November 7, 15th year of Tai'an.

Wenchang Prefecture, Maolin County.

The prefect held a banquet and drank in the government office. A thunderbolt from the sky fell from the sky and died on the spot.

More than 60 participants saw it with their own eyes.

On the same day, tragedies of sudden deaths occurred in various places!

Among them are officials who have retired or big families.

For a moment, Wenchang Prefecture fell into turmoil.

There were even bandits who broke through Ping'an County, proclaimed themselves to fight against rebels, and openly raised the anti-black flag.

There are fourteen riverside villages on the banks of Daming Lake, which have introduced the leader of the alliance, and have taken the banner of descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty, proclaiming himself "King of Tang" and separating the country.

Jiangnan is in turmoil.

At the same time, when the General Wang was driving by the palace gate, he was assassinated and was poisoned and unconscious. The chaos in the capital had already emerged, and all the people competed for the military power of the imperial guards.

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Since ancient times, the greater the power, the more money you need, which is an irrefutable truth.

In order to raise funds, Ding Dang did not hesitate to play a masked thief and looted hundreds of wealthy families in one month.

This left behind a legend of a masked thief.

Afterwards, he took the money and went to the office.

That's right, literally, selling official positions and titles was common in the late dynasty.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, even at this time, is not a small amount.

At this time, Maolin rice had increased to one tael or two coins per dou, and 100,000 taels were almost half the capital of a grain merchant.

If you go to buy cows, you can also buy hundreds of buffaloes.

This has already made a huge sum of money.

At least ordinary wealthy families continue to do this for the rest of their lives.

However, only one seventh-rank county magistrate can be bought here.

"My father-in-law said that if you have a seventh rank or above, you will have to pay 10,000 taels of idle jobs. If you want to be in real terms, you will have to increase the price by 30,000 taels. If you are the leader of a county, it will be 50,000 taels. If you are going to the county or have other requirements, you will have to increase the price."

"If you don't bring enough silver notes, you can send someone back to pick them up. It must be faster. It's too late, and the good seats have been picked up--"

He shouted with a sharp voice, a young man and a half, shouting in a secluded courtyard of a residential house.

In the yard, there are tea, fruit, snacks, tables, mats and chairs for guests to rest.

Most of the dozens of guests were dressed up by wealthy businessmen, waiting here.

From time to time, one person walked out of the room inside, and then changed into someone outside and went in.

Every time, one moment, or one moment, a business is negotiated.

Ding Dang is among these waiting people.

He is the youngest among them.

This is not his first time to come to a similar official buying office.

In fact, this is already on the sixth place.

In the first five times, I was either a liar or had no suitable position, so I dragged it until now.

At this moment, those who sell official positions are all big names in the capital. Seeing the chaos in the dynasty, they plan to make some money in the chaos.

As the saying goes, "If you have power, you will be invalidated after expiration." I don't know how many days the power you have can last, so I can just take the opportunity to make some money.

This is the residence of a eunuch who was released from the public. He was originally from the Prince Cheng's mansion. Dan Ding used the method to find out the news. This guy actually secretly colluded with several ministers from the Ministry of Personnel and was frantically reselling his official positions.

Clearly marked prices, no deception.

As long as you give the money in place, you will immediately have a one-stop service, including official seals, documents, past resumes, official hats, robes, official boots, swords, guard of honor, etc.

Ensure that there are no flaws and no traces of fraud.

Because it really can't be true anymore...

I think it is better to compare to other places, at least it is not that dark here, at least I can pass the test by paying money.

After a while, a servant walked out and shouted:

"The sixth guest with the character C, please come in."

Ding Dang stood up, shook his clothes, and smoothed the wrinkles on his body.

Sitting on this cheap table and chair for an hour or two, he has been sitting quietly and nourishing his energy.

Following the servant into the room, Ding Dang saw more than a dozen maps hanging on the wall.

There were five or six people inside, each with things in front of them, mostly with official robes and other items.

The servant led Ding Dang to one of the tables.

An old eunuch with a white face and no beard, wearing simple clothes, was greeting him with a smile.

"Guest, I wonder what official position you want to buy?"

He smiled, smiling indifferently, and looked creepy.

"I want to buy the position of county magistrate near Maolin..."

Ding Dang naturally expressed his target that he had long been targeting.

“What a good luck to the guest…”

The old eunuch looked at him deeply and smiled sinisterly:

"Half a month ago, the county magistrate of Maolin Prefecture was punished by heaven on the same day and was beaten to death by the sky thunderbolt... These two seats are still empty until now!"

Why empty?

Of course I was afraid!

It is said that it was punished by God, but in fact there are rumors that it seems to have provoked powerful people from the alien race and the immortals who have attained enlightenment, which has caused trouble.

There are also rumors that the ghost king was born in Maolin, and the death of this destiny was an omen.

Some of them are even more outrageously said that this is a sign of the demise of the country.

There are many different opinions, and there are all kinds of opinions.

Anyway, for a while, no one dared to touch these two seats yet.

There are no other choices, so why take this risk?

At least it is still empty.

"Guest, here is the map, you can take a look first."

The old eunuch took out a very simple map for Ding Dang to show.

This map is really simple, and you can only see the general territory, with ovals circled on it, like fish scales.

Ding Dang, who has learned similar knowledge, knows this, this tax-collecting fish scale chart.

Each small circle above is a piece of land, which is used as a basis for collecting taxes.

However, this does not draw roads, rivers, water wells, etc., and is not a marching map, so it is not an important thing.

"I choose Beichen County."

Ding Dang chose one of them without hesitation.

"Politicism with virtue is like the North Star, where the stars are erected..."

"Young master is really ambitious and has an unlimited future..."

The old eunuch smiled and joked.

"I'll give you a good word. This is a hundred thousand taels. I want an imperial edict issued by the Ministry of Personnel and a guard of honor."

"By the way, I need two copies of the imperial edicts. I have to use seals and red pens."

The guard of honor and imperial edicts are all calculated for extra money.

Blank imperial edicts are particularly expensive. After all, imperial edicts actually have anti-counterfeiting technology, and it is not easy for people insiders to forge them.

"I can't ask for so much, only 80,000 taels are enough."

The old eunuch even found a 20,000 taels of silver notes, which were all bills from large money houses, and at least they could be redeemed at the moment.

Ding Dang smiled and pushed the money back, looked into the old eunuch's eyes, and said softly:

"I want to buy you some news for the remaining money."

"oh?"

The old eunuch became interested and took the silver notes into his sleeves, and his smile seemed much more real.
To be continued...