The God of the Three Kingdoms will come

"Your foster father must have spent a lot of effort to find this Tianshan snow lotus."

"Haha, Chan'er was wrong this time. It was not found for my father, but sent by someone else."

Wang Yun stroked his long beard, smiled and told Diao Chan what happened today.

"Your foster father seems to appreciate this Mr. Ling very much."

"That's true, but whether this person is worth my efforts to support depends on his future performance."

"Would you like Chan'er to test it out for Lord Yifu?"

"No... that's fine, it's okay for Chan'er to try it, but don't go too far, because he's only a young man after all."

Wang Yun subconsciously prepared to refuse, but he seemed to think of something, and agreed to Diao Chan's suggestion.

"But this is not urgent for now, let's wait until he finishes buying an official. Your current task is to make a breakthrough. Speaking of which, you entered the palace today to deal with the Chifeng Xiaguan, and it went well?"

Wang Yun didn't dwell too much on this topic, and instead asked about Diao Chan's entry into the palace.

"Everything is going well. The spirit in Chifengxia's crown has been appeased by the cicada, and it will not recover in a short time."

The so-called red phoenix crown is not just a crown, but two things, the red phoenix crown and the red phoenix pei (pei), which are combined together to form the phoenix crown and pei.

Although they are two objects, because they contain the spirit of the red phoenix, they are actually one.

The red phoenix crown is not a thing of the Han Dynasty, and no one knows from which dynasty it has been handed down to the present.

But the scarlet phoenix crown is not an ordinary thing, there is a scarlet phoenix spirit in it, which makes it not a spiritual thing but better than a spiritual thing.

The material of the Chifengxia crown itself is not much, but it seems to have some kind of great power, and it has been an important keepsake for the canonization of queens in all dynasties.

Just like the dragon robe worn by the emperor when he ascended the throne, with the changes of the times, the scarlet phoenix crown has become the symbol of the queen.

But Chifeng has a spirit, not everyone is qualified to be recognized by it.

If the Chifeng Xiaguan has no owner for a long time, the spirit of the Chifeng in it will become extremely irritable, disturbing the peace of the harem.

Unfortunately, it has been more than a hundred years since the last time someone wore a phoenix crown and Xiapei. The spirit of the red phoenix has long been unable to bear it, and often runs out to make troubles.

The key is that no one can do anything with it. After all, it is a symbol of later status, and it is impossible to destroy it.

Therefore, the harem set up an official position dedicated to managing Fengguanxiapei, named Diaochan.

It's not easy to be an official. Although there will be no danger to life, the horror of the spirit of the red phoenix is ​​beyond ordinary people's comprehension.

After going crazy for several Diao Chans, no court lady was willing to be her in the end.

There is no other way, the only way to manage Fengguanxiapei is through the civil audition.

Not to mention, the most suitable candidate has really been found, and that is Wang Yunshou's adoptive daughter.

Diao Chan's original name is not this, because she has been in charge of Fengguan Xiapei for a long time, and since she took charge of Diao Chan's post, there has been no disturbance in the harem. Next to it, nothing will happen.

It was as if she was born to manage Fengguanxiapei, and over time she was called Diaochan.

Wang Yun didn't want Diao Chan to enter the palace at first, he knew how deep the water in the harem was, no matter how well he was in the officialdom, once he touched the harem matter, he would have to kneel.

However, the queen mother came to the mansion to invite her personally. Even if she is Situ, the queen mother still has to give her face.

However, he also won some special treatment. Diao Chan doesn't need to stay in the palace permanently, but only needs to go to the palace to appease the spirit of the red phoenix when he is restless.

In this way, it is not considered to have fully participated in the harem battle, and it can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

At the same time, Ling Xiao asked Yang Zhi to drive the carriage to the West Garden, the place where officials were sold, while he went to another place.

The West Garden, also known as the West Mansion, is a private back garden specially built by the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. It is specially used to sell officials and store the silver for selling officials.

Of course, not only officials but also titles are sold here, such as Marquis of Guannei, which is regarded as the lowest title for a big man, without any real rights, it is just a status symbol.

Even so, people are flocking to them. Anyone with a little bit of family property wants to be a marquis. This also led to the proliferation of titles and became worthless.

