The original county guard hung up the crown and left, so the original leadership team was also scattered, and now the situation of the entire county is in a state of anarchy. Fifteen counties, which county still has officials to preside over government affairs, and which county has already gone to the yamen, Zhao Xing does not know.

How many people and fields are there in Dai County now, and how many towns and villages are there. Zhao Xing didn't know.

How many soldiers of the Zhao State are there here, and what is the state of the defense? Zhao Xing didn't know.

In short, the current Zhao Xing is dark-eyed and doesn't know anything.

And Zhao Xing's temperament is, since I don't know anything outside, let's do what I know.

So regardless of some people's suggestions, he immediately went to the countryside to investigate and find out the situation, but directly began to build his own team structure.

In the lobby of the county guard's mansion, which had been cleaned, seeing the clean mat on the one-step high platform, and the thick and soft cushion on the mat, Zhao Xing felt warm in his heart, which his wife deliberately prepared for herself because she was afraid that her legs would hurt.

So, in a fit of emotion, he moved the thing that was originally the table back, then put the soft cushion on it, sat on it, and then raised his hand to the literati he had recruited below: "Everyone sit, everyone sit, sit down, let's have a meeting." ”

He recruited a total of 300 scholars, but according to his virtue and ability, it was these dozens of people who could stand in this hall.

According to the rules of this era, they sat in two rows, with mats and cushions on the floor, and tables in front of them.

As a result, everyone saw that the head of their family was the king, put the table at the back, and then sat on it, which was very imageless, and even more impolite, and the etiquette here refers to the Zhou ceremony.

So, forty-year-old Zhou Tong stepped forward to remind: "Lord, it's not harmonious." This is not a weekly etiquette, it refers to the etiquette norms.

The reason why he stood up and said this was because when he was recruiting talents in Handan, Zhao Xing was implementing a rule intentionally or unintentionally. For non-special talents, there can be no lower limit on the age of those recruited by themselves; But there must be an upper limit, that is, it cannot be more than thirty years old.

He did it for very practical reasons. He came to this place far away from Emperor Tiangao to do many measures that were inconsistent with the Zhou rites of this era.

The stubborn force is very powerful, and he doesn't want to bring that kind of surrender and stubbornness to this new world, adding unnecessary resistance to his actions. Young people, especially young scholars, are rebellious and quick to accept new things, so that it is easy to work with them.

In addition, the young team is energetic, energetic, and out-of-the-box. He didn't want to bring that stale atmosphere and contaminate the environment he had created with great difficulty.

But this Zhou Tong is because of his integrity and outspokenness, and he has the ability to help right and wrong, Zhao Xing needs such a person to look at himself and his subordinates, don't make trouble, play big. So he became an outlier in Zhao Xing's team.

So Zhao Xing explained to this stubborn old gentleman: "Zhou etiquette makes us abide by the rules, and we need to implement compliance, but the etiquette needs to keep pace with the times, and we can't be stubborn, otherwise we will be complacent." Then he pointed to the table in front of everyone, and the stool under his buttocks: "What your old gentleman said, as a feudal monarch, sitting on the table is not elegant and courteous." Well then. It was not polite, and then he commanded the servants: "Take out another batch of tables and set them in front of the doctors." ”

And the servants came out and moved out of the table. However, these tables are much taller than the original table suitable for kneeling, and when placed in front of everyone, they are just right for sitting on the original table and writing official documents on this table. It seems that this guy was prepared.

"Sir, everything should conform to the requirements of the times, for example, now I will not call this table under my butt a table, but a stool, and in the future I will make a batch of things that can be held with my back and both hands, called chairs. Let us sit comfortably and no longer get tired from the office. Then he shook his buttocks, put his hands on the table, and asked the dozens of subordinates below: "Let's try, I have a meeting until sunset today, and throughout the day, are you comfortable to sit on your knees, or are you comfortable to sit on this?" ”

The meeting was going to run until sunset, and it was a whole day, and everyone immediately felt the disaster. But sitting on this table, no, it's called a stool now, and then casually putting your hands on the table, it's really much more comfortable.

The easiest way to make people memorable and accept new things that violate the norm is to start with something that makes people feel comfortable and practical, so that it is not good.

Zhou Tong, upright and principled, but it is not the same as eating the ancients, let him kneel there for a day, even if he is used to kneeling, he also knows that there is no difference between it and the punishment, if he can make himself comfortable through this day, he is still happy to accept it. Human nature tends to enjoy, this is human nature, to say a higher level, in fact, is not the driving force of human progress?

Zhou Tong didn't wait for his colleagues to answer, so he took the lead in sitting on the stool, and then moved his buttocks as well, then spread the bamboo slips on the table, picked up the knife and pen and made a gesture. The height is just right, very convenient, and very comfortable. This way, even if you work all day, you will no longer suffer from numbness and pain in your legs.

In order to deepen the impression, Zhao Xing also instructed: "Put soup on the table in front of all the doctors, after all, our meeting is very long, everyone is thirsty, and their mouths are dry, so you can drink some to moisten your throat." ”

The slaves and maids of the group were like flowing water, and placed a large pot and a water cup on the table in front of the scholars. This made Zhou Tong frown again, where is this work, is this simply a treat to dinner, this is very nondescript.

"Isn't it pleasant for us to drink water, talk about work, sit on a stool, and take a nap on the table when we are tired? Isn't it easy? ”

All of them were not opposed to such a comfortable environment, and nodded deeply yes, including Zhou Tong.

Zhao Xing straightened up and knocked on the table: "Okay, since everyone feels comfortable and relaxed, we will start our meeting to govern Daijun and show your ambitions in this comfort and relaxation." ”

This is another small reform, in the far away place of the Tiangao Emperor, in the same hall of a group of young and promising scholars with a rebellious mentality, like spring rain moistening everything, quietly implemented.

Even Zhou Tong, who has always been known for his integrity, accepted this reform naturally and accepted the way the Daijun Group handled things.