A solar eclipse was only a physical phenomenon produced by the movement of celestial bodies in later generations, which was considered an astronomical spectacle, but in the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, it was a very serious and terrifying thing.

Celestial phenomena have always been something that people can't figure out, but the more unpredictable and mysterious they are, the more they can make people think about it, and even forcibly attach some political opinions, whether it is a scholar group or a eunuch group, this is a convention and commonplace.

The emperor knew, Wang Fu knew, and Liu Kuan naturally knew.

The political interpretation of the solar eclipse is actually very simple, it is nothing more than the induction of heaven and man, the sun represents the emperor, and the darkness covers the sun, so it is natural that there are traitors who have deceived the emperor. As for who this traitor is, it is nothing more than the group of scholars identifying the eunuchs, and the group of eunuchs identifying the ministers.

The power of foreign relatives during this time period is indeed relatively weak, and it is not proportional to the strength of the two groups of eunuchs and scholars, so they naturally stand in the safest place.

However, the collision between the scholar class and the eunuch class against loyalty and treachery is more or less the upper hand of the scholar class, and the scholars can quote scriptures and classics to satirize the present. And the eunuchs can only be more or less submissive, and even call our emperor Shengming. But no matter what, as long as the emperor does not intend to punish the eunuchs, nor does he intend to offend the scholars, then the final result of the celestial phenomena and demons will often be thrown to the three dukes, which is an eternal truth for a hundred years, and the scholars have no temper, and the eunuchs will not object.

Liu Kuan was dismissed as a lieutenant on the spot, but the emperor still honored the teacher, and later gave Liu Kuan an an official guard to show the emperor's favor. Liu Kuan naturally didn't say much.

It's just that in this way, the scholars' opposition to Hongdu Gate Studies has become louder, and the eunuchs have become more urgent and attached importance to the selection of Hongdu talents. Although the emperor trusted the eunuchs enough and relied on them enough, the eunuch group headed by Cao Jie could really feel that their political discourse power was too small. For the eunuch group, Hongdumen is an opportunity, and it is an excellent opportunity to cultivate the central power of the eunuchs. And this is far from enough, Wang Fu feels more and more that the "selling official mantle" that the emperor inadvertently mentioned in the palace in the past seems to be really feasible!

Everyone will have their own advantages, for Wang Fu, super action and execution is his greatest advantage, since he thinks it is feasible to sell officials, Wang Changshou turned around and sorted out a clear list of official positions.

"Fan Sangong, Jiuqing, Shizhong, Taishou and other official positions of rank 2,000 stone will receive 20 million money, and Fan Shangshu, Assassin Shi and other official positions of rank 600 stone will receive 6 million......" The emperor couldn't help but smile and nod while looking at the list of official positions: "Very good, very good!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, if there is a talented person to buy (harmonious) officials, it is naturally so, but the person who is selected by virtue is secondary, what should he do?" Wang Fu asked with a smile.

"If they are elected or promoted by virtue or ability, then pay half of the money, and the remaining half shall be taken as a reward for them." Liu Hong was very generous: "If you can't even hand over half of it, you can postpone it, and you can double it when you arrive at the place." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Wang Fu was already smiling from ear to ear.

"I think that I can build a mansion with the West Garden, set up a treasury to store money, and I naturally want to take these money and goods from the people and use them for the people! What does Aiqing think? Liu Hong turned around and asked.

"What Your Majesty does will make the government harmonious and the four seas will be one."

Liu Hong couldn't stop laughing.

The official election system of the Eastern Han Dynasty consisted of the probation system and the requisition system.

In the early stage, it was based on the "election in the township", and paid attention to the authority of the public opinion in the township to comment on the integrity and ability of a certain scholar. Since the development of the probationary system, it has become increasingly decadent, and the landlords of the successive generations of ministers have long held the political power of the central and local governments, and it has long been a matter of course for them to be officials, for example, the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes that everyone is most familiar with is the best example.

As for the expropriation system, it was originally a top-down system for the selection of officials, and high-ranking officials appointed subordinate officials, and most of them would choose local powerful and powerful families to achieve the effect of strong alliances. Therefore, half of the officials in the world come from super big clans like Runan Yuan and Hongnong Yang, and the other half are from the downward conquest of these big clans, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than one or a few monopolies.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that Wang Fu is indeed right, not to say that it is full of civil and military affairs, that is, all the officials in the world are from the scholar family, and it is not an exaggeration to say it.

