Chapter 326 The fourth grade respectful person


    Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty read Yuan Shangshu''s secret memorial.


    After seeing it, his expression remained unchanged.


    No one could guess what he was thinking, but the eunuchs and maids serving in front of the emperor had become more and more cautious in the past few days.


    Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty placed the secret memorial in the imperial cabinet.


    There is more than one secret note on the case.


    He has seen everything happening between the Yang family and the Yuan family.


    It''s just that he never knew that these people were so capable. In just a few days, illegal things surfaced one after another, pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, and more and more people were involved. The fight between the two ministers involved half of the court.


    After careful observation, Emperor Mingcheng found that there were not many innocent people. Qin Qi''an was not very pleasing to his eyes at first, but after contrast, he was a breath of fresh air.


    Therefore, he took out a memorial from the cabinet asking for merit, which was exactly the matter of meritorious service and reward after the Taihu disaster relief.


    With one stroke of the pen, he wrote the word "accurate".


    Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty said: "Qin Qi''an''s wife also contributed to the disaster relief in Taihu Lake. It seems that he has not yet applied for a title for his wife. This time, he will be granted a fourth-grade honorary title, so as not to wait for him to go to Dali Temple to take up a post and have to apply for the title again. ”


    "Your Majesty is so kind to your ministers."


    The old **** on the side complimented.


    A smile finally appeared on Emperor Mingcheng''s face, "I am not an emperor who treats his ministers harshly."


    The waiter who heard next to him quickly responded.


    And those who often pay attention to the movements in the palace are especially dumbfounded.


    When the Yuan and Yang families were fighting in full swing, Emperor Ming Cheng was as stable as a mountain and showed no intention of getting involved. He even had the mood to give Qin Qi''an''s wife a title. In fact, Emperor Cheng of Ming Dynasty not only awarded rewards to the Qin family, but also other people who went to Taihu Lake.


    Just in the eyes of outsiders.


    Qin Chi is already a conspicuous person. If there is any disturbance, everyone will notice him first.


    Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the **** in charge of rituals came to the Qin family with the imperial edict.


    Qin Chi was rewarded with some gold, silver, jewelry and jade, and the most important thing was to read out Song Jin''s imperial edict.


    When issuing imperial edicts, certain ceremonies and etiquette are usually held to show solemnity and formality. Therefore, after bathing and burning incense, the incense table should be arranged and so on.


    Song Jin knelt down with a big belly.


    After receiving the imperial edict and the imperial edict, the **** in charge of ceremony said quickly: "Song Gong is a twin, please get up quickly."


    "Thank you, father-in-law, for being considerate of my wife''s inconvenience. Uncle Li is here to wish father-in-law a happy occasion." Qin Chi helped Song Jin stand up while asking Old Li Tou to reward him with silver.


    Old Li Tou had already prepared it.


    He stuffed a big red envelope into the **** who announced the decree, followed by the officials from the Ministry of Rites, and then the accompanying officials and young eunuchs.


    Everyone was very happy to get the silver reward and congratulated Qin Chi and Song Jin one after another.


    The group of people took their leave.


    When leaving, there was a young **** walking at the end. He seemed to be tripped by something as he passed by Old Man Hong. He stumbled and almost fell. Fortunately, Old Man Hong caught him in time.


    The young **** thanked Old Man Hong.


    After that, he quickly left Qin''s house.


    This is how it seems to outsiders.


    In fact, the little **** took the opportunity to stuff something into Old Man Hong, and his actions were extremely covert.


    Old Man Hong put away the things without leaving a trace, his expression did not change at all.


    Wait to get rid of the people watching the fun outside.


    The Qin family then closed the door and still thanked guests behind closed doors.


    The people watching the excitement outside were still unsatisfied. They walked a little further away and gathered together to talk: "Is something good happening to the Qin family again?"


