"The first day of the twelfth lunar month is the official assessment. It will be presided over by the chief official at the official temple. Mr. Hei, please don't forget it!"
It was already evening when Heifu and the others came out. When they were saying goodbye in front of the county official's office, Chen Baijiang repeatedly told them not to miss the deadline!
He also solemnly reminded Heifu: "If you really can become the head of Huyang Pavilion, don't forget who single-handedly supports you!"
Hei Fu made a look of sincerity and fear: "Hei Fu, please bear it in mind. There is a saying in my hometown, which is called a drop of water's grace, and a spring should repay it. Hei Fu does not dare to forget You Lieutenant's great kindness! Of course, he will not forget Chen Bai either.
The general’s kind words…”
"The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring of water... This is a good saying. I will tell your lieutenant."
Unlike Du Xian, the right lieutenant of the county who did things with ease, Chen Baijiang was just a smart person but not very wise. He nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, Chief Heifu, I hope you and I can become colleagues and colleagues."
That day!”
After saying this, he said goodbye to Mr. Hei and left.
Hei Fu bowed to Chen Baijiang. He didn't raise his head until his figure disappeared at the corner of the street. However, his smile had already faded, and his eyes were deep and thoughtful.
His mouth was full of gratitude, but his heart was still like a mirror.
Many years ago, Xunzi once described what he saw when he came to Qin, saying, "When you enter the country, you will see its scholar-bureaucrats. They leave from their gates and enter the public gates. They leave the public gates and return to their families. They have no private affairs. They are no better than those in Zhou Dynasty."
, no clique..."
This is true. The Qin State did have many good officials like Xi who were neither clique nor clique. However, Lao Xunzi still viewed the Qin State too one-sidedly.
Although Shang Yang's reform tried to put an end to favoritism and malpractice and Shantouism that were rampant in the Six Kingdoms. However, Qin was so big and had so many prefectures and counties. Although the laws were strict and meticulous, as long as a person was alive, the inextricable traces of human relationships could not be erased. How could this be done?
Avoid the vulgarity in everything? Otherwise, Fan Sui, the prime minister of King Zhao of Qin, would not have placed his saviors Zheng Anping and Wang Jiquan in important positions, but in the end they were accused of surrendering to the enemy and lost their lives.
That was a big case. On a smaller scale, the current overt and covert fight between the two lieutenants in Anlu County is also a typical silhouette.
Although Right Lieutenant Du Xian is the chief officer, he is from outside and does not have a deep foundation in the local area. In order not to be ignored by Zuo Lieutenant Yunman, he can only promote some close associates as his wings. Or Chen Baijiang, who was born in a school in Nanjun
An official; or a local like Heifu who comes from a humble background but has some abilities, because such people are more likely to be grateful.
After various incidents in the past month, Heifu has completely become enemies with Zuo Wei and his group. In order to avoid the retaliation that is coming at any time, he can only helplessly join the right lieutenant. This is also thanks to the fact that he is hunting thieves. On the 10th,
He proved himself to be a useful person during the two military exercises. Otherwise, how could the right lieutenant think highly of him?
On the way out of the official temple, Heifu thought about this clearly and sighed: "Although I know that the right lieutenant of the county is definitely not aimless, I am still grateful to him and thank him for giving me such an opportunity!"
Although the chief of the pavilion is young, he is only a small official at the level of "fighting for food". In the words of later generations, he is not even as good as a ninth-grade sesame official. But then again, which police academy student who has just graduated from school in future generations will have such an opportunity? Can he be a police officer?
The director of the grassroots police station? Heifu couldn't wait to express himself during the military exercise on the 10th, just for this opportunity.
The Qin State had the fairest class mobility in the world during the Warring States Period, so Hei Fu believed that the awl would always stand out.
Although he was held in someone's hand in the end, he could be used as a weapon to stab his opponent at any time. If one day, the weapon would be the first to be broken...
But now, Heifu can only climb along the pole, wherever he climbs. This is his first step into the bamboo pole called "official career". On this pole, you have to be mentally prepared.
When you raise your head, it's all butts, and when you lower your head, you're all smiles.
But the matter is not over yet. The appointment and removal of a pavilion chief is not the county captain's decision. Du Xian can propose candidates to the county magistrate, but the power of personnel appointment and removal does not lie with him, but in the hands of the county magistrate and his subordinate "chief officials".
The chief official is a two-hundred-stone official, who is at the same level as the jailer. He is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of personnel, the advance and retreat of officials, and is equivalent to the director of the organization department of the county party committee in later generations.
