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1292 A new way of knighthood

It doesn't matter if it doesn't look at it, but when he saw it, he was stunned.

Although Chen Shigong is old, he still remembers it clearly. The emperor sitting on it smiling at him is the young man who has been to his own village and has talked to him for a long time!

By the way, who said that he was from the Jinyiwei around him? Then he would definitely be from the Jinyiwei? He could also be the master of the Jinyiwei!

When Chen Shigong thought of this, he couldn't help but blame himself secretly. Why was his eyes so dizzy that even the True Dragon Emperor could not recognize him when he came in front of him!

He was thinking that an eunuch had brought a round stool wrapped in silk to him and signaled him to take his seat.

Chen Shigong came to his senses and immediately thanked him excitedly. At this time, he was very glad that he agreed to the emperor's request and became the leader of this matter!

Next, there was nothing to say. After all, the "master plot" behind this matter was the emperor sitting on the imperial throne. According to the script, Emperor Chongzhen asked about the situation and Chen Shigong stated. Finally, Emperor Chongzhen said that he had specialized in his skills and passed on the imperial physician to come to ask about the situation in public. The result was naturally self-evident. The matter was decided on the spot by Emperor Chongzhen.

Then Emperor Chongzhen said seriously to the chief assistant Wen Tiren: "Since this matter is true, it is related to the future of our Ming Dynasty, we must immediately correct our past bad habits! Wen Qing, led by the cabinet and written by the Ministry of Justice, revised the "Da Ming Law" and wrote these contents into the "Da Ming Law". After I read the information without any problems, I will immediately promulgate the world!"

In fact, although Wen Tiren didn't know what happened before, he knew about Emperor Chongzhen. After paying attention to this matter, he thought of the emperor's southern tour and knew that behind this matter was actually the emperor's own meaning. Now that the momentum has been established, what else can I say?

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren went out and replied: "I am going to receive the order!"

He faintly felt that the emperor's intention should have been a long time ago. Because the emperor had previously reformed the household registration system, and included the marriage matters under the jurisdiction of the government, and also issued a marriage certificate. Only after the government registered and wrote the new household registration information, the marriages of the people of the Ming Dynasty were considered protected by the government.

With this premise, in the future, governments in various places will have rules to follow in accordance with the new "Da Ming Law". If they are lower than the legal age, they will not be handled, which will naturally limit the people of the Ming Dynasty to get married less than the legal age.

Without this premise, even if there is a law, it is difficult to enforce.

Emperor Chongzhen then turned to look at Chen Shigong and said enthusiastically: "The old man's incident this time is beneficial to the present and the future. I will also reward such contributions. I will do this..."

He pondered for a moment, then continued, "Chen Shigong heard from him!"

Chen Shigong was a little stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed. He was about to kneel down and listen to Feng, but he was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen. When he was old, he didn't have to kneel all the time. With a golden mouth, a count hit Chen Shigong.

This reward shocked everyone. They didn't expect that Chen Shigong could get an earl with this, which was really surprising.

Among the ranks of military generals, Zu Dashou stared at the old Chen Shigong and was very jealous. As a general, he was eager for a title, so why was he obtained by an old man?

He was unwilling to accept it, and immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I will think it is inappropriate!"

"Huh?" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and his nostrils sounded, and he was obviously a little unhappy.

Zu Dashou heard it, but since he had already left the list, he gritted his teeth and continued to proclaim: "Your Majesty, the ancestral system, you cannot be awarded a title without military merit! Doctor Chen has not obtained military merit..."

When he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes swept across the queue of military generals. Seeing that many military generals seemed to be a little ready, he immediately interrupted Zu Dashou's words and said coldly: "Military merits are awarded titles, but that's right! Then I ask you, can you make the people of the Ming Dynasty smarter and healthy in the future benefit countless women in the Ming Dynasty and prevent the family from being destroyed. Is such a great contribution? I can tell you clearly that if a general's military merits to expand his territory and a doctor has countless contributions to countless living people, I would rather expand his territory than to expand his territory! Moreover, I tell Zuqing that your family will also benefit from his proposal. So, do you understand?"

