Great Qin Shi Empress

Chapter 38 065~068

==·female official·==

If it weren't for the fact that the two little people on Lin Qian's head have only two heads, and their heads are as big as their bodies, no matter what they do, they are always cute, Ying Zheng might have been caught by the outrageous thoughts in Lin Qian's head. It's time to get angry.

But the amazing thing is that those two little people are quite interesting after watching too much, and it makes people completely angry.

Ying Zheng: "..."

Forget it, forget it.

Ying Zheng withdrew his gaze and turned his gaze to Lin Qian's face: "I have long been used to the Queen Mother's words and deeds. I am angry, but I will no longer feel sorry for her."

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment: "Then why didn't you speak just now?"

Ying Zheng frowned: "The widow just discovered that many people who need to be used in the Zhao Kingdom run away and run away. It is already difficult to select people who can successfully serve as officials. It is also very difficult for us to have insufficient reserves of officials in the Great Qin Dynasty." Send more people here."

Lin Qian couldn't do anything about this problem.

The level of education of the common people during the Warring States period was really too low, and those who could read and read were basically the aristocratic class, or the rich.But almost all of these people had their homes raided, and they were also the ones who hated Qin and Ying Zheng the most.

Moreover, the state of Qin is very strict in arresting corruption, and the punishment is heavy. If you don't want to lose your head, you don't dare to make money. It's not the same as the officials of the six countries.Ordinary people may still be proud of being an official and a petty official. Those Zhao nobles who have tasted better treatment may not necessarily be able to appreciate the salary and treatment of Qin officials.

When South Korea survived until the end of the Warring States period, the land area was already very small, so the officials trained by the Qin State could still support it.However, Zhao State is not only large in size, but also just suffered a disaster last year. Now that it was taken by Qin State, the people are in panic, and there is a shortage of manpower almost everywhere.

But if you want to persuade the old nobles of the Zhao state to do things for the Qin state, I am afraid that returning home property will not be enough, so you have to compromise some conditions with them.

Ying Zheng was unwilling to compromise, and actually began to think about the possibility of allowing women to enter the officialdom.

Seeing that Ying Zheng was frowning, Lin Qian simply suggested, "If you have nothing else to do, why not go out for a walk to relax? You can't solve the problem of talent shortage even if you sit here, maybe go outside for a while, Do you have a solution in mind?"

Ying Zheng glanced at the resplendent environment, heaved a sigh of relief, and stood up resolutely.

He got up and walked out, Lin Qian followed immediately.

Meng Tian was standing outside the door. Seeing Ying Zheng coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going out?"

His eyes fell on Lin Qian, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart——

【His Majesty seems to really like Mrs. Lin, no matter where he goes, he will always take her by his side. 】

Ying Zheng was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.

Lin Qian was puzzled——

[The two of you talk as soon as you talk, and suddenly you look back at me, what are you doing? 】

Ying Zheng turned around and replied, "I'm not used to the palace environment, so I want to go out for a walk."

He regretted his life, but he wouldn't really run out of Zhao Palace.Otherwise, he would have to bring a bunch of soldiers just to protect him, which would really mobilize the crowd, and it would be enough to just wander around the Zhao Palace.

Meng Tian ordered people to guard the surrounding area, while he followed behind Ying Zheng.

After walking a few steps, Ying Zheng suddenly said: "Recently, I have found that the number of officials in the Zhao Kingdom is seriously insufficient. Because of the disaster last year, we need to send more people to appease the people. General Meng thinks, where should I find suitable talents? "

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, and then fell into thought.

After a while, he replied: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and cannot share your worries."

Ying Zheng waved his hand, not disappointed.

He sighed slightly, turned his head to look at Lin Qian: "The widow is a little regretful today, I didn't listen to your opinion before, and trained some women to serve as officials in the court earlier."

If it had been cultivated early, there would not be a shortage of manpower to the present level.

