Spring, spring.
When will spring come?
The cold wind blowing in the air made people feel chilly. Chen Ke stood on the lush mountain forest and looked at the beautiful scenery in the distance.
Far away, far away!
Fan Muye just stood quietly next to Chen Ke. He didn't know what Chen Ke was looking at or what Chen Ke was thinking.
But at this time, Shangguan was standing there. How could he sit and leave?
When it comes to human nature and the formation of cliques, it has never been a matter of a year or two, but a matter of thousands of years of "excellent traditional culture."
A moment later, along with a sharp spring breeze came Chen Ke's question.
"Makino, after I give you the affairs of the Publishing Department, are you sure you can sit still?"
"What do you want to do, what are you going to do?"
Nothing more than Chen Ke asking again, the matter of the Publishing Department was very important, even though he already had a crush on Fan Muye.
We have gone through many investigations before, but now we still have to ask this question.
Fan Muye just stood there, with a slightly solemn look on his face.
"Don't worry, Governor."
"The Publishing Department and its affairs will not involve anyone from the Fan family."
"This is my promise to the Governor, and it is also my greeting to the Governor."
Chen Ke turned his head and looked at Fan Muye.
What they were talking about today was not actually the position in charge of the "Publication Department", but the affairs of the Publishing Department.
Specifically, it means paying for things without receiving any benefits and without any good reputation.
This is unacceptable to ordinary people, but for Fan Muye, it is not so difficult to accept.
What he had in mind was not the "Publication Department".
"In this case, don't betray my governor's trust."
Chen Ke tightened his robe slightly, and then walked up the steps down the mountain step by step.
Fan Muye followed him quietly.
"The Publication Office requires a lot of money and materials, and the entire Fan family has to pay for it. Can you really afford it?"
Fan Muye just smiled understandingly: "Governor, you have underestimated a big family that has existed since the Shang Dynasty."
"If all publishing offices across the country need funding from the Fan family, I might find it difficult."
"But it's just Penglaizhou, so it's not very difficult."
Chen Ke listened to Fan Muye's words and just walked down, his expression unchanged.
Of course he knew that this was nothing to the Fan family, he just asked and was polite.
"Cultural matters have never been something that businessmen and the like can interfere with."
"Your investment this time is not a huge loss."
Chen Ke turned his head, looked at Fan Muye teasingly and said, "Don't pretend to feel aggrieved."
"It's not like I forced you to do it, but you brought it to your door yourself."
Fan Muye chuckled: "That's what the Governor said."
The two of them continued to walk on the mountain in the autumn. The road was mostly filled with leaves falling from the trees. The leaves had turned yellow, and some were golden, which was pleasing to the eye.
"Autumn has come."
Chen Ke said with emotion: "As soon as autumn comes, winter is coming."
"The environment in winter is chilling. Most everything in the world will wither in this season, but in spring, they will revive again."
"As if he were immortal."
"Nature is so magical. It is constantly growing and growing."
"Makino, do you think so?"
Fan Muye just lowered his head and said softly: "Actually, sometimes, this is not the case."
"For example, if this tree is completely burned by a fire and its roots are burned, then the tree will never be able to come back to life."
"So, if you want to kill this tree, you have to burn everything in it."
Chen Ke glanced at Fan Muye and simply said: "But this big tree has taken root here for nearly a hundred years, and it has even blended in with the mountains here."
"If you want to completely destroy it, then you have to turn the mountain over again before you can completely dig out its roots."
Fan Muye looked at Chen Ke in surprise: "Is the Governor still worried about turning the mountains over?"
"It's just turned over."
"It's not like we completely destroyed the mountain."
There was a smile in his tone: "If the governor directly burns this mountain with fire, then other animals living on this mountain will resist."
"But now it's just digging a tree."
Fan Muye sighed leisurely and said: "Most animals are like this. As long as their affairs are not involved, they will maintain their own leisurely life."
