In other words, the DPRK now needs to give high-ranking officials and generous salaries to three people at the same time, and cannot favor one over the other.

"It's just a title!" He Jin raised his glass slightly and said with narrowed eyes. "The three of them will definitely be granted the title of county marquis. I came from Beigong and saw with my own eyes that the title has been drawn up... General Huangfu is the Marquis of Huaili, and the eunuch is the Marquis of Huaili. There are 8,000 households in the city; General Zhu is the Marquis of Qiantang, with 6,500 households in the city; Wenqi, you are the Marquis of Ji, with 6,000 households in the city."

At this point, He Jin glanced at Gongsun Xun, and when he saw him, he just nodded slowly, as he had expected: "I also know that Wen Qi doesn't care about this, and the level of the title is enough. But I still want to say something , Zhu Gongwei was sent to 500 households to take care of his qualifications, and the reason why General Huangfu was sent to 8000 households was because the government intended to let him temporarily serve as the shepherd of Jizhou to clean up the bandits in Jizhou and appease the people of Jizhou... these two thousand households It’s better to spend it in advance as a reward.”

Gongsun Xun replied proudly: "When I came here, I saw that General Huangfu was still guarding Jizhou with 20,000 troops, so I had expected it... After all, someone like Zhou Mu could command a state and nine counties. How could I, a man of more than 20, be allowed to do so?" Do you want to do it for someone who is 6,000 years old? Brother Sui Gao, don’t worry about it, I know it in my heart. There are six thousand households in Jihou, which is enough to comfort the elders in the family."

"Doctor Guanglu is really a humble gentleman!" Kong Rong sighed while twirling his beard, but he insisted on interjecting a sentence between the general and Dr. Guanglu.

"Yes, Wen Qi is truly a gentleman." He Jin's attitude was still kind, but his tone became serious. "However, there are some opinions about the position... Wen Qi, Huangfu Yizhen was the shepherd of Jizhou, and Zhu Gongwei was the shepherd of Jizhou before the chaos. If you want to be the ninth minister, you will naturally have to work among the ministers this time, but you are the only one..."

"As Duting said outside the city that day." Gongsun Xun said simply. "It is enough to ask a large county to fulfill his duties. Otherwise, he will not be demoted from the position of Guanglu doctor and become a governor, right?"

"This is natural." He Jin immediately laughed. "Huangfu Yizhen is the governor of the state. Even if you want to be the governor, the imperial court has no nerve to let you go... Otherwise, won't it mean that the world will say that the Han Dynasty treated its meritorious officials harshly? However, there are only a few top counties in the world. Where do you want to go? Do you want to go to Nanyang? As for me, I can give you some advice, and you can hunt down the remnants of the Yellow Turbans there."

"I appreciate Brother Suigao's kindness, but I am from Hebei..." Gongsun Xun quickly shook his head.

Are you kidding me? Nanyang is the largest county in the world, with a population and wealth equal to that of a state. Of course, the prefect of Nanyang is excellent. But precisely because of the special status of this county, this position has a very high political attribute in the Later Han Dynasty. Generally speaking, it is the only way for local officials to become important ministers in the DPRK, so their terms of office are extremely short!

How short is it? Not to mention three years, four years, one year is normal, half a year is not uncommon! It is comparable to the term of a governor.

What are you doing in this kind of position?

My wife has to leave as soon as I pick her up. There aren’t even enough cats to give birth to a litter!

So Hebei is better! Didn’t Cheng Yu say it already? The king’s might and virtue are at home in Hebei!

"As for Hebei... it is a large and beautiful county like the Bohai Sea and the plains," He Jin smiled slightly. "But how can it be worthy of Wenqi's contribution to supporting the country?"

Gongsun Xun just wanted to say that the Bohai Sea and the plains are both very good, so forget about Nanyang. You can help arrange these two.

Unexpectedly, He Jin, who was sitting at the front seat, suddenly mentioned an unexpected place: "Wenqi, look at how Hanoi is?"

Gongsun Xun hesitated for a moment.

By the way, for a long time in later generations, the administrative region of Henan always had a small part in Hebei, which seemed inexplicable. In fact, the initial reason was very simple. When a regime established a capital south of the Yellow River, in order to facilitate the control of local forces in the North China Plain, it also In order to directly control the natural dangers of the Yellow River, it cut out an essential piece of land from Hebei and placed it directly under the central government. Similarly, Hedong was cut out from Jin.

And this deliberate administrative division has really been passed down from generation to generation.

As for the person who created the figurines, it was Han Wu who initiated the great unification. This area that was later assigned to Henan Province is today's Hanoi.