Lin Qian was overjoyed: "It's not too late now, don't you want to attack other countries in the future? Start training now, and when you take other countries down, you won't have to face the plight of lack of people anymore. At that time..."

hum-

Meng Tian, ​​who had been standing quietly by the side, suddenly took two steps forward to block Ying Zheng, and instantly drew his sword to point at Gong'e who appeared in front of him.

Lin Qian was startled, turned her head to look, and found that Meng Tian's sword was pointing at a rough envoy Gong'e.

The palace lady was scared to death by Meng Tian, ​​but when her eyes fell on Ying Zheng, she gritted her teeth and plucked up the courage to kneel in front of Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, slaves, slaves have followed their elder brothers to read and write since they were young. Lv memorizes everything backwards, please, beg Your Majesty to give this slave a chance!"

The system of the Qin State is indeed superior to that of the Six Kingdoms. Many slaves and men who have committed crimes can also enlist in the army, go to the battlefield to fight and accumulate military exploits in order to change their household registration, and even increase their official titles; but women do not have such a system. Chances are, many women who enter the hidden palace may only do one thing repeatedly throughout their lives, and have no hope of changing their lives other than getting married.

Now that she suddenly heard that there was such an opportunity, Gong'e, who dreamed of getting rid of her status as a slave, didn't care about anything else, she just wanted to grab it desperately.

Lin Qian was stunned, subconsciously looking at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng turned to look at Meng Tian.

Meng Tian nodded in agreement, and called a few maids to check whether he was carrying a weapon. After confirming that he was not an assassin, he returned to Ying Zheng's side.

Only now did Yingzheng become interested: "You said you learned to read and write with your elder brother since childhood? Has your elder brother ever been employed?"

Gong E bit her lip and said in a low voice: "Brother is weak, he just went to the battlefield twice and never came back..."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and he was a little more tolerant of her offense in his heart.

It turned out that he lost his life for Qin...

After a while, Ying Zheng said, "Since you said that you were able to read and write, and you can recite Qin Lv upside down, then recite Qin Lv for everyone to listen to."

That Gong'e didn't show any timidity at all. After taking a deep breath, she started from the beginning of Qin Lu and recited it all the way to the end without stopping.

Lin Qian is not very familiar with Qin Lv, but from her fluent recitation speed without stuttering, and Meng Tian's brighter and brighter eyes, she can see that there is absolutely no problem with the content of Gong E's recitation.

She was in a good mood immediately, and immediately turned and ran back to the main hall.

Ying Zheng heard the sound and looked back at her.

Not long after, seeing Lin Qian coming out with a roll of bamboo slips and a brush, Ying Zheng turned his head and looked at Gong'e: "Madam brought the bamboo slips and brush, please write a few words for the widow to see."

That Gong'e looked at Lin Qian, gratefully took the bamboo slips and writing brush from her hand, then picked up the pen and began to silently write Qin Lv on the bamboo slips in front of everyone.

Lin Qian quietly raised her head and took a look.

To be honest, that Gong'e's brush calligraphy is better than hers, and she obviously already has her own style.

At once……

I can't help but feel sorry for her——

Such a brave, careful and outstanding girl can only do some trivial chores in the court, which really wastes her abilities.

After reading what she wrote, Ying Zheng, who had been expressionless all the time, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

When the other party almost filled the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng stopped it: "Enough, no need to write any more."

The maid immediately put away the bamboo slips and brushes, held her breath, and looked at Ying Zheng nervously.

Ying Zheng was lost in thought.

Lin Qian thought that he was still unwilling to allow women to be officials, so he murmured softly: "Anyway, there is no one available in Qin now, if your majesty doesn't want to compromise with Zhao's nobles, it's better to use some women who can read and write like this girl as minor officials. You should just do this as an experiment. If these women can really do their job well, you will have more people to use in the future; and if they can't do their job well, His Majesty will not meet them again if they are replaced. any hindrance."

