The war finally ended, and the land of China once again returned to peace.

A month after the end of the war, Zhao held a grand celebration ceremony in the camp of Beida outside Handan, and Zhao Dan led all the civil and military officials of Zhao State to visit the victorious soldiers in person, and rewarded all the meritorious soldiers.

As the main general, Wu Xinjun Lian Po led the army to defeat the Four-Nation Alliance in the decisive battle outside Suiyang City, and swept away the decline of last year's defeat outside Gaotang City, which can be called the greatest hero of this battle.

Zhao Dan increased Lian Po's food to a full 10,000 households, and issued a lot of jaw-dropping rewards, as well as privileges such as riding a horse and a sword straight into the palace, including Lian Po's wife, son and even two little grandsons were rewarded by Zhao Dan, which can be said to be extremely glorious.

The second to receive the reward was Li Mu, although the enemy Qin State that Li Mu faced was relatively weak at that time, but Li Mu's surprise attack broke through Xianyang City and captured Qin Wang Chu and a number of Qin ministers, which greatly boosted the prestige and morale of the Zhao army and people, and laid a solid foundation for the victory of the decisive battle of Suiyang City, thus becoming the second hero.

Zhao Dan's reward for Li Mu was to raise his title to Shangqing, which was only one step away from the position of the king, and of course there were a lot of money and treasures, as well as various titles and so on.

In addition, generals of Zhao State such as Le Cheng, Pang Xuan, and Ju Xin, as well as all the Zhao generals who participated in the war, all have their own rewards.

The celebration lasted for three whole days, during which the curfew was lifted in Handan, and people stayed up all night to party, and the smell of wine wafted in almost every corner of the city, making people almost think that the city was completely soaked in wine.

As a result, the number of drunken fights in the city increased a hundredfold compared to usual, and the Handan prison was overcrowded for a while, and people who bought vegetables in the vegetable market were able to watch the beheading show several more times for a long time to come.

However, these things are just questions that ordinary people talk about, and for the entire Zhao State political circle, there is actually only one issue that is most concerned about.

Who will become the eighth important minister of Zhao to enter the Longtai Meeting?

Judging from the previous voices, Lecheng and Juxin are neck and neck, and Li Mu doesn't seem to have much hope.

But after fighting this battle, the situation has reversed, and in the process of fighting with the Yan people, Ji Xin, who did not perform brilliantly, obviously fell behind, while Li Mu soared to the sky by virtue of the performance of the second break Xianyang to capture the high-level leaders of the Qin State, and truly became a strong competitor.

Although Lecheng is more mature, stable and experienced, Li Mu is undoubtedly more trusted by Zhao Dan, and at the same time, he is shrouded in a halo of victory, so Li Mu's momentum is actually overpowering Lecheng.

It was also under such circumstances that the annual Zhao Guo's plan began.

As a routine annual monitoring and statistical work, the above calculation is also the most important work of the lieutenant department in charge of Li Si in a year.

At this time, the lieutenant department will send a large number of officials to the local area to count the data of various places, and then report it to Handan City, and then Lieutenant Li Si will make a report on the plan, and finally send it to the monarch Zhao Dan.

This report is a mantra for 99 percent of the officials of Zhao State, once any part is rated as middle or lower or even lower, then this department will definitely suffer from Zhao Dan's severe reprimand, for example, last year, Zheng Zhu's big bank department was like this.

To be honest, such a job is quite offensive, but for Li Si, a legalist bureaucrat, he is doing a good job in this position.

The last thing Legalist officials are afraid of is to use the power given to them by the king to legally punish others.

It was already late at night, but the lights were still bright in the study room dedicated to Li Si in the lieutenant's residence, and Li Si, the lieutenant of Zhao State, was flipping through the mountains of reports in front of him with his junior brother Han Fei, trying to understand from the reports whether the officials from all over Zhao State had done their own things in the past year.

Li Si stared intently at a bamboo slip in front of him, and after a long time, he put it down, picked up the pen and quickly wrote a few words on the slip, then stood up and stretched hard, and let out a long breath.

"Whew, I'm so tired!"

Han Fei, who was sitting next to Li Si, glanced up at Li Si, and then said with a smile: "My brother is only thirty years old this year, and he is full of energy in his first year, why is he talking about fatigue here?" Isn't it because the concubine who just accepted is too cute? ”

Li Si snorted and scolded with a smile: "You know my family's background, and now my heirs are only one man and three girls, how can this be reassuring?" It is necessary to know that the sowing of autumn and the birth of summer, there is no spring cold, no autumn breeze, and no winter cold, which is the best season. ”

Han Fei blinked his eyes and said, "My brother once heard that Handan Dancing Ji is not only beautiful, but also has a wonderful style between the beds. ”

The two looked at each other and laughed in unison.

