After the incense and condolences were over, Xiao Shizhu put away his sadness and followed Wu Qiuyuan to the study in the backyard.

After inviting Xiao Shizhu to sit down, Wu Qiuyuan went to the bookshelf to rummage for something.

Xiao Shizhu looked at the bookcase full of scrolls and notebooks in the grid, and the scene of Wu Qiushou working tirelessly here suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but worry again.

Without Wuqiu Shou's risking death to go to the upper and lower points of the Xudu capital, he would not be able to change the five years of peace in the previous Nine Shadows Kingdom; without the conscientiousness of Wuqiu Shou, the Nine Shadows Kingdom would not have become the most secure vassal state in the underworld, and there was no one. All places can do the road without leaving it unturned, and the night is not closed, which is also the credit of Wuqiu Shou.

It was in such a stable environment that the economy of the Nine Shadows Kingdom was able to grow by leaps and bounds, and Xiao Shizhu was able to have the money to build up one iron army after another.

After thinking about this, and thinking about the fact that Wu Qiushou was dead at this time, Xiao Shizhu's chest churned with regret.

After rummaging for a while, Wu Qiuyuan walked to Xiao Shizhu with a small bookcase, put the bookcase on the table, and slowly opened it: "These are all the policies for governing the country written by my father before his death, as well as the strategic policies. It's a pity that my father didn't have time to hand it over to Uncle Xiao. ”。

As he spoke, the bookcase was already opened, and Xiao Shizhu looked at it and saw that it was neatly filled with dozens of books. Nothing else.

"I take credit for that. Xiao Shizhu picked up one of the notebooks at random, caressed the cover and slowly unfolded it, glanced at the content on it, but said to Fan Jinhong beside him: "Go and ask the household department to send three thousand taels of dark coins to the house, and inform the Ministry of Industry to build a pavilion in the Yuque City, called Zhongyi, and enshrine the stone statue of Wuqiu Shou in it for future generations to admire." Sacrifice at four o'clock, and not fall for a moment. ”。

"No. Fan Jinhong responded and left.

"Change the six departments to six officials, and no longer follow the old system. Xiao Shizhu finished reading the notebook in his hand, frowned and thought about it.

The book in his hand is Wu Qiu Shou's suggestion that Xiao Shizhu change the current six departments of the middle school to six qing. They are the first of the six secretaries, in charge of national affairs, the tengan mound who is appointed by the transfer of officials, and the land official Situ who is in charge of educating the people, administrative affairs, and land, and industrial, agricultural and commercial affairs. Chunguan Zongbo, who was in charge of Bangli, and Xia Guan, Sima, who commanded the six divisions and was in charge of the military. As well as the autumn lawsuit of the main prison code, the matter of the prison code, and the matter of the water and soil construction, the winter lawsuit.

And the original six will also be changed to the heavenly palace and the underground palace and the four palaces of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

"My father's intention was to make the Nine Shadows Kingdom not similar to the institution of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and he said that this seemed to be just a change of name, but it had a deep meaning of the end of an era and the beginning of a new era. Wu Qiuyuan, who was standing beside him with his head down, said slowly.

"yes, that's right. When I got back, I ordered the restructuring. Xiao Shizhu nodded thoughtfully.

In addition, my father drafted a book for the reform of the local system in various places. Wu Qiuyuan said and rummaged in the bookcase for a while, then took out a notebook and handed it to Xiao Shizhu, and said: "The original simple county system is five levels: capital, county, yi, wild and contempt; The county system remains unchanged, it is still ten cities and one county, and there is a Taishou inside. Below is the city of the city, and the ten fields are one city. Each city has a prefect of the chief executive. Further down is the wild, which is the previous county, ten contempt and one field, and the county order is set up to rule the county. The last disdain is 500 households and one disdain, and each disdain has a contempt division to manage the whole disdain. ”。

