Liu Zheng tightened his face and commanded Zhou Cang.

Although Zhou Cang didn't understand what the meaning of Liu Zheng at this time asked him to lead hundreds of people to the North Palace to arrest the emperor's son, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately took the order.

"Yes, Qu Shuai, I'll go and arrest that person as you tell me right away!"

Zhou Cang immediately took the hundreds of people around him, turned around and ran towards the outside of the Deyang Palace, from here to the north palace where the concubines and the emperor's heirs lived, there were still seven miles of land, even if they walked over quickly, it would take a stick of incense.

However, this is nothing to Liu Zheng, just a stick of incense, he can wait here, anyway, Emperor Han Ling has not caught it yet.

Two rows of guards ran out on both sides of the Deyang Palace, and these guards were all Yulin soldiers in the palace, and the number was no more than two hundred.

After making a simple resistance with Liu Zheng and the Yellow Turban Army, he was killed by the Yellow Turban Army.

Emperor Ling of Han was forced by the Yellow Turban Army to hide in the Deyang Palace, firmly holding the gate of the main hall, wanting to make the last resistance.

However, this simple resistance was nothing to Liu Zheng's more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and they soon used the stone pillars outside the people to forcibly break through the gate of the main hall.

In less than a cup of tea, Liu Zheng entered the Deyang Hall and arrested Emperor Han Ling, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

At this time, Emperor Han Ling was already frightened and his legs were weak, panicked, looking at Liu Zheng who walked in from outside the main hall, his face was full of horror, his fat body, because of trembling, the flesh on his face was trembling.

Greasy body, looks like a fat pig. This body alone looks like it has to be at least 200 pounds.

In ancient times, only a wealthy and noble family could have such good oil and water, and the emperor was the pinnacle of deep wealth, not only lacking exercise, but also liking to eat, drink and have fun.

The natural body size is obese again and again, making him look like a pig.

It is precisely because he is too fat that Emperor Han Ling never thought of escaping on his own, with his figure, if no one carries him, he can't run at all.

"You...... Who are you? Why did you come to the palace, my army? Where did the great general He Jin die? ”

Emperor Han Ling, who was paralyzed on the dragon chair, although he had lost his soul in fright, he still forcibly calmed himself, and with a slightly trembling voice, he asked Liu Zheng who walked in from outside the main hall tentatively.

Liu Zheng looked at Emperor Han Ling and did not speak.

In fact, Liu Zheng did not have a trace of dislike for the Han Dynasty, on the contrary, he was extremely fond of the Han Dynasty. Why? Because his own surname is Liu.

Although he is not a man of this era, he is a man of two thousand years later. But he is Han. That is, a Han person, as a Han person, and at the same time surnamed Liu, he has a great sense of identity with the Han dynasty.

But he didn't have the slightest good impression of Emperor Han Ling.

Why? Because Emperor Ling of Han did not contribute much to the Han Dynasty at all, on the contrary, the reason why the Han Dynasty came to an end was also caused by Emperor Ling of Han's actions.

Although the fall of the Han Dynasty had elements of natural disasters, a large part of it was due to man-made disasters, and the main source of man-made disasters was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

During his reign, the system of selling officials and lords was notoriously bad, and there were cases of selling officials and lords in this dynasty before, but the purpose was to solve huge financial difficulties, and the scale was limited and the official positions were low.

During the reign of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, although the country was in decline, the external troubles were not serious, and the national consumption was not very large. Liu Hong did not hide his idea of finding money in order to satisfy the greed of himself and the eunuchs.

As long as you can afford to pay for it, you can sell all kinds of official positions in the imperial court. Even later, the whole court, including the three princes and nine secretaries, had to use money to buy them, and some people did. The high position that was canonized and sealed did not pay enough money and could not ascend to the position normally.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that the previous system of promoting filial piety and honesty was still valid, and half or one-third of those who were selected by virtue were elected. For people with good character and reputation to buy officials, in addition to enjoying discounts, if you can't get so much money at once, you can also make a down payment first, or you can even take office first and then pay, but the price has to be doubled.

For the "fat shortage", a special market was later opened in a place called Xien in Miyagi. The imperial court publicly announced that it could spend money to buy positions in departments such as Huben and Yulin under Guangluxun from the Marquis of Guan Nei to Guangluxun; The rules for selling officials are: the price of a magistrate is twice as high as that of a court official, and the price of a county official is different; Officials must also be promoted according to the price.

The person seeking the position can evaluate the bid, and the person with the highest bid will win the bid. In addition to the fixed price, it can also be increased or decreased at any time according to the value of the seeker and the property he owns.

Generally speaking, the price of an official position is calculated based on the annual salary of an official, for example, the price of an official position of 2,000 stone per year is 20 million yuan, and the price of an official position of 400 stone is 4 million yuan, that is to say, the price of an official position is 10,000 times the annual income of an official.

Although Duan Cheng, Zhang Wen and others have great merit and high prestige, they all paid enough money before ascending to the public position. Later, it became even more severe, and later officials were transferred, promoted, or newly appointed to take office, and they had to pay one-third or one-quarter of the price of the official position.

In other words, when an official takes office, he must first pay the equivalent of his legal income for more than 25 years. Many officials were so frightened that they could not pay such a high "official fee" and left their official positions.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty came in such a nonsense, and the entire cadre team was completely chaotic, shaking the foundation of the country's rule.

Even the emperor himself is greedy for money, not to mention the various officials under him.

In many cases, those rich people spend money to buy an official position such as a county magistrate or county guard, and in order to earn back the money he spent, they will definitely loot the people's fat and people's ointment.

It will inevitably provoke a lot of complaints, and the people's lives will become more and more difficult.

The source of all this is naturally Emperor Han Ling, why Zhang Jiao revolted in a short period of time with millions of responders, it is precisely because Emperor Han Ling bought officials and sold his lords, and the resentment that had accumulated for decades broke out at the same time at this moment.

If these were not enough to destroy the Han Dynasty, then another decision made by Emperor Ling of Han was even more stupid.

Restoration of the state pastoral system. A few years later, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty accepted the suggestion of Liu Yan, a patriarch of the Han family, to reset the state pastor and abolish the system of assassination. Liu Yan is the pastor of Yizhou and Huang Wan is the pastor of Yuzhou; In the same year, Zongzheng Liu Yu was the pastor of Youzhou.

As a result, warlords were formed in various places, and the governors, including Liu Yan, were basically no longer under the control of the imperial court after taking office.