As for the official positions for sale, that would be an exaggeration. From the tiger angry Zhonglang to the Sangong Jiuqing, there is no Lingdi who dare not sell, as long as you can afford it.

Of course, Emperor Ling also knew not to push too hard, so the positions of Sangong Jiuqing were not publicly sold, but Emperor Ling personally came forward to sell them privately.

According to historical records, there are Cui Lie and Cao Song cases in which Emperor Ling sold Sangong. One sold 500 million taels of silver, and the other sold 1000 million taels of silver.

Of course, there are also failure cases, such as Yang Xu, who had no choice but to give up because he couldn't pay the money. Emperor Ling changed hands and gave the Taiwei to Liu Yu.

It has to be said that Ling Xiao actually admires Emperor Ling a lot.

Let's put it this way, how to sell it and how much to sell it for is basically up to the Emperor Ling himself.Moreover, the money from selling officials does not go into the national treasury, but goes into Lingdi's personal pocket.

This is cheating, that is to say, those officials who are placed in the treasury by the family can't get a dime, which is equivalent to directly stealing money from the family.

Emperor Ling played it quite beautifully.

Why do you say that, because Emperor Ling sells an official, it doesn't mean that if you have money, you will definitely be able to get on.

The official election process remains the same. After being elected, one must pay money to Lingdi to take office; if no money is paid, sorry, re-election, replacement, or if Lingdi is in a good mood, part of the exemption will be exempted.

On the surface, it seems a bit dirty to sell officials, but in fact it is not. As time goes by, more and more merchants and wealthy gentry will spend money to buy officials.

In order to maintain their own status, all major families have to pay for it, and it is fair for everyone to be dirty.

This incident is nothing more than cutting off the official career of the poor, while the wealthy family feels: since everyone paid for it together, no one should say who is dirty, right?

The most beautiful hand is actually to sell the position of the three princes and nine ministers.

Sangong Jiuqing is an honorary position, which has always been controlled by major families, and the families paid for this position because of the family's reputation.

This is not like the prefect of a county, the so-called city lord.

After all, the prefect has real power, so the price is higher than Sangong, which is also in line with Emperor Ling's expectations.

Not only has the aristocratic family's wool been plucked, but the aristocratic family has not been allowed to grasp the real power, it is perfect.

Of course, there must be some disadvantages, such as the interference in the election by the Zhongchang servants, and the eunuch's children mixed into the officialdom, which will cause chaos in the officialdom and turmoil in the court.

But this definitely has nothing to do with "Lingdi selling an official", but with Lingdi favoring eunuchs, so it can't be completely blamed on Lingdi selling an official.

Chapter 87 A Big Gift

Let Yang Zhi go to the West Garden in a carriage with money to wait, while Ling Xiao himself came to Zhang Rang's mansion.

"Stop!"

As soon as Ling Xiao approached Zhang Rang's mansion, he was stopped by the guards in front of the door.

However, when Ling Xiao showed Wang Yun's token, the two guards quickly bowed their heads and confessed.

As the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to provoke, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with.Without Wang Yun's token, Ling Xiao would not have chosen such a forceful method. Some means may be needed to meet Zhang Rang smoothly.

Now there is no need to be so troublesome, the token that Wang Yun handed over to Ling Xiao is not an ordinary token, but Wang Yun's own waist badge.

In a sense, Ling Xiao is Wang Yun's spokesperson, seeing a card is like seeing a person.

Although these two guards belonged to Zhang Rang, the ten-time attendant, they did not dare to offend Situ's mansion.

One of them stayed behind, and the other guard rushed into the mansion to report.

After a while, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a butler walked out of the door swaggeringly.

"Are you from Situ's mansion?"

This person didn't seem to be very afraid of Situ's Mansion, and his tone was rather impatient.

"Yes!"

Ling Xiao would not get angry with such a small person, but just flashed the token again.

That person didn't dare to snatch it, he just took a second look to make sure it was real,

"Come with me."

The butler didn't go through the main entrance, but led Ling Xiao into the Changshi mansion through the side door on the right.

It was not obvious from the outside, but after entering, Ling Xiao found that it was much more luxurious than Situ's Mansion.

