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Li Xin's body trembled when he patted him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "General Hou, in the imperial city, pay attention."

Hou Jingde restrained himself a little, and said with a chuckle: "I haven't seen Brother Li for about half a year, so I'm inevitably a little excited. I heard that Brother Li has gone back to his hometown to do some business. Is everything going well?"

"good."

Li Xin's voice was calm.

Seeing Li Xin's lukewarm look, Hou Jingde frowned first, then grinned and said, "Why haven't we seen each other for half a year? Brother Li has had so many births. Could it be that he has become a high-ranking official and looked down on us old brothers?"

Li Xin shook his head: "General Hou, we are not the same as when we were in Habayashiwei. Now you and I can be regarded as officials of the imperial court. Be more solemn and don't lose the dignity of the imperial court."

There is no way, now Li Xin has to distance himself from this big man, so that when he "turns his face" in the future, it will not be so unnatural.

Hou Jingde opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, the bell of Weiyang Palace vibrated, all civil and military officials straightened their clothes and began to prepare to enter the palace.

Li Xin's eyes flickered, and he turned his head to look at an ordinary middle-aged man who was not tall.

This middle-aged man has an ordinary appearance and a medium build, but just standing there, he has a feeling of Yuan Ting Yue Zhi.

General Pei Jin of the Forbidden Army.

Pei Sanlang.

Chapter 385 Noble No.1

Pei Jin is currently Li Xin's biggest enemy. In fact, this General Pei has no grievances with Li Xin, and Li Xin has no ill feelings towards him, but he has no choice.

As the saying goes, blocking a person's way of making money, such as killing one's parents, blocking an official's way is much more serious than blocking a way of making money. Throughout the ages, there have been countless people who have turned against each other because of this reason.

However, Li Xin is not in a hurry to deal with this Pei Sanlang. He should be worried about the Emperor Taikang sitting on the dragon chair. Li Xin just needs to follow behind the Emperor Taikang and wave the flag to cheer. Pei Jin will not step down from the stage. , has little to do with Li Xin.

In other words, he is not in a hurry to take charge of the Imperial Army.

After the bell rang, all the officials filed into Weiyang Palace. This palace, which was originally the West Palace, was now the main hall of the Great Jin Dynasty. In the past six months, it has completely replaced the original Changle Palace.

In Weiyang Palace, civil and military officials stood in order.

But Li Xin didn't know where he was going now.

He is very special.

Being conferred the title of Marquis of Jing'an means that he has become an honorable man and also leads the Habayashi Guard, so he is a general, but he still has the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.

The Minister of the Ministry of War sounds like a military officer, but in fact he is a real civil servant.

Logically speaking, military generals and nobles are generally given false titles to the Ministry of War at most, and are not given real positions, but Li Xin has become the Minister of the Ministry of War in a serious manner.

So where he stands becomes a problem.

Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War who is the fifth rank, smiled and led Li Xin to the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War on the left.

There are only twelve servants of the third rank. According to the ranking, Li Xin has already stood in the front position on the left side. He didn't think there was anything wrong at first, so he stood up sharply. go up.

Until Hou Jingde waved to him.

"Brother Li, come here."

There are five people standing in the first row on the left and right sides. The five people on the civilian side are naturally five prime ministers. The one on the right must be Xungui.

This is the unwritten rule of the Jin Dynasty.

The five people divided the team into five rows. The row on the far right of the military officer is full of nobles. This row is not divided by official position, but by the size of the title. For example, if there is a royal family prince If he works in the court and is qualified to go to the court, he must be the first in the row of nobles.

But it is a pity that the imperial clan of the Jin Dynasty did not serve as an official in the imperial court. When the previous princes were ministers in the imperial court, they also stood under the imperial steps and did not stand with the officials.

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Hou Jingde.

Hou Jingde smiled at Li Xin, and pulled him to the first place in the row of Xungui.

"Brother Li, you should stand here."

Li Xin frowned, and said, "General Hou, you are also a Marquis, and you are older than me, so you should stand in front."

Hou Jingde laughed and said, "Brother Li, how many hectares of land do you entrust?"

Li Xin frowned and thought for a while, then said, "It seems to be fifteen hectares."

"My family only has ten hectares of land."

Although there are no distinctions between titles in the Great Jin Dynasty, the fiefdoms of the same titles are different. Take the marquis as an example, the most superior marquis's fiefdom is more than [-] hectares, the most typical one is Pingnan Houfu. One hectare of land is fifty mu. Because of the great contributions made by the Pingnan Hou Mansion, the family has at least two to three thousand mu of land, which means more than fifty hectares.

This is the top Marquis.

The next best is Li Xin, who was awarded fifteen hectares of Yongye Tian, ​​and Ye Lin of the Ye family was also granted fifteen hectares.

The first class again is Zhongyong Hou Hou Jingde, who is granted ten hectares of land, which is the lowest-ranking marquis.

Hou Jingde laughed and said: "Nowadays there are not many nobles who are officials in the court. Except for Marquis Pingnan, Brother Li is the most valuable among the nobles. You should not refuse."

Li Xin had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand in the first place of honor.

That is, the fifth in the first row of military attaches.

The four next to Li Xin are all top leaders in the Jin army, among them, Pei Jin, the general of the imperial army, is impressively listed.

After a while, the eunuch Xiao Zheng stepped out and sang loudly: "Your Majesty is here..."

Emperor Taikang, who was dressed in a black dragon robe, walked slowly to the dragon chair on the imperial steps with the support of the eunuch.

After the emperor took his seat, all civil and military officials knelt down in tacit understanding, shouting long live.

Li Xin also knelt down.

In private, he may not be particular about it, but in such a grand occasion where all civil and military officials are present, if he is not more particular about it, then Emperor Taikang cannot be blamed for not being particular about his work in the future.

The emperor waved his hand indifferently: "Zhuqing, please be at peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Sitting on the dragon chair, the Son of Heaven glanced down, and when he saw Li Xin standing in the first row, he was startled for a moment, and then saw that Li Xin was standing on the side of the noble, so he smiled lightly.

"My dear friends, today is the beginning of August, the heat is gradually subsiding, the weather is much cooler, and my mood is also much more comfortable."

Emperor Taikang smiled and said: "I went to see Chen Guogong a few days ago. Mr. Ye is still in good health. It is my great fortune. Chen Guogong intends to accept a disciple and pass on his art of war. For the important event of the Jin Dynasty, I am going to hold an autumn hunt, and by the way preside over Chen Guogong's acceptance of disciples, what do you think?"

It stands to reason that no one should object to this kind of thing.

But someone just stood up.