Chapter 17: Buying Officials (I)

Changshe County is the location of the Xu family's ancestral house, and the reason why Xu Kang chose to buy the county order of this place is of course not only because it is very close, but considering that there are three major advantages to buying the county order of Changshe.

The first benefit is because there is a vacancy in the official position in Changshe County.

As the saying goes, "a good woman does not marry a second husband, and a loyal minister does not matter to the second master", as a businessman, Emperor Ling of Han still stresses credibility.

He won't sell the official position that has been sold again, even if he wants to sell it, he has to find someone to get rid of the guy in the original position and sell it again!

It's just that in this way, it will take a long time, and it is basically possible to wait for a year and a half.

But Changshe County is completely free of these problems.

Changshe County had just been captured by Bocai, a senior general of the Yellow Turban Army, and now belonged to the enemy-occupied area, and the original officials in the county town had also been slaughtered by the Yellow Turban Army when the city was broken.

That is to say, at this time, all the official positions in Changshe County are in a state of "spot for sale", and if you pay for an official position in the morning, you can get the official uniform and official seal in the afternoon, which is more efficient than buying a car!

The only drawback is that once the imperial court orders that officials can take office, it means that they have to fight the Yellow Turban Army, and they may lose their lives at any time.

In today's Han Dynasty, people who are willing to buy officials with money are basically greedy for life and afraid of death, and they spend money to buy officials for glory, wealth, eating, drinking and having fun, rather than fighting the Yellow Turban Army.

It is precisely because of the idea of the official buyer, coupled with the great power of the yellow scarf, that the official office in Xiyuan has also ushered in a wave of "off-season sales".

As a result, the second advantage of buying an official position in Changshe County is highlighted - that is, cheap!

As an area occupied by the enemy, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops have now gathered in Changshe County, and even Zhu Jun, the general of Youzhonglang, has been besieged by Bocai, can you go to such a place?

Therefore, in the eyes of many officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death, the official position in Changshe County can be said to be extremely dangerous, not to mention letting them spend money to buy it, even if they give them money, they are not willing to go.

This is like a sky-high imported luxury car, but suddenly there are serious safety problems such as engine oil leakage, steering wheel and brake failure, and even the risk of spontaneous combustion at any time, which is basically the same as scrapping.

In such a situation, not to mention that consumers are unlikely to pay, even the merchants themselves dare not expect to be able to sell the car.

Today's Changshe County is such a "scrapped luxury car", so Xu Kang believes that he only needs to spend a very small price to take it down!

Of course, this is not because he is not afraid of death, but as a traverser, he knows very well that in about two months, the "Battle of Changsha" that will decide the fate of the Yellow Turban Army will come!

In this battle, the Han army, led by Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, defeated the Yellow Turban Army led by the three Zhang brothers and Bocai and others in one fell swoop, recovered Changshe County, expelled the Yellow Turban Army from Yingchuan and gradually suppressed it.

In other words, at this time, Changshe County, which is a "scrapped car" in the eyes of others, is actually not as dangerous as imagined, it is just a luxury car that is being repaired, and it can be used normally as long as it waits for two months.

It's a pity that other people don't know this except Xu Kang.

In this way, the third and biggest benefit of buying the Changshe prefectural order has appeared - that is, you can gain a good reputation!

Other people buy officials, no matter how great his achievements are in the future, but once they talk about their background, they will be looked down upon.

Because as soon as people mention him, they will say, "So-and-so has a loss of virtue because his official was bought."

But if Xu Kang bought the Changshe county order, it would be different.

Today's Changshe County is an area where the Han army and the Yellow Turban army are fighting, and the Han army is still at a disadvantage.

Under such circumstances, if Xu Kang buys the official position here and plays a little role in this battle, then not only will it not attract criticism, but it will also receive praise.

In the future, when people mention him, they will only say that he understands the righteousness, but will not say that he bought an official for selfish desires.

Combining the above three points, a simple formula can be drawn - the official position of Changshe County = ready-made official position + cheap + good reputation.

Of course, Xu Kang would not let go of such an opportunity to "buy is earn", so the next morning before dawn, he took the money he got from He Jinfu to buy an official office in Xiyuan.

And in order to avoid being discovered where the money came from, he also "washed" the money the night before.

He first smashed all the money boxes he brought out of He Jin's mansion, and then replaced them with wooden boxes made by two carpenters at home, and when he loaded the money, he also got some loess and sprinkled it in.

After doing this, he put the money back into the space backpack, and then rushed to the West Garden to buy the official office before dawn, and piled dozens of boxes of money at the gate of the West Garden before dawn.

When the sky was bright and the little eunuch of the West Garden official office opened the door, he was startled by the dozens of wooden boxes in front of him.

It's not that he hasn't seen someone who brings money to buy an official, but it's the first time he's seen someone like this who directly brings dozens of boxes of money piled up at the door.

In addition, because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, now that Xiyuan has bought an official office, he is naturally surprised when he encounters such a big "deal".

"There are so many boxes, I'm afraid it's not less than three million dollars, are you going to buy three princes and nine qing?"

Hearing his words, Xu Kang, who was standing at the door, was stunned for a moment, "Three Princes and Nine Qings? Now you can buy it for only three million? Is the business of selling officials so sluggish now? ”

Of course, he just said this in his heart, but on the surface, he quietly arched his hand towards the eunuch who opened the door.

"Your Excellency said with a smile, how dare a mere son of a poor family dare to hope for the position of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries? Your Excellency reported on your behalf, and said that the former disciple of Cai Yong, Yingchuan Xu Kang, came to share worries for the country! ”

"You are Cai Yilang's disciple?"

Hearing Xu Kang's words, the little eunuch who didn't care about it suddenly changed his expression, and then hurriedly arched his hand towards him, "It turned out to be Cai Yilang Gaozu, you wait a minute!" ”

After speaking, he hurriedly turned around and went back, and soon, he walked towards Xu Kang with a white-faced and beardless middle-aged eunuch.

When the middle-aged eunuch saw the nearly 100 wooden boxes at the door, his face suddenly appeared with joy, and his eyes at Xu Kang also showed a little appreciation, and he smiled at him.

"Haha, you are Cai Yilang's high-footed Xu Kang, right? Sure enough, it's a talent, by the way, did Cai Yilang let you send this money? ”

"No, no, no...... The eunuch misunderstood, the teacher is an honest official, how can he have spare money to donate to the country? ”

Hearing the other party's words, Xu Kang hurriedly waved his hand at him, and then explained to him with a straight face.

"This money is what my Xu family has earned from operating in the Changshe for a hundred years, but now the Changshe is occupied by the Yellow Turban Thieves, so that my family has nowhere to live, this is the hatred of the country and the family, and I am willing to donate all my belongings to the imperial court, just to seek the position of the county commander of the Changshe, and then gather people and horses to fight with the Yellow Turban Thieves!"

"Shhh...... Buy the Chosha prefectural order? ”

Hearing Xu Kang's words, the two eunuchs standing opposite him suddenly gasped in unison, their eyes full of shock.