The emperor has already said it very clearly, who can have any questions?

If it was the original Emperor Chongzhen and had no prestige, then these generals might want to argue. However, the current Emperor Chongzhen is so powerful that it is unprecedented. He said clearly that who dares to object again? It is not that military merits cannot be awarded titles in the future, which is the fundamental interest of the military man. After this incident was spread, others would only say that Zu Dashou was stingy.

After all, the emperor's title is just the emperor's family affairs. Because the nobles who have titles and the salary are all from the inner treasury and do not pass through the national treasury. The emperor can award whoever he wants to grant titles.

To be honest, the saying of military merits and titles is not tenable. In the Ming Dynasty, relatives of the foreigners could be awarded titles. In addition, powerful ministers, such as Wei Zhongxian and the beauties of Keshi, were awarded titles, but they did not have a good ending.

The civil servants next to him are more willing to give the emperor more titles. In this way, maybe when the emperor is happy, he will also give the civil servant a title. Wouldn't that be beautiful!

Therefore, Zu Dashou did not dare to argue anymore and Nuonuo retreated.

Seeing that things were decided, Chen Shigong couldn't help but be very happy.

Emperor Chongzhen ignored him and took advantage of this topic and said seriously to the ministers: "I will talk about it here. If someone has made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty, no matter what it is, I will be willing to give him a title and reward him. If there is anyone who doesn't understand, I can give you a few examples."

When he heard this, all the civil and military officials, including the eunuchs and palace maids, couldn't help but prick their ears and listened intently.

"For example, if a child dies prematurely, smallpox is a major culprit. If anyone can offer good advice to the court and solve the smallpox problem forever, I will definitely give it a title and thank you!"

Smallpox is one of the oldest and most mortality-rate infectious diseases, and it is very contagious. In ancient times, regardless of royal relatives or civilian beggars, they were afraid of smallpox as if they were tigers because they were basically unsolvable.

At this time of the Ming Dynasty, acne-bacterial method had appeared, divided into two types: drought seedling method and water seedling method, which originated in Jiangnan during the Longqing period. However, these two types of acne-bacterial method have great risks.

In the original history, even in the Qing Dynasty, there was no good idea. Many of the Qing emperors and emperors died of smallpox. During the same period, even in Europe, a large number of people died of smallpox every year.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen gave an example, taking smallpox, an infectious disease that the ancients feared the most.

In the original history, it was not until the last few years of the 18th century that British doctor Aidow Jenner discovered the cultivation of cowpox and solved it.

In the hall, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, no one refuted it, but was stunned. It has to be said that Emperor Chongzhen's words were very novel and unprecedented. A new way of title was immediately revealed in front of their eyes.

When they came to their senses, all civil and military officials, eunuchs and palace maids, etc. had to admit that, or in other words, they all wanted to have such a person appear to solve the damn smallpox. In this way, they themselves and their descendants could no longer be threatened by smallpox.

In the quiet inside the hall, Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the seal, suddenly, was the first to leave the list and kneel down to report to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty's priest's kind heart is truly a blessing for all people!"

This movement brought all the ministers to their senses. The chief assistant Wen Tiren slandered in his heart, "You are a person who has no eggs and can always get the first place in flattery and seeking credit."

If today's incident is spread, whoever opposes this kind of title will definitely be scolded to death by the people outside, and even the family will be cold-faced when they go home. Supporting this kind of title is the most likely opportunity to make a name for it, who can miss it?

Therefore, after Cao Huachun, the chief assistant Wen Tiren and others, all the civil and military officials in the court, knelt down and followed the remark: "Your Majesty's kind heart is truly a blessing for all people!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked serious, but continued: "There are other cases that are particularly harmful, such as the warm epidemic. If anyone can solve it, I will be granted a title. In the future, I will be given a title to anyone who is beneficial to my people in the Ming Dynasty and the contributions of my descendants in the Ming Dynasty!"

The warm epidemic is actually the plague, and it is the Black Death in Europe. The harm of this infectious disease is also very great. The demise of the Ming Dynasty is actually to some extent due to the plague. When Li Zicheng led the army to attack the capital, the plague broke out in the capital, and almost all the soldiers guarding the city were attacked. The capital was unable to defend at all, so Li Zicheng easily captured it.