"And while they are helping, His Majesty may be able to find someone who can be used."

"Just act in a hurry."

Ying Zheng looked back at Lin Qian, and the box really popped up——

The trumpet Lin Qian was bowing to the trumpet Yingzheng, with a pitiful expression on her face, which made people feel soft-hearted.What's annoying is that the trumpet Ying Zheng has a coffin-faced expression and is unmoved. Being tightly entangled by the trumpet Lin Qian, he turns around in a particularly annoying way, crosses his chest with his hands, and raises his chin indifferently. people.

That's right, it's pretty embarrassing!

Is this the image of him in Lin Qian's heart?

Ying Zheng: "..."

He collected himself, feeling a little helpless: "You really want to push the woman into the officialdom."

Lin Qian rolled her eyes: "I'm going to go to court in the future, so I have to cultivate some useful people for myself, right? Otherwise, I won't be able to win the quarrel, and no one will help me. The key is that this girl is not bad..."

Seeing her talking more and more, Ying Zheng interrupted helplessly: "The widow never said that she was not needed."

Lin Qian was taken aback, and his eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, do you agree?"

Ying Zheng's eyes fell on Lin Qian, who was instantly happy, and hugged and kissed the small Ying Zheng, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

People in the future are all like this...

Wild?

That Gong'e couldn't hide her excitement even more, and immediately kowtowed to Ying Zheng "dong dong dong", and a trace of blood came out after a few kowtows.

Ying Zheng moved away from Lin Qian, seeing the blood on her brows, he couldn't help frowning: "You don't have to be so excited, as Madam said, I don't believe that a woman who has never systematically studied Qin Law can be a small official." I have no job, so I can only give you one chance."

"If there is no accident, I can still stay in Zhao State for half a month. During this period, you can work for our Qin State as a small official. If you can get started smoothly within this half month, I will allow you to become an official official. Little official, but if you still can't get started in half a month, you can only return to the palace to continue your previous work."

This is already good!

That Gong'e immediately kowtowed excitedly and thanked: "Thank you Your Majesty for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely work hard!"

Ying Zheng waved his hand, and directly ordered someone to call Yang Duanhe, explained the reason, and sent Gong'e to the Sheriff's Mansion.

Yang Duanhe was a little strange, but he still sent the person to the destination.

The county guard had a headache: "General Yang, are you joking with the humble official? This person looks like a maid who does odd jobs in the palace. Don't say she is just a woman. She may not be able to read. You will be such a person Sending her to the humble official and saying that she will be let to do the job of a petty official, aren’t you making fun of the humble official?”

Yang Duanhe explained: "Your Majesty ordered me to send this person personally."

The sheriff was stunned: "Your Majesty?"

Gong'e, who was standing next to her, mustered up her courage and said, "Junshou, that... slave is literate, and can memorize the entire Qin law."

The sheriff swiped and turned around: "Is what you said true?"

Gong'e was frightened, but she still nodded seriously: "Your Majesty personally listened to the recitation by the slave, and also saw the words written by the slave..."

"Since this is the case, what are you waiting for?" The county guard didn't care about Yang Duanhe anymore, and dragged Gong'e to the official office, "My God, I finally have someone who can be used, I'm going to be exhausted if I don't come here... ..."

As for the other party being a woman?

Don't be ridiculous, what is the status of a mere woman compared to my own life?Are there fewer outrageous things they have done in Qin?

==·Awakening·==

After finding a female official who could read and write, Ying Zheng no longer sticks to her identity as a woman, and directly orders the county guards in various places. If a woman is familiar with Qin law, she can also be recruited into the government office to reduce her workload.

Of course, this is not mandatory.

After all, there has been no precedent for women entering the court as officials for hundreds of thousands of years, and it is unrealistic for officials to immediately accept women as colleagues.

but……

If the opportunity is given to you, if you don't want it yourself, then no wonder Ying Zheng is here.

