Daqin: Who does this throne give to me?

Chapter 98 The Conflict of Two Concepts

Two hundred soldiers of the county walked in order in front, several women all sat in the carriage, Zhao Wen rode the horse with Xiao He all the way.

Along the way, the county officials rushed to speak in front of Xiao He from time to time, which made Zhao Wen feel for the first time whether he was being too pushy towards Xiao He.

The reception banquet in the county government office was extremely lively, all the big households in the county showed up, each and every one of them was extremely respectful. Obviously, the incident of the county soldiers sweeping the three counties a few days ago made these big households in the county terrified.

But Zhao Wen still noticed that all the officials in the county were actually from these big households themselves or their family members.

From Xiao He's mouth, Zhao Wencai understood the most basic administrative system of Great Qin.

In Daqin, all grassroots officials must be appointed by the imperial court, at least by the county.

In the past, most of the county magistrates were locals, and they were able to suppress these officials, but now, the county magistrates are held by officials from other places, but all the officials are locals, and they are all big families in the county. Suppress these local officials.

"It seems that Daqin's change really has a long way to go!" Zhao Wen secretly sighed in his heart.

He can be sure that this kind of thing should be the same in the other six countries except Qin, which is governed by military law. In the final analysis, it is because Daqin does not have a sufficient number of officials, or there are too few scholars in this era.

"What if all the officials are included in the scope of working in different places?"

Zhao Wen looked at Xiao He. In Jiujiang County, all the scholars at the township level are now taking the exam, but the county officials still dare not take the magistrate seriously.

In other places, the township level is also local. I am afraid that the people below the county level have no idea what imperial power is.

"The salaries of officials are extremely low. If they go to work in other places, I am afraid that many people would rather resign!" Xiao He thought of when he was in Pei County before, and lamented that the county magistrate was too incompetent and could be fooled easily.

But now that I am the county magistrate, I understand that if all the officials in the county are monolithic, unless the county magistrate directly destroys the administrative system in the county by using his upper-level connections, he can only discuss things with these people.

If you can't convince these people, it's just a evasion and slack, you can delay all the affairs of the county, and then the county magistrate will be fully responsible.

"In the final analysis, there are too few scholars nowadays, and there are not enough officials to appoint!"

Zhao Wen had a clear expression on his face. He could easily solve this problem in Jiujiang County, but other counties did not have such conditions.

"You write a memorial in my name, clearly describe the current situation in the county, and submit a letter to the imperial court to open county schools in each county!"

Now Jiujiang County is ready to start rural school, but the county school is not popularized in Daqin. Zhao Wen intends to urge the first emperor to do this kind of thing sooner or later, the sooner the better.

He didn't believe it. After knowing the current situation of the counties in the old places of the Six Kingdoms, the First Emperor would have no idea.

To solve this kind of matter, there is absolutely no other way except to open county schools to increase the number of scholars. If you propose it in advance, it can be regarded as deepening your ability to handle affairs in the mind of Shi Huang.

"Your Highness, the servants in the Palace of Chu asked to see him, saying that there is something urgent!" Chu Yi walked in quickly and said after a salute.

"Is there a decree eunuch entering Jiujiang County?"

Just coming out to relax, Zhao Wen couldn't help frowning when he encountered such a thing.

"Decree to all the villages that those who are really poor can be sent to my farm. If you have any ideas, you can write to me. Don't be afraid to spend money!"

While talking, Zhao Wen had already strode out, and made arrangements to Chu Yi while walking, "Clean up, I'll be back tonight!"

The eunuch who passed the decree could only be discovered when he entered Jiujiang County. In addition, the eunuch in the palace of Chu was on the road, so he had to go back as fast as possible.

All the way was full of wind and dust, just arrived at the gate of Shouchun City, before entering the city, an eunuch of the Chu Palace who had been guarding the gate for a long time ran over anxiously, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, another eunuch who passed the order has come, It should have been driven here by changing horses and not changing people all the way, looking extremely tired!"

"Why is it so urgent!" Zhao Wen's eyes flashed with doubts. After Liu Bang arrived in Qindu, he sent himself a lot of news, but he didn't mention any purpose.

But now, Liu Bang, who had already set out, hadn't come back yet, but the two eunuchs who delivered the decree arrived first.

"There is a decree, the [-]th Prince Zhao Wen will accept the decree!"

As soon as they saw Zhao Wen coming in, the two tired eunuchs stood up at the same time and said coldly.

After watching Zhao Wen salute, an eunuch stepped forward and started to read, his voice was a little hoarse, but the content was very clear, that is, the first emperor wanted pumpkin seeds, and asked himself to build a road to the southern countries.

Pumpkin seeds are fine, but with the land of one county, building a road in the mountainous area, not to mention whether a group of small congresses in the south will agree, but the amount of work is definitely not something that can be completed by a single county.

After finishing the reading, another eunuch continued to read, this time it was even simpler, calling the scholars who passed the exam last time to Beijing, obviously intending to arrange the positions of these people uniformly by the imperial court.

"Take these two down to rest!"

Seeing that the two eunuchs didn't leave after delivering the decree, but looked straight at him, Zhao Wen directly waved his hand to take the two of them down.

He walked out of the palace lightly and looked in the direction of the capital of Qin. He could do this by himself and was capable of doing it, but now he wanted to know why the first emperor wanted to make things difficult for him.

In the past few months, businessmen have brought back tens of thousands of slaves from the southern countries, put these people in, and after spending money to recruit some people, they can start to build roads.

But this is based on the fact that Jiujiang County has provided a lot of money and goods. If it is another county, it is just this road, and he will be exhausted.

Zhao Wen didn't believe that the First Emperor would know that he had a lot of money to travel across the world, so in Zhao Wen's view, the arrangement was just to embarrass himself.

Looking around, Xiao He and Fan Zeng had been assigned to be county magistrates, Liu Bang hadn't come back from Qindu, only Chu Yi and Chu Er kept their heads down and dared not speak, and there was no one to discuss with them.

"If I were the emperor, there shouldn't be so many troubles!" Zhao Wen asked himself in a low voice, and Chu Yi and Chu Er behind him lowered their heads even more.

It was different from wanting to be the emperor when he just crossed over. At that time, he was just feeling the death of the Great Qin II, but now, Zhao Wen is really thinking about what will happen after he becomes the emperor.

The first emperor wanted to unify several small southern countries in the shortest possible time, and even planned to fill in Jiujiang County.

But Zhao Wen believes that the method he is using now is the most beneficial to Daqin. Only a group of businessmen can completely destroy the economic systems of several small countries.

(End of this chapter)