"I have reported to the emperor that my servants have agreed with all their subordinates about the matter of the Western Expedition. My servants will be the vanguard of the army, Liu Biao, Xun You, Zheng Tai, He Yong, Feng Ji, and the generals of the military. Cao Cao, Bao Xin, Wang Kuang and others will be the generals, leading a total of 50,000 troops to the west. However, the soldiers of the Northern Army under my command and the Xiyuan Army directly under His Majesty the Emperor are quite good, but the troops are too small, so I need to be guarded against the bandits in Hedong. Therefore, my servants intend to send the generals to scattered, and to the prefectures and counties in Shandong, and to gather in Luoyang together. It is not too late to go out again at that time."

Emperor Ling of Han asked: "Discover the elite of the world? I wonder when the general will be ready?"

He Jin said: "At least two, three months, four, May, and at the end of August, the army will be headed to the west."

Emperor Ling of Han was silent for a moment, knowing that he should not urge him to do so, otherwise he would be suspected by He Jin, so he replied: "Let's follow the general's report. What's the matter with you?"

He Jin did not wait for other officials to leave the list, and then said, "The servant He Jin still has the foundation to report."

Emperor Ling of Han asked reluctantly: "What else does the general have to do?"

He Jin replied: "Now, the Taizhong official He Tianming, who was ordered to serve as the commander of Taiyuan in March of the fifth year of Zhongping. He defeated the Baibo thief Li Le and the thief of Mishui. Later, he consolidated his troops and prepared military affairs to safeguard the common people in the west, resisted Baibo and blocked the Xiongnu in the north, and made many contributions. In November of the fifth year of Zhongping, he sent troops to Changshan and Zhongshan to defeat 60,000 Heishan, and killed Li Daxian, Huanglong, Wang Dang, Liu Shi, and the left lords' commander, which shocked Hebei. Although this battle was a private battle, it would be considered a great achievement to promote the power of our court and not to make Heishan arrogant. He Tianming made such a great achievement, but the court had not rewarded him for several months. The servants thought it was really unfair. He specially submitted a report to His Majesty the Emperor for rewards, and he must not lose the heart of the meritorious ministers."

Emperor Ling of Han was shocked. He wanted to use He Tianming as a knife in his hand to deal with all officials, but unexpectedly he was attracted by He Jin so quickly. But thinking about it, no one can suppress He Jin's official position except himself, and He Tianming's liked each other was also a matter of He Jin's right. So Zhan Yan smiled and said, "I didn't expect that He Tianming, a doctor in Taizhong, had such great achievements? Why didn't anyone report it before?"

Immediately, a eunuch who was accompanying him said in a low voice, because he did not see He Bai's subordinates sending him promotion and title gold, so the reward for He Bai was temporarily stopped. However, He Bai had no movement for several months. It seems that He Bai is also a honest and famous person, and he is unwilling to buy jobs and titles with money.

Emperor Ling of Han nodded. This rule was determined by himself and he could only be promoted and given money to him, so no wonder the common servants. However, today there was a general He Jin and He Tianming's entrusting, and the court of He Tianming the day before yesterday was even more proud, so money could be avoided.

Emperor Ling of Han then asked, "I don't know what general thinks, what position should Tianming be promoted? What title should be awarded?"

He Jinbai replied: "The day before yesterday, His Majesty the Emperor had promoted He Tianming to the position of Taizhong Dafu, and it is not feasible to be promoted to Taisu again. However, he can also take charge of other positions. Bao Hong, the captain of the Xiajun Army of the former Xiyuan Army, was beheaded for some reason, and the position of the Xiajun lieutenant has been suspended for half a month, and the soldiers of the Xiajun army have no subordinates. He Tianming can also take charge of the position of Xiajun lieutenant. As for the title, he can be granted the title of the Marquis of Ting and eat thousands of households."

When He Bai heard He Jin's request for his reward, he was shocked. Since he recognized He Jin yesterday, he heard He Jin say that he wanted to ask for an official position for himself. However, he insisted on not revealing the relationship between the two parties for the time being, so that others would not think that his official position was obtained by He Jin. He Jin also agreed at the time, but he did not want to ask for such a high position for himself today. How could this be possible?

The ranks of senior military officers of the Han Dynasty were generals, generals of the Central Army, and generals of the school lieutenant. Since generals were not often appointed and were only called generals who commanded the army when there were wars, the highest official position that ordinary military officers could obtain was generals of the Central Army, with a rank of 2,000 stones, and was in charge of the Royal Guard and under the jurisdiction of Guangluxun.

This is not the period when the Three Kingdoms period, when more and more military merits were made, and a large number of them were named generals. The General of the Central Army and the Chief Commander became the mid-level and lower-level officers. At this time, the General of the Central Army and the Chief Commander were of great value.

The Xiajun Academy Captain was the actual general of the Xiyuan Army, who was directly under the emperor, ranked third, second only to Jian Shuo and Yuan Shao of Xiaohuangmen, and ranked higher than Cao Cao's Dianjun Academy Captain. Moreover, the famous lieutenants were mostly capital officials of Luoyang Army. Unlike the nameless local state military officers, they are sometimes slightly better than the nameless Zhonglang General.

Therefore, if He Bai was the senior official of the Taizhong and the commander of the Xiyuan Army, and had the title of the Marquis of Ting, except for the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, He Bai was basically no worse than anyone else. Moreover, He Bai was only twenty-three and four years old at this time, and he had entered the ranks of middle- and high-level court officials. His future career would probably have a bright future, and he was expected to reach the height of the Three Dukes at the age of forty.

