At the head was a young man dressed as a eunuch, surrounded by two guards wearing guard uniforms, and behind him were hundreds of fierce warriors, and a group of people rumbled and galloped on horseback. The eunuch and the two guards looked arrogant, with the look of the eldest and their second.

The insiders on Zhang Zhongjun's side laughed secretly in their stomachs one by one, because this holy decree, only one eunuch and two guards were sent by the palace, and the more than 100 warriors were all Zhang Zhongjun's retainers.

This is also a matter of no law, if there are really three people to read the holy decree, Zhang Zhongjun will definitely die of laughter if he finds so many people to participate in the celebration. Therefore, he can only send his retainers out to increase the angel battle.

Of course, these lords, who had already passed through the Ministry of Rites, had contacted the angel in advance, and had already fed the eunuch and the two guards. In fact, they still wish that Zhang Zhongjun had deceived and made their party very grand, after all, they also felt that the three of them came to pass on the decree very shabby, and now that there are more people, it is naturally lively, and they also have face, right?

The little eunuch came to Zhang Zhongjun with an arrogant expression, and then asked in the eunuch's characteristic sharp voice: "Who is Zhang Hongyi?"

"Xia Guan is. Zhang Zhongjun hurriedly saluted, and handed over his official position certificate and identity certificate. No, this is the rule, the edict is not like in the storytelling, saying who will receive the decree, and then someone jumps out and kneels down to receive the decree, the premise is that the identity of the other party must be determined.

Because in case of impersonation, or something with the same surname and name, it is still the royal family who loses face, so things like this must be confirmed before the decree is delivered. In the same way, not only is this the case with the holy decree, but there is also such a routine for the promotion and appointment of officials, and they must first confirm their identities before proceeding to the next step.

After checking his identity, the little eunuch nodded, took out a holy decree and held it high and shouted, "Zhang Hongyi takes the decree!"

Zhang Zhongjun naturally walked back to the incense table that had been set up a long time ago, knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Minister Zhang Hongyi takes the order!" Some of the old fritters present couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Zhang Zhongjun's posture of receiving the order, this is too unsophisticated, right?

It's just that since they can see the difference, they naturally think of Zhang Zhongjun's reason for doing this, and they can't help but shake the corners of their eyes, and a smile appears on the corner of their mouth. Obviously, they knew what level Zhang Zhongjun's holy decree was, it should be the lowest level, no wonder there were so many familiar people in those more than 100 guards, and the feelings were all Zhang Hongyi's subordinates!

However, they don't say anything about it, and the most they can say about it is to disgust Zhang Hongyi, and there is no obstacle to the power he obtains. In fact, dividing the holy decree into levels actually means that the emperor is not in a good mood and wants to sweep the face of the nobles. Because only the canonization of the noble decrees is divided into high and low ranks, and the other holy decrees are the highest level.

But come to think of it, the nobles are shareholders, and it is strange that the emperor can be happy with these nobles by dividing the rights of the emperor, the majority shareholder. The emperor did not want to prohibit the appearance of nobles, but the rules that were set at the beginning were not so easy to avoid. So you can only raise the bar on the requirements of becoming a nobleman.

It is said that becoming a nobleman a hundred years ago is a hundred times easier than becoming a nobleman now! For example, a hundred years ago, as long as you recover a mansion that was ravaged by the White Lotus Sect, then you can get the title of baron. And now, even if you recover a province, I'm afraid it will only be a few official promotions, and it is a dream to become a nobleman! The royal family is willing to promote you and reward you with money, but they will not be willing to give you the simplest of lords.

Thinking of this, people with a heart couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhongjun with strange eyes, what kind of meritorious deeds did this Lord Zhang make that forced the emperor to use the holy decree of the lowest level of etiquette? Because a discerning person knows that when canonizing a nobleman, the lower the emperor's holy decree and etiquette, the more the person who was entitled snatched enough benefits from the royal family.

