Qin Official

When he heard the name "Heifu", Xiang Zhuang stopped eating candy and pricked up his ears.

In the Battle of Qinan two years ago, the Chu people either said that Xiang Yan died in the battle, or that he escaped in hiding, but the Xiang family knew very well: Xiang Yan committed suicide after the defeat, and asked his tribesman Xiang Sheng to escape with his head. Battlefield, bring back the next photo...

Although Xiang Yan's head was secretly buried by the Xiang family, his body was left on the battlefield and was humiliated by the Qin people and killed into countless pieces. But the ability to capture the flag, which is comparable to killing a general, was obtained by an unknown soldier named Heifu.

Unexpectedly, he would make a fortune out of this, and now he has reached the high position of right concubine!

Strictly speaking, this person was also one of the enemies of the Xiang family. When he learned that the candy was actually made by the thief, Xiang Zhuang suddenly felt the stench, as if he had eaten something dirty, so he tilted his head and secretly spit it out.

However, Xiang Liang's expression only changed slightly, and he immediately returned to normal, chatting and laughing with Mrs. Wei as before.

After the battle of Qinan, after burying his father's head, he said to his family members who were clamoring for a decisive battle with the Qin people: "When Gou Jian was trapped in Kuaiji, if he had a moment of courage and raised five thousand people to fight against Wu, I'm afraid the enemy would be defeated." The country perished at that time. Now that Qin is strong and Chu will be destroyed, the situation is over. Don't force it. We should follow Fan Li Wenzhong's policy and gather lessons for ten years to wait for revenge someday!"

When his family was forced to move to Guanzhong, he also comforted his brothers in this way: "Tang went to Xiatai, King Wen imprisoned Youli, Jin Chong'er ran to Zhai, Qi Xiaobai ran to Ju, Gou Jian went to Gusu, and his death was king. So. Looking at it, why is it not a blessing?"

Their Xiang family is not King Huai of Chu!

Xiang Liang, who has decided to endure hardships, can pretend to be an obedient citizen even if his real enemies Qin Shihuang and Wang Jian are standing in front of him. How can he be angry with the black husband?

Mrs. Wei also wanted to test whether Xiang had any different intentions. She just deliberately mentioned the black man who had captured Xiang Yan's flag. She looked at Xiang Liang's face and saw that everything was normal with him, so she felt relieved.

Now that she had accepted Xiang Liang's gold, she also talked about what Xiang was most concerned about.

"I have asked people to inquire clearly. The decree from the Yushi Mansion has come out. Cao Jiu, the warden of Yunyang County, will be transferred to Xiaxiang County, Sishui County as a warden."

The jailer is in charge of the litigation and prison, and is the county chief official whose authority is second only to the chief official. If he is a ruthless person, life will be difficult for the clan members who stay in the lower prime minister.

Mrs. Wei said: "Cao Jiu is an easy-to-talk person. He also has a background in the court. The newly promoted censor Cheng Miao was favored by him when he was in Yunyang Prison and made good friends. He may be useful in the future."

Xiang Liang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "There are quite a few officials going to Shandong this year to take up their posts."

Mrs. Wei took a sip of the hot soup and said, "The Central Government frequently dispatches new officials to various counties and counties in Shandong, just to fulfill His Majesty's national policy."

This is another major move made by the imperial court after collecting all the troops from the world and defending the pass at the Kuanhe River last year.

Qin officials dressed in black were carrying standard weights and measures in their cars when they left Hangu Pass. Once he took office, he immediately began to carry out the work of driving on the same track, writing on the same text, money on the same currency, coins on the same shape, measures on the same scale, weights on the same scale, actions on the same principles, and one code of conduct, abolishing the old system of the Six Kingdoms, and aligning everything with Xianyang.

These measures have dealt a serious blow to the Xiang family and other local tycoons. Different from the loose laws of the Six Kingdoms, the Qin laws are strict. The Xiang family has to be restrained. Private soldiers cannot be raised. will also be restricted.

Minting is an important source of income for the Xiang family. Once the coins are of the same shape and shape, and private minting is not allowed, a large amount of income will be lost every year. The same measure and the same weight also mean that they can no longer play the favor trick of "lend the big cauldron and take back the small cauldron" with their private measurement.

They are proud nobles. Each family has a history of hundreds of years, and there are classics in the collection passed down from family to family. Once the books are the same as the Qin seal script, the Six Kingdoms script can only be taught secretly to their children.

