108 Sell official beards, be good at death

[If you want to say that the greatest achievement of this all-rounder is the most famous entrepreneur in the history of China!] 】

[There is only one thing he sells, an official title! ] 】

[He doesn't produce official positions, he's just a porter of official positions! ] 】

In the video, the Q version of Liu Hong is busy with his fortune plan.

Liu Hong: "I know that I love to save money and collect the world's treasures. In the future, every time each county or country pays tribute to the imperial court, it must first select a part of the treasures and send them to the Central Office in charge of my private property! ”

A certain eunuch: "There was no such rule before!" What should be the name so that everyone can receive it? ”

Liu Hong: "It's called 'guide fee'!" When the tribute enters Beijing, you must not explore the road in advance to see if the water and soil are not adapted! ”

A certain eunuch: "High! That's high! ”

[It is said that an emperor is rich all over the world, and theoretically the whole world is his, so he should not be short of that money, but why does he look so ugly? ] 】

[The explanation given in the history books is that Liu Hong was born a marquis and has always been poor, so after becoming an emperor, he showed a strong love for money. 】

[Born as a marquis, even if he is very "poor", then what are we ordinary people? Very, very, very ...... Poor? 】

[Actually, Liu Hong's love for money may have been influenced by his mother, Empress Dowager Dong. 】

[According to "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Five Elements", the Empress Dowager Dong likes gold, so she piles the gold in the lobby and counts it when she has nothing to do. Empress Dowager Dong has accumulated a lot of money, but she always feels that it is not enough, "often suffering enough". 】

[This Empress Dowager Dong also likes to let people mash and steam Huang Liang to eat, it is estimated that the thing is yellow, like gold, and it tastes more fragrant? ] 】

[It is said that Liu Hong's sale of the official title was also picked up by the old lady Empress Dowager Dong. 】

In 178 AD, Liu Hong opened the "West Mansion" agency and openly betrayed the official title.

Liu Hong: "Let's take a look!" Don't miss it! From now on, the official will clearly mark the price! ”

Passerby A: "Is your official position real?" ”

Liu Hong: "I'm an emperor, can I cheat you out of that money with a fake official position?" All fidelity, no deception! ”

Passerby B: "What's the price for you?" What are the ranks? ”

Liu Hong: "Up to the three princes and nine kings, down to the scribes, all have corresponding prices." Please see the price list! ”

Immediately, Liu Hong took out a list, only to see that it was written:

He was a magistrate of two thousand stones, worth twenty million;

He was a magistrate of four hundred stones, worth four million;

the three princes of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, ten million;

Jiuqing, five million ......

Passerby C: "Can you get a discount?" A few days before the opening of someone's house, they didn't have a discount or something? ”

Liu Hong: "Of course you can get a discount!" ”

Passerby A: "Tell me, talk about it!" ”

Liu Hong: "The degree of discount mainly depends on character!" I will score the character of the person who buys the official's child, the full price of the bad character, the discount of the good character, and the best character, only one-third of the marked price will be sold! ”

Passerby B: "Why do you look at character?" Our money, isn't it fragrant? ”

Liu Hong: "Do you think I am a faint king?" I'm telling you, you're wrong! ”

Passerby C: "Cheng Cheng Cheng, you are Ming Jun!" I just want to ask, can you customize this? For example, I want to find an official position close to my hometown, after all, my parents are old, and filial piety comes first! ”

Liu Hong: "This is a good person! Done, I'll give you half price! ”

Passers-by A and B: "Why did you become a good person?" So sloppy...... Seriously? In this way, we are all good people! Give us half price too! ”

It's easy to be rated by a good person, but the price code seems to be a little wrong.

Everyone is an official at the same level, and they are all good people, and they all enjoy discounts, but why do I pay more?

At this time, it can be seen how fully Liu Hong's preliminary preparations have been done.

Large counties, large states, more prosperous, the price code is high; Small counties and small states, there is nothing to fish, and the price is lower.

As for those states and counties where birds don't, they are specially used to house those guys who don't open their eyes, so they don't need to be put on the shelves, right?

