In the side tent of the large tent of the Chinese army in the southern camp, that is, the camp tent used by the officers to rest, Liu Hong worked hard to write in the midst of hunger and hardship.

Before dawn, the last regular pilgrimage of December will begin.

Although the calendar at this time still starts with October, for Liu Hong, this is the time to draw a sentence for the bad time in the past and welcome the new year.

But today's morning dynasty, Liu Hong asked again again, and he couldn't spend it easily and happily.

It took nearly an hour for Liu Hong to finally write an almost nondescript edict, and after a brief review, he sent someone to summon Liu Budo, who was guarding the imperial chariot outside the camp, to polish the edict.

- In normal times, polishing the edict should have been the work of the squires; But around Liu Hong, there is really no one available...

Holding the tired pouring of tea, Liu Hong's eyes were fixed on the tea bowl - Liu Hong was really weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to look directly at Liu Budo's face, which was about to be distorted into a handful of paper...

When Liu Hong sat on the feast at the top and almost fell asleep on his knees, Liu Budo finally completed the polishing of the edict.

Liu Hong didn't care about it, so he picked up the jade seal tied around his waist, hastily printed it, and said: "Today, Chang Dynasty, please also condescend to Chang and temporarily announce the edict." ”

Liu Budo didn't dare to say anything, so he respectfully put the edict into a wooden box before withdrawing from the tent.

And Liu Hong, looking at the jade seal tied around his waist, fell into bitterness again - the jade seal should have been kept by a special person, not like now, Liu Hong personally hung it on his body...

"There is a shortage of people..."

According to the specific duties, the squire is divided into different ranks, from the lowest official squire who is responsible for sorting out documents and cleaning up debris, to the highest level of halberd squire, and even to the servant of the Wu Emperor Dynasty, ranging from 400 to 1,000 stones.

As the name suggests, a squire is a man who serves the emperor, that is, a close attendant.

Unlike later film and television dramas, the life of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was not taken care of by eunuchs, but most of them were taken care of by various squires.

From the martial servant who personally protected the emperor, to the Huangmen waiter who guarded the door outside the palace in the early dynasties, from the Shang Shulang who sorted out the documents for the emperor, to the Xuanzhao waiter who read the edict for the emperor; But almost everything related to the emperor is the responsibility of the squire.

The meaning of the existence of eunuchs is only limited to: the servants are all men, and it is inconvenient to enter the harem; The emperor can't go to the harem alone and have no one to serve him, so he needs eunuchs to serve.

Normally, the squire of the Western Han Dynasty consisted of three parts: the official officer, the recommendation, and the grace shade.

The officials, the sons of the merchant Jia Haoqiang, paid between 100,000 and 100,000 to a million dollars to get a chance to exercise in the palace.

Due to the political stain of 'businessman's background', under normal circumstances, Lang Guan, who was born as an official, has the lowest status in the palace, and at the beginning, he started from the heavy work such as sorting out copywriting and carrying things.

In the end, the vast majority of the Tsuro will ask for resignation and return to their hometown to inherit the family property.

Of course, spending money to stay in the palace for a while is not in vain - no matter how stupid and low the status of the empire is, these officials will gain a vision far beyond their peers.

Back in his hometown, just by virtue of the experience he had gained from working with the most elite group of people in the Han Dynasty, it was enough for this former Lang to carry forward the family and make him rich.

For this kind of behavior of spending money to send the children of the family into the palace, the wealthy businessmen are also willing to eat - for them, when the wealth reaches a certain scale, money is just a string of numbers.

But if you can use part of this money to send the talented children of the family to the palace for training, it will be different - if others ask, they can also say: My kid is not talented, and he is serving by the side of today's son!

Under the limitations of the times, the existence of 'official officials' is also of great benefit to the regime.

First of all, if you want to be an official, the wealthy businessmen have to pay a lot of money; Even if the minimum amount of money per person is 100,000 yuan, and one hundred and eighty glang is accepted every year, the state treasury can have an income of nearly 10 million yuan!

In addition, this is also the helplessness of the regime in this era: there are too few people who can be officials...

Today, not to mention people of insight who have read the scriptures to the fullest, how many people can read all the words?

Less than 10,000 people!

The base number of scholars is simply not enough to support the huge bureaucracy of the regime!

And the wealthy businessmen, not to mention whether they know how to read or not, at least have the vision above the level line - otherwise, it is impossible to grow into a rich and powerful party in this era of the weak and the strong.

Moreover, the heroes who spent huge sums of money to send them to the palace will naturally not be crooked melons and cracked dates, but will be placed on high hopes by the family, follow the elders for many years, and be regarded as the elite cultivated by the next generation of family heads.

In addition, the greatest advantage of the official policy is that it pulls the powerful class into the carriage of the ruling class.

- Your sons are all serving by the emperor's side, you can't be unkind to the rich and bully your neighbors, right?

I have to pay attention to the influence, and I guess my nephew's 'official voice' is all of a sudden!

Therefore, the official policy, in the final analysis, is the empty gloves of the old Liu family, the white wolf: you give me a comparison of money, I allow your son to come to the palace to do some chores and get some experience, if you are really capable, then the relationship is good, I am short of officials here; Your son is an official, you have to be a little more restrained for me!

Harvest a sum of money, get a reserve official, and use this to suppress the local heroes in many ways, killing three birds with one stone!

In the harsh living environment of the palace, those who can climb to a high position among the officials are all ruthless.

Just talk about one of the most representative: Emperor Wu's Great Agricultural Order, Sang Hong Sheep!

Born as an official, with the financial experience accumulated by the businessman for many years, he started the country's accounting, losing evenly and leveling, and almost single-handedly, the financial order of the Han dynasty that was about to face depression after the war was pulled within the collapse line!

In the end, Sang Hong Yang was the official to the imperial historian and ranked as the third duke.

It can only be said that compared with those who only know how to dig a canal, they have to dig a canal to turn over the way of Confucius and Mencius, and to study how to dig it, shrewd businessmen have natural advantages in terms of vision and ability.

Of course, Liu Hong also hopes that among his Lang officials, there can be a courtier like Sang Hongyang, who is down-to-earth and hardworking, capable, backbone, and can also take the blame for the emperor; But at this time, public opinion could not allow people who were involved with businessmen to have any chance to enter the temple.

There is no other reason: Jia, cheap business!

Haoqiang spent money to stuff the children of his family into the palace through the way of the officials, and the courtiers naturally did not say anything, but they did not see the word 'business registration' on the file of the Lang official, but turned their heads and went to compete for the money that the Lang official handed over to the yamen a moment ago in the name of insufficient funds.

But as long as Liu Hong reveals his intention to reuse a certain official and wait for Liu Hongdi, it will be the end of Liu Ying, the cheap father, the filial piety emperor Liu Ying - with Cao Shen's saliva, Liu Ying has not washed his face with water much in his short life...