Ying Chengjiao, who appeared angry on the surface but was happy on the inside, walked out of the Xianyang Palace smoothly, which gave him a bad feeling.
During these days, he had no intention of competing with the First Emperor.
But in essence, everything he did was against the First Emperor.
Forty-six resignation letters, the Imperial Household Department which was so idle that it was about to grow weeds, and the Prime Minister's Office which only had left and right prime ministers but no chancellor...
My brother didn't ask Gai Nie to come out and get me? This is not like his temper.
Most likely it's because the New Year is approaching and my royal brother is preparing to go to Yongdi for the sacrifice, so he has no time to come to me.
He doesn't have time to find trouble with me, so can I do something else in Xianyang?
Always go to the rooftop chicken to suffer...
Ying Chengjiao muttered to himself and returned to Chang'an Jun Mansion in a very good mood.
"What are you doing!"
Ying Chengjiao was furious. He rushed forward, grabbed the leading official by the collar and asked fiercely.
In front of the gate of Chang'an Junfu, there was a constant stream of people and Qin officials appeared one after another.
Each of them was wearing a black official uniform, holding pens, inkstones, abacus and other items in their hands, and boxes of bamboo slips that could not even be closed were piled under their feet.
What made Ying Chengjiao's eyes jump the most was that there was an extra plaque in front of the entrance of his mansion.
There are three big characters on it - Guoweifu.
Ying Zheng, are you still a human being?
Move the company to my doorstep!
I knew you wouldn't be the kind of person who would suffer any loss!
When the official who was grabbed by the collar by Ying Chengjiao saw Ying Chengjiao, he was not angry but happy.
"The captain is back!"
This shout was like a signal flare, and all the people gathered at the door turned their eyes to stare at Ying Chengjiao, their eyes all glowing green.
Like a pack of wolves pouncing on sheep, everyone swarmed around Ying Chengjiao, each with a hungry look on their face.
The way they looked at Ying Chengjiao was even hungrier than those ordinary guests who had spent three years and emptied their savings to go to the brothel to find a concubine and have a good time.
Ying Chengjiao's muscles were tense and his alertness was at its highest level.
At this moment, the only pistol in the world in his arms could not give him a sense of security.
There are too many people, and we can’t kill them all even if we run out of bullets.
"Two hundred thousand shi of grain from Xianyang warehouse are being transported to Shangjun. The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs the approval of the State Commandant to use this as military rations."
"The military pay for each army has not been distributed yet at the end of the year. Please approve the distribution of the military pay, Lord Lieutenant."
"Marquis Tongwu has sent a memorial, saying that the Donghu have been too bullying, and he wants the court to deploy an additional 100,000 troops on the northeastern border next year. Marquis Tongwu's original words were that Ben wanted to expand the territory. Your Majesty, please ask the national commander to approve and submit this memorial."
“…”
The people who gathered around were all officials from the State Guardian's Office, and they were talking about the government affairs that the State Guardian's Office had to deal with.
They were all extremely anxious and surrounded Ying Chengjiao in a crowded manner, as if they were afraid that Ying Chengjiao would run away.
Dozens of grown men spoke at the same time, and their tone was so irritating that Ying Chengqiao almost fell over.
"Stop making noise!"
Ying Chengjiao roared loudly, and these three words were uttered with internal force, and the sound was louder than the voices of dozens of grown men.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
After calming down the situation, Ying Chengjiao said with a dark face, "Why don't you go to the National Lieutenant General to stamp the military rations and distribute the military pay? If the National Lieutenant General is on leave and not here, why don't you go to the National Lieutenant Left Supervisor and the National Lieutenant Right Supervisor?
"The huge State Commandery can't function without the State Commandery? The Qin State wants you all to eat and do nothing? You will all be sentenced to prison at the end of the year! Learn from the Xiangbang Mansion next door!"
The Qin State’s official system was very complete, and each prefecture had a complete team of officials.
For example, in the Supreme Court, the top leader was the Supreme Court Justice, the second in command was the Chief Justice, and the third and fourth in command were the Right and Left Justices.
When the Tingwei was absent, the Tingwei Zheng was in charge of the Tingwei Office. When both the Tingwei and the Tingwei Zheng were absent, the Tingwei Youjian and Tingwei Zuojian were in charge of the Tingwei Office.
According to the importance of the government and the amount of government affairs it handles.
In a government office, there are between three and five people who are qualified to be in charge.
The original subjective purpose of establishing this official system was to prevent one aristocratic family from dominating the country, to allow everyone to share the spoils, to handle government affairs quickly, to improve efficiency and to avoid imprisonment.
