Li Si's tone was filled with surprise, disbelief, confusion, and even a hint of fear.
"Chen Ke, don't scare me."
"Are you feeling unwell? Or do you have something to ask of me?"
Li Si coughed lightly, looked at Chen Ke in the softest tone and said, "Well, as long as it's not too much, I will definitely help you."
"You don't have to be like this."
Chen Ke, on the other hand, sat helplessly in front of Li Si, holding his forehead and sighing: "Brother Li, isn't that right?"
"Isn't it just me taking the initiative to find some work?"
"Is it so scary? It's like something impossible is happening."
Li Si curled his lips and looked at Chen Ke in disbelief: "Is it so scary? I mean, Chen Ke, don't you have a clear understanding of yourself?"
"You don't know who you are yet?"
"You are a person who can lie down and never sit down, and now you suddenly tell me that you want to work?"
"Didn't you try every possible means to avoid these things before?"
"Why are you finding something to do for yourself now?"
"Did you really wake up after going out?"
Chen Ke looked at the series of words, and Li Si, who kept clicking on his lips like a machine gun, felt helpless.
He sighed softly: "His Majesty's health is getting worse day by day. I haven't seen him this year. When I saw him today, I saw that there were already white hairs on the top of His Majesty's head."
Chen Ke lowered his head and looked a little silent.
"His Majesty told me that he wanted to see how big the world is and see the scenery in all parts of the world."
"I want to see Baiyue and the Huns surrender."
"How can I make His Majesty feel regretful?"
Your Majesty's health is getting worse?
Li Si looked a little weird, but he restrained the look on his face.
The strangeness just passed by for a moment, and Chen Ke didn't notice it.
At this time, Li Si's mind was spinning crazily, and then he forced a smile on his face, but the smile looked a little bitter.
"So His Majesty told you everything?"
He sighed faintly: "Since your Majesty fell seriously ill a few days ago, your bones have become worse and worse."
"well."
"I originally wanted to hide it from you, but I didn't expect..."
Li Si did not finish what he said, but it was this unfinished attitude that made Chen Ke feel even more lonely.
Brother Zheng's health is really a big problem.
He forcibly cheered up, looked at Li Si and said with a smile: "Why worry so much? I have seen a set of boxing techniques for strengthening the body before, and I will give it to your Majesty in two days."
"Although His Majesty's body has been eroded by those so-called golden elixirs, he can still recover now that he is taking good care of himself."
"The plan for now is to ask Your Majesty to stop working so hard."
Having said this, Chen Ke was concerned about Xiao He: "How are Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Chen Ping doing?"
Li Si did not hesitate. He still knew the situation of these people very well: "Xiao He now takes your place in the Shaofu."
"I think his talents are quite good. Compared with the position of Shaofu, the position of Prime Minister Zuo is actually more suitable for him."
"But your Majesty may have other thoughts about him. A new Prime Minister Zuo has not been appointed yet."
He sighed slowly: "The position of Prime Minister Zuo has always been vacant. This is actually not a good thing. The government affairs of the Prime Minister's Office have been piled up."
"But fortunately, Cao Shen is still here in the Prime Minister's Office and can barely help me handle some government affairs."
"As for Chen Ping..."
There was something strange in Li Si's expression: "That boy Chen Ping is now qualified to be the director of the Manufacturing Department, and his status is different from before."
"Among them, he and Xiao He have the highest positions now."
Chen Ke laughed dumbly: "Actually, not really."
He pointed at the government affairs piled up in front of Li Si and said, "Logically speaking, the status of a local governor should be rated with the director of a department of the imperial court."
"I just don't know how Brother Li arranged it?"
Li Si picked through the government affairs in front of him, picked up one and placed it in front of Chen Ke.
"Actually, I have also noticed some of your reforms in Penglaizhou. Regarding the distinction between "yamen" and "private residences," I actually want to implement it in Kyoto. "
"In most cases nowadays, "yamen" and "private residence" are inseparable. "
"This has created a situation where many people are dealing with government affairs at home. There are many people and many eyes, which sometimes have unexpected consequences."
Chen Ke looked through the nine-level official system compiled by Li Si and said casually: "Then why not implement it?"
"Isn't it true that we are going to reform the official system?"
"I just changed this matter by the way, so as to save some trouble later, and not to pile up everything until later, which would be too much limelight."
Li Si sighed: "Xianyang City is not big now. If you want to reach that level, I'm afraid you have to expand the city."
"This is not easy for Xianyang."
