In the thirty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang, the second day of the eighth month.

The newly appointed "Fengchang" Lu Jia sat in the inner hall of the official office, the silver seal in his hand has been played with for a long time, with a little temperature, and its end is tied with three colors of green ribbons, which are blue, white and red, which is a status symbol of Jiuqing.

Feng Chang's duty is to be in charge of the ceremonial and music society, the temple sacrifices, the court etiquette, and the cultural education, and also to govern the doctors who have long existed in name only. Its subordinate officials include Taishi, Taizhu, Dazai, Taiyao, Taiyi, Taibu Liuling and Doctor Sacrifice Wine.

"The major affairs of the country are in the worship and Rong, and this ritual is one of them, and I will hand it over to you to check for me!"

This was Heifu's original words, which made Lu Jia almost shed tears on the spot.

First, I am grateful for the grace of Heifu's acquaintance, he Lu Jia was from a humble background, but Nanchu is a poor man, and he has no ability to cut the generals, so it is really not easy to get this status with one mouth.

Second, to set a gift for the world, this is the dream of every Confucian since Confucius, and Lu Jia is no exception.

Lu Jia felt that the task was heavy, and he was appointed by Heifu yesterday, and today he handed over government affairs with his predecessor Fengchang Zhou Qingchen - although Lao Zhou was a good fant, the first consideration for the new Jiuqing candidate was to make contributions to the Northern Expedition.

Lu Jia said that Bashu, entered Hanzhong, and supervised Han Xinjun's Dingyong, and was knighted as the head of the car, and as a Confucian student, he was knowledgeable and familiar with etiquette, so he was naturally more qualified than Zhou Qingchen, so Zhou Qingchen could only do the deputy position of the Imperial History Mansion at the same level as Jiuqing - Yushi Zhongcheng.

After that, Lu Jia and his subordinates Taishi Hu Wujing, Taizhu Shusun Tong and others made concessions, and now they live alone in the inner room, so they began to think about what they would do after taking office.

Although in the Qin Dynasty, which has always been criticized as "less courtesy", Fengchang's status is much inferior to that of other ministers,

But in Lu Jia's mind, it is the real head of Jiuqing.

"Husband, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people."

Lu Jia is regarded as the post-school of Xunzi Lanling School, compared to Xun Qing's real successors Li Si, Han Fei, and Zhang Cang, who are a little crooked, and are biased towards imperial arts, legalism, and mathematics.

He believes that heaven, earth, and humanity are the same, and they are all a kind of orderly law, which is universal, and that it is called "the way of heaven" in heaven and "etiquette and righteousness" in the world, which is the highest law of governing the country.

As for the law, it is only an auxiliary to propriety.

That's why Lu Jia said to Heifu before: "Laws are used to eliminate evil, not to persuade good." ”

But there is still the second half of the sentence that he did not say: "Zeng Shen and Min Ziqian are very filial, and Bo Yi and Shuqi are very honest, is it because they are afraid of death that they do this?" It was the indoctrination that made them do so. ”

This statement was not what Lu Jia thought temporarily, but when he was traveling around and lobbying Bashu for Heifu, according to what he saw about Qin Zheng's concealment and the gains and losses of three generations, he wrote an article - as for whether these articles will be called "Lu Zi" or "Xinyu" in the future, he has not yet thought about it.

In short, in Lu Jia's view, Qin Fei didn't want to be governed, but those who lost it were too many people and punished Tai Chi. As everyone knows, things are more troublesome than the world, the law is more than the world, the world is too hot, and the soldiers and horses are more than the enemy.

Now that Lu Jia has become the official of the ceremony, he is indispensable to rub his hands and want to increase the weight of "etiquette" in national governance.

But Lu Jia has followed Heifu for several years, and knows that this Marquis of Wuzhong, who started in the army, has been deeply influenced by the Qin system.

Even the previous Confucian scholars in the army proposed to "abolish the harsh law and only about three chapters" after entering Xianyang, they categorically refused, preferring to choose to change it gradually, so it was impossible to abolish the law and worship the law immediately.