It has nothing to do with the person in charge suddenly stopping doing his job and wanting to resign - how many people would give up the power they have obtained?
But objectively speaking, this effectively prevents the phenomenon of a government coming to a standstill due to the lack of a person in charge.
The Guowei Mansion was one of the most important government offices in the Qin State, although it did not have that many government affairs.
However, it was also equipped with a four-member leadership team headed by the National Captain, assisted by the National Captain, and filled by the National Captain's Left Supervisor and the National Captain's Right Supervisor.
Generally speaking, unless the First Emperor specifically requested the State Commandant to speak , the State Commandant had to take charge of the matter personally - such as the incident mentioned just now where Wang Ben wanted to send troops to attack the Donghu.
Other matters such as military pay and rations can be handled by the State Commandant's Office even when the State Commandant is not there.
Just like the position of Prime Minister concurrently held by Ying Chengjiao, the Prime Minister's Office has been running smoothly even without him for such a long time.
It is abnormal for Ying Chengjiao not to go to the Guowei Mansion to work, and it is even more abnormal that the Guowei Mansion has so many backlogs of things.
"Did the captain offend someone?"
The official who shouted first had a sad face and there was a hint of crying in his voice.
The Chinese New Year is just a few days away, and the Qin State’s pre-New Year assessment will begin in two days.
If the affairs of the State Guardian's Office remain so overstocked, then all of their officials will be sentenced to prison.
"The Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard's Left Supervisor, and the Imperial Guard's Right Supervisor are all on leave at the same time. There is really no one in charge in the Imperial Guard's Mansion!"
The anger in Ying Chengjiao's eyes grew even stronger.
Except for his royal brother who was unwilling to suffer any loss, no one else could allow the three major officials of the National Guard Office to take a rest at the same time in Xianyang.
The Qin Dynasty was unprecedentedly centralized at this time, and they dared to do this in front of the First Emperor, courting death.
Ying Zheng!
You did it absolutely!
Do you really want me to read dozens of memorials and withhold dozens of stamps?
"Put all the memorials that need to be stamped on it, and I will stamp them for you."
At this time, Ying Chengjiao had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.
It is not difficult to read decision-making memorials, and it is not difficult to stamp them - for example, matters such as military pay and rations, just take a glance and stamp them.
However, if it was just such a small matter, why would these officials of the National Guard be so anxious, so anxious that they were like hungry wolves that had been hungry for three days and three nights?
"Master, please take a look!"
An official from the Imperial Guard in the front row handed over a scroll of bamboo slips as if by magic.
Ying Chengjiao originally wanted to say that he would talk about it after entering the mansion, but he glanced at the anxious and frightened faces of the people surrounding him and held back.
After all, it was because of him that these people almost received imprisonment.
Ying Chengjiao took out the bamboo slips with an unhappy look on his face, unfolded them and took a look. Within five breaths, he threw the slips into the hands of the official who handed them to him.
"Deal with it! Give me your opinion! Are you submitting it to me so that I can deal with it? Do you think I am like Ying Zheng who is willing to do everything myself?"
How dare you, Lord Commandant, address Your Majesty by his name?
The faces of everyone present changed, and they felt the urge to disperse to avoid being implicated.
Thinking that Ying Chengjiao was the younger brother of the First Emperor and was appointed as the Imperial Lieutenant and Prime Minister, he held back.
Everyone pretended that they hadn't heard anything and tried their best to calm down their pale faces.
"I have no right to decide this matter. I can only report it to you, my Lord."
The official held the bamboo slips in his hand.
An expression that said, "I want to deal with it and give advice, but I can't do it."
Ying Chengjiao suppressed his anger and asked, "How much is your salary?"
Qin officials did not have fixed ranks, and the first and second ranks were terms used by later dynasties.
In the Qin Dynasty, if one was not a member of the officialdom and was not familiar with all official positions, the most reliable way to determine the rank of an official was to use salary.
"Eighty stones."
Eighty shi was the lowest official salary in the Guowei Mansion. Even the annual salary of the building manager was one hundred shi.
Basically, such officials could only run errands and search for bamboo slips.
"Then why are you handling this? Is this memorial something you should be promoting? You handed it over to a 200-stone official! A 2,000-stone official is the national commander, and you are asked to handle these trivial matters?"
It’s no wonder that Ying Chengjiao was angry, because the content on this bamboo slip was really low-level.
The general content was that the large desk in the lobby of the Guowei Mansion had a big crack and asked whether it needed to be replaced.
Although the matter was simple and the handling of the memorial was not complicated, Ba Shi Shi was unable to control himself.
Normally, it needs to be handed over to an official of 200 shi for processing.
