The struggle between the Military Affairs Office and the Cabinet ended with the victory of the Cabinet. After the second imperial edict was issued, Ma Mingyuan had nothing to say and took all the members of the Cabinet to head north and finally arrived in Beijing before the New Year.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Shenwu, Zhu Hongsan used the imperial edict to tell his subjects that he had finally settled down in this country and now he began to reward meritorious ministers.

In fact, some officials who have made meritorious rewards have tried Zhu Hongsan in Guangdong. After all, they can increase their popularity. However, they were rejected by the meticulous Zhu Hongsan. The reason was very simple. They started to reward them when they lived in Guangdong. What should they do if they occupy the whole country in the future? Will they all be crowned kings? For the sake of future considerations, Zhu Hongsan delayed some people's proposals.

Then after occupying Nanjing, the world was shocked at that time, and some people began to propose titles, but Zhu Hongsan rejected it. The reason was similar to last time, and he was still afraid that there would be no reward in the future.

Now that Beijing is occupied, the Qing Dynasty has been driven to Mongolia. Now only part of the country is not occupied by Shaanxi and Sichuan. This is a bit unreasonable if you don’t have any rewards.

At this time, all the officials across the country requested the commendation of the meritorious officials to fly into the cabinet like snowflakes, and Ma Mingyuan sent all such commendations to the emperor intact.

At this time, Zhu Hongsan felt that he should have a reward, or he would have a cold heart to his own people. So in the second year of occupying the country, he issued an imperial edict and began to be awarded titles.

This has always been the case in China. Whenever the Central Plains dynasty changes its presence, it will immediately reward meritorious ministers. After all, my brothers, aren’t it just for you to fight to the death with your emperor today? Emperor, can’t you give us some wealth?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding country of the Ming Dynasty, began to be awarded titles in the third year of Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the sons and barons of the previous dynasty and only had three-class titles, dukes, marquis, and bons. According to the law, these three levels can be divided into seven levels, namely first-class dukes, second-class dukes, first-class dukes, second-class dukes, third-class dukes, first-class dukes, second-class dukes, first-class dukes, second-class dukes, second-class dukes, second-class dukes, and second-class dukes. The salaries received by each level are different, and the treatment in terms of lenient qualities is slightly different. In addition, some titles can be inherited, while others cannot be inherited.

Of course, this long-term food coupon is not so easy to obtain. Zhu Yuanzhang granted a total of 25 dukes and 79 marquis in the third year of Hongwu. Many of these people died in previous wars, and only six dukes and twenty-eight marquises lived to the founding of the country. These people were different from the earls, and they all had long-term food coupons, that is, the Ming Empire did not collapse, and you can use them for generations.

However, while Zhu Yuanzhang gave you a long-term food coupon, he also came with a one-way ticket for hell, which the whole family could use. Among the six founding dukes named by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang was executed by his family, leaving only one grandson. Xu Da died of illness and his title was left until the end of the Ming Dynasty. Chang Yuchun died of illness, and his son Chang Mao was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Wenzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, was also executed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Feng Sheng, the best-killing Feng Sheng, was executed by his family. There was also Deng Yu, who died of illness during his expedition to Tubo. These were dukes, and there were twenty-eight marquises. Only four people could get a good death. Among them, Liu Ji died of illness early, but Liu Ji's son was also in trouble. Tang He, as an old friend of Zhu Yuanzhang, finally suffered Alzheimer's disease, and Zhu Yuanzhang let him go. In the end, he survived to Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, only two of the marquises, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing and Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Di launched a rebellion. Emperor Jianwen ordered the 65-year-old Geng Bingwen to lead his army to suppress the situation. After being defeated, he was dismissed. In the second year of Zhu Di's reign, Zheng Ci, the Minister of Justice, and Chen Ying, the Censor of the Capital, impeached Geng Bingwen's clothes. The utensils had dragon and phoenix patterns on the vessels, and the jade belt was made of red leather belts, which showed signs of rebellion. Geng Bingwen was a good man. He knew that Zhu Di had settled the accounts in the autumn, so Guo Ying was so scared that he committed suicide. In the end, he was the only one who survived to a good death, so Zhu Yuanzhang's long-term food coupon was difficult to get!

