Chapter 1110: East Becomes West (103)

Qin annihilated Korea, set up three counties, when King Wulie of Qin launched a campaign against Han, the three counties of Han were sent to Chu in exchange for the troops of Chu, after Chu got the three counties of Handi, even the ass was not hot, the Han army won a connected victory on several battlefields, the battlefield form was reversed, Xu Yuan led tens of thousands of troops to attack the three counties of Han and the Han Kingdom, and in one fell swoop the Chu people who had not gained a firm foothold were expelled from the Han land, and the Han land was returned to the Han Kingdom.

After the Qin State sent out the three counties of Han at that time, the only thing that was reserved was Yingchuan, an important place on the border between Qin and Han, and Xu Yuan finally hit a nail in Yingchuan after taking the Han land, and fought several fierce battles with the Qin army's remaining troops here, but still did not take Yingchuan, after that, Qin and Han signed a peace agreement, and the war ended, Xu Yuan led his troops to retreat, and stationed in Yingshui opposite Yingchuan, and confronted the Qin army.

At the end of September of the second year of the Han Dynasty, Yingying, the new king of Qin, appointed Tan Feng, the former Yanren, as the general and stationed in Yingchuan.

The New Year's bell had already ringed, but in Tan Feng's room, there was still candlelight, and the shadow reflected on the window paper showed that he was still looking at the files intently.

Tan Kang took a tray and pushed open the door and walked in. The room was large, but there was only a brazier in the middle, and the heat was not enough to change the temperature inside the house, and it was almost the same cold inside and outside. Tan Kang put the tray on the square table and walked to Tan Feng's side.

"Young master, the New Year has arrived, I wish the young master all the best in the new year." Tan Kang said with a smile on his face.

Tan Feng raised his head and looked at the other party, "Ah, has the New Year arrived?" Listening to the melodious bells coming from the city, he suddenly realized, "Ah, it's really the New Year. Tan Kang, thank you, but I didn't have a red envelope!"

Tan Kang smiled: "The young man is in good health and all the best, that is the biggest red envelope for Tan Kang!" Master, let's add a few more fires to the house, it's too cold."

"No, the cold keeps my mind clear." Tan Feng shook his head.

"Young Master!" Tan Kang said in a low voice: "Tan Kang knows the young master's thoughts, but the young master always has to make himself more comfortable, if he wants to defeat Gao Yuan, it is not something that can be done in a short time."

Tan Feng smiled and patted Tan Kang's shoulder, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, I always have to do something to be at ease, as long as I keep doing it, there will always be a harvest, okay, since it's the first day of the new year, I'll take a break, come, Tan Kang, accompany me to have a few drinks."

Tan Feng glanced at the dishes on the tray and said with a smile: "Why is there no wine?" It's New Year's, and of course you have to drink."

"Young master, it's early in the morning, it's too late, you drink some gruel, eat some side dishes, and then rest!"

"No, no, no, go get some wine, I'm in a good mood today, have a few drinks with me." Tan Feng said with great interest.

"Okay, young master, you wait, I'll be here soon." Tan Kang turned to leave.

Tan Feng stretched his waist, exhaled a long breath of turbidity, walked out of the window, pushed open the window, and let the cold air outside pour in, he walked to the table and picked up another file.

It has been a few months since he arrived in Yingchuan, and in these few months, Tan Feng has done the most is to collect all the information of the Han State for research, and only a small part of it is piled up on his case, and there are thousands of such dossiers in the whole room, all of which are the various policy information and implementation of the Han State in the past year.

In a year, the Han Kingdom has spread the parliamentary system to all counties in the country, counties have county councils, counties have county councils, and in Jicheng, there is a big council, these councilors are elected by the most ordinary people with one vote, each councillor's term of office is three years, these councillors usually have nothing special to do, but when they encounter some major events that need to vote, they will gather together, such as the appointment of county officials in each county.

This is extremely funny in Tan Feng's opinion, this way, it seems to be a system that only existed thousands of years ago, is it retro? Tan Feng disagreed, although the county officials are not big, but they are the first-level yamen of the central government's jurisdiction, and they are the most important places, if the central government does not have the right to appoint and dismiss these county officials, how can they urge these county officials to do things for the imperial court? It's like collecting taxes, which is the lifeblood of a country's government, these county officials are elected by the people, and their futures are in the hands of these people, how dare they offend these people when they collect taxes and destroy taxes? Once you offend them, after three years, you will definitely roll up and leave. Look at who those councillors are? In Tan Feng's hands, there is a list of parliamentarians in Yingshui opposite, of course, there are scholars and gentlemen, but more of them are some so-called respected old farmers, reputable craftsmen, among which there is even a pig slaughterer, it is said that the reason why this person was elected is because he often gives some remnants after killing pigs and selling meat to some poor people who can't afford to eat meat, these people, what can they do?

Tan Feng snorted.

