Li Si sighed: "Zhu Xianggong, if you don't start working, you won't be able to sleep tonight." ”

Zhu Xiang got up and walked out, but was stopped by Han Fei.

"Zhu Xianggong, where are you going?" Han Fei was puzzled.

Zhu Xiang said expressionlessly: "Go and bring Zheng'er back." ”

Li Si almost burst out laughing. He covered his mouth and said, "Zhu Xianggong, the prince's ship probably can't catch up, hurry up and deal with official business." ”

Han Fei looked at Li Si, who could easily joke openly with Zhu Xiang.

Li Si is usually not always upright, and he is very respectful to Zhu Xianggong. Why did your personality change all of a sudden?

Han Fei guessed that Li Si must have made friends when he accompanied Zhu Xianggong to guard the city.

Damn, I want to go to the battlefield too!

In this era, military merit is important, which noble son does not have a dream of soldiering? Han Fei was sour to Li Si for the first time.

Zhu Xiang knew that it was impossible for him to chase Ying Xiaozheng back to deal with official business, he just struggled in vain.

"What about Li Mu?" Zhu Xiang began to look for foreign aid.

Li Si said: "Wu Chengjun is in the barracks. ”

Zhu Xiang slapped the table: "Call him back!" How can I be busy alone! ”

Li Si couldn't help but smile and looked for someone to inform Li Mu to come back to help.

Zhu Xiang opened the mountain of paperwork, and after a few glances, he began to have a headache.

A county is equal to a province in later generations, and a county is equivalent to a city, but at the county and county levels, there is no real "county," and the organization of villages and towns does not exist.

The original area of the counties of the Qin State was not so large, and after the territory became larger, the area of the counties also expanded.

No wonder the Qin Dynasty basically lost control of the local area after its establishment, can this not lose control?

Zhu Xiang remembered that Qin Shi Huang was assassinated in Xianyang City and could not find out the murderer, and sighed deeply.

At that time, not to mention the place, Qin Shi Huang even lost control of Xianyang City under his feet.

Before the unification of the Qin State, important ministers such as Shang Ying and Bai Qi killed them if they wanted to, as long as they were in the Qin State at that time, they could not escape at all.

The king of Chu was assassinated in the capital, but even the murderer could not be found, which was seen as a symbol of the king of Chu's loss of control over the nobility and the place. Isn't this the case with Qin Shi Huang?

Zhu Xiang's thinking diverged, sighed again, and continued to deal with this headache of government affairs.

Farming, taxation, anti-theft, case judgment, infrastructure, military defense and other matters are all decided by the county guard, from guarding against the attack of the Chu State to as small as neighbors suing each other because of the courtyard wall, Zhu Xiang looked at the mountains of paperwork and pressed his temples hard.

Now this local government system is not suitable for the actual situation. When I have time, I will discuss this issue with Xia in the same book.

Otherwise, after Zheng'er comes back, he will throw Wu Jun back to him, and go back to Xianyang to talk to Xia Tong, Lin Zhen, and Cai Ze in person.

Li Mu learned that Zhu Xiang asked for help, changed out of his military uniform, returned to the appearance of an ordinary soldier, and came to the county guard to help with the work.

Then he heard Zhu Xiang complain a lot.

Li Mudao: "The current county is indeed too big. Above the county, there would have been a feudal king. Now that the Qin State has withdrawn the power of the feudal monarch, it is also time to elect another liuguan and set up another level above the county. ”

Liuguan is the literal meaning, "itinerant official", that is, the official directly dispatched by the central government.