Of course, except for the murderous demon Zhu Yuanzhang, other emperors were not bad for these founding titles. Zhu Di was just that you didn't object to me, so I would let you live well and be a rice insect. Therefore, these founding heroes and Jingnan heroes, plus the hundreds of earls awarded for the Ming Dynasty in 270 years, were passed down until the Ming Dynasty's demise.

At this time, the good days are over, and the country is gone. Still remember you? These guys have no courage from their ancestors and are rushing to lick the esthes for the Qing Dynasty. Of course, these people have no good ending in history, and many of them have been persecuted to death by the Qing Dynasty. However, in this time and space, they are even more unlucky because they met Zhu Hongsan, who is as cruel and ruthless as Zhu Yuanzhang.

After entering Nanjing, Zhu Hongsan immediately attacked these heroes. The reason is very simple. Our Zhu family has raised you for more than 200 years. Now we are not dead yet. Let’s go find a new master? Okay! I will return all the salary we have given to you for more than 200 years.

Therefore, under Zhu Hongsan's strict order, the thirty-four heroes who remained in Nanjing were sent to the imperial prison. In order to repay Zhu Hongsan's debt to the King of Hell, their families were forced to be destroyed.

Zhu Hongsan was cruel to others, but it was not enough not to reward his own people. Therefore, on the day of the Chinese New Year, he asked the cabinet to count the number of heroes and prepare to make iron vouchers for alchemy books.

On the first day of March, after two months of verification, the cabinet finally completed the final reward list and submitted it to Emperor Zhu Hongsan by the cabinet chief Ma Mingyuan.

Zhu Hongsan opened the thick credit book to watch. Ma Mingyuan ranked first, Feng Ziyong ranked second, Ma Jiyuan ranked third, Tong Yangjia ranked fourth, these four were Zhu Hongsan’s capital for starting his career, and they were also the oldest heroes who followed Zhu Hongsan. Compared with later generations, it was equivalent to Jinggangshan cadres, so it is understandable that they were ranked first.

The four in the front are the first echelon, and the second echelon is headed by Tong Yangjia's father-in-law Gong Da, and then dozens of people are arranged according to the time he follows Zhu Hongsan. The third echelon is military figures, the first is Qian Yong, the second is Zhao Guodong, the third is Wang Jinbao, and then dozens of military generals.

When Zhu Hongsan saw how the civil officials and military generals separated, he frowned and asked, "Mr. Ma, why is this credit card still divided into civil and military officials?"

Ma Mingyuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the merits of civil officials and military generals are not easy to compare, so after research by the cabinet, civil and military officials will be separated!"

Zhu Hongsanyi thought it was right. This is a good statistics on how many enemies the generals destroyed in front of him, but how do civil officials calculate?

Zhu Hongsan nodded and asked, "It's not bad. How did your cabinet decide what title and fiefdom are you granted?"

"Your Majesty, this cabinet is not determined, I want to ask Your Majesty to make arbitrary decision!" In fact, Ma Mingyuan made a fool of himself. If the cabinet decides to be granted the title of Duke and the title of Duke, wouldn't it offend people? So the most difficult thing is to let the emperor come!

Zhu Hongsan heard Ma Mingyuan say this and knew the difficulties of the cabinet. He nodded and picked up a red pen, drew a few strokes on the merit book, and then said: "Ma Mingyuan was the first to be the Duke of Chu, with a fief of 10,000 households; Feng Ziyong was the Duke of Jin, with a fief of 8,000 households; Ma Jiyuan was the Duke of Qin, with a fief of 6,000 households; Tong Yangjia was the Duke of Qi, with a fief of 4,000 households; Qian Yong was the Duke of Han, with a fief of 3,000 households; Zhao Guodong was the Duke of Zhao, with a fief of 3,000 households; Wang Jinbao was the Duke of Wei, with a fief of 3,000 households; Ma Kun was the Duke of Zheng, and Zhou Yu was the Duke of Liang, and both of these two had fiefs of 2,000 households."