"Then use the Sixth Palace and the Chacha Division to set a time limit for the things that the subordinate officials should do, and register them in three account books, one is kept by the Sixth Palace and the Chacha Division as the base book, and the other is sent to the Six Departments, and the last one is submitted to Uncle Xiao for your examination method. Thereafter, the Rokunomiya and the Chacha Division were registered according to the account books and inspected month by month. For the subordinate officials to undertake the matter, each completed must be posted out, otherwise it must be truthfully declared, otherwise it will be punished as a violation; the six departments can also be registered according to the account books, requiring the six palaces to report the implementation every six months, and the violators are limited to the case of punishment; Finally, Uncle Xiao, you also register according to the account books, and verify the inspection work of the six departments. After reciting the contents of the recital book word for word, Wu Qiu Yuan paused and said: "Only with the rapid order of the fungus people can we respect the sovereignty, the duties of the officials, the reward and punishment, and the first order is the main one." ”。

"In this way, no matter how big the territory of the Nine Shadows Country is, the remote areas can still travel day and night, right?" Xiao Shizhu looked up at Wu Qiu Yuan and asked.

"Yes. Wu Qiu Yuan tilted his head slightly, and said, "Father said that this is the best way he can come up with for the current situation of the Nine Shadows Kingdom." ”。

"That's right. Xiao Shizhu nodded his head and said, "Your father is a ghost talent that is rare to see in a hundred years, but it's a pity that God is jealous of the talent." ”。

"On the night of my father's death, I wrote another book, but most of the content was covered by my father's ghost blood. Wu Qiuyuan, who paused at this point, showed a little sadness on his face, and then said slowly: "Father hopes that Uncle Xiao will take Dongyingzhou and Fusang Continent first in the future. He has mentioned many times that these two continents are the granaries of the underworld, and only by holding all the land tightly in his hands can he strengthen our country and weaken the Northern Yin Dynasty. When my father meant, the steel of the Beiyin Dynasty has not yet rusted, and it must be allowed to rust slowly, and then kicked and shattered. ”。

Xiao Shizhu applauded the case, and said loudly: "That's true, your father and I want to go together." ”。

After finishing speaking, he sighed loudly, and said: "It's a pity that the bosom friend went west, who can I ask in the future when the country is in danger?" ......

Thousands of miles away in Fenglin Continent, when Xingtian was fighting with the bear army on the border, a human soul with a white face came to Changyang City, the capital of the headless country.

The ghost was six feet five long, with a long beard under his chin, and although he was not old, his eyes were a little cloudy, and his eyes were gray.

Changyang City is named because it was built at the foot of Changyang Mountain, and it is not very different from other cities in Fenglin Continent. It is only because the grass and trees in Fenglinzhou are not prosperous, so it is difficult to see flowers and plants in this city. The houses are also mostly made of stone masonry, the building body is four-cornered, hexagonal or octagonal, all of them are thin and thick at the top and thick at the bottom, and the edges and corners are prominent, and the structure is tight, there are six or seven floors inside, and the highest is up to thirteen or fourteen floors of rough watchtowers.

Or it is a square building, usually divided into three floors, and the floors are connected by a crenellated staircase made of a single log. All of them are not only majestic in appearance, but also sturdy and practical.

Once war breaks out, every household can become a stronghold anytime, anywhere.

But this Changyang Mountain is a unique climate, within a radius of 100 miles all the year round in the cloudy and gloomy, blue sky does not open the environment, and from time to time you can hear the thunder roaring and echoing on the top of the towering mountain. Therefore, in this everlasting sheep city, it is also dim all year round.

As soon as noon is over, every house starts lighting up. The pavilion-shaped stone lamps on both sides of the road on the street should also be lit, otherwise the ghosts will fall down because they can't see clearly.

The middle-aged male ghost wandered leisurely in the city for a while, then found a small stall to sit down, ordered a cup of tea and drank it slowly for a while, and after giving the money, he got up and walked to the south of the city, standing in front of a three-story farmhouse.

At this moment, the sun is setting, and it is already dark in Changyang City, and it is almost impossible to see five fingers. Everyone was busy lighting the lamp, and no one noticed the middle-aged male ghost.

