Chapter 21

And it was a great joy!

Everyone was shocked!

Emperor Yongshun laughed out loud: "This is a letter written by Vice Regional Military Commissioner Chen Ji and General Zheng Qizhi, stating that Jia Hui and dozens of others from the Falcon Battalion received orders to rush to Dingyuan Town for support, where they crushed the enemy army and slaughtered over a thousand!"

"Ah!?!"

The court was in an uproar!

Prince Beijing Shui Rong, as well as Niu Jizong, the first-rank Earl and grandson of Duke of Zhenguo Niu Qing; Hou Xiaokang, the first-rank Viscount and grandson of Duke of Xiuguo Hou Ming; Shi Guangzhu, grandson of Duke of Shanguo, and other nobles qualified to attend court were all in an uproar.

"Jia Hui, why does that sound so familiar?!"

They were suspicious and uncertain.

The Four Kings and Eight Dukes were the founding nobility.

Besides them, the Great Gan also had the four new noble Marquises: Xu Lingyi, head of the Yongping Marquis Xu family; Xie Yu, Marquis of Ningguo; and the Jingyuan Marquis and Yan Marquis Yan Que, who were all very surprised.

Grand Marshal Sang Gong, Grand Tutor Song Yucheng, Minister of the Supreme Court Gao Sheng, Minister of Works Baili Yan, Left Censor-in-Chief Sheng Hong, Observer Gao Hu, and new top scholar Brother Ouyang Xu, among other court officials, all reacted differently after their surprise.

The first to react.

Was the fifth Imperial Prince, the seven-pearl Prince, and the greatest competitor of the current Crown Prince, Prince Yu Li Jinghuan!

Li Jinghuan, with his tall, resilient appearance, deep eyes, and thin lips, stepped out of the ranks and shouted loudly: "Your son congratulates Father Emperor for having such a fierce general display his divine power for our Great Gan Dynasty and annihilate the Tatars! Your son congratulates Father Emperor! Your son congratulates our Great Gan Dynasty!"

Not only was his reaction fast.

His words were also very beautiful.

A slight arc clearly appeared on Emperor Yongshun's lips.

Emperor Yongshun had many offspring.

Among them, Crown Prince Li Jingxuan, Second Prince Li Sheng, Third Prince Jin Prince Li Shenxing, Prince Yu Li Jinghuan, Sixth Prince Li Yi, Seventh Prince Jing Prince Li Jingyan, and Eighth Prince Cao Prince Li Yanbin were the most prominent.

Second Prince Li Sheng and Sixth Prince Li Yi did not attend court today.

Crown Prince Li Jingxuan, who viewed Prince Yu as a thorn in his side, cursed Li Jinghuan for being cunning and for stealing the lead.

He was unwilling to fall behind.

He also hurriedly stepped out, "Your son also congratulates Father Emperor and the Great Gan! With such a tiger general, the Northern front can be at peace!"

Subsequently, Jin Prince Li Shenxing and several other princes also came out to congratulate.

And Grand Marshal Sang Gong and other officials also offered their congratulations.

Even the Four Kings and Eight Dukes dared not oppose the trend at this time, and they all shouted their congratulations, "Long live, long live, long live!"

Indeed!

It was rare for the Great Gan to have such a great victory and slaughter so many enemies.

It was indeed a great joyous event!

It deserved congratulations!

Emperor Yongshun, who had been frustrated for several years, also felt rare comfort, and in a great mood, he said: "This Jia Hui is my tiger warrior, yet he is only an ordinary soldier? How can this be? I want to promote him to Assistant Regional Commander, confer upon him the rank of First-Class Auxiliary State General, and promote everyone else three levels!"

Corporal, squad leader, team leader, that is to say.

Dozens of team leaders appeared under Jia Hui!

But this didn't count for much.

The court officials didn't care at all about such positions that didn't even count as generals.

What shocked the court officials immediately was the reward for Jia Hui!

You must know.

An Assistant Regional Commander is a military officer guarding the border!

With no fixed number, ranking below the Regional Commander and Deputy Regional Commander, and guarding various routes.

It belongs to the regular third-rank high-ranking official!

A proper heavy-weight military general!

As for the First-Class Auxiliary State General, it is equivalent to a second-rank military official!

The Great Gan nobility system is mainly divided into two systems.

Imperial clan nobility and nobility for meritorious officials of different surnames.

The system of Prince, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.

Imperial clan nobility is divided into twelve ranks, each with several levels. The twelve ranks can be roughly divided into Supra-Rank and Ranks: Supra-Rank Princes, Commandery Princes, Dukes, Generals, etc.

Nobility for meritorious officials of different surnames is, of course, conferred upon meritorious officials of different surnames.

Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron are part of it.

1. Duke

2. Marquis

3. Earl

4. Viscount

5. Baron

Baron and above are all Supra-Rank!

In addition, there are lower ones.

General of State Defense (equivalent to a first-rank military official, with a Qilin patch)

First-class General of State Defense has an annual salary of 410 taels of silver and 410 hu of grain;

Second-class General of State Defense has an annual salary of 385 taels of silver and 385 hu of grain;

Third-class General of State Defense has an annual salary of 360 taels of silver and 360 hu of grain;

Auxiliary State General (equivalent to a second-rank military official, with a lion patch)

First-class Auxiliary State General with one Cloud Cavalry Lieutenant has an annual salary of 335 taels of silver and 335 hu of grain;

First-class Auxiliary State General has an annual salary of 310 taels of silver and 310 hu of grain;

Second-class Auxiliary State General has an annual salary of 285 taels of silver and 285 hu of grain;

Third-class Auxiliary State General has an annual salary of 260 taels of silver and 260 hu of grain;

General of State Service (equivalent to a third-rank military official, with a leopard patch)

First-class General of State Service with one Cloud Cavalry Lieutenant has an annual salary of 235 taels of silver and 235 hu of grain;

First-class General of State Service has an annual salary of 210 taels of silver and 210 hu of grain;

Second-class General of State Service has an annual salary of 185 taels of silver and 185 hu of grain;

Third-class General of State Service has an annual salary of 160 taels of silver and 160 hu of grain;

General of Grace (equivalent to a fourth-rank military official, with a tiger patch)

General of Grace with one Cloud Cavalry Lieutenant has an annual salary of 135 taels of silver and 135 hu of grain;

General of Grace has an annual salary of 110 taels of silver and 110 hu of grain.

(Each of the above four ranks of nobility is further subdivided into three classes, such as First-class General of State Defense, Second-class General of State Defense, Third-class General of State Defense, with differences only in salary and grain)

Further down, there are the regular fourth-rank Cavalry Commandant and regular fifth-rank Cloud Cavalry Lieutenant.

And the lowest regular seventh-rank Grace Cavalry Lieutenant!

Although nobility has a name without power, it has always been a symbol of status and is sought after by everyone.

Therefore.

Many ministers stepped out to oppose, requesting Emperor Yongshun to withdraw his order.

"Your Majesty, this must not be!"

Observer Gao Hu was very jealous and was the first to step out to oppose.

New top scholar Brother Ouyang Xu had just been conferred a sixth-rank minor official position today and was originally not qualified to attend court.

However, he was favored by Gao Hu today as a son-in-law, and Brother Ouyang Xu even broke off his engagement with his fiancée Zhao Paner, who was running a tea shop in Qiantang, for this!

Brother Ouyang Xu was on the hall today because of the announcement.

Brother Ouyang Xu was also quite jealous of Jia Hui; he was a new top scholar and only got a sixth-rank minor official position, for which he even abandoned his fiancée, yet Jia Hui climbed to a regular third-rank position after just one battle?