So they pricked up their ears one by one to hear how Zhang Zhongjun's canonization was read.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, the system said, a native of Zijin County, Heyuan Prefecture, Guangnan Province, the first talent of the 175th Imperial Examination Heyuan Mansion Case, Zhang Hongyi, has repeatedly made awards, and now canonizes Zhang Hongyi as Lord of Eagle Beak Bend in Guangnan Province, with a territory area of 10 square kilometers and 15,000 households. Lord Wangzhang worked hard to maintain the aristocratic system, concentrate on the development of the territory, and contribute to the dynasty. Chin this. ”

The holy decree read by the little eunuch, everyone listened to it at the beginning and nodded, and when they heard that the territory area was 10 square kilometers and the people were 15,000 households, those who didn't know how to do it were still nodding, and those who knew how to do it had already changed their faces.

Those who know how to do it know all these years, not to mention the difficulty of becoming a nobleman, that is, to become a lord, the territory is 1 square kilometer, and there are not many people. Now this Zhang Hongyi actually has 10 square kilometers as soon as he is enthroned? There are 15,000 households? Are you kidding?

A territory of 10 square kilometers is almost only owned by a top viscount, because these 10 square kilometers are the area of a small county town!

And the most terrifying thing is 15,000 households! If you count at least 3 people in a household, that's 45,000 people! This is not the jurisdiction of ordinary officials, but the territory of nobles! Even an ordinary marquis, there are not so many people!

Why do you emphasize the number of lords? Because once the lords become the lords of the nobility, it is equivalent to breaking away from the jurisdiction of the Great Chen Dynasty, and they are even more powerful than foreigners, and if you foreigners commit crimes in the Great Chen Dynasty, the government will directly arrest you, whip you and punish you without saying a word, and the Great Chen Dynasty, which is proud of the Celestial Empire, will not give face to these barbaric countries of foreign countries.

The officials of the Great Chen Dynasty are not qualified to take care of it, and even if they are caught, they have to be sent back to their lords, and they have to send a letter to the lords to name what bad things the other party's lords have done, and the lords are willing to deal with it, then they will naturally be happy, and if the lords don't pay attention to it, the government will be helpless.

Therefore, the power of the nobles is so huge, and it is also the reason why the Great Chen Dynasty is so cautious about the canonization of nobles, and even the Great Chen Dynasty is willing to increase the territory area of the meritorious nobles, rather than increasing the number of nobles, so that the number of the nobles can only rely on natural fertility to grow.

Zhang Zhongjun is also a little stupid, he meows, he remembers that he traded with those officials in Magong Town, and exchanged most of the merits? There shouldn't be many merits to exchange for the people, right? I remember that I only changed a few hundred households? Why did I suddenly increase the number of people to 15,000 households now? How can I raise so many people myself!

Ah, no, it's not a question of how to raise it, but that he is so inexplicably able to have so many more people? Is there any conspiracy in this? Zhang Zhongjun naturally remembered that the thirteen princes continued to entangle and provoke, could it be that these fifteen thousand people had something to do with him?

It's just that this is impossible, if the Thirteen Princes had this ability, he would have become the new crown prince a long time ago, where would he still be messing around in this place far away from the imperial capital!

Zhang Zhongjun, who couldn't understand it, finally had to accept the holy decree according to the etiquette under the urging of the little eunuch, and together with the holy decree, there was also a gold-inlaid jade waist plate representing the status of the nobleman, as well as a determination of territorial information, and the household registration book of 15,000 people. Of course, in addition to these must-have play accidents, what other honor guards and dresses have to be done by Zhang Zhongjun himself in accordance with the rules.

This is also the reason for the lowest order, if it is the highest, all the things that the nobles need will be prepared.

However, Zhang Zhongjun didn't care about these now, and he was thinking about what was going on with his inexplicable increase to 15,000 households, which made him greet the guests a little unruly.

After some excitement, he finally sent the guests and angels away, and Zhang Zhongjun went to find out what was going on.

(End of chapter)