Night is approaching, and Liu Xiaji, who has taken off his crown belt, wears thin clothes and kneels quietly at the door of the dormitory.

After he got the news that the thieves attacked Yuncheng, attacked the capital, and even besieged the city of Kancheng, the tomb of the first king, he was heartbroken and terrified, knowing that the theft was not as serious as usual, so he immediately came to inform Lu Hou, and at the same time asked to be guilty of the same crime as the thief.

Liu Xiaji was blasted out by Lu Hou who was angry, and then he knelt until nightfall, his knees were numb, he was hungry without eating, and his body was gradually chilling, and there were three uneven footsteps inside.

Liu Xiaji, as the master of ceremonies, received hundreds of doctors at home and abroad, if not thousands, but hundreds of times, and could hear that one of them was brisk and high-spirited, and the other two were slow and sluggish. He raised his head slightly, and looked at the palace lamp carried by the temple people, and found that the people who came were Zhao Wuxian, Ji Sunsi, and Meng Sun He Ji, who had been called into the palace before.

It is also the most powerful three people in the Lu State after the fall of Yanghu......

The upstart Zhao Wuxian still had a spring breeze smile on his face, while Ji and Meng had solemn faces, presumably encountering something that made them unhappy when discussing inside.

Liu Xia Ji suddenly said: "The criminal minister Liu Xia Ji has seen Da Situ, Da Sikong, and Zhong Da Da Ji next season. ”

"The master of ceremonies is calling it wrong, from now on, I have to call Zitai Zhao Sikou to ......" Meng Sun He Ji put his hands behind his back, squinted at Zhao Wuxian, and said with some taste.

"Sikou?" Liu Xiaji was slightly startled, and looked at the young Zhao Wuxian behind him, but saw that he did not deny it.

"It is precisely that Zitai Fang was appointed by the king as the secretary of the army, responsible for killing the Onozawa bandits." Ji Sunsi also added with his hands on the side, but the words he said were cold, which showed that his mood was average, especially the word killing.

Zhao Wuxian was unaffected, modestly avoided the front, and arched his hand: "I have seen Liu Siyi, to be precise, it should be Xiao Sikou who is right ......."

Suddenly, this is the case.

According to legend, there was an official position in Xia and Shang. The ancestor of the surname Ying, Gao Tao, is one of them, as "Gao Tao Mo", in charge of the public security prison, the Western Zhou Dynasty. Su Xinsheng, a descendant of his surname, was appointed as the son of heaven. After the king of Ping moved eastward, the Zhou royal family and the Lu, Song, Jin, Qi, Zheng, Wei, Yu and other countries all had officials who were responsible for driving away thieves and killing the unrequited ministers and people according to the law.

Originally, the state of Lu had a chief priest, who was the chief officer of the bureau and was responsible for establishing and enacting the five criminal laws that governed the state. Hidden in the treasury and not shown to the people, he assisted the monarch to punish the people who violated the law, and forbade thieves and rebellions in the four fields. But because of a certain past, the Grand Priest has not been set up for fifty years.

There is a small secretary under the chief secretary, who assists the chief secretary in trying specific cases and is responsible for the theft in specific areas, and there are special judicial subordinates under it.

"The fortunes of the country are unfortunate, and the Yanghu Rebellion is initially decided, but his remnants are still active, and Da Situ wants to be ruthless to Gongshan in Payyi, and strive to let Da Sima return to the court as soon as possible. Dasikong wants to exterminate the Guancheng rebels in the north and consolidate the defense line in the north. It's just that I don't have mercy and leisure, so I have to share the worries of the king, I never thought that I would get such a heavy responsibility, I was really terrified......"

Zhao Wuxian was humble here, but Ji and Meng scolded in their hearts: "It's clear that what you said is 'not right, then it is not good; If you don't go your way, you won't get it done.'" On this ground, I demand that if you are sent to suppress the robbers, we must first grant you the duty of being worthy of the name......"

What Wuxian got was the position of "Little Boss". The doctors, regardless of their duties and status, are just matched. When Fang Cai Liu heard the name of Si Kou at first glance, he thought that Zhao Wuxian had suddenly become the long-vacant Si Kou of Lu State. That would be terrifying.

But that's not all.