The middle-aged male ghost looked around for a while, then stepped forward slowly, knocked on the door of the village, and after a while, he heard a question from the house: "Who?"

"Doctor for your master's treatment. The middle-aged male ghost replied unhurriedly.

Before the words could be spoken, the door slowly opened from the inside, and a large smell of livestock came to his face, making the middle-aged male ghost frown.

This kind of farm house is generally home to livestock on the first floor and ghosts on the second floor, and this one in front of the middle-aged male ghost is no exception.

There was a headless ghost standing behind the door, and he looked him up and down for a while, and after confirming the identity of the ghost, he said, "The master is waiting for you in the hall." ”。 The hall he spoke of was the second floor of the village.

The middle-aged male ghost nodded and slowly walked through the door. After passing through the cow and horse pens, I walked up without hesitation after reaching the staircase on the first floor.

When I walked to the hall on the second floor, I saw a headless ghost with a four-foot-five-six body, a belly broken like a heavy jujube, and a navel turned into a headless ghost with lips like scribbling in front of the shrine in the depths of the hall, in front of the stone fire pit on the ground.

There were no other ghosts in the hall except for this headless ghost and the middle-aged soul who had just come up.

According to the rules of the headless country, the fire in the fire pond of the hall house is not extinguished all year round, and it is called "the fire of ten thousand years".

Therefore, although it was only cloudy and sunset, and the house was not cold, there was still a raging fire burning in the firepit.

After the middle-aged soul sat on the stool opposite the headless ghost, he lowered his head slightly to look at the flames in the firepit, and waited for the headless ghost opposite to speak first.

This headless ghost's name is Qixing, and he is the general of the headless country. This time, the lord Xingtian personally led the army to the battle, and he stayed in the capital as a general.

And the soul of the person sitting opposite him is called Dahong. Except for Fenglinzhou, there are few ghosts who know this name. But in Fenglin Continent, almost all the ghosts, even the three-year-old ghosts, knew that he was a famous general under the Yellow Emperor.

The two countries are at war, and Da Hong actually meets with the headless ghost general Qixing at this moment, which makes the air smell of conspiracy.

"Do you dare to come at such a time?" After a moment, Qixing stared directly at Da Hong and spoke first. The tone is yin and yang, and he didn't forget to snort coldly after speaking.

"Aren't you also opening the door at this time?" Da Hong, who was not frightened, looked at Qixing with a smile and replied in a calm tone.

The flames in the fire pit swayed a few times, reflecting the faces of the two ghosts.

On his face, no, it should be said that after a little gloomy appeared on Qixing's belly, he then put it away and smiled, and said slowly: "Don't be nervous, it's just a joke!", the tone was no longer yin and yang.

"I've thought about your proposal before, and it's not realistic to usurp power. Seeing Da Hong looking at himself with a smile and a word, Qi Xing couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and gradually put away his smile and said solemnly: "Xingtian handed over the national capital to me to take care of, but the ministers of the DPRK and China are still there, and there are many real powers. What I can mobilize is the city defense army!"

Qi Xing paused, picked up the tongs and flicked the coals in the fire pit, and when the coals collided with each other, a little spark burst out: "The total number of soldiers and horses in this city defense army is less than 50,000. There are also garrisons outside the city and on Changyang Mountain, and there are also forbidden troops in the palace. None of this is in my scope of transfer, so I can only say that I can't help it. ”。

"Useful ghosts, one can be worth thousands of troops. Useless ghosts, no matter how much it is, it's useless. After patiently listening to him finish speaking, Dahong, who had been silent for a long time, smiled indifferently and said, "Don't the ministers you mentioned have families?"

The wind that blew from nowhere in the hall caused the flames in the fire pit to sway a few times.

Qi Xing's eyes suddenly lit up, but before he could speak, Da Hong said again: "Kidnap the families of these ministers and let them hand over all the military power, it shouldn't be possible to use five thousand ghost soldiers." ”。