The capital, the Duke of Song Dynasty.

After the first day of the dynasty, the court formally issued an order to grant titles again. Liao Huanzhi was named the founding first-class Duke of Song with the first-class Duke of Song. On that day, his mansion was replaced with a plaque of the Duke of Song written by Zhu Yicheng.

In fact, it was not only one of Liao Huan, but Zhu Yicheng specially wrote a plaque for each of the top ten dukes he had granted to show his kindness.

This time, the title of title was wider than before. Everyone was grateful to the title. This was not only the court's recognition of his contribution, but also the emperor's reward for them. As long as the descendants of the future generations do not have prodigal sons, they will definitely be able to rest in the country with their lord position.

Furthermore, in order to avoid the decline of the former Ming Guixun class, so that there was no successor to the successor of several generations, Zhu Yicheng made strict regulations on Chengjue as early as Nanjing. If these descendants of the noble family only wanted to lie on the book of ancestors' merits and wait for death, the court's rules were not forbidden. At that time, it would be possible to reduce the title or even directly remove the title.

Everyone naturally knew this. What's more, Zhu Yicheng set an example and sent his prince and princess directly to the Royal Academy and set strict rules. This is to explain it clearly to the people of the world. Even if they are members of the royal family, if they cannot meet the requirements, they will not have the chance to make a comeback.

Under such circumstances, more and more noble families have sent their children to the Royal Academy in recent years, which has also caused the scale of the Royal Academy to expand rapidly. Now, Zhu Yicheng has regained a piece of land in the capital, established a new Royal Academy, and transferred some talents from the Hanlin Academy and the army to enrich the teaching staff of the Royal Academy.

From this point of view, in the future, any noble son who wants to receive the title must first be qualified to graduate from the Royal Academy. This is just the first step. Whether it is to join the army or study, it must reach a certain level before it can be possible.

The reason why Zhu Yicheng did this is very simple. First, it is to completely break the previous rules of inheriting titles, change the old rules that only the eldest son can inherit the title, and avoid the situation where the noble generation is worse than the other generation. Second, use this method to strengthen the sense of glory and responsibility of the aristocratic class, and create a class that is truly in the same recession as the Ming Dynasty. Third, it is to strengthen the competition and vitality between the nobles and cultivate future qualified talents.

In addition to these, Zhu Yicheng also planned to establish a noble parliament, which is a model similar to the British House of Lords. However, the specific powers are different. The temporary intelligence and rights of this noble parliament are limited to the cultivation, evaluation, management of all nobles. To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to forming an institution that restricts the noble class under the sign of the parliament.

As for other rights, Zhu Yicheng will not be delegated for the time being. As the emperor, he is not so generous. As the saying goes, a real man cannot be without power for a day. The emperor's authority is high. Zhu Yicheng may tolerate his descendants being subject to certain rights restrictions in order to avoid the future lord of the Ming Dynasty who will produce a foolish emperor to cause the decline of the Ming Dynasty. However, when he is in power, he will never let anyone affect his supreme rights.

These are all things in the future. Zhu Yicheng is only thirty years old now, and it is at its peak. He has time to make arrangements and slowly adjust the Ming Dynasty according to his own ideas, and ultimately build a strong country that can continue forever.

In the Duke of Song Dynasty's mansion, Liao Huanzhi and Jiang Jin sat drinking tea. The two old friends finally got together again after nearly two years of separation.

In fact, Jiang Jin had already returned to Beijing a few months ago, but because of the busy end of the year and other reasons, the two of them had a leisurely conversation in the court or military office, but they couldn't find time to drink tea in private. It's time for the Spring Festival to take a break, and the court just awarded another title, so everyone has a rare free time.

Today, Jiang Jin did not visit Liao Huanzhi as his official position, nor as his Duke Zhu, but to wish him a New Year's greetings as an old friend.

If it were in the past, Liao Huanzhi might have avoided suspicion, but now Liao Huanzhi has put down these things. Before he was awarded the title, Zhu Yicheng talked to Liao Huanzhi specifically to show the emperor's attitude, which also made Liao Huanzhi completely relieved.

In addition, Liao Huanzhi has now reached the top of the ministers. Soon after the Spring Festival, he will officially withdraw from the Military Affairs Office and thus retreat from the position of a central important official. This also means that Liao Huanzhi is about to leave the central decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Yicheng has made arrangements for Liao Huanzhi and Liao Huanzhi is also very satisfied with this result, no matter what, the era of Liao Huanzhi in the court is about to pass.

"Mr. Liao's complexion has improved these days." Jiang Jin said with a smile.

Liao Huanzhi laughed and waved his hand and said, "I am so old, so there is no such thing as not being as beautiful as I am. But I have been relaxing recently. I am much more idle at home than before. As soon as this person is free, he found that leisure also has the benefits of leisure. In the past, he was busy with national affairs, but now he is having fun at home, reading books and writing articles.