Chen Ke frowned slightly. This is indeed a very serious and difficult problem.
The construction of Xianyang City is not that easy. Whether it is wood or manpower, it is a huge problem.
And the most important thing is that the current Xianyang City cannot be the same as the cities of later generations.
Cities in later generations basically had no walls, just roads extending in all directions. That kind of urban agglomeration cannot be established now.
The first is that the production road level cannot be reached, and the second is some other reasons.
Therefore, it is very difficult to rebuild Xianyang City.
Chen Ke fell into silence. He found that he seemed to have been missing something, such as the "cement" that the time traveler would definitely take out.
With cement, even rebuilding Xianyang City will not be that difficult.
but.....
Now is not a good time to renovate Xianyang City.
He just said temporarily: "I have also considered the concerns you mentioned."
"I have seen a material before. This material is very convenient and cheap to build a city, but its hardness is comparable to the hardest stone."
"It is the best material for building a city."
"But it's not a good time yet. I'll go to the manufacturing department in two days and take this thing out first."
Chen Ke pointed to the document in front of him and said, "Brother Li, I have read your theory on the official system and the level is very high."
He said with emotion: "I have to say, this plan is much better than what I casually said before."
Li Si's reform of the future official system was indeed very clever.
Although Li Si did not know the three provinces and six ministries system that was more commonly used and useful in later generations, his system was similar to the three provinces and six ministries system.
In other words, it is closer to Chen Ke's reforms in Penglaizhou.
Li Si shook his head and said, "Brother Chen, if others can't see it, why can't you also see it?"
"Many of the official systems I have reformed are a parody of your reforms in Penglaizhou."
Li Si's vision was very different from some of the original ideas, but it was subtly similar to some later systems.
For example, in the position of "Zhengyipin", Li Si did not set the prime minister, imperial censor, and Taiwei to be Zhengyipin, but instead set them to Congyipin.
Zhengyipin is equivalent to a false title without any power.
"Chehou" is set in this level.
At the same time, Chen Ke also saw some blank places.
It was probably for the First Emperor to use.
In the future, if there is someone you want to respect but don't want to give him real power, you can give him a virtual title of Zhengyipin. This will create the most basic face-saving project.
In the official position setting of the second rank, Li Si included Jiuqing and "Governor".
In the second-level official position setting, Li Si included "state governor", "state prime minister", "state military governor", "state tong magistrate", "state censor doctor", and various "directors" of the imperial court. , such as Manufacturing Department, etc.
This setting cleverly puts the position of "Prefecture Governor" on the same level as "Prefecture Prime Minister".
When Chen Ke saw this setting, there was a smile in his eyes.
This is a huge reform for local administrative agencies.
This is equivalent to directly telling all localities that state governors, county governors, county magistrates, etc. will no longer be the only ones from now on.
The top local chief executive suddenly changed from one to several.
Chen Ke pointed here and said, "Brother Li, what do you think here?"
"When the top chief executive of a place becomes four or five, won't there be conflicts among them?"
"If there is a conflict, how should we deal with it?"
Li Si smiled slightly and said, "The settings here are quite clever."
"Theoretically, they are all from the second rank, but in reality, the governor of the state serves more as the head of the academy of the "political palace". "
"In my vision, all state officials must study in the political palace. "
"At this time, the governor is both the head of the academy and a student. His actual power is higher than that of other officials at the same level."
"In this way, several parties can restrain each other."
"The governor cannot hold all the power together, nor can he forcefully assign tasks as long as the other officials oppose it."
"But the status of the governor is higher than the other officials at the same level. If we come one by one, they are no match for the governor."
"Even if the worst happens, the state governor is good, and the other officials are bad, and there is also the "state military commander" who is a big killer. "
Li Si smiled slightly: "The governor of the state army has a heavy army and is your majesty's most trusted general."
"He does not obey the command or leadership of anyone in the local area. He is independent of the local court and does not get involved in it."
"If the situation I just mentioned happens, the governor of the state can ask your majesty for help, and your majesty will ask the governor of the state army to take action."
"At that time, we can sweep everything."
After Li Si finished speaking about his idea, an organization suddenly appeared in Chen Ke's mind.
military region.
Isn't this equivalent to a military zone? Are military districts the government’s last resort?
It tastes a bit like that.
Chen Ke smiled dumbly. Although Li Si did not know the modern political structure, he successfully found the most critical place through some reforms he made in Penglaizhou.
He pointed to another place and said: "Actually, there should be a deputy governor and two or three deputy governors."
