Chapter 5 The Marquis of Ten Thousand Households(2/2)
Xu Ru kept muttering, her right hand kept pounding her chest, and a heart was about to pop out of her chest.
"Aunt Xu, congratulations!" Princess Nangong congratulated Xu Ru.
"Thank you Princess!" Xu Ru took a breath and forced herself to calm down.
After the reward for Zhou Yang, the people, the rituals of the Hou Che, the Hou of Guannei, the princes and the prefects whispered and discussed it.
What they said most was that "I should be like Marshal Zhou in my child", which has become a beautiful story. Zhou Yang was awarded the title of Marquis of Wanhu in his prime, which will definitely become a beautiful story for all ages!
After Zhou Yang was conferred, the next step was to reward Li Guang, but Cheng didn't know them.
Emperor Jing coughed and said, "The flying general Li Guang was invincible in magical arrows. He chased Shanyu several times, injured Shanyu's shoulders, and obtained Shanyu's mount. He was of great significance. He was named Marquis of Guannei and was given 8,000 households in the town."
It has always been a regret for Li Guang's inability to be granted a marquis for all ages, and many people regret it for him. Some people even sighed that they were unfair for Li Guang, saying that there was a problem with the military merit system of the Han Dynasty and that the Han Dynasty emperor was ruthless. In fact, this shows that the Han Dynasty's military merit system was good, and only recognized military merits but not people. Even if you are a royal relative and have no military merits, you cannot be granted a marquis.
The Han Dynasty's military merit system was mainly to inherit the Qin Dynasty. This was the case with the Qin Dynasty's military merits. They recognized merits but not others. Even if they were brothers and elders of the King of Qin, they could not be granted a title of marquis without military merit.
For illegitimate children like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, not to mention in the Han Dynasty, even in modern society, illegitimate children would be discredited and looked down upon. However, Emperor Wu of Han became generals and established great achievements. He was a marquis and became a marquis, which was passed down as a beautiful story for all ages.
We praise the military system of the Han Dynasty more than slander.
However, famous generals like Li Guang cannot be granted a title of marquis, which is really regrettable. He is indeed not qualified to be granted a title of marquis because he carefully studied the battles carried out by Li Guang. In several major battles, he always lost his time. When he arrived in an important battle like the Decisive Battle of Mobei, Wei Qing had already won a great victory. Li Guang was ashamed and finally committed suicide in the army.
His suicide caused a great storm. Li Guang's son Li Gan thought that Wei Qing forced Li Guang to commit suicide, so he forced Wei Qing to question Wei Qing and injured Wei Qing. Huo Qubing was Wei Qing's nephew, and his personality was completely different from Wei Qing's low posture. After knowing this, he was furious and shot Li Gan not far from Emperor Wu of Han.
In order to protect Huo Qubing, Emperor Wu of Han lied, saying that Li Dan had killed Lu, and the Grand Historian ridiculed Emperor Wu of Han for this.
Now, Li Guang’s title of marquis as he wishes has become a beautiful story for all eternity.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Guanggao's throat was loud, with endless joy.
Emperor Jing was very satisfied and continued: "I don't know the title of Guannei Marquis and have a fief of 7,000 households."
Cheng Bushi and Li Guang were both famous generals on the border, but Cheng Bushi did not expel Shanyu, and the result of the arrows injuring Shanyu, and his fief was reduced by 1,000 households.
The Han Dynasty rewarded his ministers mostly with fiefs. If they were not enough to be awarded, they would be given more fiefs. As for the amount of fiefs, there was no fixed number. The greater the merits, the more they earned. Like Zhang Liang, Liu Bang generously named him "the 30,000 households in Zifang". Zhang Liang refused, saying that he met Liu Bang in Chenliu and wanted to get the land of Chenliu, so Liu Bang named him the Marquis of Liu.
Zhang Liang and Xiao He had tens of thousands of households with fiefs, which were much more than Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang still had a long way to go.
One after another, he was granted the title of Gongsun He Guannei Hou, with a fief of 5,000 households. Gongsun Jian, like Gongsun He, had 5,000 households, and Guannei Hou. Feng Jing also granted the title of Guanxin Hou, with a fief of 6,000 households.
It was Qin Wuhui's turn, and Zhou Yang's eyes widened. Although he had known that Emperor Jing would reward Qin Wuhui for a long time, when this moment came, Zhou Yang was still a little nervous.
Qin Wuhui is a descendant of the soldiers of the previous dynasty. It is definitely a strange story to reward him by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Not only Zhou Yang is concerned, but Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi, who do not follow them?
"I grant Qin Wuhui the title of Guannei Hou, and the fief of 4,000 households." Emperor Jing's eyes flashed, and he did not mention Qin Wuhui's origin.
It’s not that Emperor Jing didn’t have the courage to raise it, but that his identity cannot be made public now, because it involves military secrets. There are not only Qin crossbows in Yinshan, but also a lot of weapons and food. If Qin Wuhui’s origin is made public, can the Huns not doubt it?
Junchen Shanyu, Yi Zhixie, Zhongxing said, which one is stupid?
Once they were suspicious, they had to search for it in Yinshan. There were hundreds of hidden soldiers in Yinshan. Although there were mechanisms designed by Meng Tian, it was difficult for the Huns to discover it, but it was not impossible.
If a blind cat can meet a dead mouse, can't the Huns find a few? Once it is confirmed to the Huns, the Huns will look for it on a large scale. Yinshan is still in the hands of the Huns, and the consequences are unimaginable.
According to Qin Wuhui's contribution, they protected the food, grass and weapons of Yinshan, and for decades, loyalty and righteousness moved the world, and it was not a problem to be granted a marquis of ten thousand households. However, if they did that, it would make people suspicious. Therefore, Emperor Jing grasped the right measure and only granted him 4,000 households without arousing suspicion.
The real reward for Qin Wuhui must be taken back to Hetao and taken back to Yinshan. At that time, it will be rewarded again.
Chapter completed!