In the dormitory, he claimed that the soldiers' weapons, armor, cattle and horses had been seriously worn out in the previous civil strife, and they urgently needed to be replenished, so he requested that the weapons in the west of the city be selected and taken away "as appropriate", and some countrymen should be recruited as apprentices on the spot.

The great Sikong Mengsun He Ji, who managed these things, agreed, so Zhao Wuxian almost emptied the Chengxi Arsenal. Enough weapons and hundreds of pairs of light armor to arm a division of 2,500 people fell into his hands, and the grain and straw would also allow the people to continue to move westward.

He also claimed that his subordinates were insufficient, and he wanted to leave Xiang Tuo, the priest of the west of the city, and others. Xiang Tuo, known as the keeper of loyalty, has been very cooperative in the past few days, putting out the riots and distributing food from the government treasury to Zhao Wuxian's satisfaction. What's more, Xiang Tuo's youngest son happens to be a seven-year-old prodigy Xiang Lu who has had a one-sided relationship, and Zhao Wuxian is also determined to win.

Compared to asking Zhao Wuxian to send troops earlier, these are nothing, and the big Situ Jisun Si, who is in charge of personnel transfer, naturally has to allow it.

After briefly recounting what happened inside, Wuxian bowed to Liu Xia Ji and said: "I will go to the Sikou Office to report for registration in a while, and I hope that Dr. Liu Xia can come to the west of the city after leaving the palace to talk about it, and give me more guidance as a junior." ”

Liu Xiaji knew what he wanted to know, and said with a miserable smile: "I naturally know a lot about my brother's affairs, and I must know everything." ”

Wuxian nodded, bowed to Ji and Meng, and left the Lu Palace, preparing to go to the Sikou Office to find manpower, and then gather the soldiers and set off to the west.

Liu Xiaji looked back at Zhao Wuxian and walked away, and only the word "terrible afterlife" was left in his heart.

"At a young age, he was a middle doctor, and he was a small priest, and when I was his age, he had just performed the crown salute, and he had not done anything, and he only knew the son of the doctor who fought cocks and dogs. Now that the western and southern borders of the Lu country are erosive, I am counting on this newly appointed little Sikou to rescue him! ”

Ji Sunsi looked at Zhao Wuxian's distant back, his heart was mixed, and after hearing the words, he sent his temper to Liu Xiaji, and said fiercely:

"Doctor Yanagishita, you still have to worry about yourself! Your role as the master of ceremonies, I'm afraid it's going to be done, hum! ”

This person has always been a bad party, and the thief who absconded from Lucheng back then was also related to his father Ji Pingzi, so Ji Sunsi has always had no good face for Liu Xiaji.

Mengsun He Ji also said: "The king summoned you to speak, so let's go in quickly." ”

Liu Xiaji knew that the test he was about to face had just begun, so he stopped saying nothing and bowed to Erqing.

After entering the palace, Lu Hou's anger had really disappeared, and he kindly supported Liu Xiaji, who still had some respectful performance in the past, and was the only person Lu Hou thought of that he could rely on.

"The subordinates are not virtuous, which led to a rebellion and a thief in the Liuxia clan, insulting the ancestors and guilty of the Lu country, please resign as the master of ceremonies!"

"The thieves have been in trouble for a long time, and the master of ceremonies has taken the risk to persuade them. Didn't he drive him back, and threatened to cut off your heart and liver if he went again, but I know that this time it's none of your business. ”

After consolation, for the request for resignation. Lu Hou did not categorically refuse, nor did he agree. Anyway, whether he wants it or not, this matter is also up to Ji's Meng family, so he simply skipped it directly after humming it, and then sighed to Liu Xiaji:

"Poetry: Mourning is peaceful. Both peaceful and peaceful; Although there are brothers, it is better to be friends. This time Kan Ling was in danger, the Ji family and the Meng family still shirked in every possible way, and they were unwilling to help save it, you must know that Huan Gong is not only the ancestor of the widow, but also the ancestor of his generation! In the end, it was Dr. Zhao and an outsider who came forward to help the distress. ”

Speaking of Zhao Wuxian, Lu Hou sighed: "It's a pity, he is not the Shiqing of Lu State after all, and he is young and ambitious. The widow is now entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and there is nothing to be done. What's more, he had probably already negotiated the conditions with the Ji family and the Meng family in advance, and Gu was just a favor. ”

"Doctor Zhao is strong and brave, and he has contributed a lot to the Yanghu Rebellion, and he will definitely be able to quickly quell the thieves!"

