It is said that the emperor only knows how to spend money, and does not know how to save money. Today we will discuss an emperor who put his mind on making money, he was the Han Ling Emperor of the Han Dynasty. The Han Ling Emperor was very clever, but he did not focus on supporting the great cause, but on how to make money.
This also makes people wonder why he is so rich as the emperor, why do he still need to earn money? In fact, this has something to do with the system at that time, and the money in the treasury is owned by the state, not by the emperor. The emperor could not use it privately, so the Han Ling Emperor thought of filling his wallet. In order to make more money, he thought of a good way to buy and sell official positions. This official position now seems to be a capital offense, but at that time, the emperor was the biggest, the emperor did this, and the ministers did not have a good explanation.
As a result, the Han Ling Emperor officially began his own journey of selling officials in the people. He advertised in the private sector and wrote down clearly marked prices. An official at the county level needs 20 million yuan, and an official with a salary at the county level needs 4 million yuan. At that time, it belonged to the important officials of the imperial court, such as the three dukes and nine secretaries, the Han Ling Emperor also dared to sell it, and in order to further promote his official position, he even discounted his well-connected ministers. So as long as you have money, you can even become a courtier.
Seeing that the emperor bought and sold official positions in this way, many people also actively bought, after all, it was such a heavy layer as the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, who did not want to fish for some oil and water? Therefore, at that time, many eunuchs bought the Three Dukes and Nine Qings, including Cao Cao's father Cao Song. Other rich children who have no culture have also paid for it and bought an official to be a pawn.
At that time, there was a person named Cui Lie, who was also a well-known rich man, and her talent was also excellent. Cui Lie has had a dream of becoming a high official since he was a child, but after all, there are only so many positions of heavy ministers, not that he can be what he wants to be. It just so happened that emperor Han Ling was selling officials, so Cui Lie spent a lot of money to buy a three dukes and nine secretaries to be a pawn. However, after Cui Lie bought the official position of the Third Duke and Nine Secretaries, the imperial court also began to talk about him. Cui Lie suspected that everyone was talking about him behind him, so he took the initiative to ask his son Cui Jun, how do you feel about me now? My son told him the truth that everyone was disappointed in you. Cui Lie was very puzzled and asked his son why, and Cui Jun said that because you have a copper smell on your body. After listening to his son say this, Cui Lie was furious and immediately beat his son. Later, the smell of copper was also used to describe people who now love money and use money to do things. Cui Lie's final outcome was not very good, and he was eventually killed in the uprising.
Modern society is also more disgusted with people who have a copper smell on their bodies, believing that they will only use money to solve problems, and have no practical ability. It is also these people who are good at using money, constantly challenging the moral bottom line of today's society, and all their problems will be settled with money, resulting in a worse and worse social atmosphere in the whole society.
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