Chapter 17: Rewarding according to merit, Chen Gong came to seek an official position
In fact, at the beginning, Ji Hao didn't want to attend the morning court because he didn't have the habit of kneeling.

But after some inquiries, he found out that in the Han Dynasty, unless there was a ceremony to worship the heaven or the emperor passed away, the "kneeling" ceremony would basically not be performed.

A man's knees are as precious as gold, and this is not just talk.

Everyone in the court stood when they attended court.

"Huangfu Song, you have been credited with the greatest contribution in this expedition against the Yellow Turbans. Do you want any reward?" asked Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty with narrowed eyes.

In response, Huangfu Song shook his head.

He knew his own limitations and clearly understood that he was powerless and could not hold a high position, so he gave up the credit and said, "I was just cleaning up the mess. The real fighter against the Yellow Turbans was Lu Zigan. If Your Majesty wants to reward him, why not give him the reward!"

Hearing this, Emperor Ling of Han nodded.

He said: "Then let Lu Zhi be reinstated and appointed as the Minister of the Chancellery!"

However, there was no decree to summon Lu Zhi back to the capital, nor was there any mention of what he would be in charge of - there was no doubt that this was just a nominal reinstatement, giving him an official position, and in reality Lu Zhi was still idle at home.

I'm afraid there is no salary at all.

"My dear Ji, you are already the 'Faqiu Tianguan', which is equal to the nine ministers. I will not raise your official position!" Emperor Ling said, "I will just give you a title, and make you the 'Chengtian Hou'! You will also serve as the governor of Qingzhou. Take office as soon as possible and manage Qingzhou well!"

The former title is still empty and useless.

However, the position of provincial governor is actually a frontier official, which is higher than the "Three Dukes" in a sense.

Because at the end of the Han Dynasty there were governors who killed the Three Dukes, but there were no governors who killed the Three Dukes.

However, Emperor Ling of Han was not entirely well-intentioned, and he also set a trap for Ji Hao: If we were to say where the Yellow Turban Rebellion was most seriously affected, it would have to be Qingzhou, and Huangfu Song did not even go to clean it up.

Is it the commander-in-chief Guan Hai who is so awesome?

No!

That broken place was poor and had suffered a disaster, and the imperial court was simply unable to provide disaster relief. And as long as disaster relief was not provided, no matter how many times the rebellion was suppressed, there would be another rebellion later.

There is no point in suppressing it.

If the people didn't want to starve to death, they had no choice but to rebel.

Therefore, the imperial court ignored it until Guan Yu killed Guan Hai with a sword and Cao Cao subdued the Qingzhou army, and the Qingzhou Rebellion was declared over.

That was a full ten years ago!
Now that Ji Hao is the governor of Qingzhou, it is definitely not a good job.

But Ji Hao did not refuse, but clasped his fists and said: "Chen accepts the order!"

Afterwards, the emperor conferred upon Ding Yuan the title of "Governor of Bingzhou" and upon Dong Zhuo the title of "Governor of Xiliang", both of which were additional titles of frontier governors on top of their original titles.

Concurrent post.

"Gongsun Zan..."

"Yuan Shao..."

"Yuan Shu..."

Many people became local lords.

But later, when mentioning Lü Bu, who had made great contributions in defeating the Yellow Turbans and becoming their commander-in-chief, Emperor Ling of Han simply conferred on him the title of "Chief Clerk of the Western Liang Army" and said nothing more.

As for Liu Bei, his county magistrate was not even appointed by the emperor himself.

Did the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang accomplish anything?

Of course he did. Strictly speaking, he was the first to achieve this. When Lu Zhi was fighting against Zhang Jue before, he killed many enemy generals and almost killed Zhang Jue himself.

Although he was not killed in the end, he was seriously injured and died of illness within a few days.

During the decisive battle against Zhang Liang, he also rescued Dong Zhuo, so he should be given another credit.

