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Gan Yuxuan was escorted by the crowd into the great hall and sat down. Helian Manqiu followed behind him as they carried the imperial edict, still deep in thought about the profoundness behind it.

The White Eagle Feather had an inexplicable expression. Standing at the side, it was hard to tell what the expression on its face was. It was silent.

Helian Manqiu's gaze swept over the crowd, and she casually tossed the imperial edict into Ding Ziyang's hands. She walked to the center of the hall and kneeled down, "My Lord, this lowly general requests for forgiveness from my Lord. Please forgive me, but I beg of you, please forgive me."

She knelt on the ground with her head lowered, still unable to understand the crux of the imperial edict.

"Qing Yu, now that you're a noble Count, there's no need to be so courteous in the territory of the Northern Army Region."

Gan Yuxuan's expression was as cold as ever, his tone flat and without any ripples. No one could tell what he was thinking or feeling.

"My lord, this general does not understand the meaning of the imperial edict. This general only knows that this lowly general is my lord's subordinate, and that I have followed all the orders of my lord. "What is the meaning of an imperial edict?"

"Do you really not understand?"

With an innocent expression and clear eyes, Helian Manqiu shook her head and pouted her red lips.

She decided to make this matter clear to Gan Danxuan in public, and to avoid guessing in private. She took the opportunity to suppress the waves of the imperial edict in front of all the generals.

"White Hawk Feather, explain it to Qingyu."

"Yes, your subordinate understands."

The White Eagle, Feather, bowed in agreement. He smiled as he looked at Helian Manqiu, who was kneeling on the ground, and began to explain.

"Uncle, allow me to explain. The titles of the nobles in the Great Hengkong Empire are divided into three categories, which are official, official, and uncle. The titles of the nobles are then further divided into three categories, the Duke is the highest rank, which are divided into three ranks, the first rank, second rank, and so are the other titles of the nobles. Uncle originally did not have a noble title, but once he is promoted to a noble, he will become a noble. "

White Eagle Feather explained indifferently with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Duke, Marquis, and Bo were the three levels of titles in the Great Hengkong Empire. Once a title was conferred on them, they would be granted a feudal fiefdom with absolute power within the feudal fiefdom.

There were differences in the size of the titles. The various official positions in the fiefdom could be requested by the fiefdom master. The imperial government was not allowed to easily reject them. For some minor official positions, the lord could take orders from his own hands. The generals and citizens of the feudal fiefdom were all given orders from their local masters.

Those who had a noble title would have food, and the number of households would vary from ten thousand to one hundred thousand. The number of households would only be an empty number, and only real seals would have actual benefits. These titles of officials, as well as the feudal fiefdom and the feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal, if the descendants can inherit the rules, they can be passed on to the nobility for generations.

Lord Lu was indispensable. With a title, the financial power of the feudal fiefdom would belong to the local lord.

In the feudal fiefdom, the tax revenue was all owned by the local owners, or more than half. It all depended on the rank of the nobility, as well as the Emperor's grace and benevolence.

At the very least, the owners of the titles would have more than half of the rights to tax the territory. The imperial court would at most own half of the rights to the land and taxes in the feudal fiefdom. In order to show his gratitude, the Emperor would often bestow upon the owners of the titles all the power in the fiefdom.

The owners of the feudal fiefdom were people who were responsible for protecting the emperor's territory, protecting a region's safety, paying taxes for attacks, and reporting their status to the emperor. They were also officials of the Great Hengkong Empire, but they had much more power than ministers.

Owner of the title of noble in the Great Hengkong Empire was equivalent to a duke.

The reason why the Emperor gave Helian Manqiu the rank of Third Class to become a First Class Count was because only with such a title could she accept Jing Bei and the Military Region. She had the authority to establish a feudal fiefdom and was able to rule over a region.

After listening to Bai Ying Yu's explanation, Helian Manqiu couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. She finally understood why the expressions of Chen Yu Yang and the others were so heavy and worried.

Kneeling on the ground, she almost reached out to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead. That old fellow's edict was too ruthless. With just a single soldier, he had put her at the heart of the struggle.

Right now, Gan Zhixuan had been promoted to the position of a First Class Heaven Duke. The territory under his jurisdiction had to be expanded once again, but the imperial edict did not add a title to it. It even divided up Jing Bei's territory along with the military state, giving it to her from Gan Zhixuan's territory.

Although the imperial edict was also bestowed upon Gan Zhixuan's other territories, it was a pity that they were all pancakes. The portions that originally belonged to Duke Ming, as well as the portion that belonged to the low and fresh territories, were all given to Gan Zhixuan.

Duke Ming's territory was quite far away from Gan Yuxuan's. It was far beyond his reach. The territory of the Ming King was originally considered inferior to the Gan Yuxuan's territory, but now it was completely empty after the war.

This territory, not to mention whether the Feather King was willing to give up on it, was merely a vast wasteland, a barren land filled with stones. Even if he gave it to Jia Qingxuan, it would still be useless; it would only occupy the size of the feudal fiefdom, barely gathering enough territory for the Duke to own.

Helian Manqiu looked at Gan Jianxuan. She could not see any emotion on his cold face.

"Uncle, I wonder if there is anything else that you are unsure of? I am willing to explain it to you."