Jiang Jin suddenly laughed when he heard this. He was happy for him when his old friend had such a state of mind. Moreover, Liao Huanzhi retreated safely, which was also a good thing for Jiang Jin. Not only did he make further avenue for him, but he also made him feel much more at ease. At least Zhu Yicheng's imperial demeanor made him feel disappointed, and the heroes had such a result, which was convincing.

"I heard that the Emperor was going to give Mr. Liao a position as the Grand Tutor?"

"You are well-informed, and there is indeed such a thing." Liao Huanzhi smiled and nodded. Zhu Yicheng had already been angry with him. After Liao Huanzhi retired, the court gave him the position of Grand Tutor. In fact, it was not only him. Wang Dong was awarded the title of Grand Guardian, Dong Dashan was awarded the title of Grand Tutor, and Wang Fan was awarded the title of Grand Tutor. It can be said that the four of them were either the Three Dukes or the Three Orphans.

"After Mr. Liao retreat, will the emperor have any place to go?" Jiang Jin asked again.

Liao Huanzhi glanced at Jiang Jin and shook his head and said, "You have been so utilitarian in recent years. Actually, I don't make it convenient for you to say something before, but now that I have come to this, it's okay to say it."

"Please tell me directly." Jiang Jin was stunned at first, then stood up and bowed respectfully to Liao Huanzhi. Liao Huanzhi waved his hand and asked him to sit down.

"Brother Jiang, you and I have known each other for many years. The reason why I recommended you to the emperor back then was because I knew your ability."

"I remember what happened back then. If it weren't for Mr. Liao's recommendation, there would be what I am today." Hearing this, Jiang Jin hurriedly said.

Liao Huanzhi smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Although you and I are the dragon, it is also the destiny. This is your luck and our fortune. But after becoming an official, the emperor valued us, and you and I are also loyal to repay the emperor's kindness, and thus we have come step by step to this day."

Listening to Liao Huanzhi's words, Jiang Jin nodded repeatedly. Liao Huanzhi was right. Whether he or Jiang Jin, being able to follow Zhu Yicheng to have today's status is also luck. In fact, when Zhu Yicheng first started his army, who was the first to follow him? Isn't it Zhou Zhongliang? Unfortunately, Zhou Zhongliang was too smart and actually abandoned Zhu Yicheng and left. Later, he did the thing of selling his owners for honor, which eventually led to his disgrace and no place to die.

If Zhou Zhongliang had been following Zhu Yicheng back then, how could there be the day when Liao Huanzhi and Jiang Jin have made their debut? This is the fate in this world, and I feel a lot of emotion when I think about it.

Liao Huanzhi said something to Jiang Jin today. In fact, with Jiang Jin's ability, he should have entered the aircraft for a long time, but Zhu Yicheng of the Military Affairs Office has always had his own considerations, especially when the Military Affairs Office was just established, Zhu Yi became a balance in all aspects and made special arrangements.

For example, there were five people in the Military Affairs Office at that time, namely Liao Huanzhi, Wu Sidao, Dong Dashan, Wang Dong and Wang Fan.

Among them, Liao Huanzhi represents the civil servant class. Wu Sidao, as Zhu Yicheng's counselor, represents Zhu Yicheng's attitude in this regard. As for Dong Dashan and Wang Dong, it is better understood. One is the army and the other is the navy. The two sides represent two factions of the military. The last one is Wang Fan. The reason why he chose Wang Fan but did not choose Jiang Jin was because Zhu Yicheng's consideration of the future of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Fan represents the merchant class and small and medium-sized landlords. It is far more suitable to regard him as one of them than Jiang Jin.

Later developments also confirmed the correctness of Zhu Yicheng's choice. Now that the Ming Dynasty's commerce has been launched, its annual profits from commercial development have far exceeded those of the Song Dynasty and have become the financial pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Because of this, the Ming Dynasty no longer needs to exploit the farmers from the local area and maintain huge expenses, because only overseas profits are enough to maintain the good operation of the Ming Dynasty's finances.

In addition, the expansion of overseas has also greatly changed the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty. The breaking of the Five People has increased the vitality of the Ming Dynasty. This is a fact that no one can deny.

But at that time, due to personal reasons, Jiang Jin attacked Wang Fan many times, and even joined forces with many people to try to get Wang Fan to dismount. How could Zhu Yicheng not see through these things? He would not have dismissed Wang Fan because of those trivial matters. Therefore, his sense of Jiang Jin was naturally not good. Although he was valued, he did not allow him to join the military aircraft. This is enough to prove Zhu Yicheng's opinion on him.

It was not until the past two years that Jiang Jin gradually changed, especially when he made contributions to the construction of the railway. Zhu Yicheng gave Jiang Jin such an opportunity. If these words were not before, Liao Huanzhi would definitely not say them, but today the two met in private, and they were about to withdraw from the center, as an old friend, Liao Huanzhi said it to mention Jiang Jin a little.
Chapter completed!