Liao Huanzhi is no longer young. He was captured as a county magistrate in Tonglu, and then he was over 40 when he defected to Zhu Yicheng. Now nearly ten years have passed, and now he is nearly sixty years old.

Over the years, although Liao Huanzhi has been at a high position, he has been diligent in his work. To outsiders, he is almost above ten thousand people. However, Liao Huanzhi has always been cautious in both front of Zhu Yicheng or in handling major military and political affairs.

Back then, Liao Huanzhi was not as good as the high and low as the low, and he was just a juren in the imperial examination. It was rare to be a county magistrate with his background, and Liao Huanzhi never felt that he was a talented person.

Resigning to Zhu Yicheng was a helpless move at that time, but it was also a turning point in his life. By chance, he jumped from a county magistrate to the chief military aircraft of the Ming Dynasty, holding power, and the legend of life opportunities was nothing more than this. This is what Liao Huanzhi sighed about when he recalled.

"I have seen the emperor..." I came from the Military Affairs Office not too far. In less than two quarters of an hour, Liao Huanzhi came to the Yangxin Palace. After seeing Zhu Yicheng, he went forward to salute.

"Is Liao Aiqing here? Let's sit down." Zhu Yicheng smiled and pointed to the chair beside him.

Liao Huanzhi thanked him again and then sat down.

"Jiang Jin had just left not long ago, and he had already told him what he had said to him before. Jiang Jin would write a letter directly in a few days." Zhu Yicheng said.

Liao Huanzhi nodded slightly and said, "The Emperor is planning and strategizing, and Jiang Jin is not a person who does not know the importance of the Emperor. Naturally, he will do it according to the Emperor's wishes. Moreover, the restructuring of the Six Divisions is a good thing for me, the Ming Dynasty. Although Jiang Jin is selfish, there is still a big picture. The Emperor is relieved as soon as possible."

"What Liao Aiqing said is very much." Zhu Yicheng smiled and said, "I still need to pay more attention to the next six ministries. I cannot do anything like this."

"I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally my heart is a minister. I will do my duty as a minister. I would like to ask the emperor to rest assured." Liao Huanzhi stood up and said solemnly.

"Sit... sit..." Zhu Yicheng pressed his hands and signaled Liao Huanzhi to sit down, and then said: "At the beginning of next spring, I will be awarded the title again. Liao Aiqing is the leader of all officials. He has worked hard and made great contributions over the years. He should be the first to contribute to the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. I have already drafted Liao Aiqing's title. Do you like it, are you satisfied?"

Zhu Yicheng handed over a piece of paper, and Liao Huanzhi took it with fear and fear. When he looked closely, his heart trembled, and the word "Song" was written on it.

This means that Zhu Yicheng gave Liao Huanzhi the title of founding Duke of Song and first-class duke. This position is not low, and it can even be said to be far beyond Liao Huanzhi's expectations.

In fact, since the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the two words founding of the titles of the Ming Dynasty were removed from the titles of the Ming Dynasty, so there was no founding of the titles among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yi became a commendation minister. This time, the title was specially instructed to the founding Duke to show his grace to a few people who have made great contributions.

In the title of title, the title of title not only includes rank, but more importantly, the title is title. There is a strict system for title titles. Generally speaking, it is arranged according to the major and small countries that the Zhou emperor divided into the countries, and the honor of his title can be seen from it.

During the Zhou Dynasty, the King of Zhou granted his younger brother to Song, which was a great country. Therefore, the king of Song was the Duke of Song and rewarded Liao Huanzhi with Duke of Song, which was enough to meet the strong reward of Liao Huanzhi by Zhu Yicheng.

You should know that the famous Qin State in later generations was just a country of count during the Zhou Dynasty, and the Qi State among the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period was also a country of marquis. This shows the importance of the founding Duke of Song.

Now, Liao Huanzhi saw that Zhu Yicheng actually gave him a title of Duke of Song. He was grateful and a little frightened at the same time, so he quickly stood up and said that he didn't dare.

