Chapter 464: Live like a person
Sitting in front of Zhao Kuo, Meng Yi seemed particularly restrained.
Facing Zhao Kuo's father-in-law, Meng Yi just felt that he was under great pressure. In fact, it was not just Meng Yi. No matter who he was, it took great courage to marry Zhao Kuo's daughter. The power of the good family was really terrible. Of course, Meng Yi's family was not too weak. After all, starting from Meng Ao, the Meng family had also gone through three generations. Meng Ao served as Shangqing. He fought all his life. After Bai Qi's death, he took over Bai Qi's position and defeated Zhao, Wei, Chu and other countries one after another, and had a very high prestige in Qin.
After him, Meng Wu took over his father's position. Meng Wu's talent in fighting was not as talented as his father. However, it was also considered a middle-class and superior. He followed Zhao Kuo to fight against Chu, gained the position of Guanneihou, and became the top powerful man in Qin. Even Meng Yi's brother Meng Tian was deeply loved by the emperor and made great contributions to destroying Qi. Now he is an official in the border area, and he can be said to have a bright future.
Meng Yi seemed a little too little to see. When he married a good wife, he was just a disciple of the school. He was young, thin and not suitable for war, and he didn't even look very smart. However, in official history, although Meng Yi was not a general like his father and grandfather, he was smart and well-read. He served as a minister in Qin and was deeply loved by the emperor. There were not many records in history books, but judging from his deeds, that is, the emperor asked him to be responsible for handling ministers, his official position was very likely to be a Tingwei.
This is a high-ranking official at the level of the Nine Ministers, and the position of the Qin State's Tingwei is not low, the Three Dukes reserved. According to the emperor's trust and favor for him, it may be that he was left to Prince Fusu as the future Three Dukes reserved... As a result, after Hu Hai took office, he couldn't wait to kill Meng Yi. He was valued by the First Emperor and placed in the most important position. It can be seen that Meng Yi is still very talented.
Although Meng Yi has just completed his studies, he has a deep understanding of the law. He is familiar with historical materials and read a lot of books. However, in front of Zhao Kuo, he is nothing... Zhao Kuo squinted his eyes and looked at the son-in-law in front of him. He was still a little dissatisfied with this son-in-law, not because Meng Yi was not good, but because he stole his favorite. Of course, as a father, he still hopes to see the two of them happily together.
"Wife and father..." Meng Yi saw that Zhao Kuo's face was a little wrong, and hurriedly changed his words and said, "Father..." He asked uneasyly: "I don't know what you called me here suddenly?" Zhao Kuo was not in a hurry to answer his question. Zhao Kuo waved, and Ge held some thick paper and placed it in front of Meng Yi. Zhao Kuo said, "Do these things well."
Meng Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked him to do things. This was a good opportunity to please Zhao Kuo. He hurriedly opened the paper in front of him. The paper was full of cumbersome small things. Meng Yi was a little surprised and wrote some cases on it. Meng Yi realized that this seemed not to do things, but it was like an assessment. However, he was not panicked. He took a deep breath and started writing. Meng Yi knew the law very well and wrote very quickly. The more these questions came, the more strange it became, but Meng Yi could still write seriously.
I don’t know who came up with such strange problems. Basically, they were all questions that were not even asked for cerebral thrombosis for ten years. Meng Yi insisted on finishing it, and then there were small things about local governance, including the construction of water conservancy projects, and even the appointment and removal of local grassroots officials and introduction books for these candidates. From these tedious little things to the end, some relatively difficult problems arose.
For example, the copywriting on the revision of the law, the feudal system and the county system, and how the military merit system can be destroyed... Meng Yi did these questions, but he did not dare to be so casual, and carefully wrote down his views. As soon as he finished writing, Ge lifted these up and sent them to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo lowered his head and looked through them carefully. Meng Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and didn't know if what he answered satisfies Zhao Kuo.
He didn't know why Zhao Kuo had to test him like this.
Zhao Kuo looked at it for a long time and finally nodded. He stood up with a cane and said to Meng Yi: "Come with me!"
