Chapter 39 Civil Officials
"Father-in-law Zhang, the price of this military attache is also too scary, has anyone ever bid to buy it?" Zhou Yu asked in a low voice.
"This son, the military attache list is to be able to grasp some military power, and there are very few people who buy it, so the price is very high - what kind of official are you going to buy? I'll take you to see the civil official hall again, Gongzi will tell you a word for your sake of me, there is another reason why the military attache palace is not there is a reason that His Majesty is using this to fool some ill-intentioned people, once someone pays to buy a military attaché, there is no need to report it and immediately arrest the whole family and behead them. But civil officials are different, they want you to have money to buy a puppet. When Gonggong Zhang saw Zhou Yu's generous move, he said some taboos about buying officials.
"Thank you father-in-law for your advice-" Zhou Yu listened to Zhang's father-in-law's words, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he almost wanted to buy a general, in his previous life, a great man said that 'power comes out of the barrel of a gun', Zhou Yu also firmly believed in what the great man said, because this great man proved that his decision was correct with his practical actions. If he can easily obtain military power, plus he uses the training knowledge of his previous life to train troops, he will definitely be able to become the elite division of the Han Dynasty. But he didn't expect that although Liu Hong was mediocre and incompetent, he did not relax his control over the army at all, no wonder the general had the full strength to order the whole army, which actually belonged to his own lineage, that is, the 30,000 Yulin army outside Luoyang City.
The decoration in the civil official hall is the same as in the military attache hall, and the list of civil officials is as follows: the prime minister of the first grade, ranking above the three princes of the hundred officials, the general leader of the national government affairs, and the real person is above 10,000 people, with a price of 2 million gold; The duties and powers of the lieutenant are to be in charge of the national military and evaluate the performance of officials, to reward and punish them at the end of the year, to preside over the national sacrifice ceremony, to supervise and solve the daily problems of the country, and to mark a price of one million gold; Situ's authority is to be in charge of the affairs of the people, all matters related to the people's filial piety, obedience, birth, old age, sickness and death, all matters must be discussed and established, responsible for supervising the people's dedication to their own business, at the end of the year to play the good and bad and reward and punish, when the state holds a sacrificial ceremony, responsible for supervising the sacrifice and cleaning of the sacrificial vessels, when the state is mourning, responsible for the burial related things, the price of 900,000 gold; The power of Sikong is to exercise the functions and powers of the deputy prime minister, and to supervise all the administrative activities of the hundred officials and ministers, including the prime minister, and the lowest status among the three princes is very large, with a price of 800,000 gold. The above three official positions are collectively known as the "Three Princes". There is also the Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao collectively called the "Three Divisions" belong to the fictitious title, and the official position is equivalent to a product without real power, and it is an official position as a reward for some meritorious officials, which is not in the scope of sale.
The second-grade official positions are Taichang, Guangluxun, Weiwei, Taifu, Tingwei, Dahonglu, Zongzheng, Dasinong, and Shaofu are called "Jiuqing". At the same time, he held Jinwu and Da Changqiu, and the status of the master craftsman was the same as that of Jiuqing, so they and Jiuqing were collectively referred to as Zhuqing. Jingbei Yin, Right Fufeng, and Left Feng Yi are the three assistants, that is, the local administrators of the Jingshi region, who are eligible to participate in the court council and have the special status of high and ordinary county governors. The etiquette of being in charge of the country is too often, ranking first among the nine kings, with a price tag of 500,000 gold; Guangluxun's treatment of the emperor, with a price tag of 400,000 gold; The guards of the emperor in charge of the middle doctor, the price is 400,000 gold; The chariots and horses of the country are in charge of the prince, with a price tag of 200,000 gold; Tingwei is in charge of the country's prison, with a price tag of 400,000 gold; Da Honglu is in charge of foreign affairs and diplomacy, with a price tag of 200,000 gold; Zongzheng supervised the emperor's relatives, with a price tag of 200,000 gold; Dasi Nong is in charge of the country's finance and agriculture, with a price tag of 200,000 gold; Shaofu managed the emperor's private finances, with a price tag of 300,000 gold. Jingbei Yin, Right Fufeng, and Left Feng Yi are in charge of the three positions of Gyeonggi Heavy Land, with a price tag of 200,000 gold.
The official position of Sanpin has a doctor's order, with a price of 100,000 gold; The price of the Great Book is 50,000 gold; Shang Shulang marked the price of 20,000 gold; The price of the squire is 30,000 gold; The price of the book order is 30,000 gold; The price of the gold is 30,000 gold; will be a master craftsman, and the status of Da Changqiu is the same as that of Jiuqing, but the grade is one level lower than Jiuqing, and the price is 10,000 gold; The county guard belongs to the foreign officials, and the price is 100,000 gold; The prime minister's price is 80,000 gold; The price of the lieutenant is 80,000 gold; The Western Regions protect 100,000 gold; The deputy lieutenant of the Western Regions is priced at 100,000 gold; In the regular waiter, loose riding in the regular waiter, in the waiting, Guanglu doctor, Dali Shaoqing unified the price of 20,000 gold; The left middle lang general, the five senses middle lang general, and the right middle lang will be uniformly priced at 20,000 gold; Tiger Ben Zhonglang will be, Yulin Zhonglang will be priced at 20,000 gold.
