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A few days later, Jia Zheng asked Lin Zhixiao to bring news that the appointment had been made.
To be honest, a seventh-grade lieutenant was not a high official position, but it was barely enough.
If he went out with the army, this official position could command 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
The northern border had suffered heavy losses, so the Emperor had mobilized another 100,000 troops to the north. Otherwise, a Rank-7 lieutenant could only command more than 1,000 troops.
After all, soldiers could be forcibly recruited from the commoners, but there was still a huge gap in the number of general schools. Therefore, the general schools that led the troops on an expedition would more or less obtain more command rights.
Even so, there were still countless people who refused to go. In the past, when they went out to war, there were countless descendants of noble families who asked for help to enter the army to gain some military merits.
When he inherited the title, he would not have to drop the title.
Most of the official positions in the Zhou Dynasty were inherited from the Tang Dynasty, and so were the titles.
The titles of nobility were divided into Lord and Noble, which together were called Merit and Noble.
From top to bottom, the Lords were Prince, Regional King, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.
There was only one noble title, and that was Divine Might General. However, it was divided into first-class Divine Might General to fifth-class Divine Might General.
The grades ranged from first to fifth.
According to the Zhou Dynasty's inheritance law, even if it was a hereditary title, it had to be supported by military achievements.
If the heir of the title had military merits, he could be demoted to a first-class heir!
In other words, if the descendants of the country's dukes had military merits, they would only be reduced to marquises.
However, if the descendants were afraid of death and did not have any military merits on the battlefield, they could only be demoted to first-class generals.
The Jia Residence was like this. There were two Public Houses, but they did not even have a single Lord. The highest position they had was a first-class Godly General.
The biggest difference between a noble and a lord was that a noble could not become a military officer of the fourth rank or above.
Other than the five generals of noble nobility, the dukes, marquises, and so on were divided into three grades.
For example, Dukes were divided into Country Dukes, County Dukes, and County Dukes.
Marquises were the same. They were divided into country marquises, county marquises, and county marquises.
Earl, Viscount, and Baron were much simpler. They were directly addressed as first-class earl, second-class earl, and so on.
Currently, among the nobles of the Zhou Dynasty, other than the large number of dukes and marquises conferred during the founding of the country, there were no other strong people who were conferred marquises in the next hundred years.
One could imagine how weak the Zhou Dynasty was now. It had been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the country, but there was not even a single marquis, let alone a Duke or a Regional King.
The princes of the Zhou Dynasty could only be the emperor's sons and uncles. As for the county princes, they could be kings with different surnames. The four kings of the four founding dukes were kings with different surnames.
As long as Jia Huan could make a great contribution in the army and fight for a title, even the lowest baron would not be controlled by others. The huge Jia family would not dare to underestimate him.
Don't underestimate this title. Although the capital seemed to be filled with noble people, they were all descendants of the founding fathers.
In the hundred years of peace, the new generation of nobles could be counted on one hand, and the highest was only an earl. Therefore, if he could earn the lowest rank of baron, it would be enough to hold his head high.
But was Jia Huan's target really only the lowest baron? That was obviously impossible.
As the appointment was issued, the news that Jia Huan wanted to join the army spread throughout the entire Jia residence.
The first to react was surprisingly Jia Huan's biological mother, Aunt Zhao.
She rushed into Jia Huan's room and scolded him.
"You heartless person, why didn't you tell me that you were going to join the army?”
(Aunt Zhao's scolding is too unpleasant to hear, so it's better not to write it out.)）
Jia Huan looked at the noisy and crying Concubine Zhao and immediately comforted her. He even said a lot of good things.
For example, he was still the young master of the Public House. There would be elders to take care of him in the army. It would not be a problem for him to just go through the motions.
Aunt Zhao was only a servant girl after all. She did not have much knowledge and was illiterate, so she believed it.
However, what Jia Huan did not expect was that his sister, Jia Tanchun, would also come personally.
It was worth mentioning that perhaps due to the combination of multiple worlds, the ages of the characters in this game had been adjusted.
This year, Jia Huan was twelve years old, and Jia Baoyu was one year older than him. He was currently thirteen years old.
"You, why do you want to join the army?”
Jia Tanchun's eyes were filled with worry. His predecessor didn't like this sister very much because he felt that this sister had always supported Madam Wang.
But at this moment, Jia Huan knew that it was all thanks to Jia Tanchun's wisdom. If it wasn't for her " acknowledging the thief as her mother ", Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan would have been played to death long ago.
Therefore, Jia Huan looked at his sister, Jia Tanchun, and smiled.
"Little brother is going to earn military merits. When the time comes, he will ask for an imperial mandate for mother and a title for sister.”
Jia Huan said with a smile.
Jia Tanchun was stunned. When had his brother ever been so gentle to her? In the past, when she saw him, she would say bad things to him. Could it be that she had become a different person after falling ill?
"Don't spout nonsense!"
Jia Tanchun hurriedly berated her, but Jia Huan was not angry because she knew why Jia Tanchun berated her.
In the Rong Mansion, he could only address Lady Zhao as Lady, and Lady Wang as Mother, because Lady Wang was his legitimate mother.
One could imagine how serious the distinction between Di and Shu was. Even his own biological mother could not call her mother, but could only call her YiNiang.
After that, Jia Tanchun told Jia Huan a lot and even took out some of the silver that he had accumulated. When he left, his face was covered in tears. It was obvious that he was really worried about his younger brother's safety.
Jia Huan sighed in his heart. The previous Jia Huan was simply too stupid. Jia Tanchun was clearly enduring humiliation and suffering, just for the sake of his mother and his younger brother.
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