Jimogu was the land of Laiyi, and after being conquered by the Qi State, it gradually assimilated and established a city wall.

In the era of Tian Qi, Jimo was very prosperous, standing majestically in the east of Qi country, Jimo doctor Tian Chongshou made this place rich, Tian Dan borrowed this lonely city, rivaled Qiang Yan for several years, and finally skillfully used the fire ox array to break the Yan army, recover the Qi country, and let the Jimo people have a little more backbone and pride.

Now, Qin officials and Qin Jun have moved into Jimo, and they occupy the former Jimo doctor's mansion and use it as an office space. The city wall was also added three years ago, so that the entire Guansi District became the city within the city of Jimo, which the Jimo people called "Qin City".

On the second day of the first month of January, the new county guard Heifu stood on the wall of Qincheng two feet high, he patted the rammed earth wall, looked at the crowd outside Guo, and the soldiers at the inner city gate like a great enemy, and looked at the county on the side:

"Whose idea is it to build the official temple into a fortress and build a city wall outside, so that the county soldiers and sanitation are like facing a great enemy?"

Jiaodong Juncheng has a name that Heifu also does not know, called Sima 橺 (xiàn), which is said to be a descendant of Sima Cuo, a famous minister of the Qin State, and he said:

"The city wall was proposed by the county lieutenant, that is, the Mo people were not good to Qin, and the county lieutenant was afraid that once there was a change, his generation would besiege the official temple, so that people would build the inner city, so that the county could hold on until the county lieutenant came to help......"

In the Qin Dynasty, the locations of the county guard and the county lieutenant did not necessarily coincide, Heifu was stationed in Jimo, and the county lieutenant was in Huang County, where thieves and light heroes were frequent. Huangxian County is in the northeast of Jiao, near the sea, and the south is separated by hills and mountains, and you have to go around a big circle to arrive.

"As for letting the soldiers and Dutch armor hold the armor inside and outside, it was the idea of the soldier Cao Peng, and the county guard was disturbed by the murderers when he first arrived in Jiaodong, so he strengthened his vigilance."

Heifu nodded, noncommittal, but said in his heart:

"The Qin officials and county soldiers in the inner city are only a few hundred, if Jimo really has something to do and is besieged by tens of thousands of people, even if the city is built higher, what is the use?"

Heifu's visit to the inner city today is because after arriving in Jimo, Chen Ping presented Heifu with six steps to govern the county.

"One, Liwei."

Powerful and powerful, skilled ministers, and legal people, these are the three methods that must be practiced by those in power. Heifu was lucky, he was assassinated just after entering Jiaodong, he dismissed Chunyu County Commander and Lieutenant in one breath, and Dasuo Assassin henchmen in Chunyu County, this matter is a warning to both the official and the people: This new county guard is not easy to mess with!

"Second, do something!"

Sooner or later, the power of the horse will dissipate, since Heifu does not have nostalgia for Zhutian, then it is necessary to clarify the governance program as early as possible, so that everyone understands what the county guard is going to do here, and the new official takes office with three fires, so Heifu threw out his own governance guidelines: "Help the old clan, revitalize the law and religion, and save punishment." ”

Didn't the people of Jiaodong think that Qin Law was too strict, and Heifu also opened the skylight and said brightly, as long as you don't break the law, I won't kill in vain, and the government welcomes all those who are willing to cooperate!

Heifu also knows that the biggest problem in governing Jimo at present is that the government has no agents of its own, and it is difficult for the government to go out of the city, so it can only rely on the powerful and aristocratic in the past.

The past five years have been wasted in this kind of tacit understanding, so as soon as Heifu got off the car, he announced that he was going to set up a school, and threw all the more than ten young people he brought from Gaomi into the school, and asked the county officials to teach them Qindi language and laws. I only hope that in half a year, we will get the first batch of young cadres tied to the government, and rely on these people to push effective rule outside the city and into the vast countryside.

As for the "primary school", firstly, it is to force the million-dollar heroes of each family to give hostages, and at the same time, it is also to teach the concept of unity from the beginning of the child......

In this way, the petty aristocracy and the unambitious Confucian students were drawn into the camp.