If Heifu remembers correctly, a few years later, in Pei County, thousands of miles away, Xiao He, the first prime minister of the Han Dynasty, would also serve as this official, and he got to know Director Liu of Sishui Pavilion...
"If you think about it this way, wouldn't it mean that I became the pavilion chief several years earlier than Liu Bang?" Heifu couldn't help but feel happy when he thought about this.
But don't be too happy. Before that, he has to pass a test, which is Qin's civil service examination - the official assessment.
At this time, Qin officials were divided into two types: literary officials and military officials. The pavilion chief was responsible for catching thieves and maintaining security. He was a military official and had requirements for personal martial arts. Therefore, the county captain asked him if he knew the "Five Soldiers".
To be a police chief, you have to be proficient in at least one kind. Hei Fu is not worried about this. He is still confident in his abilities and cannot embarrass the police academy, can he?
In addition to martial arts, there are also laws and regulations that need to be examined.
Qin, which advocates the rule of law, "everything depends on the law." One of the criteria for distinguishing good officials from bad officials in the official document "Yu Shu" issued by the Nanjun Prefect last year is that "all good officials know the law and order, and there is nothing wrong with it."
It can’t be done”, and “evil officials do not understand the laws and regulations and do not know what is going on”.
As the chief of the pavilion, in addition to catching thieves, he also has to hold a two-foot wooden slip and teach the Dharma to the people along the way, so he must not be ignorant of the Dharma.
In order to prove in front of the "chief officials" that he is a good official who is qualified for the position of chief of the pavilion, Heifu must go through a "legal question and answer" that you ask and I answer before he can pass the test.
This time Heifu was a little confused. Although he knew a lot of laws these days, overall, he was still legally illiterate.
Fortunately, the "chief official" did not ask him to take the exam immediately, but set the assessment time on December 1st. Because according to the practice of the Qin State, from the first day of December to March, all places
The time for appointment and removal of officials.
"It's the last day of October, which means there's only one month left?"
Heifu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. It was not difficult for him to memorize many laws such as "The Law of Stealing" and "The Law of Catching" within a month, because there were not many words. The difficulty was that he had to use it skillfully according to different cases. Qin's concept of punishment,
It is very different from that of later generations.
Who should I ask for advice?
The first thing Heifu thought of was Xi. However, Doctor Xi was an important official in the county and had only met Heifu once. How could he have time to teach him the Dharma?
After thinking about it, he came up with an idea.
The reason why this "black man" knew how to read and write is because when he was a child, when his family's conditions were good, he and his eldest brother Zhong once learned simple reading and writing from two elderly people, Lu Ying in the sunset and Yan Zheng in the nearby Banli.
These two old men were once county and township grammarians, and they were also proficient in laws and regulations. Sergeant Wu would come to ask questions when he had any questions about the laws. The Heifu family had some friendship with them, and they would pay them a visit when they returned home.
Thinking like this, Heifu quickened his pace. He just wanted to go back and pack his bags and go home quickly, not only to see his family earlier, but also for his own future...
By the time Hei Fu returned to the school grounds, it was already getting dark. The school grounds, which had been crowded with guards in the past, had become empty and quiet. Looking from a distance, the row of thatched huts were dimly lit, and even the stoves were extinguished.
Already.
He couldn't help but regretfully said: "I originally agreed to go on the road with Ji Ying and the others, but I was called by the right lieutenant instead. At this time, I'm afraid they all left first..."
Like Heifu, after leaving home for a month, who among the guards wouldn’t want to go back and see his parents, wife and children earlier? Guishi, who had been together day and night for a month, just ended up parting ways.
It wasn't that Hei Fu was reluctant to part with the temporary position of chief minister, but he regretted the friendship and the love of friends. This was the second time since he came to this era, apart from the warmth of his family, that he felt that he was not alone.
Perhaps due to the influence of studying in the police academy in his previous life, Heifu is also a collectivist at heart.
In many villages in this era, people still lived a life where chickens and dogs met each other until old age and death. The Qin State also enacted legislation to restrict people from wandering around without their household registration, which was called "loitering crime". I don't know if Ji Ying will still be with Ji Ying in the future.
, a chance for Dongmen Leopard and others to meet again...
This house will usher in a new batch of new soldiers tomorrow. Maybe they will also be named Guishi, but the "Guishi" belonging to Heifu will only be on this day in October of the 21st year of the Qin Dynasty.
branch!
Thinking about this, the joy of having the opportunity to be the director of the pavilion was diluted a lot.
Heifu half-heartedly pushed open the broken door of the hut. Unexpectedly, a shadow jumped out of the dark hole inside!
It screamed strangely, opened its teeth and claws, and rushed towards Hei Fu!