"Today we say we will only kill this tree, and the tigers, rabbits, foxes, etc. in the forest will believe it."
He looked at Chen Ke steadily: "Things have always been like this, there is nothing to think about."
Chen Ke laughed dumbly: "You are right, things have always been like this, there is nothing to think about."
"Perhaps it's because of the cold weather these days?"
"These past few days, I have been feeling dizzy. I can't sit still or stand still."
Chen Ke stretched out his hand, tightened his clothes, patted them gently and said, "It's time to go back."
"Let's go."
Fan Muye followed Chen Ke, step by step, which was exactly the same as Chen Ke's.
.........
Hu Chuanjun's Mansion
Ying Ku looked at Ying Lun with a smile on his face: "My people haven't seen Your Majesty yet, but when we arrived in Xianyang City, we heard that His Majesty was going to summon Chen Ke back."
Ying Luan stood up violently, with an incredible look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty summoned Chen Ke to Beijing?"
Ying Ku nodded: "Yes, His Majesty summoned Chen Ke to Beijing."
He said with emotion: "It's just as we imagined before, even smoother than we imagined."
"After His Majesty saw the returning Feng Jie and those things, he immediately sent a decree to Chen Ke to return to the capital before sunset."
"Counting the days, in the past few days, Chen Ke is about to leave."
Ying Luan was almost laughing so hard that he couldn't hold the cup in his hand. He laughed so loudly that he almost burst into tears.
"Hahahahahaha, I knew it, I knew it."
"Chen Ke will also go back one day."
There was a slight light shining in his eyebrows: "Do you think His Majesty called Chen Ke back just because of those new things?"
Ying Ku smiled mysteriously: "I don't know."
He picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a slight sip.
"I just know that His Majesty has never been a person who likes to trust others."
"He's always been suspicious."
"The characteristic of kings is that they are suspicious, and our Majesty the First Emperor is, after all, the best among these emperors."
Yinglun was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "You are right."
"His Majesty is the best monarch among all the monarchs in history."
"Suspicion is naturally the most serious one."
"so?"
Yingku and Yinglun looked at each other, and then said: "So we don't need to do anything, we just need to make His Majesty suspect Chen Ke."
Yinglun said, "But His Majesty has great trust in Chen Ke."
Ying Ku continued: "Three people become tigers, and the great mother throws herself into a tree."
"How much more can your majesty trust Chen Ke than a mother trusts her son?"
"As long as there are rumors and news like this, His Majesty will feel that this news is not groundless."
"As long as someone keeps saying these words in front of His Majesty, His Majesty will keep hearing them."
"Then there will definitely be a thorn in His Majesty's heart."
"Once His Majesty notices Chen Ke, then Chen Ke will definitely have a problem."
"Can a person really be clean?"
Ying Lun's tone was filled with ridicule: "In this world, if we really follow Qin's laws and deal with it truly, if nine out of ten people in the world are pulled out and killed, one will be missed."
"All the people in the world."
He said with emotion, and then said with a smile: "In short, we just do what we should do."
Ying Lun squinted his eyes slightly and held the wine glass: "Come on, let's have a glass of thin wine to pay homage to God."
...........
Xianyang City
As time went by, everyone in Xianyang City gradually increased their work.
But there are not many people who take on long-term workers.
After two years of customs, people are used to getting together on the eve of the day.
You can work hard all year round, but not on this day.
I must go home on this day.
I don’t know when the sunset started to have other names, such as "Reunion Day" and "Nian".
After this day, it is called the New Year.
People in Daqin have developed the habit of relaxing their work during the New Year and saving more money before the New Year in order to take a few days of rest during the New Year.
Li Si was sitting in the prime minister's house.
After nearly a year of hard work, the ninth-grade official system is finally ready.
This set of official systems even includes several newly created official positions in Penglaizhou, as well as how to compare the ranks of some official positions in the future.
