Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 3: Being granted the title of Guangfeng Bo

Would you rather donate these corns than become an official?

Isn't this slapping us in the face?
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that he could no longer hold back his face.

"Liao Tiancheng, you are despising and humiliating the imperial court! If you can't explain why today, don't blame me for being rude!"

Liao Tiancheng was surprised: "Just because I told the truth, not only do you want to steal my corn for nothing, but you also want to be rude to me after that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was confused for a while, and then his face became stern: "Any merit will be rewarded, and any fault will be punished! We won't take your corn for nothing! But if you dare to despise Chao Gang, we won't do it easily if you can't explain the reason." I’ll let you go!”

Liao Tiancheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Even if I don't tell you about the situation of our Ming Dynasty, can't you still see it?"

"What do you see? Please speak clearly!"

"Many of the ministers in the court are former officials of the Yuan Dynasty. These people inherited bad habits from the Yuan Dynasty. They rarely impose excessive taxes on their subordinates and form cliques with their superiors for personal gain. If I, an outsider with no background, enters the court and does not cooperate with other people, I will be punished. He was ostracized, suppressed, and finally died inexplicably. If he joins the others, he will be sent to prison and executed sooner or later due to the sage and majesty of the current emperor! I really don’t dare to be such an official!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was thoughtful.

Next to him, Li Shanchang's eyes flashed with joy: What this young man said is great!Maybe it will be because of this that the next person in power will specifically target the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, such as Liu Bowen and his like, and put more emphasis on our Huaixi nobles!

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, but did not force it: "We won't explain to you what happens to the court. But if you don't want to be an official, we have to take your corn, but we really don't have that much money! In this way, we will How about we go back and run the business and get you a title?"

Noble title?

The title is great!

Liao Tiancheng looked happy!
With a title, you will have many privileges. You are not afraid of being bullied. You can receive a large salary without doing anything!

In a word, if you have a title, you can sleep peacefully!

However, after the title of the Ming Dynasty was reduced, there was no viscount baron. Now there are only dukes, marquises and uncles. Liu Bowen is a sincere uncle, and his salary is pitiful, only 240 shi!
The most important thing is that in the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang also clearly stated that "those who do not have military merit in the country shall not be ennobled."

He just offered corn, which had nothing to do with military merit. It was up to him whether he could be made a marquis or not!

Therefore, Liao Tiancheng looked at the two people in front of him suspiciously, feeling that he had met a liar.

"What positions do you two hold in the court? How can I be granted the title of marquis without any military merit? If you are liars, you'd better leave immediately! Otherwise, don't blame me for suing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised: "You still know this?"

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang had an idea: "You don't need to ask more about our identity. In this way, the corn will stay here for the time being, and we will go and ask for an imperial edict for you. First, we will make you a marquis, and then we will take the corn. This will save you from being suspicious!"

The two of them left immediately, leaving Liao Tiancheng confused: "This guy sounded serious about what he said. Could it be that he is really a big shot with powerful hands and eyes?"

However, the man didn't come back until it got dark.

I waited all day the next day, but still no movement.

Liao Tiancheng's teeth itched with hatred.

"Why did you go to ask for an order? You were obviously afraid of being reported by me, so you found an excuse to escape!"

"I'm still too young to believe it!"

Picking up the broken flag and a handful of corn, Liao Tiancheng prepared to continue setting up a stall on the street.There is no way, after I travel through time, this is the golden finger. If I sell it, I will be as rich as the country. If I can't sell it, I can only grow it and eat it myself.

But as soon as he went out, he saw several eunuchs approaching. The leader was holding a scroll that was obviously an imperial edict!
The attention of the surrounding people was immediately attracted. Although everyone hid behind the crack in the door out of fear, they were all curiously watching where these eunuchs were going.

"Nancheng is full of poor people. Whose family is going to be prosperous?"

"Developed? It's hard to say these days! Maybe they're here to kill someone!"

Liao Tiancheng suddenly heard someone talking. He had some fantasies in his heart. When he heard that he might be killed, he hid behind the crack in the door and observed secretly.

But as I watched, these eunuchs stopped outside their yard, discussing something in low voices and looking around from time to time.

Someone even went to the yard next door to ask, and several neighbors came out trembling and pointed to their own yards.

Liao Tiancheng instantly became very nervous because he had realized that these people were coming after him.

Moreover, [-]% of it is because of corn!
However, he was a little unsure of what the palace meant.

Are you here to benefit yourself, or are you trying to silence yourself to prevent yourself from revealing a treasure like corn?

Just when he was hesitating whether to climb over the wall and run away, a high-pitched voice came from outside.

"Liao Tiancheng came out to receive the order!"

This voice has a kind of demonic quality. Liao Tiancheng said that he has never heard such a tone before. It is completely different from the dubbing of eunuchs in later generations of TV, and it is also completely different from the voice of a half-male and half-female demon. , feeling like being urged by a ghost, he walked out involuntarily.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Liao Tiancheng came back to his senses.

It is no longer possible to run away at this time.

"The emperor issued an edict: Now there is Liao Tiancheng, who has made a meritorious contribution in donating food. I hereby grant him the title of Guangfeng as a holy gift..."

There were some words of admonishment behind, which Liao Tiancheng didn't understand, but those were no longer important.

At this time, my heart was pounding, I was so excited that I couldn't help myself!

Unexpectedly, the bad old man I met the day before yesterday actually got himself a title!

Moreover, he is still a count!
With this status, as long as you don't encounter Huaixi nobles like Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang who deliberately seek trouble, you can basically go sideways in this life.

However, Liao Tiancheng still doesn't know how much the salary is.

"Uncle Guangfeng, please keep the imperial decree."

The eunuch handed over the imperial edict, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he took another thing from the little eunuch behind.

This thing is obviously an iron object, with dense gilt characters engraved on it!
The eunuch handed it to Liao Tiancheng with great difficulty, and said with envy: "Uncle Guangfeng, this is the iron coupon given to you by your Majesty. This thing is divided into two parts. The left part is given to you, and the right part is kept in the palace. Your descendants can enter the palace with this coupon. After comparing and verifying the two coupons, they can inherit your title. Not even the nobles of Huaixi can get this iron coupon, so you must be careful to keep it."

Another big "surprise"!
In the Ming Dynasty, there were imperial certificates for conferring titles. Those who could not be hereditary were only given the imperial edict. Only those who could be hereditary could get the iron certificate in addition to the imperial edict!

There are many things recorded on it.

In addition to merit, Liao Tiancheng is most concerned about his salary!
(End of this chapter)