Sitting in front of Zhao Kuo, Meng Yi looked particularly restrained.
Facing Zhao Kuo, his father-in-law, Meng Yi just felt that he was under great pressure. In fact, it was not just Meng Yi, no matter who it was, it took great courage to marry Zhao Kuo's daughter. The power of the good natal family was really terrible. Of course, Meng Yi's
The family is not too weak. After all, starting from Meng Ao, the Meng family has gone through three generations. Meng Ao was the highest official. He fought all his life. After Bai Qi's death, he took over Bai Qi's position and defeated Zhao, Wei, and Chu.
Such countries have a very high prestige in Qin.
After him, Meng Wu took over his father's position. Meng Wu's talent for fighting was not as good as his father's, but he was still of middle and upper class. He followed Zhao Kuo to fight against the Chu State, and obtained the position of Marquis of Guannei.
The top dignitaries of the Qin State, even Meng Yi's elder brother Meng Tian, were deeply loved by the emperor. He had made great contributions to the destruction of the Qi State. Now he is an official in the border area and has a bright future.
As for Meng Yi, it seems a bit underwhelming. When he married Shan, he was just a disciple in the school. He was young, thin and unsuitable for fighting, and he didn't even look very smart. However, in official history, although Meng Yi was not
A general like his father and grandfather was smart and well-read. He served as a minister in the Qin State and was deeply loved by the emperor. There are not many records in history books, but judging from his deeds, that is, the emperor asked him to be responsible for handling ministers.
, his official position is likely to have been Tingwei.
This is a high-ranking official at the Jiuqing level, and the position of the Qin Dynasty's Tingwei is not low. He is a reserve of the three princes. According to the emperor's trust and love for him, he may be used as a reserve of the three princes in the future for the young master.
Fusu's... As a result, after Hu Hai came to power, he couldn't wait to kill Meng Yi. Being able to get the attention of the First Emperor and put him in the most important position, it can be seen that Meng Yi is still very talented.
Although Meng Yi has just completed his studies, he has a deep understanding of the law, and he is familiar with historical materials and well-read. But in front of Zhao Kuo, he is nothing...Zhao Kuo
Squinting his eyes and looking at the son-in-law in front of him, he was still a little dissatisfied with this son-in-law, not because Meng Yi was bad, but because he took away his favorite. Of course, as a father, he still hopes to see the two
Personal happiness together.
"My wife and father..." Meng Yi saw something wrong with Zhao Kuo's expression, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Father..." He asked uneasily: "I don't know why you suddenly called me here.
What?" Zhao Kuo was not in a hurry to answer his question. Zhao Kuo waved, and Ge took some thick paper and placed it in front of Meng Yi. Zhao Kuo said: "Have these done."
Meng Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked himself to do something. This was a good opportunity to please Zhao Kuo. He hurriedly opened the paper in front of him. The paper was full of trivial matters. Meng Yi was a little surprised. There were some cases written on it.
, Meng Yi realized that this did not seem to be doing business, this was like an assessment. However, he did not panic, took a deep breath, and began to write. Meng Yi knew the law well and wrote very quickly. The more these questions became, the more
It gets weirder later on, but Meng Yi can still write seriously.
I don’t know who came up with such weird questions. Basically, they were questions that couldn’t be asked without cerebral thrombosis for ten years. Meng Yi persisted in finishing, and then started to talk about some small things about local governance, including construction.
From the mobilization of personnel for water conservancy projects, and even the appointment and removal of local grassroots officials and the introduction letters of these candidates, from these tedious little things to the end, some more difficult problems emerged.
For example, regarding the revision of the law, about the enfeoffment system and the county system, about how the military merit system can be eliminated... Meng Yi did not dare to be so casual when dealing with these issues, and carefully wrote down his own opinions.
As soon as he finished writing, Ge lifted these up and sent them to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo lowered his head and read through them carefully. Meng Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing whether his answer was satisfactory to Zhao Kuo.
Satisfied.
He didn't know why Zhao Kuo wanted to test himself like this.
Zhao Kuo looked at it for a long time and finally nodded. He stood up with a cane and said to Meng Yi: "Come with me!"