    "That''s right, it''s your majesty''s conferment. Madam Qin is really enviable. The man in her family has been an official for only a short time, and he is already a fourth-grade honorable person. The one in my family has not even reached the fifth grade." A man watched the fun. My aunt is so sour.


    A woman next to her glanced at her and said, "Come on, we don''t have that fate." "It can''t be compared, it can''t be compared."


    Another well-dressed woman said, then she put her hand on the arm of the maid next to her and walked away with her head held high.


    How can the neighbors say that the person involved did not know about it.


    Qin Chi and Song Jin first enshrined the imperial edict.


    Only then returned to the room.


    Song Jin looked at the imperial edict with curiosity.


    The imperial edict marked "respectful people".


    Only the wives of first- and second-rank officials can be called "Madam", and their aunts are called "Tai Fu". The third-rank official is a lady, the fourth-rank official is a respectful person, the fifth-rank official is pleasant, the sixth-rank official is Anren, and the seventh-rank official is below. It''s a Ruren.


    Those who have no seal or rank are called "ladies".


    Qin Chi had not applied for the title before. In addition to not having made any achievements, he was also worried about the government''s review. Now that he has been granted the title by imperial decree, he skipped the review step. His previous worries are no longer a problem.


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    Yinlong came in with a basin of water and said, "Little miss, come and wash your face first to get rid of that strange thing on your face."


    "Okay, Aunt Long."


    Song Jin had never thought about wearing ugly makeup when she was pregnant.


    After the imperial decree came, if you wanted to see outsiders, you hurriedly went there, which was done out of necessity.


    Yinlong waited on the side for Song Jin to wash his face.


    Qin Chi watched from the side, and after she finished washing, he said, "Do you want Mr. Jing to see if these things will hurt the fetus?"


    "Don''t worry if it takes a short time."


    Song Jin himself knows some pharmacology, and with Yinlong here, "I won''t bother Mr. Jing with this little thing. I heard that he has been studying the prescriptions prescribed by Dr. Zhuo all day long."


    Qin Chi suddenly felt relaxed. Seeing the smile on her face, he couldn''t help but joke: "I haven''t congratulated you yet, Madam. She has become a fourth-grade concubine. Her rank is higher than my husband-in-law."


    "hehe."


    Song Jin covered her mouth with a handkerchief and snickered, "It''s thanks to my husband''s blessing."


    "This has nothing to do with me. It is because of my righteousness that my wife donated the reward from the palace to the victims of the Taihu Lake disaster. Your Majesty saw it." Qin Chi said seriously.


    Song Jin was rarely embarrassed, "What am I? I''m just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."


    "My wife is humble."


    Qin Chi had a different idea, "When it comes to Taihu disaster relief, if we really want to talk about credit, my wife should take the first credit. Not to mention that you sold grain to the government at a low price and saved countless people, but my wife did this anonymously. I I can’t give you credit for that donation. If my wife hadn’t gone to the Household Department to donate, the material preparation would not have gone so smoothly.”


    Song Jin knew this was true.


    But it''s always a bit embarrassing to be praised openly like this.


    Qin Chi added: "It''s just that the lady''s contribution cannot be given openly, that''s why she is awarded the title today."


    Otherwise, there were many donors, and only Song Jin benefited, and others would definitely have objections.


    Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.


    Therefore, when the cabinet was planning to award the memorial, there was no name named Song Jin.


    Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty also knew this.


    This is why Song Jin was given the imperial title, which is reasonable in the eyes of outsiders. The only thing that was a bit out of line was that Emperor Ming Cheng conferred Song Jin as a fourth-grade honorable person in advance, instead of Qin Qi''an''s current fifth-grade honorary title. Official position.


    It can also be seen from this point.


    Qin Qi''an''s appointment as Shaoqing of Dali Temple is secure.


    The host family is very happy today. Each person has received a reward of one or two silver coins, and they will add food in the evening.


    After everyone was full of wine and food, they went to have a rest.