Prime Minister of Great Qin

"Zhong Heng has something to say." Ji Heng straightened his back, slightly arched his hands, and spoke again.

Fusu raised his eyes and quickly returned to normal, saying, "Speak."

"The common people believe that His Majesty should be responsible for reorganizing the government. We are just supporting His Majesty. Future system changes should also be promulgated by His Majesty."

"This is the right way."

Ji Heng's voice was very clear and the hall was very quiet. The two sentences he said clearly reached the ears of all the officials.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly.

They are all people who have been in the court for many years. Don't they know Ji Heng's thoughts? If the restructuring government is given full responsibility to Ji Heng, no matter whether it is really necessary to carry out the restructuring in the end, all the officials will have various ways to obstruct it. But if it becomes Your Majesty is responsible.

This undoubtedly adds a lot of risk.

Ji Heng clearly expected this, so he specifically raised it in the court with the intention of warning them.

Fusu closed his eyes slightly.

He took a deep look at Ji Heng, his expression uncertain. After hesitating for a moment, he figured out the key, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He nodded and said: "It should be so."

"Do you have any objections, sir?" Fusu looked at the officials below.

All the officials were silent.

What else could they say? His Majesty's attitude has become so obvious. He wants to entrust Zhong Heng with important tasks and will not allow anyone else to interfere at this time.

What's more, this is what His Majesty himself wants, so how can they stop it.

However, from this few words, they have realized that this 'Zhong Heng' is not as simple as it seems, and he is very wary of them.

If you dare to underestimate this person, you may suffer a big loss.

After the matter was settled, the court discussed some other matters, mainly the promotion of officials in Kanto. After many days of discussions in the Prime Minister's Office, several special zones in Kanto have been decided.

They are clearly Jicheng, Handan and Shouchun.

Among them, several counties will serve as key support counties for the court, providing additional funds to speed up local recovery.

Han Xin, Liu Ji and others were also rearranged in their military positions. Han Xin returned to Northern Xinjiang and served as the deputy general of the Beiyuan Army.

Liu Ji was a court official and also served as the county governor of Shouchun.

Other officials have made arrangements.

Although not everyone is satisfied, it is considered less controversial, but everyone knows that whether it is a special zone or various part-time jobs, it is only stable for a while.

The real highlight is the restructuring.

Only by changing the existing system of Da Qin can the court free up extra positions to accommodate these officials who need to be promoted.

Just how to change it and how to convince others are what Ji Heng needs to do.

There won't be much time left for him.

Ji Hengneng et al.

People like Liu Ji and Xiao He may not be willing to wait any longer, because they cannot get promotion space by waiting. Only when others step back and are not overtaken by people in Guanzhong can they be promoted.

and.

This is not just Liu Ji and others waiting and watching.

But the entire Kanto.

Even a man like Liu Ji who had made great achievements could not be promoted to the center of the court. How could other officials in Guandong like them have a chance?

After the end of the dynasty.

Ji Heng was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he summoned Meng Yi, Zhang Cang and other officials from the Restructured Office together. He had already known before that the office of his Restructured Office was the former Doctoral Academy.

So under the guidance of Meng Yi and others, the group went straight to the old site of the Doctor's Academy, which was now empty.

Empty.

Zhang Cang put his hands in his hands and looked at Ji Heng curiously. He knew more things than others, so he was more curious about Ji Heng.

When the group of people arrived at the lakeside of Lunxuetang, Zhang Cang couldn't help but said: "Mr. Zhong, at the beginning of the restructured government, there are not enough people. Why did you call us together in such a hurry?"

Ji Heng turned around, glanced at Zhang Cang a few times, looked at the broad figure, and couldn't help laughing. Then he stopped smiling and said lightly: "Of course we are discussing the restructuring."

"Huh? So fast!"

Zhang Cang was a little stunned. No one from the restructuring office was here, and they didn't even know each other. So they started discussing the restructuring?

Is this too hasty?

Ji Heng smiled and said: "There are so many things in the world that are planned in advance. They are all improvised and improvised. Moreover, we will not decide anything this time. I just want to ask your opinions and views on the restructuring. "

"in addition."

"I just want to hear why you are blocking the restructuring. I want to know the reasons and reasons."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Ji Heng's words. They didn't expect Ji Heng to be so straightforward, let alone so straightforward.

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Ji Heng's expression was indifferent. He looked at Meng Yi and said, "You used to be the Great Qin Tingwei, in charge of the law. You are quite familiar with the Great Qin laws and regulations, so I won't embarrass you too much."

"It's not too difficult for all of you."

“This time I’m just going to focus on one thing. What resistance do you see to the abolition of life-long tenure for officials, and why do you think it’s being blocked?”

Meng Yi's face condensed slightly.

He took a deep look at Ji Heng, his expression very serious. He really didn't expect that Ji Heng would be so sharp.

Asking such a pointed question right away.

