Kai Fu Han

Chapter 214 Private Visit 1
"Actually, you don't have to convince yourself. When we make distant friendships and attack closely, our enemies' enemies are our allies. We, the Xinghan Alliance, and the Jin Kingdom have a sworn hatred, and they are incompatible with each other. As long as we are together, the Jin Kingdom will have one more enemy, and the Zhao Kingdom will have one more ally. Besides, we are all Han people with the same bloodline. No matter who comes to the end, he will be the continuation of the Chinese nation." Zhou Xinyuan said.

"You can ask yourself, are you loyal to the Han nationality? To the Zhao country? Or to the Song family?"

Hearing Zhou Xinyuan's question, Xu Han said tangledly: "The family and the country are one, Song is Zhao, and Zhao is Song."

Zhou Xinyuan retorted: "Is it really true that the family and the country are one? I kept asking myself on the way north from Hangzhou, can Song Gou really represent the [-] million people of Zhao State? He will have the right to give up a large area of ​​​​Northland. Let the citizens of the North be plunged into dire straits?”

This question directly touched Xu Han's sore spot. After he resigned, he and Li Gang often played chess together and talked about current affairs. They also discussed this issue, but the discussion did not produce any results.

"I want to visit other places in Penglai County." Xu Han asked Zhou Xinyuan without continuing the topic.

"Okay, I will arrange a place for you first. Starting tomorrow, you can wander around as you like. I will arrange for an official from the Ceremony Department to accompany you to guide and explain for you." Zhou Xinyuan arranged.

"No, I can just walk around by myself. Why, Penglai County under the jurisdiction of your Xinghan League can't let an old man walk alone on the road?" Xu Han refused Zhou Xinyuan to arrange for someone to accompany him.

"Don't get me wrong, I have no other intentions, nor do I want to monitor you. Monitoring officials is the job of the Supervisory Department, and our Ceremony Department is only responsible for diplomatic receptions and ceremonies. Arranging for an official to accompany you is to do our best. The second is to ask him to give you some explanations. Penglai County under the jurisdiction of our Xinghan League has changed a lot." Zhou Xinyuan explained: "Besides, some places are not accessible to ordinary people. Accompanied by officials from the Department of Ceremonies, you can go in and visit, for example, some places within the factory. I think you will definitely be interested in these."

Maybe it was the last point that attracted Xu Han: "Okay, I won't be disrespectful, but don't make any preparations in advance. I want to see the real Penglai, not the Penglai you want me to see."

"No, I still have some confidence. You can see for yourself. I won't make any arrangements or follow you. I still have a lot of work to do, and I don't have that much free time." Zhou Xinyuan replied. .

"You Xinghan League has recruited so many officials, what else can you do as an official, and there are so many people under your command that you are not enough?" Xu Han didn't believe it.

"You will find out if you go down and take a look around. These officials are not enough now." Zhou Xinyuan stopped explaining and made no excuses. He still let Xu Han see for himself. Seeing is believing, and he will believe what he sees.

Zhou Xinyuan then took Xu Han to the cafeteria for a working dinner, and then took him to stay at Li Si's reception office.

The residence arranged for Xu Han is only one room, the room is two feet square, it is a suite, and there is a kang for living in the inner room.There is an outside office with tables and chairs.The washroom and toilet are in the corner of the courtyard where the suite is located. It is a public washroom with a public toilet. You need to go out to the public toilet when you get up at night.

"It's all based on this standard. It's a bit crude, so I hope you'll forgive me." Zhou Xinyuan explained.

"It's very good. It's fine if you can live there. I don't mind." Xu Han replied.

"The bedding has been washed and dried, and the toiletries are all new. You can rest. Someone will call you tomorrow and he will accompany you on the rest of your trip."

After Zhou Xinyuan introduced the various utensils in the room, he said goodbye and went home. He had not been home for more than a month and missed his family very much.

……

September [-]th, Chen hour.

Xu Han, who is "old and young", had already washed up and had breakfast early accompanied by the officials of the Department of Ceremonies. Then he asked the officials to change into ordinary casual clothes like himself and walked towards the south gate.

Xu Han planned to leave the city directly today and check out the villages outside the city.The purpose of this is to avoid Zhou Xinyuan's possible preparations. If Zhou Xinyuan is prepared, it will be within the scope of Penglai City at most. It is impossible to arrange the countryside outside the city in one night.

"Tell me about the division of labor in the government of your Xinghan League. Yesterday, I heard that Xinyuan mentioned a lot of new terms. Although I can roughly guess the functions of these branches, I still don't understand the details." Xu Han said to those who accompanied him. asked the official of the Department of Ceremonies.

"Yes, Sir Xu." The official of the Department of Ceremonies replied respectfully. This person was the former right minister of Zhao State, a big shot "below two people and above hundreds of millions."

"You don't need to be so polite. I'm just a laid-back person now. What's your name? If you don't mind, just call me Mr. Xu. I guess we will get along for a long time in the future. It's so awkward to be so polite." Xu Han asked.

"Mr. Xu, my surname is Jiang Mingbin, Jiang Ziya's Jiang, gentle and elegant Bin." replied the Li Secretary.

"What a good name! It praises you for its beauty and beauty, and it is subtle yet clear." Xu Han praised.

"How dare you? My father asked the fortune teller to give me a random name. It doesn't mean "gorgeous and beautiful"." Jiang Bin replied.

"If you know the meaning of this sentence, it means that your experience and articles must be very good." Xu Han continued to praise.

"Xu Laomiao praised me, but I didn't know until Mr. Zhou praised my name in the same way before." Jiang Bin explained awkwardly.

"Zhou Xinyuan's knowledge is indeed profound." Xu Han stopped the topic and asked again: "Then please introduce him to me."

"Okay!" Jiang Bin began to briefly introduce to Xu Han the responsibilities and division of labor of the Tenth Department of the Ministry of Political Affairs, the Ninth Department of the Military Department, and the Fifth Department of the Ministry of Law.

"Is it necessary to divide it in such detail?" Xu Han asked.

"Judging from the current implementation situation, it is still necessary. Although the number of civil servants has increased and salary expenditures have increased significantly compared with before the reform, after the reform, Xinghan League's control over the grassroots has also been greatly enhanced, and the implementation of various policies has also been improved. More thorough, more rapid feedback." Jiang Bin replied.

"Then can the tax revenue from your Xinghan League support so many departments and so many officials?" Xu Han asked.

"Yes, in addition to grain tax and commercial tax, Xinghan League also has ways to make money through fleets conducting overseas trade, factories, etc. The income is enough to support the current government expenditure." Jiang Bin replied

New words such as reform, government, trade, etc. were all words that Liu Xinqi said smoothly, and were learned and spread by the people below.

What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom. This is inevitable.

Many new words used by Xinghan League now come from Liu Xinqi's mouth, which also makes the people below admire Liu Xinqi's talent even more.

"Isn't this competing with the people for profit?" Xu Han said.

(End of this chapter)