Next is what Hefu is doing: "Military power!" ”

Under the guidance of Sima Juncheng, after inspecting the inner city, Heifu returned to the official temple and asked Changshi Chen Ping to immediately pass on the message and summon the Cao officials who are now on duty in the county government!

The drums were pounding, this was about to start a meeting, and the leaders of Cao Peng hurriedly left what they were doing and gathered in the main hall! All of them were dressed in black clothes and official hats, and the fish penetrated into the room to pay homage to the black man.

I saw that Heifu was dressed in black with a high crown and a full silk ribbon, wearing a long sword at his waist, sitting high on the main seat, and the lower ones were Changshi Chen Ping and Sima Juncheng, and the doorman was personally accompanied by several people wearing armor and holding swords, standing at the door.

Since Heifu's arrival, this is the first time that the county officials have been summoned to the court, and these county officials who came did not know what he wanted to do, and they all secretly guessed, but unfortunately the county guard had a dark face and could not see the emotion. And after all the people had bowed, they all stood up in an orderly manner, bent down and hung their hands, and stood in a number of columns in the middle of the hall.

"There are a lot of people."

Heifu glanced at everyone, although it was the first time to hold a meeting, he had already seen his subordinates alone, remembered their names and positions, these people were: Hu Cao, the main household, the place of origin; Cangcao, the main tax, the accumulation of millet; Officials Cao, the promotion of the main official, is also called Gong Cao; Sikong Cao: the main prisoner, subordinate concubine; Jin Bu Cao, the main mountain and sea franchise, city tax trade.

In addition, there are also officials, such as fields, livestock, and laborers, all of whom are dispatched by the county guard.

In addition, there are also thieves and soldiers who are theoretically subordinate to the county lieutenant, because the county lieutenant is stationed in Huang County, so they usually listen to Heifu's assignment, which invisibly increases his power.

Coupled with the prison Cao and Ling Cao, who were in charge of the county, nearly 20 people were present at the meeting.

Heifu had already asked Changshi Chen Ping to investigate in advance, and among these twenty people, almost all of them were foreign Qin officials, occupying important positions, while locals were in charge of inconsequential departments, or assisted as minor officials.

Since they are all Qin people, it will be easy to do, Heifu first cleared his throat, talked about the importance that the central government led by the first emperor attached to the situation in Jiaodong, and talked about the achievements of Jiaodong County in the first five-year plan, and then began to let everyone speak freely and talk about the shortcomings in the work......

Everyone looked at each other, the way this county guard held the meeting was novel, you pushed me, and I finally made up some "shortcomings".

Since they were not honest, Hefu named himself. Bing Cao Peng was very unlucky, the first one was clicked, and Heifu asked him with a smile:

"The inner city and the streets are full of soldiers patrolling, as if facing a great enemy, is it your order?"

Bing Cao Peng promised, he did this with the intention of flattering, but he was criticized by Heifu:

"Thou hast let thy soldiers set up antlers on the outside, and guard them with crossbows, and those who do not know it think that if they go out of the inner city, they will be an enemy country! Just a few thieves are acting like this, won't they make Jimo people take it lightly? Immediately withdraw the sentry guards who were released, and tighten them on the outside and on the inside! ”

After some beating, Heifu made some minor personnel adjustments to Bing Cao, and placed some of the knighted men and horsemen he brought from the northern and southern counties into the county soldiers and served as military officials.

This is for more than a month, Gong Ao ended Chunyu's mission, came to the county town, handed over the military power to him to prepare, although the Qin soldiers are outnumbered, only hundreds, but with one more sword, Heifu can sleep at night can be more at ease.

As for the other Cao Peng, Heifu didn't move them for the time being, he just arrived, and there were not enough people under him to make up for it, so it was not appropriate to make too big personnel changes.

After letting the officials go down, Heifu only left Chen Ping and asked him: "Now that the prestige has been established, the matter has been clear, and the military power has begun to be controlled, what are your last three strategies?" ”

……

Chen Ping sold a pass before, only said the first three, and then said: "The fourth article is Lixin." Back then, Zigong asked Confucius how to govern the country. Confucius said, sufficient food, foot soldiers, the people's trust. ”

Zigong asked again, what if you have to remove two items and keep only one of them?

