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Chapter 1060 Selling Officials

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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 1060

    The rebels in the western provinces of the western region of the Far Eastern Dynasty, Beichuan Province, Nanchuan Province and other places swept across the country.

    Under the command of Zhou Ba, Lei Ming and Wei Qing, the general of the rebel army, the rebel army attacked the city and conquered the territory, and it was unstoppable.

    Every time they captured a town, they would open warehouses to release grain, and abolished some exorbitant taxes imposed by the Far Eastern court, and threatened to divide the land among the people.

    These deeds of the rebel army quickly won the enthusiastic support of the people everywhere, and the scale of the rebel army is also growing rapidly.

    However, because the Far Eastern imperial court continuously mobilized troops from the local area and recruited young and strong to fight on the front lines, the local garrison strength was also quite weak.

    Moreover, most of the guards in these places are old and weak, and have not experienced large-scale brutal battles.

    The army led by Zhou Ba and Lei Ming fought all the way, not only the scale is growing rapidly, but also the combat effectiveness is constantly increasing.

    Seeing the deteriorating situation in the rear of the west, Emperor Long Jun, who was hesitant at first to sell his official title, had no choice but to agree to the suggestion made by Prime Minister Zuo Yan Jing.

    Therefore, in order to raise rations and salaries as soon as possible and replenish soldiers to the Imperial Guard, the capital also launched a large-scale operation of selling officials and selling titles.

    At the very beginning, the Far Eastern court still had some restraint, that is, all rich and wealthy households who donated food and salaries to soldiers would be awarded certain honorary titles.

    These titles, ranging from the fifth rank and the sixth rank to the first rank, do not have actual positions, but are just honorary titles.

    For those big merchants, they have plenty of money, but what they lack is an official status.

    Now that they have such an opportunity, they will naturally not let it go, so they donate money and materials one after another to obtain an official status.

    As a result of this, the Far Eastern court sealed off more than 500 official positions in one go.

    After hearing the news, the merchants and wealthy households in the Far Eastern imperial court's control area also responded one after another, wanting to get a high-ranking official position.

    And some rich merchants are no longer satisfied with the title of honorary officer, but want actual positions.

    Yan Jing and the others couldn't care less about raising money and food for the army.

    They continuously optimized and formulated detailed rules, and awarded honorary officers or actual positions according to the amount of donated things.

    Seeing that money can be used to buy an official body, and after having an official, you can amass money wantonly, many people naturally buy it one after another.

    ? Although everyone knows that the Far Eastern court is already in turmoil, many people are thinking of making a fortune before the Far Eastern court falls.

    After all, the Far Eastern imperial court has not yet collapsed, and with a formal official status in the imperial court, it is much more convenient to make money.

    Therefore, people who bought officials with money rushed to the capital, which made Yan Jing's mansion crowded and the capital became much more lively.

    Yan Jing and the others also raised a large amount of money, food and soldiers in a short period of time.

    These soldiers from rich and powerful families and merchants and wealthy households were quickly incorporated into the Imperial Guard, pulling up an army of more than 40,000 people.

    These 40,000 people, together with the 20,000 imperial guards stationed in the capital, rushed to the western region to quell the chaos.

    However, after such an operation by Yan Jing and the others, there were nearly a thousand more officials in the Far Eastern court.

    These officials range from seventh-rank sesame officials to first-rank officials of the imperial court, and nearly half of them are in real positions.

    As a result, although there was only one minister of the Ministry of War in the Far Eastern court, the number of ministers of the Ministry of War increased to eight.

    For a while, the number of officials in the Far Eastern court increased sharply, and the prefectures and counties below also followed suit and began to sell officials.

    Local prefectures and counties naturally don't have that much ability to sell big jobs, so they can only sell some jobs such as transfer envoys and garrison envoys.

    ? In Xilin Mansion in Gyeonggi Province, the admiral sold out his officials wantonly, causing the number of officials in Xilin Mansion to triple in a short period of time.

    All the official positions are clearly priced, and the admiral of Xilin Mansion earns a lot of money.

    However, the admiral of the Xilin Mansion still felt dissatisfied. He knew that the Far Eastern court was about to end, and he had to earn more money before the end of the Far Eastern court, so that he could spend his old age happily.

    Therefore, the admiral of the Xilin Mansion also came up with a way. Since there is no official position to sell, he should set it up by himself.

    The admiral's mansion in Xilin mansion has added a deputy admiral, the gatekeeper??, sweeping officer, purchasing officer and a series of messy positions.

    ?Because of some operations of the Far Eastern court, the upper and lower effects have led to a wave of selling officials and nobles in the area controlled by the Far Eastern court.

    Except for those poor people who really can't get rid of the pot, anyone who has money will buy a small official to enjoy the addiction of being an official.

    So much so that in the area controlled by the Far Eastern imperial court, the number of officials increased sharply, and anyone arrested on the street might be a gatekeeper.

    "It's just nonsense!"

    Hu Ziyang, Generalissimo of the Imperial Guard stationed at the front line, also cursed angrily after learning of the court's operation.

    Because in just a few days, dozens of mighty generals, General Yingyang, reported to his army.

    After careful questioning, it turned out that these people were all officials bought from the Ministry of Officials at a high price.

    Thinking of the court's blatant selling of officials and nobles, how could Hu Ziyang, Generalissimo of the Imperial Guard, not be angry.

    He directly came down and beat these so-called generals away with sticks. Whoever sold them their positions, let them go to whomever they want, and don't come to their own army.

    When Chen Ziang received the report from the Intelligence Investigation Institute, he couldn't help laughing.

    Such an approach by the Far Eastern court not only harmed the interests of some original officials, but also harmed their authority.

    After all, some of the original officials climbed to their current positions through hard work.

    And now some people suddenly spend money to become their immediate boss, how do they make sense of this?

    More importantly, everyone in the Far Eastern court can spend money to buy officials, leading to the collapse of the bureaucratic system, making it difficult for the court's orders to be effectively implemented, and only the authority of the court is damaged.

    "The chaos of the Far Eastern court has emerged, and their destruction is not far away."

    Seeing that the court of the Far East was openly selling their officials and conferring titles, Chen Ziang also made his own judgment.

    Because it was unthinkable in the flourishing dynasty to sell officials, but it was carried out openly in the Far East, and the court took the lead.

    The money and soldiers they raised not only could not save them from the fire and water, but would accelerate their slide into the abyss.

    It's like a sapling is dying due to lack of water, and urgently needs rainwater, but you pour a bottle of boiling water.

    Originally, the Far Eastern court was only facing military pressure. As long as they abolished some exorbitant taxes and implemented shrinking defenses, they might be able to persist for a longer period of time.

    But they didn't do this. Instead, they went to sell officials and nobles to raise money and food to recruit troops.

    This not only damages the official system, but those who get official positions will increase the exploitation of the people, further increase the burden on the people, form a vicious circle, destroy their foundation, and undoubtedly let the Far Eastern court destroy itself.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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