Huiji County is named after Huiji Mountain, which is the land of Wu Yue, and the king of Yue Gou Jian destroys Wu and gets his place.

The king of Houyue Wujiang listened to the advice of the envoy of Qi, and failed to defeat Chu, but suffered the disaster of destroying the country.

Huiji returned to Chu, Dongyue, and Min Yue also stood on their own.

Until the Great Qin went east and swept through the six countries, the princes could not subdue the Dongyue and Minyue countries, and once again returned to the territory of China.

Dongyue, which has stood proudly for more than 200 years, Min Yue, is also difficult to stop the sharp soldiers of Qin, and they have successively bowed down to the vassals.

Qin annihilated Chu Huiji County, and the county was located in Wu County, with more than 10,000 households under its jurisdiction and nearly 100,000 people.

Wu County has been a prosperous place for commerce and trade since ancient times.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers and adjacent to the sea, it is not only the land of fish and rice, but also one of the important salt producing areas of the Great Qin Empire.

The county guard mansion is located in the most prosperous center of Wu County, and Xiao He has been in office for half a year.

The large and small government affairs of Huiji County are also well understood.

It is precisely because of this that he found a lot of problems.

Huiji has jurisdiction over 28 counties, more than 10,000 households in large counties, and thousands of households in small counties, with nearly one million people.

Although Daqin adopted a five-to-one tax system, this was not the case in fact.

One-third of the fertile land in Huiji County is in the name of the nobles, but these nobles and honors have tried their best to evade taxes and taxes, and it can almost be said that they do not have to pay taxes.

However, the imperial court levied taxes according to the amount of cultivated land, so in order not to offend the nobles and nobles, the local government has often collected these taxes from the farmers.

With a tax of one out of five, although the people are not rich, they are enough to support their families.

However, after the local government shared the tax equally, it undoubtedly made the people's lives even worse, and the people's livelihood became more and more miserable.

If it is a good harvest year, the disadvantages are not yet obvious, and once it encounters a year of natural disasters, it will all be exposed.

The nobles have the best resources at their disposal, but they are still greedy, and sooner or later they will cause great disaster.

Failure to alleviate these ills would be a blessing or a curse for the Empire.

Originally, after sorting out the income of the past half year, Xiao He wrote a pen in the mansion, preparing to play His Majesty for His Majesty's holy judgment.

At this moment, the steward of the mansion walked in, bowed to Xiao He and said, "The county guard, there is someone outside the mansion who asks to see him, and he claims to be the old friend of the county guard." ”

"Oh?"

"Have you ever reported your name?"

Xiao He was stunned, the pen in his hand paused slightly, and spoke.

"The person who came called himself Zhang Liang."

The steward is truthful.

"Please."

Xiao He immediately stopped writing and continued to write, and said with a look of surprise on his face.

"Whoa."

The steward received the order at once, and then immediately.

Soon, it didn't take long for a young man in white clothes to walk in, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, exuding an elegant atmosphere.

"Hah! Ha! ”

"No wonder the magpies came to the door early this morning."

"I knew that the ovary was coming!"

Xiao He didn't have the slightest arrogance, stood up, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"The ovary is uninvited, there is a lot of disturbance, don't blame the county guard."

Zhang Liang also smiled, and his voice was full of ridicule.

"The ovary should make fun of Xiao He, learn from the world of the ovary family, if you are willing to condescend and become an official, you will be able to shine."

After Xiao He finished speaking, he regretted it a little.

The smile on Zhang Liang's face suddenly stiffened, and he smiled very unnaturally.

Xiao He saw Zhang Liang smiling and silent, and pulled Zhang Liang very enthusiastically to the lobby, and the two sat cross-legged opposite each other.

The two talked about the world, counted the past and the present, talked in detail, and talked happily about wine.

After a long time, Xiao He saw that the old was almost finished, and asked tentatively: "I don't know why the ovary suddenly came to the auditor's office?" ”

"Since you asked, the ovary will get straight to the point."

