Liu Xian didn't know what to say about his son. In terms of bravery, he was better than Liu Xian when he was young. However, Liu Xian didn't know what to say about his son's character and brain.
Fortunately, he was very methodical when it came to fighting. Otherwise, he would have been sent back to his hometown.
"You're not young anymore. Calm down and follow me to the capital to gain some experience!"
"Yes, Father!"
Liu Wei did not dare to mention that his family was coming, but he was still very happy. Not to mention other things, he had missed his wife for the past few years. It was good to have her in the capital.
The news that His Majesty had decreed that the Academy Martial Arts Exhibition would be held spread like wildfire. This matter naturally caused quite a stir among the Honours.
Those who had children in the school were naturally nervous and proud at the same time. Those who didn't were a little hesitant. What exactly did the Emperor mean by doing this?
The civil officials couldn't understand either. This matter had attracted a lot of attention!
Everyone knew about the Education Palace. It was the place where the Emperor practiced literature and martial arts. However, many people looked down on it, especially the civil officials.
Of all the others, only studying was the best. What was the point of practicing martial arts? Was he going to become a Qiu Ba?
However, the children of the Honours naturally didn't care about this. Since they had the opportunity to get close to the Emperor, they naturally had to firmly grasp it.
Early in the morning, all the qualified relatives had arrived. They surrounded the two leading dukes and chatted with each other.
Daming's Honours, of course, can be traced back to those who accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang in conquering the world. Those who assisted Taizu in conquering the world, were named "Founding Nation Assisting Transport, Pushing Sincerity and Declaring Strength Minister", "Founding Nation Assisting Transport, Defending Text Minister".
From the time of Emperor Cheng Zu, it was said, "It is difficult to promote the Heaven's peace, and it is difficult to promote sincere military officials."
Or, "Obeying Heaven's Imperial Army, Sincerely Declaring Strength" and "Obeying Heaven's Imperial Army, Sincerely Declaring Strength", or "Obeying Heaven's Imperial Army, Sincerely Declaring Strength".
Among the dukes, marquises, and earls, the military officials were known as the military officials who declared strength, and the civil officials were known as the officials who guarded the text.
Those who received the title of nobility and received the iron certificate were hereditary nobles. Otherwise, they would be considered lowly nobles.
If one were to seize the title, he would return the Imperial Certificate and approve the demotion of the social class.
The title of nobility was hereditary, or it could be inherited by demotion.
The title of Duke, Marquis and Count was divided into four grades. Based on meritorious service, one could be in charge of the Five Prefectures and the Six Armies. Once out of the army, one could receive the General's Seal as Grand Marshal Supervisor, in charge of the Canal Network, but one could not meddle in the affairs of the Nine Ministers.
This kind of rule also restricted the power of the Honours to extend their hands to the civil officials. It could be said that it was a good way to restrict the power of the generals. It could be considered a kind of separation between civil and military.
However, they could only restrict the generals but not the civil officials. Their desire to reach out to the generals had never died. After the Tumu Castle incident, these Honours fell from power, and the Honours could only be suppressed by the civil officials.
After the palace gate was opened, Daming's Honours walked in from the outside.
Currently, there were five dukes in the Daming dynasty. Three of them were in the capital: the Duke of Ying, the Duke of Ding, and the Duke of Cheng.
The first Duke of Ying was Zhang Yu's son, Zhang Fu. In fact, whether Zhang Yu was alive or dead, the title of Duke of Ying had nothing to do with him.
In the seventh month of the first year of Jianwen, after the news of Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai killing the Prince of Yan was leaked, Zhu Di raised his troops to "Jing Nan" and summoned Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng to guard the Prince's residence.
Later, he ordered to seize the city of Beiping. General Zhang Yu led troops to attack the Nine Gates of Beiping during the night and occupied the city.
At the beginning of the Jing Nan campaign, Zhang Yu was a general under Zhu Di. During the campaign, Zhang Yu died in battle.
