My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 117: Promotion to Pavilion Chief
When Lu Yi first traveled through time, he chose to observe mourning for his father. Besides the fact that he was completely in the dark when he first traveled through time and needed time to collect information and make plans, he also wanted to prepare for the selection of filial and honest officials in the future.

Now, it seems that the original decision was extremely correct, and the three years of hard work were not in vain.

"However, even if there is a filial and honest person to check, it is only considered to have passed the first level..."

Huang Huan sighed lightly and changed the subject.

"Without the recommendation of the county governor, the prime minister, or a high-ranking official with a salary of more than 2,000 stones, even a filial son or a virtuous grandson, or an honest and capable official, is doomed to have difficulty in making a name for himself."

"Brother Lu, if you want to be an official through the selection of filial and honest officials, I'm afraid it will be very difficult and the cost will be staggering!"

"Oh?" Lu Yi raised his eyebrows and immediately asked, "Does brother have a way?"

"Haha, I'm not afraid that Brother Lu will know that our Jiuyuan County's county magistrate Wang Li is the cousin of Wuyuan County Magistrate Wang Zhi, and Wang Zhi is one of the current Ten Attendants and the younger brother of the Central Attendant Guanjun Hou Wang Fu. As long as Brother Lu can get on the Central Attendant's boat through our county magistrate's relationship, why would he be afraid of a mere position of filial and honest official?" Huang Huan immediately moved close to Lu Yi and said with a low voice and a sly smile.

"So the county magistrate actually has this kind of relationship. He's an old friend of the Imperial Eunuch!" Upon hearing this, Lu Yi pretended to be shocked and respectful.

But I couldn't help but frown in my heart.

"Wang Zhi? Wang Fu?"

"After all this effort, it turns out that Wuyuan County is the sphere of influence of the eunuch party!"

He did not have any psychological obsession with eunuchs like the gentry during the Factions and Factions Rebellion.

But he, who was familiar with the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knew that in the war between the eunuchs who represented imperial power and the scholars who represented the powerful families in the world, the final winner was the powerful family group represented by the scholars.

However, the eunuch group suffered a miserable defeat in the end. They were basically uprooted and killed by the powerful families, led by the Yuan family.

And the royal family Liu behind them suffered an even more miserable defeat. Even the house deeds of the Han Dynasty were forcibly replaced by Cao Wei.

Moreover, although Wang Fu and Cao Jie were both favored by Liu Hong and had great power in the court, Lu Yi vaguely remembered that Wang Fu would fall this year.

It seems that he was caught by the nobles during his vacation at the end of this year, and was imprisoned by the Inspector of the Imperial Capital, Yang Qiu. The father and son were tortured to death in prison without even a trial. His relatives and old friends were also implicated and were stripped of their titles, dismissed from office and punished one by one.

It can be said that when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down!

And if Lu Yi really bribed Wang Zhi as Huang Huan suggested, and got in touch with Wang Fu through Wang Zhi, and was successfully recommended as a filial and honest official, it would be equivalent to joining the National Army in 49.

It's not just seeking death, it's simply seeking death!

"Hmm? That's not right!" Lu Yi suddenly had an idea and felt a strong urge to change history.

"If I had informed Wang Fu of the plan of the soldiers and Yang Qiu's actions in advance and changed history, perhaps this man would not have fallen so quickly after surviving this disaster, and his power would have continued. I would have gained huge benefits and successfully become one of Wang Fu's confidants. From then on, I would have a prosperous career and a smooth career, which would also be of great convenience and benefit to my plan to dominate the world!"

what?
The eunuch party has a bad reputation?

However, not just anyone can become a member of the eunuch party. Every year, countless people want to curry favor with Wang Fu and Cao Jie and are willing to become their minions and lackeys in exchange for fame and wealth.

Whether they are willing to accept you is still unclear.

Moreover, whether it was Duan Ying, who had just put down the century-long Qiang Rebellion, or Emperor Cao Cao of Wei, who was adopted as a grandson by the eunuch Cao Teng, which one of them was not related to the eunuchs?

Cao Teng was later honored as Emperor Gao by Emperor Ming of Wei, and was the only official eunuch emperor in official history.

Don’t you know that history is written by the victors?

As long as Lu Yi can successfully defeat all the princes and eventually win the world, what does it matter whether he is a eunuch party or not?
However, this matter is extremely dangerous. If it is not handled properly, Lu Yi, his subordinates and even the entire Jiuyuan will be destroyed.