All the officials looked at He Bai in surprise. He was so arrogant that he had achieved this level in just two years after he became an official. This son was really lucky and lucky.

Emperor Ling of Han was silent for a while before saying, "I passed the imperial edict, He Tianming, a senior official, was both civil and military, and made great contributions to the state. He was specially awarded the title of Duting Marquis, with a fief of 1,500 households, and was also in charge of the post of the military lieutenant in Xiyuan..."

He heard this, He Bai's mind burst into a loud bang. He just thought that He Jin might be bargaining with the emperor. Unexpectedly, the emperor did not bargain at all, and directly appointed an official position, and his title and fief was increased by half. He actually had such a good thing?

The Han Dynasty's titles were awarded twenty-level titles in Qin, but since Emperor Wen of Han conspired to be awarded the titles, the top 18 levels were no longer valuable. The valuable ones were the 19th-level Guannei Marquis, who had no land and had food in Suo County. The number of people rented was limited to the number of households. The most valuable ones were the marquis, who used the county to be eaten as the marquis. The gold seal and purple ribbon were used to reward meritorious people. Those who had great merits ate the county, while those who had small merits ate the towns and pavilions, and those who had obtained their ministers and officials.

In other words, the marquis of Guannei only receive the corresponding income and cannot control anything else. Although the marquis did not have a vassal, they had vassals. The private subjects of He Bai who belonged to the 1,500 households in the place where they were eaten were no longer under the jurisdiction of the court officials. He Bai could also set up his own family order to manage the vassals, and he could be called alone and widowed in his jurisdiction.

The Tinghou mentioned by He Jin refers to a thousand households within a radius of ten miles of a county, while the Dutinghou conferred by Emperor Ling of Han refers to a thousand five hundred households within a radius of ten miles near Luoyang City, Kyoto. Although both are quarrels, the latter is only half more than the former, but their annual income is more than twice, and even more than twice as high. This is the difference in income between urban and rural areas.

The fiefs of this marquis are about the same as He Bai's actions in Changshan and Zhongshan. But one is a local tyrant and the local officials have the strength to try you, and their status is unguarded. The other is a marquis who are rewarded by the court. When the local officials see him, they will get off the car and horse to salute. As long as they do not offend the court and the emperor, their status is basically guaranteed. In the eyes of the world, He Bai is no longer a poor family, but has entered the ranks of real nobles.

He Bai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was in Changshan, Zhongshan and the two counties had a total of more than 17,000 hectares of land, and they relied on tens of thousands of people. He was worried that there would be jealous people and risk robbing them. This time, he had an open title, and occupying land and encircling the people was a semi-legal matter. No one could take away the foundation of Changshan and Zhongshan. It would be worry-free.

After discussion in court, He Bai was named the title of Marquis of the Sunset Pavilion in the west of Luoyang City by Emperor Ling of Han. Most of the twenty-four pavilions in Luoyang already had masters, but no one was granted the title of the Sunset Pavilion. The main reason was that the name of the Sunset Pavilion was not very good, which easily reminded people of the sunset that the official fortune was not smooth. Therefore, He Bai was cheaper.

But He Bai doesn't care. The Sunset Pavilion is the Sunset Pavilion, and it is also a Duting Marquis who eats 1,500 households. Moreover, it is close to Luoyang, so it is easy to collect taxes, so it is very convenient to attract guests. Unlike the Taizhong doctor before, it is not easy to summon people with a single official.

He Bai gave a series of thanks to Emperor Ling of Han repeatedly. After the court was dispersed, he did not know why He Bai was awarded the great rewards, and they all came to congratulate him, wanting to make friends with He Bai, the new nobleman in the court. He Bai also took the opportunity to invite all the officials to have a banquet at the mansion in the evening, and the interested people naturally agreed.

He Bai first went to the General's Mansion to thank He Jin, and then returned home early. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he summoned everyone in the mansion to prepare for the night banquet. When the people in the mansion heard that He Bai was promoted again, they were all very happy and came forward to pay homage to the new Mr. He. Guests like Luo Pei and Han Rong, who rely on He Bai, all regarded this as honor.

Gongsun Ju was even more excited and regretted leaving Gongsun and marrying him to He. He told He Bai that he wanted to change his surname and concentrate on being a servant of He's family. Even Ye Xun, who was reluctant to leave, did not have the stubbornness he had at the beginning.

The nobles of the Han people were much more noble than those of the Southern Xiongnu. Jiehu could be a slave to the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu, and naturally he could also be a slave to the nobles of the Han people. Moreover, after following He Bai for a long time, maybe he could also become a noble among the Han people. Ye Xun began to pay homage to He Junhou in fear and fear.

He Bai was happy to be praised by everyone, so he had to give a big reward. Everyone had hundreds to thousands of dollars, and they immediately left tens of thousands of dollars. He Bai was so distressed that he screamed for miscalculation and was so sarcastic that he was so proud that he was so proud that he was so proud that he could not worry about the night banquet. Luo Pei, Han Rong, Gongsun Ju and others all shared the burden.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, guests came to the banquet one after another. He Bai was accompanied by Luo Pei and kept greeting the guests from both the hall and the gate. The officials visited in groups of three or five, with their official positions high or low. He Bai kept smiling and talking and praising guests he knew and didn't know. It was not until around five o'clock in the evening that no guests arrived gradually.

He Bai rubbed his cheeks sore from the smile and came back to the hall. He saw that there were guests everywhere in the hall, exceeding the expected 300 people, with more than 340 people. The entire hall was filled with a lot.
Chapter completed!