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"promise!"

Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yi solemnly accepted the order.

Only then did Zhao Ying say with a smile.

"Both of these things are for the sake of the dead. However, for the country, how can we treat the dead favorably and ignore the living? I have decided that any old soldier who is injured and disabled while fighting for the imperial court, or who has been injured after five years of fighting for the imperial court, will For those who are willing to return to their hometown, in addition to the government's financial aid and pensions, they will also have livelihood arrangements as a way to support themselves for the rest of their lives..."

This is a major event involving the arrangements of veterans in the army.

Feng Quji, Li Si and Meng Yi suddenly looked solemn and recovered from the excitement and calculation just now.

"I don't know what your Majesty's plans are..."

Regarding the disabled and old soldiers, the imperial court has actually always had preferential care policies, such as granting pensions, allocating fields, and exempting some taxes and corvees. There is no need to worry about no one cultivating the allocated land. Even if there is no family to help, usually there will be two slaves to help take care of it based on military merit.

It's quite generous.

This is also one of the reasons why the people of the old Qin Dynasty were happy when they heard about the war under the military merit system and refused to fight to the death.

Nowadays, His Majesty attaches great importance to the arrangement of old soldiers, and has personally intervened as soon as he ascended the throne. In Da Qin, this is a natural political correctness, and it is also a very serious matter for the court.

"I want to use veterans. From now on, veterans with outstanding military exploits must be selected for the positions of tour leader, principal, and pavilion chief in all parts of the world. All subordinates under my command will also give priority to veterans. Their monthly salary will be unified by the county government. It will be paid in full on a monthly basis. Any veteran who has retired from the county and is still able to hold on to his skills and hold a two-stone bow can be hired as appropriate."

Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yi couldn't help but feel shocked when they heard this.

It is obvious that His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the implementation of Julu County's response to the katydid disaster, and wants to take this opportunity to strengthen control in many places.

But it’s not realistic!

Local tour leaders, principals and pavilion chiefs are responsible for patrolling thieves and maintaining local security. But in this era, transportation was inconvenient, the people were strong, and the local clans were extremely powerful.

Without local support and cooperation, you will be exhausted just trying to maintain local security, let alone patrolling thieves.

It is completely different from the scene in later generations where just wearing a piece of skin was enough to shock the place.

Therefore, no matter whether it is ordinary officials in the county, local elders, or these powerful institutions and local governments, they will tacitly select local powerful people or local prestigious knights.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to move forward.

This has been acquiesced by everyone.

The imperial power not going to the countryside is not a simple question of whether or not, but an extremely complex social problem, especially for a country like Da Qin, which had just wiped out the superstructure of the Six Nations with its powerful force.

It is even more difficult to get the local authorities to cooperate obediently.

Therefore, Zhao Ying's proposal is no longer a question of whether the court should bear more money and food, thereby increasing the financial burden, but may directly bring great inconvenience to local governance.

"Your Majesty, this matter may need to be investigated slowly."

Feng Quji couldn't help but bow and salute. He looked at the young and somewhat excessive emperor in front of him seriously, and his words became more sincere.

"Your Majesty, governing a place is not about marching and fighting. Just using force will sometimes cause trouble."

This Your Majesty is still too young compared to the First Emperor.

Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but sigh.

Li Si and Meng Yi also tried to dissuade him.

"Your Majesty, please think again."

In a situation like that of Da Qin, it would be okay to let veterans from the army serve as these duty officers in Guanzhong. This was originally the headquarters of Da Qin. But if three or five veterans of Da Qin were sent to enter the land of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, it would be as good as a drop of water. The desert is not much different.

There is no need to fight against you, as long as you don't cooperate, you will become a deaf and blind decoration.

Seeing that even old foxes like Feng Quji and Li Si stood up against him, Zhao Ying couldn't help but smile. Not bad, although these two people are a little more thoughtful, they are not ambiguous at the critical moment.

So, he was in a good mood and explained a little more with a smile.

"I know that this matter is difficult, so I am not demanding success in one step. I just hope to pry open a gap under this dull big stone, and then slowly figure it out..."