Speaking of this, Zhu Hongsan looked at the merit book again, and there were 103 others, and said to Ma Mingyuan: "Before the civil minister Li Zhi, the military general Han Shirong were all named Marquis before. The name is your cabinet. The fief of the food ranges from one thousand households to one hundred households according to the merits, and the others are all named Earl! The Duke and Marquis were hereditary and the Earl Liu Fifth generation!"

When Ma Mingyuan heard that he was named the head of the meritorious minister, he was very happy and quickly reached out to take over the merit book sent by the eunuch, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I am really sorry for Your Majesty!"

Zhu Hongsan was amused when he saw Ma Mingyuan's twisted appearance. You, Ma Mingyuan, looked like a master. You used to be unimportant about this status. Now the fox's tail is leaked. It turns out that you are also a vulgar person.

"Haha, second brother, don't refuse. You followed me the first time back then, you deserve this hero! "

Ma Mingyuan was just pretending, not really not wanting to be awarded title. Now, after hearing what the emperor said, he stood up and accepted it happily.

Zhu Hongsan continued: "Also, the cabinet will complete the list of heroes as soon as possible, and then ask the Ministry of Works to make a pill book iron voucher!"

"Your Majesty, there are three forms of alchemy iron vouchers. What should be written on the front?"

According to the "Ming History·Yufu Zhi IV": "Iron Certificates of Meritorious Officials: In the second year of Hongwu, Taizu wanted to confer a meritorious official, but it was proposed to be iron certificates, but it was not customized. Some people said that Qian Yun, a native of Taizhou, had a family store of Wuyue King Liutang, and sent an envoy to take it, and gained it because of its style. The system was like a tiles, and the first was the seventh grade. The second grade of Gong: one high foot, one foot, six inches and five cents wide; one high inches and five cents wide, one foot, six inches and six inches wide. Hou San: one high inches, one high inches, one foot, five inches and five cents wide; one high inches and five cents wide, one foot, three inches and five cents wide; one high inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide, one foot, one foot, one foot, one eight inches and five cents wide

Five inches; one height is eight inches, one foot is four inches and five inches. Bo Er grade: one height is seven inches and five inches and five inches and one foot is three inches and five inches and five inches and five inches and one foot is six inches and five inches and five inches and five inches and five inches and five inches and are engraved with experience outside and the number of grace is detailed to record his merits; the middle is engraved with crimes and the number of tribes is reduced to prevent his mistakes. The characters are embedded with gold. There are ninety-seven deputys, each divided by left and right, and the left is issued with meritorious officials and the right is stored in the inner palace. Therefore, they are combined to win the trust. In the third year, the great honors were awarded six heroes, six dukes, twenty-eight marquis, and iron vouchers were given."

The iron certificates of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two types: civil and military officials. The unlucky generals who founded Zhu Yuanzhang wrote on it, "The founding of the country's auxiliary movement and the sincere and powerful military officials", and the civil officials wrote "The founding of the country's auxiliary movement and the sincere and honest civil officials". The twenty-six heroes of the Jingnan Campaign only replaced the "founding of the country's auxiliary movement" with "Fengtian Jingnan". After that, the heroes of all generations were "Fengtian Yiyun". Those who inherited their father's titles were awarded "Qin Chengfu (ancestor) career".

After hearing Ma Mingyuan talk about the format of the iron coupon of the alchemy book, Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "I am Zhongxing Ming Dynasty, and the year name is Shenwu, so I call it Zhongxing Shenwu! Others are based on the ancestral system!"
Chapter completed!