In other words, just as most of the counties in Qingzhou are actually south of the Yellow River but are administratively classified as Hebei, Hanoi actually belongs to Hebei but is under the rule of Sili.

Back to the present, no matter what, this can't be said to be a bad place.

After all, Hanoi has a population of 800,000 on the surface, but in fact it is estimated to be over one million, making it a top county. Moreover, geographically speaking, this place is still in Hebei after all. It is said to be connected to Taihang in the north and Wei County in the east. , Anyang, the important town in the north, is only a hundred miles away from Handan, where Gongsun Xun once served.

More importantly, although this place belongs directly to Sili, so it has some additional political status bonuses, it does not change every year like Nanyang and Yingchuan, which is frustrating.

As for Gongsun Xun's hesitation, he was worried that this place was opposite Luoyang across the river, and he would be constrained in doing things... Of course, you can't express this reason.

It can even be said that there is only one temporary state pastor today, and after it was taken away by Huangfu Song, this county is undoubtedly the best one that the imperial court can take action except Nanyang.

After thinking for a while, although he hesitated, Gongsun Xun finally felt helpless and simply nodded: "Hanoi is very good, with a county prince and a large county, it can still..."

"That's what was said that day." He Jin suddenly interrupted the other party. "It's not enough today... The thieves raised a total of four to five million troops. It was all because of the three generals who did not avoid the swords and arrows that they succeeded in fighting the rebellion for the country. Shangshutai,

At the Yushitai, there are also three public opinions. It is necessary to give the title of general to the three of them in order to reward the merits and show honor and favor."

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Gongsun Xun couldn't help but look at each other with several of his confidants, Kong Rong, Wang Qian, Chen Lin and others also became solemn.

Without him, in the Later Han Dynasty, the general's number was extremely valuable!

People like Gongsun Xun and Huangfu Song had previously swept away the Yellow Turbans, but they were only upholding integrity as Zhonglang General. Zhonglang General was essentially a military position between a lieutenant and a general, and was not a real general.

In fact, apart from the fact that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a messy man in the early Han Dynasty, there were actually only two permanent generals with important titles in the Later Han Dynasty. One was the general who was currently held by He Jin;

The cavalry general.

It can be seen from these two people that those who can hold these two positions are either relatives or eunuch leaders. They are essentially agents of the imperial power. Taking up this position itself has the meaning of assisting the government.

As for the rest, the former Han Dynasty vaguely included hussar generals, guard generals, front, rear, left, and right generals, etc., who were treated as generals with heavy titles. However, the later Han Dynasty really valued the significance of military power and took great precautions against it.

.So, only the generals and generals of chariots and cavalry have always been the permanent heavy titles, and the following ones are actually generals with miscellaneous titles.

Even among the miscellaneous generals, there is only one General Du Liao, who often appears due to the war in northern Xinjiang.

Therefore, the title of general at this time is truly precious! According to the regulations at this time, the title of general with heavy title is completely comparable to that of the three princes, or even worse. It is originally a top military level that is parallel to the civil service.

job.

This is different from the time when heroes were competing for the throne, when everyone could be their own general... At that time, the value of generals was too low.

Therefore, Gongsun Xun said that he must have the title of general, and this is even what he is most looking forward to this time... because in addition to being valuable, generals can also open palaces and build curtains!

To someone, this is the most important thing!

Not to mention chariots and cavalry, even if he is a well-known general, he can recruit talents openly, appoint a thousand-stone chief historian, appoint a thousand-stone commander, appoint a six-hundred-stone doctor, appoint a subordinate, appoint an official... and so on.

You can prepare a little more "family soldiers" to show "prestige".

Of course, it would be better if he was a chariot general who was recognized by the political tradition of the later Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years... But the problem then arises. It is impossible to take off the general from He Jin, so there is only a chariot general.

How can one seat be divided among three heroes?

"The emperor...well, there is also the Huangmen Supervisor. The meaning of the Shang Shutai is," He Jin saw the whole hall being solemn, but when he said this, he suddenly blushed. "Since there are three heroes, we might as well ride the chariot to the general position."

Divide it into three and set up three generals of chariots and cavalry on the left, center and right."

Gongsun Xun did not react for a moment.

However, Kong Wenju was still nimble even though he was a child. He was the first to react and immediately responded: "How can the emperor be so stingy?! There are three people sharing it? Doctor Guanglu has such great military achievements, shouldn't he be a cavalry general?"

