Although the flintlock firegun is successfully assembled, the parts are made relatively roughly, resulting in a very poor linkage state. It takes a lot of effort to pull the trigger. In this way, the barrel will shake more greatly when shooting after aiming, and the correct head is probably also blindly. After going back, it needs to carefully polish and adjust the gap between the parts. Some lubricating oil must be added to ensure that the trigger fails or the hammer cannot hit the fire, or the fired Mars cannot fall into the fire chamber to ignite the gunpowder.

Any failure of any link of a complex machine may cause the shooting to be silent. The opportunity on the battlefield is fleeting, and the effective range of about a hundred meters can rush to the front in a few seconds. Without strong firepower suppression, the consequences of the musketeers facing the cavalry are simply unintelligible, and they are definitely a mess.

With a flintlock gun and a bunch of parts, Chen Xu arranged for people to find two craftsmen who were proficient in carving and polishing to start processing the parts. He was busy until he was about to eat. However, when he went out, he met an envoy who came to pass the order.

"Mr. Marquis, Your Majesty, please go to the court to discuss politics on time tomorrow morning!" The envoy respectfully handed the order in his hand to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu opened it and found that it was an imperial edict written by Qin Shihuang, and the content of the political discussion was the restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries.

After reading it, Chen Xu was a little excited, and was also extremely surprised by Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, who was extremely decisive in his work.

He came to Xianyang in October and then mentioned the three provinces and six ministries system. But just two months have passed, and Qin Shihuang couldn't help but implement reforms.

This reform involves all aspects of the court and counties across the country. All government agencies and government agencies will be reset, and almost all the responsibilities and powers of officials will be demolished and reinstated. This will be an epoch-making political reform in human history. Although it has not changed the dominance of imperial power and nobles, it will definitely greatly strengthen the court's control over the country.

The Qin Dynasty had only lasted only more than ten years in history. One of the big reasons was that it did not control the county and county. Although the main officials of the county were appointed vertically in Xianyang, many of them were still officials from the first six countries. Moreover, the county magistrates had the authority to accept all subordinate officials except the county chiefs. The power was too great, and they could be called local emperors within their respective counties. In addition, there was no strict assessment and promotion and transfer mechanism, and the selection of officials was all based on recommendation or self-recommendation, which led to the officials' acceptance of their destiny. Moreover, as long as the chief officials of a local area did not make mistakes, they could be in charge of the local government for more than ten or even for a lifetime. This laid a huge hidden danger for the collusion between local tyrants and powerful people. The local levy was intensively punished and caused the people to suffer.

For example, a county magistrate is equivalent to a high-ranking official in later generations. However, the position of county magistrate does not require being a county magistrate first and then being a county magistrate step by step, which will accumulate a lot of governance experience. Instead, it will directly accept the order from Xianyang. As long as the emperor thinks it is OK, or some high-ranking officials in the court thinks it is OK, you can recommend it to the emperor. After the emperor nods, the prime minister will issue an appointment letter, and you can become a county magistrate. There is no normal promotion step and channel, which leads to the officials' acceptance of their destiny, and their ability is not reliable. As for loyalty, there is no strict level and assessment, so local officials are not in line with the superiors and the subordinates. Their responsibilities are to complete the tasks assigned by the superiors. This pressure will directly affect the people at the bottom. Various taxes and corvee are emerging one after another, and most people cannot eat or wear or wear.

Therefore, when Chen Xu made a case against Qin Shihuang, he actually talked more about the nine-rank system of officials.

He mentioned many times very carefully the assessment of officials and the implementation of appointment, removal and promotion and transfer by relying on these nine-rank system.

For example, the county magistrate is a third-rank official, and the offices under the six ministries of the court are also a third-rank official, so the county magistrate and the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries can be transferred in parallel to the same level, and the fourth-rank official can also be promoted, but the lower level cannot be, because a low level means insufficient ability or qualifications.

Although ability and qualifications cannot be measured completely by age and level, at least this is a broad-spectrum measurement standard. Under strict assessment standards, as long as you have the ability, you will gradually rise, which is countless times stronger than relying on the self-recommendation or recommendation system of red mouth and white teeth. At least ability is visible.

Therefore, in Chen Xu's idea, if the major operation of reforming the three provinces and six ministries is not easy to move, the ninth-rank official position can be implemented first, just like a title, there is no image of the civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty. At most, there is an additional level in front of the official position.

Then wait for the opportunity to carry out the reform of the court in a few years, and then slowly achieve the purpose of Chen Xu's reform step by step.

But what Chen Xu never expected was that in just two months, Qin Shihuang was preparing to carry out drastic reforms.

Sure enough, the emperor is different from us. He can do whatever he wants!

Chen Xu folded the imperial edict in his hand and put it in his arms with emotion.

This is a handwritten edict from Qin Shihuang. It is estimated that there are not many copies of the entire Qin Dynasty, and it is worth collecting it well. After I hang it, I must put it in a coffin and leave it for later archaeologists to study.

The next morning, Chen Xu washed up and stopped as a car to go to court.

Outside the court hall, all the civil and military officials came one after another. Although they seemed not much different from the past, they all looked very serious, and there were many idle positions with titles but no power. For example, the prince of Tongwu, Wang Ben, the prince of Guowei, and other nobles who did not go to court to discuss politics on weekdays, there were also many other nobles, as for ministers and doctors.

