The Emperor's edict was soon sent to Joseph, and when Joseph received it, he realized that this "edict" was actually a commendation order, written by Montevia IV!

After seeing off the court envoy who had been extremely respectful to him, José, accompanied by Suya, opened the commendation order. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but he just read this commendation order hastily, and suddenly he was speechless in surprise.

Su Ya couldn't help but lean in at the moment, but she only glanced at it twice, and the look on her face became extremely exciting...... The Duke of Casa was stunned on the spot.

After the initial surprise, José had obviously reacted, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, then rubbed his eyes, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, he suddenly burst out laughing:

Sure enough, it was the emperor's commendation order, and now Lao Tzu, a traverser, is finally a hero!!

In fact, it is no wonder that Joseph is so cool, because in this commendation order, in addition to the recognition of Joseph's military exploits in defending Boulder Town and killing Falusi, there are three huge commendations in total:

"Article 1, the title of viscount of the Bright Empire (for life) is granted to Master Joseph, which is to be reviewed and conferred by the Imperial Council of Nobles;

second, to confer the title of "court magician" on Master Joseph;

Article 3: In view of the fact that His Excellency Chaucher succeeded in killing the commander of the Macedonian royal family in the North-Western War, fought valiantly, and distinguished himself in battle, he is hereby granted the post of Governor of the County of Western Sadland and the Governor of the County Garrison, and shall take up his post within one month after receiving the official letter of appointment from the Ministry of War......"

It can be said that such a commendation, even if it is any one of them, can make Jose secretly happy, not to mention these triple rewards.

Su Ya was even more surprised when she saw this commendation order, she was almost speechless, she couldn't help but look at this parchment a few times with some complications, but found that His Majesty's autograph was at the bottom...... In other words, this commendation order was indeed issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself.

"Okay...... If I was still a little skeptical before, then after seeing this commendation order, I don't doubt it at all. ”

Su Ya shook her head, but her eyes looked at Qiao Se very firmly: "I am very sure that His Majesty the Emperor must have a great value for you, and he has already moved the idea of soliciting you at this moment......! Oh my God, what the hell did you guys say to him to make him promote you so unusually?!"

Listening to Su Ya's rare surprised tone, Jose was also a little surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Although I know that this award is not light, there is no need for you, the Duke, to be so surprised, right?"

Su Ya couldn't help but smile bitterly, and glanced at Jose a little helplessly:

"Do you think this award is ordinary, but it seems to me that there are at least two or three things in this commendation that are contrary to common sense and imperial convention!"

Su Ya looked at Jose with a puzzled look, couldn't help but shake her head, and began to explain to him:

First of all, the first one, the award of the title of José, although there is aristocracy in the Bright Empire, it does not mean that the title of nobility is popular. On the contrary, because this kind of title is linked to political interests, it is rarely awarded to commoners outside the noble circle, so it has always been regarded as the key to many noble and wealthy businessmen to step into the upper class.

However, because one of the biggest characteristics of aristocratic politics is that it attaches importance to bloodline! Therefore, a soldier or official from a civilian background, even if he is a high-ranking official such as a commander or a county guard, will not necessarily be looked down upon by those nobles and lords of the military department.

As the most powerful group in the Bright Empire, the aristocracy has always paid the most attention to status and title. The titles of the Bright Empire are divided from high to low, respectively by duke, marquis, earl, son, and male, in addition to being divided into lifelong titles and hereditary titles.

However, according to the imperial tradition, lifetime titles were much lower than hereditary titles, and there were even many conservative old aristocrats who believed that only those who received hereditary titles were truly nobles. There are many reasons for this, but the main one is the huge difference in the treatment of tenure and hereditary titles.

According to the laws of the empire, the hereditary title can not only be passed down from generation to generation, but the nobles who receive the title can also get a fief belonging to their own family according to the division of the title. And above this fiefdom, the hereditary aristocracy had a great deal of autonomy.

First of all, they had the right to appoint officials in their fiefdoms, to take charge of the affairs of their fiefdoms, and to have the right to collect taxes and finances. Even under the principle of not violating the laws of the empire, the fiefdom lord could make some local regulations according to his own wishes, and thus gain legislative and judicial power!

What's even more exciting is that the hereditary nobles have the right to establish knights in their own territory and recruit soldiers as private soldiers, as long as the number is within the limits of the imperial law, the central government of the empire has no right to interfere!

Just like Su Ya's Ellios family, even if its status in the imperial capital has declined over the years, the emperor doesn't trust it very much, and even if he is a little dissatisfied, he still doesn't dare to easily snatch the fief of the Ellios family or Su Ya's title.

It is because of this aristocratic tradition that although the Ellios family is not very powerful in the imperial capital, in the south of the empire, it still has a vast fief and a huge foundation close to a province!

The lifelong title is more like an honorary title, which cannot be hereditary, that is to say, after Lao Tzu dies, the son cannot inherit the father's title, and can only return to the status of a commoner.

Although the recipient of the lifelong title can also obtain a fief belonging to his own family according to the level of the title, the actual power of this fief is in the hands of the imperial administrator of the land.

The recipients had no right to interfere in the administration, nor could they form a legislature and judiciary to control the fiefdom, let alone form a private army, and the only thing they could do was to extract a certain percentage of the tax revenue according to the tax revenue in the fief. When the recipient dies, the title will be revoked, and the fief will nominally return to the central government, and the fief can continue to be divided.

There is no doubt that no emperor would like this kind of aristocracy, which threatens the rule and centralization of the empire. In addition to some ancient family monopolization titles, there were few hereditary high titles in the empire in the past hundred years.

Even if there are some highly decorated generals or governors in the empire at certain times, at most they are mixed with dukes or marquis for life. Even in the period of individual emperors with great power desires, there was not a single hereditary official above the earl level even for decades, which shows that the empire has a strict control over hereditary titles.