程夫人 / Madam Cheng (late Han)
程夫人 / Madam Cheng (late Han) enters the wiki through Hanji 933 as 汉灵帝’s wet nurse and palace-access broker in 崔烈’s purchase of the situ office. The episode says Cui Lie sends five million cash through her to obtain the post.
Her role shows why office sale is not only a fiscal problem. When Emperor Ling regrets not charging ten million, Madam Cheng defends the price by saying Cui Lie was a famous 冀州 figure and hard to persuade. She therefore appears as the intimate channel that translates elite ambition, palace access, and royal pricing into a public appointment.
This page is disambiguated from 程夫人 / Madam Cheng, Su Shi’s mother.