Lu Hou was noncommittal about this: "The matter has come to this, since it has been handed over to him to handle, the Ji family and the Meng family will naturally dispatch and provide it, and it is useless to say more about it." ”

In the end, Lu Hou was already a little indignant, after being kidnapped by Yang Hu and stealing his feet. He felt that if he relied on Sanhuan for everything, let alone the tomb of his ancestors, he was afraid that he would not even be able to protect his own mausoleum. It is better to take advantage of the opportunity of Ji's weakness to find a way to promote Xianming. Plot the law of strong monarchy!

"Master of Ceremonies Yanagi, you told me before about the wise man Kongqiu who ruled the central capital, if he can survive from the thieves this time, can you summon the widow to see him?"

……

On October 7, when the rooster crowed, Zhao Wuxian stood at the west gate of Qufu on horseback, scanning that all the worn equipment had been replaced. There are more than 600 soldiers in armor, and more than 400 people who have been temporarily recruited in the west of the city. The Xuanniao banner has been raised high by Mu Xia, and many doctors of Lu Guoshi at the head of the city are looking down and watching.

Thanks to the beautiful combination of thieves and thieves, the Ji clan and the Meng clan who did not dare to send soldiers to each other, and even more so that Lu Hou was worried that the ancestral tomb would be planed, Zhao Wuxian got what he wanted, which was even more abundant than what he planned before the Yanghu Rebellion!

Not to mention the money, food, and armor on the surface, let's just say that the little Sikou, this official position is not high, but the power is not small.

In later generations, the functions and powers of the modern state were mainly legislative, judicial, and administrative. But what is interesting is that in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the power of the little priest stipulated in the "Zhou Li" actually spanned these three fields!

Theoretically, on the first day of the first lunar month every year, Xiao Sikou should lead his subordinates to formulate and correct the criminal law, announce it to the Quartet government in the form of a simple paper, and hang and publish the five prohibitions for the people, which is the legislative power.

"Hearing the prison lawsuits of all the people with five punishments" is the judicial power.

"The position of the little secretary is in charge of the politics of the foreign court, so that all the people will be inquired about." This is the executive power.

Because he wanted to lead troops to take the robbers, he was also involved in the military.

At the local level, the junior priest can manage the subordinate officials who are responsible for handling specific judicial matters, such as judges, village priests, and suishi.

There is even a part of the divine power involved: the little priest can assist the monarch in holding small sacrifices, and is responsible for the sacrifice of dogs and animals. Whoever worships the five emperors is responsible for adding water to the wok.

Although everything is only a little bit of a margin, from ancient times to the present, the extent to which a certain official unit in China can have power and importance has always been determined by the ability of the person in charge.

What's more, since the great Sikou Zang Wuzhong of the Lu State was not allowed to be in the Meng clan fifty years ago and went to the Qi State, the Sikou Department no longer has a big Sikou, but is presided over by two or three small Sikou, and there is not even a chief official on the shirtless head, so he can make his own decisions on everything.

From now on, he will be able to interfere in almost all aspects of the Lu country in accordance with etiquette and law!

They can secretly establish a new criminal law, use the new law as the criterion to restrain their own territory, and expand their army in the name of suppressing the cowards.

If you are poor, you will shrink to farm, and if you are good, you will interfere in the situation of the court......

But those are long-term afterwords, last night, Liu Xiaji visited Zhao Wuxian immediately after leaving the palace, and told him in detail about things related to Liu Xiaji.

What is the personality of the thief? What do you like and what do you hate? Why did he go from a concubine of a doctor's family to a thief in Onozawa? When Liu Xiaji went to persuade him for the first time, what did he see?

With this information, Zhao Wuxian had a little more confidence in this flat theft, and he arched his hand towards Liu Xiaji, who had already removed the long crown and only tied his hair in a bun at the head of the city: "Thank you Doctor Liuxia, don't leave it at all!" ”

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles!

The flag pointed westward, and more than 1,000 people left in the morning light! (To be continued.) )

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