Meng Yi hurriedly followed Zhao Kuo. The two walked out of the yard and got on the frame. Meng Yi smiled all over his face, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. The pressure from his father-in-law was extraordinary. When the carriage finally stopped, Meng Yi found that they were coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhao Kuo walked out of the carriage. Meng Yi followed him. The soldiers in front of the door did not dare to stop him. They hurriedly paid a visit. When they walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion, they could not hear a rumor, but they could only hear the neat sound of writing.
When they found Zhao Kuo who had walked into the mansion, several people stopped writing at the same time and bowed to Zhao Kuo. Li Si, Han Fei, Xiao He, Zhang Cang and others were all there, but they didn't seem to be in good spirits. They looked at the young man behind Zhao Kuo in surprise, and Zhang Cang hugged at Xiao He happily. Xiao He pretended that he had not seen anything. Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si and said seriously: "I know you are very lucky. I want him to help you. He is a trustworthy person and his ability to do things is not bad."
"If possible, Han Fei, you have to teach him something a little."
Han Fei was stunned. He looked at Meng Yi, and after a moment, he finally recognized him, a relative!
Meng Yi understood that his father-in-law arranged a job for him. He came out of the school room. The emperor had not rewarded him with any official positions, nor did he participate in the assessment or anything. Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuo sent him directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion to serve as a minor official here. This is also a good starting point. He could learn a lot here. Zhao Kuo gave a few words and left in a hurry.
Li Si knew in his heart that Zhao Kuo had actually started to train the future three dukes and nine ministers. He wanted to create a stable team for Fusu. Li Si frowned and thought about it. Xiao He could serve as the left prime minister and the right prime minister of Zhang Cang. Now, the Marquis of Wu Cheng ordered Han Fei to train him. He was probably a court lieutenant or something. Then there was still a Taiwei shortage. No, there was no shortage of Taiwei, Zhao Kang, Meng Tian, Li Xin, and Wang Ben.
Li Si was thinking about these things, but Meng Yi took the initiative to come forward to meet these people. Meng Yi's personality is quite elegant, similar to Xiao He, but he is less steady than Xiao He and not as frivolous as Zhang Cang. Li Si granted Meng Yi a minor official on the spot, which can be understood as a secretary or a clerk. Meng Yi began his work in the Prime Minister's Mansion. There are many officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but there are only a few people who can work with Li Si.
After working hard here all day, Meng Yi did not disappoint Li Si. Although he was immature, he still had some talent and had room for cultivation. However, compared with the other two people, Meng Yi's talent seemed a little too insufficient, which made Meng Yi almost collapse. Why did I meet such a terrible person everywhere?
Li Si was right. Zhao Kuo was indeed helping to select some future capable ministers. In today's era, a good king and a good minister can play a great role. Fusu is still in training. According to Zhao Kang's letters, Fusu at least learned how to deal with officials and distinguish right from wrong. This is already very good. Fusu even used some unlucky means to get rid of those officials.
Although he always said that he was upright, he learned how to use disgraceful means. He was already a qualified king.
Even if he was not as good as his father, he would not be like Hu Hai... Even Zhao Kuo felt that for the people who had just experienced the war, a kind and benevolent emperor like Fusu might play a greater role. What Zhao Kuo wanted to do next was to restrain the First Emperor. Our First Emperor had a sense of dominance in his character. After the world was unified, he gradually had the tendency to move closer to the First Emperor in history.
This made Zhao Kuo very worried. He was really afraid that the First Emperor would commit the geriatric diseases of emperors in history. Most emperors would always make mediocre actions in their later years, such as Emperor Wu, Emperor Xuanzong, Sun Quan... Zhao Kuo once proposed that the First Emperor find time to inspect the place. The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty like to do this and truly understand the situation at the bottom. Compared with the false private visits of XXX in film and television dramas, the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were just serious private visits.
