"Big brother, I also have something I want to ask you, I heard yesterday that Chu State can buy officials now?"

Regarding Emperor Chu's latest trial strategy of buying officials, Situ Xi actually wanted to know more, after listening to Wen Lao's words yesterday, he actually still had many doubts in his heart, but Wen Lao hated this matter, so he was embarrassed to ask him again.

"Oh, you get it, too." Zhong Liyi was a little surprised, he pondered for a moment, and after some words, he explained to Situ Xi.

"This matter was first raised by His Majesty in the first month of this year, but at that time it was strongly opposed by most of the important ministers and powerful people in the court, and the old minister Wen you saw yesterday had a heated argument with His Majesty in the court, and then the matter was shelved, but His Majesty did not seem to want to give up, and many officials who opposed it at that time were also dismissed."

"Recently, however, His Majesty received an excerpt from the Upper Order, in which the matter of the sale of officials was revisited, and a complete set of statutes was given. His Majesty discussed the matter again, and this time the opposition was much smaller than the last time, and His Majesty was ready to try it out on a very small scale first, so the matter was finally decided a few days ago, and soon began to be implemented. ”

Situ Xi suddenly realized that he had felt that many places were strange before.

Mr. Wen said yesterday that he was worried about this matter when he met Situ Xi for the first time, but Situ Xi remembered that on the day he went to the poetry meeting, Fan Lao had not asked someone to play up, which was a bit wrong at this time.

It turned out that Emperor Chu had already considered this matter, and he just happened to play a role in fueling the flames.

Also, if it hadn't been planned, this policy would not have been piloted in such a short period of time.

It seems that Emperor Chu's demand for money and food is more eager than he thought, but he is so short of money, he also held such a grand banquet today, and just organized his three sons to present valuable treasures to the Queen Mother, and no one among the officials said anything about impeachment......

"What? Does my sister-in-law want to buy an official body? Well, there have been examples of protons in the past. Zhong Liyi's mouth was a little dry, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Now you can only buy some marginal official positions, if your sister-in-law really wants to experience the hardships of work, just inform your father directly, and your father will arrange a good errand for you." ”

The Pain of Work...... Situ Xi glanced at Zhong Liyi, and heard that he was now in the position of superintendent of Xuanchawu, and the official was up to the fifth grade, and he was only in his early twenties now.

"That's not necessary, I'm just asking, and I may really have to go on an errand in a few days......" Situ Xi smiled bitterly.

"Huh?"

……

The banquet began for a while, and the delicacies were served on everyone's tables, and the musicians of the court and the artists in the workshop sang and danced.

Everyone has their own circle of level, and at this moment, around the Chu Emperor and the Empress Dowager are some members of the royal family and the most powerful figures in the court, and the rest of the people can't even get close to their side.

However, most of the officials did not dare to visit them, they were all chatting and laughing with the people they knew well, the ministers were chanting poems against each other, and the generals were holding cups and cups.

After observing for a while, Situ Xi suddenly felt a little emotional, in his previous life, he always felt that the life of the ancients was far away from him, but now when he was in it, he felt that there was nothing special about it.

For example, the banquet in front of me is very large-scale and has many participants, but if you look at each table, what is happening is actually very different.

Clinking glasses, toasts, miscellaneous conversations, and orders, whether they are officials or juniors, people talk and drink at this banquet similar to a workplace dinner, some people concentrate on satisfying their appetites, and some people take this opportunity to get closer to others to achieve some goals in their hearts.

Such a scene seems to be happening in any era.

Everyone is an ordinary person, including the Chu Emperor's family, after coming into contact with them in the past two days, Situ Xi didn't feel how sacred they were, they also have desires and emotions, and in some ways they are even stronger than many people.

As soon as he thought of this, Situ Xi found that the three princes, His Royal Highnesses, were walking towards their table with wine cups, and Zuo Mingli was followed by Zuo Shenyan, the prince of the Mi Wang.

"Brother Situ, thank you just now." Zuo Mingche first said hello to Situ Xi and thanked Situ Xi for taking the "Xuanlu Picture" for him just now.

The next few people also greeted Situ Xi warmly, not to mention the previous friendship, these three princes may have to work with Situ Xi in the future, and they naturally want to be friends with him.

"I've seen three highnesses." The people at Situ Xi's table all got up and saluted them, Zuo Mingche beckoned everyone to sit down, and after serving a glass of wine with them, he beckoned Zhong Liyi and Situ Xi to the side.

"Boss Yi, we have something to discuss with you."

Boss Yi? Hearing this title popping out of Zuo Mingli's mouth, Situ Xi was suddenly stunned.

"Your Highness, the title I used to be a child is really inappropriate now, and I don't dare to take it seriously." Zhong Liyi arched his hand, "I don't know if the three highnesses need to do anything to go down?" ”

"Brother Yi, don't see you, we all regard you as a brother, your politeness has chilled our brother's heart." Zuo Mingche walked up to Zhong Liyi, picked up his wine glass, and toasted him.

"That's the case, tomorrow's spring hunting, the young generation who participate in it needs to form their own group, except for the entourage, four people in a group, the three of us have to lead the team for some reasons, and this young generation wants to talk about archery and riding, only Brother Yi You can be the leader, so the three of us want to recruit you into the team, after some discussion, I want to ask your wishes."

It turned out that Spring Hunt had this kind of rule, looking at the situation in front of him, Situ Xi was also a little curious about Zhong Liyi's reply, and he didn't know who he was standing on the team of the three.

"It's really unfortunate that I'm going to disappoint the three highnesses." Zhong Liyi smiled bitterly and said apologetically: "Your Highness, this time is different from the past, I have no chance to hunt in spring this year, and now I am serving in Xuancha Affairs, and I will be responsible for patrolling the city and other matters tomorrow, I am afraid that I will not even be able to go to the hunting ground, let alone accompany several His Highnesses." ”

"Oh, how can you forget this stubble, in vain the three of us have just been discussing the question of your belonging to the boss for a long time." Zuo Mingli slapped his forehead, and then they remembered that Zhong Liyi had been transferred to Xuanchawu.

"That's a shame." Zuo Mingche felt a little regretful, looked at Situ Xi again, stretched out an olive branch to him and said, "Brother Situ, what about you, why don't you act with Gu tomorrow?" ”

"Your Highness, I won't trouble you, I'm not good at hunting, I'm afraid I'm going to hold you back, besides, I already have an appointment with Brother Mo." Situ Xi politely refused, and then took out Zhong Limo as a shield by the way.