The news of Yang Chuan's 'selling official mantles' in Longxi County spread far and wide, not only made the Li family in Longxi County completely confused, but even Chang'an City, thousands of miles away, was in an uproar.

Outrageous.

That's not true.

The title of the Han Dynasty is so worthless? The soldiers worked the battlefield, fought bloodily, and in the end it was so difficult to win a military knighthood.

So, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sun Hong, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty went straight to Weiyang Palace and asked Emperor Liu Che to give everyone an explanation.

"Your Majesty, Yang Chuan's move will not only chill the hearts of the front-line soldiers, but also make the majesty of the imperial court plummet, so it really can't help this trend."

"Your Majesty, Yang Chuan is the Taishou of Longxi County, but he dares to use the imperial court title to accumulate money, it is obvious that he has bad intentions, please Your Majesty strictly investigate!"

"Your Majesty, Yang Chuan bought the hearts of the people of Longxi with the title of the imperial court, and his heart can be punished ......"

“……”

was persuaded by a large group of civil ministers and military generals, but Liu Che sat upright, his expression did not change much, and he didn't drink a bowl of 'Yang's Longjing' in his hand, but he smelled the faint fragrance, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Gradually, the clamor of the ministers subsided.

Liu Che slowly spoke: "All the secretaries are finished?" ”

Doctor Yushi took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Weichen still has something to say. ”

Liu Che said: "Okay, you say." ”

So, Er Kuan was chattering again, and two white foams overflowed from the corners of his mouth, which were stained on his gray beard, drenched, and looked like a loyal minister.

For a long time.

Er Kuan finally stopped talking, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, please send a decree to recall Yang Chuan, the Taishou of Longxi County, to Chang'an and hand it over to the Tingwei Mansion for strict investigation and handling." ”

Liu Che nodded, and said very seriously: "Yes, who is that, Cui Jiu, to draft a decree for me, recall Yang Chuan, the Taishou of Longxi County, to Chang'an, and put him in the dungeon of Tingwei's Mansion to be tortured and interrogated carefully."

By the way, Yang Chuan returned to Chang'an, and Longxi County lacked a Taishou.

Erkuan, otherwise, Yang Chuan was a big farmer before he took up the post of Taishou of Longxi County, and he was ranked as the honorable position of the Three Princes and Nine Emperors, and you are now the Imperial Doctor, which happens to be about the same.

Simply, you go to Longxi County to be a Taishou......"

Without waiting for Liu Che to finish speaking, Doctor Yushi Erkuan was stunned, took a small step forward with a roar, and said astringently: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old, with an octogenarian mother and dozens of children and grandchildren, it is really ...... It's really hard to do it. ”

Liu Che let out an 'oh', his gaze was flat, and he slowly swept over the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

Almost all of them wilted.

Just now, they were still excited one by one, rolling up their arms and sleeves, their faces full of anger, but as soon as they heard that Yang Chuan was back, someone had to go down, and the old thieves in the court became angry little daughters-in-law, with low eyebrows and low eyes, silent.

In this way, Liu Che felt that the bowl of tea in his hand was cold, but none of the old thieves looked up at him, which couldn't help but make him feel a little bored.

"Exchanging money and grain and acres for titles, this is what I mean."

Liu Che said lightly: "It's just that my meaning is not necessarily right, and it may also cause some court disputes and chaos, so that those soldiers who fought to the death on the battlefield have any bad thoughts, so I ordered Yang Chuan to test it in Longxi County first to see the effect." ”

"You also know that if the imperial court wants to fight, it must have money and food."

"If any Aiqing can raise enough money and food, why do I have to do this, take out the title of the imperial court and exchange it for money and grain for land?"

"Zhu Maichen, you are now the Great Agricultural Commander and the Taishou of Shuofang County, tell me, in six months, what will happen to the grain of my 150,000 army and hundreds of thousands of border soldiers? Do you have a plan? ”

Zhu Maichen, who was mixed in the crowd, quickly stood up, took two or three steps forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen...... Wechen has no good plan. ”

Liu Che waved his hand, asked Er Kuan and Zhu Maichen to step back, took a small sip of the bowl of herbal tea, took a few breaths in his mouth, and swallowed it silently.

The bad idea of 'selling the official beard' was actually from Sang Hongyang, and now, Sang Hongyang people are dead......

"Your Majesty."

Just when Liu Che was a little distracted, Prime Minister Sun Hong finally stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, Yang Chuan sold his official title in Longxi County and exchanged his title for acres of land, is it really Your Majesty's intention?" ”

Liu Che nodded: "Not bad." ”

Gongsun Hong groaned a few times, and said: "Actually, from the perspective of the old minister, this matter is certainly a bit deviant and has caused great damage to the majesty of the imperial court, but if you can say it differently, or say it, you can't do it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers looked at each other.