Meng Yi hurriedly followed Zhao Kuo. The two of them walked out of the courtyard and got on the carriage. Meng Yi was smiling all over his face, but he did not dare to ask more questions. The pressure from his father-in-law was not as great as usual. When the carriage finally stopped,
At that time, Meng Yi discovered that they had arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhao Kuo got off the carriage, and Meng Yi followed him. The soldiers in front of the door did not dare to stop them, and they hurriedly bowed to see them. When they walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion,
Not a single word was heard, only the sound of writing neatly.
When they discovered Zhao Kuo walking into the mansion, several people stopped writing at the same time and bowed to Zhao Kuo to salute. Li Si, Han Fei, Xiao He, Zhang Cang and others were all there, but it seemed that they were not in a good mental state.
Okay. They looked at the young man behind Zhao Kuo in surprise. Zhang Cang winked at Xiao He happily. Xiao He pretended not to see anything. Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si and said seriously: "I know you are very lucky.
If you are suffering, you just want him to help you. He is a trustworthy person and his ability to do things is not bad."
"If possible, Han Fei, you have to teach him a little something."
Han Fei was stunned. He looked at Meng Yi for a moment and finally recognized him. He was a related person!
Meng Yi understood that his father-in-law had arranged work for him. When he came out of the school, the emperor had not rewarded him with any official position, and he had not participated in the assessment or anything. Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuo sent him directly to the prime minister.
It is also a good starting point to serve as a minor official here. You can learn a lot here. Zhao Kuo explained a few words and left in a hurry.
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Li Si understood in his heart that Zhao Kuo had actually begun to train the future Sangong and Jiuqing. This was to create a stable team for Fusu. Li Si frowned and thought for a while, Xiao He could serve as the left prime minister and Zhang Cang the right prime minister.
, Now this one, Wu Chenghou named Han Fei to train, he is probably a court lieutenant or something. He still needs a Taiwei. No, there is no shortage of Taiwei. People like Zhao Kang, Meng Tian, Li Xin, Wang Ben are enough.
of.
Li Si was thinking about this, but Meng Yi took the initiative to meet these people. Meng Yi's character was relatively elegant, similar to Xiao He, but less stable than Xiao He, and not as frivolous as Zhang Cang. Li Si gave him a speech on the spot.
Meng Yi appointed a minor official in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which can be understood as a secretary or recorder. Meng Yi began to work in the Prime Minister's Mansion. There were many officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but those who could work next to Li Si were few.
There are only so few people.
After being busy here all day, Meng Yi did not disappoint Li Si. Although he was immature, he still had some talents and room for cultivation. However, compared to the other two people, Meng Yi's talents seemed a bit inadequate. This
Meng Yi almost collapsed, why do I always meet such terrible people wherever I go?
What Li Si thought was correct. Zhao Kuo was indeed helping to select some capable ministers in the future. In today's era, a good king and a good minister can play a huge role. Fusu also
During the training, according to Zhao Kang's letters, Fusu at least learned how to deal with officials and learn to distinguish right from wrong, which is already very good. Fusu even used some less glorious methods to get rid of those
Officials.
Although he always said that he was upright, he himself learned how to use dishonorable means, and he was already a qualified king.
Even if he is not as good as his father, he will not be like Hu Hai... In fact, Zhao Kuo felt that for the people who had just experienced the war, a kind and benevolent emperor like Fusu might be able to play a greater role. And
What Zhao Kuo wanted to do next was to restrain the First Emperor. Our First Emperor had a domineering character. After the unification of the world, he gradually had a tendency to move closer to the First Emperor in history.
This made Zhao Kuo very worried. He was really afraid that the First Emperor would commit the old age disease of emperors in history. Most emperors would always make some mediocre actions in their later years, such as Emperor Wu, Xuanzong, and Sun Quan.
..Zhao Kuo once suggested that the First Emperor find time to inspect places. The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty liked to do this to truly understand the situation at the bottom. Compared with the fake private interviews of so-and-so in the movies and TV series, the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were more serious.
Private interview via WeChat.
Of course they would also pick up girls. The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were generally lustful. Some were good at women, some were good at men, and some were all-inclusive. But for this group of people in the early Western Han Dynasty, private interviews in private were really useful, at least they would not be caught.
