Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 410

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 and titles. The titles were all available for purchase from Guannei Marquis and 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 1000 million yuan. Cui Lie found a relationship with Liu Hong's nanny, and finally got 500 million yuan to get the position of Taiwei.

Of course, as a Taiwei, Cui Lie was actually much more able to convince the public than Cao Song later.

After all, this rhythm is brought by Liu Hong himself, so 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 he wanted to beat someone..."

But Cui Jun could just blame his father for this matter. If Baitu brought it up, it would be 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 spent on money. After a year in office, he was dismissed because of 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 positions, but Cui Lie... is still a little worse, no. Spending money may not be enough, and Cao Song is just a fifty step laugh at a hundred steps.

Although Baitu made a false statement 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 complicated look - although he was not domineering or insidious enough, which was not his favorite style, he was not hypocritical and would choose to stand up for himself...

Cao Bang was confused at this time. After all... there is no drama "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 has a strong character and respects his status. Doesn'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 had 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 thinking of "throwing away the burden". The consequences.

Bai Tu actually had a bad impression of Cui Lie because of this. After all, to other people, Liangzhou was just a borderland with few Han people. However, Bai Tu knew that in the original history, that period of chaos more than 100 years later , 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 broke 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 thought that Cao Bang was on the side of the Wei State... I don't ask you to have empathy for the young newcomers of the Wei State, but at least can you laugh more?

After Bai Tu's unceremonious retaliation, the situation became a little awkward. Fortunately, Zhuge Jin actively warmed up the situation and things 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 been kind to him, so if Cui Jun insisted on teasing him, who could blame him?

Moreover, it is not surprising that Bai Tu would ridicule the statement that selling officials and conferring titles was attributed 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 always talk about the Han Dynasty's negative information.

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 for long, otherwise, with such a big Chu king sitting here, it would be difficult for the atmosphere to return to the state of the reception.

"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."

When Yang Xiu heard this, he glanced at "Cao Bang" with some resentment, and thought to himself: King Chu's inspection tour to the west... Could it be that the scene just now was also written into the play?

"This……"

"Okay, we will be able to reach Wancheng almost next month. Dezu, don't you mind waiting a little longer?" Bai Tu said directly.

Between Yang Xiu and Cao Bang, Bai Tu certainly supported Cao Bang's opinion.

"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 a bit 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 poaching, 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?
(End of this chapter)