Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The same is true of canonization.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty became the most prosperous age in the past and present is largely due to the fact that His Majesty Li Er built the Lingyan Pavilion, and at least 24 of the 20 heroes in it were from the non-royal family, but they were all granted the title of duke.

This is unmatched by all dynasties. It can be seen that the Li royal family bestowed nobles on meritorious officials on a large scale.

But the military officer is different, he is a special group outside the royal family.

It neither belongs to the group of scattered officials, nor does it belong to the ranks of bestowed nobles.

Wu Xun forms a system of its own, which is divided into twelve levels, also known as twelve rounds, starting from the highest level "Shangzhu Kingdom", followed by Zhu Kingdom, Shang Dajun, Dajun, Shangqingche Duwei, Qingche Duwei, Shangqi Duwei, Qiduwei, Xiaoqiwei, Feiqiwei, Yunqiwei, Wuqiwei.

Wu Qiwei, the first rank, is equivalent to the seventh rank, and so on, the No.12 Shangzhu Kingdom is equivalent to the second rank.

If one day, after accumulating military merits, the rank of martial arts is promoted to the Shangzhu Kingdom, and there is no promotion, then it is not far from being a knight.

Especially in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty when he treated heroes generously.

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Guo Ye muttered to himself: "Lieutenant Xiaoqi, my brother is also a person with martial arts now? Ciao..."

With a sigh, he shifted his eyes from the eunuch to Su Dingfang, his eyes were full of gratitude.

He never dreamed that he would be able to get an honored officer who might not be available to ordinary civil and military officials in his entire life.

He knew that he, the sixth-rank Xiaoqiwei, was bestowed by His Majesty Li Er, who was always generous, because of Yang Tai's death, and granted him on a whim out of joy.

But to a large extent, it was Su Dingfang who won it for himself.

If it wasn't for Su Dingfang's nonsense and exaggeration in the memorial to give himself credit, how could he be close to the military honor of Xiaoqiwei?

The eunuch who declared the decree was in front of him, Guo Ye couldn't tell Su Dingfang what to say, so he opened his mouth silently and mouthed a thank you.

Su Dingfang accepted it calmly, nodded back with a smile, and made a mouth shape, as if telling Guo Ye that this is what you deserve, and you and I owe nothing.

"Cough cough, cough cough, Guo Xiaodu?"

Xuanzhi eunuch urged again, "You should thank me."

Guo Ye let out a cry, pretending to be flattered by the mighty grace of the emperor, and bowed in the direction of Chang'an and shouted long live.

The eunuch was very satisfied with Guo Ye's performance, and he couldn't help but blurted out praise: "Little Guard Guo is really young and promising. He is not as young as the weak crown, but he has already become a sixth-rank cavalry captain, and he is in charge of a military aircraft. Tsk tsk, I am so envious Wait for mediocrity."

Guo Ye quickly turned around, saying that he would rather offend a gentleman than a villain.

This eunuch without balls, even though he looks honest and honest, must still have a dark side in his heart.

Guo Ye didn't want to offend this kind of person who often walks in the palace, so he immediately cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The servant came from a long way, it's really hard work, I have sent someone to prepare thin wine, to cleanse the dust for you and Master Su."

"hey-hey……"

The eunuch smiled softly, covered his mouth slightly, and said sissyly: "Little Guard Guo is really smart, no wonder he has achieved so much at such a young age, his future is really limitless."

"My lord servant, please, this way please..."

"No, no, no, don't worry about drinking and eating."

The eunuch Xuan Zhi shook his head and declined Guo Ye's invitation, restrained his smile, and said solemnly again: "This old slave has serious matters to tell Guo Xiaojun, how dare this old slave go to drink before the important matter is over? "

I'm going~~

Guo Ye was dumbfounded again, dare to say that the two imperial edicts are over, what other edicts can't be delivered?

After a while of embarrassment, Guo Ye murmured, "My lord servant, does your majesty still have a command to admonish your ministers?"

"No, no, not His Majesty's oracle..."

There was a bit of a kind smile in the eunuch's sharp and feminine voice, and he shook his head while laughing.

Chapter 283

After the eunuch finished what he wanted to say, Guo Ye also got a general understanding of the eunuch's origin through Su Dingfang's threading.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree, surnamed Dong Mingshun, was forty years old, and served as a sixth-rank internal servant in the palace.

The so-called Ministry of Internal Affairs is the eunuch organization of the imperial court. In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had six bureaus (also known as six divisions) under its jurisdiction, commanding nearly [-] eunuchs in the palace.

Therefore, all the eunuchs in the early Tang Dynasty were not called eunuchs, and eunuchs were a title for a small number of eunuchs with rank and qualifications.More because of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all eunuchs are called internal servants.

Over time, the title of eunuch was not widely used until the later period...

As for some people calling eunuchs father-in-law, this is even more preposterous. Only those who are in charge of various bureaus in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or eunuchs of the sixth rank or above, are qualified to be called father-in-law.

In other words, the title of eunuch is not something that any eunuch can call, it is a respectful title for eunuchs with a certain rank.

And Dong Shun's internal affairs of the sixth rank just reached the threshold of the father-in-law.

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The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is called Nei Changshi, the fifth rank, and the boss of all the eunuchs in the palace.Literally, it is not difficult to understand, inside, inside the palace; regular attendant, serving the members of the royal family for a long time.Eunuchs who are not royal confidantes are not allowed to take up this position.

As for Dong Shun's position as a sixth-rank internal servant, although his rank is not as high as that of a regular fifth-rank internal servant, he is better than being close, and no one dares to underestimate him.

With whom?Naturally, he was close to the emperor.

There are a total of ten internal servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They never take part in management, but serve the emperor alone.

Each of the ten members performed their own duties, some delivered memorials for the emperor, some waited on the emperor's office in the imperial study, some accompanied the emperor's up and down court, and some summoned ministers for the emperor.

As for Dong Shun's internal work, he was responsible for proclaiming the edict for the emperor and going out to the palace to work in the army.

There are good and bad eunuchs, but no one is willing to offend eunuchs, whether they are princes, nobles, or local officials.

One is that he is by the emperor's side, and a good or bad word can be worth as much as you have been tossing around for a year or so. Two, it doesn't matter whether the eunuch is good or bad. An eunuch who has his balls cut is not a normal man. Dark and abnormal.

It is better not to offend, but to offend as little as possible.

The same is true of Guo Ye, who speaks and keeps his mouth shut is the valet, making Dong Shun smile and feel that he has a lot of face.

Dong Shun squeezed his throat and spoke in a low voice, after whispering the last words he wanted to say, the mission of going out of the palace had just come to an end.

Guo Ye immediately recruited Guan Jiujiu and Zhu Fatty, the two most flattering guys around him, and accompanied Dong Shun to the Wangshan Tower.

Before Dong Shun announced the decree, all the people in the new house of Guo's mansion were drinking together at night. At this time, the night was dark, and Guan and Zhu led Dong Shun out of the mansion, which was the scene of Dong Shun's night banquet.

After a while, under Guo Ye's order, Kang Bao, Cheng Erniu, Ruan Laosan and others left Guo's mansion one after another and went to Wangshan Tower.