Han officials

Chapter 50 An unexpected surprise
In this respect, eunuchs are the same as the emperor.

We charge money for services and have an excellent business reputation.

Unlike those noble families, they all accepted money but still acted reluctantly.

The most outrageous thing is that most of the time they accept the money but do nothing, which is even worse than eunuchs.

Before leaving, looking at the horseshoe gold for the sake of this batch, the eunuch even kindly suggested: "After you take up your post, you can ignore everything else. As long as you complete the instructions of His Majesty with all your heart, everything will be fine."

"Be brave, the palace will help you if anything happens!"

Seeing Wei Zhe was a little surprised, he chuckled and said, "Oh, that's right, it was Zhang Gong who said that."

After saying this, the man left with his followers.

Looking at the backs of this group of people, Wei Zhe suddenly understood.

Yes, even Xi Zhicai could guess the emperor’s thoughts, let alone Zhang Rang who was with the emperor every day.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Upon hearing this, Xi Zhicai sighed with regret, "It seems we were too conservative."

After the two of them had a discussion last night, they went to the eunuch early the next morning to cry poor.

In a nutshell: lack of people, lack of materials, and lack of money.

It's okay to destroy the Three Kingdoms of Han, but the imperial court must at least give some support.

Of course, Wei Zhe also knew that the court would not transfer the elite border troops to his command.

Therefore, Wei Zhe mainly hoped that the court could allocate some talents over.

For example, the more craftsmen there are, the better, and it is also beneficial to the court.

There is no need for Luoyang to bleed, only an imperial edict is needed to order the craftsmen in each county to change their place of service.

For this reason, based on the terrain of the Three Han states, Wei Zhe also took the initiative to emphasize the importance of tower ships and requested the recruitment of shipbuilders from Kuaiji, Wenma and other places to serve.

As expected, the eunuch didn't take Wei Zhe's request seriously at all.

They are just some low-class people. The emperor doesn't even need to intervene. Zhang Changshi can handle it easily.

It was precisely because of this that he reminded Wei Zhe to be bolder before leaving.

However, after hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Wei Zhe smiled indifferently.

"Nothing, we were just giving it a try, and these gains are already good."

He did not forget that there was a group of officials in Luoyang who were playing games with the emperor.

Even though the emperor is making solemn promises now, if any trouble really happens, he will be the only one who will suffer.

It sounds nice, but when the palace uses people to death, they don't consider the life and death of the chess pieces.

After hearing what Wei Zhe said, Xi Zhicai thought about it and realized it was true, so he stopped talking immediately.

Not to mention how much the emperor hid in the edict.

When Wei Zhe went to Korea City to take up his post, the news spread quickly.

After all, Luoyang has always been the place where secrets are least likely to be kept.

What's more, this time the emperor wanted to show off his military prowess and announced the victory to the world.

You must know that it has been a long time since our dynasty destroyed a country or captured a king, or expanded its territory.

The last person to accomplish this feat was Dou Xian, the champion who inscribed the stone tablet at Yanran.

But that was a person who lived nearly a hundred years ago.

For a time, Wei Zhe became famous throughout the country by accident.

In particular, the sentence in his memorial, "righteousness and military power are promoted, and those who act rashly must be killed no matter how strong they are," has become widely circulated.

Although many great scholars believed that he was suspected of provoking border conflicts, the heroes in various states were all excited when they heard the words.

For example, Cao Cao, the prime minister of Jinan, sighed repeatedly after hearing the news.

You know, he had always wanted to be the General of the Western Expedition, and then become famous in foreign lands like Chen Tang and Guanjun Hou. Now, after hearing about Wei Zhe's deeds, he immediately lamented his own shortsightedness and failed to recognize a true hero!

For a moment, Cao Cao was extremely depressed and became extremely irritable.

At that time, there were more than ten counties in Jinan State, and most of the county officials were dependent on the powerful and corrupt, so he simply carried out a major rectification and dismissed eight out of ten officials at once, which shocked the whole of Jinan State.

At the same time, Sun Jian, who was under the city of Yulin, had a similar mood to Cao Cao.

You have to know that he is just a military counselor now, with a rank of Qianshi.

Seeing that Wei Zhe, whom he had wanted to recruit, was now a prefect with a salary of two thousand stones, he suddenly became more depressed and sighed that he was unlucky.

I thought that suppressing the rebellion in Liang Province would be a good opportunity to gain merit, but I didn't expect that it would take so long until now without any military achievements, and there was even no hope of victory.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian drank too much without realizing it, and fell asleep without knowing when.

In comparison, Liu Bei, who was hanging out in the streets of Zhuo County, was much calmer.

Even though he was still a commoner after more than a year and still had no chance to serve his country, Liu Bei did not complain about his fate and always remained calm.

After seeing the court notice, he even said to Guan Yu on the spot: "Magnificent! Brother Gongwei's actions are truly heroic! After we parted that day, I never thought he would do such a great thing!"

After hearing this, Guan Yu nodded in agreement.

Rebellions have occurred one after another in the Han Dynasty in recent years, and the situation in Liang Province has not even been quelled yet. In comparison, Wei Zhe's actions in Lelang are indeed very encouraging!

Upon hearing this, the young thugs from the surrounding streets looked at Liu Bei with even more admiration.

After all, the fact that Liu Bei could associate with such a great figure shows that he was no ordinary person.

When they thought that Liu Bei also knew important figures like Lu Zhi and Gongsun Zan, the many evil young men immediately admired Liu Bei even more.

For a moment, Wei Zhe had not yet celebrated his victory, but Liu Bei had already held a banquet to celebrate.

However, when the banquet was over and it was late at night, Liu Bei stood in the backyard for a long time without saying a word.

Looking at the crescent moon in the sky, Liu Bei could only sigh one after another, and a trace of regret could not help but surge in his heart.

Obviously, his mood was not as calm as he looked during the day.

Wei Zhe was fine, as he had done better than himself in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so Liu Bei could still accept it.

But Taishi Ci was actually appointed as the commander of the vassal state of Haidong, which made Liu Bei feel a little unbalanced.

He thought he was not much worse than Wei Zhe, and his two brothers were no less capable than Taishi Ci and Zhong Hu.

But he was still a commoner, while Taishi Ci had already reached the rank of two thousand stones. The gap was really too big.

If you compare goods, you will have to throw them away, if you compare people with others, you will die.

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei never said anything, Liu Bei felt very ashamed.

Taishi Ci has followed the right person this time, but what about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?

Are they following the right people?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei, who was in his twenties, looked at the bright moon in the sky with a look of bewilderment in his eyes...
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