Chapter 8 Ji Hao's Dragon Slaying Technique
Mi Fang was a very successful businessman. He was born in the prosperous Xuzhou. He had a very big business and was appreciated by the governor of the province, Tao Qian. He was about to enter the officialdom and was at the peak of his career.

However, in this era where people paid attention to their family background, the major families in Xuzhou looked down on him.

It would be fine if they didn't hold official positions and didn't interfere with each other.

But once he became an official, he would have to meet everyone and would inevitably be looked down upon, so he made a special trip to the capital Luoyang, wanting to buy some things that could elevate his status and take them back to use when he took office.

But after searching around, I found nothing.

How can one's status be elevated by mere external things?
Just as he was lost in confusion, a voice suddenly reached his ears: "Come here, take a look! The same glass cup as your majesty's, specially provided by the royal family, only 100,000 coins, you can take it home!"

This made Mi Fang's eyes light up.

The same style as your majesty?

"Is it true?" He looked over with curiosity and found that after the shop opened, a large number of customers immediately poured in, all of them dignitaries.

There is the Yuan family, which has three officials in four generations, and the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

A military officer with real power.

For example, Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Huangfu Song.

There are also wealthy businessmen.

They rushed to buy them, paying 100,000 yuan each, without blinking an eye, which made Mi Fang stunned. Then she reacted and ran over, shouting, "I want one too, I want one too! Leave a few for me!"

With so many ministers in the court buying them, how could there be fakes?
What’s fake is also real.

As long as I bring this thing back and show it to all the officials in Xuzhou when I take office, I guarantee that they will be blinded and will never dare to look down on me again!

"Go, go, get in line!"

……

With the emperor as the spokesperson and personal introduction like a live broadcaster, Ji Hao's glass products became popular instantly.

From high-ranking officials to ordinary people.

Everyone knew that there was a kind of treasure specially provided for the royal family, which was sold at the "Chengtian Grocery Store" on the street. Even those who could not afford it went to see it, wanting to catch a glimpse of the treasure.

And the person who buys it, of course, cannot just go out with it in luxury and leave it at home unused.

They showed it off to their relatives and friends.

For a time, "glass cup" almost became synonymous with the word "powerful and wealthy" in Luoyang city. If you didn't have a few glass cups at home, you would be embarrassed to see people.

If someone uses glass wine glasses or tea cups to entertain guests, the house will be crowded with people.

It can also be used to deal with superiors with great effect.

Ji Hao and Ling Di made a fortune. In just half a month, they collected 100,000 gold. Even after splitting it in half, they each earned 50,000 gold.

At this point, Emperor Ling's attitude towards Ji Hao completely changed.

"I still remember the scene I saw when I visited your store incognito!" Liu Hong pulled Ji Hao to drink and said, "At that time, a customer said that our glass cups were too expensive and asked why we didn't just rob them. As a result, you replied to him on the spot, 'Robbery is not profitable.' I didn't understand it at the time, but now I understand!"

Fifty thousand gold!

Since Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the unit of "gold" came into being, with one gold equal to ten thousand coins.

As for the value of money, during this period, Cao Cao's father only spent 100 million coins, or 10,000 gold, to buy the official position of "Taifu".

A prefect only needs two thousand gold.

The court's annual tax revenue was only 4 billion coins, or 400,000 gold coins. But in just half a month, they had earned one-eighth of the tax revenue.

One can imagine how excited Emperor Ling was.

"Chengtian, why don't you stop doing business and become my prime minister!" Liu Hong said, "I promise you will be second to none and above ten thousand people. Let's work together as king and subject to do a great job."

These words were spoken with considerable pride.

If he hadn't known that the money required to buy the prime minister was exactly 50,000 gold, he would have really believed it.

"You won't make that much money in the future! In fact, sales started to decline on the tenth day, and the income from the next few days was less than one tenth of the first ten days. Although you can make a steady income in the future, you won't make much money." Ji Hao said: "This is actually a celebrity effect. If your majesty wants to make money, you can do it yourself. The same routine, although it won't be very useful the second time, but doing it a few times a year is better than selling official positions!"

Liu Hong nodded to this.

"Tomorrow I will renovate the West Garden and turn it into a 'royal tribute supermarket'. You must come and show your support then!"

Obviously, this "Emperor of Adding Money" is still courageous.

Without courage, one cannot do something like selling official positions openly at a fixed price!
"But, are you really not going to continue buying positions?" Liu Hong said again: "If you don't want to be the prime minister, you can be one of the three highest officials, such as the Grand Marshal, the Minister of the Interior, or the Minister of Works. You can pick any one you want. I will find a reason to kick them out, and you can take the position, that's all!"

Ji Hao shook his head and refused.

Speaking of official positions, which of the three dukes and nine ministers is not far higher than the governor? What kind of rubbish is the governor?
But in the end, it was the governors and prefects who decided the world situation.

Just because, if you have soldiers under your command, you are a high-ranking official. If you don’t have soldiers under your command, you are just a younger brother. Even if you are one of the three highest officials, others can kill you at will.

Therefore, his purpose was very clear, which was to keep the money in his hands and recruit soldiers.

Of course, the official position still needs to be mentioned.

"How about this! I'll pay 100 million yuan, and Your Majesty will set up a separate position for me as one of the Nine Ministers. How about that?" Ji Hao said, "I've already thought of a name for it. It's called 'Fa Qiu Tian Guan'!"

Hearing this, Liu Hong immediately narrowed his eyes.

He said: "The Nine Ministers is the ancestral system and should not be changed!"

"So?" "More money!"