Xidi sells officials, which is even more unacceptable to scholars than Hongdu Sect Learning.

If you want to say that although Hongdu students are all sideways, they are people who have learned and have some talents. And what are these people who buy (harmonic) officials? I am a dignified son of the family, and the fastest way to become a big official is only, for more than ten years of hard reading of classics, I can write notes, pass through chapters and sentences, and I must ensure that I can live to the age of forty before I have the opportunity to be promoted to filial piety and honesty, Maocai, and then I can enter the center as a Lang official.

As for those monsters in their twenties who have raised filial piety and Maocai, they either have special merits, or they are the world's heroes with the talent of "Yan Yuan, Ziqi", or there are behemoths like Yuan and Yang as top nobles to rely on, but these are all a minority after all, thirteen states in the world, and there are only a handful of such characters, and such talents have to climb into the center first, be a small Lang official, and then step by step inward to do Shangshu, Jiuqing, Shizhong, and even Sangong; Externally, it is nothing more than starting from the county order, and then going to the Taishou.

But now, as soon as this clearly marked official position comes out of the (harmonious) stage, you can buy a Shangshu for 6 million yuan, and you can buy a Taishou for 20 million yuan, and even if you take the formal way to become a Shangshu or Taishou, you can get this half of the money. If you want to say that you can't afford to pay for it, the emperor will give you credit, which is also humane enough, if you don't be this official, it will not give the emperor face, but it is a big disloyalty and unfilial performance!

This time, the scholars were really dumbfounded, the scholars were not angry at all, they were really stunned by the emperor's operation, and even began to sympathize with those young talents who performed well in Hongdu and had already become the reserve cadres of Shangshutai.

is Liu Wei, who is far away in the northern suburbs of Luoyang, and even admires his living father a little.

In Liu Wei's words, he even suspected that he, the living father, had simply played a particularly big game of chess and performed a truly epic game.

Hongdu sent the official, and then collected the money, it was simply a wave of leeks harvested that could not be more perfect, and this is not counting, the emperor also left a back hand, and the rich talents paid the money and stayed directly in the center, and the money and power transactions directly achieved the purpose of this group of people wanting to glorify the lintel and enhance the class status. If you don't have money, it doesn't matter, isn't it still possible to get credit, go out to be a county magistrate, and don't you have money if you scavenge the people's fat and ointment, this is called for me, all of them are doers, this is not called talent? Could it be that those scholars who only know how to shout in front of the emperor every day and don't do?

Is this mediocrity? No, no, no, the full amount, the loan, and the interest are clear, this is clearly a business genius, okay?

Shi Ziyi has always admired his cheap son very much, and he has even slowly accepted the messy and bizarre stories that this cheap son told him.

Otherwise, with a three-year-old child, how can he have such a rigorous thinking logic, and how can he write the two earth-shattering sentences of "Beauty Fu", but he has been with Liu Wei for more than a year, and he has really regarded Liu Wei as his own child, and he has become the most trusting person with Liu Wei, which is an inexplicable and wonderful tacit understanding, so even He Jin and even He Guiren don't know the little secret of Liu Wei and Shi Ziyi.

It's just that after experiencing Hongdu, the solar eclipse, and the recent incident of selling officials, Liu Wei felt that he should go back to the palace, I don't know why, in his previous life, he didn't deliberately have an in-depth understanding of the history of this era, but since he crossed here, this history has become extremely clear in his mind, and even many small things, he remembers it clearly.

This year is the first year of Guanghe, that is, 178 A.D., and in three more years, his unlucky younger brother, that is, the later Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, will be born, and he has to go back to deploy or participate in some things, whether it is useful or not, but he must also take the initiative to intervene. The northern suburbs are really good, the air and scenery of the Beibi Mountain are excellent, but no matter how good it is, you can't expect the helpless chicken in front of you, I only know that the godfather Shi Ziyi, who shook his head and recited, can kill Dong Zhuo in the future.

Liu Wei has accepted this era, accepted his identity, heard, seen, and actively understood in the past year, so that he clearly understands that people in this era are not stupider than people in later generations, and this era is more difficult to survive than later generations.

Because the future is more about living better, and in this era, it is about living.

While eating the wheat rice that has remained unchanged for a year, Liu Wei asked Shi Ziyi, who was shaking his head and reading, "Dad, do you want to be an official?" ”