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Chapter 694: Grassroots Reform

Chen Xu is now fighting with Li Si. To reverse the situation where Daqin does not pay attention to the development of people's livelihood, it is necessary to influence more people to understand their ideas and promote their ideas.

Nowadays, as Daqin Metropolis Daily continues to promote its own various changes and ideas, the policies above the Xianyang court will soon spread to the people. With the continuous promotion of newspapers, many people's concepts are also changing, especially the merchants across the country are now like a burning flame, which has burned the winter of Daqin red. Almost every county has begun to prepare and build cement factories. Since ancient times, merchants have raised a group of idle soldiers to constantly plan and waving flags for them. Most of these famous scholars from all over the world who are almost like the Daqin V in later generations are guests of local officials. This is a kind of interest connection between different classes and is always influencing each other.

Apart from the misery of the migrant craftsmen and peddlers who lived at the bottom of the class, merchants, officials and gentry have actually been closely linked.

Influence merchants, ordinary gentry, and then influence grassroots officials. In this era when the imperial power did not go to the countryside and when the government orders were released, grassroots officials were actually the most important force that ultimately influenced the direction of the Qin Dynasty.

In history, the Daqin rebelled first, but the officials from all over the country were the officials from all over the country. When many officials from counties heard that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had rebelled, they soon followed suit. The entire Daqin did not resist several decent times. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu rebelled, and the chief officials of two places proposed it, but they were both killed and replaced.

In fact, the entire Qin Dynasty was suppressed by Qin Shihuang's halo.

Not only are the people unstable, but the officials unstable, and both ordinary people, merchants and tyrants, and even the royal family members were unable to get their due status. They were all blind and restless, and suddenly they went from the vassal system to the county system. Not only were the civil and military officials in the court unadapted, but grassroots officials were even more unadapted. In fact, under the rule of imperial power, the single county system was too advanced, far beyond the control of the emperor and the level that the people could accept in this era.

The county system requires a very complete vertical management political system, but Daqin did not.

Li Si suggested adopting the county system, and the three ministers and nine ministers were reformed as the Taiwei, the Prime Minister and the Censor, respectively, to the military, political affairs and supervision respectively. This reform is indeed forward-looking beyond the times, but the reform is only the top level, and the eyes are still concentrated on the court in Xianyang and around the emperor. Although the counties below also have county magistrates and chief censors who are directly assigned by the court, there is no reasonable system for the selection of officials, the county below is almost in the wild government model. Apart from tax collection and corvee, the county officials can almost do nothing, because their promotion has nothing to do with political achievements, so they don’t care about developing people’s livelihood. After completing the tasks assigned by the court, they spend most of their time drinking and having fun with local aristocratic gentry, and many of them even raise a group of Fangdao sorcerers to study immortality.

Therefore, except for a group of nobles who were quite loyal to Qin Shihuang in Xianyang, the entire Qin Dynasty actually had very fragile control and rule over counties. If this pattern could not be changed, the Qin Dynasty would sooner or later have problems.

Chen Xu suggested that the restructuring of the court adopt the system of three provinces and six ministries and the system of ninth rank official positions is not only a system that makes the promotion and appointment of officials clearer, but also arguing method is adopted to prevent local officials from joining forces with local tyrants.

These two measures have begun to show their strength now.

Only by continuing to implement commercial and agricultural reforms and untie laws that are not suitable for people's livelihood development that are bound by all classes, can Daqin develop healthily.

Therefore, Chen Xu hopes to influence the ruling philosophy of Nanyang officials through the changes in Qinghe Town, so that they can see the benefits of this change to the people, and even in the future.

Although Nanyang County Governor Lu Yan was a little worried about Chen Xu's words, the young man facing him did not allow him to refute or doubt.

It is rumored that the left prime minister Li Si was scolded by him and was like walking in and out of the palace. He was wearing two marquises and married the daughter of the princess and Shangqing. The most important thing is that the Marquis of Qinghe is from Nanyang, and the pride of the entire Nanyang people. If the chief official of Nanyang does not listen to Chen Xu, the consequences will be very serious. People from all walks of life in Nanyang will resist him and reject him, and in the end nothing can be done. If someone secretly stumbling to the next step, his official will be over.

Therefore, under Chen Xu's remarks, the Nanyang County Magistrate and the group of officials who came with him all listened seriously and kept nodding.

The conversation lasted for nearly an hour. In the evening, Chen Xu invited a group of officials to dinner at Qinghe Town Primary School. After dinner, he drank tea and savored food. The county magistrate Lu Yu held everyone away, leaving only the county magistrate Xu Hai and the county magistrate Liu Tong.

"Marty, did you hear that Lord Lingzun returned home a few days ago?" County Magistrate Lu Qixi asked carefully.

"Yes, my father was summoned to the army seven years ago to participate in the battle against Chu. After being seriously injured in the melee, he fell into a coma and was rescued by the fleeing civilian woman Han Tian. Then, my Qin and Yan Qi fought one after another, and the Central Plains were in chaos, so my father depended on the Han Tian family and gave birth to a daughter."

