The emperor returned to the imperial capital after a round trip, and the residents of Nanling almost poured out of their nests on both sides of the avenue to welcome the emperor's return.

"No one asked them to do that, they were purely grateful for the affluent life brought by their father, and voluntarily went out of the city to welcome them." Lu Yi is in the same car as his father. After he finished speaking, he added in a low voice: "Today also happens to be a rest day." ”

As the process of industrialization had begun, the empire introduced a new law of seven days a week, with at least one and a half days off per week, and officials were the first to enjoy paid leave, which was then extended to the official enterprises, and the private workshop owners and factory owners also carried out at the strong demand of the workers, although it can be said that the workshop owners and factory owners were not so reluctant.

"I'm just creating a stable living environment for them, and their prosperity comes from their hard work." Lu Zhe looked at Lu Yi very seriously and said: "Any person's living standard is related to their hard work, not from anyone's gift, I hope you can remember this sentence." ”

Lu Yi was silent, he knew that another meaning in his father's words was probably "water can carry a boat and also overturn a boat", which was to warn him not to be blinded by power, and not to raise himself too high.

Judging from a series of actions, is Lu Zhe really cultivating Lu Yi as a successor?

The welcome ceremony was very grand and grand, after the emperor and a group of troops entered the city, Nanling ordered Lu Ze to summon drum bands, opera singers, and other performers to entertain outside the city according to the procedure, and also arranged suitable meals for the people.

Lu Ze's actions are not unusual, and it can even be said that they are not a product of the imperial period. That's a custom that has been around since ancient times.

In ancient times, whenever there was an official event, the official would prepare a variety of programs for the public to watch, and in addition to the program, they would also prepare food for the public to eat. They call it "rejoicing with the people." This custom continued from ancient times to the end of the Han Dynasty, and was interrupted after the Wuhu Rebellion, and then the two Song Dynasty resumed and strengthened, such as the capital of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the capital would send firewood to the residents of the capital on holidays, etc.

Lu Zhe, who returned to the imperial capital, naturally entered the palace city immediately, and the civil and military officials who accompanied him on patrol returned home separately.

The civil and military officials who accompanied the emperor back to the imperial capital Nanling were given half a month's vacation, which was intended to relieve their fatigue and compensate for not being with their families for a long time. They can take this holiday to spend time with their families, and naturally they are indispensable to be warm with their wives. In the customs of the Chinese civilization, there is a word for this behavior. It's called "the joy of humanity".

The ministers had time to rest, but Lu Zhe didn't, almost he had just entered the palace and didn't have time to sit on the hot ass, Xiao He, the first civil official, and Luo Shao, the first military attaché. The two of them each led a group of people to ask for a meeting.

The people who followed behind Xiao He were all holding some official documents. Lu Zhe saw Zhang Liang, Shusun Tong, Mian Bi, Lu Jia, and Tang Bing, Cui Guang, Wu Shi, Zhou Shu and some others.

The voter behind Luo Shao was also holding the official document, and among them were Gongwei, Sima Ang, Li Zuoche, Wu Chen, Ben Hao and so on.

Led by Luo Yao and Xiao He, the two groups of people with distinct distinctions sat down on both sides after saluting.

"Your Majesty," Luo Shao stayed where he was, and he continued with Lu Zhe's consent: "The military affairs of the border counties have been in place recently, and the deployment and changes in the northern Xinjiang for the battle in Junji Mountain are all here. Just wait for His Majesty to ask. ”

Everyone is at least holding a stack of official documents, and they are now simply using paper to carry the words. If you still use bamboo slips to carry the text, won't it be piled up so that there is no room for people?

Xiao He also said something similar, and he added later: "Recently, there have been frequent riots in various places, and the ruling government, with the assistance of the procuratorate, has already had some answers, just waiting for His Majesty to ask." ”

Lu Zhe sat silently and didn't speak, he thought about so many things along the way, and even the idea of reforming the administrative system appeared, isn't it because there are signs of turmoil within the country recently?

In addition to the leaders and a group of people who have created the foundation, they must have an enterprising spirit and the confidence to subdue the people under them, so even if the country will be in turmoil, they have absolute confidence to calm down.

It is not a bad thing for a country to find trouble in many cases, but it should be glad that the trouble appeared early, not when it suddenly broke out when it was out of control.

