils such a major event as opening the vassal ban and even destroying the residual Yuan, so you are unwilling to accept it?"
Seeing that he understood, Gao Pingshi nodded: "Exactly."
Zhu Yingzhen let out a long sigh: "I thought I had accepted a good errand, so I patted my chest and made a guarantee with the emperor. This is great... Okay, I understand what you mean. My face is worthless.
, I will go into the palace later and tell the emperor what you said. As for you... it will be up to the emperor to say goodbye."
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