Deyang Hall.

A place to hold a celebration feast.

At this time, there were many palace maids carrying wine, food, fruits and vegetables, shuttling back and forth in the palace, greeting the officials attending the banquet.

"It's delicious."

Facing the girls in the hall who were dancing like warblers and swallows, Jiang Xiaobai stepped into the Deyang Palace, and with his arrival, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

Many words of congratulations and congratulations came to Jiang Xiaobai, in this regard, Jiang Xiaobai smiled in return, and after some greetings, he sat down according to the courtesy.

In terms of official position, Jiang Xiaobai is a four-rank general, and it stands to reason that he can only sit in the middle and rear positions, but he is a rising star who has just quelled the rebellion against the Liangzhou rebels, so he was arranged at the front of the main hall, close to the emperor's position.

Jiang Xiaohua, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others sat behind Jiang Xiaobai in turn.

"Jiang Ye, sitting opposite you is the former Taiwei Zhang Hao." Behind Jiang Xiaobai, Wang Lin's voice came.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaobai looked at Zhang Hao, who was sitting opposite him, an old man over half a hundred years old, with a gray beard, and a pair of cloudy eyes, occasionally blooming with essence.

Tai Lieutenant, one of the three dukes.

The three dukes of the Eastern Han Dynasty were Situ, Sikong and Taiwei.

The position of the three dukes, a very popular minister, can be said to be the first person under the emperor,

The most well-known in the world is the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan clan in Runan, and it is precisely because Yuan Shao has such a prominent background that there will be countless celebrities and famous generals who come to him and join him to serve him.

However, the position of the three princes seems to be high and powerful, and the scenery is infinite, but it is not.

In the eyes of Emperor Liu Hong, as long as you have money, except for the position of the emperor, you can not sell it, and you can choose other positions at will, including the position of the three dukes.

At the beginning of this year, because of the position of the three princes, there was a joke.

It was the eve of Jiang Xiaobai's order to conquer Liangzhou, when the plague was raging across the country, and the Luoyang Imperial Palace was on fire, and many palaces were burned down.

According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, whenever there was a natural disaster, one of the three dukes must be exempted, in order to show the Han court's vigilance against God's anger.

As for why there is such a strange convention?

It is nothing more than because of the scarcity of the positions of the three dukes, after all, he is the first person under the emperor, and looking at the whole world, there are only three people who can enjoy this honor.

For Emperor Liu Hong, the positions of these three dukes are the best resources to make money.

If a person is allowed to occupy the position of the Three Princes for a long time, the emperor will lose a lot of income every year, so the position of the Three Princes has two characteristics.

First, those who serve as the three princes cannot occupy the throne for too long.

Second, the positions of the three public servants must be constantly replaced.

No matter how much prestige you have or how big an official you are, if you want to ascend to the position of the third prince, you have to pay money, and the more money you pay, the longer you will sit.

This is the rule of the game set by Emperor Liu Hong.

Therefore, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, compared with other positions, the position of the three princes changed the fastest, and often without paying attention, the people sitting in the position of the three princes have been replaced several times.

Rao is like this, there are still many people vying to be the third public, after all, this is an honor.

Just like being an emperor, no matter how many days you have been an emperor, whether it is a faint monarch or a bright monarch, you can be recorded in the annals of history, which is an honor.

The West Garden is a trading hall set up by Emperor Liu Hong, and the sale of officials and lords is basically carried out here.

In February, the Luoyang Imperial Palace caught fire, resulting in a large number of palaces being burned down, in Jiang Xiaobai's view, this is nothing more than the fire prevention measures are not in place, so the fire will be caused.

But this is in ancient times, and the palace caught fire, which was a natural disaster for Emperor Liu Hong, which meant an ominous sign.

At that time, Situ was the old lady of the Yuan family in Runan, Yuan Kui.

Perhaps Yuan Kui has not sent a red envelope to Emperor Liu Hong for a long time to show his loyalty, and this natural disaster, Yuan Kui was dismissed.

It was Cui Lie who took over Yuan Kui's position, and the joke happened to this person.

Cui Lie, the word Wei Kao, has good family conditions, has been a Confucian for generations, he is very famous, his reputation is also good, and he has served in positions such as county guard and Jiuqing.

In terms of qualifications, Cui Lie is also suitable to be the third prince.

However, the rules of the game formulated by Emperor Liu Hong could not be changed, so Cui Lie secretly went to the West Garden to pay money, and paid a total of five million yuan.

The money is in place, and it is easy to get things done.

Soon, Cui Liesitu's appointment came down.

On the day of his appointment, Emperor Liu Hong personally approached this major client and formally issued him a letter of appointment, and in front of hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Perhaps ignoring the presence of hundreds of officials, after Emperor Liu Hong issued a letter of appointment to Cui Lie, he regretted it and regretted it so much that his intestines were blue.

"This is the third public, and it is sold too cheaply, I knew that I should have asked for more money in the first place, at least I had to start with 10 million."

This is what Emperor Liu Hong said to the people around him.

"Your Majesty, Cui Lie is a well-known figure in Jizhou, he didn't want to buy an official with money, if it weren't for me to go around and run out of my tongue and give him a preferential price in half, otherwise he wouldn't want to take five million to buy Situ's position."

The one who spoke was none other than Emperor Liu Hong's nurse, known as Mrs. Cheng.

At that time, Cui Lie went to the West Garden to pay the money, and it was Mrs. Cheng who received Cui Lie.

I have to say that Mrs. Cheng's emotional intelligence is worrying.

There are some things that you can't say if you see through them.

Everyone knows the rules of the game formulated by Emperor Liu Hong, and they also know that Cui Lie can achieve the position of Situ, which must be a black-box operation.

But this kind of thing, everyone knows it, and it's embarrassing to say it.

The party Cui Lie was very embarrassed, and the civil and military officials present were also embarrassed.

The specific price of each official position has always been top secret, so whenever someone buys an official, they must first sign a confidentiality agreement.

Never reveal the exact price!

Cui Lie did a good job of keeping it secret, but he never expected that Party B unilaterally breached the contract and announced the specific amount of money he bought Situ in public.

This kind of person has no contract spirit at all!

Facing the strange gazes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Cui Lie was embarrassed and couldn't find a crack to get into, and scolded Mrs. Cheng in his heart.

Since that day, Cui Lie has locked himself at home for half a month, and he has no face to go to the court to see people.

Cui Lie's selective shielding could not prevent him from spending money to buy officials, and the news spread all over Luoyang City like the wind, and countless people knew about it.

Cui Lie, who had an excellent reputation and prestige, fell off the altar like this.

Cui Lie tried his best not to care about other people's opinions, but he was not a saint, and he couldn't bear his curiosity, but he didn't dare to go outside to listen to the rumors, so Cui Lie called his son Cui Jun and asked him about the outside world's comments on him.

Cui Jun, then the general of the tiger ben!