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Chapter 84 Buy an official purchase two get one free

Zhang Bin asked Yan Liangwen Chou to buy a small courtyard in a remote alley in Luoyang City, but he rushed straight to the largest inn in Luoyang. He saw some people wearing Taoist robes coming and going. After a little inquiry, he found that they were disciples of the Taiping Sect who had not been attacked.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..."

Zhang Bin walked to a room and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened. A short and thin Taoist, who was short and thin, opened the door and looked at him and asked:

"Who are you looking for?"

Zhang Bin glanced at the room. Ma Yuanyi, who was tall, long, short-bearded, was sitting upright inside. He laughed:

"I heard that Master Ma Yuanyi of Taiping Sect came here to ask for a visit. I wonder if Master Ma is here?"

The short Taoist looked up and down at Zhang Bin. He was dressed up and down. This was different from the vast majority of poor and lower-middle peasants who were mainly friends with Taiping Cult. However, he did not dare to offend anyone in this Luoyang capital. He said very politely:

"Stay for a while, I'll ask the master if he has time."

Zhang Bin had already seen Ma Yuanyi, so he didn't contact him at this time, and probably wouldn't have a chance in the future. The short Taoist looked back and Ma Yuanyi nodded. This nod could be considered as saving his own life. Otherwise, according to Zhang Bin's always profitable habit, once Ma Yuanyi refused to see him, he would have asked for his own life and death.

"Please come in, please."

The short Taoist turned sideways and asked Zhang Bin to enter the room. Looking at Ma Yuanyi, who was sitting on a chair incredible manner, Zhang Bin walked up to him and clasped his fists and said:

"I heard about Master Ma for a long time, and today I saw the true master's demeanor, so I'm lucky to meet you."

Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Bin, and suddenly he was stunned. A strange feeling suddenly rose. He frowned and found that Zhang Bin's eyes were shining, and an extraordinary aura made him feel his mind shake.

He didn't know that he had promised loyalty after he died in the emergency station. As soon as he approached Zhang Bin, he would instinctively accept Zhang Bin's control. He waved his hand and asked the short Taoist to go out and stood up and clasped his fists and said:

"Who is the one who is the one who is looking for me?"

Only Ma Yuanyi was left, so Zhang Bin took out the wooden sign that Zhang Jiao gave him from his arms and handed it to Ma Yuanyi. When Ma Yuanyi saw the wooden sign, he hurriedly clasped his fists and said:

"It turned out to be an envoy. I wonder what important things the envoy needs to do if Ma Yuanyi?"

Zhang Bin did not expect that this broken wooden sign actually represented Zhang Jiao's envoy. However, it was normal to think about it. Zhang Jiao only had one daughter. Although Zhang Bin was a distant relative, he did not say he wanted to surrender to him. However, the force he showed was of great benefit to Zhang Jiao. In a sense, Zhang Jiao wanted to bring Zhang Bin into the Taiping Cult. Although this envoy had no right, he could get help from the Taiping Cult.

"I'm here to tell you something. Tang Zhou has already planned to betray you and Taiping Sect. If you have a way, you'd better kill him immediately." Zhang Bin took back the wooden sign and said.

Ma Yuanyi said in surprise:

"Tang Zhou... He has arrived in this capital. He left before and said that there is something important to do. If he betrays the capital, there will be no support in the capital."

"I'm here to inform you. It's better to leave immediately and inform the great masters to prepare early. I have to leave here quickly. My traces are not good if someone finds me." Zhang Bin nodded and said.

After Zhang Bin said that, he left quickly. Ma Yuanyi immediately sent someone to inform him to quickly evacuate under Luoyang's men and immediately notified the news.

In the afternoon of the same day, the army in the capital began to search for Taiping Cult members, but in the end they found nothing. However, the news of the Taiping Cult uprising had been exposed, and Emperor Ling issued an order to start banning the Taiping Cult nationwide and preparing to suppress it.

Three days later, at Zhang Rang's mansion, the Yellow Turban Uprising had not yet begun, but Zhang Bin sent silver and jewelry worth millions to his door. Of course, the purpose was to prepare to buy officials. At this moment, the buying system of the late Han Dynasty was charged at 10,000 times the annual salary. As a result of selling official positions, how can a person get back so much money in office? The only result is to collect people's wealth and exploit them. The final result is that the people are straw dogs, which makes the Yellow Turban Army support so many people.

The next day, Zhang Bin handed over the gold ingots worth 10 million yuan, and Zhang Rang handed it to Zhang Bin with an imperial edict and an appointment document. Looking at the young and generous Zhang Bin, Zhang Rang said with a smile:

"Premier Zhang, you are the prefect of Zhongshan Kingdom now. Now there is only Cao Yuan and Zhu Bo. You should take over local government and military affairs as soon as possible. By the way, Master Sima said that it is too close to Yanmen County. Xianbei cavalry can harass Yanmen County at any time, and the prefect of Yanmen County is also vacant. So if you can pay another five million yuan, Yanmen County will be controlled by you and you can also give you the position of Yanmen College Captain. Of course, you need to lead the army to defend Yanmen Pass to prevent the Xianbei cavalry from harassing the people."

Although Zhang Bin is rich, he doesn't want to pretend to be a sucker. He actually has plans for Yanmen County, but it is not suitable for development. That's why he went to the relatively wealthy Zhongshan Kingdom. He laughed dryly and said:

"Yanmen County is not far away. It is said that the population is only hundreds of thousands, and the troops guarding the pass are less than 2,000. Zhang Changshi, five million yuan, is a little more, let alone guarding the border. According to the existing military force, once the Xianbei army knocks on the pass, will I die somewhere?"

Zhang Rang also knew the importance of Yanmen County. At this time, he knew that the Yellow Turban Uprising was imminent and needed to be dealt with. If the Xianbei knocked on the gate during this period, two or three thousand people would be difficult to stop. If the Xianbei was allowed to enter the gate and rob, Emperor Ling's head would be a little bigger then. After thinking about it, he smiled:

"Prince Zhang is worried about this, so I asked the emperor to ask the emperor to recruit a large army locally and use the one-army army to form an army. Of course, all military rations and weapons are probably troubled by Zhang to raise the funds themselves. Now the court is very tight, and he will consider the majority of his subordinates. After the stability, the court will make up the military rations and pay."

The conscript of military service for the court actually required to build military rations, military pay and military equipment by himself. This is probably only possible for the corrupt court in the late Han Dynasty to think of it. Zhang Rang said this and Zhang Bin was amused and crying, but being able to build an army openly would be even more beneficial to him.

He sighed and nodded, and Zhang Rang quickly rushed to the palace. In just half an hour, he came with two more imperial edicts. The first one was the imperial edict to appoint him as the prefect of Yanmen and the leader, while the second one was the imperial edict to allow Zhang Bin to recruit soldiers and build weapons on the spot;

In this way, Zhang Bin has an official position and military power, but he has also received further talks about Zhongshan Kingdom and Yanmen County. He returned to the courtyard in Luoyang with three imperial edicts. Yan Liangwen Chou smiled foolishly after reading Zhang Bin's imperial edict.

"Lord, in this way, you can recruit a large army and our brothers can also gang up the military positions. Maybe we will become generals that day, which is a good thing." Yan Liang smiled at Zhang Bin's three imperial edicts.
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