Qin Dynasty: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

For officials who collect taxes, in addition to meeting the basic ability requirements, temperament is equally important. Of course, it does not mean that they need a good temperament, but that they must be ruthless and cold-blooded. Only in this way can things be done well.

But Liu Ji...

Of course what Liu Ji said is not wrong. Confiscation will indeed make people forget their own interests and cause people's hearts to collapse. From a long-term perspective, it is indeed not good for the long-term peace and stability of Yan. However, there are temporary tasks, and now for the Yan Di's strategy is to extract enough resources from those powerful people, and then use these resources to promote Yang Ming's plan.

The State of Yan has been destroyed, and the ruling order of Yan will naturally change. If everything in the State of Yan remains the same, but the King of Yan above him has become an official of the State of Qin, is the State of Yan considered destroyed?

Yang Ming never thought of winning the hearts and minds of the people of Yan in a short period of time. There are countless facts that prove that each class and each group has different interests. Compared with satisfying those appetites, they will never be satisfied. Different classes and groups, Yang Ming is more willing to satisfy those groups with low requirements, because in this era, resources are really limited, whether it is farmland or other things.

However, except for Yang Ming, the people sitting in the hall obviously didn't understand this truth at this time, so what they heard was Yang Ming's denial of Liu Ji, and the denial from Yang Ming, for an existence like Liu Ji It is undoubtedly fatal and can even determine the fate of his life.

As the person involved, Liu Ji's heart felt even colder. At this moment, he suddenly realized what a low-level mistake he had made. Although what he said was reasonable, it should not be brought up on this occasion.

Because Yang Ming couldn't answer the question directly. What could Yang Ming say? If you agree with Liu Ji's statement, then should he continue to implement his policy of mobilizing troops and mobilizing people at this time? If you deny Liu Ji's statement, wouldn't it mean that Yang Ming is really a person who regards morality as nothing.

At this time, Liu Ji suddenly understood a truth. Some words, even if they are correct, should be spoken with attention to the occasion.

Officialdom is not a world, and people are not the things he has been exposed to in the past. There are too many things to pay attention to here.

Yang Ming ignored Liu Ji and continued to talk about tax collection with the first batch of tax system officials in front of him, which lasted for nearly half an hour.

After everyone left, Yang Ming left Liu Ji alone.

"Prime Minister, you just made a mistake." Liu Ji, who didn't know what Yang Ming meant by leaving him behind, adopted a very interesting attitude, admitting his mistake first, although he didn't necessarily feel that he was wrong.

"You're right, it's just that the time is not right." Yang Ming said.

Hearing Yang Ming's words, Liu Ji felt relieved. Since Yang Ming had said so, he would definitely not be pushed into the abyss.

"Soon after, a new department will be established in Jicheng, called the Inspection Department of the Criminal Department." Yang Ming said.

"Inspection Department of the Criminal Department?" Liu Ji was slightly startled when he heard this. He didn't know why Yang Ming suddenly mentioned this matter.

In the power structure of Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion, there are six departments: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and works. The long history is responsible for various affairs. At present, the most powerful ones are the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Punishment. After all, the former involves the control of Yan. The property inventory of the land and the taxation mentioned just now, and the latter are equally important in the Yan land at this time, because there are too many turbulent factors in the Yan land at this time, and the right of the punishment name of the Ministry of Punishment is extremely important. Next, there are various departments, but the Inspection Department is something Liu Ji has never heard of.

Moreover, according to the rank of the six ministers, the rank of Qianshi, and the rank of the heads of the various departments under their jurisdiction, which are six hundred stone, the Inspection Department of the Ministry of Punishment is also six hundred stone, which is already above the county level and can barely be regarded as an official at the county level. , Liu Ji, who was still very emotional about being an official, immediately understood the value contained in Yang Ming's words, especially that in addition to salary and rank, rights were equally important.

The six ministries under the Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion can be said to have all the power of Yan Dan in their hands. Liu Ji knows very well that if he can fulfill this official position well, he will be a truly high-ranking figure in Yan. They have become real officials instead of officials. Although the two are always combined together and are called officials and officials by the world, the real difference between the two is huge.

"Nowadays, the order in Yan is chaotic, and so is the legal system. After Qin Law is implanted in Yan in the future, this chaos may become more serious. The task of the Inspection Department is to inspect the implementation of Qin Law in Yan in the future and check for deficiencies. Fix the leaks and make appropriate adjustments to Qin's laws based on the reality of Yan." Yang Mingdao.

"This is..." Liu Ji said in surprise. The power of inspection is an extremely important one among many powers. In counties and counties, there are censors, but the people in the inspection department are obviously not those censors. It is a subordinate department of the Ministry of Justice.

