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Aki - Aki Province, one of the ancient kingdoms of Japan, also known as Yishu, is located in the west of Honshu Island, adjacent to the Choshu Domain.

The local officials placed in each country are collectively called "Guosi", which is equivalent to the official in the border area. They are in charge of all government affairs such as the administration, justice, and security of the country. The chief officer is called "Shou", and the junior officer is called "Jie".

The so-called "Aki Shou" is the highest chief executive of An Yi Kingdom, ranking from the fifth to the lowest.

The state offices are also divided into three, six or nine levels.

Japan has a total of sixty-six countries, and each country is divided into four categories based on population: large, upper, middle, and lower.

An Yishou belongs to the Shangguo, and all the Shangguo Shou are subordinate to the five subordinates.

Qingdeng's original official position was the Chief of the Ministry of War under the title of Zhengliu.

From being in the sixth position to being in the fifth position... directly skipping over from being in the sixth position, a leapfrog promotion!

This is already an incredible promotion!

Of course, these official positions awarded by the imperial court are all honorary titles, also known as "virtual titles."

Qingdeng was named Anyi Shou, which does not mean that he has the power to govern Anyi Kingdom.

In fact, the land of Aki Province already had an actual ruler, and that was the Hiroshima Domain, which had a height of 426,000 stone and was led by the Asano family.

If the imperial court cannot even govern the capital city at its feet, how can it have the ability to enfeoff its ministers?

The emperor and his ministers had nothing to do but wag their lips and talk.

The imperial court's awards basically express an attitude.

Express how much you value this person and his current status.

The specific content of the official position is not important, since they have no real power anyway.

The level of official position is meaningful!

Just like Aizu.

Higo Province is a big country. Looking at the whole of Japan, there are only 13 big countries like it.

Therefore, the official position of "Da Guo Shou" is very precious and will never be given to others easily.

The Aizu Matsudaira family shouldered the important task of "controlling the Northeast", so they were able to inherit the official position of Higomori.

This represents the importance and trust that the shogunate and the imperial court place on Aizu.

Although there are no clear regulations, according to long-standing practice, "Guojian" is mostly awarded to daimyo.

Qingdeng was named the Shangguo Shou in one fell swoop... everyone had smelled the political signal contained in it!

What is certain now is that the imperial court has obtained gossip from the shogunate.

Qingden will definitely become a famous name.

Moreover, it is a daimyo with a vast territory and strong strength!

All in all, being awarded the title of An Yishou only made Aoshito's title shine even more brightly.

From now on, it will no longer be the "Tangerine Military Department".

He has a new honorific.

According to convention, if you are named "XX Shou", you can call yourself "XX" and "X State".

For example: Matsudaira Yongho is Higo Shou, so he can call himself "Hieshu", "Matsuping Higo" or "Matsuping Hizhou".

The same can be said - from now on, others can call Qingdeng "Anzhou", "Ju'anyi", "Juanzhou", and Qingdeng can also call himself by these names.

Ju Anyi... Qingdeng is quite satisfied with the new title he has received, which sounds pretty good to him.

The common people's attention is focused on Qingdeng's official position of "An Yishou".

For ordinary people who lack knowledge, it is easy to understand that the reward Qingdeng received is to become the nominal highest officer of An Yi Kingdom.

As for the other reward Qingdeng received...that is, "the surname "Su Ni"", the common people don't know much about it.

Su Mi? What the hell is this?

Do you want Nioh-sama to be renamed "Sumi Seito"?

In fact, anyone who has a little knowledge of Japanese politics can immediately conclude that in terms of gold content alone, "Aki Mamoru" is far inferior to "Sukumi"!

After learning that Aoto was named "Aki Shou", Saigo Kinosuke, Matsudaira Yōho...all the military and political leaders in Japan were not surprised.

But after learning that Qingdeng was given the surname "Su Ni", they were all amazed.

"Su Ni" is one of the "Eight Color Surnames".

In ancient Japan, "family" represented the tribe or profession from which one was born, while "surname" represented one's status based on the relationship with the Yamato royal power.

