I'm dressed as the villain of the novel

Chapter 205 The Saint Says

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Just when Zhang Yuan was hesitating whether to take the risk or not, but he couldn't make up his mind, he suddenly heard a bang, and the couple in front of him jumped on all fours, and a teacup was also shaken to the ground. It shattered in front of him with a snap.

Zhang Yuan was terrified by instinct.

Suddenly, Xin Zhao yelled angrily, "Marquis Huating!"

"The minister...the minister is here!"

Zhang Yuan, who was still hesitating whether to take a risk just now, was a little stunned by his sudden slap and drink, and subconsciously agreed.

"I handed over this Great Wilderness County to you, is this how you manage it for me?"

Xin Zhao asked in a stern tone, feeling as if he was extremely angry.

Zhang Yuan's face changed drastically, Xin Zhao seemed to be chatting with him in the previous sentence, and the vague meaning seemed to be questioning his loyalty.

All of a sudden, he jumped to governing. He couldn't turn around at once, and instinctively argued: "Your Majesty, in governing Dahuang County, I have always been conscientious, lightly paid and poorly paid, and educate the people with virtue, minister..."

"Hmph, so I wronged you?"

Xin Zhao sneered.

"Don't dare, minister..."

Xin Zhao interrupted him with a chuckle, and asked with a sneer: "Don't be a minister anymore, I'm asking you, since you became the sheriff, have you ever left the sheriff's mansion to go to the people to see how the people under your rule live? of?"

He suddenly changed the subject, naturally out of consideration for psychological offensive.

After all, Zhang Yuan is the governor of a county and a prince of one side.

Later generations often understand the states of this era as the provinces of later generations, and associate counties with general prefecture-level cities, thinking that the governors of each state are the princes of one side, and the sheriffs and the like are the lower-level local officials.

It's not right.

Whether it is the Han rule in the Chinese world or the Qin system in this world, the governors are actually not high-ranking officials, not even permanent official officials, with a salary of only six hundred shi, which is worse than some powerful county magistrates.

Only in a few cases, when the governor becomes the governor of the state, he is no longer a prince, but almost a separatist force.

For example, Liu Yan, Liu Zhang, father and son who started the state pastoral system in the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Biao, Jingzhou pastor, etc. It is no longer appropriate for these people to say that they are princes, they are separatist forces.

Not to mention later, Liu Bei's purple-collared Yizhou shepherd.

In normal times, the county guard is the most powerful local prince in this era.

The difference between them and those princes and kings is actually just a name, and even some princes and kings are far inferior to the county guards in terms of territory and power.

Of course, there is an exception to the state of Chu in the early Western Han Dynasty, where one county state owned six counties, but this kind of people would usually rebel in the end and be killed, or be forced to rebel by the emperor and then be killed.

Such a prince, even Zhang Yuan, who likes to talk all day long and is full of mediocre officials who rule without doing anything, still has the unruly spirit of a prince in his heart.

For example, when he saw Xin Zhao for the first time, he really didn't recognize him, but when Xin Zhao called himself "I", he recognized it instantly. Xin Zhao in the hidden residence.

Today's Emperor Qin.

Then for a brief moment, he seemed to be shocked, but in fact it was half-truth and half-false.

Really surprised on the surface.

But his mind was also spinning rapidly, thinking about the reason and countermeasures for the emperor's appearance.

Of course, there are also some outrageous and outrageous ones, such as pretending not to know him and driving them out, even thinking of sending someone to tell the prince of Qi, and then killing people with a knife.

It's just that Xin Zhao is the emperor after all, and he is not a decisive person, so such a decision is not so easy to make.

But when the soldiers arrived, he didn't stop immediately, which explained the problem.

But Li Cunxiao's blow shocked him.

He instantly understood what Li Cunxiao meant. These soldiers could not keep the emperor, but Li Cunxiao had the ability to take him down immediately.

That's why he pretended to sternly reprimand those soldiers.

Then there is the confession to be strict, and the confession not to be leaked, killing without mercy, etc., is a kind of performance, just for the emperor to see.

Including bowing down is the same.

If Xin Zhao was like the normal etiquette of monarchs and ministers at that time, he would be lifted up, and then a corporal of courtesy would come.

Then the two sides will only be left with hypocrisy and arrogance.

No matter what he was asked to do, he could find a bunch of reasons to shirk.

So Xin Zhao deliberately did the opposite, not only did he not treat each other with courtesy, he didn't even say "ease".

Just let him kneel down.

And as if nothing had happened, he said some ambiguous words to him, what misses him, why doesn't he come to congratulate him.

It sounded like they were chatting, but they also seemed to be making excuses and being held accountable.

It is to make him feel psychological pressure and cranky.

Let him scare himself.

But when he saw that the fire was almost ready, he suddenly changed his face, and fearing a few cases, he let out another cold drink, which instantly shocked Zhang Yuan, who was about to be unable to bear the pressure, and turned into a biting rabbit.

Then he changed the subject immediately, just to let him refute and defend.

This rebuttal, as soon as he defended, the thought of fighting to the death that had just been aroused naturally collapsed in an instant.

So as soon as he explained, "Lightly corvee and light gifts, and educate with virtue", Xin Zhao was instantly relieved.

There is a saying in the art of war, one vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion.

With Zhang Yuan's character, even though he has some heroic heart, he is also very weak. If he is disintegrated for the first time, and then dispelled for the second time, this person is nothing to worry about.

But when it came to this point, Xin Zhao couldn't help being a little annoyed.

Especially when he was asked whether he went to see it among the people, the man looked astonished and felt even more angry.

Needless to say, this person must have no idea what life is like for the people under his rule.

Or know it, but just ignore it.

Can't help but snort coldly.

"What is light on corvee and poor taxation, what is moral education, to put it bluntly, it is just that kind of rule by doing nothing.

If the officials of Daqin are like you, governing by doing nothing and doing nothing, then what do I want you to do, and what do the people want to support you carnivores? "

"This...the saint said..."

Zhang Yuan's face changed when he heard the words, and he wanted to defend himself, but when he opened his mouth, there were some Gulu words that the saints said.

Xin Zhao was impatient to listen, he waved his hand and said, "Stop it, didn't your sage tell you that the common people still have to eat?"

He was speaking angrily.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan thought about it, and said with a serious face: "I said it.

The sage said: Enough food, enough soldiers, the people believe in it.Question: If you have to go away as a last resort, where do the three come first?Said: go to the army.Zigong said: "If you have to go, what should you do first?"Said: go eat.Since ancient times, everyone has died, and the people cannot stand without faith. "

While talking, he shook his head and felt that he was almost the same as the corrupt scholars of later generations that Xin Zhao knew.

At this time, Mr. Ning, who had been lying on his stomach and was just trembling, unexpectedly interjected, "I thought that courtesy should be added, and courtesy should be the first!"

Zhang Yuan heard the words and said: "Well, what Mr. Ning said is true, you should teach them to be polite, and the people only know the courtesy, and then they will know shame, know the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower... Knowing the peace and poverty... Ah, so good, so beautiful~!"

The two of them were lying there without looking up, but unexpectedly you chatted with each other.

(End of this chapter)