After Cao Cao and Liu Qi "returned to their positions", Liu Xie waved to Chunyu Qiong and Chun Yujia, called Chunyu Qiong to him, then took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Chun Yuqiong.
Chunyu Qiong took it and took a look. It turned out to be a price list—a price list for selling officials!
According to Liu Xie's price list, the price of the state pastor and the state governor cost tens of millions! And a great-grandfather like Taifu is even more expensive, with a flat price of 20 million, and he has to share one-third of the money, food, and supplies!
"Zhong Jian, did you tell Zhang Changshi that Yuan Benchu had plenty of money and wanted to buy the biggest and most expensive official... Is this Tutor big enough and expensive enough?" Liu Xie asked in a very polite tone - In business, harmony makes money!
"Your Majesty," Chunyu Qiong asked, "is there any official greater than Taifu?"
Liu Xie smiled and said: "Not yet... The Taifu is the Grand Duke, a little older than the General. If Yuan Benchu is still not satisfied, I can add another Grand Sima to him as the Taifu." How about Da Sima?"
Of course, it will cost more to increase the size of Sima!
Chunyu Qiong hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yuan just asked me to buy the largest and most expensive official. Since the Taifu is already the largest and most expensive official, that's it!"
Two hundred million!
Yuan Shao's money didn't come from the strong wind, so he couldn't waste his family like this!
Liu Xie asked again at this time: "So Yuan Benchu still has three state pastors or state governors and more than 20 county guards and state ministers..."
According to the price list he gave, the three state pastors, governors and more than 20 county guards and state ministers would get more than 700 million! Adding the 200 million from Taifu, it’s a small billion!
"Your Majesty," Chunyu Qiong shook his head again and again, "I am only ordered to buy... and seek officials for Duke Yuan. As for other officials, he will personally present them to him when he comes to court to accept the appointment of the Grand Tutor." Your Majesty, it would be best if you ask for it.”
"Yuan Benchu also wants to go to Luo?" Liu Xie immediately became a little wary. He didn't know how many troops Yuan Shao would bring to Luo?
Chunyu Qiong replied: "Of course Mr. Yuan will come to Luo to send money, food and goods to the court... That is worth tens of millions of dollars!"
"I see," Liu Xie finally smiled, "Then I will wait for Yuan Benchu to go to Luo!"
After negotiating a "deal" with Chunyu Qiong, Liu Xie turned his attention to Taifu Yang Biao. Yang Biao's Taifu might be on the verge of becoming a prostitute, but he still looked nonchalant - he was just a prince, after all. , not important at all! What really matters now is that the Yang family of Huayin cannot lose too much to the Yuan family of Runan on the issue of "Fifth Generation and Three Dukes"!
Now Yang Xiu looks very promising!
Noticing the emperor's gaze, Yang Biao hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the next person you want to see is the envoy of General Pingdong Lu Fengxian. Xuzhou Bijia Chen Deng and the army commander Ma Weiyue under General Pingdong."
Chen Deng is here? Liu Xiexin said: This person seems to have arrived earlier than in history! Historically, it seems that Lu Bu had to wait until Lu Bu broke the marriage alliance with Yuan Shu before sending Chen Deng as an envoy to escort an unlucky man named Han Yin (Yuan Shu's envoy) to Xudu to present to Cao Cao for reconciliation.
It's only December of the first year of Jian'an, why is Chen Deng here? Could it be that Lu Bu knew that I had "successfully begged for food" in Luyang and was expected to become the emperor of Luoyi, so he shamelessly wanted to take advantage of me?
"Let me do the math..." Liu Xie plucked the abacus beads twice more, "Lu Fengxian probably wants to ask Xuzhou Mu or Xuzhou Governor? But with Lu Pingdong's 'financial virtue', he should not be able to reach the state Mu and Xuzhou Governor. .Mengde, what did Chen Deng tell you?"
"Your Majesty," Cao Cao said with a smile, "Chen Yuanlong said that Lu Pingdong just arrived in Xuzhou, and now he only controls the three counties of Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Donghai in Xuzhou, and they are not very reliable, and he really can't make much money. So Lu Pingdong hopes Your Majesty, in view of his contribution to killing the Dong thieves, made him the governor of Xuzhou."