"

He Jin blushed more and more and did not refute. This man who was still quite honest in his heart seemed to feel that what his brother-in-law had done was too embarrassing. He was really risking his own life on the front line, crossing the river with a thousand troops to face 30,000 people.

Is that false? I worked so hard to quell the rebellion for your Liu family, but the last general position has to be broken into three parts like a big cake... I was really used to being poor when I was a kid!

However, He Jin also had his own helplessness. What else would he do? Should he give up the general? Isn't it enough to give up the general?

And this is why He Jin must call Gongsun Xun to have a discussion in advance - not only for him to reveal it privately, but also to appease and persuade him in advance in the name of the emperor. After all, the emperor actually felt that he was a bit cheated by doing this.

, but I am very stingy and I can’t think of a good solution... The heavy-numbered general is too important.

I have to say that the Liu family was so creative in making this thing. A few days ago, even as early as Guangzong, Gongsun Xun discussed various possible situations with Lu Fan and others in advance, but still

I was caught off guard by this god-like creativity.

Kong Rong stood up and slapped the case, but no one ignored him.

He Jin raised his glass to drink in embarrassment. After drinking a lot of wine, Gongsun Xun thought for a long time and was still a little confused:

Why? What's going on? How much authority can one-third of the generals on horseback have? Is it enough?

"Allow me for a moment." After thinking for a long time, Gongsun Xun had no choice but to get up and ask his advisers.

He Jin understood and just nodded without saying a word.

Gongsun Xun went to the toilet in the snow first. Er, Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu, Xi Zhong, Zao Zhi, and the five scribes who had followed today came to the path in front of the toilet to discuss with their lord one after another... but they also all started talking.

Fog.

Because no matter how smart and perceptive these people are, they cannot make a clear judgment on a new thing. No one knows how effective this three-parted cavalry general is and whether it is effective or not.

However, after many discussions, it is worth mentioning that both Lu Fan and Xi Zhong believed that the emperor just wanted to divide the "might and virtue" of the three generals in this war, so that the three generals would be equal and involved with each other to prevent them from becoming bigger.

Deliberately weakening the cavalry general himself from the ritual point of view.

In other words, it should still be easy to accept this weakened version of the heavy-number general title. At worst, Gongsun Xun can use his drunkenness to ask He Jin again! Can it be opened?

However, just after several close advisors came forward and turned back, Gongsun Xun stood in the snow for a while and decided to go back and accept the appointment. Suddenly, an unexpected person appeared in front of him in the snow.

inside.

"Doctor Guanglu." Wang Qian, who was over thirty years old, shook his head and quickly handed over his hand.

"Wang is engaged." Gongsun Xun also hurriedly handed over, after all, where was the family status of the other party.

The two sides bowed and stepped away from each other. However, at this moment, Wang Qian suddenly turned back, twirled his beard and asked with a smile: "Doctor Guanglu has been gone for a long time, and he was clearly standing frozen in the snow just now, but he is still hesitant about the general's title.

?”

"Exactly...this is really...unheard of before." Gongsun Xun turned around helplessly and said. "The general of chariots and cavalry is certainly unexpected, but left, center and right..."

"I have something to say, but it is a personal matter. Doctor Guanglu just listens to it." Wang Qian was obviously drunk and suddenly said with his hands behind his hands in the snow. "Actually, this discussion is not about the division of power between the left, middle and right, but about the division of power between the left, center and right.

The heart of the emperor."

Gongsun Xun's heart moved and he quickly handed over his hand.

"With all due respect." Wang Qian, who smelled a bit drunk, accepted the courtesy calmly, and then continued to smile with his hands behind his hands. "Doctor Guanglu has been away from Luozhong for a long time, so he probably doesn't know that our emperor has always been extremely selfish.

Generals have always been relatives, reserved only for eunuchs and auxiliaries. This time, due to the outstanding achievements of these three people, the emperor has no choice but to give them to you... They are divided into left, middle and right, not only for the purpose of decentralizing power and checking, but also

It means not giving up but not believing...Since it means not giving up and not believing, even if I gave it out today, I will take it back sooner or later!"

Gongsun Xun suddenly came to his senses as a result of his words.

"If you work so hard for a three-point chariot general, you will definitely be taken back by your head. Why don't you take the initiative and ask for the next best thing? While the general is here, ask him to help you get a guard general with less regulations. Where is the former general?"

Wang Qian lowered his voice, his mouth full of alcohol, and leaned forward and whispered. "This way, it is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing. It is not a serious general with a heavy title, and maybe it can be used for a longer time. After all, there are many people who care about the cavalry general.

But General Wei, the former general, is not robbed by anyone!"
To be continued...