Jimo was a land of barbarians in ancient times. After being conquered by the Qi State, people gradually assimilated and immigrated and built city walls.
During the Tian Qi period, Jimo was very prosperous and stood tall in the east of Qi State. Jimo doctor Tian Zhongshou made the place rich. Tian Dan used this isolated city to fight against the powerful Yan army for several years, and finally defeated the Yan army with a skillful fire ox formation.
, the restoration of Qi State gave Jimo people a little more backbone and pride.
Now, Qin officials and Qin soldiers have moved into Jimo. They have occupied the former residence of Jimo officials and used it as their office. They also built additional city walls three years ago, turning the entire official temple area into the city of Jimo.
The city is called "Qin City" by Jimo people.
On the second day of the first lunar month, Heifu, the newly arrived governor, stood on the two-foot-high wall of Qincheng. He patted the rammed earth wall and looked at the crowds outside and the soldiers at the inner city gate as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
, looking at Jun Cheng aside:
"Whose idea was it to build the official temple into a fortress, build a city wall outside, and make the county soldiers guard the area as if they were facing a powerful enemy?"
The Prime Minister of Jiaodong County had a name that even the black man did not recognize, his name was Sima Gu (xiàn). It is said that he was a descendant of Sima Cuo, a famous minister of Qin State. He said:
"The city wall was built by the commander-in-chief. The Jimo people were not kind to Qin. The commander-in-chief was afraid that if something happened, they would besiege the official temple, so they ordered people to build an inner city so that the county could hold on until the commander-in-chief came to help..."
In the Qin Dynasty, the locations of county guards and county lieutenants did not necessarily overlap. Heifu was stationed in Jimo, and county lieutenants were in Huang County, where bandits and light knights frequently appeared. Huang County was in the northeastern part of Jiaodong, near the sea, and separated from the south by hills and mountains.
It takes a long circle to get there.
"As for having the soldiers guard the inside and outside with their armor, it was Bing Cao's idea. When the county guard first arrived in Jiaodong, he encountered thugs and disturbed him, so he stepped up his guard."
Heifu nodded, noncommittal, but said in his heart:
"There are only a few hundred Qin officials and county soldiers in the inner city. If something happens to Jimo and it is besieged by tens of thousands of people, no matter how high the city is built, what's the use?"
The reason why Heifu visited the inner city today was because after arriving in Jimo, Chen Ping presented Heifu with six steps to govern the county.
"First, establish authority."
Establishing power through power, controlling ministers with skill, and ruling the people through law are the three methods that a superior must practice. Heifu was lucky. He was assassinated when he first entered Jiaodong. He dismissed Chunyu County Magistrate and Lieutenant in one breath, and ordered a large order in Chunyu County.
Assassin henchmen, this incident is a warning to both the officials and the people: this new county governor is not to be trifled with!
"Second, establish a cause!"
Sooner or later, the power of the magistrate will dissipate. Since Heifu does not have any ambitions for Moroda, he must clarify the governance program early and let everyone understand what the county governor is going to do. The new official took office with three things in mind, so Heifu threw himself out.
Principles of governance: "Support the old tribes, promote legal education, and save punishment."
Don’t the Jiaodong people think that Qin’s laws are too strict? Hei Fu also opened the skylight and said frankly, as long as you don’t break the law and break the law, I will not kill you indiscriminately, and the government welcomes everyone who is willing to cooperate!
Heifu also knows that the biggest problem in governing Jimo currently is that the government does not have its own agents, and it is difficult for the decree to go out of the city, so it can only rely on the powerful and aristocratic people of the past.
The past five years have been wasted in this tacit understanding of muddling along, so as soon as Hei Fu got out of the car, he announced the establishment of a school and threw all the more than ten young people he brought from Gaomi into the classroom to let the county officials teach them.
Qin's words and laws only hope that after half a year, the first batch of young cadres tied to the government will be obtained. Relying on these people, effective rule will be pushed outside the city and into the vast countryside.
As for the "elementary school", it first forces the millionaires from various families to give away hostages. At the same time, it also teaches unified concepts from children...
In this way, minor nobles and frustrated Confucian scholars were drawn into the camp.
Next is what Heifu is doing: "Military power!"