Seeing the three people looking over with doubtful eyes, Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand, asked the three of them to sit down again, and asked someone to pour tea for them again, and then he said with a warm expression.

"Have you ever heard the story of a frog boiled in warm water?"

Feng Quji, Li Si, Meng Yi:...

"I am stupid and have never heard of it. I dare to ask your Majesty for advice..."

Feng Quji cooperated very cooperatively with the new emperor, and his eyesight was fully improved.

Zhao Ying became more and more satisfied with this old guy. No wonder he could still occupy the position of right minister and act badly when his eldest father took over.

Just the ability to observe words and the smooth coordination make people very comfortable.

"Gentlemen, what will happen if you throw a living frog into a cauldron filled with boiling hot soup..."

"In order to survive, he will definitely struggle and jump out..."

Feng Quji conscientiously played his role of admiration and cooperated with his new emperor, although he didn't know what his new emperor wanted to say.

The main thing is not to embarrass His Majesty.

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"Good, to survive in adversity, to fight to the death, even if it is just a frog, it is no exception, but what about humans? For example, if cold water is like boiling oil, it will inevitably boil and explode. Even if you take precautions, you will not be immune to its harm... "

Having said this, Zhao Ying looked around at everyone.

"But if the cauldron is filled with cool water, and fire is slowly added below, how do you think the frog will react..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone including Feng Quji, who was complimenting Zhao Ying, could not help but feel moved and looked thoughtful. Zhao Ying saw the expressions on their faces and smiled.

"This is actually the reason why I use old soldiers to serve as local officials. Most of the positions of you, principals, pavilion chiefs, etc. are old Qin soldiers, and then supplemented by local old soldiers, so that they can get along with each other day and night, and gradually get used to the fact that the chief executive must depend on the imperial court. The truth, then, becomes subtle and slowly acquired..."

Zhao Ying's idea actually came from what he heard about in his previous life: "Return to the countryside."

First, let them get used to the fact that the chief must be a circulating official from the imperial court, not one who divides the buns in the pot by themselves, or even a hereditary one who replaces the father after his death.

"In this case, maybe we can give it a try..."

Li Si pondered for a long time and replied seriously. Feng Quji and Meng Yi also nodded.

If this is the case, it won't cause too many changes. If this continues, maybe in three to five years, maybe seven or eight years, various places may really get used to this kind of local officials, depending on The current situation of the imperial court.

"But what worries me is whether this will affect local governance and create many variables..."

Meng Yi frowned, always feeling that His Majesty's decision was a bit unsound.

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter, that's why I only change Youyou, the principal and the pavilion director, but don't touch the three elders and the local mistress..."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them couldn't help but their eyes lit up, and they instantly understood the key to it. They couldn't help but look in awe, and held their hands.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Although public security is also a very important part of local governance, it is also a very special part. It is different from tax collection, household registration statistics and other tasks. If those tasks are not done well, the court will be worried.

But if public security is not good, the people who are most anxious are the local people, especially those wealthy gentry families.

There was no way they could not cooperate.

Therefore, once this policy is implemented, even if it starts to encounter some resistance, it will not cause any major problems. Instead, it will successfully open a gap in the local area and bury an eyeliner.

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"In the future, we should also give priority to the local veterans who are highly respected among the village elders and village chiefs..."

Feng Quji, Li Si and Meng Yi looked at each other and then stepped forward together.

"promise!"

Obviously, this is also a compromise strategy adopted by His Majesty. It is almost exactly the same as the grace order proposed before. If the local grassroots cannot be replaced by Qin soldiers, then try to create divisions at the local level.

In this way, when there is no high degree of overlap between local wealthy families and local positions such as local village elders and rural misfits, different interest groups will inevitably emerge.

Moreover, many local veterans, although not from a good background, have quite powerful families. Once they have the status of the imperial court, even the local wealthy families have to give way to them.

Therefore, after thinking about this, the three agreed quickly.