If such trivial matters as those in the State Guard's Mansion needed to be handled by the State Guard, the former State Guard Wei Liao would have been exhausted to death long ago.
In fact, there are very few matters that need to be handled by the National Captain. Most of the matters that come to the National Captain's hands are matters that require stamps but do not require decisions.
"Sir, it's not just the Chief, Left and Right Supervisors who are resigning. In the Imperial Guard's mansion, except for those of us with eighty stones who are still on duty, the rest of the lords are on leave."
The slightly crying voice sounded again, making Ying Chengjiao furious.
Looking at the officials from the National Guard's Office who gathered around him, Ying Chengjiao felt his heart beating violently.
I won't go to work, so you move the company to my doorstep.
I'm not working, so you can withdraw all the office staff and shut down the business.
All the officials are taking a day off. How much government affairs must be put on hold?
I'm not at work, and the affairs of the State Guard's Office are piled up, so Little Taotie won't be able to go north after the New Year.
When I work at the office, I have to work like a slave for you and do everything for you.
Ying Zheng!
You are so sinister!
"Is everyone in the mansion dead? Didn't you see that the master was blocked at the door?"
Ying Chengjiao shouted angrily.
The gate of Chang'an Jun's mansion was wide open.
Bang, bang, bang~
One after another, servants rushed out of Chang'an Jun's mansion and rushed to Ying Chengjiao.
Officials from the National Guard Office who blocked the road either flew out or fell down.
"All of you, get back here. I will solve your problems for you tomorrow!"
The disciples of the Pijia Sect escorted Ying Chengjiao back to the palace.
A group of officials from the National Guard's Office who were afraid of being sentenced to imprisonment came forward one after another, shouting that they wanted to keep Ying Chengjiao and follow the disciples of the Pijia Sect into the Chang'an Jun Palace.
Dododo~
A series of crossbow arrows hit the threshold of Chang'an Jun's mansion, startling the eighty-stone officials who swarmed in.
They looked at the beautiful maids inside the door, their eyes full of fear.
The arms held horizontally by these maids are Qin crossbows!
Possessing the Qin crossbow privately is a serious crime! The three clans will be exterminated!
“Step into the mansion and shoot.
"Anyone who stays in front of the door drinking tea will be shot dead."
Ying Chengjiao's light words floated lightly into the ears of everyone in front of the door.
This made the officials of the National Guard Office, who were each paid 80 stones, feel a chill in their chests and stop in their tracks.
"Killing people in the street is a serious crime! Qin law punishes death! We have not violated Qin law, the national commander is threatening us! Let's rush in to find the national commander! Hurry up! The gate is about to close! If you don't rush in, you will be sentenced to imprisonment in two days!"
A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd outside the palace , and it was extremely inspiring.
The person who was speaking blushed and pushed forward, pushing away the people on both sides, but did not move forward a few steps.
But this person was like the catfish in the catfish effect. When he moved, the originally static team experienced drastic fluctuations.
Yes, according to Qin law, killing someone in the street is a serious crime punishable by the extermination of three generations of the family. The commander-in-chief would not act in this way.
The Qin laws are firmly engraved in the hearts of every Qin person, especially those who are minor officials.
Everyone thought so and rushed forward again, fearing that the door of Chang'an Jun's mansion would be closed.
At this moment of rough seas, the catfish showed an accomplished smile on its face and retreated against the flow of people.
You can go back and claim your reward now.
Whoosh
The catfish was thinking about good things when he heard the sound of breaking air.
Duo~
He was still smiling, but he felt a pain in his forehead, his eyes were filled with regret, and he fell backwards to the ground, never to get up again.
Less than ten breaths after the man fell, his face turned as black as ink.
The source of the poison was the poison from the crossbow arrow nailed to his forehead.
Crash~
The crowd dispersed noisily, all away from the catfish.
They were all terrified when they saw Ying Chengjiao hooking a Qin crossbow on the arm of a maid inside the door.
How could the captain really shoot someone?
This violates Qin law!
This is the Yisan tribe!
Ying Chengjiao didn't even look at the people outside and turned to go deep into Chang'an Jun's mansion.
"Anyone who makes loud noises will be shot."
His voice was as light as before.
But this time, everyone outside the door felt a chill in their hearts.
The gate of Chang'an Jun's mansion was always open and not closed, but no one dared to break in.
It is better to be sentenced to prison than to lose your life.
"Your Majesty."
Inside the reception room of Chang'an Jun's mansion, the scientist had been waiting for Ying Chengjiao for a long time.
"Sit down and talk. Is there anything wrong with the Han side?"
