The ministers guessed wrongly, the emperor did not strike the dynasty for ten days and eight days, and resumed the early dynasty in only three days, and the day before the restoration of the dynasty, he issued an edict to the cabinet, requiring the posthumous title and nickname of Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai.

The emperor ordered to chase Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai, and the ministers did not think it was strange, after all, this person fell into the sea in the storm for so many days, although he did not catch the body, but the possibility of still being alive is almost zero, and it is natural for a minister of Xu Jin's level to be posthumously sealed after death, not to mention that with the emperor's favor to Xu Jin, it is strange not to chase the seal.

On the fifth day of the first month of August, in front of the Fengtian Gate, the Beijing officials who are qualified to go to the court have arrived, and the civil and military officials are separated on both sides, Jiajing Zhu Houxi ascended to preside over the early dynasty under the attention of the ministers, his expression was calm, and he could not see the joy, anger and sorrow clearly.

The ministers all vaguely felt that in just three days, there seemed to be some subtle changes in the emperor's body, as if he had suddenly matured a lot, making people even more unpredictable.

I have to say that adversity is the most able to sharpen people, since July, Zhu Houxi has been hit repeatedly, and Emperor Jiajing, who has survived, has grown, this growth is not an increase in age, but a psychological growth, he has become more tenacious, and the city is deeper, like invisible, more like an emperor who reigns over the world. This change made the ministers feel awe-inspiring, and if they had a choice, they would rather Jiajing always be the young emperor who put joy and sorrow on his face.

Jiajing sat on the throne in front of Fengtian Gate, the ministers knelt down three times and bowed three times, after calling for long live the emperor, the early dynasty officially began, the ceremonial eunuch Bi Yun stood up with the dust and began to read out the edict, which was actually a "eulogy" written by Jiajing himself. This edict reviewed the life experience of Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai, counted his achievements, vigorously praised his outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and finally expressed Jiajing's incomparably deep sorrow for his untimely death and infinite remembrance.

This decree was written by Jiajing himself, and the level may not be as good as that of the well-educated people in the cabinet, but the value is sincere, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent after listening to it, and some ministers with developed tear ducts even beat their chests and cried, of course, it is not excluded that some people are suspected of putting on a show, the purpose is to leave a deep impression on Emperor Jiajing.

After Bi Yun read out the holy decree, some sharp-eyed officials found that Jiajing on the throne still had red circles under his eyes, and couldn't help but be surprised and envious, Jinghai Marquis Xu Jin could be so favored by the emperor during his lifetime, even if he died, it was worth it.

Gonggong Bi retreated to the side of the throne with the holy decree in his hand, and Jiajing looked at Fei Hong, who was at the top of the civil service, but the latter looked much haggard, as if he had aged for several years, and his gray hair was especially obvious.

Fei Hong knelt down with Yuhu in his arms and said: "Your Majesty, after the cabinet and the six ministries jointly discussed and decided, posthumously crowned Xu Jin, Marquis of Jinghai, as the Duke of Jingguo, and gave him Shaobao, nicknamed Wenxiang Wujing. ”

After Fei Hong finished speaking, the ministers of civil and military affairs present reacted calmly, obviously they had already known the results of the posthumous seal, Xu Jin was a marquis during his lifetime, and it was a common practice to posthumously promote the title to one level after his death, and there was nothing wrong with it, for example, Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, was only crowned the Duke of China during his lifetime, and was not posthumously crowned as the King of Zhongshan until after his death, and was nicknamed Wuning.

Regarding Xu Jin's posthumous results, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs has no opinion, because with Xu Jin's merits, it is well deserved, not to mention that this person is dead, there is really no need to compete with a dead person, seal it, seal it, it doesn't matter!

However, Jiajing on the throne frowned and said lightly: "It's not proper, let's talk about it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the two groups below couldn't help whispering, and they were not satisfied with the posthumous title of Xu Jin as the emperor of Yasukuni, could they not be crowned king?