As long as the local government affairs are okay in the end, and the common people are settled properly, Yingzheng doesn't care whether you hire a woman as a petty official to handle official affairs, or you handle all the government affairs by yourself all night long.

He only looks at the results.

Anyway, Yingzheng, who has already given a solution, will never compromise with those old nobles in Zhao State.

……

At the beginning, the others were a little puzzled when they received this order. They thought that since His Majesty did not enforce this order, they could continue to follow their own work habits, even if they needed to be busy for a while?It's more acceptable than working with women.

But isn't there a traitor among them?

The maid who recommended herself was named Liu, and she didn't have a surname. Her elder brother had given her this name.

She dared to rush out when she overheard Lin Qian and Ying Zheng talking about letting a woman become an official. Naturally, she had some real skills and confidence——

She was not only good at reciting Qin Law. When Liu's elder brother was still alive, he wanted to be a petty official, so he not only found a way to read and write, but also entered the academy to learn Qin Law.Learning the Law of Qin in the Academy is not just for all the students to recite it, but also for them to explain various cases, so that they can have a reference when they encounter similar cases in the future, and it is best to learn and use them flexibly.

And because Liu was interested in Qin Lv and was smart enough, she pestered her brother to listen to all the cases in a daze.

She knows how most cases should be judged.

And working with the sheriff, if she doesn't understand something, she can ask nearby.

After the county guard found that Liu was even smarter than many of the officials from the academy and could use Qin Law more flexibly, which reduced his burden a lot, he valued him more and more, and not only would he seriously answer Liu's questions The problem is that he will give Liu a little trouble when he is busy, and he hopes that she can be alone as soon as possible and allocate more work for him.

As a result, Liu's growth rate can be called a thousand miles a day.

Not to mention half a month, she only took two days to successfully start the job of a small official, and in ten days she can help handle some duties of the county magistrate (deputy of the county magistrate). The sheriff took the initiative to take Liu to meet Yingzheng, and after seeking Yingzheng's consent, he simply threw him into a county under his jurisdiction and became the county magistrate (the deputy of the county magistrate, whose position is similar to that of the sheriff).

After Liu was officially appointed as the county magistrate, all the local officials were shocked.

But what is even more surprising is that Liu really seized this opportunity——

Because the entire county was short of manpower, when Liu just arrived in office, he quickly asked people to post a notice at the gate of the official office, openly recruiting people who had read books, could read, and were familiar with the law of Qin.

Aristocratic men hold their own identities, and ordinary men have already joined the army to earn titles in the first place. Those who are willing to come and try after seeing the notice are more likely to be women.

After some doubts, trials and discussions, some women soon came to sign up.

Most of them are female relatives of the old noble families, but some of them are like willows, who can read and write at home with their father, brother and others.There are fewer women who are familiar with Qin Law, but it doesn't have much influence. They just need to study privately. After all, there is a shortage of people now.

They also cherish this opportunity very much and are willing to work hard to learn Qin Lu.

Relying on this newly formed management team, Liu quickly became the first county magistrate in the county to sort out the county affairs——

Due to lack of manpower, the county where Liu is located does not have a county magistrate, and she will act as the county magistrate temporarily.

When other people see it, this is not acceptable!

They stayed up all night and almost exhausted their livers to deal with official affairs, but they haven't sorted out the government affairs until now. As a result, you have only been employed for a long time, and you have dealt with the accumulated official affairs in the entire county, and even comforted the people. , Ready to put into production work after that?

Doesn't this make them particularly incompetent?

What if it reaches His Majesty's ears? !

In addition, Liu told the sheriff that there are not many literate women in this county, and many of the girls she recruited actually came from other counties to sign up after hearing the news. The government office may not be able to recruit people soon.

There are a lot of things that are really delicious once they are fought over.

What's more, the county guard has been working hard for a long time. Upon hearing this, he immediately put up a notice to recruit women who can read and write.

