Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the rules that it would not be granted a title without military achievements, it was naturally not easy for a group of civil and military ministers to obtain titles.

Especially during the Taiping period, it was extremely difficult to be granted a title of marquis. However, the Dukes and Marquis enthroned by Zhengde dynasty were one after another. No matter who was granted a title of marquis, he had outstanding achievements and could not be commended. Even those civil officials who were jealous of this could not say anything.

Not to mention other things, let’s talk about Duke Yang Yiqing of Jin and Duke Yang Ming of An. Except for the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu granted several kings of different surnames, he has never been granted a king since then. The highest title of Duke is the Duke.

As the saying goes, the Dukes and Marquis will be rich and prosperous for generations, but there are actually very few people who can be named Duke. At least after Taizu and Chengzu, few people were named Dukes.

The reason why Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming are regarded as upstarts is that they compare themselves with Duke Ding, Duke British, and Duke Wei who have endured the elegance of their ancestors.

Fame and fortune are only obtained immediately. Compared with civil officials and military generals who fight on the battlefield, it is relatively easier to achieve merit. This time, Japan's destruction will naturally not take it too much for the soldiers involved, and it is natural that the court will be granted great honor to the ministers who have made meritorious deeds.

As figures walked into the towering hall one by one, dozens of generals were dressed in military uniforms, with a little bit of evil spirit of fighting on the battlefield, and walked into the hall with their heads raised and their chests raised.

The leader was Zhai Luan, who replaced Chu Yi as the commander of the army. Next were famous generals such as Lu Dazhu, Qi Jingtong, and Yu Dayou.

Walking into the hall, a group of soldiers bowed to the emperor, shouting long live to the mountain: "I wish you a visit to Your Majesty, I wish you a lifetime!"

Zhu Houzhao was in a very good mood. She immediately sat up from the dragon chaise and supported her hands: "You guys are free to get up!"

When the soldiers stood up, Zhu Houzhao looked at the team of officials, then nodded to Wang Zheng, the eunuch general manager beside him.

As several young eunuchs under Emperor Shizuo in the past, Wang Zheng has been rising with Chu Yi over the years, and now he has become the eunuch general manager around Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao did not choose the new Sili Supervisor, so Wang Zheng, as the eunuch next to the emperor, was vaguely regarded as the candidate for the future Sili Supervisor, and could definitely be said to be the hot internal supervisor of the big insider.

If an ordinary eunuch suddenly ascended to a high position, he would have been inflated for it. However, Wang Zheng did not become arrogant because he became the eunuch general manager around the emperor. Instead, he became more cautious and cautious.

After being with Chu Yi over the years, Wang Zheng and others can be said to be the clearest person in Chu Yi. What Chu Yi doesn’t care about the most is that his subordinates become arrogant as soon as they gain power.

Moreover, over the years, with Chu Yi's words and deeds being promoted step by step, Wang Zheng and others have also come step by step, but they are not suddenly in charge of power and forgetfulness.

Wang Zheng bowed to the emperor and took out a bright yellow scroll. For a moment, the eyes of all civil and military officials fell on the scroll. The fools knew that the scroll must be about rewards for the civil and military officials who returned from victory after going to Japan.

When Chu Yi insisted on leading a large army across the ocean to conquer Japan, no one of the civil and military officials in the court would have thought that one day, Japan, which had been passed down for thousands of years, would be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

In everyone's opinion, Chu Yi sent troops more to teach Japan a lesson. As a result, in less than two years, Japan was destroyed and has now been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, all the soldiers who went to the war with Chu Yi were meritorious officials. It can be said that they followed Chu Yi to Japan for a walk, which was not enough qualifications.

Let’s take a look at these generals in the hall, and I don’t know how many of these generals will be granted marquis.

In the hall, everyone stared at the imperial edict in Wang Zheng's hand, as if they could see through the imperial edict and see the content on the imperial edict.

Chu Yi stood aside, looking calm. Chu Yi had already learned about the rewards to the generals from Zhu Houzhao.

Even who was granted the title of marquis or the title of Bo, Zhu Houzhao completely listened to Chu Yi's opinions. After all, no one knew better than Chu Yi who was the soldiers who went to Japan to make such a contribution.

Wang Zheng slowly spoke, "The Emperor of the Heavenly Continuing the Movement, and the imperial edict said, "There are barbarian countries that bully our dynasties. King Wu Chuyi leads troops to promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty, educate foreign countries, and promote the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty. Now I will reward King Wu Chuyi with 10,000 taels of gold and a thousand hectares of fertile land..."

