The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Just when Zhongshan Kingdom was full of excitement because of a small mailbox, Liu Qi, who was far away in Chang'an City, finally became active.

Emperor Jing officially began to build the emperor's tomb in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty.That was the fourth year after he ascended the throne, that is, the year when the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was put down.The construction time of the mausoleums of the Western Han emperors was very random, and there were no rules and regulations. Therefore, some emperors started construction early, and some delayed it until the last few years of their lives. The decision was mainly based on the disposable income of the state's finances.

The year when the Seven Kingdoms were established was a peak in Emperor Han Jing's life. Since then, the Han Empire has officially moved towards the road of centralization.

The seven razed and rich vassal states provided a large amount of supplies to Emperor Jing, and the rebellious officials and thieves of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion provided him with surplus labor, so the construction of Yangling was started.

The identity of prisoners is different from that of ordinary people who come to serve in civil service. They have no human rights. If ordinary people are lazy because they mainly drink and curse, then dealing with them is directly whipping.

They do the dirtiest, tiring, and most consuming jobs.Many of this group of prisoners were born in Jingui, and not many people could bear such treatment. Therefore, a large number of prisoners died in the past, and there was a gap in labor force, but later this part of the gap was covered by Ying The family members of the persons involved in the case in Chuan County and their families added.

But Liu Qi was not happy about it at all.

The accident in Yingchuan County was undoubtedly a slap in the face for him, but in fact, if the youngest son hadn't discovered the clue, he might have been kept in the dark.

For a person who is proud of centralization and has indeed achieved results, it is undoubtedly an extremely ironic and extremely angry thing to find out that his control is not so secure.

The people in Yingchuan were uprooted, the Marquis of Yingyin was expelled, the relevant family members were liquidated, the privately embezzled family property was confiscated, and all branches and vines were basically cleaned up.Those who could find their wrongdoers were all returned, and those who had been persecuted were also given some compensation.

The blood of these unforgivable people poured into Yingchuan, which fits the nursery rhyme.

In the end, evil will be rewarded with evil and good will be rewarded with good. The story seems to be over like this, but only Liu Qi knows that this matter does not end so easily in his heart.

The incident in Yingchuan County told him that there is a loophole in the current administrative system of the Han Dynasty. The loophole is just a few more people from the Yurou Township, and in the future, there may be people who secretly garrison troops.

This time when they dealt with Yingyinhou, it was a lot more difficult because he had soldiers in his hands.If the news of the place cannot be grasped by him in the first place, the consequences may be too dire.

The governor system is easy to use, but just like his father's idea, Liu Qi feels that it is enough to use this system once or twice, and it will become invalid if it is used too much. Moreover, the governor system is now under the prime minister. It is to elevate the status of the prime minister.

"Wouldn't it be better if the prime minister's position is higher?" The little prince of Han Kingdom tilted his head and asked, "Che'er thinks that Prime Minister Zhou is very powerful."

Liu Qi let out a laugh from his nose, "Oh? Are you talking about Zhou Yafu's strength?"

Liu Che blinked, not understanding why his father would ask this question.Isn't it something everyone knows how powerful Zhou Yafu is?

Even so, he said honestly: "My son heard that when Zhou Yafu became a general, he could break the sharp fronts of Wu and Chu, and quell the disaster in a few months. As a prime minister, he will keep upright and act impartially."

"Brother said that a courtier is a competent courtier if he can do his duty well. If he can do other things well in addition to his duty, then he is a good courtier."

"The prime minister himself is a general, and my son has read the records of his grandfather's work in the Xiliu army. The Xiliu army has strict discipline, just like the solidity of a golden city, and my son yearns for it."

Liu Qi looked at his youngest son with his chest puffed up and eyes shining, and shook his head with a smile.He did not evaluate whether his son's remarks were correct, nor did he tell his son what Zhou Yafu and Prime Minister Zhou were like in the eyes of him as an emperor, but asked first, "Your brother Sheng is the same as the courtier you said. what's going on?"

"Hmm~" Liu Che rolled his eyes slyly, then grinned and said to Liu Qi, "Father, I'll test you."

"Oh, you still want to test me?" Liu Qi smiled, pinched the tip of his son's nose and said, "Okay, you can test."

