Chapter 248: Blackmail
Last time, it was said that Liu Hong left the eunuch who went to Jizhou to issue an edict to the generals of the Yellow Army, and wanted to teach the eunuch to collect money from Lu Zhi, but the eunuch was a businessman, which reminded Liu Hong of the good of the Jiuchang servant.
Liu Hong calmed down and pressed the impetuosity in his heart, the problem of the Nine Standing Servants is not urgent at the moment, the matter of building his own army is the first priority, if he has enough energy, he is afraid that he will not be able to control the soft bones of the Nine Standing Servants?
For his ulterior purposes, Liu Hong chose to endure. He continued patiently to add to the eunuch: "It's not that the imperial court has not done this, so this money does not need to be handed over to the treasury. You ask Lu Shangshu to hand over the money to you. When you come back, you will give me the money directly. Got it? ”
And such an operation? The eunuch figured it out, Liu Hong said it so obviously, if he didn't understand, he estimated that he pretended to estimate that Liu Hong was short of money and wanted to knock Lu Zhi a sum.
The eunuch lamented for Lu Zhi in his heart: Poor Lu Shangshu would be extorted by the saint. However, sympathy is sympathy, and the benefit fee on my side still has to be asked for by Lu Shangshu.
It is an unspoken rule in officialdom to collect benefits for the official version of the promotion decree, so these eunuchs who went out to issue decrees were all red-faced, as if they were going to be promoted, except for the guy who was going to Hedong to give Dong Zhuo's unlucky ghost an edict.
Because the holy decree given to Dong Zhuo is dismissal, not to mention that the other party will give a benefit fee, it is good to have a good face for himself. Therefore, after listening to Liu Hong's lecture, the eunuch's mood became heavier and his steps became heavier.
Just when he left Liu Hong's study in a trance, he happened to hear Liu Hong's instructions to his colleagues who went to Jizhou to issue edicts, and he immediately caught the information that Liu Hong was short of money.
This information is quite important to him, and even more important to Dong Zhuo's unlucky ghost, which is undoubtedly Dong Zhuo's life-saving straw, and will definitely make Dong Zhuo pay a good price that satisfies him.
Thinking of the happy place, the eunuch who was sent to Hedong suddenly became brisk, and with the holy decree in his arms, he floated out of the palace to chase his dream.
Among the reasons for the royalist calendar, the most important is the second one, Jizhou was recovered by Huangfu Song. Although everyone knows that Jizhou is a yellow turban thief who doesn't know what to do, he let it out himself, so that Huangfu Songbai picked it up cheaply, but no matter what it is, Jizhou is indeed Huangfu Song's recovery, such a big credit, just sealing a Jizhou pastor is too small.
In the end, Huangfu Song was awarded the title of Jizhou Mu, and he worshiped the general of the left chariot cavalry, led the Jizhou Mu, and was named the Marquis of Huaili.
Now that Huangfu Song has been promoted, of course, his deputies also have their own rewards.
Zhu Jun entered the Marquis of Xixiang, moved the town to the thief Zhonglang General, and transferred to Nanyang County, responsible for coordinating the suppression of Huang in Jingzhou and Gunzhou. Previously, the Yellow Turban thieves in Jingzhou and Gunzhou moved, which made Luoyang break out in a cold sweat, because they were too close. But I don't know what the reason is, in less than a day, they disappeared. But it also reminded the adults in the court that there was a tiger sleeping next to him, which was too unsafe, so it was better to send someone over to watch.
As for He Meng's reward, he sat in the original position of Huangfu Song - Zuo Zhonglang General, and transferred back to Beijing to protect the capital.
On Lu Zhi's side, the merits and demerits were offset and he was still a scholar.
And Huang Fu Song's previous commander of the Yellow Army, Dong Zhuo, was more miserable, because he did not make an inch, and he broke two battles in a row, although it was not caused by his subjective mistakes, but it also swept the face of the imperial court, and the most important thing was to sweep Liu Hong's face, so he was pushed to the end, deprived of his official body, and let him go home to farm.
In addition, the remaining positions in Jizhou were mainly snatched by the general's faction.
After the court meeting, Liu Hong called the eunuchs who were about to leave the palace and send them to various places to issue edicts, and gave a lecture, telling them to keep in mind the policy of selling officials and lords in the imperial court, and the money that should be collected must not be soft. Ministers who don't have money, let them raise money, and if they can't raise money, they will quickly report back for replacement.
Liu Hong himself is not happy, and he doesn't want the ministers below to have a good time. But the most important thing is not to fill the treasury, Liu Hong doesn't care much about the treasury, and the money in it is not something he can use casually. His drama jade is still to come.
Liu Hong left the eunuch who went to Jizhou to issue an edict alone, and instructed: "Lu Shangshu can only be reinstated this time if he is guilty of meritorious service." In other words, Lu Zhi was guilty before, and he was deprived of his official position. Now it's official reinstatement, do you know what it means to be reinstated? ”
The eunuch who was left behind was stunned by Liu Hong's words, stayed in place, nodded subconsciously at first, and then woke up to realize that the imperial court had not removed Lu Zhi's official position, so why was he reinstated? Then he shook his head again.
Liu Hong saw that the eunuch couldn't understand his words, and he was a little angry that this kid was really stupid, but it was not good to have a seizure in front of him, because he knew that he was fooling around.
Liu Hong patiently explained: "What I mean is that Lu Shangshu's position as Shangshu is promoted, do you understand?" ”
The eunuch still didn't understand, and froze in place.
Seeing that the other party still couldn't guess what he meant, Liu Hong got angry and shouted: "Someone!" ...... this", but Liu Hong finally held back and didn't say the second half of the sentence that made people drag this idiot down and beat him to death.
The eunuchs who had just left heard Liu Hong's call outside, and hurriedly turned around and followed Jian Shuo's buttocks, and ran back into the Chengde Hall to see what was going on.
Liu Hong waved his hand to these unrelated people who were called in by him, told them to leave, turned his head and continued to guide the eunuch who he thought was so stupid that there was no cure, and said: "What I mean is that Lu Shangshu also has to pay the official money. ”
When the eunuch heard Liu Hong's words, he thought he had heard it wrong: Are the rules of the imperial court like this?
Seeing that the stupid eunuch was still unmoved, Liu Hong missed Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong very much. Although the Nine Standing Servants betrayed themselves, which of them needed to worry so much about themselves, and which one of them didn't just pick and choose their own fingers to understand what they wanted? Another thing is, when will I be short of money when they are by my side?
Although they rejoice, the three brothers also have regrets, that is, their fourth brother. It's just that I don't know if the fourth brother also enters the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing for him.
At this time, the Han court quarreled again, because there was a power vacuum in Jizhou, which made it clear that there were a bunch of vacancies. The eyes of the ministers are now fixed on Jizhou, except for Liu Hong, who sighed in his heart that it was very uncomfortable to have no money.
(End of chapter)