Confucius replied, go to the soldiers, go to the food, because if the people do not believe in their officials and monarchs, then the country will not exist! Therefore, the people cannot stand without faith! ”

Confucius's original words are like this, but in Chen Ping's view, if you do not grasp the military power, it is useless to talk about trustworthiness.

Heifu shook his head: "When Shang Jun changed the law back then, he was also the first to establish his letter, but the Jimo people resented the Qin officials, how should I establish my letter?" ”

"Maybe you can start with a new school."

Chen Ping gave Heifu an idea: "Let the officials study for the exam after a month, and those who can speak the best Qin dialect, the most skilled in writing Qin Seal, and the most proficient in reciting the law will be rewarded with fifty gold, and they will be included in the official book, and they can receive a fight for food while learning the law!" ”

Of course, fifty gold is not a brass, it is a deceptive play, but a decent gold, which adds up to nearly three thousand yuan, which is equivalent to a year's salary of Liu Tingchang, Pei County, which is not a small amount. The sons of the rich may not care, but the children of small landowners who are able to go to school for free will definitely be tempted.

"In this way, it can not only allow the Jiaodong children in the school to compete to learn Qin Yan and Qin characters, but also tell all Jiaodong people through their mouths that the government is trustworthy."

Heifu suddenly became excited: "You don't have to do it just once, you can make it a system, one month is a monthly exam, half a year is a mid-term exam, and one year is a final exam." Primary school promotion is for the high school entrance examination, and the promotion of officials is for the college entrance examination! The money given to those who excel in the exam is called a scholarship! ”

Chen Ping didn't think that Duhefu would come up with so many doorways, he was stunned, and arched his hand: "Everything is as the county guard said." ”

The exam Dafa is good! Heifu bowed: "This policy is very good, as long as those who excel in the exam get money, they will promote the trustworthiness of the government, and the people of Jiaodong will compete to make their children learn Qin Yan and Qin Seal, what about the fifth policy?" ”

Chen Ping said: "The letter is established, and the next thing is naturally enough food, spring ploughing is imminent, the county guard should appoint good officials, follow the example of Nanjun and the internal history, repair public toilets in Jimo, and then promote the art of composting and manure." ”

Even with the support of the government, the speed of technology transmission is still very slow, Jiaodong is too far away from Qindi, and there is no public toilet that Heifu glimpsed in Pei County, let alone the art of composting. Although Heifu could not change the imperial tax rate, if he could increase the output and make the cake bigger, perhaps the peasants' resentment against the heavy tax would not be so great.

Heifu muttered, "What is the sixth policy?" ”

Chen Ping said: "The government of the king, don't be in a hurry for thieves, now there are many thieves in Jiaodong, and they have been arrogant to the extent of assassinating the county guard, and when the spring ploughing is over, the government will free up its hands, and it must follow the clues found in Chunyu County, and clear the thieves in the county, so as to deter Xiaoxiao!" ”

Seeing that Heifu frowned, Chen Ping said again: "For all the above things, the county guard does not have to bow down to everything, but should make the chicken master the night and order the raccoon dog to hold the mouse, all use their abilities, and there is nothing to do, and choose the good ones from the officials to let them go." ”

Heifu nodded, the county guard is different from the county lieutenant, he has to take care of everything, Chen Ping, as a long history, although he can share it for him, he is faced with complicated work, and he is also lacking in skills.

Therefore, he must decentralize.

But what Heifu lacks most now is the talent who can take charge of various places and take charge of himself, and he is not familiar with the temperament and talent of the county officials and cannot be trusted. The children of the various clans in the school room still have a year and a half to complete their studies, and they are not useful......

At this moment, a doorman came to report that at the gate of Jimenei City, someone claimed to be a guest of the county guard, and asked to see him......

"A group of several people, this is the letter they asked their subordinates to offer."

Heifu took it and took a look, and immediately laughed: "I really met the pillow when I was sleepy, and the chicken of the night and the raccoon dog that I am missing at hand are here!" ”

Chen Ping had already guessed who it was: "Could it be that Cao Shen from Pei County has arrived?" ”

"It's not just Cao Shen who came."

Heifu got up and said with a smile: "It's the 'Peixian Sanjie'!" ”