Chapter VIII County Ordinances

Liu Ji not only stole the limelight of the county order at the wine table, but also robbed his lover in the love field. Soon after, Liu Ji even deprived him of his life and usurped his official position. The poor county order has been robbed by Liu Ji all his life.

He left no name, no portrait, and no age, appearance, family background, or other details are known.

During this critical period of the Qin Dynasty's unification of the world, he came to Pei County alone to serve as his county commander. This is a new profession, and this system has only been implemented in some places before this, and this is a new policy implemented after the unification of the whole country.

He was certainly not a native of Pei County, because he had not built up enough prestige in Pei County. He is likely to be from Shanfu County, because not long after he took office, a friend surnamed Lu came to him from Shanfu County.

It is likely that he has not fully adapted to this new profession and does not know what to do or what to do. He may have been a poor child in a different place, and with his own efforts and knowledge, he found a position in the grassroots government of the Qin Dynasty. He certainly did not gain his position through military exploits, because he had no experience in leading troops into battle. Although he was one of the more than 400 county orders in the Qin Dynasty, he did not have much talent in the world, and he was not like Li Si and Han Fei, who were able to stand at the height of the country and talk to the king. It is likely that he did not possess all the qualities required by the law, such as being a servant.

Although, the new decree of the Qin Dynasty clearly stipulates the job responsibilities of the county order. The county magistrate is responsible for managing the whole county, and in addition to completing the tasks of levying and collecting taxes stipulated by the superiors, it also shoulders the important tasks of managing local agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, maintaining social order, and so on. He must regularly report in writing to his superiors on the local rainwater situation, farmland and crop harvests, the number of acres of land reclaimed, drought, flood, wind and insect disasters and many other conditions, and the report will be sent to the county seat by a special person such as Liu Ji, the pavilion chief, and handed over to the county guard. The county shouzhuang then sent a special person to submit it to the Jiuqing department in the capital Xianyang, until the prime minister Li Si and the emperor Yingzheng. However, he has no control over how it should be carried out and who is responsible for carrying it out.

What's more, the detailed provisions of the new law did not teach him how to get along with the local people, how to adapt to or even improve the local political ecology. He couldn't even deal with the local tycoons, because they didn't listen to him, and the local officials colluded with each other, as if they wanted to exclude me as an outsider. On the surface, it looks respectful, but when it comes to self-interest, it pushes and pushes for various reasons. Power sometimes has to rely on a wooden handle.

The affairs of the county depend on the local clerks. The most important thing is Xiao He, who is the representative of the big families in this area and their spokesperson. The prestige of the Xiao family is enough to shake the entire Pei County. The second is Cao Shen, a member of a powerful local family who now serves as a magistrate in Pei County. The two of them were in charge of the specific management affairs of Pei County, and although they were nominally the right and left hands of the county order, they were actually the blackmailers of the county order. The county order is just a rubber stamp in their hands, and Pei County is staging "coercing the county order to order the clans" here. And this is by no means an isolated case, as this should be the case in most parts of the country.

Although a friend surnamed Lu traveled thousands of miles to Pei County to join this county magistrate, Lu probably looked down on this old friend in his heart. Coming here is nothing more than a stopgap measure, and more importantly, coming here does not arouse suspicion from others. When the county decree proposed to marry Lü's in-laws, that is, to marry Lü's daughter, Lü was strongly opposed. Because Lu knew very well the personality of this county magistrate, and when he came here and saw such a situation, he knew that the county magistrate had not yet gained a firm foothold in Pei County. To put it bluntly, Lu is not at ease with the county order.

Lü married his daughter to two local ruffians, one named Liu Ji and the other named Fan Xu. Lu is not good at looking at appearances, but good at looking at people, and he knows how to read the current situation. Those who know the times are Junjie, and Lu Gongcai is really the Junjie behind the scenes. He has already seen from this banquet who is the real "real power" in this region. Of course, it's not his old friend, although he is the number one in this area, he is just a passer-by here. As soon as the term of office expires, it is likely that he will have to pack up his baggage and return to his hometown. (It's a pity that the county magistrate couldn't pack up his baggage and return to his hometown in the end, and he finally died under Liu Ji's knife.) ）

Only by relying on the land snake here can you make a home here. He was tired of dragging his family and his family, and he no longer wanted his wife and children to be wronged like this.

Lu married both daughters to the local snake here, and did not care about the face of the county order. Because he knew that the county magistrate did not dare to have any opinions on himself, even if his heart was full of dissatisfaction. On the day of his daughter's wedding, the county magistrate is likely to come over with a smile to congratulate and give his own gift money. Even if there are complaints in my heart, I can only congratulate and congratulate in my mouth.

Years later, there was a riot in Pei County. The organizers of the riot were Peng Xiaohe, the chief official, Cao Shen, and a group of socially troubled youths led by the fugitive Liu Ji.

The prefectural magistrate was killed by the mob during this riot.

Of course, the people of Pei County would not have thought of erecting a monument for him, and the central government of the Qin Dynasty could not have praised him, or even considered his behavior to be an act of martyrdom. If the central government had known that he had been weak in guarding Pei County, and had indulged the prisoners to the point of rioting, he might have been punished more severely, and he might have died at that time.

Relatives who were far away from home may not have known his bad news, and it was not until later that they heard that the smoke of gunfire had broken out in Chudi, and they began to worry about his safety, wondering if he was still safe and sound.

In the final analysis, this is all an adverse reaction brought about by the county system. He is just another innocent burial object in the smoke and clouds of history.