The ministers were surprised when they heard this, and the Heart Dao Spirit Emperor also appreciated Ma Chao too much! Although the Southern Xiongnu are foreign, there are at least more than 10,000 households, so wouldn't Ma Chao become a marquis of 10,000 households?

The position of the Marquis of the Eastern Han Dynasty was passed on from the Western Han Dynasty, which was originally named "Marquis of Che", and was later changed to Liehou by avoiding Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, also known as "Marquis Tong". According to the size of the eup, the liehou is divided into county marquis, township marquis, and pavilion marquis.

County marquis: The highest-level marquis, such as the Marquis of Ye who was named Yuan Shao in history, is the county marquis. Among them, those who eat more than 10,000 households are also commonly known as 10,000 households. Township: Township is the administrative unit at the lower level of the county, such as Zhang Fei was named Xixianghou. Tinghou: The pavilion is an administrative unit at the rural level, and Liu Bang once served as the pavilion chief. Tinghou is to eat one pavilion or several pavilions, such as Guan Yu for Hanshou Tinghou (Hanshou is the name of the pavilion).

In addition, there are also the marquis of Duxiang and Duting, who are not in the stream, and the marquis of false names who do not have fiefdoms. Duxianghou: Located in the penultimate level of the liehous, above the Duting Hou, there are fiefs and no more than 300 households. Duting Hou: Located under the Duxiang Hou, there are fiefs and no more than 200 households.

Ma Chao's title is obviously greater than that of the county, and the place of food is the entire Southern Xiongnu, which looks glorious on the surface, but in fact it is not like that. Because the Southern Xiongnu is a foreign country, the food is that the Son of Heaven transferred the taxes that should have been paid to the imperial court to the candidates to do Yulu, generally hundreds of households, or even thousands of households, but there are very few more than 5,000 households, and the marquis of 10,000 households basically did not have it during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, including He Jin, who also did not eat more than 10,000 households.

And Ma Chao did it, but he, the Marquis of Wanhu, was actually just a name, because the ministers all knew that the Southern Xiongnu were actually under the control of Ma Chao, and even Shan Yu Bugu had become Ma Chao's loyal lackey, and as an outsider, who had the ability to go to the Southern Xiongnu prairie to collect taxes? The Huns are not soft persimmons, not to mention that there are also troops in the prairie of the Xiliang cavalry eyeing over!

Seeing that the ministers had no objections, Emperor Ling continued: "In addition, the generals under Ru, LinkedIn, are brave and good at fighting, and all of them have rewards, making Pang De a loyal general, Wang Shuang a partial general, Meng Da a general, and Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Fa Zheng are young for the time being, so they should accumulate battle merits first, and they will be rewarded later!" Other generals can reward themselves, and report to the court on the table. ”

"The last general has thanked Your Majesty on behalf of the generals!" Ma Chao felt slightly proud. General Zhongjie is a miscellaneous general, and the partial general position is higher than that of the miscellaneous general, and he is an official with a rank of 800 stones, and General Pi belongs to the lowest general, with a rank of 600 stones. Although it is just a name, this is the seal of Emperor Han Ling, which is particularly precious! It was not the era when all princes could be appointed later.

The ministers also nodded secretly, because what the Spirit Emperor did was within a reasonable and acceptable range, and there was nothing wrong with it. He Jin also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he both appreciated and feared Ma Chao, he naturally heard about Ma Chao being summoned by Emperor Han Ling yesterday, so today he changed his mouth and proposed to be the general of the west to block the road to his reward.

Emperor Ling was full of smiles, glanced at Zhang Rang's people, and continued: "Ma Aiqing is young and promising, both civil and military, and attaches great importance to love and righteousness. At that time, the daughter of General Fubo Ma Yuan was the Empress of Emperor Ming, Queen Ma was both talented and beautiful, and her mother was the world, although she had no heirs, she was respected as the queen mother by her great-grandfather Emperor Zhang, and her virtue can be seen! Today, I am determined to continue this good story in the heart of love, and give you Princess Wannian, the eldest daughter of me and Queen Song, as my wife, and I hope you will treat her well! ”

Ma Chao hurriedly bowed down, shook his head and said: "The last general is flattered, and I ask Your Majesty to take back his life, the minister really has unspeakable hardships!" ”

The ministers were also surprised, because in this way, Ma Chao became the biggest relative except for He Jin, and the relationship was even further than He Jin, He Jin was Liu Hong's uncle, but Ma Chao was the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven.

Speaking of the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Yanjing is a short-lived ghost, since the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu (63 years old) in the Eastern Han Dynasty rarely have a horse, just because the successive sons of heaven in addition to the Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang lived to forty-eight years old, others such as Emperor Zhang Liu Wei (31 years old), and Emperor Liu Zhao (27 years old), Emperor Liu Long (1 year old), Emperor An Liu Hu (27 years old), Infant Emperor Liu Yi (2 years old), Emperor Shun Liu Bao (30 years old), Emperor Chong Liu Bing (3 years old), Emperor Liu Zhang (9 years old), Emperor Huan Liu Zhi (36 years old without heirs) Ten sons of heaven either died prematurely or died young, and there were very few heirs, In addition, the survival rate of babies in this era was far lower than that of later generations, so the bloodline of the royal Liu family was not vigorous.

Only the husband of the eldest daughter can be called a concubine, and the husband of the princess such as the concubine or the second daughter must be sealed by the emperor before it can be called a concubine, so the concubine is very rare in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Princess Wannian is the eldest daughter of Liu Hong and his wife Empress Song, and she definitely belongs to the concubine. At that time, the current queen He Wan was just a palace maid, not even Liu Hong's concubine.

