在中国古代，卖官鬻爵并不鲜见。追溯起来，首开卖官先河的乃秦始皇嬴政。不过，古代封建王朝连天下都是皇帝的，卖个“官儿”算啥？秦汉时期，买官卖官名气最大的当属曹操的父亲曹嵩。当时已继袭了老爸曹腾“费亭侯”封号的曹嵩，为了“侯升公”，居然用两吨半黄金买了个太尉当！东晋以后，官员多头戴乌纱帽，演变到明代，“乌纱帽”一词便成了官员代称，卖 官因此被民间讥为“卖纱帽”。

秦始皇首开卖 官先河——“缴粟千石拜爵一级”

中国封建时代买 官sell 官应该自秦朝始。秦始皇时，有一年因飞蝗成灾，秦始皇下诏书，将向天下公开出售爵位：凡百姓缴粟千石，可拜爵一级。

Qin Han Times, the Price of Official Position Rises to a Sky-High Level

In ancient China, selling official positions was not uncommon. Tracing back, it was first initiated by Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. However, in the feudal era when the emperor ruled over all under heaven, selling an "official position" wasn't much to speak of? During the Qin and Han dynasties, buying and selling official positions gained fame primarily through Cao Cao's father Cao Song. At that time, after inheriting his father's "Fei Ting Hou" title as Cao Song did for his son-in-law Li Guangli in 190 BCE during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han (141-87 BCE), he bought a Taishou position with two tons and a half gold!

The institution of buying officials was so popular that it became known as "selling hats." It continued into later periods until Ming dynasty when people began calling this practice "selling hats."

Qin Shi Huangdi opened up sales for officials' titles for the first time —— “paying one thousand stones’ worth of grain to gain one rank higher”

In ancient times when China was divided into kingdoms ruled by kings or princes before unification under one ruler called an emperor who held absolute power over all lands within their realm except those owned personally by him or her; there were no fixed prices set on how much land could be purchased at any given time because these deals often involved large sums which had been accumulated through generations.

During this period there existed many different ranks among people living within these kingdoms including nobles like dukes or marquesses who held high status but also commoners such as farmers working hard every day just trying make ends meet. These rankings would determine what kind job they might hold should they become eligible after passing certain tests etcetera...