This thing that can be bought and sold is the official position. Perhaps in the impression of many people, the official position should be held by capable people. Only those who are talented, capable and able to do good things for the people can become officials. But in fact, in many dynasties in China, during the reign of the last few emperors, there were cases of buying and selling official positions. In the period when the country is strong, it is difficult to buy and sell officials, and it is easy to be caught. But when the treasury is empty and the emperor is poor enough to sell officials, there will be many phenomena of buying and selling officials. They put a clear price tag on many official positions that can be bought and sold, and only those who can afford the price can be an official.
Once this happens, the whole society will gradually become chaotic. Many families have accumulated their life savings in order to buy an official for their offspring. When such people become officials, in order to get their original efforts back into their pockets, they will choose to squeeze the people more and more, resulting in many people's lives being very poor and even forming a vicious circle. Ordinary people save money just to get ahead as officials, and then ask others for money after they become officials. People at the bottom will always be squeezed by others.
For example, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Tang Suzong of the Tang Dynasty and even Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty all adopted this method. They made a lot of money by selling officials, but when they got the money, the country would die. They didn't really save a country.
After these emperors, the whole country became weaker and weaker. Although these emperors were not kings of national subjugation, under their influence, the country became more chaotic, and finally the results they caused were borne by future generations. These oppressed people couldn't survive at all, so in the end, many people chose to rebel and eventually overthrew the dynasty that bought and sold official positions.
History is repeating itself. How do netizens view the situation of buying and selling official positions? The treasury is empty, and the emperor is so poor that he can only sell officials. At last he got the money, and the country was going to die.