Those officials suddenly tightened their belts one by one as if they had been dug up their ancestral graves, tied up their, and were ready to spray, like fighting cocks with high morale. If Xu Jin is posthumously crowned as the prince of the country, they have no opinion at all, but if they are posthumously crowned as kings with different surnames, they will definitely not agree, and the founding of the country will only be crowned by Taizu with six kings with different surnames, how can you Xu Ziqian? Dare to be on a par with the founding generals? Have you asked our class of "trolls"?

The first to jump out was Hu Shining, the secretary of the Criminal Department, this person has a straight personality and has always been vicious and hateful, he said loudly: "Weichen dares to ask the emperor, what's wrong with this discussion?" ”

Jiajing said lightly: "With Xu Jin's lifelong achievements, he can be given to the Taibao, and the nickname is also to be discussed." ”

It turned out that the emperor did not want to posthumously crown Xu Jin as the king with a different surname, but he was not satisfied with his official position and nickname, so it was easy to say!

It is said that the highest official position in the Ming Dynasty is neither a scholar nor a scholar, on the contrary, the rank of a scholar is only the fifth grade, and the scholar is only the second grade, and the highest rank is "three public and three orphans".

The so-called three princes are Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, and the rank is a product, and the three orphans are the young master, the young master, and the young bao, and the rank is from the first product. However, whether it is the three dukes or the three orphans, they are all fictitious titles in the Ming Dynasty, with no real power, but only as an honorary title to reward meritorious officials. Cabinet scholars generally receive at least one of the "three public and three orphans".

Obviously, Jiajing was not satisfied with only posthumously presenting Xu Jin as Shaobao (one of the three orphans), he wanted to posthumously present Xu Jin as Taibao (one of the three dukes), and he was not satisfied with Xu Jin's nickname.

It is worth mentioning here that in ancient times, not everyone deserved to have a nickname. The nickname is the evaluation of a person's life, only the royal princes, as well as the ministers of civil and military affairs are qualified to have the nickname, the ordinary people are all on the sidelines, and the imperial court is the only issuing and certification body for the nickname, that is to say, only the imperial court can give someone a nickname, and the rest are all copycats, illegal!

In addition, the nickname is also a high and low level, and the name of Wenchen is generally the beginning of the word "Wen", followed by the add: Zhengzhong Gong Cheng Duan Ke Xiangshun...... and so on, anyway, it is to choose one of them, among which "Wenzheng" is the highest, throughout the Ming Dynasty, the Wenchen who received the nickname "Wenzheng" after his death has only two people.

The name of the Ming generals is somewhat different from the previous dynasties, although it still begins with the word "Wu", but the words behind can only be selected from: Ning, Yi, Min, Hui, Xiang, Shun, Su, Jing, for example, the name of the founding general of the Ming Dynasty Xu Da is "Wu Ning", which is the highest among the military generals.

Because Xu Jin was born as a civil official, but his martial arts were prominent, and he was commanded several times, he was also regarded as half a general, and the evaluation of his life naturally included civil governance and martial arts, so Xu Jin's nickname also had to be double, both literary and martial arts.

Therefore, the cabinet gave Xu Jinding the nickname "Wenxiang Wujing", the word "Xiang" ranked seventh in Wenzhen, and the word "Jing" ranked eighth in Wuzhen, which was already the last, no wonder Jiajing would be dissatisfied.

If it is said that in terms of cultural governance, Xu Jin can barely say that he got the word "Xiang", after all, Xu Jin is less than thirty years old, and he has been in politics for less than ten years, and most of his time is still spent on leading troops to fight.

Jiajing is not satisfied with the place is Wu Zhen, he thinks that with Xu Jin's martial arts, compared with the founding general, it is not much better, not to mention anything else, just last year, King Qin's rescue, Kuang Fu is enough to compare with the predecessors, not to mention that Xu Jin also opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and established the Oriental and Nanyang Protectorates.

So in Jiajing's view, even if Xu Jin's martial arts are not Wu Ning, they have to be Wu Yi.

After some verbal arguments, at Jiajing's insistence, the ministers finally gave in and agreed to posthumously crown Xu Jin as the Duke of Jingguo, give him the Taibao, and give him the nickname Wencheng Wuyi.

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