Liu Xiaozhu clasped his hands behind his back, and cleared his throat very seriously, "Just now I said a competent courtier, a good courtier, so guess what, Father, if there is a courtier who is particularly capable, he can complete any task beautifully." He is beautiful and bright, and everyone says he is good, even his enemies say he is good. Father, tell me, what kind of minister is such a minister?"

There was a smile on Liu Qi's lips, but there was a dark light in his eyes. He rolled up his sleeves and bowed slightly, "There is still this kind of minister, so capable... must be a world-renowned virtuous minister?"

"Father gave the wrong answer!" Hearing the answer he wanted, Liu Che was overwhelmed with pride. He propped up his waist and said, "Such a subject is a sycophant."

"Oh?"

Liu Che didn't notice his father's unusual attitude, so he triumphantly told his father the story he heard from his elder brother, "Brother told my son the story of Zhao Gao, a man of Qin, who was extremely dexterous when he was a minister of the First Emperor. He is also very popular, so the First Emperor trusted him and let him carry the seal with him."

"But this person is really bad. My brother told me that most of the good courtiers in the world are not very popular, because they all have a goal they want to achieve, and they will go on a rampage towards that goal, and because their eyes are full of people. If there is no sand, it will be easy to conflict with others. Similarly, if the emperor’s opinion is different from what they think, they will not hesitate to offend the emperor and oppose it. There may also be private friends and court enemies among ministers.”

"But bad courtiers are gathered together for their own interests. Their foundation is the emperor's trust and favor, so they will do everything possible to please the emperor, even if they know that the emperor has done something wrong, because they are afraid of losing the emperor's favor. They will not persuade them, they will help the emperor to do bad things, and they will suppress those who stop the emperor."

Liu Che nodded vigorously to emphasize his voice, "It's really bad!"

"Brother said, it's actually because they don't have faith. The faith of these people is the power itself. Zhao Gao is like this, and so is Li Si. Therefore, when we use courtiers, we must use courtiers who have faith and goals. We cannot use such Power for the sake of power. Even if you want to use it, try not to let it ascend to a high position."

"Your brother..." Liu Qi pointed to the case, thought it over and over again, and asked a more subtle question, "On weekdays, do you just talk to you about this?"

Liu Che nodded, not understanding what his father meant, he thought for a while and said, "Brother was reading history books at the time, so I happened to be talking to Che'er about the First Emperor."

"Oh? What did he say about the First Emperor?" Liu Qi was rather curious.

Liu Che tilted his head and thought for a while, "Brother has said a lot, but two words have the deepest influence on Che'er."

He compared his fingers, "One is more modern than ancient, and the other is extremely creative."

These two are relatively neutral words, Liu Che sighed, but there was yearning in his eyes.

"My brother said that Qin Shihuang was a natural talent who created the world, a genius in all aspects, and because of his intelligence, he himself embarked on a road that the ancients have never walked before."

"But also because of his cleverness, he took a path that only believed in himself."

"Besides, my brother didn't say any more. He said that Che'er is still young and can't understand the story of the first emperor, so he told his son the story of Zhao Gao and taught him how to distinguish and use ministers."

Hearing this, Liu Qi didn't ask any more questions, he just turned his head slightly and asked: "Then why don't you talk like your father, how do you distinguish your ministers?"

"Choose one who dares to speak." Liu Che raised his fingers, "Choose one who can speak."

"Then choose someone who dares to do things."

"Choose another one who can do the job."

"These four people will be the backbone of the court."

The little boy raised his hand to his father and smiled very proudly.

Emperor Han Jing's eyes were deep, but he looked at his young son with a gentle gaze, "How to use a minister?"

The child shook his head, "Just let Jane do what she can, and follow what is good."

"It's a good one who can let it go, choose what is good and follow it." Liu Qi said with a smile, "Then Cheer, come and talk to my father, look at this court, who is the one who dares to speak, who can speak, who dares to do things, who can work?"

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Xia Anran didn't know what his younger brother did. When he looked at the long list of argumentative essay topics his father wrote for him, he felt that his eyes were dark.

Why did the old father suddenly give him more homework?

