Wan Maiguan, the emperor said that he had paid it, and the minister was sad: I will pay more.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, society was in turmoil, class contradictions were acute, and most of the rulers were extravagant. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is one of them, and he has done countless ridiculous things, and the official mantle is one of the representatives.
Among them, Cui Lie's buying of officials can be described as a ridiculous thing that makes people laugh and cry. Cui Lie was born in a family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, his grandfather and father were famous figures, and he also had certain talents.
But he eventually gained notoriety for buying officials. So, what is the reason why Cui Lie bought the official? Did he really make money? Let's reconstruct this absurdity.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: The dual identity of Scrooge and Emperor As an emperor, Emperor Ling of Han should have enjoyed endless glory and wealth, but he was a miser, always thinking about saving private money.
He once built a Wanjin Hall in the West Garden, put all the money and silk in the treasury into it, became his private property, and directly turned public into private, and this wave of operations cannot be found in history.
He built palaces on a large scale, held parties every day, and loved Hu Feng, and was a lover of Hu Konghou, Hu Di, and Hu Dance. He has thousands of beauties in his harem, and his daily expenses reach hundreds of gold, and he has long taken money from his big treasury for others and even his wife to eat and drink, resulting in the big treasury only going in and out.
In order to alleviate the financial pressure, Emperor Ling of Han came up with the idea of selling officials. He set up an official selling agency in the West Garden, called "Xidi", with a clear price, and all kinds of official positions have a fixed **, such as 2,000 stone (county-level official position) asking for 20 million yuan, and 400 stone (county-level official position) asking for 4 million yuan.
He even directly ** the official position of the three princes and nine secretaries, the public class asked for tens of millions of dollars, and the secretary class asked for five million dollars. The three dukes are Situ, Sikong, and Sima, who held the military and political power of the Han Dynasty and discussed military affairs with the emperor face to face every day.
Emperor Han Ling of such a level took it out to buy and sell, it was crazy, and he wanted to go crazy for money.
Cui Gong is a celebrity in Jizhou, will he go to buy officials? It was all up to me to help him do a good job of ideological work, and he was willing. If you know this, you won't feel like you're losing out. ”
The implication of this sentence is that it is too unfair that you, the Emperor, have received a benefit, and yet you still question the behavior of our intermediaries. Cui Gong is a celebrity, he will not be easily deceived by money, and I used my connections and influence to help him achieve this wish.
As a country, like cabbage and radish in the vegetable market, it can be bought and sold, and it can also be bargained, and if this continues, the imperial court will perish sooner or later. But it turns out that the principles of heaven still exist.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty implemented the policy of selling official positions, but it caused serious negative effects. This system directly leads to the exploitation of the people, the increase of taxes, and the increasingly intensified social contradictions in order to recover the costs after taking office.
The outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was one of the consequences of this policy, and although the uprising was suppressed, it was still a precursor to the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was finally ended by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, in fact, the root of the curse had already been planted during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Cui Lie's move to buy an official seems to have earned the position of the third prince, but in fact he has suffered heavy losses. His reputation plummeted because of the buyout, and although he tried to ease his anxiety through conversations with his son, his outspokenness made him feel even more pain.
The son told him that the people's evaluation was that his official position smelled of copper, which made him angry and ready to beat his son. However, his son's answer, quoting Shun's story, left him speechless.
When Shun's father beat him, if the small staff was beaten, the big staff would run away, so as to prevent his father from being caught in injustice. Cui Lie listened to it before he stopped moving. He realized that the act of buying an official not only made him lose his dignity, but also made him lose the respect and trust of the people.
The influence of "buying officials" on Cui Lie: At first, Cui Lie may have been happy, the atmosphere of the court was like this, and Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, also spent money to buy the position of the third prince. He just followed the crowd, not to mention that he bought a high position at such a low price.
However, buying an official is bound to be despised by righteous people, Cui Lie is a scholar, he cares about his reputation in his heart, and when these negative remarks about his buying an official reach his ears, he must feel uncomfortable.
After his son Cui Jun told the truth about outsiders' discussions, he had nowhere to vent, so he had to beat his son to vent his anger, which gave rise to the farce of the father chasing his son. Wen Shijun said that Cui Lie bought the official from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, but he took advantage of his own reputation, and even his son looked down on his behavior.
Cui Lie was originally talented and a rare talent, but in the context of corruption in the imperial court, he could not be promoted normally in the officialdom, and could only rely on buying officials to obtain a high position, which even caused a conflict between father and son.
Think about it, whether Cui Lie has gained more or lost more, and whether this is really a non-loss-making transaction, it is probably not difficult for you to judge.