how get id from html helper to controller in MVC 4

html helper

<a href="#@i.EmpID,new{[email protected]}" onclick="">@i.Namea>

controller

public ActionResult addMaster(MasterNode master,int? id) {

 try { if (ModelState.IsValid) 

{                     using ( TestDemoEntities db = new TestDemoEntities()) 

{ var newMaster = db.MasterNodes.Create();                   

      newMaster.Name = master.Name;                      

   newMaster.HasEmployees =master.HasEmployees;        

                 newMaster.ReportsTo = id.Value;          

               newMaster.Description = master.Description;   

                      db.MasterNodes.Add(newMaster);         

                db.SaveChanges(); 

return RedirectToAction("Index", "Treeview"); 

}

 } 

else {

 ModelState.AddModelError("","Data is not correct"); 

} 

} 

catch(Exception e) 

{ 

throw;

 } 

return View();

i want to set EmpID as value for the reportsTo