In the side hall next to the imperial study room, Taichang was staring at the map in front of him and frowned.

Now that Jiannu has been destroyed, almost all the grasslands outside the border east of Chahar have been cleaned up, and the war has come to an end.

He had already rushed back to the capital and was ready to reward his ministers.

The Shenwu Camp army also needs to be well repaired, and then slowly rush along the grassland passage to the north of Datong Town to gather.

This year he was not going to conquer the Mongolian Yuan tribes outside the Great Wall again, because he could not finish the battle and could not complete the prisoners, so there was no need for him to let the soldiers fight all year round.

Everyone has worked hard, so they should have some rest, and the next step is to reward them.

He has no shortage of fiefs. The new Jingzhou Prefecture alone has seven or eight million square kilometers. Even according to the standards of the new British Duke's Mansion, the largest fief, each first-class duke has a fief of about 100,000 square kilometers. The new Jingzhou Prefecture is enough to enthrone fifteen or sixty first-class dukes.

Naturally, he could not have enthroned so many first-class dukes at once, so this fief is enough.

The problem is that the names of these first-class dukes are difficult to obtain.

It’s okay for Sun Chengzong to say something. He was originally the Marquis of Dingliao. He just needed to get rid of the word Ding and directly become the Duke of Liao. His fief was the Duke of Liao.

Question, what should others do? Like Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing and Wang Zheng, there were no titles in the past. What kind of duke should I give them a title?

There are also Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others. Although they had titles before, it seemed inappropriate to change it to a Duke of the State. It sounded too strange.

The name of this Duke really gave him a headache.

He even used up names like Duke Wen and Duke Wu. What kind of Duke should he be named for these people?

If the names of these dukes cannot be settled, they cannot even write the edict, let alone the enthronement.

What to do?

Forget it, let’s ask others for advice. Perhaps, this problem that makes him a headache can be solved easily.

He thought about it again, and then said loudly: "Transfer to the son first."

Soon, Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao came together.

After the king and his ministers met, Taichang handed a list directly to Xu Guangqi, and then asked: "Zixian, how do you tell me the names of these dukes, marquis and counts? I really can't think of them."

Duke and Marquis Earl?

Xu Guangqi looked down and couldn't help but be stunned.

Because his name is the first in the first-class country kilometer, there are a long list of them, including Sun Chengzong, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Wang Zheng, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, etc.

There are about ten first-class marquis and first-class Counts behind them.

Li Zhizao's name is also among the first-class counts.

However, most of these Dukes, Marquis and Earls were left empty. Except for Sun Chengzong and others who had decided on the title, the others had not been decided yet.

How do you say this?

In fact, the ban is easy to make.

Xu Guangqi was stunned for a moment, then looked at the list of Li Zhizao again, pointed out the name of the person, and then bowed with Li Zhizao together and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I'm sorry, the emperor."

He had actually heard from Song Yingxing that the emperor wanted to grant them the title of Duke.

So, he was not very surprised.

He just didn't expect that the emperor would be the first-class Duke.

This kind of Duke has a fiefdom, which can be said to be the greatest reward for civil and military officials.

If the emperor only enthroned him, he would be a little afraid to bear it.

Fortunately, the emperor has enthroned so many first-class dukes this time, and he is not pretentious because of the first-class marquis and first-class Count.

This time there were too many people enthroned, so naturally no one would gossip.

As for how to determine the title of Duke.

He thought about it and then said solemnly: "Emperor, this title is usually determined by fiefdom. For example, the King of Qin is in Xi'an Prefecture, so it is named. For example, the King of Shu is in Bashu, so it is named. If there is no fiefdom, it can be determined by words such as defense, stability, and bravery, such as the Duke of Wei in the Hongwu Dynasty, and the Duke of England and Duke of Ding in the Yongle Dynasty. As for the marquis and earls, they can all be named as titles."

Well, OK, Taechang actually knows all these.

The problem is, the fiefdom he gave to others was not in the Ming Dynasty. Those places had no names, so what if it did?

Taichang said awkwardly: "This, I do not intend to enfeoff the land of the Ming Dynasty, because this is not conducive to the governance of the court and is not conducive to future development. Therefore, most of your fiefs are concentrated in the New Jingzhou Prefecture and New Yangzhou Prefecture. There are no place names in those places. How do you say these titles be determined?"

So that's it.

This is really a bit troublesome.

Alas, this cabinet chief minister is not easy to be. If the emperor has any problems, he has to find a way to make suggestions, otherwise he will be ashamed of the name of the cabinet chief minister.

Xu Guangqi frowned and pondered for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, why not do this? Let's do the opposite and determine the title based on the origin. What do you think?"

This is a good method.

However, it seems that there is a problem with the number of people who are entrusted by their hometown.

Taichang thought for a while and then asked, "What if the two of them have the same hometown? For example, Wenzhao and Bianjiao's uncle and nephew have the same hometown."

Uh, this one.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was stunned again.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then he said carefully: "In fact, there is no way to do this. For example, Weichen and Meng Hou are both from Nanzhili, and Nanzhili was originally a place of Wu and Yue, so the emperor could take the word Wu and Yue. For the two generals Cao, their hometowns can be said to belong to Jin or Zhao, so that they can take the word Jin and Zhao."

Well, I am worthy of being the chief minister of the cabinet, amazing!

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but say happily: "Yes, let's do it like this. Come on, I will first, let's set all these bans first. Zhenzhi, wait a moment, and after these bans are set, we will divide the fiefdoms and modify the map."

It seems that there is no problem with this determination.

However, they soon encountered new problems.

Xu Guangqi was designated as Duke of Wu, so there is no problem with this.

Bi Maokang was designated as Duke of Yue, so there is no problem with this.

However, there will be problems when it comes to Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing belonged to Jiangxi, and Jiangxi originally belonged to the state of Chu. If it is reversed based on its origin, it should be designated as Duke of Chu.

The problem is, the fief of King Chu is Chu!

Can it be so determined?

Taichang couldn't help but look at Xu Guangqi.

The chief minister of the cabinet said that it would be fine if he could decide, but he had all cut off the vassal states by the King of Chu anyway.

Don’t the emperor ask him questions?

Xu Guangqi frowned and pondered for a while, then had an idea and said, "This should be fine, because there was King Zheng during the Hongwu Dynasty. However, Chang Mao, the son of Duke of E, changed to Duke of Zheng when he inherited the title. Therefore, in terms of the ancestral system, there is no problem at all."

That's fine, just make a decision if there is no problem.

Song Yingxing was designated as Duke of Chu, and Wang Zheng was designated as Duke of Qin!

Next is Duke Cao Wenzhao of Jin and Duke Cao Bianjiao of Zhao.

When we arrived at Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, another problem occurred.

Because Sun Chuanting happened to be from Shanxi, Lu Xiangsheng happened to be from Nanzhili.

The Duke of Jin, Duke of Zhao, Duke of Wu, and Duke of Yue have all used up. How can they decide?

Taichang thought about it and simply gave them the word "Defense", "Defense Gongsun Chuanting and "Defense Gongsun Chuanting" and "Defense Gongsun Xiangsheng".

They settled down along the way and came to Li Zhizao, and encountered some problems again.

Because Li Zhizao is from Hangzhou, it seems a bit inappropriate to make a Hangzhou Bo.

So, what should I do?

Finally, Xu Guangqi thought of a solution and changed the Zhejiang Xibo.

This is also based on the basis of this, because during the Song Dynasty, Hangzhou was originally a Western Liangzhe Road.

In short, they combine history and geography, and then refer to past practices to continue to line up.
Chapter completed!