Lu Zhe, who was silent for a while, spoke, he asked Xiao He first, asking why there were riots in various places, and who the rioting groups were.

"Zhang Er, as the initiator, targeted the mountain people, because he did not touch the law, and the counties and counties in various places followed the same example, and they all took the mountain people first." Xiao He could not hide his anger when he said this, he said: "Therefore, the groups in the turmoil in each county are all mountain people. ”

Mountain people? Lu Zhe understood. It's not that he doesn't want to deal with Zhang Er, the initiator, but under the concept of governing the country according to law, although Zhang Er's behavior is inappropriate, he is acting according to law.

How can a person be dealt with if he has not committed a crime? Once Lu Zhe dealt with Zhang Er, who did not break the law, it was tantamount to breaking the attitude of respecting the law, so that the emperor was the first not to take the law seriously, and he didn't think that others would respect the law anymore.

"The ruling government has already drawn it up." Xiao He looked at Lu Zhe and said tentatively: "As the county guard Zhang Er has made remarkable achievements, the ruling government intends to appoint Zhang Er with important responsibilities after the expiration of Zhang Er's term of office and transfer Zhang Er to the Governor's Province?" ”

What is the Governor's Province and where is it? In fact, it is a temporary province merged by several counties in the northwest, which includes Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Wuwei County, and Zhangye County. This governor's province is currently served by Li Silai as the governor, and each term is planned to be three years, if nothing else, Li Si will serve three consecutive terms, and the ruling government will transfer Zhang Er to the governor's province in the past, and it will probably be the existence of the "Cheng" category.

Because the Northwest Governor's Province is a union of several counties, and its administrative status is one level higher than that of the county, even if Zhang Er is an official at the "Cheng" level, his administrative status is higher than that of the county guards in the interior, which is equivalent to a promotion. But. To be honest, the Viceroy of the Northwest is a bit desolate, and the combined population of several counties is estimated to be less than that of Huiji County.

Lu Zhe nodded in approval of Xiao He's move, and said, "The Northwest Governor's Province is the closest imperial border to the Western Regions. In the future, the empire will continue to operate the Western Regions, so the construction of the Northwest Viceroyalty Province will be important. Zhang Er has great ambitions and will not refuse to provide a stage to display his talents. ”

Xiao He also thought so. He knew from some sources that Zhang Er was unwilling to be lonely, and a person who was unwilling to be lonely was not suitable for being appointed in the hinterland, so this unwilling official would inevitably be tossed around, and it was just right to be sent to a place at the peak of the construction of integrity.

Doesn't Zhang Er like to toss? By the time he arrived in the Northwest Viceroy Province, there were too many places he could toss. There are Qiang people being absorbed over there, and the hinterland of the empire will continue to move people to settle down, and these alone are enough for him to be busy.

Other than that. The Empire will continue to encroach on the Western Regions in the future, and as the closest imperial territory to the Western Regions, the Northwest Viceroyalty Province also needs to maintain the usual roads at all times, and there will be baggage transport teams passing through from time to time. As a local official, it is impossible not to be involved. When the time comes, who has extra time to toss around something.

When Xiao He spoke, Lu Zhe noticed that one of the attendants in the train kept opening his mouth but didn't dare.

The person who had been talking about it was Zhang Cheng, the previous county warden of Huiji County, who already knew everything that was going on in Huiji County. There were some old friends who were still working in Huiji County, and their private messages were also sent to him one after another, so he knew the reason why Zhang Er did those things.

Lu Zhe didn't know who Zhang Cheng was, after all, as an emperor, how could he pay attention to all the officials? The Emperor really wants to remember everyone, and he can't do anything else!

The things reported by Xiao He are relatively complicated. People's livelihood and economy everywhere. Some of the appointments and transfers of officials in various places were known and allowed by Lu Zhe before, and some were handled by Lu Yi during his time in charge of the country.

Some things were related to Lu Yi, and after thinking about it, Lu Zhe ordered someone to call Lu Yi over, and took this opportunity to start asking Luo Yao about the military.

Xiao He Zhiqu retreated, and he got the emperor's permission to choose to retreat to the side hall with a kind of civil official.