After a few moments, the laughter died down.

Han Fei threw down the slip in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "There is a problem with the plan this time. ”

Li Si glanced at Han Fei with an unchanged face and said, "What's the problem?" There should have been a problem with the plan, and if there was no problem at all, then it would be a dereliction of duty. ”

Han Fei sighed and said, "Brother misunderstood, I didn't mean that, it's just ...... There are so many questions. ”

After a pause, Han Fei picked up the slip in his hand and said, "My brother, let's take a look at this report, it says that Shi Lefeng, the magistrate of Zhongshan County, has wantonly accepted bribes, opened the door for others to make it convenient, and even colluded with other officials to exchange new grain for old grain, which is an out-and-out corrupt official. ”

Li Si snorted, stretched out his hand and said slowly: "And show me this report." ”

After a while, Li Si put down the report in his hand and said, "If this report is true, then Le Fenghe will fall to the ground." ”

Han Fei nodded in agreement, took out another slip, and said, "My brother will take a look at this one again, it is about the matter of Hanoi County Shou Yu Kang, and there are also many crimes on it, and they all seem to be conclusive evidence." ”

"There is also this one, which is about the lawlessness of the lieutenant of the county."

"In this report, it is written that Zheng Fan, the county guard of Hejian County, has achieved the results of the past year, and in this regard, it should be inferior, but in the last year's upper calculation, Zheng Fan's results are above average."

"And ......"

The smile on Li Si's face completely disappeared, and the expression on his face suddenly became grim.

The people Han Fei mentioned just now, although their positions and official positions are different, they have one thing in common, that is, they are all real people in the court, and their backers are the other important ministers of Zhao State who are in the Longtai with Li Si.

After a long time, Li Sicai suddenly snorted and said, "It seems that there are many people wrestling in secret this time." ”

Han Fei nodded and said: "That's right, judging from the reports handed in today, seventy percent are middle and lower or even inferior, only two and a half are medium, and the remaining half are upper middle and upper class, which is very unusual." ”

Neither Han Fei nor Li Si has presided over the work in the first year, so they understand very well what the weirdness of this ratio is.

Generally speaking, in an ordinary year, about fifty percent of Zhao officials will be rated as average, that is, they belong to the qualified level of no merit and no fault, and these people usually get the result of not being promoted or demoted.

About 30 percent of Zhao officials will be rated as middle and low, that is, the level of failure, the middle and lower class will generally be warned or demoted, and the lower class will be demoted or removed, and the guilty will be prosecuted.

The remaining 20 percent of the officials are the upper middle and upper class, that is, the kind that can be promoted.

Half passed, a small percentage was promoted and a small part was demoted, and Zhao Guo's plan for decades was basically the same.

However, this year, 70 percent of the officials are unqualified, which is nearly three times more than in previous years, and the number of qualified officials is only half of that of previous years, and the number of outstanding officials is less than a quarter of that of previous years!

Li Si's eyes flickered, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "Could it be that there is something wrong with our control of the lieutenant?" ”

Han Fei shook his head and said categorically: "This matter is absolutely impossible, this is not the first time we have presided over the plan, and if there is a problem, it should have happened a long time ago." ”

Li Si nodded solemnly and said, "Then what went wrong?" ”

Han Fei said: "Judging from these reports, when the subordinates went down to understand the situation this year, the number of people who secretly whistleblower suddenly increased several times, and all of them were well-founded, which is really surprising." ”

Li Si was silent for a long time before he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that many people are really eyeing that position." By the way, is there a report against him in the territory of the one to the north? ”

Han Fei said: "There are, but they are all small things, such as strict military law and the like, but there are quite a lot of attacks on his subordinate generals." ”

Li Si heaved, and there was no doubt in his heart: "Okay, very good." Do you even use our work as a wrestling field to enter the gate of Longtai? ”

As he said this, there was obvious anger on Lees' face.

You must know whether the work of the plan is done well or not, it is directly related to the future of Li Si, this time the plan has become like this, if Zhao Dan is dissatisfied with this, then Li Si must be responsible.

As soon as Li Si thought of this, he finally couldn't help but slam his fist on the table: "It's too rampant to treat national events as a stage for political struggle!" ”

Han Fei persuaded on the side: "My brother doesn't need to be angry, in my opinion, there is weirdness everywhere in this matter now, if we act rashly, it may be taken advantage of by others." ”

Li Si snorted heavily, and said, "Don't worry, I naturally understand the strangeness of this matter, and tomorrow I will personally enter the palace to ask to see the king and present the details of this matter." Then I will see how they should deal with the king's wrath! ”