Under the guidance of Sima Juncheng, after inspecting the inner city, Heifu returned to the official temple and asked Chen Ping, the chief minister, to immediately send a message to summon all the Cao officials currently on duty in the county government!
The drums were beating loudly, it was time to hold a general meeting, and the leaders of each department quickly dropped what they were doing and gathered in the main hall! Everyone, wearing black clothes and official hats, filed into the room to pay homage to Mr. Hei.
I saw the black man wearing a high crown and black clothes, complete with seals and ribbons, wearing a long sword on his waist, sitting high on the main throne, followed by the chief minister Chen Ping and Sima Juncheng, followed by several people wearing armor and holding swords, standing at the door.
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Since Heifu took office, this was the first time he summoned the county officials to the court. The county officials who came did not know what he wanted to do, and they all secretly speculated. Unfortunately, the county governor's face was dark and he could not see his emotions. Everyone paid homage to them, and they all
Stand up properly, bend down and lower your hands, line up in several rows, and stand in the hall.
"There are a lot of people."
Heifu glanced at everyone. Although it was the first time to hold a meeting, he had already met his subordinates individually and remembered their names and positions. These people were: Hucao, the head of household registration and place of origin; Cangcao, the head of taxation.
, Accumulating millet; Li Cao, in charge of promotion of officials, also called Gong Cao; Sikong Cao, in charge of criminals, serving ministers and concubines; Jinbu Cao, in charge of mountain and sea specialties, city taxation and trade.
In addition, there are field, livestock, labor and other officials, all of whom are at the disposal of the county governor.
In addition, there are also thieves and soldiers who are theoretically subordinate to the county captain. Because the county captain is stationed in Huang County, they usually obey Heifu's instructions, which invisibly increases his power.
In addition to the jailers and lingcao under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, when the meeting was held, nearly twenty people were present.
Heifu had already asked Chief Shi Chen Ping to investigate in advance. Among the twenty people, almost all were foreign officials from the Qin Dynasty, occupying important positions, while locals were in charge of insignificant departments, or assisted as minor officials.
Since they are all from Qin, it will be easy to handle. Heifu cleared his throat first and talked about the importance the central government led by the First Emperor attached to the situation in Jiaodong, and then talked about Jiaodong County’s role in the first five-year plan.
Immediately after the results were obtained, everyone began to speak freely and talk about the shortcomings of their work...
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The Sheriff's way of holding meetings was quite novel. He tried to make up for it by trying to make up for the "shortcomings".
Since they were dishonest, Heifu called the names himself. Bingcaofu was unlucky and was the first one to be called. Heifu smiled and asked him:
"The inner city and streets are full of soldiers patrolling. If you are facing a serious enemy, is it you who gave the order?"
Bing Cao agreed to the promise, and he did so with the intention of currying favor, but was scolded by Hei Fu:
"You asked the soldiers to set up antlers outside and guard them with crossbows. For those who didn't know, they thought they were in the enemy's country outside the inner city! If a few thieves acted like this, wouldn't they let the people of Jimo take it lightly? Immediately send out the sentry soldiers.
Pull it back, loosen it on the outside and tighten it on the inside!"
After some hard work, Heifu made some minor personnel adjustments to the soldiers, and placed some of the knights and knights he had brought from the North and South counties into the county soldiers as military officials.
This was after more than a month, Gong Ao finished Chunyu's mission, came to the county and handed over the military power to him to prepare. Although the Qin soldiers were few, only a few hundred, they had one more sword, and Hei Fu could not sleep at night.
Can feel more at ease.
As for the other Cao Cao, Heifu has left them alone for the time being. They have just arrived and there are not enough people under his command to replace them, so it is not appropriate to make too many personnel changes.
After letting all the officials go, Heifu left only Chen Ping and asked him: "Now that your authority has been established, things have become clear, and military power has begun to be controlled, what are your next three strategies?"
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Chen Ping had previously given up on the first three, but now he said: "The fourth is to establish trust. At that time, Zigong asked Confucius how to govern the country? Confucius said, enough food and soldiers, the people will trust you."
"Zigong asked again, what if we have to eliminate two items and keep only one?"