At the county level, the governor of a county is finally nominated by the central court, but it must be approved by the county council. If the county council does not have a majority vote, the county governor who is not mentioned by the center can only leave in disgrace, and the central government will propose a candidate again.

"What a farce!" Tan Feng shook his head, if the heavens want to destroy it, they must first make it crazy, it seems that the great success of the past ten years has made Gao Yuan already carried away by the victory, and he is so arrogant that he thinks he can do anything. If this continues, it won't take many years, and the Han Dynasty will inevitably lose control of the place.

This judgment made Tan Feng full of confidence in the future to defeat Gao Yuan, defeat and destroy his Han Kingdom.

The Grand Court has made the entire legal system out of the jurisdiction of the political hall and become an independent system, and the chief justice is in office for life, which also makes Tan Feng disagree, the law has always served the government, if the law is out of the jurisdiction of the political hall, how can it effectively deter the people, from the cases he has now decided by the courts at all levels in the Han Kingdom, there are several cases that Tan Feng thinks that it has harmed the interests of the government, and has fulfilled those Diao people, it is simply nonsense. However, Gao Yuan still held the nomination power of the chief justice in his hands, and it seems that he still kept a hand and did not go home confused.

The only one of these new laws of the Han Kingdom that interests Tan Feng is their patent protection law, and Gao Yuan has been fighting for many years, the most headache for Tan Feng is that Gao Yuan's command always has an endless stream of new equipment, these new things are not only military, but also cover almost all levels, from the initial improvement of various weapons in the military, to the final improvement of iron smelting and steelmaking technology, to the current various new weapons, the continuous use of new civilian technologies, the Han Kingdom is always far ahead of other countries in all aspects, It also allows him to leave his country behind in both military and civilian terms.

From the content of it, it can be seen that anyone who invents a new technology only needs to apply for a patent in the newly established patent office of the Han Kingdom, and anyone who adopts the technology in the future must pay a certain fee to the inventor, that is, as long as you make a new technology that can be used, you can become a monopoly while sitting at home, which will inevitably stimulate more people to invest in invention and innovation.

The emergence of more new technologies will make the Han Kingdom stronger. This made Tan Feng frightened, regarding the effect of the patent law of the Han Kingdom, Tan Feng had already written a report to the King of Qin, hoping that the Qin State could also implement this clause, but Tan Feng also knew that this was only his own wishful thinking.

Qin State is different from the Han State, Qin State implements a complete centralized system, almost all the famous craftsmen in the country are concentrated in the craftsman camp in Xianyang, with Tan Feng's understanding, even if you come up with any new technology, all the proceeds are also owned by the state, and it has nothing to do with the craftsman.

Among them, there is another issue that makes Tan Feng more worried, will the introduction of the Han Patent Protection Law cause the escape of the craftsmen of the Qin State? Especially those who secretly developed new technologies, if they fled to the Han Kingdom with these new technologies, it would not only be the loss of one technology, but the rise and fall of the power of both sides!

He also wrote this concern in the array, hoping to attract the attention of King Qin, but now it is still the Li Confucian school that has the right to speak in the court, and the person who Tan Feng trusts the most is still the general Lu Chao.

Although they are both generals, Tan Feng knows very well that he and Lu Chao are not at the same level, Lu Chao is not only a close disciple of Li Ru, he has strong power in the Qin State, and the relationship is intertwined, and more importantly, the current King of Qin has worked with Lu Chao for a long time, and has fought under Lu Chao for many years, and the trust relationship between the two sides is not comparable to himself.

I hope Li Ru and Lu Chao can see the crisis in this. Tan Feng sighed silently.

"Young master, the wine is here!" Tan Kang pushed the door in, and brought another tray in his hand, "The young master wants to drink, so I asked the kitchen to get a few more good dishes."

"Okay, come, Tan Kang, let's have a few drinks together, hey, this is the best wine of the Wu family in the Han Kingdom, where did you get it?" Looking at the delicately shaped wine jug in the tray, Tan Feng said in surprise. Although the Qin and Han dynasties are now in a truce, in a place like Yingchuan where the two armies are facing each other, there is basically no market for this kind of high-end wine, and there will be no merchants who come here to sell this kind of good wine with a dozen taels of silver and a pot.

"The young master has been immersed in the study in the past few months, the change is still very big, this is a merchant in Yingchuan to get it, that is, in the opposite Yingshui, I heard that Wu's liquor industry opened a store in Yingshui opposite, the price is lower than the market by two percent, this merchant went to Yingshui wholesale a batch of Wu's wine, you also know, Wu's wine is much better than our domestic wine, in addition to these high-end products, the price is not higher than ours, now everyone buys Wu's wine, I happened to see this two days ago, so I bought a few pots and came back, originally going to bring them to the young master tomorrow."

"That's right!" Tan Feng took a deep breath. (To be continued......)