It can only be that the rites are incorporated into the law, so that the rites and the law are combined, and the softness of human feelings and sophistication is used to make up for the defects of the Legalists who are too rigid.

"You can't rush, you still have to start with the things that need to be solved urgently." Lu Jia thought so.

So what's the first urgent matter in politics? Naturally, it is a correct name and sets the order and etiquette of the court!

Lu Jia began to scan a freshly baked list in his hand: the official list of the three princes and nine kings of the new court.

If today's son is absent, the supreme ruler of Great Qin is undoubtedly Wuzhong Marquis Heifu, who serves as the regent of the state and acts as the governor of the Son of Heaven.

Then there is the right prime minister Li Si, and the left prime minister Chang Yu.

There is a small episode here, because Lu Jia entered Shu before, and persuaded Chang Qi to rebel against the north and the south with Shu County, and finally Lu Jia was clever and relied on the promise of a "right prime minister" and Hu Hai's stupid tricks to make Chang Qi agree to do something.

Now that Guanzhong has been decided, Heifu let his generals enter Shu and prepare to take over the county, and at the same time swore to write to Chang Yu to worship him as a marquis of Che with the qualifications of regent. He also said that Li Si was old and couldn't sit in a high position for long, as long as he came to Xianyang, he would immediately make him the right prime minister!

"Is there a right prime minister who does not live in the capital? Wangjun quickly went north and reorganized the dynasty. ”

Heifu said that he actually wanted to solve the hidden danger of Shu County outside his influence by the way.

Now it depends on how Chang Xiang chooses, now that the situation has been decided, Shu County is surrounded by Ba County and Hanzhong, and the risk of turning his face is too great. If you are always interested, then you will immediately set off for the north, hand over the military power, in exchange for personal glory, and the family is rich.

There is also a doctor of the third duke, because there is no suitable candidate, temporarily vacant, by Zhou Qingchen as the imperial history of the Cheng, Wang Wu as the imperial history, after all, there are many documents of the imperial history, and the newcomers will not be able to figure it out for a while.

Under the three dukes is Jiuqing, and the court lieutenant in charge of the prison is also temporarily vacant, and Li Yu, the son of Li Si, serves as the deputy court lieutenant.

The internal history of the Su Dynasty, the palm of the grain goods, is undertaken by Xiao He, the head of the car, who has the overall merit.

Shaofu, the tax of the mountains and seas and ponds, in order to give co-support, is served by Zhang Cang.

Captain of the guard, the head of the palace guards, since the Northern Expedition, there have been many battles to capture the city, and the newly sealed Hou Dongmen Leopard in the Guannei is responsible.

Lang Zhongling, in charge of the palace gate, is served by Han Xin, the first marquis of military merit.

The servant, in charge of the horse, is served by the chief Zhang Han, who has made meritorious contributions in the north.

It's just that these three people are not employed in Guanzhong, Dongmen Leopard is in Hangu Pass and Shaanxi County, Han Xin is in Gaonu City in Shangjun, Zhang Han is still supervising the military affairs of Beidi and Shuofang, Heifu relies on these three generals, rejecting the Six Kingdoms in the East, and the Xiongnu in the North, and the lineup can be described as very gorgeous.

In addition, there is also a pawn, who is in charge of the righteous barbarians, served by Chen Ping, the head of the chariot, Chen Ping is the earliest staff of Heifu, and he is also a partial son in the Far East, and he can fight the Six Kingdoms with Guanzhong in the future, of course, he will not come back to take office, and he is only in name for the time being.

Finally, Zong Zheng, a relative of the office, this son, fell on the head of the "Chang'an Jun" child.

There are many people and few sons, as for the people who failed to mix with Jiuqing, Marquis Wuzhong did not wronged them, and while increasing the weight of the title, he also appointed prominent positions.