Abolish the secular official system.

Meng Yi pondered for a moment and said slowly: "In my opinion, it should be the concept. The official system is deeply rooted and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you want to change it, you must change the concept of everyone in the world."

"You can imagine the difficulty."

"Besides..." Meng Yi hesitated for a moment and then added: "Power is too attractive to people. Not many people can resist the temptation. If you want to abolish the secular official system, you are almost on the opposite side of the world's officials."

"Disaster!"

Ji Heng nodded.

He then looked at Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang stroked his beard and did not speak in a hurry. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "The real difficulty lies in the benefits that power brings."

"Serving as an official."

"The annual salary you can get is very high. Once you retire, except for a few officials, you will get preferential treatment from the court. Most officials can only live off their original fields or rely on savings."

"But it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality."

"The gap is huge, and it is not something that ordinary people can tolerate. Therefore, if we want the officials to agree, we must at least give them certain preferential treatment."

"otherwise……"

"Officials who only irritate will rebel."

Ji Heng took a deep look at Zhang Cang and did not think that Meng Yi had told Zhang Cang everything. They might have some reservations.

I dare not really tell the truth.

Seeing Ji Heng staring at him like this, Zhang Cang felt a little frightened, but he didn't blush and just let Ji Heng look at him.

Ji Heng looked at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping looked at Meng Yi and Zhang Cang, then at Ji Heng, with a trace of struggle in his eyes, and finally decided to speak out.

"The words of the two senior officials just now have some truth, but they stand too high. For the vast majority of junior officials in the world, many of them will not survive that time."

"The abolition of the secular official system will also facilitate the circulation of officials in the Qin Dynasty, so that they will not be artificially blocked, leaving people with no way to make progress."

"Assuming that there really is a local official who can survive until he retires safely, he will face a problem, that is, people leave and the tea is cool."

"This is not only reflected in official career."

"More in the fields."

"Without those clothes, I will lose the protection of the government, and I will definitely be attacked and retaliated by many people in the past."

"So for local officials, it's not that they are unwilling, but that they dare not."

"With the current situation in the world, people's life span will undoubtedly increase a lot. Maybe many officials will reach that age in the future."

"But then what?"

"Everything has been taken away."

At this time.

Xiao He echoed: "Actually, the most important thing is the title."

"The Great Qin system is closely related to titles. There is a huge difference between having titles and not having titles, not only in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also in laws."

"It is more reflected in his official career."

"The "Internal History" stipulates that when the government appoints assistant officials, it must be people above the prime of life. It cannot appoint people who have just entered the household registration and do not have a title."

"That is to say, when you remove the assistant, you must be strong and above, and you do not need to remove the new commander."

"The highest level is just below the county level, with an official rank of three hundred shi, and it is impossible to go higher. And when these people have official positions, they often do something wrong, and they will be given a lighter punishment. Once they retire, they will be worse than those who have nobility."

"It's too difficult to obtain a title in the world now."

"It will only become more and more difficult in the future, and the situation of the lower-level officials will actually be very embarrassing in the future, because most of them are without titles."

"Being without a title means that there is no extra land, and there will be no supplementary rank after retirement. The family will undoubtedly be in embarrassment, and the status will be low. It is not as good as those powerful merchants who donated money to win the title."

"As time goes by, my heart will become more and more unbalanced."

"In this case, it can only intensify the occurrence of corruption."

Hear the words.

Meng Yi and Zhang Cang were silent.

Xiao He actually said it very implicitly.

The Qin Law stipulates that when a person with a title breaks the law, the sentencing will be much looser. The person with a title can see the official without worshiping. The penalty for a crime committed by someone without a title will be very low. This is actually the intention of the Qin Law.

It is to always remind the superiors of their sense of superiority and to aggravate the inferiority complex of the people at the bottom. However, if the secular official system is abolished, many people will not be able to bear the originally high-ranking officials being brought back to their original form.

Especially after you retire, if you offend others in the officialdom and are deliberately targeted, you will have no way to counterattack, and there will also be the influence of various economic interests.

Various factors ultimately led to the fact that no one wanted to take off this outfit because they would lose too much by taking it off, which was too much for most people to accept.

Ji Heng nodded.

He knew that what several people said was right.

It's just that they are targeting different groups. Compared with Meng Yi and Zhang Cang, who comes from a wealthy family, he doesn't care much about retiring. Even after retiring, no one in the court dared to look down upon him.

But local officials are different.

In the end, it will only aggravate local corruption, or lead to laziness and neglect in governance.

For all this, in Ji Heng's view, there is only one influencing factor.

That’s the title! ! !

The title of Da Qin is too important.

It was only because of this rebellion that officials in Guandong had the possibility to continue to climb up the ranks, but such opportunities are rare and will become less and less in the future.

The key to abolishing secular officials should also lie in the title.

He wants to rebuild the title system. (End of chapter)