Perhaps it was because of the previous preparations and concessions that Zhao Ying proposed to expand local post stations on the grounds of housing disabled veterans in the army. In addition to the official post stations, private inns were set up to facilitate the exchanges of ordinary merchants and common people. At that time, the three people agreed quickly.

Zhao Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Tu Qiong saw that this last seemingly insignificant placement was his most important purpose.

By spreading such a group of veterans to all parts of the world, it is almost equivalent to establishing a network system that communicates with all parts of the world, and it is a double-layered network in terms of material and information!

"Good, but maybe the imperial court's finances will be tight for a while..."

This policy of His Majesty will definitely shake the morale of the military and bring His Majesty's prestige in the military to an unprecedented height.

It was an extremely wise decision for the new emperor to gather military power and win the allegiance of the army. As ministers, they had no reason to object except for the worry that it might add additional financial burden to the court.

I even have to admire the genius.

Feng Quji, Li Si and Meng Yi were limited by this era and would not understand the power of this kind of material and information transportation network. However, Zhao Ying, who traveled from later generations, knew very well that such a network would Once it spreads, in addition to a high degree of control over the place, there will also be a huge amount of wealth.

After making the decision, Zhao Ying called Zhang Liang and asked him to draw up an edict. Then, he personally picked up the jade seal engraved with "Ordered by Heaven, Live Long and Prosperous" and covered it heavily.

He fired his first shot at sending imperial power to the countryside in this era.

The failure of imperial power to go to the countryside has been a chronic problem of all dynasties, and it is also the basis for local wealthy families to seize the opportunity to become powerful. Zhao Ying wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could pry open a gap in this iron plate.

Feng Quji, Li Si and Meng Yi felt a little complicated.

I thought that this new emperor would be young and aggressive, but as a result, he was accurate and ruthless when he made a move. He was no less mature and steady than the Supreme Emperor. Having just started, we are already looking at decades from now.

As the three of them walked out of the hall, an idea arose in their minds that they could no longer contain.

"Da Qin should be happy!"

……

After handling the affairs of the court, Zhao Ying walked naturally towards the palace of the First Emperor, preparing to have dinner with his eldest father and mother. His casual and natural behavior was no different from before he ascended the throne.

Seeing his Majesty leave with light steps, Zhang Liang finished handling the last memorial in his hand, and then he started to help Zhao Ying sort out several cases.

Arrange the things above in neat categories.

Although he is now nominally working for Che Fu Ling, in fact, he is now equivalent to Zhao Ying's personal secretary-general. Not only does he have to help Zhao Ying with his daily work, but he also has to be ready for Zhao Ying's inquiries at any time. Equivalent to the invisible prime minister.

In fact, some people have already secretly called him "Internal Prime Minister".

Naturally, such rumors and discussions could not be hidden from Zhao Ying's ears, but he tacitly agreed not to stop them.

Zhang Liang's talent is comparable to that of a prime minister.

At present, his help to him is comparable to that of prime minister. This title is almost deserved.

However, it still needs to be polished and needs to wait for another opportunity...

Zhang Liang didn't know Zhao Ying's plan. As always, he meticulously sorted out the scattered papers on Zhao Ying's case. When he accidentally gathered a piece of straw paper, he couldn't help but be stunned for an instant.

It was a picture that looked extremely weird and shocking.

There are long monsters with countless square eyes, like giant dragons, roaring along a track similar to a gallop, and there are also two strange big eyes, which are flat and long, with no legs or feet. , but has a four-legged box similar to a wheel.

What shocked him the most was that there was actually a giant bird with long wings in the picture!

Unseen, unheard!

He suddenly remembered his master's guess about his majesty. He took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and silently memorized this sketch in his heart, and then carefully scribbled this sketch that Zhao Ying had drawn. A piece of straw paper, folded and folded like a treasure.

It was hard to get through to the lowest value.

He couldn't wait to leave the palace gate and hurried in the direction of Afang Academy. My master and junior sister had committed some evil act, and since they followed His Majesty back to Xianyang, they took the initiative to request to live in Afang Academy.

He took the initiative to become a neighbor of the Mohist giant Tian Ji. (End of chapter)