For example, Zhao Tuo, the "deputy commander" at the beginning of the army, don't look at this muffled voice, it doesn't seem to have much merit, but if you calculate it carefully, it's quite scary:

Thirty-seven years, with Guilin Bingping Dongting County, thirty-eight years, and Wu Chen to take Ba County, defeated Feng Zheng, and recently led troops out of Qishan Road, Keding Longxi County.

You must know that Han Xin, who has the first military merit, although he has won many battles, but the sum of the front and back only won Changsha, Hanzhong, and Yong. This is enough for Zhao Tuo to be worshiped as the Marquis of Guannei, and Heifu appointed Zhao Tuo as the internal history often known as the "Tenth Qing".

Another brother Wu Rui, Yiping Huiji, and recently went north to capture several cities in Huainan, was also named the Marquis of Guannei, called the general, in charge of Jianghuai military affairs, and Wei Yang was his deputy.

Xiao Tao, the head of the carriage, became a lieutenant, compared to the guard captain Dongmen Leopard, Lang Zhongling Han Xin, and Zhao Tuo, who were not near Xianyang at all, he was the one who was really responsible for the defense of Guanzhong.

He is also the person Heifu trusts the most.

Ji Ying, the head of the chariot, was appointed as the captain of the escort army and continued to be in charge of intelligence work.

Heifu's focus will be shifted to Guanzhong, and the old local departments will also send ribbon seals:

Lixian worshiped the head of the car and was in charge of the government affairs of the five counties of Jingzhou.

Xu Shubai is in charge of the government affairs of the three counties in Jiangdong.

The chief of the army, Gong Ao, was the general and was in charge of the military administration of the five counties in Lingnan.

Cao Shen, the head of the carriage, was also a general and was in charge of the military affairs of Haidong.

This is all a temporary distribution in wartime, and it is a last resort, and in the future, it will definitely divide the power, and those who are too powerful will be transferred to the central government to serve as officials, and then send new officials from Xianyang to the border, but that is after the victory.

In addition, Da Shang made Dong Peng as the eastern lieutenant of the internal history.

Shao Shang made Sima Xin for Sanchuan Shou.

The rest of the generals who were demoted, such as Yin Tong, Lu Qi, Xin Yi, Li Liang, etc., also had their own knightly appointments.

The next detailed list is still very long, so there is no need to single out them one by one.

In short, except for Li Yu's appointment as Tingweizheng, which was a reward for Li's nomination, the rest were basically those who had outstanding achievements in the Northern Expedition War, and were very suitable for the positions they obtained.

Lu Jia had already read the list for the fifth time and couldn't find anything wrong.

Except for one place! The most critical one!

"In the spring of the first year, Wang Zhou Zhengyue. If you don't write a book, you can take ......"

While reading the meaningful first sentence of the opening chapter of "Zuo Biography", Lu Jia pressed his hand on the top of the list, the current position of the regent of Great Qin, Wu Zhonghou, "Tai Lieutenant".

Lu Jia said secretly: "The prince seems to be iron-hearted, and he will not replace Emperor Qin for the time being, but wants to slowly try to do it." ”

"That's fine, the prince was originally a Qin official, and the sudden seizure of the throne will make the good feelings of the old Qin people disappear, and the name of loyalty and righteousness that has been preached will be stained, but it is not beautiful. It is better to cook a small fresh, simmer slowly, and wait for the world to dominate again, Kyushu is stable, the prince has obtained supreme merits, and it is not too late to become a matter of course. ”

"No name, dare to be true? The prince must think so, like Qin Shi Huang, by unifying the world to win the throne, this is the royal way! ”

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But this does not mean that the "regent" of the transitional period can come and go random and not conform to the etiquette system!

Lu Jia made up his mind, and when he went to report to Heifu the next day, he bowed down and said:

"The ancients said that if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, it will not be done."

"The minister dares to say that the current monarch and the marquis are the regent of the country, which is really inconsistent with the name and the truth, and it is nondescript!"

"Oh?"