"Hey," Liu Xie laughed, "then let's announce Chen Deng and Wei Yue to the palace."
The praise officer guarding the gate immediately shouted: "Xuan Xuzhou, don't drive Chen Deng, Pingdong General's Mansion Army Sima Wei Yue."
As soon as the voice of praising the officials fell, they saw two officials, one strong and one thin, one military and one civil, walking in from the outside together with "small steps". When they reached a place six or seven steps in front of the emperor Liu Xie, they knelt down and left. The ceremony of bowing one's head.
Among them, the thin man with a sickly face must be Chen Deng who developed parasites from eating too much sashimi! That martial artist, with a good look and a good face, should be the one Liu Xie had seen often when he was in Chang'an.
After the ceremony, before Chen Yuanlong could speak, Liu Xie asked: "I heard that General Pingdong attacked General Zhendong's headquarters. Is this true?"
Chen Deng didn't expect that the little emperor would actually speak like this. He was speechless for a moment and had to look at Cao Cao. Cao Cao had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, it was Liu Xuande's own subordinate Cao Bao who caused rebellion in Xiapi. Zhang Yide, the captain who stayed behind in Xiapi, was unable to quell it, so Lu Fengxian sent troops from Xiaopei, occupied Xiapi and put an end to the rebellion in Xiapi. . Now Lu Fengxian and Liu Xuande have reconciled, and Liu Xuande, the shepherd of Yuzhou, has also returned to Xiaopei County in Pei State, Yuzhou. In October, Lu Fengxian even stepped forward to help Liu Xuande who was stationed in Xiaopei retreat Yuan Gonglu's 30,000-strong army!"
After hearing what Cao Cao said, the army commander named Wei Yue who followed Chen Deng into the palace quickly said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, General Pingdong is very loyal to you! If it weren't for Wang Situ's stubbornness and disobedience, , with General Pingdong protecting His Majesty, the world would have been at peace long ago!"
Liu Xie smiled: "Now that I have General Cao to protect me, I can rest easy! Liu Bei's General Zhendong was all represented by General Cao."
"Your Majesty," Cao Cao said with a smile, "I now also recommend Pingdong General Lu Fengxian to be the governor of Xuzhou."
Chen Deng also followed at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Xuzhou have unanimously recommended General Pingdong to be appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. Your Majesty, please give General Pingdong's approval based on his past achievements."
Cao Cao's reputation was big enough, and he recommended it, so Liu Xie naturally got the approval...but it was a conditional approval!
So Liu Xie greeted Chen Deng and Wei Yue with a smile: "Chen Farewell, Wei Sima, you two come forward to talk."
Chen Deng and Wei Yue looked at each other and knew in their hearts that the emperor wanted to discuss the price of selling his official position with them personally - Cao Cao said before that Zhang Changshi was responsible for this matter, but now the emperor seems to want to negotiate with him The two are meeting face to face... I wonder if we can negotiate a "purchase on credit"?
"Chen Biejia, Wei Sima... Lu Fengxian can't afford tens of millions of money, can he?" Liu Xie asked knowingly.
"No, really not!" Chen Deng shook his head.
"Your Majesty," Wei Yue said, "do you think you can let the prince owe you a debt first...and then pay it back slowly?"
Liu Xie shook his head slightly, "How can this be done?" He looked at Wei Yue and asked with a smile: "Wei Sima, if I remember correctly, Lu Fengxian has a beloved daughter who is waiting in the harem, and she is quite beautiful?"
"This..." Wei Yue was stunned and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you want to accept Ping Taohou's daughter as a noble?"
Lu Bu is no longer Marquis Wen now, but was granted the title of Marquis of Pingtao County when he was promoted to General Pingdong.
His call was heard by everyone in the hall, and Cao Cao was no exception. Even a big boss like him who kept his mood and anger secretly changed his expression. It was disgraceful that the emperor wanted to accept Lu Bu's daughter as a noble. Awesome!