After completing this system, Li Si looked at the thin booklet in his hand and felt a little confused.
Did he really finish this thing?
Somewhat incredible.
He stood up straight and straightened his waist. He looked outside and said, "Prepare the chariot for me. I want to enter the palace to meet His Majesty!"
.........
Inside Xianyang Palace
Hu Hai was sitting in his brother's palace, looking at the books in his hands.
I don't know why, but when his brother and his teacher were around, he didn't like reading or doing homework very much.
But after his teacher and brother left, he fell in love with reading and doing homework.
How many people in the palace of Noda could speak to him?
Except for his father, everyone else in the palace respected and feared him.
Hu Hai silently lowered his head and looked at the book in his hand. This was a book about the Mohist family left by his teacher.
It is much more comfortable to read than those so-called Confucian classics.
I don't know why, but Hu Hai never likes Confucianism.
He knew Confucius.
Confucius was nearly ten feet tall and powerful. He also liked to travel around the world with his three thousand disciples.
Such a person would say that he is "kind".
It pays attention to "benevolence".
Hu Hai felt like vomiting after hearing his teachings. He felt that Confucius was hypocritical, otherwise how could such a teaching be left behind?
Benevolence?
The last thing this world needs is benevolence!
Moderate?
The last thing this world needs is moderation!
The reason why people are human is that they have their own unique personality. Why should we be moderate and why should we talk about "benevolence"?
Even though Confucius said something like "repay grievance with straightness", Hu Hai still didn't like Kong Laoer.
certainly--
He felt that it would be good to castrate this theory and use it to govern the people.
The look on Hu Hai's face showed no interest.
His brother probably wouldn't like this. It would be too shameful to rule the people with Confucianism after castration.
Who would rule the people with such a doctrine?
Only those who are cowardly, incompetent, without charisma, and without merit or merit will do this because they cannot control a pack of wolves!
So we can only turn the tigers and wolves into a group of obedient pigs!
Only pigs are the best leaders.
Hu Hai looked through the books in his hand with sarcasm in his eyes.
...........
Zhangtai Palace
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si who was kneeling in front of him, flipping through the memorial in his hand.
Something in the memorial aroused Ying Zheng's curiosity.
"Li Si, you only used this thing for a year and then you took it out?"
"As expected of you."
Regarding Li Si, Ying Zheng was not stingy with his praise.
Although Ying Zheng is strict with his ministers, he has always been generous, whether it is verbal praise or substantial rewards.
"When Chen Ke comes back, we can discuss it in court. If there are no problems, we can use it directly."
Li Si also nodded and said timidly: "I think so too."
"This matter of the nine-rank official system is too big, and many of it is due to Chen Fengchang."
"I also want Chen Fengchang to take a look and see if there are any omissions."
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, and Ying Zheng smiled dumbly and said, "You."
"If that boy Chen Ke knew that you cared about him so much, he would probably be scared."
"But counting the days, Chen Ke should be leaving soon."
"I haven't seen him for a year, and I really miss this guy."
...........
Penglaizhou, Governor's Mansion
Chen Ke stretched out and sat in his yard. The pond in the distance was sparkling and looked very beautiful.
The moonlight in the sky enveloped the entire earth, making it brilliant.
He held the wine glass lazily and looked at the sky.
The year he came to Penglai, he laid the foundation. What happens after that depends on how it will be handled next year.
Taking charge of a state for the first time, Chen Ke was a little excited.
He has never forgotten his grand wish of bringing everything from the past to Da Qin and turning Da Qin into his hometown.
Perhaps, when spring comes back next year, this wish can be realized, right?
"A glass of thin wine, a little toast to God."
"I hope God will give me a little hope and see all the distracting thoughts of the past here."
........
Penglaizhou, Fan family
Fan Muye put down the things in his hands and sighed softly.
"Isn't it good to be alive?"
"Why are there always people looking for death?"