These systems will bring a lot of inconvenience to the Xiang family and the nobles of Shandong. Xiang Liang can only lament that it would be great if Qin established a state among Yan, Qi, and Chu.

He heard that Qin Shihuang's sons were all young, and the young princes and kings would definitely rely on local forces and rule according to customs. Unlike the Qin officials appointed in Xianyang, they were only responsible to the emperor. They yelled at local leaders to beat and kill them, making them breathless. They regarded Qin law as iron law and forcibly corrected the customs and habits of the people of the six countries...

But these are things that I dare not say out loud, so I can only accept it bravely. In the past two years, Xiang Liang has learned to read Qin seal characters. He knows that under the absolute power, if the Qing clan does not make changes, there is only one way to perish!

Mrs. Wei comforted him and said: "These national policies are jointly supervised by the Prime Minister's Office, the Yushifu, and the Shaofu, but the implementation deadlines are different. The laws and regulations have been implemented in counties and counties, and the weights, measures, and track gauges must be implemented within this year (the 27th year of Qin Shi Huang) Replace everything, and the book can be written with the same text, which can be slowed down a bit.”

She told this interesting story: "After Hei Fu made bark paper last month, His Majesty was very happy. He built a paper workshop in Guanzhong Guang, made paper and sent it to Shandong. He asked all counties and counties to try hemp paper while writing the same text. , vellum, and slips of paper go hand in hand with the slips. But the silk books are not allowed to be used anymore, and violators will be fined a bolt of silk!"

Xiang Liang can imagine that the Chu people will complain a lot, because the Chu nobles love to use silk to write and paint, either as decoration or to bring to tombs. It has become a tradition. His family has many silk books writing " The people of Chu would not be happy if "Zong Heng Family Letters", "Laozi" and "The Way of Tang and Yu" were suddenly abolished.

Fortunately, in this matter, considering that the scholars of the Six Kingdoms could not learn the character Qin overnight, Heifu made a suggestion to the emperor.

"The script of the Six Kingdoms has been alienated for a long time, and it may be inconvenient to abolish it suddenly. It is better to gradually phase out the script of the Six Kingdoms and silk scripts over a period of five years! Replace them with Qin seal script and paper!"

He also said: "Qin has its own system. The prefectures and counties make up plans, send officials to report to each level, report to the court, and borrow money to assess performance, which is called the superior plan. But your Majesty is far-sighted, he makes paper with the same text, and plans a long-term plan for the world. Benefit. This five-year policy of eliminating Shasha might as well be called a five-year plan!"

Unfortunately, Qin Shihuang was in a hurry and felt that five years was too long, so he changed it to three years. So he issued a "three-year plan" to produce three million pieces of paper within three years, completely replacing silk books, and gradually phasing out bamboo slips!

Being able to persuade the emperor to slightly change his national policy is an incredible achievement. Heifu, the right concubine, has become an upstart whom the emperor trusts recently. People who care about the affairs of the court compare Li Xin, who was the most favored at that time, with him...

At this point, Mrs. Wei has told Xiang Liang all the news about what a pound of gold can buy.

Before Xiang Liang took Xiang Zhuang to leave, Mrs. Wei seemed to think of something again and said to Xiang Liang in a show-off manner:

"But I forgot one thing. Your concubine, Hei Fu, is about to get married in the twelfth lunar month. He made these invitations to invite guests. My uncle (Kai Zhuang) was also invited, but he is old, so I asked my uncle and I to Sister-in-law is going to..."

She was happy to support the upstart's stinky feet, but she was reluctant to spend more money. A pair of phoenix eyes kept hinting at Xiang Liang.

Xiang Liang understood, and he cupped his hands knowingly and said: "People often think that the chief of the right concubine once seized the flag of his late father, and the Xiang family hated him. But in fact, we are just the head of Jingchu and Guizhou. How dare we have any grudges after our country is subjugated? Now you are The concubine is about to get married, and Liang has a humble status and dare not get involved in the banquet. I hope that Madam can congratulate her on behalf of the Xiang family as a sign of respect. The gifts will be prepared tomorrow and delivered to Madam's residence!"

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In the twenty-seventh year of the First Emperor of Qin, on the first day of the first lunar month (the first day of October), Chen Ping, who was working as a temporary worker in the township temple and a small official in Hufu Township, Yangwu County, Dang County, was also envied by his colleagues. I received a red paper invitation from Xianyang in my hand...