Chen Ke smiled a little strangely: "Wouldn't it be better this way?"
Li Si and Chen Ke looked at each other, then clasped their hands and laughed: "Hahahahahaha, Brother Chen, you and I are indeed people of the same mind."
"Look here."
Chen Ke followed Li Si's finger and saw the positions of "Deputy Prefecture Prime Minister" and "Deputy Prefecture Governor" on the third rank.
Those with the same status as the deputy governor and others were the "commanders" of several "departments" in the imperial court.
Further down is the position of the third rank. Here are the county guards, county magistrates, etc. of each county, which are the same as the previous officials at all levels in the state.
There are also some institutional official positions in the court.
Even though the rest of the official positions were relatively repetitive, Chen Ke didn't look at them carefully.
He said with emotion: "Brother Li, this set of official positions
The setting is really clever. "
Chen Ke did not fully bring out the original three provinces and six ministries system. It is not practical to bring it out now.
Because Da Qin does not have that many talents.
Wait until a new group of talents have grown up, and wait until this group of old officials have passed away.
These may be some reforms that will be carried out after Fusu ascends the throne.
Chen Ke stood up, shook his head and said, "Okay, let's leave it like that regarding the official position."
"We will discuss it openly during the court meeting in two days."
"I have seen enough of this current system that is neither new nor old."
"We can no longer let these people delay Great Qin's progress!"
Saying this, his eyes were a little cold, Chen Ke no longer wanted to wait!
He looked at Li Si and said, "I'm going to leave first. I still have something to do to see General Wang."
Chen Ke sighed: "I don't know what happened to old General Wang Jian in the year I left."
He touched his chest. There was a letter from home that Wang Ben asked him to bring back.
This time, Wang Ben and Li Xin did not come back because they had to put bait somewhere.
Li Si looked at Chen Ke and nodded slightly.
And when Chen Ke's back completely disappeared from his eyes, Li Si couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He laughed and hammered the table next to him.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha."
"Is this a naughty boy like Chen Ke still alive today?"
Li Si said viciously: "You are really venting your anger!"
He narrowed his eyes and said, "No, I have to go to the palace to see His Majesty and discuss how we can deceive this boy for a while longer."
"This boy is so hardworking!"
As he said that, Li Si stood up without even bothering to tidy up his clothes, and walked directly outside.
........
At this time, Chen Ke's chariot had already arrived at the General's Mansion.
Before arriving, Chen Ke and Wang Jian had already sent greetings, so he didn't wait outside at this time and went in directly.
Wang Jian's body looks pretty good, and he even looks a little tougher than Ying Zheng.
This is a comfort to Chen Ke.
After all, when he first came here, one of the people he knew the most was Wang Jian.
Now seeing the bodies of the First Emperor and Li Si gradually weakening, this was indeed a problem for him.
Old memories and old friends fade away in the wind.
Chen Ke picked up the wine glass in front of him and said with a smile: "The old general's body is still so strong. This is much better than Brother Li."
Wang Jian sneered: "That guy Li Si is full of power and wants to hold all the power in his hands."
"It's strange that people like this don't age so quickly."
He touched his beard and said: "I am a little older than him, but now my body and bones are much better than him."
Chen Ke shook his head and chuckled. Looking at Wang Jian's energetic expression, the sadness in his heart disappeared a little.
"General Wang, this is the letter General Wang Ben asked me to bring back to you."
"Right now, he has important matters in Penglaizhou and cannot get away. Therefore, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back during this year's New Year."
Wang Jian waved his hands with an indifferent expression on his face.
"A real man considers himself to be at home all over the world. What does it mean if he doesn't come back during the Chinese New Year?"
He said with emotion: "I would also like to thank you. If it weren't for you, I still don't know what to do with this kid."
"This guy is as stubborn as a donkey and has no brains."
Wang Jian's expression was a little uncertain: "At the beginning, those people in the clan wanted to take him to submit the letter together, and Li Si was with him."
"If that guy Li Si hadn't helped him, I'm afraid he would have been pulled out and chopped by His Majesty at that time."
Looking at Wang Jian with a gloomy expression, Chen Ke also sighed.
It is indeed a trouble for the descendants of the family not to live up to expectations.
Moreover, Wang Ben is not a very unsatisfactory one. He is at least a relatively good general, but he is not very good at political philosophy.
He soothed softly: "Don't worry, old general."
"Your Majesty is now older, and his heart is not as cold as before."