"It is just a title that rewards Liao Aiqing for the next remuneration. Besides, the title is different from the previous Ming Dynasty, so Liao Aiqing's contribution is naturally worthy of it."

"I... I thank the Emperor for his kindness." Liao Huanzhi was excited, his eyes were slightly wet, and he was extremely grateful. But then he said with some concern: "But Emperor, King Song..."

Song is a great country. Since it has been granted the title of Duke of Liao Huanzhi, what about the so-called King of Song now, Zhao Zhicai, who inherited Zhao Hongcan's position? It's impossible that there are both Duke of Song and King of Song in the Ming Dynasty?

"I have considered this matter for a long time. When Zhao Hongcan called himself King of Song, his position was not correct, and Zhao Zhicai naturally had to consider it in the court. Therefore, I decided that Zhao Zhicai's King of Song was changed to King Jingjiang, which was actually determined to be at the rank of the county prince. If he was asked to live in the capital, what do you think?"

Liao Huanzhi understood Zhu Yicheng's thoughts after a brief thought. At present, the forces of Zhao Hongcan's troops were completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. Zhao Zhicai's so-called King Song was just an empty shell prince. Moreover, Zhao Hongcan and the Ming Dynasty were not all ally. You should know that during the Battle of Guangdong, the two sides had a hostile relationship. Even if Zhao Hongcan entered Guangxi, he was still a Qing minister and a hostile state with the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Hongcan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, which was the time for the change in Guizhou. Moreover, Zhao Hongcan took the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he was just planning to find a tough backstage to fight against the Qing Dynasty. If Zhao Hongcan was so loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid everyone knew it. The reason why Zhu Yicheng admitted Zhao Hongcan's surrender at that time was because of the decision made in consideration of the situation in the southwest.

Therefore, the so-called Song Dynasty King Daming court did not truly recognize it. Of course, after Zhao Hongcan's death, Zhao Zhicai inherited his father's position and annexed Guangxi for the Ming Dynasty. The two ministries of Guizhou made some contributions. This is also the reason why Zhu Yicheng recognized Zhao Zhicai as the head of the Zhao family and gave him the title of kingdom in an extraordinary way.

But no matter what, it is certainly possible to give him a title, but the position of King Song is too noble, so Zhu Yicheng naturally needs to adjust it. Moreover, after Zhu Yicheng decided on the title system of the Ming Dynasty, he had a charter, and no one could be granted the title of the prince unless he was a surnamed Zhu. Therefore, Zhao Zhicai could not be a title of prince, and at most he was named a prince according to the example of King Ryukyu.

Therefore, it is natural to change King Song to King Jingjiang. As for King Jingjiang's title, the title of King Jingjiang naturally comes from Guilin. After the title is officially awarded, Zhao Zhicai will be taken to the capital and set up the King Jingjiang's Mansion to raise the generals. Zhu Yicheng is worthy of him.

In addition to Liao Huan, there were two first-class dukes in the founding country, including Dong Dashan as the first-class duke of Wei, and Wang Dong as the first-class duke of Chen. In addition to these three dukes, Jiang Jin was the second-class duke of Zhu Guo, Ma Gong became the second-class duke of Jiao, Zhuang Yan was the second-class duke of Jin, Lin Jianzhang was the third-class duke of Qi, Yang Xu was the third-class duke of Lu, Wang Fan was the third-class duke of Xu, and Shi Yizhi was the third-class duke of Yan.

These ten people are the top ten dukes, and the rest have rewards, or are not worthy of being a marquis, uncles, sons, and men. In addition, Wu Sidao also needs to mention Wu Sidao. In fact, even if Wu Sidao's contribution is not a first-class merit, it is no problem to be a second-class duke. However, Wu Sidao had long told Zhu Yicheng that he did not want to be a duke, and in the end, Zhu Yicheng had no choice but to leave him the title of a first-class marquis.
Chapter completed!