And there are propositions such as "On Chao Cuo", how should he write it?Could it be said that the old father killed Chao Cuo as a sacrifice?Compared with this kind, "On Jia Yi" and "On the Death of Qin Dynasty" are relatively simple.

What stimulated Dad, why did he suddenly think of assigning him this kind of homework?Xia Anran felt that the old father was simply making trouble for no reason, he was really busy now, and the old father added to his burden.

Conceited, Xia Anran squinted at "On the Death of Qin" for a while, and then swiped a pen, "Those who destroy the Six Kingdoms, the Six Kingdoms, are not Qin Ye. Those who belong to Qin, Qin Ye, are not the world."

After shaking his wit, he thought about it, and in the end he had a bad conscience and changed a piece of paper to answer the paper again. Hey, it's not good to travel to an earlier ancient time. If you are not careful, you will plagiarize.

But when he was forced to indulge in his homework, an imperial edict was suddenly issued from Chang'an City to each county and state, which was written by Emperor Jing himself, and it was called "Edict of Ling Erqianshi Cultivation".

Its main content is to warn local governors to be loyal to their duties, strengthen their duties of supervision and governance, and crack down on violations of law and discipline in the areas they govern.

Xia Anran rubbed her chin, although this edict was distributed to two thousand stones everywhere, Xia Anran, as the lord of a country, also got a copy in advance.

His first reaction after receiving it was——Liu Qi planned to rectify the local government.

This is actually what everyone expected. The incident in Yingchuan County really angered the emperor, and all the middle and upper-level officials in a county were uprooted. This is almost equivalent to directly cleaning up a city in later generations. .

Because they were prepared in their hearts, these officials felt calm after receiving this edict. Those who had no ghosts in their hearts should naturally do what to do, and those who had ghosts in their hearts should hurry up and clean up the first and last.

Just when everyone thought that the previous matter was over like this, Emperor Jing made a big move.

He divided the whole country into thirteen prefectures, and each prefecture was a supervisory area. He set up a governor to supervise the officials of the counties and counties where he was located, that is, he transformed the governor system of surprise inspections into a regular system.

At the same time, the scope of duties of the governor was transferred. The department that originally belonged to the prime minister was transferred to the censor Zhongcheng, that is, from the administrative agency to the judiciary.And it is independent of local units and directly responsible to the central government.

The governor's salary is very low, and the main source of income is performance. There is no fixed office, and he can go wherever he wants to investigate.

They also do not have the right to intervene in local government affairs, and all their responsibilities are only to control the middle and high-level officials and the sons of officials.

That's right, the family members of Erqianshi officials were included in the control targets this time.

This is because Emperor Jing discovered from the Yingchuan case that Erqianshi himself had little chance of committing a crime. Most of them were burdened by family members, and some were entrusted by in-laws as an introduction.Even the local tyrants have grasped this trick, starting with the sons of Erqianshi, first dragging other people's children into the water, and then using officials at all levels to give priority to the heirs, who can't bear to deal with their own children, just like the children in the dark water. Like water plants, they quietly bound and restrained the originally clean officials.

This kind of method is almost tried and tested. After all, there are only a few who can kill relatives righteously. Liu Qi asked himself, if he encountered the same problem, it would be difficult to control it.

This kind of method is too despicable. When Liu Qi looked at several bamboo slips with basically similar methods, he was really angry. He was angry that these people were inhumane, and he was angry that Erqianshi had been recruited one after another, which reflected that these people were running their families. The problem of laxity is very serious.

It's just that he also knows that the situation of family education is really difficult for Erqianshi officials to deal with.The official system and working hours are placed here, and the father and son spend less time together, and most of the burden of taking care of the children is placed on the mother.

The long-term relationship between mother and child is deep and deep, and the woman is soft-hearted by nature. The son begs in front, and the wife is crying at the side. Many men finally raised their hands and compromised.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi added this item to the newly added position, and included the offspring of officials in the scope of investigation, severely cracking down on the local Erqianshi's unfair law enforcement and favoritism.

Liu Qi's move actually implemented two sets of administrative systems for local officials, one was the normal appointment and evaluation of officials under the prime minister, and the other was the supervision of the judicial system, a two-pronged approach.