In the battle of Dongchang, Zhu Di attacked the east side of Sheng Yong. Unexpectedly, he fell into an ambush and was surrounded by Sheng Yong when he broke through.
Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng led the bodyguards to surround the southern army and rushed to rescue their master.
Zhu Neng was responsible for saving Zhu Di.
Zhang Yu was responsible for luring the enemy away, but he did not return.
Zhu Neng successfully rescued Zhu Di, but the southern army was not willing to let the cooked duck fly. So, they attacked Zhang Yu fiercely. Zhang Yu died of exhaustion.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he called Zhang Yu the most meritorious minister of Jing Nan. He was conferred the title of Duke of Rongguo and Duke of Hejian.
His eldest son, Zhang Fuchu, wrote a letter to Count An and the Marquis of Xincheng. His descendants helped Zhu Neng lead tens of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion in Annam. He was conferred the title of Duke of Ying, which was hereditary. He died during the Tumu Fort incident.
Among the second generation of the Daming Dynasty, Duke Zhang Fu was definitely ranked at the top. However, he died during the Tumu Fort incident.
Since Zhang Fu was dead, one could imagine how many other Honours and generals had died. The entire Daming Dynasty's elite army could be said to have been wiped out.
From then on, the Great Ming Dynasty's military never recovered its strength.
It was as if their backbone had been broken. Although there were Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and many other famous generals, Qi Jiguang had to call himself "Little Dog Qi" in front of Zhang Juzheng. How could the military raise their heads when the commander-in-chief was like this?
Zhu Yijun stood on the city gate tower and looked at the Honourable Honours entering in a single file. He was expressionless.
In fact, Zhu Yijun's heart was in turmoil. Perhaps it would be more useful to restore the military's morale if the Honours could regain the glory of their ancestors and establish a true aristocratic temperament.
In this era, it was not easy to change the mindset that everything else was inferior and only education was superior. It was crucial to let the talents flow into the military.
Publicity was important, but rewards were even more important. It was to restore the Honours' sense of honor and open up the path for ordinary soldiers to be promoted to Honours. Otherwise, it would be difficult to stimulate the desire for war.
When everyone in the world wanted to obtain military achievements and become aristocrats, there was no need to worry about the military being successful.
Changing the image of the Honourable Honours and building their sense of honor was also the most important thing.
If the Honourable Honours were always like this, corrupt and despicable, running amok in the countryside, and amassing wealth without limit, such Honours would only be malignant tumors and would not be able to become aristocrats.
Although the British aristocratic system was also very bad, Zhu Yijun felt that one thing was very useful, and that was that the aristocrats went to the battlefield.
Zhu Yijun was talking about the British aristocrats during the First World War. Of course, many of them were blind, but Zhu Yijun wanted to encourage this kind of atmosphere in the Daming.
His eyes fell on the current Duke of England, Zhang Yong. He was the grandson of Zhang Fu and the first person among the Honours of the Daming Dynasty. He had the highest status and seniority, and the other dukes had to be polite to him.
Beside Duke Zhang Yong, a strong man held his head high. It was Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo. The Duke of Dingguo was a descendant of Xu Zengshou.
If Zhang Yu and Xu Zengshou were counted as one generation, Zhang Yong was the fourth generation, and Xu Wenbi was the seventh generation.
Xu Wenbi inherited the title of nobility in the second year of Longqing. He led the Right Army Commander-In-Chief and was also a representative of power.
Among the three dukes, the weakest was Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Cheng. He was the descendant of Zhu Neng, but he had not inherited the title of nobility because he was too young and had not yet reached adulthood. He was only 12 years old this year.
Zhu Yijun did not stand on ceremony and directly sent him to the school.
The Duke of Cheng's situation was similar to that of his. They had an orphan and a widow, and their days were not good. Fortunately, he had Zhang Juzheng to support him.
Zhu Yijun was now prepared to support Zhu Yingzhen. Zhu Yijun was prepared to train him as the new generation of Daming Dynasty's aristocrats.