Although the flintlock musket is successfully assembled, the parts are made relatively rough, resulting in a very poor linkage state, and it takes a lot of force to pull the trigger, so that the barrel will produce a relatively large shake when shooting after aiming, and the accuracy is estimated to be blind, and it is necessary to carefully polish and adjust the gap between the parts after going back, and put on some lubricating oil to keep the parts in good linkage, otherwise it may cause the trigger to fail or the hammer can not fire. Or the spark that is shot out cannot fall into the ignition chamber and ignite the ignition powder.

The failure of any link of the complex machinery may lead to a dumb shot, and the opportunity on the battlefield is fleeting, and the effective range of about 100 meters can rush to the front of the war horse in a few seconds, if there is no strong fire suppression, the consequences of the musketeer facing the cavalry are simply not brainless, it is definitely a pawn.

Returning to the laboratory of the Academy of Sciences with a flintlock musket and a bunch of parts, Chen Xu arranged for someone to find two craftsmen who were proficient in carving and polishing to start processing the parts, and he was busy until he was almost out of food before returning home, but when he went out, he met a messenger who came to deliver the message.

"Master Hou, Your Majesty, please go to the court on time tomorrow morning to discuss politics!" The confessor respectfully handed the edict in his hand to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu took a look at it and found that it was an edict written by Qin Shihuang himself, and the content of the discussion was the restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries.

After reading it, Chen Xu was a little excited, and at the same time, he was also extremely surprised by the speed and courage of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the ages.

He came to Xianyang in October, and then mentioned the system of three provinces and six ministries, but now it has only been two months, and Qin Shi Huang can't help but implement reforms.

This reform involves all aspects of the court and counties across the country, and all the government offices will be re-established, and almost all the duties and powers of officials will be overturned, which will be an epoch-making political reform in human history, although it will not change the dominance of the imperial power and nobles, but it will certainly greatly strengthen the control of the imperial court over the country.

Historically, the Qin Dynasty Guozuo was only a short period of more than ten years, a big reason is that the control of the county is not enough, although the main officials of the county are appointed vertically in Xianyang, but many of them are still the officials of the former six countries, and the county guard has the authority to accept all subordinate officials except for the chief official of the county, the power is too great, and it can be called the emperor of the soil within the scope of the respective county, plus there is no strict evaluation and promotion and transfer mechanism, the selection of officials all rely on recommendation or self-recommendation, resulting in the official's appointment is very arbitrary, Moreover, as long as the chief official of a place does not make mistakes, he can be in charge of the local government for more than 10 years or even a lifetime, and this has laid a huge hidden danger for the collusion of local tyrants and powerful, and the people have been miserable by wanton expropriation and extortion in the local area.

For example, a county guard, equivalent to a high-ranking official in later generations, but the position of county guard does not need to be a county commander and then a county officer step by step to climb up, will accumulate a lot of governance experience, but directly by Xianyang to accept the fate, as long as the emperor thinks it can, or some officials above the court feel that it can, you can recommend it to the emperor, after the emperor nods and the prime minister signs the letter of appointment, you can be the county guard, which does not have a normal promotion steps and channels, resulting in the official's appointment is very chaotic, and the ability is not reliable, As for loyalty, it is even more unreliable, because there is no strict rank and evaluation, so the local officials are not right to the superiors, their duty is to complete the tasks assigned from above, and this pressure will directly act on the heads of the people at the bottom, all kinds of taxes and forced labor emerge in an endless stream, and most of the people are not well fed and clothed.

Therefore, when Chen Xu played against Qin Shi Huang, he actually talked more about the nine-grade system of officials.

He was very cautious and repeatedly mentioned the evaluation of officials and the implementation of appointments, dismissals, promotions, and transfers based on the nine-quality system.

For example, the county guard is a third-grade official, and the subordinate officials of the six ministries of the imperial court are also third-grade, so the chief officials of the county guard and the six songs of the three provinces can be transferred in parallel at the same level, and the fourth-grade officials can also be promoted, but the lower level is not, because the low level means that the ability or seniority is not enough.

Although ability and qualifications can not be completely measured by age and level, but at least this is a broad-spectrum measurement standard, under the strict assessment standards, as long as it is capable, it will eventually rise slowly, which is countless times stronger than relying on the self-recommendation or recommendation system of red mouth and white teeth, at least the ability is visible.

Therefore, in Chen Xu's conception, if it is not easy to carry out the major operation of the reform of the three provinces and six ministries, the implementation of the nine-grade official position can be carried out first, just like the title, there is not the slightest image of the civil and military officials of Daqin, at most, it is just an extra level in front of the official position.

Then in a few years, it will be appropriate to carry out the reform of the court institutions, and finally slowly achieve the goal of Chen Xu's reform step by step.

But what Chen Xu never expected was that in just two months, Qin Shi Huang was ready to carry out drastic reforms.

Sure enough, the emperor is different from us people, he can do whatever he wants!

Chen Xu folded the holy decree in his hand with emotion and put it into his arms.

This is the edict of Qin Shi Huang's own handwriting, it is estimated that there are few copies of the entire Great Qin, it is worth collecting well, and after hanging it, it must be placed in the coffin for future generations of archaeologists to study.

Early the next morning, Chen Xu washed up and stopped and took a car to the court.

Outside the court hall, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military have come one after another, although it doesn't look much different from the past, but one by one they have a very serious expression, and there are many idle positions that have titles but no rights, such as the Marquis of Tongwu Wang Ben, the national lieutenant Wei Yu and other nobles who do not go to the court to discuss politics on weekdays have also come a lot, as for the secretary doctor and the doctor and the like, there are more.