"What's more, the official position reform happens to be happening now. Although Brother Wang is not very skilled, if he can be loyal, he can stay in the position of "Captain of the State Army", and he may even be able to move to the position of "Taiwei" in the future. "
Chen Ke's voice was filled with relief: "Isn't this a good thing?"
"Even the governor of the state and army, after the reform of the official system, can be regarded as a "second-grade" official, second only to the three ministers and nine ministers. "
"And when reforms are implemented in the future, he will be able to serve as the governor of the state army and be in charge of the military affairs of three or four states, and his rank will be equivalent to that of Jiuqing."
"And it's just a matter of time before Brother Wang reaches this point."
Wang Jian listened to Chen Ke's words, his eyes full of surprise: "That's it."
He said with emotion: "These are all thanks to your plan, Mr. Chen. If it weren't for you, how could that guy Wang Ben be so good and capable?"
Wang Jian raised his head, looked at Chen Ke and said, "It's just that you came to me today not just to deliver a letter, right?"
He said with a hint of ridicule in his tone: "Tell me, what is it that makes a kid like you come to me?"
Chen Ke smiled, sweeping away the sadness just now.
"It's not a big deal. I'm going to take a copy of those clans at the court meeting the day after tomorrow."
"When the time comes, I'm afraid the old general will still be there to help me."
Wang Jian sneered: "You kid are still afraid of this? I'm afraid you won't ask me to help you, but you will ask me to help you keep an eye on Lord Chuanyang, right?"
Chen Ke rubbed his hands: "I heard that Lord Chuanyang is dignified and prudent. What's more, he is an old friend from the time of King Zhaoxiang."
"After much thought, I decided not to be too disrespectful to an old man."
"And now in the imperial court, the only person of the same generation who can compete with me is you, the general."
Wang Jian did not hesitate and said directly: "Don't worry."
"This old guy is even more slippery than me. He will never cause trouble for you."
"I will watch it for you then."
Chen Ke felt relieved now, and he already had a plan in his mind for what happened in the future.
.........
Zhangtai Palace
Ying Zheng looked at the book in his hand with a little hesitation on his face.
"That kid Chen Ke seems to be really stimulated by me."
"Fusu, do you think I shouldn't do this?"
Fusu only found out about this after Ying Zheng came back. In fact, Ying Zheng originally just wanted to stimulate Chen Ke a little.
I didn't expect Chen Ke to react so much.
He touched his nose and secretly came up with an idea: "Father, actually the teacher's receptive ability is very strong."
"Now it's just a little struggle, it's not a big deal."
Fusu met Ying Zheng's strange look and said with a guilty conscience: "In Penglaizhou, teachers don't deal with government affairs very much. Now that they are rarely interested, how can they attack the teachers?"
"Didn't the teacher say that he wanted to teach my father a boxing technique that could strengthen his body?"
He chuckled: "How about your father pretending that he has become stronger after practicing boxing?"
"Wouldn't it be nice to wait in a few years for my father's body to "gradually" return to its original state, and for the teacher to be able to work hard for a few more years? "
Fusu said, stroking his hands and smiling:
"In this way, it will be a good thing for Da Qin, the teacher, the father, and even Prime Minister Li and others!"
Ying Zheng's eyes became even weirder. He looked at the wilted Fusu, and for the first time he felt that his son actually had such evil ideas?
But...
It's not unreasonable...
At the moment, Ying Zheng had a straight face.
"Ahem, Chen Ke is your teacher after all. How can you act so nonsense?"
He glanced at Fusu and said, "I won't do this next time!"
...........
In the morning, as the sound of the night watch sounded, many people had gathered in the court hall.
At this time, everyone in the court was looking at the person standing at the front.
This man was wearing ordinary official robes, but he was able to show a bit more handsomeness and toughness than others.
Yan Kong stood in the crowd, silently looking at the people standing in front.
After Chen Ke had been gone for a while, the aura on his body became more confusing, but the free aura on his body dissipated.
More of a perseverance.
When Ying Zheng arrived, everyone discovered that Da Zongzheng and Chuanyang Jun Gongzi Hui, who had never appeared in the court meeting, also appeared in the court hall.
Smoke filled the air.
As Ying Zheng spoke, Chen Ke slowly took a step forward with determination in his voice.
"Your Majesty, I want to inform you that Lord Jing Yang, Lord Hu Chuan, and many other members of the clan have committed many crimes, including privately raising soldiers, plotting rebellion, and obstructing local reforms."
The strong smell of gunpowder fell with Chen Ke's words, and all the elders in the court held their breath for a while.
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