Due to the birth of the child, Zhao Dan was in a very good mood in the next few days.

On the morning of this day, a young scholar dressed in a crimson official robe appeared in front of Zhao Dan in the Longtai Palace, and bowed to Zhao Dan: "The minister has seen and seen the king. ”

This young scholar is none other than one of Xun Guo's two proud protégés, who has just been appointed by Zhao Dan as Han Fei in Zhao Guo's servants.

In the middle of the service, in the palace, so it is not surprising that Han Fei appeared by Zhao Dan's side.

To be honest, every time Zhao Dan sees Han Fei, his mood gets better.

This is Han Feizi, and now he has become a widow's servant...... Hmph, the widow is simply amazing!

So after Zhao Dan saw Han Fei, he smiled at Han Fei and said, "You came just in time, go, go to a very interesting place with the widow." ”

Han Fei hurriedly responded and kept up with Zhao Dan's pace.

To be honest, after hearing Zhao Dan's words, Han Feizi's heart was somewhat curious.

Since these days of contact, Han Fei's admiration for Zhao Dan can be said to be increasing day by day.

In addition to the very practical reason that Zhao Dan was able to lead the Zhao State to become stronger, but also because after getting along day and night for a few days, Han Fei had a feeling that he could find a lot of similarities with Han Fei in Zhao Dan.

Many of the ideas that were still lingering in Han Fei's mind had been realized in Zhao Dan's hands, and many things that Han Fei hadn't even figured out clearly in his mind gradually began to become clear after following Zhao Dan.

It can be said that although he has only been by Zhao Dan's side for a while, the gains that Han Fei has gained are definitely not less than the gains from studying with his mentor Xun Jing for so many years, and may even be more.

Therefore, when Han Fei saw Zhao Dan's appearance, he couldn't help but be a little curious.

What kind of place can make this wise and martial king so interested?

Han Fei quickly got the answer.

In the palace city of Zhao State, there are not only a few palaces such as Longtai and Fengtai, but also many side halls used for weekday office use.

After a while, Zhao Dan took Han Fei to a side hall.

Han Fei looked at the side hall in front of him with some surprise.

Not long ago, when Han Fei passed by here with Zhao Dan, it was still very remote and deserted, but when he arrived today, there were already palace guards guarding the outside of this side hall, and there was a plaque on the door of the side hall, with three big characters written on it - "Staff Office".

"Staff officer?" Han Fei stared at the words on the plaque thoughtfully, and seemed to understand something.

Zhao Dan took the lead and walked into the gate of this staff office, and Han Fei did not dare to slack off and follow closely.

In the staff office, there were already many people seated, and after seeing Zhao Dan, these people stood up one after another and saluted respectfully to Zhao Dan.

"I've seen the king."

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, walked to the top and sat down that had been reserved for a long time, and Han Fei also got a seat beside Zhao Dan.

After sitting down, Han Fei had a chance to look at the crowd sitting in the main hall around him.

Then Han Fei discovered a fact-

He didn't know most of them.

Just when Han Fei was still immersed in surprise, Zhao Dan had already spoken: "Do you know what happened when the widow invited you here today?" ”

No one spoke.

Obviously, these people present were a little puzzled in their hearts as to why Zhao Dan had summoned them here.

Zhao Dan continued to speak: "The reason why I invite you to come here today is mainly to hope that you can speak freely, offer advice, and advise on the war. ”

As soon as the master present heard this, he understood.

Han Feizi couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "It turns out that the king means to set up a shogunate? ”

The shogunate, which is a system with a long history in China.

The retainers of Xia and Shang, the soldiers of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and then the monks of the current Warring States can all be regarded as the prototype of the shogunate system.

The main ones who really created the shogunate system were the Qin State after the Shang Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty after it.

At that time, it was the period when the feudal bureaucratic system was created, the division of labor was not detailed, the mechanism was incomplete, and it was difficult for governors at all levels to complete the duties assigned by the imperial court alone. As a result, the Sangong County Shoukai Mansion was established by itself, and the history was used as an assistant to assist the envoys, and it became a system and was preserved.

Although it is said to be the creation of Qin, because the system of Zhao is actually quite similar to that of Qin, Zhao also has a shogunate system, not only a few important ministers of Zhao, but also local county guards also have their own shogunate and subordinate officials, but the scale is very small.

These subordinate officials were initially established within the government, but in practice they gradually became different from regular officials, and became more obvious at the local level.

The Assassin of the Western Han Prefecture was an official sent by the imperial court to inspect the county, and he could not set up an open mansion like the county guard. A Thorn History unified several counties, and couldn't take care of it, so "all of them were engaged in history fakes" ("Later Han Shu Baiguan Zhi"), and most of the personnel were recruited by the Thorn Shi himself.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the assassin officially became a state-level administrator, and he had the power to "eliminate all of them", and the bureaucratic institutions swelled.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the feudal bureaucracy was disordered, political turmoil, and the staff function was unprecedentedly active, which made the shogunate system develop and mature. The appearance of the names of the army, the secretary's office, the military division, and the chief secretary indicates that the staff mechanism, which is different from the official series, tends to be refined and improved in terms of division of labor and functions.

In the Han Dynasty, the three divisions (Da Sikong, Da Sima, and Da Situ) opened the government, and in the Wei and Jin dynasties, there were countless people who opened the government with the three divisions with various military titles such as generals or governors, and the phenomenon of staff invading the dynasty and surpassing the official gradually reached its peak, and even the shogunate became the overlord that replaced the central government and transformed into the administrative center of the new dynasty.

The rulers of the Sui and Tang dynasties once abolished the system of self-prohibiting their own staff, but it has continued since then and has been improving day by day. In the Tang Dynasty, the establishment of the shogunate was statutory, but the imperial court recognized the practice of not having a quota for the establishment.

In the Song Dynasty, the central government imposed strict restrictions on the shogunate system, and the employment was changed from self-establishment to central appointment, and a large number of shogunate positions were assigned to the main officials. The central government shall appoint all officials who sign the official affairs of the judge's office, the training officer, the judge, the secretary of the section, and the observation envoy of the defense regiment.

This meant that the shogunate was directly accountable to the central government and had the function of supervising the chief officials, which was a turning point in the development of the shogunate system. In order to strengthen the centralized system, the Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties basically adopted the practices of the Song Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, the official system was more complete, the division of labor of the officials was refined, and the system of assigning the staff by the state no longer existed, so the staff became privately hired.

Moreover, those who are hired do not have to be constrained by their birth and morality, and their status after employment is neither a formal official or a subordinate official, nor does they have a fixed term of office or salary according to their grades.

They are only the think tanks and chargé d'affaires of the masters at all levels in handling government affairs, generally called masters or old masters, and their main duties are criminal names and money and food.

The status of the Qing Dynasty staff can no longer be compared with the official as the ancient long history of joining the army.

Interestingly, the shogunate system was later learned by a small country in the east and has been used for many years, so much so that in modern times, some fools who worship foreign countries and forget their ancestors think that the word "shogunate" is a foreign product, which is simply ridiculous and generous.

In Han Feizi's opinion, since Zhao Dan suddenly came up with such a staff office, it is estimated that it is just a shogunate with a changed name.

But the next moment, Zhao Dan's words shattered Han Feizi's imagination again.

"But please note that this staff office set up by the widow is not the shogunate!"