The White Eagle Feather respectfully bowed to the ground and greeted Helian Manqiu. Its attitude was more than a hundred times more respectful than usual.

Hearing White Hawk Feather's words, Helian Manqiu curled her lips and looked at Gan Shixuan, "Right now, this general is only waiting for punishment, I do not have the mind to care about these matters. This general does not know how to govern this place, so I would like to request that Master punish this general as soon as possible and send someone to govern Jing Bei."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and knelt on the ground, deeply staring at the ground, waiting for Xuan Chang's orders.

"Qingyu is now a noble Count and even has His Majesty's decree as a reward. How can this lord punish you?" Now that you are a duke, you don't need to listen to me. "

Helian Man became anxious and raised her head to stare at Gan Qianyu, "Why is it that Master's words are not considered a slip of the tongue? We must know the identity of our Lord, how can we be disrespectful to someone who is young and ignorant? "

"How could this grandpa make a mistake in my words to you?"

"The life of this lowly general was bestowed by the lord, there is nothing else he can ask for. Two days ago, the lord bestowed upon me the grace to allow me to serve by the lord's side and to listen to the lord's commands. Now that the lord had said this, wasn't he going to make a mistake? What does the Lord mean by this? If you despise my impotence, then I will kneel down here and refuse to leave the side of the Lord. I only beg the Lord to be merciful and to stay with the General. "

Kneeling on the ground, Helian Manqiu's face was full of anger as she stared at Gan Yuxuan and muttered, "The matter that the Lord has promised me cannot be said as if there is no such thing."

Gan Zhixuan suddenly smiled, "Qingyu, your identity is different now. You're a Count who has taken over the fiefdom."

"This lowly general will not care about those things. What feudal fiefdom, this lowly general does not understand it, nor does he wish to understand it. My Lord, if you make a mistake, don't blame this lowly general for being rude. "

"How rude are you going to be? Tell me about it. "

The killing intent in Gan Zhixuan's underlings' eyes had slightly converged, falling onto Helian Manqiu's body.

Helian Manqiu suddenly got up and threw herself at Gan Jianxuan's side as she knelt down. Without caring about anything else, she hugged Gan Jianxuan's thigh and said, "My lord, if my lord makes a mistake and refuses to follow beside my lord, then this lowly general will kneel in front of my lord and embrace my lord without letting go. Thus, no matter where his master was going, he could only bring him with him. Otherwise, my lord will chop off this lowly general's arms, which is also the case. "

The hall was filled with low sounds of laughter. All the generals could not help but reveal expressions of watching a good show. Some people lowered their heads and begged, their shoulders constantly shaking. It was obvious that they were holding back their laughter in pain.

All the generals kneeled in the middle and bowed their heads to the young general, "Please be merciful to the young general. I am willing to serve under the lord and die to comply with your wishes. Please be enlightened."

At present, Chen Yu Yang and the others knew that Helian Manqiu's identity had been exposed and was being given to Xuan. They also knew the conspiracy contained within this imperial edict.

Although the Northern Jing was sealed to Helian Manqiu, they were well aware that without the permission of Xuan, they would not be able to include the Northern Jing in their feudal fiefdom. They would not have the courage to go against the Xuan Han.

"My lord, this general is only my lord's subordinate, which is why the Lord has given me his life, but please do not despise me, my lord. My lord, this general has sworn to follow my lord, to die in the service of my lord, with absolutely no ill intentions, please enlighten me, my lord."

Everyone kowtowed on the ground with loud bangs.

Helian Manqiu bit her lips as she looked up at Gan Jianxuan and said indignantly, "I don't care what the imperial edict says, but the things that the Lord has promised me cannot be overlooked."

Gan Yuxuan lowered his head slightly and stared at Helian Manqiu: "Qing Yu, are you sure you don't want to take over the fiefdom in the north of Jing and must follow this lord's orders? If you are willing to go to Jing Bei, I will send someone to send you there and make the land of Jing Bei your fief. "

"Not going, not going!"

He tightly hugged Gan Zhixuan's thigh, his face was filled with a young, unyielding intent, "This lowly general will stay by Master's side, not a single inch more. My lord shouldn't even think of driving this lowly general away."

"Do you know that when you go to the north of the city, you'll be the master of the fiefdom? If you succeed in the future, His Majesty will definitely bestow more rewards upon you, and the position of a future duke won't be far off!"

As soon as these words left his mouth, everyone's eyes turned back to Helian Manqiu. Their backs felt cold as Helian Manqiu felt a chill down her spine.

She turned her head without a care and glared fiercely at Gan Zhixuan's subordinates, coldly saying, "I respect you all and treat you as brothers. Now you have come to see me as a joke, aren't you willing to beg for me in front of the Lord?"

"Uncle, now that you have a high position and authority, this general doesn't dare to speak up, and certainly doesn't dare to discuss friendship with you as a brother."

As he spoke, a cold killing intent flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Dou Ming rubbed his stubble on his chin and looked at Helian Manqiu: "Uncle really has the sincerity to stay under my lord and listen to orders?" "If that's the case, how could I dare to disobey your orders and plead with the Lord for your sake?"

"Hmph, all of you are looking at me as a joke. Not a single one of your words are sincere."