Chapter three hundred and ninety-ninth near nostalgia cowardice
During the middle and late period of Emperor Ling, Liu Hong started his business with the emperor as his starting point. His main business items were official titles, titles, and titles ranging from Marquis of Guan Nei to below. Official titles ranged from Sangong to County Magistrate. The prices were clearly marked, and the prices for court officials and local officials were clear...
Among them, the post of Taiwei was priced at 10 million yuan. Cui Lie established a relationship with Liu Hong's wet nurse, and finally got 5 million yuan to get the position of Taiwei.
Of course, when Cui Lie became a Taiwei, he was actually much more able to convince the public than Cao Song later.
After all, this rhythm was set by Liu Hong himself, what can others say?
Even Duan Jiong, who is known as one of the "Three Mings of Liangzhou", had to pay money when he was promoted to Sangong...
Cui Lie's half-price Taiwei was criticized, but it was not unforgivable. Especially when Cui Lie was a Taiwei, there were still some barriers to buying an official position. Unlike when Liu Hong expanded his business later, Cao Song
That is pure "buying".
At that time, Cui Jun also secretly ridiculed his father, saying, Dad, you have been promoted to an official position, but your reputation among the people is bad. He was so angry that Cui wanted to beat someone...
But Cui Jun can just blame his father for this matter. If Baitu brings it up, it is a blatant slap in the face!
It's just that... Bai Tu didn't name him by name, and Cui Jun couldn't refute the crucial matter.
Needless to say, Cao Song was purely squandered with money. After one year in office, he was dismissed due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
And Cui Lie is also different from Duan Jue and Zhang Wen, these undisputed "captains". Duan and Zhang are generally believed to have been blackmailed by Liu Hong when they bought official posts, but Cui Lie... is still a little worse, no.
Spending money may not be enough, and with Cao Song, it is just a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps.
Although Baitu pretended to make a mistake and even punished himself with a drink, Cui Lie held it in so hard that his face turned ugly.
Zhang Chunhua naturally knew what Bai Tu was talking about. When he heard this, he gave Bai Tu a somewhat complicated look - although he was not domineering enough, nor insidious enough, it was not his favorite style, but he was not hypocritical, and would choose to stand up for himself...
Cao Bang was confused at this time, after all... there is no such drama as "Cui Lie Buys an Official".
However, it was rare that Lu Bu on the side took the initiative to explain the reason for this matter to Cao Bang in a sarcastic tone.
Cui Jun, who vaguely heard something, looked even more ugly!
The King of Chu had a strong character and respected his status. Didn't Lu Bu value his status?
In fact, if it were anyone else, Lu Bu would not bother to ridicule him in this way, but Cui Lie... Liangzhou and Bingzhou generally have a weak impression of him, especially the generals from the two states!
There is no other reason. When Boyu and Han Sui rebelled in Beigong, Liangzhou, Cui Lie, as the head of the military attache, actually took the lead in proposing to abandon Liangzhou.
Fortunately, Fu Xie spoke up and did not hesitate to scold Cui Lie in the court. This made Emperor Ling finally decide to quell the chaos instead of getting rid of this "burden".
As for the people of Bingzhou, they are generally "things harm their own kind". They are all states where Qiang and Xiongnu are rampant. Bingzhou gradually loses its land in the Hetao and shrinks to a small strip east of the river. This is also Cui Lie's "throwing away the burden" mentality of the imperial court.
the negative consequences.
Bai Tu actually had a bad impression of Cui Lie because of this. After all, to others, Liangzhou was just a borderland with few Han people. However, Bai Tu knew that in the original history, that period more than a hundred years later
During the period of chaos, the "Qianliang" established by Zhang Gui, the governor of Liangzhou, was one of the few places of refuge for the Han people in the Northern Dynasties.
At that time, the Guanlong area in the northwest attracted a large number of Han people to migrate.
If there was no Qianliang, there would be no "Guanlong aristocracy" that later merged with Xianbei, but still took Chinese culture as the main body and had a sense of identity with China.
Who are the Guanlong nobles?
The Li family of the Tang Dynasty and the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty are among them...
Cui Lie's misfortune almost brought disaster to the sky.
"Pfft..."
Bai Tu punished himself with a drink, but suddenly heard someone laughing. Cui Jun and Yang Xiuxun looked at the sound...
"Ahem, this wine is good." Cao Bang pretended not to smile.
Yang Xiu, Cui Jun:......
Tired.
Not to mention Yang Xiu, who knew Xia Houjuan's true identity, Cui Jun at least believed that Cao Bang was on the Wei side... If I don't ask you to have empathy for the young newcomers of Wei, could you at least be more funny?
After Bai Tu's unceremonious retaliation, the situation became a little awkward. Fortunately, Zhuge Jin actively warmed up the scene and the situation became more heated again.
As for Bai Tu’s counterattack...
Zhuge Jin and others didn't have much resentment. After all, Bai Tu had just given him kind words. Cui Jun insisted on teasing him, so who could blame him?
Furthermore, it is not surprising that Bai Tu would ridicule him because he attributed the sale of official positions to the shortcomings of the imperial examination system.
If you look carefully...
After the founding of the country, Bai Tu was still nominally a member of the Han Dynasty. However, instead of mentioning the support of the Han Dynasty, he would talk about the Han Dynasty's negative information whenever he had nothing to do.
Yang Xiu didn't want to cause more trouble at this time. After all, he was still in Chu State's territory, and his appearance here at this time was not very tenable.
Bai Tu didn't stay long, otherwise it would be difficult for the atmosphere to return to the state of a cocktail party if Bai Tu, the king of Chu, was sitting here.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Mr. Cao will set off with us from now on. We will also leave back to Xu County tomorrow." Yang Xiu said.
Bai Tu did not make a decision directly, but looked at Cao Bang.
Cao Bang frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "I haven't finished writing "The King of Chu's Western Inspection" yet, so we should meet up in Wancheng later."
Hearing this, Yang Xiu glanced at "Cao Bang" with some resentment and thought to himself: King Chu's inspection to the west...couldn't the scene just now be written into the play?
"this……"
"That's fine, we will be able to arrive in Wancheng almost next month. Dezu doesn't mind waiting a little longer, right?" Bai Tu said directly.
Between Yang Xiu and Cao Bang, Bai Tu certainly supported Cao Bang's opinions.
"Then I would like to thank His Highness King Chu for taking care of Mr. Cao." Yang Xiu said helplessly.
"Huh? Ah... Dezu doesn't need to be polite." Bai Tu was slightly surprised. Why did this sound awkward? You are not an elder of Cao Bang.
Xia Houjuan also vaguely heard something, and frowned even more at Yang Xiu.
As for Yang Xiu and Cui Jun, they will definitely not go with Bai Tu. Although the final destination is Wancheng, Bai Tu wants to move around and sweep away the surviving sages.
Yang Xiu was "discovered" by Bai Tu, so it would be better for him to go back to Wancheng and wait. If he continued to poach, he would be afraid of being trapped in a sack on the road.
After Bai Tu also asked Zhuge Jin privately - Zhuge Liang's departure this time was not an ordinary far journey. Although Zhuge Jin didn't know where his brother had gone, but... Judging from Zhuge Liang's letter, I'm afraid he won't be there for a long time.
Return to Longzhong.
Therefore, Bai Tu did not wait to earn the achievement of "Three Visits" and continued heading north...
A month later, he arrived in Wan County.
I don't know why, but Bai Tu always feels that Cao Bang has become more and more irritable recently. Maybe he is timid about being close to home?