After entering the book, I emptied the warehouse of my foster mother's house to farm

Chapter 932: Policy of Selling Official Positions

After Cao Dongyang handed the envelope to Emperor Ping Zhao, Emperor Ping Zhao praised him twice and sent him away without even asking any questions.

Yan Rong wanted to go forward to read the contents of the letter, but Emperor Ping Zhao burned the letter first.

I saw nothing!

However, he heard Emperor Ping Zhao say: "Prince An may seem unreliable, but his idea is good. It is indeed not easy to get these corrupt officials to give up their money. After all, the risk of being investigated by me is too great. However, if we change the method, they will be willing to do it."

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, what idea did Prince An come up with to make Your Majesty so happy?"

There were two methods in the letter, but Emperor Ping Zhao chose the most tempting one, which was also the most surprising one.

Buying and selling official positions!

However, there are certain rules to following when it comes to buying and selling official positions.

First: auction mode, the highest bidder wins;

Second: probation period, one month for each position;

Third: Only those who have achieved the title of Xiucai or above can participate, and their identity information will be verified by the Ministry of Personnel;

Fourth: Only in Kyoto city.

The Dali people originally used to donate official positions to their unsuccessful sons for the sake of face, but after Emperor Suwen ascended the throne, he banned this rule.

Yes, it is banned, not abolished.

If Emperor Ping Zhao opened this policy again, it would undoubtedly lead many officials to spend money to buy official positions and gild their descendants.

These four requirements seem to be very clear and simple, but behind each one, there are loopholes that are exploited by those who make the rules of the game.

Even though Emperor Ping Zhao thought that these clauses would allow those with ulterior motives to take advantage of loopholes when implemented and would make some people desperate, aren't these the people he is dealing with now?

What needs to be solved right now is the problem of the disaster victims, and the problems in the court can only be solved slowly.

Emperor Ping Zhao asked Yan Rong to announce this decision at the morning court session the next day.

There was complete silence in the court.

All the officials looked at each other, each of them was extremely excited and could not believe that this could be true.

There is always some dust at the bottom of the pot in every household. It is normal to have one or two disobedient and incompetent sons.

If everyone's ancestral graves were filled with smoke, wouldn't the throne be passed down in turns?

Emperor Ping Zhao did not delay their discussion and returned to the palace.

As soon as the news came out, a long queue formed at the entrance of the civil service department. Even if some of these people were not scholars at all, money makes the world go round, so what's the difficulty in spending some money to smooth things over?

Since the imperial court is "selling official positions", the treasury must be tight. So whoever has more money will have the final say.

Especially the merchants who got the news, they had enough silver in their pockets.

Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Merchants have money but low status. They wish their children and grandchildren could go to school so that they can hold their heads up high and stand up straight.

There are too few such businesses in recent years!

Now that the opportunity has come, we must seize it.

But within a day, the Ministry of Personnel sent a booklet: "Your Majesty, this is the registration list. The official positions that can be sold are attached to the back of the booklet. Your Majesty will set the price."

Yan Rong stood aside, expecting Emperor Ping Zhao to assign him the task, which was a lucrative one.

However, Emperor Ping Zhao did not do as Yan Rong wished, but said: "You should verify the identity and discuss the pricing with Prince An."

"Yes!"

"By the way, we need to hurry up and do this. I'm worried that the grain in the granary won't last long."

"As ordered."

When Cao Dongyang saw the people from the Ministry of Personnel, he was overwhelmed. What was the point of discussing anything with him?