Chapter 61 Prefect 2
He Miao couldn't help but feel a headache.
Zheng Xiaoming could only say: "I know Da Yin wants to keep me in Luoyang, and I am afraid that I will go outside and endure hardships.
However, the Holy Emperor is in court now, and there are no opportunities for training in places like Luoyang.
What's more, the Han Dynasty always had the tradition of prime ministers who must start from the states and generals who must originate from the army.
I still want to go outside to serve as the chief of the county and state and experience it.
It will be better for Dayin to help him better in the future!”
Then He Miao thought about it and felt that what Zheng Xiaoming said was very reasonable.
After all, Emperor Ling of Han is well alive now. Although there are constant disputes in the world, the power of the court is still firmly controlled by Liu Hong, who has been the emperor for more than ten years. I am not worried about any rebellion or disaster here in Luoyang.
Therefore, it is actually not necessary to keep Zheng Xiaoming in Luoyang. On the contrary, if Zheng Xiaoming can reach a higher position in the future, it will also be of great help to him and Empress He.
Therefore, in the end, He Miao agreed and decided to help Zheng Xiaoming win the position of county magistrate.
In fact, even if He Miao refused, Zheng Xiaoming could still spend money to buy a prefect. However, in this way, both sides would have torn apart.
Even so, after experiencing today's incident, He Miao realized that Zheng Xiaoming had a sense of independence, and the two sides' collusion-like cooperative relationship began to appear slight cracks.
Zheng Xiaoming could only express regrets in this regard, because he could never succumb to He Miao unconditionally without showing his will.
Moreover, can we find ways to make up for the broken relationship between the two parties?
Sure enough, not long after, Zheng Xiaoming's chance to make up for it came soon.
After a month or two of operation, Zheng Xiaoming spent five million yuan to buy a prefect... It is rare that Emperor Liu Hong was still quite nostalgic this time, and he actually gave him a big discount.
You know, the prefect was originally a two thousand stone official, and it would cost 20 million yuan to buy this position.
However, Emperor Liu Hong thought that Zheng Xiaoming was also around him, and he also contributed a lot of fun to him. In addition, this time, the rebellion of Zhao Ci in Nanyang was not rewarded, so he directly charged five million yuan and sold it to Zheng Xiaoming as a prefect.
As for giving it for nothing? How is that possible? This emperor, Liu Hong, is still very professional and said that selling is selling. Once he doesn’t charge money this time, he sets a precedent, what should he do in the future?
However, Emperor Liu Hong was still generous and directly selected a prosperous and prosperous county for Zheng Xiaoming, which was Donghai County in Xuzhou.
However, before Zheng Xiaoming had time to set off to take office, he encountered the opportunity to repair his relationship with He Miao.
But there was another Yellow Turban in Xingyang!
Xingyang belongs to the territory of Yin in Henan and is under the jurisdiction of Yin He Miao in Henan.
The chaos at this moment shocked He Miao, and he immediately asked Zheng Xiaoming to discuss countermeasures. Who made Zheng Xiaoming participate in many wars now and is already the most capable double flower red stick under his command?
Zheng Xiaoming was calm and said to He Miao directly: "Rebellion is like a fiery fire. At first, there is only a little fire and it is easy to extinguish. But after a long time, the fire will appear as a prairie fire.
Therefore, the sooner the rebellion, the better. Never delay the time!"
So He Jin followed Zheng Xiaoming's advice and directly summoned troops from all over the country under Yin of Henan, and easily wiped out the Yellow Turbans in Xingyang.
When Emperor Liu Hong heard the news, he was very happy and directly ordered He Miao to be appointed as General of the Chariot!
Among the generals of the Han Dynasty, the first one was the general. This was almost controlled by foreign relatives in both Han Dynasty. It was almost equivalent to the legendary general of the world's military and horse marshals, and was the theoretically the highest commander of the Han army.
The second is General Cavalry, and then General Cavalry.
So the General of Cheqi is the third-ranked military general in the Han Dynasty!
Of course, because these generals have not always had people. For example, there is no General of the Cavalry now, He Miao suddenly became the second largest figure in the military.
Damn, Zheng Xiaoming didn’t know what Emperor Liu Hong was thinking? His brother was the general of the military, and his younger brother was the general of the military, the second-ranked chariot and cavalry.
Are you not afraid of the He brothers rebelling? Or do you think again, the stories of those foreign relatives in the early Eastern Han Dynasty adhering to power and abolishing the emperor?
Or is this emperor Liu Hong knowing that He Jin and He Miao are not the same?
Thinking about how I have been working hard for so long, I still have to pay for a prefect.
Thinking about Zhang Wen, who also worked for the great man all his life, only became a cyclist general, but he was dismissed after not working for a few years.
As a relative of the foreigner, He Miao can easily become a general of the chariot. This is really awesome!
Of course, He Miao didn't know that Zheng Xiaoming was slandering in his heart. After he got the General of the Chariot and Cavalry, he was overjoyed and was of course very grateful to Zheng Xiaoming who guided him to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Xingyang.
Some time ago, the little grudge that arose between the two people naturally disappeared.
So, Zheng Xiaoming set out to go to Donghai County to take office!
The East China Sea is located in Xuzhou. Although Donghai County is not very large, it is quite rich and prosperous.
It has thirteen counties including Tan County, Xiangben, Lanling, Cheng County, Yinping, Qi County, Changlu, Hexiang, Zhuqi, Licheng, Ganyu, Qu County, and Houqiu.
According to statistics, Donghai County has a total population of 358,414 households and 1559,357 people.
However, these statistics are not necessarily accurate, and these are things that happened decades ago. So how many people in the East China Sea are now is a complete confusion. However, Zheng Xiaoming estimated that the current population of Donghai County may not be less than two million.
In fact, even the 2.4 million people in Nanyang are also inaccurate.
Because the great man counts taxes based on the heads of the people, think about which of the powerful clans would honestly pay taxes?
How much does it cost to pay the thousands or tens of thousands of slaves under some powerful clans pay at a time? Who is willing to pay it?
Of course, they concealed the population in various ways!
For example, there are tens of thousands of servants from Zheng's family in Shan County, but the number of people who have registered the tax on the government is only more than 500...
This is just the Zheng family. Which of the other big families in Nanyang does not do this?
Not only Nanyang, but all the powerful families in the world are doing this.
So the population of more than 50 million in the Han Dynasty is definitely inaccurate! Even if the population of 10 million is added, Zheng Xiaoming doesn't feel strange.
The higher the sky, the farther the emperor is, the more serious this kind of thing will be. Where the court has weak rule, such as the Liangzhou where Zheng Xiaoming once tried to quell the rebellion.
According to statistics, Liangzhou has 12 counties and 98 towns, with a population of 108,000 households and 477,000 people.
Who would believe such an outrageous number? There are less than 500,000 people in such a huge Liangzhou?
Chapter completed!