"The ovary came this time in the hope of conspiring with my brother to do great things."

Zhang Liang put away his smile and said with a serious expression.

When Xiao He heard this, the wine immediately went to seventy or eighty percent, and asked, "What a big deal?" ”

"Brother is a Chu person, and a brother is a Han person."

"If it weren't for the unjustified tyranny of Qin, how could my brother and brother become people who lost their country and family."

"Emperor Qin is a politician, greedy and inferior, relying on the strong to bully the weak, raising troops in vain, and poisoning living beings."

"From the beginning to the end, the blood-colored remnant sun shrouded the sky of Shenzhou, the corpses of the innocent dead were everywhere, and the families were ruined."

"Kill the clans of the six countries and serve the subjects of the six countries. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials collect the wealth of the world, and punish the murderers to plunder the fields of the four seas. ”

"Internally, the government was harshly punished, and construction was carried out on a large scale. Outside the country, the army is reckless, and the soldiers are lost. ”

"All the people of insight in the world are heartbroken. But he was afraid of the whip of the evil Qin, and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. ”

"I have been friends with my brother for many years, and I know that my brother is upright and a true hero in the world."

"Brother Gui is the county guard of Huiji, if you can raise your arms and shout, punish the tyrannical Qin, and restore the virtue of the ancestors, the heroes of the world will gather."

"The rejuvenation of Chu, the heroes of Han, Zhao, Wei, Qi, and Yan will raise the banner of righteousness and restore the mountains and rivers of the homeland."

"At that time, although the world is wide, how can you come to the land of tyranny?"

"The capture of Hangu and the arrival of troops in Xianyang are just around the corner."

Zhang Liang gushed endlessly, depicting a picturesque scene of the prosperous era to Xiao He.

Xiao He was silent, without saying a word, his brows furrowed.

Zhang Liang knew that he had to strike while the iron was hot, and continued: "If the brother responds, the only credit in the world is the brother." With this meritorious service, not to mention the achievement of the emperor's industry, it is easy to tear the soil and seal the king. ”

"Ovary, it's been so many years, can't you still put it down?"

"You keep scolding the Qin State for being unreasonable, raising troops in vain, and poisoning the world."

"But what you're doing now, isn't it putting the people of the world in the smoke of beacon fire again?"

"Although Qin's laws are strict, they are not unfair. Although the officials are harsh, it is not His Majesty's fault. ”

"Great Qin has dominated the world for only three years, due to the shortage of talents, His Majesty issued a recruitment order to govern the people, and Xiao He is also a beneficiary."

"If it weren't for His Majesty's recruitment order, how could Xiao He have a poor family background, and how could he be a member of the ranks?"

"Those who harm the people, the officials."

"Not all the officials of the imperial court are Qin, and most of them are scholars from the Six Kingdoms of Shandong."

"Since the beginning of Zhou, it has been the consensus of the world to respect the king, why should the ovary be prejudiced against His Majesty?"

"Although Xiao He is from Chu, he still feels the benevolence of His Majesty."

"Your Majesty has the grace of knowing Xiao He, and thanks to the grace of heaven, he has become the county guard of Huiji."

"Your Majesty treats him as a countryman, why should Xiao repay him with a countryman."

"The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other."

"Thinking of the past, Xiao He will not call the armor, I hope you will cherish yourself."

"This time you let you go, Xiao He is already a blessing to His Majesty."

"You and I are friends with Bao, and from now on, it will be like this."

Xiao He refuted Zhang Liang word by word, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the fault on the table and broke it hard to show his determination.

"I didn't expect my brother to be a greedy for power, thank you Xiao Jun for not killing him, and say goodbye."

Zhang Liang looked at Xiao He with a disappointed face, and then threw up his sleeves and left angrily.

Xiao He looked at Zhang Liang's departing back, and said with a firm gaze: "Seeing each other again, it is the enmity of Fu and Dai Tian." ”

Zhang Liang's footsteps paused, his eyes showed a cold glow, and then he left without looking back.