Not long after the governor of the Thirteen States took office, the report was passed to Liu Qi like snowflakes. Liu Qi did not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife for the verified matter. In the first half of the first year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan, It was spent in blood.

Because of this terrible atmosphere, although the country of Zhongshan was relatively stable, the surrounding counties were all affected. The number of large caravans that used to shuttle back and forth was much less, and most of the tourist teams that had originally made reservations failed to arrive.

Xia Anran, who was tricked by her father, looked at her family's income information for the first and second quarters, feeling extremely heartbroken.But time turned to the beginning of summer, and the collective marriage of the little feudal lords calmed everyone down a bit.Your Majesty's sons are about to get married, so you won't be able to raise a knife at this time, will you?

Of course Liu Qi didn't raise his knife again. On the contrary, in order to appease the world, he also ordered that all men be rewarded with a rank of nobleman, the elderly from all over the country will be given an extra five catties of millet this month, and every hundred women will be rewarded with cattle and wine, and allowed to hold banquets and other benefits.

Regardless of the other things, the first level of reward from the Lord is really practical.In the Qin and Han Dynasties, this title could be used to offset crimes. In the Han Dynasty, there were [-] ranks of titles. Among them, the status of a citizen can be capped at the eighth rank. To solve the mistake, then you can use the eighth-level title to offset part of the money, and then pay the remaining fees.

If you can afford it, you can return to your freedom; if you can't, you only need to serve the rest of your sentence.

So what if one person's level eight is already full, and the country can't add it?It's okay, the Duke can transfer it to his wife and children.

Relying on this system, there is sufficient food at the border all year round, because the people, especially the businessmen, are desperately earning titles for themselves and their families to protect themselves.

The precarious first half of the first year seemed to have come to an end, and the emperor closed his eyes again showing a kind expression.

For the common people, such a move by the emperor has indeed increased their living security. In order to prevent the governor from being caught, the two thousand stones have ruthlessly governed.All the people who bullied the countryside were arrested, and the looted properties and fields were returned. The people rejoiced and thanked His Majesty for his kindness.

Since the governor's inspection object is the two thousand stones, it naturally also includes the two thousand stones in the domain.

Zhongshan State was assigned to Jizhou Governor's Department.Although Jizhou is small, it is extremely difficult to govern. Three of Jinshang's sons are sealed here. The Queen Mother's hometown and Qinghe County where the Dou family's home court is also here. In addition to these, there are many princesses and marquises. The fiefdoms are also here, including Princess Guantao.

The hardness of this bone is basically second only to the Sili where Chang'an is located, and the Qingzhou Governor's Department where Shandong is located.

But I don't know whether it's because of the face of the two vassal kings who are about to get married, or whether the newly appointed governor of Jizhou mainly targets the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of the central government, Zhongshan Kingdom has not been affected.

...Actually, the impact doesn't matter!The little king rubbed his chin. The two thousand stones of Zhongshan Kingdom, whether it is Zhidu, Han Ying, or Cheng Buzhi, are all very reliable. Moreover, Zhongshan Kingdom is a new state, and the brand-new regime is usually not prone to problems. .

When he was thinking this way, he received a report.

The report came from Beiping County in the northern part of Zhongshan. The content of the report was: a large number of privately minted copper coins appeared in Beiping County, and Chen Jiao's private seal was knocked on this letter sent back through the "King's Mailbox".

Why do you need to deliver the letter back through this channel?What about the soldiers and attendants that Chen Jiao brought to Beiping County?Is it because Chen Jiao is trying to prevent surprises, or is it because she can't let go of her hand?

The moment Xia Anran opened the letter, she wanted to go to Peiping in person, but was stopped by Zhidu.

Zhidu's reason for stopping him was very simple, no matter what the reason was, it would not make any sense for Xia Anran to go.If the other party had the power to restrain the attendants brought by the Lord Weng, then the sudden entry of the little king would alarm them and threaten the Lord Weng's safety.

And if the Weng Lord himself just wants to pass the news quietly without disturbing the local area, then the big actions brought about by his trip will make the Weng Lord's kindness be wasted.

Zhidu said that he can just go for this matter.