Heifu thought that this group of guys was going to come in a hurry to persuade him again, his eyes were withdrawn from the thick documents, he looked at Lu Jia, and said with a smile: "Fengchang has just taken office, presiding over the court's etiquette, and the first person to be disciplined is me?" ”

Lu Jia did not back down at all, and said solemnly: "The name of the king is determined and real, the way is clear, and the people are cautious, the position of the prince is not just and unstable, and everything in the world is difficult to be right, and the minister has to say." ”

Seeing that Lu Jia was so serious and didn't give in half a step, it was very different from the previous sleek and mediocre, as if he had changed to a different person after becoming a regular person, Heifu had no choice but to sit upright: "Tell me about it." ”

Lu Jia came here to make full preparations, and said eloquently: "The minister was the regent for a few weeks, and the first regent was when Zhou became the king, when the Duke of Zhou was the Taifu, the Taigong Wang was the Taishi, and the Duke of Zhou was the Taibao, and the Duke of Zhou was the regent of the Taifu and practiced the position of the Son of Heaven. ”

"The second regent was after King Zhou Li ran away, Zhou Dinggong was appointed as the Taifu, Mu Gong was summoned as the Taibao, and Gongbo and as the Taishi. Gongbo and the ether division are regents, and they practice the position of the Son of Heaven. ”

"If the prince wants to be righteous, he must practice his position and be worshiped by hundreds of officials, so that the regent can exercise the power of the Son of Heaven!"

Seeing that Heifu was silent, perhaps thinking that the time was not ripe enough and would cause turmoil, Lu Jia changed his words:

"Even if the prince does not practice the throne for the time being, he should add a prince above the three dukes, and the lord is the prince of the country, and the post is in the name of the prince, the master, and the taibao, so that the position of the prince can be above the hundred bureaucrats, and the etiquette of the upper and lower levels!"

"Taifu, Taishi, Taibao......" Heifu touched his chin: "Which do you think is the most suitable?" ”

"The minister thinks that the master is appropriate!"

What Lu Jia recommended was the title of "Taishi", to show that the regent of Marquis Wuzhong and the absence of the Son of Heaven were to follow the administration of Gongbo and Taishi, and there was an ancient system to follow. Another meaning is to be like the master and father, who is both the supreme commander and the person in power.

At this time, he came with Lu Jia, as Taizhu, and Shusun Tong, who was responsible for standardizing etiquette, spoke:

"Feng Chang said this very wonderfully, the country is full of marquis, it is difficult to show the honorable, it is time to follow the example of Zhou Zheng, on top of the marquis, add a duke, in order to highlight the position of the prince."

Since Heifu was determined to be regent and not replace the Qin Dynasty immediately, they, as ceremonial officials, had to desperately find a basis for this special system and make up for the shortcomings.

Shusun Tong agreed to add a "duke" to the twentieth rank to highlight the status of the regent.

But he opposes titles such as teacher and bao.

He said eloquently: "The teacher, Fan Ye, is also known as the Taoist who teaches people." The teacher and the protector, the emperor and the children of the royal family, must have the king in the throne first, so that there can be a teacher and a protector, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to discuss this often. ”

Lu Jia smiled, just in terms of etiquette, he is not necessarily more Confucian than generations, but the uncle and grandson of the disciples of Confucius.

But Lu Jia is clever in the first place, firstly, he has greater ideals in his heart, and secondly, he understands Heifu better and has insight into what Heifu has never said explicitly, but has been doing things for others......

This is also the reason why he, Lu Jia, can be ranked in Jiuqing!

Lu Jia bowed to the black man and said loudly: "Yin is due to Xia Li, and the profit and loss can be known; Zhou is due to Yin Li, and the profit and loss can be known. The three generations have different rituals and customs, and there are many deviations in the names and positions, and there are also innovations, so ......"

"Taishi, why does it have to be the king's one-man teacher?"

"Why, can't it be the teacher of the world!?"

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PS: There are a lot of things to check, the head is big, there is only one chapter today, and when I return home tomorrow, I have been on the plane, and there may only be one chapter.