Zhu Xiang agreed: "Counties need to be reduced, and another level needs to be set up above the counties, such as states." After the world is settled, the governors at all levels will probably have to divide the civil and military powers. ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "If the civil and military power is divided, then the civil officials will definitely be elevated by the king to suppress and control the military generals." You don't come up with this idea, be careful of being assassinated. ”

Zhu Xiang touched his nose: "I'm not stupid. ”

Li Mu said: "I think you are very stupid. ”

Zhu Xiang gave Li Mu a punch, and then sighed and said, "I'll talk about the future later, and I'll finish these things first...... I don't think it's necessary to let the county guard see everything, what are the other officials doing? It's the two of you, Li Si and Han Fei! ”

Li Si said helplessly: "The prince demanded that everything must be decided by him." ”

Han Fei nodded vigorously. It's not that we're lazy, that's the prince's request!

"Zheng'er is Zheng'er, I'm me!" Zhu Xiang said, "Hurry up, we have a share of responsibilities, and you don't have to trouble me anymore for what you should do." ”

Li Si hesitated: "Wait for the prince to come back......"

Zhu Xiang interrupted: "When Zheng'er comes back, you can do what he asks." ”

Han Fei said: "It's not good to change the order every day!" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Then I will try to persuade him and let him bow down to everything." Now that the affairs of a county are so busy that his feet do not touch the ground, when he manages the affairs of a country, won't he have no time to sleep? Even if the politician is very powerful, he can handle government affairs in every detail. He couldn't expect future generations of Qin kings to be as energetic and capable as him. ”

Li Mu said: "I'll talk about this matter when Zheng'er comes back." Hurry up and deal with the paperwork, many of which must be processed today. ”

Zhu Xiang screamed and slammed his face on the table.

Li Mu couldn't help laughing, patted Zhu Xiang, and comforted: "Bear with me, just wait for Zheng'er to come back." ”

Han Fei reminded: "Zhu Xianggong, these things should have been done by you. It's the prince who did it for you, what you should do. ”

Li Si coughed dryly and said: "Of course Zhu Xianggong knows that these things should be handled by him, but in order to sharpen the prince, Zhu Xianggong handed over all the government affairs to the prince, and Zhu Xianggong is only in charge of spring plowing and autumn harvesting." This is Zhu Xianggong's love for the prince. ”

Han Fei said: "Oh, love. ”

Zhu Xiang raised his head: "Is it interesting for the two of you to sing and harmonize?" ”

Han Fei and Li Si replied with tacit expressions, it's boring, but Zhu Xianggong, don't you really hurry up and work?

Li Mu patted Zhu Xiang's shoulder again: "If you don't start again, you won't be able to finish it today." ”

Zhu Xiang struggled twice in the procrastination, and silently opened the paperwork again, fighting against the boring government affairs.

He would rather squat on the ridge for a day and squat his feet than be impatient to look at the twists and turns in these papers.

It's obviously an easy thing to solve, but the people who write the documents are always turning around, making people look at them in a fog and don't know what they're talking about.

Although Wu County cultivated the fields and absorbed many displaced people, it weakened the power of the local scholars. But the local scholars still controlled most of Kure's economic lifeline.

Relatives and relatives, as a rogue official, to understand the intricate relationships, not only need keen intuition, but also have enough sources of information, otherwise they will be hollowed out by the local tyrants.

In fact, most of the officials in the feudal era were hollowed out by the local tyrants, and if they could coordinate the relationship with the local tyrants, they would be able to make some achievements, otherwise they would be squeezed out.

Zhu Xiang wanted to write to King Qin again.

Xia Tong, have you thought that after you dominate the world in the future, the power of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms will be deeply rooted in the local area, and you will parachute a rogue official, is there a high probability that you will be set aside?

Zhu Xiang remembered that when Liu Bang rebelled, the county order closed the city, and Liu Bang only shot an arrow to inform the villagers in the county, and the villagers immediately killed the county order and opened the city gate to welcome Liu Bang.

It can be seen that at least most of the officials at the county order level in Qinguo were suppressed by the local tyrants.

While dealing with government affairs, Zhu Xiang sighed to Li Mu: "I'm very troubled now, I just want Xia Tong to be troubled." ”

Li Mu didn't bother to answer.