Pavilions, terraces and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, are like pieces of exquisite works of art.

Along the way, Ling Xiao saw several bamboo forests, and even moved to a hill, on which a rather luxurious gazebo was built, and a small stream meandered down through the gazebo.

Ling Xiao roughly estimated that the area of ​​this mansion might not be less than 30 square kilometers!

This is in Luoyang City, where every inch of land is precious, and where the crouching tiger hides the dragon. To have such a large mansion, Zhang Rang's power can be seen.

I have to say, after seeing so much, Ling Xiao wants to live here.

Of course, that is to say, although my own city lord's mansion is still not comparable to this mansion, but in terms of various special effects, it is not comparable to this ordinary thing.

What's more, the territory is still in the primary form now, and it is not impossible to surpass the Han Imperial Palace, not to mention surpassing this small Changshi Mansion when the territory is raised to a few more levels.

Ling Xiao is full of confidence in the future of the God Forbidden Village Construction Order.

After traveling all the way for half an incense stick, the two finally came to a small courtyard.

The butler didn't dare to go in directly, and bowed outside the door: "Lord Chitose, there is a young man with Wang Situ's badge coming to see you, Lord Chitose please decide."

"Since you belong to Wang Situ, then come in."

A high-pitched voice came from the courtyard, and Ling Xiao couldn't help but get goosebumps.

This voice...is no one else!

"Sir, please come in."

The housekeeper stepped aside to make way, but he didn't intend to go in.

"It's time for the housekeeper."

Ling Xiao arched his hands, then gently pushed the door open and entered the courtyard.

As soon as I entered, I saw a thin old man about 50 years old. The old man had no white beard, and his complexion was delicate and ruddy, just like a baby.

At this time, the old man was lying on his back on the bamboo chair, with two maids standing beside him serving him.

"I'm Ling Xiao, I've met Lord Chitose!"

Ling Xiao stepped forward, bowed and said.

His eyes glanced slightly, paused for a moment on the two maids, and then moved away immediately.

Don't get me wrong, Ling Xiao is not a lustful person, but those two seemingly weak maids, but in fact it is not simple, Ling Xiao feels a little threat from them.

You must know that although Ling Xiao is just an ordinary general who has just broken through, in terms of combat power, he can definitely rank above the ordinary generals.

It can make Ling Xiao feel a little threatened. Obviously, the strength of these two maids is at least at the level of an intermediate general, which means that the force value should be around 70.

It seems that Zhang Rang is not simple. If someone with such force can be used as a maid, then there must be a stronger person hidden behind him.

"Who are you from Wang Situ?"

Zhang Rang didn't mean to get up, but asked lazily.

"Reporting to Lord Chitose, it can be regarded as the relationship between uncle and nephew."

Ling Xiao is also pulling the tiger's skin as a banner.

Wang Yun called me my nephew, so that's not a lie.

"Oh? It's just that my uncle and nephew were able to get Wang Situ's badge. It seems that you are deeply trusted by Wang Yun!"

"Help me up."

With the help of the maid, Zhang Rang sat up from the bamboo chair.

"Since Wang Situ's nephew, why come to my Zhang Rang mansion?"

"I'm coming from my uncle's hometown. I'm new here, and I want to find a job so that I can go back and enjoy the scenery."

"I heard that Master Chitose is in charge of selling officials, so I came here to pay my respects, and I will offer a small gift by the way!"

Ling Xiao didn't make a fool of himself, and directly explained his purpose, and at the same time took out a wooden box from his bosom.

"Oh, there are gifts, Xiaoyue! Bring them over for our family to have a look!"

A maid immediately stepped forward to take the wooden box, and after opening it revealed the contents inside, the maid was stunned for a moment, checked carefully, and then handed the wooden box to Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang was a little surprised by the reaction of his maids. He knew the origins of these two maids, and ordinary things should not be able to catch their eyes.

Zhang Rang took the wooden box and looked inside, a hint of surprise flashed across the curious expression on his face. If it wasn't for Ling Xiao's keen perception, he might not have noticed the change at this moment.

Ling Xiao secretly smiled in his heart, Xiao Mian, I can't deal with you anymore.