When Ying Chengjiao saw the scientist, his expression looked better.
He sat on a throne that should not have appeared in this era, and was covered with two layers of tiger skin to prevent it from getting too hard.
He placed his hands on the armrests on both sides and waved to the Vietnamese woman who was standing with her hands behind her back in a very stylish manner.
"Come and press your husband's shoulders."
This remark was just a casual joke to lighten the mood.
According to the temperament of Vietnamese women, if the word "husband" is removed, they will still press it twice unwillingly.
If you must say so, and insist that the Yue women do this, then it is only because you do not want all the women of Yue to become slaves and concubines.
The Yue girl maintained a stern expression, took light and leisurely steps, and walked behind Ying Chengjiao.
He placed his hands on Ying Chengjiao's shoulders and kneaded them gently, using a light force and very skillfully.
Ying Chengjiao was stunned. He reached into his arms and felt the pistol, then he calmed down.
Could it be that this woman is desperate and wants to kill me?
The series of unexpected events in recent days have caused everything to become abnormal, which makes Ying Chengjiao feel doubtful.
"The Lord and his mistress support each other, which is really enviable." The scientist shook his head in admiration.
Ying Chengjiao looked back at the Yue girl who did not refute, let go of the gun in his arms, and instead touched the Yue girl's jade hand on his shoulder.
The Vietnamese girl's hand trembled, and then she became motionless.
"Tonight, I will take a rest in the Internal Affairs Office. I will ask Fu Zikang to give me 100,000 gold coins. It is urgent to build productivity."
"Thank you, sir!"
"Please use some strength. It is quite strenuous for me."
Ying Chengjiao raised his head and gave Yuenu a smile, but Yuenu did not respond coldly.
"Which wife shows her husband a cold face?" Ying Chengjiao blinked and whispered to the Yue woman.
The Vietnamese girl glanced at the scientist imperceptibly and gave Ying Chengjiao a smile.
"promise."
The force suddenly increased, making Ying Chengjiao feel like his arm was going to fall off.
"The matter in Korea..."
The scientists began to report.
"Put it aside in advance."
There was some sweat on Ying Chengjiao's forehead.
"The most urgent thing is to decide what to give to Baiyue. Some of the blueprints are only a single copy left, so it's hard to take them out, right?"
The scientist's mouth twitched.
This is the first time in my life that I have heard of a unique copy of a drawing.
The machinery is all there, but the blueprints are gone. I can just draw a new one...
"If your Majesty says there is, then there must be."
“Is this strength okay?”
There was a tingling sensation on my shoulders, which was extremely comfortable.
Ying Chengjiao, who had been using his inner strength to massage his mother Han Ji for many years, did not expect that the massage from a Vietnamese girl would be so pleasant. He could not help but moan.
“Oh, that feels good.”
Since she took office, Yue Nu has liked massages, and she also likes massages that involve inner strength.
I always like to let Vietnamese girls give me massages by controlling the precision of my internal strength.
The Yue girl started practicing her techniques and building up her internal strength at the age of ten, and today she has benefited from it all thanks to Ying Chengjiao.
The scientist wanted to put on the hat on his back, and he had a hard time controlling his facial expression.
My Lord, please control yourself!
"I vaguely remember that you still have some blueprints, right?"
Seeing Ying Chengjiao's happy expression, the scientist said unexpectedly: "One hundred thousand gold per ticket, how many do you want, Your Majesty?"
"Get out of here, sir!"
"It's just a joke, Your Majesty, please don't take it seriously."
"How is the progress in Handi? I'm in urgent need of ironware there."
"Since receiving the pigeon letter from the Lord a few days ago, Lu Gong has accelerated the progress. The day of success should be within the next two days."
The scientist suddenly sighed and said with admiration: "It is worthy of the title of wise man by your majesty. His wisdom is beyond human. Lu Gong said to himself: 'If it were the prime minister of Qin who compiled the "Lüshi Chunqiu" ten years ago and did not know the full picture of the miscellaneous school, he would definitely lose this time.'
"At the age of twenty, he was able to fight against Lu Gong. He deserves the title of a wise man. Congratulations, Your Majesty, for gaining another capable follower."
Nonsense, he is known as the sage of strategy, respected and admired by thousands of strategists in later generations. How could he not be powerful?
Ying Chengjiao curled his lips.
Korean land.
Inside a house of the Zhang family.
Zhang Liang had just started playing chess with another person, and Zhang Liang went first with black pieces.
The first piece landed in the center of the chessboard - Tianyuan.
Go is all about the gold corners, silver edges and grass belly, and the Tianyuan position is usually extremely bad.