Chu Yi took a step forward and politely said to the emperor: "My minister, thank you for your order!"

In fact, Zhu Houzhao wanted to reward Chu Yi heavily, but he was rejected by Chu Yi. He is now the king of Yi and has reached the peak of his title. It can be said that there is no way to advance. As for official positions, Chu Yi finally resigned and how could he receive an official position again? Even if it was gold, silver and land, it was only accepted by Chu Yi considering the rewards of the soldiers who went with him. Otherwise, Chu Yi would not have any interest in gold, silver and wealth. Not to mention tens of thousands of taels of gold, even if it was dozens or hundreds of times more, Chu Yi would not care.

Many officials looked at Chu Yi. The emperor only rewarded gold, silver and acres of land, but did not give any other rewards to Chu Yi. The civil and military officials naturally knew that Chu Yi's current status had reached the point where he could not be sealed, so he was not very surprised.

However, what Wang Zheng read out was not Zhai Luan, the commander of the three armies, but Lu Dazhu. Lu Dazhu himself was stunned and went forward to listen to the seal.

"I specially appointed Lu Dazhu as Duke of Xiangwu, and was inherited from generation to generation and retired with the country!"

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but look at Lu Dazhu with a dull look in shock. It was obvious that the emperor was surprised by Lu Dazhu's imperial decree and not only the civil and military officials of the court, but even Lu Dazhu himself was very surprised.

Lu Dazhu has indeed made outstanding achievements and has been named a marquis before. It is said that with the blessing of such great merits, it is not impossible to be granted the title of Duke.

However, the position of the Duke of the Kingdom is extraordinary. There are only a few Dukes of the Ming Dynasty who were granted throughout the Ming Dynasty. There were previously two more people, including Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming.

This time, Lu Dazhu was named Duke, which really made everyone unexpected. It was a few years ago that Lu Dazhu was just an ordinary general in the Ming army. However, in just a few years, Lu Dazhu rose to the top and went from being a general to becoming one of the few generations of Dukes in the Ming Dynasty.

If we only look at Lu Dazhu's promotion path, it is simply a legend.

It can only be said that Lu Dazhu is lucky enough. He met Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, a pair of martial monarchs and ministers, happened to catch up with several wars. Lu Dazhu, who had almost never lost one battle after another, was enough.

The most important thing is that promoting Lu Dazhu to Duke of Xiangwu was actually Chu Yi's suggestion. Lu Dazhu himself was loyal to the emperor, and now he was even more grateful to the emperor and was granted the title of Duke of a generation. It can be said that if there is a real loyalty value, it would be impossible for Lu Dazhu's loyalty to the emperor to soar to the full value.

Lu Dazhu is a powerful general in the army. Not only is he the best of the three armies, but he is also brave and resourceful. He is a talented general of a generation. He has reached the realm of transformation through external martial arts practice. Even if he faces a strong man of innate level, he is not without the power of fighting.

Generals such as Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, Yu Dayou were the white jade pillars of the sky selected by Chu Yi for the future Ming Dynasty for decades selected by the emperor.

With these generals, unless Zhu Houzhao is committed to death, he will keep the Ming Dynasty forever even if there is any chaos.

Behind Lu Dazhu was Zhai Luan. Zhai Luan, who looked calm, stepped forward and listened to the Feng respectfully.

"I have appointed Zhai Luan as the Marquis of Wenyi..."

Zhai Luan was named Marquis of Wenyi, but no one had any objections. Although Zhai Luan was the commander of the three armies, it was said that the contribution of destroying the country was not impossible to be named Duke like Lu Dazhu. However, Zhai Luan inherited Chu Yi's legacy to a certain extent.

Most of Japan was laid in Chu Yi's hands. Even if Zhai Luan mobilized his troops to completely occupy Japan, it was the foundation laid by Chu Yi.

In the eyes of the world, Zhai Luan is Xiao Gui Cao Sui, who is in a good manner. Everything is done according to Chu Yi's arrangement. In that situation, if anyone is in Zhai Luan's position, as long as he is in a good manner, he can take over Japan.

Therefore, Zhai Luan’s merits were not as great as imagined. It was precisely because of this that when Zhu Houzhao agreed to a meritorious minister, Zhai Luan’s reward was made a marquis.