"A few months ago, I suddenly had a whim. I calculated that my father was still alive, so I arranged for the entourage to go to the south to find my father and found my father in Huaiyin. Because my father and Han Tian had been with him for several years and were already married, I was unwilling to return home and make my reputation suffer. My entourage had to place my father and Han Tian in a Jiao Shetuo County Magistrate Liu. Because I was married in Xianyang at that time, I delayed the matter for more than a month before I came back to deal with it..."

Chen Xu and Hu flattered and said that he had arranged for someone to recover after his father was not dead. Lu Yan and Xu Hai and Liu Tong naturally would not have any doubts.

Qinghe Hou is a disciple of the Immortal Family, so it is normal to find my father after counting on his fingers.

"Marty, I heard that Lord Lingzun was seriously injured on the battlefield and was rescued by Han Tian, ​​so he was mistakenly recorded as a death in the war. In the past few days, we have checked all records seven years ago and found that Lord Lingzun had recorded military merits several times. Now Lord Lingzun returns home safely. These military merits still need compensation..." County Magistrate Xu Hai clasped his fists and said.

"It doesn't matter how good the military merits are. My father has already made me happy that he can return safely. However, for the sake of convenience in life, I still need to re-apply for my identity and household registration..."

"Mr. Marquis, don't worry, Lord Lingzun's identity card and household registration official have already brought it!" County Magistrate Liu Tong quickly stood up and took out a brand new identity wooden sign from his pocket. The workmanship was exquisite and fragrant. It was made of nanmu and was treated with incense. The front was engraved with Hou Xufu of Qinghe, and the back was engraved with the words Xiaohe Village, Qinghe Town, Zhi County, Nanyang.

"This is the best. I will thank you County Magistrate Liu!" Chen Xu took the wooden sign and thanked him.

"I dare not, this is a matter of Tong!" Liu Tong quickly returned the gift.

"Marty, I will return safely and have a record of military merit. I have written a memorial to send it to Xianyang and ask the Ministry of War to re-examine and award military titles. Don't worry about this matter, I will definitely arrange it properly!" Lu Qi and Xu Hai stood up together and said.

"That's the marquis who are here to thank you. Please sit down and have tea!" Chen Xu nodded with a smile, and then chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting dark, he then arranged to set off fireworks.

At this time, Qinghe Town had gathered more than 50,000 people, and the whole town was filled with crowds of people.

All households in Qinghe Town are also rushing to make hot water, rice and noodles and steamed buns to entertain tourists who do not carry dry food.

A steamed bun is two cents and a bowl of noodles is five cents. Although it is a bit expensive, it is worth it for those who come to visit even if it is twice as expensive. After all, except for the villagers nearby, most of these people who can come are wealthy groups who can afford to raise cars and horses. If you can see the divine thunder and fireworks, it is an opportunity that money can't buy.

As the sky became darker, tens of thousands of people gathered on a large open land on the east end of the town.

Here, the county magistrate Fang Kuan drove the crowd out of a large open space with dozens of soldiers. Niu Dashi and Liu Po ​​had arranged for people to install and fix nine iron tubes that set off fireworks. A bucket of gunpowder and more than ten fireworks had been carried to the riverside, and people were also arranged to take special care of them.

After Chen Xu arrived, he demonstrated the loading steps of fireworks again. Then Niu Dashi and a few bold and careful villagers started working together and meticulously loaded all the fireworks in accordance with Chen Xu's requirements.

At the end of the Youth hour, the sky was completely dark. Although the weather was cold, all the tourists who came to watch were even more excited. As Chen Xu ordered everyone to load the loaders to retreat after the inspection, the scene began to be noisy and commotion.

"Bangbangbangbangbang~~" You Jiao Liu Po ​​rang a big gong, and the sound instantly suppressed all the noise.

"Everyone, the divine thunder and fireworks are about to begin. Everyone should not get close to within thirty feet, in case any unexploded divine thunder fell down and smashed their heads..."

With Liu Po's roar, the onlookers surged and retreated again.

"It's time to ignite the fire!" Chen Xu signaled to Niu Dashi.

So Niu Dashi walked up with a burning wooden stick, carefully ignited all nine leads next to each other, and then threw them off the wooden stick and turned around and ran away.

Except for Chen Xu's family and the villagers of Xiaohe Village, no one has ever seen the divine thunder and fireworks. Therefore, when he looked at the nine burning leads, he was surprised and puzzled.

But no one said anything. Most of the people here have heard that the divine thunder fireworks would explode at a height of dozens of feet, so they all raised their heads and stared at the dark sky without blinking, for fear of missing any trace.

"Boom~"

Suddenly, a strong fire light erupted from the first iron tube, rising more than two meters high in the night sky like a fire dragon, and the ground seemed to tremble. Just as tens of thousands of people were panicking and commotion, with a loud bang, a ball of colorful fireworks in the sky exploded, like a gorgeous flower blooming on the dark night.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"
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