There was a legitimate reason for Zhidu to go to Beiping, and the rainy season was coming soon, so he had to personally inspect whether the flood control work in the central and northern regions of Zhongshan Country, where the river network was densely covered, was in place.He also did this in previous years, but this year he traveled earlier.

At that time, Zhidu will carry out inspections in the open, and then conduct investigations on the grounds of purchasing materials and expropriating civilian service, so that the thieves will not be alarmed.

After careful consideration, Xia Anran agreed.But he asked Zhidu to bring a team of personal guards just in case.

These guards, who were all safe, were all equipped with the latest equipment from Zhongshan Kingdom. They even put on the chain mail that Zhongshan Kingdom produces in a small amount in their wallets.Although they look like ordinary personal guards, they are actually the ones that can transform with one click.

Zhi didn't reject His Royal Highness's kindness.

Zhidu had been gone for half a decade, and when the little king was so anxious that he brushed the long cat five or six times a day, and was about to bald the hair it had lost a lot in the summer, Zhidu finally sent back the news.

It's not good, but it's not bad either.

The reason why it is not good is that almost the entire Beiping County is already using this currency. The most troublesome thing is that the local people do not know that the counterfeit currency is being used.The format of this currency is basically similar to Dahan's current mainstream currency, and the error seems to be very small to the naked eye, and it can't be seen at all if you don't use a scale.

Judging by the weight and fineness, these "counterfeit coins" are not too fake, and the big heads used are also copper, which belongs to the more conscientious category of counterfeit coins.

Judging from the aging degree of coins circulating in the market, Zhi all thinks that this kind of currency was not manufactured and used in the past two years, which means that this counterfeit workshop is likely to have been active here several years ago.

Because from the reign of Emperor Wen to the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Emperor Jing, private minting of coins was allowed by the people, and if it was before the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, then Beiping County did not belong to the Zhongshan Kingdom at that time.

Of course, even if folk coins are allowed, there are still requirements for the fineness and weight of copper coins. It is still impossible to argue that the coins in circulation today are counterfeit.

Now the focus of their investigation is where did this huge amount of copper come from?Considering that the Laiyuan Copper Mine is nearby, Zhi all guessed that this was a case of smuggling copper nuggets from the Laiyuan Copper Mine, and then the people of Beiping County were in charge of minting coins.

And because after Laiyuan County was included in the Zhongshan Kingdom, the middle and upper officials at that time were replaced, and Emperor Jing ordered that the private minting of coins was not allowed, so everything stopped.

This point is still inconclusive, and Zhidu is still investigating. The focus of his investigation is whether there are new coins circulating in the market. If there are new coins, the nature of this matter will be completely different.At the same time, he also focused on checking whether the counterfeit equipment is still there. If these things are still in Zhongshan, they are very likely to be used by people with intentions.

As for Chen Jiao, Zhidu had already contacted someone, and it was indeed Chen Jiao who started this matter.In fact, the matter is very simple to say, Chen Jiao herself found out that this matter was a mistake, mainly thanks to Zhang Tang's keenness.

After Chen Jiao and her party arrived in Beiping County, they immediately inspected the area.

However, as Xia Anran said, Beiping County itself is close to the border. The construction of infrastructure and life attitude are mainly to defend against the enemy, and the folk customs are relatively sturdy.The local county magistrate welcomed the arrival of the old master, but when he heard that she was here to see if there was a branch campus, they all showed embarrassment.

The reason is very simple. The particularity of the area where they live means that the lifestyle of the people here is completely different from that in Lunu County. The first point is that the men here also have to undertake the task of guarding the city wall, and exercise more in their free time on weekdays. , Drill weapons, and gather for military drills almost every month.Moreover, the Han Dynasty also had a military service system, and Beiping County was the closest to Bianguandai County, so they were generally the key areas for military service in Zhongshan.

The economy in the south is developed, and it is indeed far enough away from Dai County. It is not worthwhile to go to the border of Dai County to serve for three days. They are responsible for spending money, and the men in Beiping County will replace these people to serve in the military, and they can also make money by the way. , so the labor force of men in Beiping County is actually in a state of shortage.

The number of men is insufficient, so it is natural that women, children and the elderly will make up for it.In fact, if Beiping County had not been at the forefront of Han-Hungarian trade in the past few years, and could buy cheaper grassland cattle as farming power, the women here would have been overwhelmed.