By the time the others reacted, the needy people in my county were almost running out!

In order to keep the last few who can be used, a group of county guards, county magistrates, and county magistrates are trying their best to promote that literate women can enter the government office to help——

Because the sheriff gave Liu a "trial period" at the beginning, the others thought it was easy to use, and they all continued to use it.

Only those who pass the probationary period will be assigned to official positions.

So in a short period of time, a large number of female middle and low-level officials appeared in the counties where the original Zhao State was established. Whenever they went out to handle affairs, they would attract many curious onlookers.

But more importantly, women's inherently serious and careful character and their own affinity have largely eased the conflicts between local people and officials sent by the Qin State, eased the difficulty of implementing the Qin Law, and advanced several laws. A newly established county entered into production and busy farming early.

Lin Qian has been troubled these days.

She was just happy to learn that Liu was valued by the county guard, but when she turned around, she realized that Lin Mo was in a bad mood.

The key is to ask Lin Mo, she still hesitates to say.

Lin Qian sorted out all the recent events, but didn't understand why Lin Mo was in a bad mood.

She pestered Lin Mo for a long time, and when he was about to leave for Xianyang, Lin Mo finally couldn't help it, and told Lin Qian about his entanglement during this period: "I, I just want to ask, that Liu...is she It's not really being reused by the sheriff."

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, two days ago, the county guard brought Liu to seek His Majesty's opinion, intending to send him to a certain county as a county magistrate, to share some work for the county guard."

After a pause, she added, "Your Majesty agrees."

Lin Mo fell silent, and it took a long time before he asked, "Then... Niang Qian, do you think I can be an official like Liu?"

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, and finally realized the reason why Lin Mo was not right during this time.

Looking back after having clues, Lin Qian finally discovered that Lin Mo had indeed started to feel depressed that day when Liu rushed out to beg Ying Zheng to give her a chance.

Lin Qian was not angry, but relieved: "I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the height of a willow. I don't even have confidence in myself."

After all, Liu grew up in the State of Qin, and has been exposed to Qin Law since he was born. Moreover, he followed his elder brother to read and learn Qin Law, but what about Lin Qian?It has only been more than a year since she started learning seal script, but she will finish learning all the characters, and she still doesn't understand many books.

Lin Mo learned from Lin Qian, and the progress of the two was about the same.

Therefore, Lin Mo had never formally studied Qin Law.

but……

Lin Qian couldn't help being happy for Lin Mo: "It's great that you have this idea. You have learned almost all the characters now. If you want to be an official like Liu, you might as well start learning Qin Law after you go back. You can reach the same height as Liu, even His Majesty will not refuse to let you enter the officialdom."

Lin Mo's eyes were full of surprise: "Don't you think I'm whimsical?"

Lin Qian smiled, and couldn't help but patted her head: "Why do you think it's whimsical? I have been named Gu Fenghou by His Majesty, and I have also served as Taicang Cheng, and Liu has also become County Cheng, you If you work hard enough, you can of course become an official in the court."

Lin Mo nodded fiercely: "I will work hard."

And in every corner of the state of Qin, there are many women like Lin Mo who suddenly gave birth to the idea of ​​becoming an official after learning about Liu's experience.

==·Sweet Potato==

People seem to have a magnetic field invisible to others. When one good thing happens, another good thing will come quietly soon after.

Just the night before Yingzheng was about to leave for Xianyang from Taiyuan and Shangjun, Hua, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, suddenly contacted Lin Qian like crazy.

When Lin Qian routinely opened the plane trader every day, seeing the long series of message reminders, she thought that something happened to Hua, and she was taken aback immediately, and directly sent a voice message to ask her what happened. What happened, and then I started to swipe to find Huafa's first voice.

She didn't click on it, and saw Hua sent a new voice message, directly uploading all the messages.