"You know how to recognize people. This is very important. I hope you can do the same in the future. Come on." Yang Ming did not say anything to Liu Ji and directly waved Liu Ji to leave.

"Yes." After getting the official position, Liu Ji suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Walking on the street, Liu Ji looked at the carriages that occasionally passed by, with a faint smile on his face. From now on, he would also be able to ride in carriages.

I can find that boy from Xia Houying and ask him to drive for me. It's better than driving for the county magistrate. And Fan Kuai, being a bodyguard is not bad. We will also have status in the future. Well, It’s time to find a wife. With my current status, I need to find a wife.

No, it took Master Xiao several years to completely smooth out Qin Fa's stuff. If I were to do it, how long would it take me? Liu Ji was thinking about the future in his heart, and the smile on his face suddenly froze. Behind the power was something heavier. When he thought of the slips with no end in sight, Liu Ji's restless heart calmed down instantly.

"Brother thinks highly of this Liu Ji?" After Liu Ji left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xue Nu appeared in front of Yang Ming.

"Barely so, this is a very interesting person." Yang Ming said while browsing the bamboo slips in his hand that summarized data from all parties in Yan.

"There are not many people who can be called interesting by my brother. Does Liu Ji have such qualifications?" Xue Nu asked. She recognized Liu Ji. He was a good person. Apart from that, he was not special. In a place where martial arts is not high, what is culture, that is, just knowing Chinese characters, among which Qin Zhuan was learned only after entering the army. Can such a person be regarded by Yang Ming?

"Don't just look at people by their appearance. Liu Ji's advantages..." Yang Ming paused here. What are Liu Ji's advantages?

"Look, you can't even find my brother. If I hadn't known that Liu Ji was a man and my brother valued him so much, I would have thought that he was a great beauty?" Xue Nu covered her mouth and smiled. There were not many opportunities to laugh at Yang Ming. , I found one right now.

"A beautiful lady with a beard?" Yang Ming also smiled.

"It's not bad, such a long beard." Yuki-onna said, gesturing in front of her body with her palms, as if there really was a beard there, but Yuki-onna seemed to have forgotten one thing, and now she no longer She is no longer the little girl she once was, but a real girl, and a girl with a ridge in her chest, so that hand is blocked.

"It seems like this beard won't grow any longer." Looking at the confused Snow Girl who didn't know what was going on, Yang Ming laughed.

As Yang Ming's laughter came out, Xue Nu realized what she was doing. Then she lowered her head and looked at the bulging bulge in front of her. For a moment, she felt that it would be better to understand nothing than to understand nothing at all.

only……

"Brother, are they pretty?" After struggling for a long time, the snow girl suddenly smiled, and her smile was very bright, just like the sunshine after the snow.

"Who did you learn this from at such a young age?" In the midst of Xue Nu's anticipation, Yang Ming said such a sentence, causing Xue Nu's bright smile to freeze instantly on her face.

"Brother, you..." Xue Nu, whose guard was instantly broken by Yang Ming, stared at Yang Ming, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Snow Girl is thoughtful, but how to put it into action involves her blind spot of knowledge. Especially between her and Yang Ming, there is a very subtle identity issue, which makes the problem even more complicated, beyond Snow Girl The scope that can be solved.

"Isn't this still a child?" Yang Ming looked at the glaring Xue Nu with bulging cheeks. In a flash, he appeared next to Xue Nu, and even poked Xue Nu's bulging cheeks with a finger.

Hearing a bang, the snow girl who was caught off guard instantly broke through her defenses, and the air in her mouth was squeezed out in an instant.

"I am already sixteen years old and will be seventeen soon." Xue Nu said, grabbing Yang Ming's fingers with her backhand.

"Not to mention she is seventeen, even if she is twenty-seven, she is still my sister. Do you still want to do the following?" Yang Ming pulled Xue Nu and walked out of the hall.

For some things, although the results are attractive, the process is more important, and Yang Ming wants not only the results, but also the process.

"It's okay to offend someone. If there's injustice, why can't you resist?" The snow girl retorted. Sometimes she can be well-behaved, but sometimes she can't be so well-behaved.

"What you said makes sense. In this case, no one will be able to bully you." Yang Ming walked in the corridor outside the hall. Winter has already entered in Yanland in October. The cold wind can also make people feel uncomfortable. Sober up a bit.

"No one can bully me, except for you, brother." Snow Girl rolled her eyes at Yang Ming, but she stuffed her whole palm into Yang Ming's palm, and there was another wave of coldness in it. Heat, that is the temperature of a girl's throbbing blood.