In mid-September, north of Anlu County, at the ten-mile pavilion, the willows on the side of the road have withered, and the leaves are about to fall, revealing a sense of desolation.

Looking at the dirt road from a distance, the carriage carrying Du Xian and his little luggage slowly left, and the officials who came here to bid farewell to each other also said goodbye to each other, ready to ride back.

Heifu was about to leave, but was stopped by someone.

"Chief Heifu."

Heifu turned his head and said with a smile: "Chen Baijiang, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Baijiang looked at the simple crown of hair on Heifu's head, and his mood was a little complicated.

When we first met a year ago, Heifu was just a pawn who had just received the title, and he was pressed to the ground, and he was in danger. But a year has passed, and unconsciously, Heifu's current title is comparable to that of Chen Baijiang, but his official position is slightly inferior.

But now, this is not the time for him to be jealous, because with Du Xian leaving, both of them have lost their backers and become grasshoppers on a rope.

"I didn't understand the law before, and I thought that the right lieutenant would leave with General Chen Bai."

On the way back to the county seat with the horse, Heifu said with emotion, after all, Chen Baijiang can become a hundred generals in one step from a disciple of the school, thanks to the recommendation of the right lieutenant, this year, the right lieutenant may have a good eye for Heifu, but he still trusts Chen Baijiang the most.

"It's impossible."

Chen Baijiang seemed to have expected this day, shook his head and said: "The Law of Placing Officials says that if an official is transferred to another place, he must leave alone, and he must not leave with his original subordinates, even if the county official is transferred, let alone a county lieutenant?" ”

"I only know the law of catching thieves and catching thieves, but I don't know anything about the court's officials."

Heifu also slowly realized that the officials of the original Qin State were very different from the doorman politics of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.

In Chu, Wei and other countries, up to princes and ministers such as Xinlingjun and Chunshenjun, and down to local officials like Zhang Er in Waihuang County, they all like to raise doormen.

Most of the customers are poor people who wander around, who are supported by their masters and serve their supporters, and then look for personal development opportunities and realize their personal values. The relationship between them and their master is a personal dependency between the "king" and the "minister", emphasizing personal loyalty.

Therefore, every time a certain Wei Chu official goes to a local place from the national capital, he will take dozens or hundreds of doormen and set off with him. After arriving at the locality, these people were placed in important positions one by one to facilitate the confrontation with local forces. When he left office, he took away all these "courtiers" who were attached to him, and left none of them. His successor will naturally bring a new group of customers to settle in.

If this official can't get along in the country and wants to go to a foreign country for development, those doormen who are loyal to him will also accompany him all the way.

Only the Qin State has its own national conditions here, and it has its own system, which has put an end to the emergence of this kind of old politics.

Not only do several county chiefs need to serve in other places, but when they leave their posts or are transferred, even if they appreciate a certain subordinate, they cannot be taken away, and all of them have to stay in their original positions.

Qin Lu is very vigilant about forming a party for personal gain, this kind of regulation is obviously to prevent the emergence of mountaineering, even if the boss has the grace to promote his subordinates, but the two sides are still subordinate relations, both are government workers, and it is rare for subordinates to regard their bosses as "kings".

Therefore, more than 30 years ago, after Wu Anjun stepped down, he walked alone to Du Ting to kill himself.

Bai Qi is certainly an excellent general, but without him, the wheel of war in the Qin State will still continue to turn. Because Qin Zhi is strong, it is not because of the personal charm of a certain son, nor because of the momentary gathering of thousands of guests, but because it is strictly maintained by the law, so that it can be immortal for a hundred years.

Of course, there are also unusual times, such as Lü Buwei and Chang Yu, two foreigners, who brought the oriental guest atmosphere to Xianyang, raising thousands of people, cronyism, and the rule of government officials was corrupted for a while.

It's a pity that they didn't last long, after the fall of Wen Xinjun and Changxin Hou one after another, thousands of people were either arrested, exiled, or, like Li Si, quickly threw themselves into the original system of the Qin State and directly owed allegiance to the king. Nowadays, only Changpingjun, Changwenjun and other nobles are allowed to support a small number of guests.

Therefore, today's transfer of the right lieutenant of Anlu County can only be the same as when he came, and he is on the road alone......

This kind of system is naturally good for the country, but for Heifu and Chen Baijiang, as soon as Du Xian leaves, their good days will come to an end.

The chief officials come and go, but the deputy assistant officials have been in charge of the local government office for a long time, which is also a problem brought about by going to work in other places. The game between the central and local governments will always continue, and the most difficult thing to do is that the cronies promoted by foreign officials like Heifu and them cannot go and go, so they can only stay hard-headed, hoping that the next right lieutenant will continue to use them.

This situation is very likely to occur, after all, no foreign chief will be willing to be overthrown by the local forces, since there is no way to bring his cronies to the post, using the people left by the previous term has become the only choice.

"But the new right lieutenant, I'm afraid I won't be able to take up his post until mid-October, before that, the Anlu County Lieutenant's Office is the left lieutenant's Yiyantang, Heifu Pavilion Chief, you and I have to be careful......" Chen Baijiang has relatives, he knows very well that Zuo Lieutenant Yunman is not a broad-minded person, maybe there will be a time difference, and there will be a big purge of the right lieutenant's cronies.

"Even if it is a left lieutenant, he doesn't dare to openly violate the law and take revenge."

Heifu was not so afraid, for for more than a year, although he had a deep enmity with Lieutenant Zuo, he had offended many people when handling cases, and many people who had been imprisoned for him hated him and wanted him to die.

But at the same time, Heifu also got acquainted with a large number of grassroots officials of the Qin State, such as Xi, Anger, and Le, as well as the county Cangqiangfu and county engineers, although they can't talk about deep friendships, but a real gentleman like Xi, if Heifu is treated unfairly, he will even stand up and speak for him.

In the people, Heifu's reputation is also very good, giving money to buy horses, so that he has a reputation for "benevolence" and "honesty", even if Captain Zuo hates him to the bone, when dealing with Heifu, we must also take into account public opinion.

So Heifu was very open: "At most, Lieutenant Zuo brought out the matter of the last lost thief, called me dereliction of duty, and forced me to step down, and when the time came, I was in a hurry, and I just left my job, and it was better to go home to farm and farm than to be afraid all day long." "With his current title, whether he is an official or not, when the war comes, he can at least be a tun chief.

Having said that, in the next few days, Heifu still raised his vigilance and asked his subordinates not to make mistakes, Heifu already felt that Yun had set his eyes on him, and at this sensitive moment, he didn't want to give someone a handle.

Ten days passed cautiously like this, and in late September, the revenge of the county lieutenant did not wait, and Ji Ying, who went to the county seat, brought back a news that shocked everyone.

"Second and third sons, something is wrong."

As soon as he entered the door, Ji Ying held up the document sent by the county lieutenant and shouted: "Qin State and Chu State, war!" ”