Liu Che looked at Gongsun Hong meaningfully, and asked with a smile: "Then with the meaning of the prime minister, how to say it and how to do it?" ”

Gongsun Hongdao: "The military merit system of my Han title is to follow the old system of the tyrannical Qin, and then, after nearly a hundred years of revision and improvement by Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing and His Majesty, it can be said that it has been very complete.

However.

Lao Chen also thought carefully about it, with the current title system, in fact, it can no longer meet the needs of the imperial court, nor can it meet the needs of the people.

Your Majesty, there are only three kinds of titles in our Han Dynasty at present, one is the inherited title, one is the military lord, and the other is the civil lord, among these three titles, the military lord is the most rare, and the court's reward is also the most generous, which can greatly inspire the determination of the front-line soldiers to fight to the death.

But Your Majesty. ”

The old thief stopped talking, looked up at Emperor Liu Che, and continued: "Your Majesty, in the humble view of the old minister, the system of inheriting titles and military titles is very complete, but the law of the people is always a little vague, even if the old minister is the prime minister, he can't accurately say the criteria for the promotion of each level of title, and how many rooms each level of title should enjoy, how many concubines to marry, and how many subordinates and servants can be supported in the family. ”

"As a result, some people have moved their minds."

"For example, those who are between the two levels of titles, can be promoted, or not, whether they are promoted or not depends on the words of the county and county officials, subordinate officials at all levels, and the imperial court......

Liu Che gradually understood.

The feeling is that this Gongsun Hong actually agrees with the 'selling of officials' in his heart, but he can't say it so clearly in the court, so he can only say it in a roundabout way?

Liu Che pondered for a long time, and then asked: "With the meaning of the prime minister, this method of exchanging land and grain for knighthood is feasible, but the standards and systems for the promotion of civil lords formulated by our court are not yet complete, and they still need to be renegotiated?" ”

Gongsun Hong nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Liu Che: "In the opinion of the prime minister? ”

Gongsun Hong shook his head and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the old minister is not good at arithmetic, even if he wants to do it, he can't do it well, it is better to hide it and let someone who is good at arithmetic do it." ”

Looking at Gongsun Hong, who was breezy and light, Liu Che was inexplicably a little angry, but the expression on his face was still warm like a spring breeze, and said: "Okay, this matter is according to what the prime minister said, as for formulating the law for the advancement of the people, you can choose one among the civil and military forces of this Manchu Dynasty." ”

As soon as Liu Che's voice fell, before Gongsun Hong could speak, someone among the ministers spoke: "Weichen recommends Longxi County to guard Yang Chuan." ”

When he boarded, more than a dozen people seconded the proposal.

Liu Che glanced at it from a distance, and saw that it was Zhu Maichen who was the first to shout, so he simply came to push the boat: "The promotion of the title involves a wide range of things, and it is closely related to rewards, money and grain, acres of land, people, etc., so let the big farmer order take the lead and let Yang Chuan do the chores for you." ”

And so they all rejoiced......

……

The bad things in the court, after two days and two nights, reached Yang Chuan's ears.

Liu Che was an eagle skin, he wanted to sell his official beard, and he was worried about being infamous, so he secretly confessed the matter to him, the marquis of the Han Dynasty; Gongsun Hong is an eagle skin, knowing that this matter is the emperor's will, and it cannot be reversed, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and buckled the basin on his head Yang Chuan in advance.

As for Zhu Maichen, that yin is yin, but he is still worried about his emotional intelligence, and openly supports Prime Minister Sun Hong in the court, which is a proper way to die.

Forget it, damn the baby.

Let him be.

What happened to the Selling Official?

You know, everyone actually wants to do this kind of bad thing, even when Yang Chuan returned to the Han Dynasty, didn't he try every means to work farming, and in the end, under the 'double blessing' of military and agricultural merits, he became a marquis of the Han Dynasty in three or five years?

Later generations often scolded Liu Che's 'selling official beard' on the one hand, but on the other hand, they sharpened their brains and squeezed in, and in the end, this very inferior method became one of the 'fine traditions' of the Han Empire that lasted for thousands of years......

"Marquis Changning, there is a group of bad old men outside the gate of Taishou Mansion, saying that there is something important to meet."

Early in the morning of this day, Yang Chuan had just gotten up, and Sima Qian came to pay his respects.

Yang Chuan said 'um', noncommittal, turned his head and instructed Liu Man: "I didn't sleep well last night, Ben Hou was a little sleepy this morning, go to the kitchen to boil a bowl of millet and red date porridge." ”

A few little women turned around and went out.