Nowadays, most of the basic farm tools in Zhongshan have been updated to iron farm tools. Harvesting tools and threshing tools are popularized in the villages, which greatly reduces the burden on women.

But although the situation is slightly better than before, it is definitely impossible to have one or two hours of free time every day to go to school.Moreover, the layout of Beiping County is not as regular as that of Lunu County, and it is almost impossible to find the most convenient place for people to gather.

The county magistrate is also very sorry. If possible, he certainly hopes that the people under his rule can get education, but if the situation is not clear, when the Lord Weng opens the school, no lady will sign up, and the situation will be even more serious.He can't force the woman to put down her work to fill the show, can she?

Unexpectedly, after Chen Jiao thought for a while, she still planned to give it a try, but she had an unyielding energy in her bones.

And the way is people's thinking. At worst, the teaching time here will be changed to evening, so women don't have to do farm work when the weather is dark, right?

With such a naive idea, she sent someone to hire pawns to help her do the investigation report, but she didn't know that the investigation report hadn't been counted yet, but something went wrong when paying the bill.

The price Chen Jiao offered was three reports for a penny. These people were contractors who received a bunch of questionnaires and then found a few small workers to distribute them. When the final bill was settled, the number was extremely considerable.

Seeing these people counting pennies and pennies, the steward who distributed the money reminded that the country stipulates that copper coins have weights. In fact, it is only necessary to weigh such a large amount.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the expressions of the local people changed immediately. After that, these people asked the steward to help them calculate the weight with curiosity, and tried to weigh it again, but they had extremely strange expressions when they left.

And this scene fell into the eyes of Zhang Tang who happened to come to look for Chen Jiao.

Zhang Tang is so perceptive, he immediately felt that something was wrong, so he managed to collect some copper coins from the streets, and when he came back to weigh them, both he and Chen Jiao changed their expressions.

Both of them knew about the Zhongshan state-owned copper mine, but they arrived late and didn't know that the Zhongshan state's copper mine was not used to make currency for local circulation. Now both of them thought that these short-lived copper mines in the market The copper coins were made by Xia Anran.

There was also a lot of debate between Zhang Tang and Chen Jiao about how to deal with this matter.Zhang Tang felt that this was the territory of the King of Zhongshan, and it was impossible for him not to know about such a large-scale counterfeit coin, but Chen Jiao felt that the coins used in Lunu County were clearly enough and there was no problem. Slaves.

Moreover, Zhongshan has its own copper mines, and the output is sufficient, so there is no need to cut corners. This should be recast by the locals, and has nothing to do with my cousin.

Neither of the two parties could convince anyone, so Zhang Tang decided to investigate secretly.Chen Jiao was angry and impatient, and she didn't dare to go through the official channel, for fear of alarming these "thieves" who deceived others, so she had an idea and sent someone to the mailbox, and forced him to be the one who had been tortured by many criminal investigation movies in modern times. The cousin was taken aback.

The author has something to say:

Liu Che: Establish a governor system.

Liu Che: Currency reform...

Liu Che: It's all my credit QAQ, what should I do if brother and father have done all of this?

Xia Miao: Brother, we are smoothing out the branches and tendrils for you. From now on, you only need to make waves.

Liu Che: Really?

Xia Miao: Yes, yes (in a coaxing tone)

Liu Che: Brother, you are lying!You said before that things are endless, and once a difficulty is overcome, there will be new difficulties!

Liu Qi: Hehe, let you talk nonsense with your younger brother, come on, first tell Father what you and your younger brother said.

Xia Miao: I was wronged! !Liu Xiaozhu was actually 3 years old at that time! I just casually said that he remembered everything I knew!I don't remember saying anything spicy myself!

Liu, I have a very good memory since I was a child. I will never forget my grudges. I remember everything my brother said. My head is full of strange thoughts. There are a lot of truths. Che: =w=

To tell the truth, children's memory is really good. The author is sometimes surprised by the memory of the little niece, especially if you casually say anything, she will remember it.Tut tut.

So when teaching children, be careful with what you say, (pointing, pointing, pointing)

Xia Miao: Blame me! ! ! ?