The official positions of the four products are Zhongcheng, Prime Minister Sizhi, Prime Minister Changshi, Taichang Cheng, Guanglu Cheng, Taizhong Doctor, Wei Weicheng, Palace Yemen Sima, Taifu Cheng, Zong Zhengcheng, Dasi Nongcheng, Shaofu Cheng, Shang Shuling, Chelang General, Hu Lang General, and Riding Lang General, with a unified price of 10,000 gold.
The official positions of the five products, the Huangmen Shilang, the Huangmen Shilang, the Fu Jie Ling, the concubine, and the middle concubine are priced at 5,000 gold; The price of the military advisor, the prime minister's levy, the ceremonial doctor, the Taishi order, the Taile order, the Taizhu order, the Dazai order, the Taibu order, the Taiyi order, and the food supervision are 3,000 gold; The price of sacrificial wine, doctors, doctors, doctors, doctors, and regular attendants is 2,000 gold; The bus commander, the Nangong Guard Order, the North Palace Guard Order, the Left Duhou, the County History, the Long History, the Right Duhou, the Examination Order, the Imperial History, the Imperial Historian, and the Shangshu Servant shot the price of 800 gold. The price of the six products is 1,000 gold; The price of the county order is 800 gold. Seven products left long history, right long history, record room, East Cao Peng, West Cao Peng, Literature Peng, Zhongshulang, joining the army, serving the imperial history, prime minister history, Taichang Peng, Taishi Cheng, Taile Cheng, Taizhu Cheng, Dazai Cheng, Taibu Cheng, Taiyi Cheng, principal, the person who gave the matter, Shang Shucheng, the county magistrate unified the price of 300 gold. Eight products of the history of the order, the prime minister of the young history, the supervisor, the county lieutenant, the county Cheng price of one hundred gold. Jiupin Edict, Mingtang Cheng, Lingtai Cheng, and County History are priced at fifty gold.
The civil servants were sold from top to bottom, from big to small, Zhou Yu couldn't help but sigh, it's the same in any era, it's good to be rich!
"This son, what kind of official do you want to buy?" Gonggong Zhang watched Zhou Yu wander all the way through the hall, basically the people who came here bought civil officials, especially the civil officials who were released, this kind of civil officials can be in charge of the government, although the money is spent, it can be returned quickly, and the money is given to the imperial court, and it is the common people who actually pay the bill.
"Well-Gonggong Zhang, I want to learn about the difference between this title hall by the way, the official position of a civil official should be a county guard first! I don't know if I can bother Grandpa Zhang to take me to see the world? "Zhou Yu thought that since he had come here, he would also go to see the difference between the Title Palace?
"Good, good, good, the little one is willing to serve-" Father-in-law Zhang's heart suddenly blossomed, the son in front of him seemed to be a rich man, not to mention where he bought a county guard, but the selling price of the county guard was 100,000 gold, and if this transaction became his own, he could have 100 gold in his pocket, which would be considered a lot of income.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were three titles for the title: king, duke, and marquis. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate his power, he began to reward the children surnamed Liu for his protection of the Han Dynasty, and left a testament when Liu Bang died, "A different surname shall not be crowned king", that is, no matter what great achievements you have, as long as you are not surnamed Liu, you cannot be crowned king. In the period of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, many princes did not directly crown the king, but first crowned the prince, and then promoted to the king. Hou is divided into liehou and guannei marquis, respectively, liehou has fiefs and food estates, and their fiefs and food estates can be passed on to future generations, while guannei marquis does not have these privileges, which is a kind of false title. If it is further subdivided, the liehou can be divided into county marquis, township marquis, and pavilion marquis according to the size of the food estate.
In order to cope with Liu Hong's huge expenses, there was not much money left in Liu Hong's pocket after the buying and selling of officials, and the eunuch Zhang Rang had a whim, asking Liu Hong to build a title palace and sell the third-class titles of king, duke, and marquis, but the people who bought these titles could only hang false titles, but the size of the title was determined according to the size of the land purchased by the buyer.
After some explanation, Zhou Yu finally understood why there were many acres of land hanging under the title palace, that is, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, began to sell mountains and land to collect money, and then used the land he bought to exchange for the title, which was regarded as a compensation for the land buyer.
It seems that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, is a bit condescending to be the emperor, he is more suitable for the profession of a businessman, as long as he can sell anything. Zhou Yu had a bold idea, would Liu Hong send someone to dig Liu Bang's mausoleum one day?