Speaking of today's Liu Hong's sale of officials and knights, there are still some anecdotes to talk about. That's Cui Lie's purchase of officials.

The Son of Heaven Liu Hong can be said to have plucked his feathers from selling officials, and he did not miss any opportunity, even Zhang Wen, Duan Cheng and others, who had great merit and prestige, all paid enough money to buy officials to the Son of Heaven Liu Hong before they ascended to the public position, and Cui Lie was naturally no exception, or even worse

The story of Cui Lie's buying an official is very funny. Cui Lie was born in a famous family in the north, and successively served as a county warden and court secretary. In March of the second year of Zhongping, Cui Lie wanted to be an official, so he left the relationship and spent 5 million yuan to buy a Situ.

On the day of the canonization, the court held a solemn worship ceremony. Liu Hong, the son of heaven, came to the front of the palace in person, and hundreds of officials stood at the bottom of the steps. Looking at Cui Liechun's proud appearance, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, suddenly felt that his position as Situ was too cheap, and couldn't help but muttered to his entourage cronies with regret: "This official has sold at a loss, and he should have been asked for 10 million."

The Zhongchang attendant next to him interjected: "He can give five million, which is already very good." Your Majesty, you have to have a little brand awareness, how can a famous person in Jizhou like Cui Gong buy an official easily? Now even he recognizes His Majesty's products, and just gives us free advertising, and this official position will sell more well in the future. ”

The sale of officials has been sold to the highest official position of the imperial court-the Three Dukes, and the dignified emperor is greedy to discuss the price of the Three Dukes like buying and selling goods, which is really ridiculous and ridiculous.

Afterwards, Cui Lie asked his son Cui Jun one day: "I live in the third duke, what is the person who is in the discussion?" It means that what people say about me as the third prince. Cui Jun told the truth: "Commentators think it stinks of copper." This is where the term "copper smell" comes from.

After that, Cui Lie was reappointed from Situ to the position of Tai Lieutenant, but Cao Song, who took over him as Tai Lieutenant, was also bought with a huge amount of money.

is probably because of the lack of fame of Cui Lie, and his family reputation is far inferior to that of Zhuojun Cui's, so Cao Song has much more money than Cui Lie, a full 100 million yuan. Although since today's Zixi Park sold the official. Many people paid money to ascend to the position of the Three Princes, but like Cui Lie and Cao Song, it is rare for the former and last two terms to pay for the Three Princes.

In addition, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, also implemented the bidding law, whereby those seeking official positions could evaluate and bid, and the highest bidder could win the bid.

Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, is not only open, but also institutionalized and sustained. He happily engaged in the business of selling officials for ten years, turning the officialdom into a miasma, which made the already stormy Han family even worse.

Uplink and down. The emperor is still like this, and those corrupt officials and cool officials have intensified their efforts to loot and exploit the people, squeeze more money to buy bigger officials, and then use the greater power in their hands to make more money.

The government is corrupt and dark, corrupt officials are everywhere, and land annexation is very serious. As a result, the people could no longer endure exploitation and oppression, and embarked on the road of resistance one after another, and uprisings continued year after year. According to unsafe statistics, in the past ten years, there have been many large and small uprisings and mutinies in various parts of the empire, no less than hundreds!

These are all the effects caused by the Son of Heaven's wanton betrayal of office.

And Wen Chou's plan to push Jiang Xuan to the position of the king of Pingjian County. It's easy to say, but it costs tens of millions of dollars! But if you want to really do it, it is still quite difficult, and you must always send someone to run around for this matter! First, the relationship between the county and the court is dredged, and then the relationship between the court is polished. In addition, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, from the beginning of planning this matter, Dao Zhen is really in place, I am afraid that it will not be completed without a month.

As for whether Wen Chou will really hand over tens of millions of fortunes to Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven. That's definitely not going to happen. If you can 'take office first', why bother to reveal your wealth! As for whether he can return his wealth in the future, it is also impossible, because in Wen Chou's impression, there are few longevity days left today! It's only been a year and a half, the world is in chaos, who cares whom!

At this time, the plan to build a city in Shahe Township. It has been carried out for several months, although during the busy farming period. It has been delayed for nearly a month, but the prototype of Shahe City has been revealed. In less than three or five months, it will be fully completed.

The planning of the entire Shahe City is slightly smaller than that of Pingjian County, which is a small city. However, the thickness of the city wall is not inferior to that of Gaoyi County! This is because the people of Shahe Township have been fighting many times, so they are prepared for war. Of course, there are also suggestions from Wen Chou. as your own foundation. The base camp is naturally as strong as possible.

Of course, during this period, the amount of money sent out by Wen Chou was also quite huge, first, he had to actively strive for the target of Shahe Township to build a city, and he also wanted people to help cover up this matter as much as possible. In addition, there is investment in the construction of the city.