However, no one praised them, because they had no foundation in the court. This made Ji Hao shake his head: it was true that he and Liu Bei had fallen out, but in his heart, he felt that Liu Bei was not worth it. They had fought hard to defeat the Yellow Turbans, fought dozens of battles, and fought desperately.

In the end, the rewards all went to others.

With such a court, it is no wonder that the imperial power fell into the wrong hands. Who the hell would feel a sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty where rewards and punishments are so unclear?
"Damn it, damn it!" After leaving the court, when Ji Hao saw Lu Bu, he found that his eyes were red. He was even angrier than when Dong Zhuo took away Diao Chan from him on TV.

No wonder.

Seizing the commander's flag! This is the highest achievement in the army.

Looking at the entire Yellow Turban Rebellion, only the contributions of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang can be compared with his.

But unfortunately, those three people didn't get any reward at all.

This Lu Bu was only given a small title of chief clerk in the army, and he didn't even become a "general"!

He is even worse than Hua Xiong who suffered a defeat.

"I have been wandering for half my life, and I only regret that I have never met a wise master!" After complaining, Lu Bu mounted his horse and left Luoyang, heading straight for Bingzhou. It was obvious that he was upset and did not want to stay in the capital any longer.

Ji Hao wanted to recruit him, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Not the time.

He has a lot of troubles of his own now. If he recruits Lu Bu but doesn't use him well, the latter will run away sooner or later. If he does use him well, where will he get so many soldiers for Lu Bu to lead?
Even though he already had 20,000 men, he still got the position of Qingzhou Mu.

The troops were divided into six counties in Qingzhou. There were only 3,000 people in each county, and they were transferred to the counties. Unless he was like other princes, he only cared about the lives of the people in the main city.

Otherwise, the military strength will be exhausted in an instant.

"Why Qingzhou?" After returning to the camp, Guo Jia frowned and said, "That place has suffered from severe drought for many years and the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It is now in chaos. Except for Beihai, where there is still a governor Kong Rong supporting it, Donglai, Chengyang, Jinan and other places have almost become deserted cities!"

To be honest, he did not recommend Ji Hao to take Qingzhou.

Not only is it useless, it's also a big burden and it makes you feel uncomfortable after spending money on it.

"But similarly, apart from the Kong family, there are no other aristocratic families in Beihai. Several cities have lost their governors, which is a good time to place our own people. You, Meng De, and Zilong, don't you want to be a governor?" Ji Hao said.

No one agreed to this half-joking remark.

Including Zhao Zilong, everyone frowned and said, "Millions of disaster victims!"

After he truly understood the situation in Qingzhou, although he felt reluctant, he also felt that Ji Hao should not accept it - Ji Ying had always been open to poor people, and once he accepted it, he could not let go of those millions of disaster victims.

Even though they have all become the Yellow Turban Army.

It can almost be said that wars have to be fought, disaster relief has to be provided, and then post-disaster reconstruction has to be carried out.

It's simply not too much trouble.

"Don't worry, I have the Dragon Slaying Technique, which contains the solution!" Ji Hao smiled and said, "That technique is called 'Hybrid Rice'. As long as it is used properly, Qingzhou will be transformed from a burden to our granary! Moreover, we can also dry salt along the coast. Qingzhou can not only become a granary, but also our money bag!"

In ancient times, he could not produce hybrid rice with a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu, but he could produce several hundred kilograms.

It was successfully cultivated half a year ago.

It was originally intended to be given to Liu Bei, but because he failed to join the sworn brotherhood, it was shelved.

It’s just right to use breeding technology now.

"Hybrid rice?" Guo Jia and others showed curious looks on their faces.

But before Ji Hao could finish his words, Zhou Cang came to report: "My Lord, there is a scholar who wants to come to our place to seek an official position. He carries a basket of books on his back. He looks very knowledgeable. Would you like to meet him?"

Hearing this, Ji Hao immediately asked: "What's his name?"

"Chen Gong, Chengongtai."

(End of this chapter)