Although He Jin was politically short-sighted, he also saw the pros and cons of this matter at once, and immediately said: "This matter must not be done!" Although Ma Chao is a generation of geniuses, according to what he heard, Ma Chao had married a ghost a month ago, and swore in public that his ghost wife would always be his wife. This move greatly detracts from the majesty of the royal family! ”

Liu Yan also said: "What the general said is very reasonable, Your Majesty's move is indeed underthought, and there is no precedent for my Han family daughter to be a concubine!" I beg your majesty to think twice! ”

Hearing this, Ma Yueyan also stood up and retorted: "The difference between the general and Uncle Liu Huang's words, Ma Chao's ghost wife came for righteousness, and she is really a nominal wife." Princess Wannian was personally promised by His Majesty to Ma Chao as a flat wife, and her status is no different from that of a wife. Besides, this is a family affair of His Majesty, and it cannot be criticized by outsiders! The general is in a high position, but he can't take care of His Majesty's family affairs, which is not in line with etiquette! ”

He Jin glanced at Ma Yueyan hatefully, and retorted: "As the saying goes: The Son of Heaven has no family affairs. Besides, Jin is also a royal prince, why can't he participate in the family affairs of the Son of Heaven? Unless Ma Chao is willing to leave the ghost wife, this move will definitely be laughed at by the world! ”

Emperor Ling frowned slightly, and was very unhappy in his heart, so he immediately gave Zhang Rang and the others a look. The latter understood and said: "The general is just a relative of nepotism, how can he manage the affairs of the Liu family?" The princess married Ma Chao as a flat wife, and the children born were also concubines, in addition to not having the status of a wife, the treatment she received was the same as that of a wife, how to say that she was a concubine? Besides, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, Your Majesty sits on the land of the four seas, is it possible that even the marriage of a daughter must be controlled by others? ”

Zhao Zhong, the regular attendant, also said: "As for the divorce of his wife, it is even more false, General Ma married a yin family for righteousness, if Your Majesty forcibly separates other people's yin relatives in order to marry a daughter, wouldn't it become a virtuous act?" On the contrary, if the princess of Wannian is married to General Ma as a flat wife and does not care about her name, the people of the world know that His Majesty loves his life as his life, has a broad heart, and has noble virtues, so why damage the royal majesty? After that, he looked at He Jin like a-for-tat, and there was no intention of backing down.

Liu Hong suddenly said loudly: "I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss this matter again!" General Ma marries a ghost as a wife for righteousness, and I marry a daughter regardless of fame and virtue, which is a matter of both virtue and righteousness, and will definitely be passed on as a good story by the people of the world. In view of the fact that General Ma is not in the year of marriage, I immediately told the world to set the name first, and only wait for the auspicious gift to be selected later! What does Ma Aiqing think? ”

Although the two were acting for outsiders to see, Brother Xiao Ma still deliberately pretended to be grateful, and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your love, the last general will dare to disobey his fate!" The princess of ten thousand years, the golden branch and jade leaf, the status is noble, although she can't give her the name of her wife, but she will be treated with the courtesy of her wife, and if there is anything, she will be a descendant! "I secretly said in my heart: The master didn't speak, all the women of Lao Tzu treated him with the courtesy of a wife, and everything that came out was also a concubine.

"Good!" Emperor Ling applauded: "General Ma is a loyal and righteous person, and he has always done what he says, and even so, I can rest assured that I will entrust you with ten thousand years."

The two of them sang and harmonized, and they didn't give people a chance to interject at all. He Jin's face was full of iron, and the hatred in his heart for Zhang Rang and the others increased a little invisibly, because he knew that all this was an idea that Zhang Rang and the others came up with. As for the others, there was no violent reaction, it had nothing to do with them who the Spirit Emperor married his daughter, but they were happy to see someone share the power of He Jin, including Yuan Kui.

And He Jin's henchmen are only Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Ying, Chen Lin, Ding Yuan and a few others, Ding Yuan, who is qualified to speak at the scene, will naturally not dismantle his nephew and son-in-law's platform, and the surname Suo will not help each other. Liu Yan objected to it, but he just wanted to sell He Jin's favor, and He Jin had to accept his favor if he succeeded or not, so he didn't insist too much.

In the blink of an eye, the matter was agreed, and Brother Xiao Ma had another identity as a quasi-son-in-law and a quasi-concubine of the Han Dynasty, and the Ma family became a veritable family of relatives. All the ministers who watched the excitement also said hello to Liu Hong and Brother Xiaoma, He Jin secretly regretted that he should not promote Ma Chao, but today's Ma Chao is not something he can control at all.

The atmosphere in the court suddenly became harmonious, and at this time, Liu Yan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something important to do!" ”

Emperor Ling has always respected this imperial uncle, and said: "The imperial uncle is the pillar of the country, and it doesn't hurt to talk about it!" ”

Liu Yan cleared his throat and said: "It has been nearly four hundred years since the ancestors of my great Han Dynasty, during which there was Wang Mang's rebellion first, and then there was Guangwu Zhongxing, and the Han family broke through the cocoon into a butterfly but became more powerful!" But today, since the Yellow Turbans, there are bandit armies in various places, there are Qingzhou Yellow Turban remnants in the east, and there are pirates who often plunder the coastal people; In the west, the Qiang Rebellion was difficult to settle, and warlords of all sizes such as Dong Zhuo and Han Sui were ambitious; In the south, there were Shanyue rebellions, and the barbarians rebelled; Wuheng, Xianbei and other large and small races in the north are also eyeing each other, and the Black Mountain thieves are developing their power to Hanoi County, and my Han rivers and mountains are shaky and crumbling, if they do not act vigorously and resolutely, and carry out reforms in a big way, the Han will be overturned in less than ten years! ”

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