Lin Qian simply clicked on the message just sent——

"Lin Qian Linqian, let me tell you, didn't the people of our tribe go to the big tribe to trade? At that time, I told you that the silk you traded with me was very popular, and it was exchanged for our tribe. Too much salt and stuff."

Lin Qian nodded, she still had an impression of this.

Hua followed and said: "But didn't we find the sweet potato you want after searching for more than a year? So at that time, we changed a lot of seeds that were not available near our tribe, just thinking of the sweet potato you want Will it be in there?"

"It's just because we haven't seen sweet potatoes, so I can't tell you. I'm worried that it will make you happy."

"but!"

Lin Qian sat up straight in an instant, and listened to Hua's words: "After our tribe planted the seeds according to the wishes of other tribes, you didn't mention sweet potatoes among the crops that have been harvested in recent months. Until a while ago, I didn't know I found that a potato-like thing that was buried in the ground had grown several vines, and after the vines were spread in the ground, they all seemed to take root and sprout."

"I wasn't sure if that was the sweet potato you were talking about, so I didn't tell you."

"But just yesterday, we dug out all the vines and found that there were many lumps of soil under the vines."

"The kid in the tribe ate one, just like what you said before, it's sweet!"

Lin Qian became excited in an instant: "You take a picture and show me. If there is no accident, the dirt lump you mentioned must be a sweet potato! It can't be wrong!"

Hua herself was also very excited, and immediately took a picture of the sweet potato and sent it over.

Lin Qian took a look, the authentic yellow-skinned red-hearted sweet potato!

[Ah, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes that are easier to grow than potatoes! 】

Lin Qian excitedly wanted to run in circles!

When many people mention high-yielding grains, they always remember the three-piece set of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corns. But among these three kinds of high-yielding grains, potatoes often have the highest sense of presence, followed by corn, and sweet potatoes have almost no sense of presence.

But when it comes to the possibility of popularizing planting, sweet potatoes are actually higher than potatoes and corns.

After all, potatoes are prone to diseases, so several plots of land must be planted in rotation, otherwise, if they are infected, they will easily fail. Corn also requires high fertilizers. Even if there is farmyard manure, the land used for planting is not fertile and high-quality land, and the yield is not at all. I can't mention it; only sweet potatoes are not prone to disease, and can be planted in ordinary fields without affecting their high yield of at least four to five thousand catties.

There was a famine in the 60s in New China, and many places survived by relying on sweet potatoes.

The only reason why sweet potatoes were not grown as a staple food in the end is that eating too much of them can cause gas and stomach upset, and even diarrhea in severe cases.

But before there was no hybrid rice, "eating more" was a luxury.

Lin Qian almost wanted to go to Ying Zheng immediately.

But after looking at the sky, she finally chose to inquire with Hua first, and then look for someone tomorrow.

Ying·Looking forward·Zheng: "..."

……

After some inquiries, Lin Qian finally asked about the yield of sweet potatoes and other details.

It turned out that the sweet potato was given to Hua because their tribe bought too many things at the beginning, and the tribe who gave the sweet potato to Hua also reminded them that they should not eat too much sweet potato. Otherwise it is easy to fart.

It's not too dangerous to fart when you're hunting—

Either alarmed the prey and scared it away; or alarmed the predator and lost his life.

As for Hua and the others, at first they saw that this thing was given away for free, so they didn't take it very seriously; after hearing the other party's reminder, they even regarded it as a scourge, and after bringing it back to the tribe, they randomly threw it in the corner and let it go. Sprout.

Only recently did they discover that a vine had grown from one of the sweet potatoes that had been dropped earlier, and more sweet potatoes were dug up.

Lin Qian: "..."

But it's good enough to find sweet potatoes.

She suppressed her excitement and said, "After you dug out the sweet potatoes, did you throw away the sweet potato vines?"

flower:"???"

She was a little surprised: "Do you still want sweet potato vines?"