If it can't be sold, won't it lower the trading volume?

Moreover, Liu Hong also made a forward-looking distinction between full payment and installment treatment:

Those who have money pay the cash and take office immediately; If you don't have money, you can also make an IOU first, and then repay it when you have earned enough when you take office. Of course, there is a percentage of late fees.

[Speaking of which, you may have questions about the price: Why are the three princes and nine qing, who represent the highest official positions, only worth 10 million or 5 million dollars? Are you thinking that I can't count? 】

[It's really not that Liu Hong is mistaken, and it's not that the editor is so foolish. 】

[You think, although these three dukes and nine kings look quite decent, he is a Beijing official. There are many people who are constrained, and they also take care of food more or less, and the money is slow. Since there is not much wool to buy, it naturally has to be cheaper. 】

[And the magistrate, that is the standard heaven high emperor is far away, and a county order can show the majesty of the emperor, let alone a high-ranking official like a county guard. 】

[So, isn't it a problem to scavenge some people's fat and ointment, pay off the arrears quickly, and earn a big family business for yourself? 】

[I have a feeling that Liu Hong is a businessman in his bones, and he can dig out the matter of selling officials to the extreme - officials have to pay this part of the money for normal positions and transfers. 】

In the second year of Zhongping, an official named Sima Zhi was appointed as the Taishou of Julu County.

coincided with (what a coincidence) a fire broke out in Nangong Yuntai, and the eunuchs often served Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong to persuade Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to gather money from all over the world, which was called "money for repairing the palace".

Twenty or thirty million for large counties, and ten million for small counties.

There's not a lot of money, just express your feelings!

And Sima Zhi is a well-known Qing official, so poor that he doesn't smell like meat when he burps, and he really can't get any money. After Liu Hong heard about it, he gave Sima Zhi a discount and asked him to pay 3 million less, only 17 million yuan.

This is a huge human price, and it can't be less!

After Sima went directly to the edict, he was very melancholy and said: "For the parents of the people, there is no kindness to give, but instead of cutting off the people, in order to call the time to beg, I can't bear it!" ”

So, I resigned from the government under the pretext of illness and quit!

Zhang Rang scolded him: "Do you still have the emperor in your heart?" Now that the boss's house has been burned, don't you say that you will do your best to help build it, and you still want to resign from the government due to illness and invite you to sell your reputation? It's all like you, you can't let the emperor sleep in the wilderness? ”

Zhao Zhong also scolded: "Is this official your family's private property, you can do it if you want to do it, and if you don't want to do it, you won't do it?" You know, you are the only one in the world who has been exempted, how much face is this? Ma slips away to make money, otherwise, you will know why the flowers are so red! ”

As soon as these two dogs were frightened, Sima panicked.

I just want to go to Beijing to face a saint and say something from my heart.

But he walked halfway down, what he watched and heard, all said that the eunuch was the way, and he couldn't help but be disappointed. wrote a Taoist book to Liu Hong, to the effect that:

Your Majesty, you can't do this!

If you play like this, the world will be broken!

[After the book is played, I know that this book is on the list, that is, it is an outlier in the officialdom, everyone is white-eyed and hateful, the eunuch hates it, the person who buys the official beard also hates it, and the person who is ordered to count the money also hates it, and suddenly feels that although the world is big, there is no place to stand on it, and he sighs to the sky, and cries when he sings, that is, he commits suicide by swallowing medicine. 】

[Judging from the historical records, Sima Zhi's contemporaries did not commit suicide because they couldn't pay the money. In other words, the vast majority of them have paid this money - of course, there are some related households who may not have to pay the money. 】

[We can reasonably speculate that whether they can afford it or not, as soon as these officials take office, they will immediately go to the wool with confidence. 】

[So, looking around, the Emperor Ling Dynasty is full of greed. 】

[History said that Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, read Sima Zhi's suicide note, deeply blamed himself, and issued an edict to suspend the payment of the palace repair money. 】

[Please note that it is only suspended, not stopped!] 】

[In the same year, the West Garden Wanjin Hall was completed. 】