After figuring out the key point, Ma Xiuying became alert and thought a lot in just a short moment.

"That's right, sister Xiao Zhao, I treat her as my own sister. I think the title of an earl is too small. How about a marquis?"

Wang Ming also felt that Ma Xiuying was generous and couldn't help laughing.

"Hehehe... my sister-in-law is still generous."

"But His Majesty's conferment ceremony is coming soon, and he must be rewarded based on his merits and merits."

"In terms of merit, Xiao Zhao actually has no merit. At most, he helped His Majesty and I run a few errands. It's just a little hard work. It's enough for me to reward her with a fake earl to help her break through.

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"Forget the position of marquis, an earl is enough."

"It's... OK, Wang Ming, you are a decisive person, so Chongba, let's start discussing merit and rewards now."

"Okay, Wang Ming is here, let's work together and determine their merits and qualifications based on their merits and qualifications."

"Sister, then we will be responsible for reciting the names, you will dip the note, and Wang Ming will watch from the sidelines and give you some opinions."

"Okay, let's get started."

Zhu Yuanzhang directly picked up a small piece of paper, and the name on it was Xu Da.

He said directly: "Xuda..."

Ma Xiuying said directly without thinking: "Duke!"

Wang Ming nodded in agreement: "Xu Da was Your Majesty's disciple since he was a child, and he was also the first to follow Your Majesty. He has made countless military exploits over the years. This time he led the army to conquer the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the Northern Expedition. It can be said that apart from Your Majesty, he is the number one in the Ming Dynasty in terms of merit.

, in terms of merit and reward, he should be the duke, and should even be the first among the dukes."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and continued to pick up the second piece of paper with his name.

"Chang Yuchun..."

"Duke."

"Sapphire..."

When he read this name, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ma Xiuying with a brow.

Ma Xiuying thought for a moment and asked: "Earl?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head directly, and Ma Xiuying looked at Wang Ming again.

Wang Ming smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, in terms of military merit, Xu Da is first and Chang Yuchun is second. There is no problem. But when it comes to third, there will be a lot of controversy, such as Tang He, Feng Yu and others."

"It can be said that many people have contributed more than Sapphire."

"But when it comes to military merit, we can't just look at rankings, but also at the degree of danger."

"In the battle of Poyang Lake between His Majesty and Chen Youliang, Lan Yu was ordered to fight in a bloody battle with Hongdu and preferred to die rather than retreat. The danger he faced was evident."

Ma Xiuying lowered her head slightly, shook her lips and said, "I thought it was wrong. After all, I am a woman and don't understand the dangers of military affairs... Then Lan Yu can be made a marquis."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to read: "Liu Bowen..."

Ma Xiuying said directly without thinking: "Duke."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke for the first time.

"No, count."

"Earl? Chongba, I know you have always thought Liu Bowen was arrogant. You are angry at him, but no matter how arrogant he is, he cannot be made an earl. His contribution is not inferior to that of Li Shanchang, so he should be made a marquis no matter what.

Bar?"

Wang Ming sat aside and watched the show with the old god present, and even leisurely picked up the teacup and drank some water.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Ming and thought to himself.

In fact, in terms of true pride, Liu Bowen is probably not even one-tenth, no, one percent compared to Wang Ming!

After all, Liu Bowen respects us on the surface, but dislikes us in his heart.

But what about Wang Ming? He doesn’t even do anything to show off! He dares to teach us a lesson in person!

But who calls people gods?

Liu Bowen is just our minister!

Forget it, considering that Liu Bowen is usually quite respectful, he also knows about the Qiyun Dynasty, and Wang Ming also thinks highly of him, so give him some face.

"Sure, then it's up to you to give him a marquis."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he read out the next name: "Li Shanchang." After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Ming specifically.

You know, just because Li Shanchang interrupted and talked too much, Wang Ming slapped Li Shanchang in front of everyone back then. Good guy, he slapped Li Shanchang from a distance and knocked out all of Li Shanchang's teeth. That scene at that time is like Zhu Yuanzhang now

Still fresh in my memory.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know if Wang Ming still remembered this, but he knew that Li Shanchang had never forgotten it after so many years!