To put it simply - "surname" is a title of nobility, which is used to highlight status and distinguish social classes.

At first, both the "surname" and the "surname" were given by the emperor. The main "surnames" were Chen, Lian, and Banzao.

After Emperor Tenmu ascended the throne, he revised the "surname".

In October of the 13th year of Tenmu (684), Emperor Tenmu issued an edict: "Change the surnames of the clans and make them eight-color surnames, so as to blend all the surnames in the world. The first is called Zhenren, the second is called courtiers, and the third is called Su Ni.

The fourth is Ji Cun, the fifth is Taoist, the sixth is Chen, the seventh is Lian, and the eighth is Daozhi."

In this way, the "Ba Color Surname" was officially born.

The sequence of the "eight-color surnames" is based on the ancestors of each clan or the close relationship with the royal family. From high to low, they are Zhenren, courtier, Suni, Jicun, Taoist, Chen, Lian and Daozhi.

In fact, the first four surnames were actually awarded, and there are no examples of the last four surnames in historical materials.

Although the granting of "eight-colored surnames" stopped being implemented in the Heian period, the shoguns of the past dynasties and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who served as Taikakukanshiro, still flaunted the surname "Court Officer".

In other words, you are putting gold on your face to enhance your status.

From the Heian period to the present, the imperial court has not granted "eight-color surnames" to outsiders for hundreds of years.

Nowadays, the ancient "eight-color surname" has returned to the world, and Qingdeng has become the first person to obtain the "eight-color surname" after 500 years... This is really unbelievable.

After learning about the incident, Saigo Kinosuke, Matsudaira Yongho and others sent people to investigate.

Soon, they learned the truth - the Zunxing movement in recent years had restored the authority of the imperial court, and it was no longer the insignificant mascot it had been in the past.

In addition, the strength of the shogunate was seriously declining, and the constraints on the court were greatly reduced.

As a result, the ministers decided to restart the ancient method and grant "eight-color surnames" to meritorious officials, in order to enhance the court's sense of presence.

The surname Qingdeng was given was the third-class "Su Ni", second only to the real people and court officials.

Although he was given a surname, it does not mean that Qingdeng will change his name to "Sumi Qingdeng" from now on.

He is still "Ju Qingden" and will not change.

His "Ju" is the Miao character, not his surname.

Although in semantics, the Japanese Miao character is equivalent to the Chinese surname, the Miao character is the Miao character and the surname is the surname. The two are not the same concepts and cannot be confused.

From the beginning, Qingden had no surname.

In other words: even if you look at the whole of Japan, very few people have a surname.

As mentioned above, a surname is a title of nobility, and not everyone can possess it.

Tachibana, Chiba, Okita, Kinoshita, Kondo...these are Miao characters, not surnames.

The Miao surname is a new surname created after a family separated from the original clan. It is collectively called the Miao surname.

Regardless of whether he has a surname or not, Qingden is still "Ju Qingden", "Mr. Orange" and "Mr. Orange".

The only thing that changed was his full name and his official signature in official documents.

Qingnobo now not only has a prominent official position, but also has a surname, so his full name has undergone a "big evolution" - Genjuku Nitachibana Akishou Aoden Seiharu.

"Source" means that Qingden was born in the Source clan.

"Su Ni" means that Qingdeng is already the third-class noble after the real person and below the courtiers.

"Orange" is the Miao character for Qingdeng.

"An Yishou" is his official title.

"Qingdeng" is his common name.

"Sheng Qing" is his real name.

Of course, there are very few occasions when you have the opportunity to use this full name - it can even be said that there are no occasions at all.

There are very few occasions when the surname "Su Ni" can be used.

You can probably only see this group of words in official documents.

Ayoto's official name in official documents was originally "Minamoto Seiharu" or "Minamoto Tachibana Seiharu", but now it has been changed to "Genshuku Mi no Moriharu" or "Genshuku Ne Tachibana Seiharu".

Apart from writing two more words in official documents, there are no other changes.

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To be continued...