Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties

Chapter 85 Orange Purple Followers (2k, there will be another update in the evening)
The store has been refreshed!
After completing the mission for Princess Chenliu, Su Ze's shop now had six slots. He opened the shop with great anticipation, and when he saw the golden orange, Su Ze finally became excited.

After two refreshes, orange is finally out!
[Farmer student with strong hands-on ability]

Grade: Orange;
Effect: Equip agricultural books to quickly learn the agricultural techniques in the books;
Comment: "Follow the weather and take advantage of the land. Agronomy is a great subject."

Price: 800 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required, and one piece of land is required to be cultivated every month.

Su Ze didn't expect that the system was so considerate and created such an orange follower just before he took office.

Su Ze quickly summoned the orange follower, only to see a plain-looking middle-aged man dressed in farmer's clothes, standing respectfully in front of Su Ze.

"You will be called Sunong from now on."

"Thank you for the name, my Lord."

Although Su Ze's family had no land, the imperial guards did have land.

When Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, he brought with him a large number of dukes, nobles, officials and soldiers. These people all needed to eat, so the first problem that Emperor Xiaowen solved was the food problem. He used the old method of the Cao Wei era - military settlements.

By organizing military settlements, the Yulin Huben were able to solve part of the food problem, and at the same time, it also provided something for the imperial guards who had just arrived in Luoyang and had no specific military tasks to do.

Therefore, the imperial guards such as Yulin and Huben had military fields near Luoyang.

The Yulin and Huben carried out military settlements in battalions. The person in charge of military settlement affairs was naturally the highest-ranking officer in the battalion, that is, the brigade commander of a battalion who also served as the director of agriculture.

As the new brigade commander of Tunqiying, Su Ze naturally also served as the Diannong Order of Tunqiying, and was also responsible for the military affairs of the entire Tunqiying.

Before Su Ze took up his post at the Tunqiying, he had already drawn the orange farmer's son award, so he no longer had to worry about military settlement matters in the future.

It's a good opportunity for me to ask my father-in-law about the current problems of the Yulin military settlements. After all, I was always working at the grassroots level before and didn't understand the intricacies at all.

Su Ze looked again, and the next one he saw was another purple follower.

[Corrupted Household Officials]

Grade: Purple;
Effect: This follower may become corrupted and consume some supplies every month. This follower may cause dissatisfaction among other upright followers in the team, and may also lead ordinary followers astray and become infected with corrupt terms.
Comment: "A senior official of the Household Department, one of the 36 departments under the Shangshu, was also infected with the corruption of the Household Department."

Selling price: 800 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required, and some of the money handled may be embezzled.

How come this system still sells out corrupt officials?
But it was a purple follower after all. Su Ze clicked to buy it, only to see a gray-robed clerk holding a knife and pen standing in front of Su Ze.

This guy didn't look cunning, but his eyes were rolling around. When Su Nong, who had just been summoned, saw him like this, he immediately took a few steps away.

"You will have to be Su Suan from now on, just stay with me."

Su Ze naturally didn't dare to send such a person out to work, but the corruption attribute might be transmitted to the followers working with him, so how to use this guy became a problem.

However, since he can be rated as a purple follower by the system, this Su Suan must have some outstanding qualities. If there is no "negative term" of corruption, this Su Suan should be rated as an orange follower.

Forget it, I was already very lucky to get one orange and one purple. The next thing was one blue and three green items.

The blue item is [High-quality Saddle], which is a set of high-quality saddles for daily use. It is of similar quality to the saddles in the armory, but is better maintained. Even within the Yulin, it is considered a good saddle.

The three green items were [fine bronze mirror], [durable hoe] and [effective wound medicine]. These were all daily necessities that could be used, and Su Ze bought them all.

After the scab on his shoulder formed the next day, Su Ze would prepare to go to Tunqiying.

While Su Ze was busy winning over the hearts of the people in the Yulin Army, in the villa of Sikong Zhang Yi's mansion, General Zhengxi and Sikong Zhang Yi's second son Zhang Zhongyu was gathering a group of companions.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the position of Sikong was basically an honorary title, usually granted to important officials for retirement. The more valuable title of Zhang Yi was "General Zhengxi", which was one of the four generals. Among the titles of generals, it was ranked only after General Huoqi, General Chariot Cavalry and General Wei, and was a senior general second only to the general.

However, since the new emperor ascended the throne, Zhang Yi's health has been poor, so he only stayed in Luoyang to recuperate and did not hold any specific position.

The Zhang family is the Qinghe Zhang family, one of the five Han surnames today. It is a noble family of the Jia surname personally appointed by Emperor Xiaowen. When Zhang Zhongyu entered officialdom, he was a Censor-in-Chief. Naturally, in his circle, people followed Zhang Zhongyu's lead.

However, compared with his brother Zhang Shijun, Zhang Zhongyu's starting official position was slightly less worthy.

As the eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Shijun was appointed as Zuo Zuo Lang at the age of 21. This was the highest official position in the Northern Wei Dynasty. If nothing unexpected happened, it would only be a matter of time before he became an important official.

Now Zhang Shijun has been promoted to Shangshu Zuomin Langzhong, a position to assist the Shangshu in handling specific government affairs in the Shangshu Tai. Shangshu Tai is the administrative agency of the entire Northern Wei court, and Zuomin Langzhong is familiar with the affairs of the Shangshu Tai. This clearly shows that the Qinghe Zhang family is pushing Zhang Shijun to the ranks of important officials.

In contrast, Zhang Zhongyu started out as a Censor-in-Chief, and three years later he is still a Censor-in-Chief. His performance in several evaluations by the Ministry of Personnel was mediocre, and he has never been promoted.

Those who attended Zhang Zhongyu's banquets were basically the second sons of the noble families of the Northern Wei Dynasty or the non-legitimate sons. Although they could also get official positions, it was difficult for them to obtain more resource support from their families.

"Zi Yu, I heard the other day that the Mahayana sect in Bohai had started a rebellion. The court has appointed the General Zhendong, the commander-in-chief of the northern expedition, and the royal family member Yuan Yao as the general of the expedition. He is preparing to go to the north to quell the Mahayana sect. Commander Yuan and your grandfather are old friends. This is a great opportunity to make achievements. Can you recommend us brothers to join Commander Yuan's shogunate?"

Zhang Zhongyu took a sip of wine and said, "My grandfather has already petitioned the court to let my brother serve as the acting secretary of the Yuan Dynasty governor's shogunate. I don't want to think about it. It's not reasonable for brothers to work together in the governor's shogunate."

Hearing this, everyone was very envious. Although the Jizhou Mahayana Sect was very powerful, no one in the court thought that they were a match for the government army. This expedition was to gain credit for the high-ranking children in Yuan Yao's shogunate.

The more he drank, the more bored he became. Zhang Zhongyu had someone come to the door and said to everyone, "Today, a batch of top-grade elixirs have been shipped from the south. Do you want to try them?"

“But it’s the elixir that Tao Hongjing, the Taoist master of the Southern Heavenly Dao, personally refined?”

Zhang Zhongyu nodded and said, "These are all elixirs that were sent from the front lines to Luoyang via the military post that delivered urgent military information. In the Southern Dynasty, only the upper-class families can enjoy them. Let everyone enjoy them today!"

Liu Bozhi, who was invited to the banquet, looked at the red elixir in front of him and took it in his hand hesitantly.

P.S. This article is a novel after all. Some historical events do not necessarily occur according to historical time. Any discrepancies in time can be regarded as the butterfly effect caused by time travel. However, major historical events will basically follow development trends, which is the inevitability of historical development.

There will be another update in the evening, I will keep writing it.

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