The ministers were deceived and would not sit in the palace and think that the world was peaceful and prosperous. The First Emperor did follow Zhao Kuo's statement and traveled around to check the local situation, but every time he went out, he always wanted to kill some officials.
Han Fei began to dissuade him, asking him to make decisions according to the law and not to deal with it at will!
With Han Fei blocking him, the First Emperor was too angry to vent his anger.
At this time, Zhao Kuo's New Deal had reached its advanced stage. The big change in the system caused some discomfort at first, but it had no impact in the Six Kingdoms region because there was no deep military merit system in the Six Kingdoms.
Basically, Zhao Kuo's main reform was to destroy the original Qin State. And the implementation of the new laws was even more so. Han Fei quickly formulated loose laws and relaxed many restrictions on the people.
When this law came into effect, it caused an earthquake in the land of the Old Qin people! What? You can go out for a walk? What? You can gather together? What? You don’t have to return home at the specified time?
Everyone couldn't believe it, so that in the first few days, they still didn't dare to go out or gather together. But when the officials repeatedly reminded them that some people tried their own way, they finally understood that now is different from the past.
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This is great news for the people of the Six Kingdoms. They were used to being undisciplined and could not adapt to the harsh Qin laws. Now, the Qin laws have changed and no longer restrict them so much.
Like before, this was really good news. People from all over the country celebrated and gathered together to cheer, but no officials came to arrest them again. When Zhao Kuo drove his carriage out of Xianyang, he saw those restless but happy people
of people.
The old people gathered together, talking about the glory of the past, and talked about the years they fought with Wu Chenghou, while the young people were playing Cuju, running around wildly, laughing, pushing each other, women and
Children are also watching around, talking and laughing. They no longer have to be forced to be soldiers, they no longer have to keep a straight face all day long, and they no longer have to suffer the same things as before. Now, they finally become like human beings.
Some young people boldly read poems to their lovers. This was not allowed in the past. Some people drove their cars to visit their married daughters and sons-in-law. They did not have to beg the officials to allow them to pass...
An army disguised as a country is disappearing, and those "soldiers" have become common people. Their happiness is so simple. They can move around, see the people they want to see, and boldly hold the hand of their lover.
Just walking on the road is enough.
Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and smiled happily, his eyes curved into crescent moons.
When he came to the village, the officials just checked his biography and let him in without questioning his purpose or supervising him all the way to his destination... But the local elders, when they saw the carriage
Zhao Kuo couldn't help but stand up. They didn't know Zhao Kuo, but when they saw an elder with flowing white hair coming as if he were a god, they couldn't help but stand up to pay their respects.
As he grew older, Zhao Kuo's appearance became more and more similar to the legendary immortals, and even his temperament was the same. Zhao Kuo met with everyone and asked about the new law. The villagers here mentioned
There was a lot to say about the new law. They first praised Han Fei and Zhao Kuo, and then talked about their current lives. The impact of the new law on the old Qin people was really great.
They don’t have to worry about living on tenterhooks. They don’t have to worry about one day when they suddenly violate a certain law and be taken away... The number of criminals in Qin is lower than that of the six countries combined. Most of them have committed small crimes.
Crimes, in later generations, no, in the Western Han Dynasty, were not considered crimes. For example, if you were sick one day and did not go to "work" on time or ask for leave, then you would be arrested...
Another example is if your neighbor suddenly rebels and you don't know about it, then you will also have to bear the punishment of rebellion.
Another example is when you meet two old friends while walking on the road. The three of them stood together and chatted for a long time about, well, crime.
Another example is that a thief came to your house, and you found that you didn't report a lot of things because you didn't report it to the officials. When the officials know about it, they will arrest you and the thief together.
For example, if you go shopping and don't ask the merchant to issue an invoice to you, both of you will go to jail.
For example, if you want to impeach an official and are afraid of his retaliation, you secretly submit a letter without your real name. Well, it is a crime. Even the official who reads your petition must commit a crime together. According to the law, he should be burned.
The unearthed Qin bamboo slips make people's scalp numb when looking at them, because of the many crimes, because of the detailed regulations, because of the coexistence of his advanced nature and ignorance, the coexistence of persecution and protection of the people... And now, Zhao Kuo is
Some crimes that seemed very unreasonable and against human nature were abolished.