Of course they would also pick up girls. The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were generally lustful, some were good at women, some were good at men, and some were all. However, the group of people in the early Western Han Dynasty had a very useful private visit. At least they would not be deceived by ministers, and would not sit in the palace to think that the world was peaceful and prosperous. The First Emperor did follow Zhao Kuo's statement, patrolling everywhere and checking the situation of the place, but every time he went out, he always wanted to kill some officials.
Han Fei began to advise him, asking him to make a judgment based on the law and not to deal with it at will!
With Han Fei blocked him, the First Emperor also had no fire.
At this time, Zhao Kuo's new policy had arrived in the later period. The major changes in the system first caused some discomfort, but there was no impact in the six countries, because there was no deep foundation for military merit in the six countries. Zhao Kuo's main reform was to destroy the original Qin State. This was even more so in the implementation of the new law. Han Fei quickly formulated a loose law and relaxed many restrictions on the people.
When this law began to be implemented, an earthquake was triggered on the land of the old Qin people! What? Can you go out for a walk? What? Can you gather together? What? Don’t have to go home and stay at the prescribed time? Everyone was a little unbelievable, so that in the first few days, they still dared not go out or gather. However, when the officials repeatedly reminded that someone tried the law with their own hands, they finally understood that it was different from the past.
This is great news for the people of the six countries. They were used to being casual, but they could not adapt to the harsh Qin law. Now, the Qin law has changed and no longer restricted them so much. They are like before. This is really good news. All over the world celebrated and gathered together to cheer, but no officials came to arrest them again. When Zhao Kuo drove his carriage out of Xianyang, he saw those uneasy and happy people.
The old people gathered together, talked about the glory of the past, and talked about the years when they fought with Wucheng Hou, while the young people were playing Cuju. They ran around, laughed, and pushed each other. Women and children were also watching around, talking and laughing. They no longer had to force themselves to join the army, they no longer had to be stern all day, they no longer had to suffer from the past, and now, they finally became like individuals.
Some young people boldly recite poems to their lovers, which was not allowed in the past. Some people drove a car to visit their daughters and sons-in-law whom they married, and they did not have to beg officials to allow themselves to pass... An army disguised as a country is disappearing, while those "soldiers" have become common people. Their happiness is so simple, they can move, see the person they want to meet, and be able to boldly hold their lover's hand on the road. This is enough.
Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and smiled happily, his eyes curled into crescent moons.
When he came to the village, the officials just checked his verification and let him in, without interrogating his purpose, and did not supervise him to reach his destination... The local old men couldn't help but stand up when they saw Zhao Kuo in the carriage. They didn't know Zhao Kuo, but they saw an elder with white hair coming like a god, and they couldn't help but stand up to pay homage.
As he grew older, Zhao Kuo's appearance became more and more similar to the rumored immortals, and even his temperament was the same. Zhao Kuo visited everyone and asked about Xinlu. The villagers here mentioned Xinlu and wanted to say a lot. They first praised Han Fei and Zhao Kuo, and then talked about their current life. Xinlu had a great impact on the old Qin people.
They don’t have to live a life of fear, and don’t have to worry about one day breaking a certain law and being taken away... The number of criminals in Qin is not as good as the six countries. Most of them have committed very small crimes. In later generations, no, it is not considered a crime in the Western Han Dynasty. For example, if you get sick one day, you don’t go to work on time, and you don’t ask for leave, then you will be arrested...
For example, if your neighbor suddenly rebelled and you didn’t know anything about it, you would also have to bear the punishment of rebellion together.
For example, when you walk on the road, you meet two old friends, and the three of them stand together and chat for a long time, well, it's a crime.
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For example, if a thief comes to your house and you find that you don’t lose much and have not reported to the official, then the government will arrest you and the thief when it finds out.
For example, if you go shopping and don’t ask the merchant to issue invoices for you, you both have to go to prison.
For example, if you want to impeach an official, you are afraid that he will take revenge and secretly write a letter without real name. Well, commit a crime. Even the officials who read your letter will commit a crime together. According to the law, he should burn it.
Chapter completed!