In the end, Ji Hao's 50,000 gold was swindled away by this "Emperor of Adding Money", which was 15,000 gold, or 150 million yuan, before he sold him the position of "Fa Qiu Tianguan", whose job was to be in charge of all the mountains and minerals of the Han Dynasty.

They also have the duty of guarding and can recruit 20,000 soldiers.

In other words, Ji Hao could legitimately train 20,000 elite soldiers without exceeding the limit in the slightest - this would have been impossible in other dynasties, but Emperor Ling of Han dared to do it.

He has completely let go.

Ji Hao even suspected that if he gave enough, it would not be impossible for Liu Hong to make him a king, such as "King of Zhou"!
It’s so fucking exciting!
"So, even if we accept all the refugees around the capital now, we still can't fill the establishment, and we can recruit soldiers without restraint in the future?" Cao Cao glared.

He felt that the current emperor was simply crazy.

"Isn't he afraid of your rebellion at all?" Zhou Cang was also confused.

In response, Ji Hao shook his head.

"In fact, the major noble families and generals have long threatened the imperial power. The Ten Eunuchs are the ones who control the government in the palace. Emperor Ling even said in person, 'Eunuch Zhang is my father, and Eunuch Zhao is my mother.' They have long since given up!"

Why didn't he dare to take over the position of prime minister?

Because I have no ability!
If you dare to answer it today, you will be beheaded tomorrow!
The situation of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, was not much better than that of the later Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie. In history, the "Eight Commandants of the Western Garden" only existed for eight months before they were forced to disband!

This time, with Ji Hao's assist, Liu Hong became rich.

The Eight Colonels should be able to exist forever.

But it still can't change anything. The loss of imperial power is an indisputable fact!

Therefore, Emperor Ling didn't care at all.

He just wants money!

"Recruit troops as soon as possible. The glass sales gave me some time off, so no one has noticed yet. No one knows how much money I made because they don't know the cost!" Ji Hao said, "But the dividends from Emperor Ling can't be kept secret. Someone will know about it soon. If we can't turn money into strength in a short period of time, we will be in big trouble!"

Cao Cao was also very clear about this.

He nodded and said, "I have already recruited 2,000 strong men. Weapons and armor are already in place. With a little training, they will become an elite force. But it is far from enough to gain a foothold in the capital. I will continue to recruit!"

"Good job!"

Ji Hao patted his shoulder and said, "Now that I have bought a new official position, the position of tomb raider is given to you. Follow me in the future, and I guarantee that you will be able to achieve great things!"

Cao Cao: "..."

Have you forgotten that my father was once the Grand Marshal, one of the Three Dukes?

Why would I care about a tomb-raiding captain like you who was bought with money?
But at this moment, Ji Hao spoke again and said: "Of course, it is not that easy to train a strong army. We need a special method to train soldiers. I will teach you a part of the 'Dragon Slaying Technique' that the descendants of Yan and Huang have never passed on to others!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Cao's eyes lit up immediately.

Can we finally get a glimpse of "Dragon Slaying Technique"?

One of the reasons why he followed Ji Hao was because of the "Dragon Slaying Technique" in Ji Hao's hand - he really wanted to know what was recorded in that strange book that began with "The people are the water, the king is the boat"!
"Let me see it quickly." Cao Cao said hurriedly.

Ji Hao couldn't help but smile.

If you want to see it, then it’s easy to fool you!

So he took out "The Art of Slaying Dragons", opened it, and placed the first page of the text in front of Cao Cao.

It was written on it: A dragon slayer must transform himself into a dragon before he can slay a dragon. Their transformation into a dragon means they are born rich, while our transformation into a dragon means we can enlighten the people. If everyone in the people can become like a dragon, then everyone can slay a dragon!
"Sure enough!"

Although he had never seen it, Cao Cao could roughly guess that the dragon-slaying technique must also be the dragon-transforming technique.

"But how easy is it to enlighten the people and make them all like dragons?"

Cao Cao continued reading and soon saw the main text: [People are the foundation of the country, and people's thoughts are the most powerful weapons in the world. As long as they can be used well, all enemies are paper tigers! ]

“It’s a strange angle, but it’s really enlightening!”

[The people are numb and have no thoughts. So if you want to wield the weapon of thought, you must first let those ordinary people have thoughts.

This is to enlighten the people! 】

“Is it the will of the people?”

Cao Cao continued to read with doubt: [It is not so easy to fully awaken the wisdom of the people. Not everyone can be fully awakened. Therefore, we can partially and to a certain extent open up the rule of the people, which can be concretely put into actual action.

For example, learning to read, publishing newspapers, and establishing faith.

First, we need to mobilize the soldiers' enthusiasm and arouse their desire to learn to read. Then, we need to lead them to put aside all their reserve, sing the national anthem every day, and establish a sense of collective honor.

After that, we need to guide them carefully.

Let them actually feel that a good life is created by everyone together.

Let them have a sense of participation and feel the changes in their lives, and then they can build faith and construct a "Great Harmony World" that belongs to all of us!
"Everyone can read?" Cao Cao shook his head. "Is it possible?"

It’s not that easy to learn characters.

"Don't you think that the characters in my Dragon Slaying Technique are too concise?" Ji Hao smiled and said, "I was even mocked for being illiterate because of this. But in fact, traditional Chinese characters are a blockade deliberately created by aristocratic families and emperors to suppress people's wisdom!"

Having said that, he took out a dictionary from his arms.

Then he said: "And this is the trump card of my Ji family, a powerful weapon that can break through the cultural blockade!"

(End of this chapter)