There is another saying that Li Zicheng's army then fought with the Qing Dynasty. He fought a tough battle at Shanhaiguan, but then he was defeated and there was no decent resistance at all. Could it be that Li Zicheng's other army was all shit? Obviously not! It was after Li Zicheng's army entered the capital, it was also infected with the plague. It was only in the early stage that it was still in the incubation period, but it broke out later, which made Li Zicheng's army unable to resist.

However, the Qing Dynasty was lucky. After knowing this situation, it avoided the capital and disappeared. By the time they entered Beijing, the weather had already become colder and the spread of the plague had been reduced to a minimum.

Of course, these are all off-topics. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, who saw the civil and military officials in the court lie there, simply did not stop and continued to say loudly: "I believe that all the applications of steam engines are obvious to all, and their contribution to our Ming Dynasty is not bad. If this steam engine was invented by someone else, I would definitely be honored."

There is no way, the steam engine was invented by Emperor Chongzhen himself. Can we still learn from the example of Emperor Zhengde who named himself a general and then led his troops to war, and awarded himself a title to reward the invention of the steam engine?

Emperor Chongzhen said this and looked at Wen Tiren and said, "Wen Qing, the cabinet will draw an order to announce my intention to the whole world. I am willing to give the title to you. I hope that everyone in the world will work together to make the greatest contribution to the strength of my Ming, the prosperity of my Ming, and the health of my Ming!"

"I obey the order!" Wen Tiren responded loudly, without saying anything, he must have drafted the order. He could be sure that the name of the person who drafted the order will be passed down to future generations, and he decided to write it himself.

Then this matter was settled. After the dynasty was dispersed, the entire capital was sensation again.

Originally, the people in the capital were bored and were paying attention to Chen Shigong's public letter. As soon as the news of the court came out, they knew it immediately.

"Really? The imperial doctor is sure, the emperor was right at the first time? Didn't that mean that those things are true?"

"If it weren't true, how could all the famous doctors in the world have the same attitude? If it weren't true, no one would object to the civil and military officials in the court? If it weren't true, the emperor would approve me to do this in the future of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Fortunately, my daughter has not gotten married yet. No, I have to go and tell my in-laws that the wedding date will be postponed. Now I am too young!"

“…”

After they knew the results of what they were concerned about, the subsequent news shocked them even more.

"What? The famous doctor Chen Shigong was awarded the title by the emperor?"

"The nonsense is true. At the beginning, I didn't believe it. It was said by my adults in person, so there would be no false!"

"Tell you, the emperor has a golden word today, saying that if anyone can cure smallpox, warm epidemics and other diseases, he will definitely be awarded a title! By the way, there are other things. As long as we can make all the people of the Ming Dynasty healthy, the achievements will be made for future generations, and the benefits will be given to future generations, the emperor will be given a title. In this matter, the imperial edict will be spread throughout the world when looking back!"

"Wow, I'm waiting for a title, such a high reward? I've never had it before. The emperor was really worried about our Ming people!"

"That's not. Look, the emperor's heart has always been holding us. It's a blessing that we can meet such a good emperor in our life!"

“…”

After hearing the news, all the people, without exception, were grateful to the emperor for his kindness, serving the country and the people, and his prestige, and then went to the next level. At the same time, the temptation of titles also stimulated all the people. They were like chicken blood, thinking about doing something, and they didn't have to fight, and they might be able to be titles if they were well-deserved!

Such a matter of glorifying the ancestors seems to be no longer far away from ordinary people!

Emperor Chongzhen in the Forbidden City also learned about the situation outside through chat groups and factory guards. Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly in this regard. He felt that Chen Shigong's example was not enough and he wanted to set an example for the world.

As his achievements increased, his memory became better and better. He recalled everything about the corners of his memory in later generations. For example, although he did not know that it was a discovery of a British doctor, he read historical online articles in later generations, and some books wrote about the plot of growing vowel.

There is only one executor missing in this matter!
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