Lin Qian explained: "Don't look at a sweet potato that can grow so many vines, it will be a lot if it produces dozens of times of sweet potatoes. In fact, you missed the opportunity to cut a crop."

The method of planting sweet potatoes is generally to dig a hole in the ground and bury a whole sprouted sweet potato. After it has sprouted many vines, then cut off all the vines, and then use two to three leaves as "seeds" and cut them into In the ground, when it's harvest time, almost every cut vine can grow a nest of sweet potatoes.

So sweet potato vines are also a treasure that can be exchanged for Lin Qian.

Only then did Hua understand why Lin Qian valued sweet potatoes so much.

She herself quite likes the taste of sweet potatoes, so she couldn't help but ask Lin Qian: "We keep the sweet potato vines, can we grow them?"

Lin Qian calculated the time: "It's winter over there, right? There's a high probability that it won't work."

Although there are also places to plant winter potatoes, the cuttings should be planted in the ground around the end of October or early November. The flower world has long missed the best planting time. Can be frozen to death.

Hua was a little disappointed, and simply sent most of the sweet potatoes and all the sweet potato vines to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian didn't accept it for the time being: "I'll pay you back when the sweet potatoes grow."

The next day, Lin Qian hurried to find Ying Zheng: "I traded with Hua for a high-yield grain."

Ying Zheng looked at the trumpet Lin Qian who was happily spreading flowers around her head, and nodded helplessly: "I heard it last night."

Lin Qian paused: [Yes, I must have forgotten to empty my mind when I got excited. 】

She didn't take it seriously, and looked at Ying Zheng happily: "I counted the time. If we return to Xianyang now, it will be the time to plant autumn sweet potatoes. The sweet potato vine cuttings I just got are planted in the ground, and it takes about eleven It will be harvested in a month."

Ying Zheng was slightly surprised: "What a coincidence?"

Lin Qian nodded: "Actually, it's a bit late, but because the flowers gave me a lot of sweet potato vines, it would be fine if I used the sweet potato vine cuttings directly. Those sweet potatoes can only be planted next year."

"Can't it be planted directly in Handan?"

"The climate here in Handan is too cold. Generally, only one season of sweet potatoes can be grown a year, and it is spring sweet potatoes."

The time has been missed for several months, and there is no way to plant it.

Lin Qian thought for a while: "The people in Handan can grow potatoes. Potatoes are still hardy."

"The potatoes were sent to Handan before, and now they may have started to breed and germinate." Ying Zheng was planning to leave today, and he didn't want to delay after hearing the words, "Go and see if you forgot to bring something. Then we set off right away.”

==·Anti-Qin·==

Ying Zheng and Lin Qian had a good idea, but unfortunately they didn't make it in the end.

Because just when they were about to leave after eating breakfast, Yang Duanhe suddenly entered the palace to ask for an audience, saying that the old nobles and officials from several nearby counties and counties had secretly gathered together to preach that King Qin Yingzheng had neglected his ancestors and forgotten his virtues. Regardless of the differences between men and women, women are allowed to enter the court as officials and work as colleagues with a group of men.Afterwards, rumors spread to the point that the laws of Qin were so strict that the king of Qin was fatuous and would not be able to govern the country at all. If the king of Qin continued to rule, the people of the world would inevitably fall into dire straits.

The rumors intensified and soon spread to Handan City, causing the people who had finally settled down to become panicked again.

Ying Zheng frowned when he heard the words: "Have you found out who the person spreading the rumors is?"

Yang Duanhe cupped his hands: "Going back to Your Majesty, I caught one or two, so I know that the people behind the rumors are former nobles and officials of the Zhao Kingdom."

"According to the two people who were arrested, they originally wanted to sell their knowledge for a price, so as to negotiate with His Majesty the conditions for serving the Qin State. It is best to return all the confiscated furniture and land. give them."

But unexpectedly, Yingzheng took the bottom line and directly hired women who could read and write.