"Your concept of governing the local area is very good, and it can be used as a reference by all counties," Xiao He naturally discovered Zhang Cheng's actions just now, and he specially beckoned Zhang Cheng to the side and said, "I know that you are very eager to stop what Zhang Er is doing in Huiji County." ”

Zhang Cheng nodded again and again, and when he was about to speak, Xiao He spoke again.

"Zhang Er is the current county warden of Huiji County, and his term of office is nearly two years." Xiao He stared at Zhang Cheng, who was eager to express something, and said, "If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government, do what you should do as a waiter, can you understand?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "I made a lot of arrangements before leaving office......

"Your arrangement is not wrong, if Huiji County follows your deployment, it may reach great governance in the next five years." Xiao He sighed as he spoke, and replied: "As an official, and for one term, this position is the most important." ”

Zhang Cheng immediately smiled awkwardly. He had already heard a lot of questions about why he did this, and the reason for this was that when he was about to leave office, he had laid out the work for the next many years, so that the new county warden could not do anything he wanted to do.

Xiao He felt that Zhang Cheng was a capable person, and then pointed out in words.

Civil officials and civil officials cannot offend each other, because they are a group of people who like to take care of each other, and literati hold grudges for the longest time. So, Xiao He still has a little meaning to let Zhang Cheng communicate with Zhang Er in private, but Xiao He can't say it too clearly.

Zhang Cheng still understood, he also felt that "go your own way and let others have no way out" was too much, and he had the heart to communicate with Zhang Er, and after listening to Xiao He's words, he couldn't help but express his understanding.

After a while, Lu Yi came, he saw Xiao He and a group of ministers in the side hall, and then looked at a group of military attaches in the main hall who were reporting to their father, and thought about going to see Xiao He first.

Lu Zhe was listening to the military attaché's report, and what he talked about most was a series of things about the conquest of the grassland.

This autumn the Empire will march into the Junji Mountains, and the commander of the army is Ji Bu, under the command of four legions, consisting of two cavalry legions and two mixed corps.

The unified number of the four legions is the grassland dispatch army, Luo Shao's opinion is that the empire has continuously used troops on the grassland, in addition to the four legions led by Ji Bu, in fact, there are still several legions that are also in the grassland area, and he believes that a more targeted number should be given, such as appointing Ji Bu as the general of the expedition to the north, and the four corps giving the number of the expedition to the north.

The empire has a captain, there are four generals in the east, west, south and north, and there are four town generals in the east, west, south and north, and for a long time, most of the general-level official positions are vacant.

The vacancy of official positions is also a characteristic of Lu Zhe's rule, and the appointment of generals will only be made when necessary, and the rest of the time is basically at the rank of Zhonglang general...... For example, the eastern, western, southern, and northern Zhonglang generals will be the leading ones, and the Zhendong, Zhenxi, Zhennan, and Zhenbei Zhonglang will be the leading.

It has been until the end of the pre-Qin period in ancient times, and there are basically not many general-level official positions, such as this is the case in the Han and Han dynasties, and the gold content of the official position of general can also be reflected. In the subsequent historical stage, all kinds of generals increased, and there were still a few generals with real power, but there were too many miscellaneous generals with no real power to count, and the gold content of generals began to decline gradually, and in the end, even those who commanded one or two hundred people were also generals.

Not...... It must be explained that most of the names of generals are conspiracies of civilian officials, and their repeated addition of generals is nothing more than making "generals" proliferated, and if there are more things, they will depreciate, and generals are still like that.

"I agreed." Lu Zhe agreed to set up the shogunate of the northern shogunate, and said: "The shogunate of the western shogunate and the shogunate of the northern shogunate, the two shogunates can last until the end of their respective wars." ”

Luo Shao saluted respectfully, and the joy on his face was not concealed at all.

The military attachés present also showed happy smiles, they had already tested the attitude of the emperor, the emperor still attached great importance to the military, which was far more important to the military group than to win a certain part of the battle.

"Your Majesty." Xiao He led a group of civil officials into the hall only after Luo Shao retreated to the side, and as soon as he came in, he said: "The minister has just received the latest news from the Western Regions, and the envoy group was besieged by nearly 200,000 people led by Mao Dun in the Beishan area of the Western Regions. ”

Lu Zhe didn't react for a while.

Yes, the legation is under the jurisdiction of the ruling government, but shouldn't the prosecutor's office or the military report when it comes to Maudun? (To be continued.) )