"Confucius replied, go away the soldiers and go out to eat, because if the people do not trust their officials and monarchs, the country will not survive! Therefore, if the people do not trust, they will not stand!"
Confucius's original words were like this, but in Chen Ping's view, it is useless to talk and establish trust without mastering military power.
Hei Fu nodded: "When Lord Shang carried out his reform, he also moved to Mu to establish trust first. But the Jimo people resented the Qin officials. How should I establish trust?"
“Maybe we can start from the newly opened classroom.”
Chen Ping gave Heifu an idea: "Let the officials take the exam after one month of study. Those from Jiaodong who can speak the best Qin dialect, the most proficient in writing Qin seals, and the ones who can recite the most laws and regulations will be rewarded with fifty gold.
If you include them in the official books, you can learn the law and receive a salary at the same time!"
Fifty gold is of course not brass, which is a lie, but real gold. It adds up to nearly three thousand gold, which is equivalent to a year's salary of Liu Tingchang in Pei County. It is not a small amount. The son of a rich man
Maybe they don't care, but those children of small landowners who can attend school for free will definitely be moved.
"In this way, the Jiaodong students in the school can compete to learn Qin Yan and Qin characters, and they can also use their words to tell all Jiaodong people that the government is true to its word."
Heifu suddenly became excited: "You don't have to do it just once, you can make it into a system. One month is the monthly exam, half a year is the mid-term exam, and one year is the final exam. From elementary school to official school, it is the high school entrance examination, and from official school to assistant official,
For the college entrance examination! The money given to those who excel in the examination is called scholarships!"
Chen Ping didn't expect that Heifu would come up with so many tricks. He was stunned and handed over his hands: "Everything is just like the governor said."
The exam method is great! Hei Fu nodded: "This policy is very good. As long as those who excel in the exam get money, they will publicize the government's trustworthiness, and the people of Jiaodong will rush to make their children learn Qin Yan and Qin Seal. What about the fifth policy?"
Chen Pingdao: "Now that the trust is established, we will naturally have enough food. Spring plowing is around the corner. The county governor should appoint good officials, follow the example of Nanjun and Neishi, build public toilets in Jimo, and promote the technique of compost retting."
Even with the support of the government, the spread of science and technology is still very slow. Jiaodong is too far away from the Qin Dynasty. The public toilets that Heifu glimpsed in Peixian County do not yet exist here, let alone the art of composting. Although Heifu cannot change the imperial court
tax rate, but if the output can be increased and the cake is made bigger, perhaps farmers' resentment against heavy taxes will not be so great.
Heifu pondered: "What is the sixth strategy?"
Chen Pingdao: "The government of a king should not rush thieves. Nowadays, there are many thieves in Jiaodong, and they have become so arrogant as to assassinate the county guard. When the spring plowing is over and the government is free, we must follow the clues found in Chunyu County to eliminate the thieves in the county."
Shock Xiaoxiao!"
Seeing Mr. Hei frowning, Chen Ping added: "For the above matters, the county guard does not have to do everything personally. Instead, he should make the chickens watch the night, make the raccoons catch the rats, and use their abilities. There is nothing to do. Select the good ones from among the officials.
Of."
Heifu nodded. The county guard was different from the county lieutenant. He had to take care of everything. As the chief historian, although Chen Ping could share the burden for him, he was unable to handle the complicated work.
Therefore, he must decentralize power.
But what Heifu lacks most now is talents who can handle various tasks and take charge of their own affairs. He is not familiar with the temperament and talents of the county officials and cannot trust them. The children of various clans in the school have only a year and a half to complete their studies, and they cannot be assigned to them.
Come in handy...
At this moment, a retainer and a minor official came to report that there was someone at the inner gate of Jimo who claimed to be a guest of the county governor and asked to see him...
"There are several people in the group. This is the letter they asked the subordinates to deliver."
Heifu took it and took a look at it, and immediately laughed out loud: "It was like I caught a pillow when I was dozing off. I was short of the chicken in the night, and the raccoon holding the rat is here!"
Chen Ping had already guessed who it was: "Could it be Cao Shen from Peixian County?"
"Cao Shen is not the only one coming."
Hei Fu stood up and said with a smile: "These are the 'Three Heroes of Peixian County'!"