ebookland Chapter 594 Imperial Edict
Chapter 594 Imperial Edict
After all, in this day and age, being able to obtain an official position personally conferred by the emperor and receiving an imperial edict is something that not everyone can obtain. It is truly a great honor.
Especially since this is just a small county town, there are not many truly powerful families, and most of them are in the capital.
If this happened in the capital, it might not have been so grand, because there is no shortage of families with imperial edicts in the capital.
But if you move to a small county town outside the capital, the situation is completely different.
It's like a drop of water suddenly dropped into a boiling oil pan and immediately began to boil.
The journey from the county government office to Lu's residence takes at least thirty to forty minutes.
If they started from the county government office and walked towards this side, beating drums and gongs and setting off firecrackers, they would definitely be followed by many people who wanted to join in the fun, and maybe even the whole city would know about it.
After all, their array was indeed quite large, and the county town and Lu Mansion were in two different directions.
In addition, the group of people were coming here in official uniforms, so there would definitely be a lot of curious people watching along the way.
If word spreads from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, then isn't the momentum created?
Fortunately, Xu Han had someone clean up the house overnight yesterday and prepared everything that needed to be prepared. Otherwise, I would not be able to handle the situation and it would be a joke.
They sat for a while. Yunhua was afraid that they were nervous so he joked with them. As they heard the sound getting closer, they came into the yard to prepare to receive the imperial edict.
The door had already been opened. Xu Han was afraid that it would be too chaotic with too many people at home, so she kept a few of her closest and most flexible people by her side to help with the preparations.
The first to come in was the county magistrate. The couple were quite familiar with him. Lu Chuan just said thank you for your hard work, and said no more.
The county magistrate also knew that now was not the time for pleasantries, so he simply said a few words and then followed suit to receive the order.
The person who came to deliver the imperial eunuch was not the white-faced eunuch that Xu Han had seen on TV in her previous life, but an imperial envoy who was specifically responsible for delivering imperial edicts from afar.
Generally speaking, as eunuchs who serve the emperor closely, they are most likely to undertake the task of conveying imperial edicts, but this is only limited to the capital.
To places farther away, the imperial edict would be delivered by imperial envoys. They would hold the imperial edict to represent the emperor's authority and convey the emperor's will, regardless of rewards or punishments.
At Yunhua's reminder, the couple knelt down according to the rules that Yunhua taught them yesterday.
The imperial envoy opened the imperial edict in a formal manner and read out a lot of gibberish, all in official language.
As Xu Han listened, he automatically translated in his mind. It was about Xu Han's great contribution, developing a method of composting manure, which increased the grain yield of the entire Yuanqing Kingdom by 30%, and so on, along with a bunch of official language and praise.
Finally, the current emperor recognized her merits and gave her some rewards.
Xu Han was specially appointed as a third-rank agricultural encourager, and received his monthly salary of 30 taels on time, 700 mu of official land, 300 dan of rice per year, in addition to clothing and fabrics of the same rank.
The imperial edict also specifically stated that the emperor, considering her special circumstances, had granted her permission not to attend court.
The excuse was to let her continue to study at home how to improve agricultural production and strive to make more contributions to the country.
In addition to these benefits equivalent to official positions, the current emperor also gave some other rewards.
Perhaps it was the increase in grain harvests across the country that made the current emperor very happy, and the rewards he gave were very generous.
In addition to the hundred taels of gold, Xu Han was also given a thousand acres of good farmland, and she could choose the location at will.
Xu Han was so shocked by the contents of the imperial edict that she was stunned for a moment. She did not come back to her senses after the edict was read. Finally, Lu Chuan pulled her sleeve and she came back to her senses.
He hurriedly began to kowtow to express his gratitude. He really didn't slack off when he kowtowed. Each kowtow was solid and full of sincerity.
It is true that the current emperor has given too much, and I have no way to repay him but to kowtow a few more times.
After Xu Han received the imperial edict, he put it away carefully, and then began to talk to the imperial envoy and the county magistrate who came to convey the edict.
The county magistrate spoke first. "There are no regulations on the location of the fields awarded by the emperor or the official fields of the third-rank officials. The emperor means that you can choose for yourself. We have a lot of land in our county now, and there are many places to choose from. I have also brought the map. Do you want to choose now?"
Xu Han smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, County Magistrate. I will settle my family first and choose when I have time."
The county magistrate laughed and said, "Hahaha, I was so happy that I lost my mind. Now is really not the right time."
Xu Han smiled slightly and stopped talking. Then he invited the imperial envoy and the county magistrate to the main hall. Lu Chuan and Yun Hua followed to entertain them. Xu Han instructed Li Wen and Juxiang to give rewards to the people watching outside.
Those who came to convey the imperial edict were also given a copy, not many but they all were given, mainly for fun.
Li Wen and Juxiang were still a little confused, but fortunately they knew the seriousness of the matter and called on others who were also confused to start distributing rewards.
The reward money had been exchanged long ago, a total of ten taels of silver, all of which were changed into copper coins. Han Qi jumped directly onto the top of the wall and scattered the coins, not leaving out any direction. He wanted to make sure that everyone had a share, and it was extremely lively outside for a while.
After distributing the reward money, Xu Han asked people to serve tea and pastries, and asked Wei Yan to start preparing lunch.
It's already this late, and the county magistrate and the imperial envoy are both at home, so we have to keep them here for lunch.
After giving all the instructions, Xu Han hurriedly followed behind and entered the main hall.
As soon as everyone sat down in the main hall, Xu Han came in and sat down in the upper seat.
The reason is simple. She holds the highest official position here. Although it is a nominal position, it is still much higher than that of other people present.
After everyone sat down, they began to exchange pleasantries. Yunhua and the imperial envoy came together and had been traveling together for such a long time that they were already familiar with each other.
Moreover, Yunhua and he had known each other for a long time, and this person was even recommended by him, so the two were naturally familiar with each other.
The county magistrate and Xu Han had already met once before, and they had a pleasant conversation and were familiar with each other.
Except for Lu Chuan, everyone was talkative, so the scene was not awkward and everyone chatted and laughed.
After a few pleasantries, the imperial envoy brought the topic back to the topic and told Xu Han a few words of what the emperor had told her to do and what his expectations were. Xu Han nodded in agreement.
After chatting for a while, the county magistrate saw that it was still early and there was still some time before lunch time, so he simply took out the map again.
He wanted to take advantage of this time to have the people present determine the approximate locations of the official fields and the rewarded fields.
Originally, Xu Han was planning to buy some land near the county town next year. Now, the emperor gave it to her directly, which saved her a lot of money.