Yang Chuan rinsed his mouth with tea, and then walked out of the back hall loosely, looked at the red-faced man Sima Qian, and scolded angrily: "Sima Qian, you are a scholar, how can you say such vulgar words as a bad old man between words?" ”

Sima Qian swallowed a sullen breath and said, "It's originally a group of bad old men, Changning Hou, you can see it when you go out." ”

Yang Chuan moved his muscles and bones, and looked up at the blue sky: "It's from the Li clan?" ”

Sima Qian nodded: "There are three hundred people here, of which most of them are from the Li clan, and only a few are side surnames." ”

Yang Chuan was relieved.

The fish is finally hooked.

In this way, he was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Then let them drink tea in the living room, Ben Hou hasn't eaten breakfast yet." ”

Sima Qian also glanced up at the sky, and said with a wry smile rather helplessly: "Changning Hou, you see that the day is in the middle of the sky, and it is almost noon, why do you want to have breakfast?" ”

Yang Chuan said seriously: "In the future, when you make up history books, you can write a stroke for Ben Hou, Changning Hou, very human, the three girls at night will not fall, and the decisive battle will be ...... until dawn."

Sima Qian turned around and left.

Yang Chuan, this guy is getting more and more disagreeable......

……

After more than half an hour, Yang Chuan drank a bowl of millet and red date porridge, and ate some sauce and marinated elbows, cold-cut beef tendons, Yang's pickles and a few pieces of brown and crispy pot helmets, washed his face comfortably, and asked Liu Man to comb his hair and clean his face, and then slowly walked towards the front yard of Taishou Mansion.

The area of the newly renovated Taishou Mansion is not large, and it is only more than seventy or eighty acres.

Along the way, pavilions, pavilions, ponds, fish ponds, dozens of vigorous and verdant old elm trees are dotted among them, plus some bamboo forests, medicine gardens, vegetable gardens, forming some quiet paths, which are very refreshing and comfortable in this early summer.

Coming to a pond, Yang Chuan lay down on his exclusive mazazi, listened to the chirping of birds for a while, and enjoyed the tranquil picture of fish playing among the lotus leaves for a while, and then he ordered: "Let those bad old men come." ”

Zhang Tang's knife had no expression on his face, but the two nasolabial folds were even more profound: "Changning Hou, you are also a scholar, why do you also speak foul language?" ”

Yang Chuan: "I'm a big Han liehou, can't I speak rudely?" ”

Zhang Tang was speechless, and turned around to invite those 'bad old men'.

With Dongfang Shuo left beside him, Yang Chuan closed his eyes and asked leisurely: "Mr. Dongfang, don't you say that I, Yang Chuan, speak foul language?" ”

Dongfang Shuo smiled: "You, Changning Hou, had better scold those people to your face for being a bad old man, only in this way can your arrogance and rudeness turn into profits." ”

Yang Chuan opened one eye and closed one eye: "What do you say?" ”

Dongfang Shuo found a cyan stone and sat down, sighed, and said: "It is the emperor's intention to sell the official mantle, and now, coupled with the fall of Prime Minister Gongsun, Er Kuan and others, your reputation as a big Han scum is settled."

It's just that this scum also has the benefits of scum.

For example, you, the scum of the Han Dynasty, can be arrogant, rude, and even, you can pretend to be crazy and scold Huai, without restraint, for the imperial court, they are also happy to see it, after all, an eighteen-year-old Han Liehou, Longxi County Taishou, plus your relatives and the identity of the crown prince, even the emperor will think about a few more layers in his heart.

It just so happens that taking the opportunity of selling the official beard this time, you Changning Marquis has tarnished his name and become a scum of the Han Dynasty, maybe it's still a good thing. ”

Yang Chuan laughed and scolded 'what a fart', and then stopped talking.

Dongfang Shuo is a good person.

But I don't know what's going on, Dongfang Shuo, who was originally unruly and witty, has followed him Yang Chuan for two years, and he has become serious, which is simply too boring.

In addition, when he met the elder of the Li clan this time, he didn't have any good intentions, and he really wanted to become the notorious 'scum of the Han Dynasty'......

"Little old man Li Ji has seen Changning Hou."

Just when Yang Chuan was thinking to himself, the boots muttered, but it was Zhang Tang and Sima Qian who led two or three hundred messy old men to come, and as soon as they met, these old men bowed down in a proper manner: "I've seen Fujun." ”

Yang Chuan opened his eyes and asked as if he was still a little confused: "You guys...... Is this here to eat? ”

(End of chapter)