Lu Bu’s surname is Lu! Lu Bu’s daughter must also be named Lu! If Lu Bu's daughter becomes a queen, she will be... Empress Lu! Even if Cao Cao becomes Prime Minister, he will still be restrained by Empress Lu! Also, what kind of fairy configuration is a "Liu Immortal Emperor" plus Empress Lu, plus Cao Xiangguo?
Liu Xie didn't care about Cao Cao's reaction at all. He just looked at Wei Yue and raised his voice: "I met Lu Hou's daughter as early as when I was in Chang'an and liked her very much... Now, although I have two concubines, I have no heirs yet, so I want to pay Marquis Lu Lu’s daughter to give me a son!”
Give birth...
Wei Yue was surprised!
If Lu Xiaoniang gives birth to a son for the little emperor, she might be promoted to Empress Lu! Then the son is the prince... Then why can't Lu Bu become General Lu or even Prime Minister Lu?
And he, Wei Yue... also has to follow his rapid rise!
"Then, that is really an honor for Lord Lu!" Wei Yue said happily, "I dare to guarantee that the Lord will not refuse!"
Hearing this, Cao Cao was almost furious!
He is inviting a wolf into the house! If I had known earlier, I should not have allowed Chen Deng and Wei Yue to see the emperor, let alone Bao Lu Bu as the governor of Xuzhou... This Lu Bu should have crusaded!
After Liu Xie received Wei Yue's guarantee, he smiled and nodded and said: "But I still can't appoint Lu Fengxian as the governor of Xuzhou! I only want his daughter and don't want to be the governor for him...unless he can offer it." Eighty million dollars!”
In other words, a Miss Lu is worth 20 million... which is quite expensive!
Chen Deng quickly shook his head and said, "Lv Junhou doesn't have that much money!"
"Then let's be the Prime Minister of the country!" Liu Xie said, "Let Lu Feng be the Prime Minister of the East China Sea first."
"His Majesty......"
Chen Deng still wanted to fight, but was interrupted by Liu Xie with a wave of his hand: "Chen Yuanlong, I accept Luhou's daughter and make Luhou the Prime Minister of the East China Sea. In fact, I am trying to eliminate disasters for Luhou... If I I remember correctly, among the five counties in Xuzhou, only Donghai has not suffered a disaster. Among them, Qu County is the commercial capital of the East and is rich. If Marquis Lu is willing to send his daughter here and run Donghai well, his future will be bright. Infinite. Otherwise..."
Having said this, Liu Xie glanced at the angry Cao Cao and asked with a smile: "Meng De, do you think it is feasible for Lu Fengxian to be the Prime Minister of the East China Sea?"
Cao Cao did not object to making Lu Bu the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he was not willing to let Lu Bu's daughter enter the palace. But there is still room for maneuver in this matter... After all, Lu Bu's territory is far away from Luoyang, so it is reasonable for something to happen during the wedding ceremony!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao's face looked better, and he immediately said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true, with Lu Fengxian's talent and virtue, he is qualified to be the Prime Minister of the East China Sea.
But in this case, Xuzhou Mu will be vacant. Can Liu Xuande be allowed to return to Xiapi and serve as Xuzhou Mu? "
Of course this is impossible!
Cao Cao is posing a problem for Liu Xie!
Liu Xie laughed and said: "Liu Xuande doesn't have the 'financial virtue' to serve as Xuzhou Mu, so the post of Xuzhou Mu should remain vacant. But Liu Xuande can indeed return to Xuzhou... How about letting him be the Prime Minister of Pengcheng?"
As for the candidate for Prime Minister Xia Pi, Lu Fengxian can be recommended. In this way, among the three counties in central Xuzhou, Lu Feng would take two first, spit out one and return it to Liu Xuande, and let the two families reconcile as before. "
good! This makes it easier to fight, but it's still not messy enough! I only heard Cao Cao say: "Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to arrange a famous man who is loved by the people of Xuzhou to act as a middleman between Liu Xuande and Lu Fengxian, in order to coordinate the Liu and Lu families and ensure the peace of Xuzhou."
"I wonder who the general is going to arrange to reconcile the Liu and Lu families?"
Cao Cao pointed at Chen Deng and said: "I recommend Chen Yuanlong to be the governor of Guangling!"