When Chen Xu arrived, these people had already gathered together on the steps outside the court hall to mumble and discuss, but they had no intention of entering the court.

Seeing Chen Xu walking on the steps towards the gate with his court clothes, many officials hurriedly bowed their hands to greet him, and Chen Xu also smiled again and again and bowed.

"Qinghe Hou came just in time, help me and so on!" Tongwu Marquis Wang Ben grabbed Chen Xu's arm and pulled him into the circle of friends composed of a bunch of generals.

"Yes, yes, Marquis Qinghe must know why His Majesty suddenly summoned me to wait for the court to discuss politics today!" A burly man in leather armor chimed in.

"This is ......" Chen Xu arched his hand with a puzzled face.

"In Xia Zhanghan, I am not in Xianyang on weekdays, and yesterday suddenly His Majesty summoned a certain person into the city to participate in the court meeting, but a certain person still knows nothing about the court discussion, so please ask the Marquis of Qinghe to solve his doubts!" Zhang Han respectfully saluted Chen Xu.

, another fierce man!

Chen Xu couldn't help but look Zhang Han up and down a few times, it can be seen from the body type, this thing is a fierce general, burly and stout, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and lush beard, at first glance, it is a killing type, Zhang Han is not famous among the Great Qin generals at the moment, but he is deeply valued by Qin Shi Huang, and handed over the construction of the Lishan Mausoleum to him, so Zhang Han is now almost stationed in Lishan a hundred miles away, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to supervise hundreds of thousands of prisoners to build a mausoleum for Qin Shi Huang.

Looking at Chen Xu's surprised eyes, Zhang Han bowed his hand a little stiffly and said: "I have heard the name of the Marquis of Qinghe for a long time, and Han has always wanted to visit the Hou Mansion, but he has been busy with affairs and has not been able to spare time......"

"Where is it, Xu has also heard the name of General Zhang Han for a long time, and when I saw it today, he really had the style of a tiger general!" Chen Xu waved his hand again and again and said with a smile.

The people around looked at Chen Xu and Zhang Han with puzzled faces, and all kinds of speculations kept rising in their hearts.

The reputation of the Marquis of Qinghe is now resounding throughout Daqin, even the northern wilderness and the southern barbarian land thousands of miles away know Chen Xu's name, Zhang Han is just an ordinary general, why does the Marquis of Qinghe value him so much, and he has heard of the name for a long time? Zhang Han's reputation is not famous at all in Daqin, okay!

Chen Xu is a legendary disciple of the Immortal Family, can he see that Zhang Han will inevitably soar in the future?

Or was it because of the construction of the emperor's mausoleum?

Some people thought of Zhang Han's identity, and suddenly exuded a series of speculations, and their faces became a little more cautious when they looked at Zhang Han.

"Please also ask the Marquis of Qinghe to solve your doubts, what is the so-called matter that His Majesty suddenly summoned me to wait for the court today?" The military general Zhao Tuo also said.

"I heard that His Majesty intends to reform the pattern of the court, abolish the three princes and nine secretaries and make three provinces and six departments!" Chen Xu revealed some information a little.

"Abolish the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries?" A group of people couldn't help but change their faces.

"What is the meaning of the three provinces and six departments?" Wang Ben asked eagerly.

"It must not be ......," exclaimed another in a low voice.

"Generals, don't be suspicious, this matter will naturally be known to the court, and it will have no impact on our idle duties!" Chen Xu shook his head with a smile and said.

Just when a circle of people was about to continue to inquire about the details, suddenly a chant of the confessor came from the door of the court hall: "Please all those who have received the edict to enter the court to discuss politics~"

"Let's go together, generals!" Chen Xu turned around and walked towards the court hall, Wang Ben and the others also followed with a look of surprise, and at this time, a group of officials gathered on the steps also went to the court together.

In the solemn hall of the court, the black bricks and black tiles are all dark, and several huge stone pillars are carved with a few coiled dragons with teeth and claws ready to fly, looking fierce and inexplicable, so the moment they stepped into the hall, all the officials who had been talking in a low voice shut up, and their faces became serious.

Chen Xu walked all the way to the bottom of the nine steps in the innermost part of the main hall, and sat on his own black bear skin chair.

At this time, in the main hall, except for the civil and military officials who had the qualifications of the court and Wang Ben and other marquis qualifications who had found their seats, the other hundreds of ministers who had summoned the court could only stand, and the remaining doctors and doctors were lined up at the door of the main hall, and the emperor's dragon chair was forty meters away, and it was estimated that it could only be heard.

Chen Xu turned his head to look at Li Si, the left minister who was behind him, and found that his expression was indifferent, holding the wat board as steady as Mount Tai, seeing Chen Xu looking at him, he even nodded slightly, Chen Xu also nodded inexplicably, and then went to look at the right minister Feng Quji, and Feng Quji seemed to turn his head with a heart, and there was a smile on his face.

I'll go, the two prime ministers are acting a little weird today.

Chen Xu inexplicably felt that the chrysanthemum was tight, and then went to look at Meng Yi, but he didn't expect Meng Yi to hold his beard and nod his head slightly.

Why are these three ministers so polite to me today?

Chen Xu became even more nervous, his buttocks twisted a few times, and he felt like he was on pins and needles, and his whole body was full of hair.