A happier look flashed in Zhai Luan's eyes, and she hurriedly stepped forward to bow to Zhu Houzhao: "I will receive the order to thank you!"

Zhai Luan never thought about being appointed as a Duke, which was too far away, so when Lu Dazhu was named Duke, Zhai Luan was just envious and did not feel any jealousy.

A member of the general was either named Earl or Viscount, and Yu Dayou, who was only sixteen years old, was named Earl.

The sixteen-year-old count, who counts history books, is afraid he can't find a few people. I don't know how many people are envious.

It’s a pity that the civil and military officials in the court were all over the court, and apart from envying, the ministers could not think of any reason to prevent the appearance of such a young count.

Yu Dayou's merits are recorded in detail one by one. If it weren't for the lack of sufficient background and background, it would not be surprising to be named a marquis based on his merits.

It took about an hour to completely stop the rewards of the meritorious soldiers. Dozens of nobles were born in the Ming Dynasty, greatly enhancing the power of nobles.

Judging from the current situation in the court, there is a tendency for military generals to overwhelm civil officials. This is not a good thing for a dynasty to be too strong.

Fortunately, if the great men of the Ming Dynasty were counted from Zhengde, the nobles before Emperor Zhengde belonged to the old school, while the nobles granted by Zhu Houzhao during the dynasty could be regarded as the new school.

The Wuxun Group is also divided into two factions: the old and new factions, and these two factions are naturally incompatible.

This is not surprising. In the eyes of old martial arts masters such as Duke Ding, Duke British, and Duke Wei, new Dukes like Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, and Lu Dazhu are simply not as good as their family background and have a long history. They think they are just a group of lucky ministers who have gained power in one dynasty, so they look down on Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming.

Like Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others also looked down on Duke Wei and Dukes of Britain, who were old-fashioned nobles who were lying on the merit books of their ancestors.

If it were the titles he had made with one sword and one shot, Wang Yangming and others would naturally be convinced. However, the Duke of England and Duke of Wei were just to be loved by his ancestors, which naturally made Wang Yangming and others look down on him.

In this way, the new school feels that the old school has no ability and can only rely on the old capital, while the old school thinks that the new school is a group of lucky ministers and has no background. Everyone looks down on me and I look down on you, so they let Wuxun’s lineage be divided into two schools.

In this way, the Wuxun Group, which seemed to have skyrocketed, actually did not seriously threaten the balance of the civil and military situation in the court. Otherwise, both Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao would have to consider whether to reduce the power of the Wuxun Group.

Just as everyone was thinking differently and was waiting to retreat to the court, Chu Yi, who rarely spoke suddenly stepped forward and bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Heaven Supervision Supervision is here, and please decide the auspicious day for the fleet to go to sea!"

Zhu Houzhao's plan was to delay it for a day. She thought Chu Yi would forget it if he didn't speak, but she never thought that when he was about to announce his resignation, Chu Yi mentioned this matter.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao nodded at Chu Yi, and then said to Lin Ruoshi, the supervisor of the Imperial Heaven Supervision,: "Your family, I don't know when the nearest auspicious day will be?"

Lin Ruoshi had just been praying in his heart that Chu Yi and the emperor could ignore him, but as soon as Chu Yi spoke, Lin Ruoshi felt panic.

"I... I will meet your Majesty and have met His Highness the King of Wu!"

In other words, Lin Ruoshi had long thought that there would be such a situation, so after taking a step forward to the emperor and Chu Yi, he tried hard to keep himself calm. Under Chu Yi's water-like gaze, Lin Ruoshi felt like he had been seen through by Chu Yi.

It was as if all the little thoughts in his heart were seen through by Chu Yi.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also stared at Lin Ruoshi. He had summoned Lin Ruoshi himself and told Lin Ruoshi to deduce the auspicious day until three months later. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi with some satisfaction in his heart.

Chu Yi didn't know that Zhu Houzhao was full of satisfaction at this moment. Under his gaze, Lin Ruo's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, which showed how much pressure he was sandwiched between the emperor and Chu Yi.

After gritting his teeth suddenly, Lin Ruoshi said to Emperor Zhu Houzhao: "Report to Your Majesty, I have calculated that if His Highness Wu wants to go to the West, the best time should be one month later."

Zhu Houzhao was expecting Lin Ruoshi to say what happened three months later, but she opened her eyes wide and looked at Lin Ruoshi, who was drooping his head and trembling all over, and said in disbelief: "How dare he, how dare he..."
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