Chapter 143: Bribery is the norm
Are the candidates afraid of death?
They must be afraid, they may not feel much awe of King Wuqiu Shou, but they can't be without awe of the steel sword that is shining in front of them now.
"Okay, let's wait here for Taixue Cheng to give me an explanation.
Please also ask the general to pass the word inside, if Taixue Cheng refuses to see us, please also tell a few imperial histories in Taixue. ”
The rumor-monger quietly took out a few golden beans the size of soybeans from his cuffs and handed them to the palace guards at the head.
There are two groups of people here, a group of candidates who want to enter, and a group of palace guards who are blocking at the door.
Everyone saw the swaggering bribe, but they all saw it as if they didn't see anything.
"Xiangyang, go in and report."
The palace guard led by him put away the golden beans and shouted behind him, and then a palace guard ran in.
Bribery is the most common thing in the Han Dynasty, and it is from this time that officials began to accept bribes.
In the pre-Qin period, there were also many officials who accepted bribes, but who dared to accept bribes openly?
But Dahan is different.
These emperors of the Liu family are also wonderful.
They believe that there is no perfection in human beings, and once you are white and flawless to a certain extent, you cannot reassure the emperors.
At this time, in order to save his life and reassure the emperor, he could only choose to defile himself.
Taking bribes has become the best option for officials.
Xiao He, one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, even went to plunder the people's property in order to dispel Liu Bang's suspicion of him.
It is conceivable what the general environment of the Han Dynasty is like.
When Tian Wei was arguing with Dou Ying in the East Palace earlier, he directly said in front of Liu Che and the Queen Mother that he loved money and women, and even robbed people and women to take land and accept bribes.
Did Liu Che care at the time?
Everyone subconsciously ignored the matter.
But when Tian Wei slandered Dou Ying and the bushman for intentionally rebelling, the situation was completely different.
One is a trumped-up charge, and the other is a self-confessed crime.
That's how big the gap is between the two.
When this kind of atmosphere is formed, there is no way to eliminate it by the efforts of just one or two people.
Therefore, it is natural for Gong Wei to collect the money, and his face is not red and his heart is not beating, as long as he collects money to do things for others, and this matter is harmless to Liu Che, everyone will be happy.
King Wuqiu Shou naturally knew about the large number of candidates gathered outside the Taixue Gate.
This matter was ordered by him, how could he not pay attention.
The palace guards came to invite him over, which was also expected by him.
There is a force behind the candidates who are directing and pushing.
Although their actions are not very clever, if they want to change the position of King Wuqiu Shou to sit in Zhang Yuan's position, he will definitely not be able to handle it.
There are many reasons, the most important one is that King Wuqiu Shou takes too much care of him.
Zhang Yuan's red stripes, even if the Nine Clans implicate those servants in the family at most, the rest of the people will not be implicated at all.
Moreover, Zhang Yuan guessed that the status of the mastermind behind the scenes was not high.
King Wuqiu Shou will wonder if there are still people standing behind the mastermind behind the scenes.
If you think too much, you will be wrong.
"They said they wanted to see me, but didn't they say they wanted to see anyone else?"
"Taixuecheng, we had some friendship earlier, and the lower official told you directly.
Those candidates said that if you don't want to go, go to a few imperial histories in Taixue, and it is estimated that they think that a few imperial histories will support them. ”
The palace guard who came to pass the word was called Xiang Yang, and he was a Lang official.
King Wuqiu Shou was also a literary attendant before, and one of their tasks was to hunt and play with Liu Che.
So the two can be regarded as acquaintances, and according to the relationship between relatives and aliens, Xiang Yang turned his head and sold those candidates to the bottom.
"Okay, it seems that there is really a master behind it.
A group of teenage children even know how to use their strength.
I will definitely invite you to have a good meal when I go back, but now I have to trouble you to invite those three imperial histories to the door of Taixue. ”
Xiang Yang didn't know why King Wuqiu Shou did this, so he hesitated.
Zhang Yuan is unlucky, Xiang Yang can stand aside and watch the excitement, but how can King Wuqiu Shou have some friendship with him, if King Wuqiu Shou can continue to rise in the future, is he afraid that he will not be able to be a big official.
"But doesn't this boost the morale of those candidates?"
"There are some things that I can't tell you yet, just do it.
The arm can never twist the thigh, now we are the thigh, you know? ”
Since King Wuqiu Shou said so, Xiang Yang will not persuade again, these words make people feel concerned once, and if they say it, it will make people bored.
"Okay, then I'll go find those imperial histories, do you want to go directly to the gate of Taixue now?"
"You go first, I'll dry them for a while.
Let their arrogance burn a little longer. ”
When Xiang Yang left the Taixue Ling Mansion, King Wuqiu Shou turned around and returned to his room.
It was dawn, and it was almost dawn.
Some people may wonder that the 12 hours of the day are fixed, but the length of night and day changes with the seasons.
Why is it the hour of dawn every day, which is completely unscientific.
If he encounters this kind of person, Zhang Yuan has no choice.
The copper kettle drip leak with accurate timing, except for a set in the palace, don't think about other places.
The sundial at this time was also not very accurate.
In addition, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the twelve hours were not named after the twelve earthly branches, but after the middle of the night, the rooster crowed, the pingdan, the sunrise, the eclipse time, the middle of the day, the middle of the day, the sunset, the sunset, the sunset, and the setting to name the twelve hours.
So as soon as the sun comes out at dawn, everyone thinks it's the hour.
The sun rises and the sun comes and goes, and habits become natural.
King Wuqiu Shou went back to his room to see if Zhang Yuan had gotten up, otherwise he was worried that he might not be able to suppress the group of candidates and the three imperial histories.
As a result, when he entered the room, he found that Zhang Yuan was still lying flat on the bed, and the quilt was kicked to the ground.
The whole person is placed into a big word.
Wake up Zhang Yuan or let Zhang Yuan continue to sleep, he has to make such a choice twice an hour.
King Wuqiu Shou only felt very tired at this moment, and needed someone to hurt him and comfort him.
"Ahem, ahem."
It was too risky to wake up directly, so King Wuqiu Shou began to cough, hoping to wake Zhang Yuan up.
Zhang Yuan heard a burst of coughing in a hazy way, and he did have some reactions.
He had just been sleeping on his back, and now he was noisy and turned to sleep on his side.
One of the hands was unconsciously placed on top of the ear.
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If he had known that it was so difficult to be a Taixuecheng, King Wuqiu Shou would probably choose to continue to be a happy literary attendant, writing articles every day to accompany the emperor everywhere, how happy such a day is.