In the conference hall, except for Guan Yu and two generals who were still engaged in the "black eating" activities deep in the Taihang Mountains, everyone else came. This time, even Jia Mu and Guan Ping were qualified to attend the meeting. Although they were just attending and had no say, the deputy captains of the two "Little Tiger Team" had long been jealous of Li Tiezhu's ability to enter and exit the conference hall, but this time they fulfilled their wish.

"Thank you for your hard work in Luoyang, sir!" Zhao Xing stepped forward and gave a big gift to Jia Xu on the seat.

"If you do what you do, Guochang doesn't have to be too polite!" Jia Xu looked calm and gentle.

"Sir, please tell me how to go to Luoyang in detail so that we can gain some knowledge." Li Tiezhu stood up and bowed, and he was actually quite good.

Therefore, with Jia Xu's description, everyone learned that the center of the Han Dynasty is now that the imperial capital Luoyang is already unstable, with monsters rampant, traitors and slanderous ministers controlling the government, the emperor is extremely licentious, and selling official positions and titles is even more unscrupulous.

The Eastern Han Dynasty sold official positions from Empress Dowager Deng, but at that time it was only occasionally done, and used a relatively moderate way to collect money from the rich to "accompany the country" and did not use it as a tool for making money.

But the situation of Emperor Ling of Han was different. He treated this as the number one deal in Tianzi, so he was naturally not satisfied with the small-scale quarrels of his previous generations, but wanted to "manage formally", so he clearly marked the prices for various official positions and listed a price list.

The initial price was initially set at that time: 6 million yuan for an annual salary of 600 stones, 20 million yuan for an annual salary of 2,000 stones, and so on, the price was set by the official. Except for the emperor's position not being sold, everything from the three ministers to the county magistrates can be bought with money. Even special talents selected by the state have to pay half or one-third of the fee. If it is a fat or an important position, additional money will be added.

Of course, it is a bit unpleasant to say that using money to buy an official directly, so I gave a special name to the money I earned from selling official positions - it was just a loyal official who gave gifts to the court, so the buyer and seller were not embarrassed.

Emperor Ling of Han made a big deal to sell official positions from the first year of Guanghe (178) to the first year of Zhongping (184). After the transaction was carried out for a long time, the price would have to follow the market and be adjusted. Since local officials were directly in front of the people, it was more convenient to scrape the land, and the selling price would be twice as high as the prefectures. The wealth of each county was different, and the selling price of county officials was different.

Not only do ordinary people want to buy an official, but even officials want to be promoted, they also have to pay. In order to motivate their enthusiasm for paying money, those who seek official positions can also estimate bids, and those who bid the highest bid can win the bid. Of course, the price of buying an official is not fixed, and they can also increase or decrease at any time based on the value of the person seeking an official position and the property they own.

Jia Xu talked about something, but it was similar to those recorded in history: Sima Zhi, the magistrate of Hongnong County, had always been famous for his virtuousness, and even the eunuchs were talking to him in front of the emperor. After the news of the magistrate of Shangdang County being killed by bandits was reported to the court, Sima Zhi was appointed as the magistrate of Shangdang County.

When the letter of appointment was sent, Huangmen reached out and asked Sima Zhi for money. He also said that the emperor heard that he had a reputation and his family had some financial difficulties, so he gave him a 30% discount. According to the market price, Sima Zhi asked him to pay 14 million yuan in a large amount of money to buy an official.

Sima Zhi was full of tears at that time and sighed to the sky that he said that as a parent of the people, he had to rely on exploiting the people under his rule to become officials. It would be better if he didn't do this official position. In anger, he even resigned the position of Hongnong County Magistrate!

After this incident reached the court, the court originally wanted to order Sima Zhi not to resign, but Jia Xu happened to go to Luoyang to buy an official position. The emperor was overjoyed after hearing this - there was no need to discount this time! He actually packed and sold it to Jia Xu in a bundled manner with Sima Zhi's Hongnong County Magistrate.

Jia Xu spent 90 million yuan in total to buy nearly twenty official positions, including Shangdang County Magistrate, Hongnong County Magistrate, Changzi County Magistrate, other types of Gongcao (in charge of all personnel affairs in the county), chief clerk (in charge of documents), supervisor (in charge of inspections of county subjects and supervise the officials and civilians of the county), as well as officials, history and other officials.

When Zhao Xing sighed in his heart, he was quite relieved when he heard that Sima Zhi did not commit suicide because of the emperor's forced purchase and sale. He said, "A good person will live for thousands of years, and the disaster will last for thousands of years." History suddenly inserted his legs and actually saved Sima Zhi's life when he came here. "I wonder what Sima Zhi has to do with the Sima family in Hanoi?" Zhao Xing asked with concern.

"It has nothing to do with Xu's verification. Guochang's question is because he is afraid of the Sima family in Hanoi?" Jia Xu asked in confusion.

"Everyone remember in the future that the Sima family in Hanoi has many talented people and has great ambitions for the world. Once they find that the Sima family's children are infiltrated, they must report it to me as soon as possible!" Zhao Xing ordered. "I don't want to be usurped by the Sima family in the future and establish a dark Jin Dynasty that is worse than the Three Kingdoms!" Zhao Xing said to himself fiercely in his heart.

"Xu has another thing to tell me. While waiting in Luoyang, I had nothing to do with him. So I went to Hongnong with Jinsi and told Sima Zhi, who resigned from his post at home. This time I took him back to Changzi County with me and asked Guochang to meet him as a guest of honor. I see that this person has the talent to govern one county and one state!" Jia Xu said to Zhao Xing.

"Mr.'s eyes are long-term and are full of excitement. Guochang is very frightened!" Zhao Xing couldn't help but feel moved when he heard what Jia Xu said. It seems that his habit of abducting people has been seen through by his subordinates. "I wonder how Mr. settled Sima Zhi?"

"Xu thought he should be the eldest son's county magistrate, and Guochang's grandfather Li Taigong could go to Hongnong to be the county magistrate," Jia Xu replied.

"This arrangement is very appropriate! Except for the gentleman who took the post of Shangdang Prefect and Guan Yu took the post of county magistrate, how can the rest be placed?" Zhao Xing asked with concern.

"Now, there is no shortage of generals who can fight. I heard that Guochang had recently taken Xu Huang to come and congratulate him, but I forgot to congratulate him." Jia Xu turned around and looked at Zhang Liao, and stood up to congratulate him, "At present, it is rare for people who are good at governing counties and counties. I wonder if Guochang can have a solution?"

"We should take the current county magistrates as the team and try our best to maintain the status quo, then select the best and eliminate the inferior, and at the same time search for talents and provide for the vacancies." Zhao Xing replied.

"This policy should be done appropriately." Jia Xu nodded and said.
Chapter completed!