When Chen Xu arrived, these people were already gathering together on the steps outside the court to discuss, but they had no intention of entering the court.

Seeing Chen Xu walking towards the gate with his wardrobe wardrobe on the steps, many officials quickly bowed and said hello, and Chen Xu also bowed and bowed and bowed with a smile.

"The Qinghe Marquis is here just right, please help me solve the problem!" Wang Ben, the Marquis of Tongwu, grabbed Chen Xu's arm and pulled him into the circle of friends composed of a group of military generals.

"Yes, yes, the Queen of Qinghe must know why His Majesty suddenly summoned us to court to discuss politics today!" A burly man in leather armor echoed.

"This is..." Chen Xu bowed with confusion.

"In the next chapter, Zhang Han is not in Xianyang on weekdays. Yesterday, His Majesty suddenly summoned someone to the city to participate in the court discussion, but he still knew nothing about the court discussion, so he asked the Marquis of Qinghe to answer the doubts!" ​​Zhang Han respectfully bowed to Chen Xu.

Damn, another fierce man!

Chen Xu couldn't help but look Zhang Han several times. From his body shape, he could tell that this guy was a powerful general, with a burly body, thick limbs, thick eyebrows, big eyes, lush hair, and a killer. Zhang Han is not famous among the great Qin generals, but he was highly valued by Qin Shihuang and handed over the construction of the Mausoleum of Mount Li. Therefore, Zhang Han is now stationed in Mount Li a hundred miles away, bringing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to supervise hundreds of thousands of prisoners to build the tomb for Qin Shihuang.

Looking at Chen Xu's surprised eyes, Zhang Han bowed with a little restrained voice: "I heard about the Ming of Hou Qinghe for a long time. Han has always wanted to visit the Hou's Mansion, but because of the busy affairs, I can't find time..."

"Where is, Xu has heard of General Zhang Han's name for a long time. Today, he saw it, and he was indeed as charming as a tiger general!" Chen Xu waved his hands and said with a smile.

A circle of people around him looked at Chen Xu and Zhang Han with confusion on their faces, and all kinds of speculations kept popping up in their hearts.

The reputation of Qinghe Hou is now resounding throughout the Qin Dynasty. Even in the northern deserts and southern barbarians thousands of miles away, they know Chen Xu's name. Zhang Han is just an ordinary general. Why does Qinghe Hou value him so much and still hear of the famous name for a long time? Zhang Han's reputation is not well known in the Qin Dynasty!

Chen Xu is a legendary disciple of the immortal family. Can he see that Zhang Han will surely make a fortune in the future?

Or is it because of the construction of the emperor's tomb?

Some people thought of Zhang Han's identity and immediately exuded a series of speculations. When they looked at Zhang Han, their faces became more cautious.

"I would like to ask the Queen of Qinghe to answer my doubts. Today, Your Majesty summoned us to court and what is the so-called thing?" The military general Zhao Tuo also bowed his hand and said.

"I heard that it was His Majesty's intention to restructure the court structure, abolish the three dukes and nine ministers, and to form three provinces and six ministries!" Chen Xu revealed some information a little.

"The three dukes and nine ministers abolished?" The group of people couldn't help but change their faces.

"What are the answers to the three provinces and six ministries?" Wang Ben asked anxiously.

"This matter must be impossible..." Others exclaimed in a low voice.

"Don't use suspicion for all your suspicion. You will naturally know that this matter will be in court, and it will have no effect on my idle positions!" Chen Xu said with a smile and shook his head.

Just as the circle of people was about to continue asking for details, a sudden shout from the evangelist came from the entrance of the court hall: "Please all those who receive the edict will come to the court to discuss politics~"

"Let's go together, generals!" Chen Xu turned around and walked towards the hall. Wang Ben and others followed with surprise. At this time, a group of officials gathered on the steps were also going to court together.

In the solemn hall of the Chaogong Hall, all the black bricks and black tiles were black. Several huge stone pillars carved with several fangs and claws were about to fly, looking inexplicably fierce. Therefore, when they stepped into the hall, all the officials who were talking in a low voice shut up and their faces became serious.

Chen Xu walked all the way to the nine-story steps in the innermost hall and sat on his own big black bear skin chair.

At this time, in the hall, except for the civil and military officials who were qualified to attend court, Wang Ben and other marquis who were qualified to attend court, all the hundreds of other officials who were summoned to attend court could only stand, and the remaining some idle positions within the doctors and doctors were even lined up at the entrance of the hall, forty meters away from the emperor's dragon throne, and probably they could only hear a sound.

Chen Xu turned his head and looked at Li Si, the left prime minister lined behind him, and found that his expression was calm and he was as stable as Mount Tai. When he saw Chen Xu looking at him, he actually nodded slightly. Chen Xu nodded inexplicably, and then went to see the right prime minister Feng Quji. Feng Quji seemed to be in tune with each other, and a smile appeared on his face.

I'll go, both prime ministers are acting a little weird today.

Chen Xu felt the chrysanthemum tight for no reason, and then went to see Meng Yi again. Unexpectedly, Meng Yi actually nodded to him with his beard.

Why are these three nobles so polite to me today?
Chapter completed!