During Wang Ming's absence, he always found new ways to speak ill of Wang Ming, often telling stories about monsters in history books who brought trouble to the country.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang's original fear of Wang Ming was 70%, but it directly increased to 90% due to Li Shanchang's "efforts"!

But whether it is nine points or seven points, he is a god, what can Zhu Yuanzhang do?

Falling out? No, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if Wang Ming was not beaten to death with a stick, then he would definitely be the one who died!

But after all, the matter was not serious enough. Apart from not respecting himself very much, Wang Ming did not do anything that would harm the country and the people or violate his taboos.

Not to mention that Wang Ming also painted a super big picture cake called Qiyun Dynasty.

Even though he, Zhu Yuanzhang, had become the emperor, he was still drooling over the super-large pancakes, which reminded Zhu Yuanzhang of the sesame seed pancakes that Wang Ming had given him when he first met him.

That... smells so good!

"Duke?" Ma Xiuying hesitated, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then at Wang Ming.

Wang Ming didn't speak, just lowered his head and drank tea.

Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced that Wang Ming might have really forgotten what happened back then, or he might not have cared about it at all.

Therefore, he concluded: "Duke."

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Time passed in a hurry, and it was almost morning in a blink of an eye, and the three people's ranking and positioning was coming to an end.

Ma Xiuying had already gone to the inner room to sleep early. Before leaving, she took a look at the purple cloth juxtaposed with the other three pieces. There was no name on it.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still energetic because he had ten years of Nine Sun Magic Skills, and he did not sleep. Instead, he stood energetically in front of the four pieces of cloth, swaying, and kept changing the names on the small notes on the cloth.

After Ma Xiuying entered the room and fell asleep for half an hour, he changed the order of the small notes again.

For example, Tang He's name was downgraded from the title of Duke to the title of Marquis.

Liu Bowen's small note was downgraded from the title of marquis to the title of earl.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Ming.

"Tell me, is it okay if I change it like this?"

"Your Majesty, there must be a reason for this change. Can you tell me what the reason is?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Wang Ming's words, he became excited and said seriously:

"You also know Liu Bowen. On the surface, he looks calm and attentive."

"Confucianism is about the so-called gentleman's style. On the surface, it looks like gold and jade, but in fact, there is so much darkness inside... The most important thing is that he is arrogant. I don't know why I look at him.

He gets angry and always feels that he looks down on us..."

"Although he has been with us for so many years, he has always been unfriendly and inconsiderate to us brothers. He is like oil beads floating on the water and will never melt together."

"Let's be serious. I saw it a few years ago. Even if Liu Bowen kneels respectfully in front of us, he may not like us deep down..."

"The saints in his heart have always been Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin and other figures, and at most Confucius. He only respects us, but does not get close to us..."

"We know that Liu Bowen has helped us with many ideas and made many contributions over the years. We should not treat him so harshly. However, we know that even if we only make him an earl, he will swallow this breath.

I even swallowed this breath happily, and even secretly alerted myself in my heart to find out where I went wrong..."

"Haha, we find it interesting when we think of that scene. Wang Ming, what do you think?"

Wang Ming finally realized how bad Zhu Yuanzhang's bad taste was.

"If you don't tell me about Liu Bowen in advance, then what about Tang He? Why was he reduced to a marquis when he was supposed to be a duke?"

"If I remember correctly, Tang He and Xu Da are both your playmates. They were friends who shared sesame cakes together back then."

"Later, Tang and Xu Da joined the rebel army and became Qianzong and deputy Qianzong. That was when you were still a practicing monk. Later, when you joined the rebel army, others helped you many times and helped you gain a foothold."

"In terms of merit, he is not much lower than Xu Da. In terms of qualifications, he is also the person you shared the pie with back then. It can be said that regardless of merit and qualifications, he should be a duke."

"Even the head of a duke is not a bad idea."

"Your Majesty, what do you say about this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened.
To be continued...