Speaking of today's son Liu Hong's sales of officials and titles, there are still some anecdotes to talk about. That is the matter of Cui Lie buying an official.

Emperor Liu Hong sold his official positions and did not miss any opportunity. Even Zhang Wen, Duan Bing and others, who had made great contributions and had a high reputation, paid enough money to buy an official position to become the official position. Cui Lie is naturally no exception, or even more so.

The story of Cui Lie buying an official is very funny. Cui Lie was born into a prominent family in the north and served as a county magistrate and court minister. In March of the second year of Zhongping, Cui Lie wanted to become an official, so he spent 5 million yuan to buy a Situ.

On the day of worship, the palace held a grand ceremony of worship. Emperor Liu Hong personally visited the palace and all the officials stood at the steps. Looking at Cui Lie's pride, Emperor Liu Hong suddenly felt that his position as Situ was too cheap, and he couldn't help but mutter to his followers and confidants with regret: "This official sold his losses, and he should have asked him to have ten million."

The Zhongchangshi next to him interrupted, "It's already very good that he can pay five million. Your Majesty, you have a brand awareness. How can a famous scholar in Jizhou like Mr. Cui easily buy an official now even he recognizes His Majesty's products, and it just happens to advertise for us for free, so this official position will be more popular in the future."

The emperor was sold to the highest official position of the court, Sangong. The emperor actually greedily discussed the price of the threegongs like buying and selling goods. It was really ridiculous and ridiculous.

Afterwards, Cui Lie asked his son Cui Jun one day: "I live in the Three Dukes, what is the case for those who discuss it?" means, what people have to say about me being the Three Dukes. Cui Jun told the truth: "Those who argue about their stinking of money." This is the origin of the word "stinking of money".

Later, Cui Lie was changed from Situ to the position of Taiwei, but Cao Song, who took over as Taiwei, also bought it with huge sums of money.

Perhaps because of his lack of fame, Cui Lie, his family reputation is far less than that of Cui Lie in Zhuo County, so Cao Song paid much more than Cui Lie, a full 100 million yuan. Although since the sale of official positions in Zixiyuan today, many people have paid for the position of the Three Dukes, but like Cui Lie and Cao Song, it is rare for them to get to the Three Dukes after paying for the first and second term.

In addition, Emperor Liu Hong also implemented a bidding law for selling officials. Those who seek officials can estimate the bid, and those who bid the highest bid can win the bid.

Emperor Liu Hong's sales of official positions were not only open, but also institutionalized and continuous. He happily carried out ten years of official positions, which made the officialdom chaotic and made the Han Dynasty, which was already in turmoil.

The emperor was like this, and those corrupt officials and cruel officials even more plundered, exploited the people, extracted more money to buy bigger officials, and then used the greater power to make more money.

The government is corrupt and dark, with corrupt officials everywhere, and land annexation is very serious. As a result, the people can no longer stand exploitation and exploitation, and they embarked on the road of resistance. Uprisings in various places have been continuously carried out year by year. According to unsafe statistics, in the past ten years, there have been many uprisings and rebellions in various parts of the empire in the past decade!

These are the effects of the emperor's wanton sale of official positions.

The plan of Wen Chou to push Jiang Xuan to the position of the King of Pingji County is simple, but it only costs tens of millions of wealth! But if it is really done, it is still quite difficult, so you have to send an envoy to work hard for this matter! First, the relationship between the county and the court is cleared, 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, the Tao is really in place. I am afraid that it will not be completed without a month.

As for whether Wen Chou will really give it to Emperor Liu Hong's wealth of tens of millions, that is definitely not possible. Since he can take the initiative first, why bother rush to reveal his wealth? As for whether he can give his wealth again "double the amount" in the future, that is impossible, because in Wen Chou's impression, when Zi's lifespan is almost gone! It will take only one or two years, and the world is in chaos, who will care about whom!

At this time, the plan to build a city in Shahe Township has been in progress for several months. Although it took nearly a month to wait during the busy farming period, the prototype of Shahe City has been revealed. I think it will be completely completed in just three to five months.

The entire Shahe City is slightly smaller than Pingji County, which is considered a small city. However, the thickness of the city wall is not inferior to Gaoyi County! This is because Shahe Township people have been warring many times, so they are prepared for war. Of course, there are Wen Chou's suggestions. As their foundation, the base camp, the stronger the better.

Of course, during this period, Wen Chou sent out a huge amount of money. First, we should actively seek the indicators for the construction of Shahe Township, and we should also ask people to help cover up the matter as much as possible, and also invest in city construction, etc.

In this way, because of the city construction, Shahe Township has not brought any investment to Wen Chou in the past few months! Instead, it has spent a lot of money. The caravans in Shahe Township were replaced by Gaoyi County, and the huge human resources in Gaoyi County are the root cause of Wen Chou's proud use of foreign exchange. This has caused Wen Chou to not interrupt the construction of too many projects due to huge expenses.