These people still wanted to see a joke at first——

After all, for thousands of years, it has never been heard of a woman becoming an official in the court, let alone a woman who can handle the government.Appointing a woman as an official seems to these people to be nothing but Yingzheng's helpless move, and he will not get good results if he takes such an emergency measure. The group of women who don't understand anything make a mess.

They thought so from the bottom of their hearts, but they never thought of stopping it because of their own selfishness.

What's more, when the female family members asked to sign up, these people not only agreed with both hands, but also offered to help their female family members learn the law of Qin.

As for the purpose?

Naturally, they are looking forward to sending more female family members into the official system of Qin State, and making the government affairs of these counties and counties as bad as possible, so that when they appear in front of Qin Wang Yingzheng as "saviors", In order to sit on the ground and raise the price, put forward more conditions and requirements.

However, the result was exactly the opposite of what they hoped.

Those women not only completed their work perfectly, but also quickly reconciled the relationship between Qin officials, soldiers and local people with a degree of completion and speed that they themselves could not achieve, making Qin take over the old place of Zhao. It was easier, and the people quickly turned against them under their appeasement and Qin's "grain bribe".

The female relatives who have succeeded in the position are unwilling to give up the power they have won so hard, and they work very hard, almost one and the other.

Because their work efficiency is too high, people completely forget that the official positions in several counties are not full, so that several counties from top to bottom, from Qin officials to the common people, almost forget that there are still a group of people who have read poetry and books I can find work.

They suddenly realized that something was wrong, and in order to avoid being completely forgotten, they could only offer to do things for Qin.

However, their actions were not welcomed by the county guards, but because of the bad habits they had developed in Zhao Guo's officialdom, such as fishing and drinking at work, they were very self-confident in the face of lower-level officials, and they looked down on trivial matters that were not difficult. He was short-sighted, high-sighted and low-handed, etc., as well as his demeanor and disrespect for female colleagues. He was quickly kicked out by several county guards.

They wanted to intercede, but the sheriffs simply ignored them.

——Although there is a shortage of people, these idiots not only cannot reduce their workload, but will only create conflicts and delay their progress. Why keep them? !

——Not as good as those women!

With this group of old aristocrats who only know how to eat and eat, the several county guards are more and more satisfied with the female subordinates under their command.

But for those old nobles, their situation is not so good.

Without the road of being an official, there is no difference between them and other common people, and Ying Zheng is unwilling to give them preferential treatment, so...

All kinds of corvee and military service also came one after another.

The nobles who cherish their lives are unwilling to get involved in such high-risk activities as wars. After all, they can only start from the lowest ranks of soldiers, and the ranks of soldiers are always the easiest to die on the battlefield.

Ever since, this group of men thought of making trouble.

At the beginning, what they thought was to find the former subordinates and slaves and let them do things for themselves, but the result...

I was almost reported by my subordinates.

They finally persuaded the other party to keep it secret, but they were also forced to understand that they were very satisfied with their current life, and they didn't want to follow their group of hopeless people to toss and die.

And without their subordinates, there are naturally fewer things they can do.

After some deliberation, he came up with methods such as spreading messages and discrediting Qin.

But unexpectedly, it was reported by the people again.

Lin Qian was a little surprised: "Reported by the people?"

Yang Duanhe also seemed a little speechless: "Generally speaking, such rumors must ferment to a certain extent before they attract the attention of officials, but usually after that time, it is basically impossible to find out the source of the rumors. But because These rumors spread by people involved the group of female officials who were loved by the people shortly after taking office, and also slandered His Majesty who is now very respected and loved by the people, so they were quickly discovered by some smart people and reported to the officials .”

Lin Qian: "..."

Ying Zheng: "...it's pretty good."

Although he never thought that he, who has always been feared and hated by others, would one day be loved by the people.

It felt like a novelty.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but glance at Lin Qian.

……

this happened