He was just a little curious about the way King Qin and Zhu Xiang got along in their early years. Although Li Mu and Zhu Xiang have a sincere and profound friendship, he and Zhu Xiang have become acquainted with each other, which is the latest among several closest friends.

King Qin had already left when Cai Ze was working as an accountant for Zhu Xiang, and Li Mu had never seen King Qin or Xia Tong.

Seeing that King Qin not only fought with Zhu Xiang like ordinary friends, but even indulged Lin Zhen very much, Li Mu knew that the three of them were probably very close before.

Xia Tong and Zhu Xiang are about the same age, that is, when they got acquainted with Zhu Xiang, they were about the same age as Zheng'er today?

It was indeed a young friend, a young friendship.

Li Mu suddenly felt a little envious. If he had known Zhu Xiang and Lin Zhen when he was young, he would have had more fun.

Zhu Xiang seemed to have a mind-reading skill, and said: "Li Mu, if you had met me and Lin Zhen when you were young, you probably wouldn't have been able to go to Yanmen County to be your little general early." ”

He said: "You will become a gentleman who fights horses and travels the streets, and you are chased and scolded by your elders every day." ”

Li Mu smiled: "Then it's better for me to get to know you a few years later." ”

Li Si and Han Fei pricked up their ears and listened to Li Mu and Zhu Xiang talk about things in Zhao State while dealing with the paperwork.

At that time, Zhu Xiang was still a despised man, and the Lin family was an ordinary guest who could only farm. Li Mu, as a general, intersected with Zhu Xiang just because of his eyes. The two of them drank and ate meat with Cai Ze and Lin Zhen, chatted with each other, and were very happy.

Han Fei thought that Li Mu regretted that he didn't get to know Zhu Xiang for a few years earlier and missed the friendship of his youth. Will King Qin also regret not being able to accompany his best friend in Zhu Xiang's most difficult moment?

Such a friendship is truly enviable.

He looked at Lees.

Lis: "? "What do you see?

Han Fei retracted his gaze. It's okay, I have a good friend too!

Lees sneezed and nearly destroyed the paperwork.

He rubbed his nose and looked puzzled, always feeling that someone was saying bad things about him.

……

Ying Xiaozheng "traveled" with his aunt alone for the first time, and was as happy as a puppy out of the cage, pulling his aunt off the boat to play every time he docked at a dock.

Back to Xianyang? Am I not on my way back? The monarch didn't say how long it would be to go back.

Xue Ji connived and spoiled Ying Xiaozheng, but Ying Xiaozheng was not allowed to leave the dock and go too far because of Ying Xiaozheng's playfulness.

This time, Meng Tian accompanied Ying Xiaozheng back to Xianyang and went home to visit relatives by the way.

Meng Wu was still the county guard of Nanjun, and he waited at the dock early, and asked Xue Ji and Ying Xiaozheng to stay for a long time.

Meng Wu didn't dare to call Ying Xiaozheng "Zheng'er" anymore, and was very respectful to Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng didn't give Meng Wu face, and said to Xue Ji: "Uncle, the Uncle Meng I saw at the beginning was like this, taciturn, calm and capable, and seemed to be very steady. As a result, not long after they met, Uncle Meng revealed his true nature. ”

Meng Wu: "......"

Meng Tian pricked up his ears. Let me hear what is the nature of my father!

Yukihime smiled, "What nature? After Meng Junshou became acquainted with your uncle, he naturally would not treat your uncle with the same attitude as a living person. ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Isn't that just exposing your true nature?" ”

Meng Tian pricked up his ears vigorously. Prince, don't just talk about your nature, talk about your nature.

Meng Wu sensed his son's heart, gave his son a hard punch to the head, and said, "Prince, don't laugh at the minister." ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "There's no joke, it's just Lala's homework." Uncle, your son Meng Tian is really promising, he dares to cut Xiang Yan's banner, praise him. ”

Meng Wu looked at Meng Tian: "Really? ”

Meng Tian said embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated. ”