Therefore, Lu Yi still needs to carefully weigh the pros and cons and not be hasty in making a bet.

Lü Yi's mind was agitated, but in reality it was just a moment. "Oh, right! Regarding the matter of selecting filial and honest officials, there is one thing that I forgot to tell you..." Huang Huan seemed to remember something and suddenly reminded Lü Yi.

"Hmm?" Lu Yi suppressed his complicated thoughts and cast a puzzled look at Huang Huan.

"During the Western Han Dynasty, the prefectures and counties held a selection of filial and honest officials every year, with a fixed number of candidates."

"However, the states and counties cannot be compared. Some states and counties are densely populated, such as the Central Plains, while some states and counties are vast and sparsely populated, such as Bingzhou. If we recommend them in this way, it will not be fair."

"So now it has evolved into a nomination based on regional population."

"In the Central Plains, every county shall elect one person for every 200,000 people. In the other border areas, every county shall elect one person for every 100,000 people. Every county shall elect one person every two years for every county with a population of less than 100,000. Every county with a population of less than 50,000 shall elect one person every three years!"

"The total number of households in Bingzhou is only 115,000, with a population of less than 700,000. In Wuyuan County, there are only 4,000 households and 20,000 people. Therefore, we can only select one person as a filial and honest official every three years."

Huang Huan talked freely.

"So that's how it is!" Lu Yi suddenly realized, but at the same time he had strong doubts about the accuracy of the data Huang Huan said.

Not to mention others, even a newly rich upstart like Lu Yi had two to three thousand servants, servants, and refugees under his command, not to mention the wealthy like the Zhen family of Zhongshan and the Mi family of Xuzhou, for whom supporting tens of thousands of people was a piece of cake.

The data mentioned by Huang Huan are just official paper data. You can just listen to them and don't take them seriously.

Although Bingzhou has a vast territory and a sparse population, it is definitely not as small as the official data Huang Yi mentioned!
However, the key issue now is not the official data that Huang Huan mentioned, but his own future, so Lu Yi continued to ask: "I wonder when was the last time Wuyuan County selected filial and honest people?"

"It was the year before last!" Huang Huan thought for a moment and replied.

"So, the earliest we can get a place as a filial and honest official again is next year?" Lu Yi was slightly stunned when he heard this and felt a little disappointed.

"Haha, you are so young, why bother about one year? This year is just right for you to make friends with the county magistrate. If you can take this opportunity to get in touch with Wang Changshi, wouldn't you be extremely rich and powerful?" Huang Huan advised with a smile upon seeing this.

"Brother Huang is absolutely right. I learn a lot from your teaching!" Lu Yi thought so too. It was only the second year of Guanghe (179 AD), and there were still more than four years before the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD). Waiting for a year was not completely unacceptable.

Once successfully recommended as a filial and incorruptible official, one would either enter the imperial court as a palace official or be sent to other states or counties to serve as a county magistrate, county head, county assistant secretary, or county lieutenant.

However, Lu Yi himself was from Jiuyuan, so it was absolutely impossible for him to be appointed as the chief official of Jiuyuan.

This year can be fully utilized by Lu Yi to consolidate his power in Jiuyuan Pavilion.

"In that case, I would like to ask Brother Huang to take me to see County Magistrate Wang and present this matter in person."

After figuring this out, a confident smile reappeared on Lu Yi's face.

As I said, I’m not afraid of you being greedy, I’m afraid of you not being greedy.

Now that Lu Yi is quite wealthy, any problem that can be solved with money is no longer a problem for him.

"Of course, I also see how hard Brother Huang has worked, and I will not let him make this trip in vain!"

"It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning. I'll take you to visit County Magistrate Wang now!"

Huang Huan waved his hands repeatedly, his eyes narrowed into slits due to smiling.

On that day, Jiuyuan County Magistrate Wang Li hosted a private dinner at his home and warmly received Lu Yi. He also fully affirmed Lu Yi's strong desire to make progress.

After accepting some heavy local specialties that Lu Yi brought from Jiuyuan Pavilion, Wang Li patted his chest and assured Lu Yi that he would report his progressive ideas to his cousin and superior as soon as possible and make every local specialty brought by Lu Yi play its due value.

At the end of the private banquet, the official appointment document of Jiuyuan Pavilion Chief was handed to Lu Yi in the hall.

(End of this chapter)