Lan Yu held the wine that Zhu Yuanzhang personally toasted to her, tears rolling in her eyes.
"Ascend, I..."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold it in anymore when he heard the word "ascend". He waved his hand behind him.
"Wine!"
Duke Song Feng Sheng, who was closest to Lan Yu, hurriedly handed him a cup of wine.
Although this old fellow was a hooligan, he was good at bootlicking.
It was just that it was too straightforward and crude, not as obscure as the civil officials.
"Blue Jade!"
"You are a smart person!"
"Let's not say anything else. It's all in the wine!”
Zhu Yuanzhang took the wine and clinked it against Lan Yu's glass. Then, he raised his head and drank it.
Seeing this, Lan Yu also drank it in one gulp. Then, according to the custom of the army, she turned the cup over, indicating that there was not a drop of wine inside.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder and raised his head to laugh. However, as he laughed, tears flickered in his eyes.
"Live well!"
"There aren't many people who can still call us up…"
When Blue Jade heard the words "live well", her heart was filled with gratitude. But when he heard the last sentence, he almost couldn't help but curse.
Butcher Zhu, don't you know why there aren't many people who call you superior anymore?
Weren't they all killed by you?
Zhu Yuanzhang toasted Lan Yu and returned to his throne.
"From today onwards, the title of Duke of Liang will be abolished and will be changed to Gu Liang. Tomorrow, an edict will be issued to announce to the world!”
When Lan Yu heard this, she excitedly ran to the middle of the hall and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang to thank him.
The titles of the Great Ming Dynasty were particular.
Using the ancient country name as a title was first-class.
For example, Duke of Song, Feng Sheng, Duke of Han, Li Shanchang, and so on.
The second was the miscellaneous name, which was the name of a country that did not exist in ancient times. It was replaced by some miscellaneous words.
Lan Yu's title,"Duke of Liang", belonged to this title.
It was clear how low the value of this High Duke was!
For many years, Lan Yu forbade the people around him to call him the "Duke of Liang".
Nothing else, it's just embarrassing!
Now that Butcher Zhu had finally regained his title of "Duke of Liang", he was both moved and guilty.
He was completely relying on his grandson Qin Mu, who was Zhu Xiongying!
If it wasn't for Qin Mu, let alone changing his title, Butcher Zhu wouldn't even kill his entire family. That was already considered special treatment!
Lan Yu felt guilty because he had never done anything to his grandson, Zhu Xiong Ying, yet he had already received such a huge favor from this child…
Xiong Ying, ah Xiong Ying!
How do you expect Uncle to repay your kindness!
Wuwuwu!
Lan Yu wouldn't be grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang. He would only remember this favor on Zhu Xiongying, who was also Qin Mu.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang toasted him and changed his title was just to compensate him and let him assist Zhu Xiongying in the future!
Therefore, without Zhu Xiong Ying's performance today, Lan Yu wouldn't even be able to keep his life, let alone the matter of toasting and the title.
Thinking of this, Lan Yu could not help but burst into tears.
In the eyes of outsiders, they thought that he was moved to tears by the Emperor's actions. In fact, Lan Yu only blamed himself and felt guilty towards his grandson, regretting that he had helped him too little...
Duke of Song Feng Sheng was a sentimental person. Seeing Lan Yu's good defense, he was happy for him from the bottom of his heart.
"Brother Lan!"
"Today is a happy day. Let's not cry. Let's toast to you!”
Feng Sheng handed a cup of wine to Lan Yu and then took another cup for himself. He raised his cup to Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting on the throne.
"Upper position!"
"We'll do it, do whatever you want!”
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Feng Sheng and Lan Yu drink it all in one gulp. He gave the two of them a lot of face and also drank a cup of wine.
This action caused another commotion.
All the officials in the hall felt that their brains were not enough!
Looking at His Majesty's attitude, it didn't seem like he wanted to confer Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson!
He conferred the title of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun, and also promoted Lan Yu. Was he going to appoint the other son of the former Crown Princess, Zhu Yunyu?
This shouldn't be the case!
Not to mention that Zhu Yunyan was only twelve years old, she was one year younger than Zhu Yunwen.
This child's character was timid by nature. She would cry at any time and was even afraid of meeting strangers!
Not to mention that our Ming Emperor doesn't like it, even his uncle Lan Yu doesn't like that child.
With these two conditions, this Zhu Yunhao did not have the qualifications to be the imperial grandson!
But if it was not Zhu Yunhao, then it was even more unreasonable.
There was no reason not to praise Zhu Yunwen's biological mother, the Lu family, but to praise the late Crown Princess!
Was he trying to make things difficult for the current Crown Princess Consort?
Could it be that the Emperor wanted to use this method to prevent his relatives from monopolizing power and use it to restrict the Crown Princess Consort, Lady Lu?
When everyone thought of this, they all acted as if they had come to a realization.
Yes!
That must be what he meant!
His Majesty is nearly seventy years old and doesn't have many years left to live.
In the future, when the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen takes the throne, it will be a situation where the son and mother are strong!
Raising the late Crown Princess line in advance could effectively balance the Crown Princess Consort Lu and fundamentally eliminate the possibility of the harem interfering in politics!
The few civil officials exchanged glances and understood each other. Then, they smiled and drank.
Today, Zhu Yuanzhang had released a signal that the civil officials felt that they had profited, but the generals did not feel that they had suffered a loss.
Then who would lose out?
Of course, it was the many older vassal kings!
It was obvious that the Emperor would rather have a grandson than a crown prince
…
"The commander of the Xuanwu Guards, Qin Mu, will be rewarded with ten bushels of pearls and three hundred bolts of brocade!”
"Uhh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang's reward made everyone confused again.
This time, not only were the civil officials dumbfounded, even the generals led by Duke of Song Feng Sheng and Duke of Ying Fu Youde were collectively dumbfounded.
This reward was too generous!
Generally speaking, a general who won a great victory in the northern expedition would only receive this reward!
Now, a small commander of the Wei had only shown his face in the military exercise, and he was already rewarded so handsomely?
Fu Youde stood out in an unusual manner.
"Your Majesty, please retract your order!”
"This reward is too generous. I'm afraid the army won't accept it. I suggest reducing it by 90%..."
Lan Yu also jumped out and echoed Fu Youde's words.
"Promotion. Although this child has contributed a little, it's not suitable for such a generous reward. I also think that 90% should be deducted…" Seeing
this, Duke Song Feng Sheng also jumped out and agreed with Fu Youde and Lan Yu's opinion.
The other officials were all dumbfounded when they saw the three military leaders standing up for a new officer.
No one thought that these three were jealous of the Xuanwu Guards.
Anyone who understood would know that they were protecting the Xuanwu Guards and speaking up for the child from the bottom of their hearts.
Trees grow in the forest, and the wind will destroy them.
You are just a small commander of the Great Wei, and you have received such a great reward. How will others look at you in the future? How will you survive in the army?
His Majesty had given such a heavy reward. It was not a reward, but a death!
Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased to see the three of them collectively persuade him to withdraw his order.
This proved that Qin Mu had indeed caught the eyes of these three, making them protect him from the bottom of their hearts.
However, there was actually a reason why he rewarded him so heavily!
He held a banquet in the previous dynasty, and the Crown Princess Consort Lu and his favorite Consort Guo Hui also held a small banquet in the rear palace. The people invited were all the noble ladies of the court.
Zhu Yuanzhang had even instructed Consort Guo Huifei to pay attention to the women waiting to be married and to choose a granddaughter-in-law for him!
Thus, the brocade and pearls he gave Qin Mu were actually betrothal gifts for his future granddaughter-in-law!
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