As a result, because of the construction of the city, Shahe Township has not brought any income to Wenchou in the past few months! On the contrary, it costs a lot. It was the caravan of Gaoyi County that took over the activities of the caravan in Shahe Township, and the huge human resources in Gaoyi County were the root cause of Wen Chou's proud use of foreign exchange. This made Wen Chou not interrupt the construction of too many projects because of the huge expenses.

Of course, in order to save some money, so that 'good steel can be used on the cutting edge', Wen Chou also had to agree to put the process of some projects on hold. Among them, there is the construction of Gaoyi County School and Academy, the construction of further recruitment and expansion of troops, and the manufacture and exploration of certain military equipment. Everything is making way for those major projects.

September was spent in such a busy situation, and Wen Chou's attempts and plans for Pingjian County were also carried out smoothly with the support of the elder funds. The construction of the city in Shahe, which was once interrupted due to busy farming, has started smoothly and is progressing well.

While Wen Chou was planning this, the pressure from the county dynasty gradually appeared. Because the county dynasty has seen the ambition of Wen Chou, not only the ambition of a county and a city.

And Feng Gong, the minister of state who has always been very favored by himself, also expressed his worries to Wen Chou quite secretly: "If Wen Chou continues to develop unscrupulously, it will have the meaning of 'high merit and shock the master'." You must know that in Changshan, the only people who can fight against Zhang Yan's army are the 'county soldiers'! This is the majesty of the county, and now the majesty of the county has been challenged by you, do you want to be the enemy of the county? Or to 'support the army and respect itself'! ”

The reason why Minister Feng Gong favored Wen Chou before was only because he wanted to attract a foreign aid, so that his own power would not be suppressed by the military forces represented by the lieutenant in the country! In fact, it is a relationship of utilization. At the very beginning, Wen Chou did a very good job, which was very in line with the wishes of Minister Feng Gong, and he was on his side in everything, and he was able to present a lot of 'moon payments', Feng Gong was very satisfied.

However, after that, Wen Chou's power became bigger and bigger, making the current Changshan Kingdom from the original confrontation between the two sides into a three-legged shape, if you count the 'rebel' Zhang Yan's power this time, that is, from the three-sided standstill, to the four-sided stalemate! This extra force is the power of Wen Chou. This is not what Feng Gong wants, let alone what the lieutenant wants, and naturally it is not what Zhang Yan wants. But it did happen.

It wasn't until Wen Chou interfered with the ownership of the county magistrate of Pingjian that the county dynasty was shocked to find that Wen Chou's power had developed to such a point! The number of people, large and small, bits and pieces, adds up, and there are 200,000 people! But it is impossible to take back Pingjian County, because Wen Chou's envoy has already gone to Beijing and asked for the forgiveness of the Son of Heaven! In a few days, in October, the new Pingjian County Magistrate Jiang Xuan will also take office.

But Wen Chou was quite thoughtful, not only did he get the post of Pingjian County magistrate, but also his county governor and county lieutenant were also in the bag! The county is the original Taolin Saishu Zuo Chen Ning Chen Mingzhi, and the county lieutenant is the former Taolin Army Marquis Dong Jiang! In addition, the Peach Forest Army is also reported to the Empire's subordinates! The function of guarding against black thieves is clear! Yan Liang and others have served as generals, so that the county has no right to interfere with it!

Wen Chou's combination punch was ruthless and fierce, which was unexpected by the lieutenant, and it was also expected by Minister Feng Gong. But Wen Chou is indeed out of their control and has become a hidden force in his own right. If you don't know the inside story, you won't see anything strange in it, but the officials of Changshan Country, who watched Wen Chou grow step by step, know the key.

But this kind of power of Wen Chou is not a force on the surface. So there's no reason for them to interfere or even sabotage it. Because whether it is Wen Chou's conscientiousness, governing the county people, pacifying the displaced people, resisting the thieves, cleaning up the thieves, etc., which is not a good policy that can be said? ! It can be said that Wen Chou is a rare good county order!

To say that Jiang Xuanqi also made outstanding contributions during the year he followed Wen Chou, and his work when he succeeded as the captain of Taolin was also remarkable! There's nothing that people can grasp, so no one can do anything about it. Even if he knew that he was Wen Chou's henchman, it was in vain.

Moreover, the rising place of Wenchou, Shahe Township, is much more prosperous than before! After the rise of Wenchou, there has been a great development. And the township's recognition and recognition of Wen Chou is also the strongest. Wang Chong is even more qualified, qualified, and capable! The tax payable is a lot, and it will always be a little more! What reason do others have to find out about him?

This is equivalent to the Yuan Shao family, the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince tree are prestigious, and the people and officials are all over the world! And these former officials are like Jiang Xuan, Wang Chong, Yan Liang, etc., and the Yuan family is like the current Wen Chou! It's just that Wen Chou's power is still too small, and it is far from being comparable to the development of Yuan Shao's family and generations! But why didn't the court rectify the Yuan family! The spirit of the times, the leader of the scholars! (To be continued......)