Of course, in order to save more, Wen Chou had to agree that the process of shelving some projects was shelved. Among them are the construction of Gaoyi County Schools and Academy Museums, the construction of further recruitment and expansion of troops, the manufacturing and exploration of certain military equipment, etc. Everything is giving way for those major projects.

September was spent in such a busy life. Wen Chou's plan for Pingji County was also smoothly with the support of older funds. The construction of Shahe City, which was once interrupted by busy farming, has started construction smoothly and is progressing well.

While Wen Chou was planning this, the pressure from the county dynasty gradually emerged. Because the county dynasty had already seen Wen Chou's ambitions, not just the ambitions of one county and one city.

The Prime Minister Feng Gong, who has always been favored by him, also expressed his concerns about Wen Chou's words in a very secretive way: "If Wen Chou continues to develop unscrupulously, it will have a meaning of "high achievements and shocking the master". You must know that in Changshan, the only one who can fight against Zhang Yan's army can only be the "county and state soldiers"! This is the majesty of the county and state, and now the majesty of the county and state has been challenged by you Wen Chou. Are you trying to be an enemy of the county and state? Or you want to "hold troops and respect yourself"!"

The reason why the Prime Minister Feng Gong favored Wen Chou before was just because he wanted to win over a foreign aid. His own power was not suppressed by military forces represented by lieutenants in the country! In fact, it was a relationship of exploitation. At the beginning, Wen Chou did a good job, which was very consistent with the wishes of Prime Minister Feng Gong. He was on his own side in everything and could present a lot of "monthly gifts". Gong Feng was very satisfied.

However, afterwards, Wen Chou's power became increasingly greater, which made the Changshan Kingdom now change from the original confrontation between the two sides to the three-legged tripod. If the power of "rebellion" Zhang Yan this time was included, it would change from the three-sided tripod to the four-way stalemate! The extra power was Wen Chou's power. This was not what Mr. Feng wanted, nor what the lieutenant wanted, and naturally it was not what Zhang Yan wanted. But this situation did happen.

It was not until Wen Chou intervened in the residence of the county magistrate Pingji that the county magistrate was shocked to discover that Wen Chou's power had developed to such a level! The number of people of all sizes was added to the sum of 200,000 people! But it was impossible to take back Pingji County, because Wen Chou's envoy had already gone to Beijing and sought the emperor's name of pardon! In a few days, in October, the newly appointed Pingji County magistrate Jiang Xuan was about to take office.

Wen Chou was quite considerate and not only got the position of County Magistrate Pingji, but also his county magistrate and the county magistrate were also included in the bag! The county magistrate was the former Taolin Shou Shushou Assistant Chen Ning and Chen Mingzhi, and the county magistrate was the former Taolin Army Marquis Dong Jiang! In addition, the Taolin Army was also reported to the empire's subordinates! It clearly stated the function of guarding against black bandits! Yan Liang and others took office as generals, so that the counties and states had no right to interfere!

Wen Chou's combination of punches was fierce and fierce, which was unexpected by the lieutenant and that was expected by the Prime Minister Feng Gong. However, Wen Chou indeed broke away from their control and became a hidden force. If someone did not know the inside story, he would not see anything strange from it. However, the officials of Changshan County who were watching Wen Chou grow stronger step by step, knew the key.

However, Wen Chou's power is not an open force. Therefore, they have no reason to intervene or even destroy it. Because no matter Wen Chou's diligence, governing the county people, appeaseing refugees, resisting bandits, clearing out internal thieves, etc., isn't it a good policy that can be said to be?! It can be said that Wen Chou is a rare good county magistrate!

It is said that Jiang Xuan also made outstanding contributions during the year he followed Wen Chou, and his work when he succeeded as the Taolin Captain was remarkable! There is no handle that can be grasped, so others cannot do anything about it. Even if you know that he is Wen Chou’s confidant, it will be useless.

Furthermore, the rise of Wen Chou, Shahe Township, is much more prosperous than before! After Wen Chou's rise, it has made great progress. The recognition of Wen Chou in the village is also the strongest. Wang Chong is even more qualified and capable. He should pay a lot of taxes, and he will always pay a little more! What reasons do others have to investigate him!

This is equivalent to the Yuan Shao family, the Yuan family, and the three ministers of the four generations have established prestige in the world, and their disciples and officials are spread all over the world! And these disciples and officials are like Jiang Xuan, Wang Chong, Yan Liang, etc., and the Yuan family is like Wen Chou at the moment! But Wen Chou's power is too small and far from being comparable to Yuan Shao's family, which has been developed over the years! But why hasn't the court rectified the Yuan family? The trend of the times is the leader of scholars! (To be continued.)

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