While they were joking, Uncle Cai came back. He sealed the silver coins in red envelopes and politely gave them to the four young eunuchs.
The little eunuchs all looked at Pei Yang's face and accepted it happily after confirming that there was no problem.
After Pei Yang announced the decree and finished his errands, he handed over his hands and said: "Uncle Chaixian, the miscellaneous family has to rush back to the palace to return the emperor's orders, so I won't stay any longer. In addition, Uncle Chaixian doesn't want to do anything about tomorrow morning."
Forgot."
"Thank you, Eunuch Pei, for reminding me. Chai Yan understands." Chai Yan cupped his hands and replied.
"Uncle Chai County, I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Pei Yang took the four young eunuchs out of the main hall, and Chai Yan accompanied them all the way and sent them out of the house.
After the palace carriage left, Chai Yan returned to the main hall.
At this time, Ge Hong, the five men, Uncle Cai, Aunt Yun and Xiao Kui all gathered around. Everyone was curious and asked what the imperial edict said, what officials were promoted, and what rewards were given.
Chai Yan handed the imperial edict to Uncle Cai, indicating that they could take a look for themselves, then walked over and sat down, saying: "I used to be a baron of Anping County, and now I have become an earl of Anping County. In addition, Wude Si
The officials at the border have also been promoted. I used to be the Secretary, and now I am the Secretary, but for the time being I am the deputy Secretary. I heard from Eunuch Pei that it will take about half a year to be transferred to the official position. However, the imperial edict did not specify that it was his private position.
Tell me..."
Uncle Cai unfolded the imperial edict and read it slowly. Ge Hong and others stood aside and watched.
While reading in a low voice, Uncle Cai also explained the meaning of the words to Ge Hong and others. Ge Hong and the others were from martial arts backgrounds and their knowledge of writing and sentence analysis was very limited. They nodded constantly while listening, looking very serious.
When Cai Boyian thought about conferring Chai Yan the title of earl of Anping County, Guan Maochun couldn't help but asked: "Sir, what kind of official is the earl? Is he big? Is he powerful?"
Uncle Cai rushed to reply: "Earl is not an official, earl is a title, a symbol of status, and the emperor's favor!"
Guan Maochun nodded and asked again: "Uncle Cai, what rank does that count count as?"
This question also brought up something Chai Yan didn't understand. He really didn't know what a title was.
So Chai Yan also asked: "Uncle Cai, actually I also want to ask, what rank does an earl count as?"
Uncle Cai was stunned for a moment and said dumbfounded: "Master, do you really not know?"
"I don't know! I never asked, and no one has ever told me this..." Chai Yan shrugged, with a look of helplessness on his face.
When Xiaokui heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, thinking to herself that the young master was too careless, and he didn't even know what rank he was an official in.
Aunt Yun urged: "Lao Cai, if you know, tell me quickly. The young master is still young, so what does it matter if you don't know? If you tell me, the young master will know!"
Ge Hong and the other five also nodded, hoping that Uncle Cai would speak quickly.
Uncle Cai explained: "Master, in our Shengguo, the titles are generally divided into five ranks: Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron! The lowest is Baron, usually from the fifth rank, and the higher one is Viscount, which is the right level.
The fifth rank, next is the earl, but the earl is the fourth rank and the fourth rank
It all depends on the emperor's will... The marquis above him belongs to the third rank, and the last is the duke, which is the second rank. However, the Sheng Kingdom has not canonized a duke for many years, so everyone generally thinks that
, and was granted the title of Marquis, the emperor's favor is already at its greatest."
"So that's the case." Chai Yan nodded and asked: "Then I, Uncle Anping, should I be considered as the fourth grade or from the fourth grade? I don't think the emperor's imperial edict made it clear."
Uncle Cai lowered his head and looked at the relevant content in the imperial edict, and said: "Young master, you have to ask the emperor about this. Whether you should be promoted to the fourth grade or from the fourth grade, it all depends on the emperor's wishes."
Aunt Yun suddenly interjected: "Is this still useful? The young master is a popular person in the eyes of the emperor. He must be the fourth grade. How can he be the fourth grade? Are you right?"
"Yes, it must be correct."
"That's right, that's right, it can't be from..."
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun immediately agreed.
Uncle Cai also felt that it made sense, so he nodded in agreement.
Ge Hong kept staring at the imperial edict and looked down. After everyone finished speaking, he asked: "Sir, the title is just a false position, but the deputy position of the Military Virtue Department is different!"
Ge Hong's words immediately drew everyone's attention back to the imperial edict.
Uncle Cai read the paragraph about the promotion of Chai Yan to the position of deputy envoy and deputy. He raised his head and asked: "Master, as far as I know, the envoy of the Wude Department seems to be the fifth rank. If he is the deputy envoy, he must be from the fifth rank."
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Chai Yan nodded and said, "Yes, you are right."
"Ah? Is the Commander-in-Chief only a fifth-grade official?" Guan Maochun exclaimed in surprise.
Ge Hong immediately said: "What do you know? Although the Wude Secretary is only of the fifth rank, his power is real and visible, which is better than many high-ranking officials in the court!"
Uncle Cai agreed with Ge Hong's statement, and Cheng Jiu and others also nodded.
Next, Uncle Cai read about the emperor's rewards, such as land rewards, salary increases, rice grains, silks and silks, etc. Everyone laughed while listening and felt very happy.
Xiaokui was dumbfounded when she heard this. She covered her heart and said, "Master, why did the emperor reward you with such a thing..."
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome, hahaha..."
After Cai Bo finished reading the imperial edict, he rolled it up carefully and said: "Master, according to the rules of the court, those with grades above earl can use carriages in the city. We have horses, but we just need a carriage."
Chai Yan was overjoyed and thought that if this was the case, that would be great. Becoming An Pingbo would mean having a driver's license, which would make it much easier to go out in the future.
"Uncle Cai, do you know the person who sells the carriage?" Chai Yan asked excitedly.
"Master, you have asked the right person. I have a distant relative who sells carriages near the city gate," Cai Bo said.
"That's good!" Chai Yan took out a stack of silver notes without hesitation and asked, "Uncle Cai, how much money does it cost to buy a carriage? I'll give it to you now. You can get it done as soon as possible!"
Uncle Cai didn't quite understand the specific market price, so he shook his head and said: "Master, I don't know exactly how much money it will cost... In this way, we can take the horse over first and let them make a horse according to the horse's pattern.
Find a suitable car and then pay for it.”
Chai Yan thought that this was a good idea, so he turned around and made arrangements: "Yu Tie, you go with Uncle Cai to handle the carriage matter. You don't need to ask me about the details. You can do whatever you think is best. Do you understand?
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Yu Tie immediately held up his hands and responded forcefully: "Yes!"
Next, Chai Yan asked everyone to disperse so that they could go about their business.
Just as everyone was about to disperse, Chai Yan suddenly called out: "Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun, please come back..."
Cheng Jiu immediately turned back: "Do you have any other instructions, sir?"
Guan Maochun also followed, watching Chai Yan waiting for him to arrange things.
Chai Yan said: "Tomorrow morning, you two will go out of the city with me..."
When Guan Maochun heard that he was leaving the city, he became curious and blurted out: "Sir, where are we going?"
Cheng Jiu raised his hand and touched Guan Maochun: "Why are you asking? Just do as you say, don't ask around."