After beating Li Ji, Zhao Xin asked A Miao to heat up the food, and brought two more pairs of bowls and chopsticks, and the four of them sat down to have a meal.

Sheng Haizhou and Li Ji quickly refused, saying that they didn't dare, but Zhao Xin's words made both of them feel hot: "Did you forget when we drank porridge in the same pot?"

Having said that, it was not five years ago now. Everyone was silent during the meal. Sheng Haizhou and Li Ji took a few bites and refused to come before. Zhao Xin also ate half a bowl of wax.

When the two said goodbye, Zhao Xin asked Liji to stay. Sheng Haizhou vaguely knew the matter that Liji was responsible for in private, but when he thought of his own, he felt a little upset.

"Tell me, what's going on in the past few months?"

The spy organization Liji is in charge of has now become a giant, with tentacles spreading across every resident group; if you have to compare anything, it will be similar to the "XX masses" in another time and space.

Whether it is a factory, a farm, a public security police, civil affairs, the army and the school, there are all eyeliners. What happened during the day and at night can be known. There are all kinds of news, from weddings and funerals to various satisfactions or dissatisfactions during folk chats.

Zhao Xin doesn't want to engage in "spy politics". Only a ruler who cannot fully trust his subordinates will do this. When a ruler prefers to use unconventional means that are free from the law, he must want to achieve his unconventional goals.

Whether it is Wu Zetian or Yongzheng who have been well aware of this in history, one created the dynasty as a woman, which was neither in line with the etiquette nor the ancestral system; the other was because of deep-seated conflicts between Manchu and Han, as well as the continuous emergence of corruption in the officialdom.

In fact, what they are really afraid of is that officials are grouping against themselves, so they must use spy politics to maximize control of officials, disagree with officials, and let them fight alone in order to establish their absolute authority.

Zhao Xin talked to Li Ji very late. In addition to some of the broken things of "Zhang's parents and Li's family, three toads and five eyes", two things attracted his attention.

First, Mori Hae-shu and Tachibe's eldest daughter, Kie-e, were in love with each other, and were now engaged after reporting to Zhao Xin. Since the Momoyama era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the island country has to intervene in the marriage of his subordinates, whether it is the shogunate or the vassal daimyo. The samurai have agreed to a marriage in private without reporting the report, and they will be punished.

Although Beihai Town has long advocated marriage autonomy, few people dared to do this in the face of powerful secular forces; especially those who came from island warriors such as Katayama and Sheng Haizhou.

Hei Hui and Zhao Xin from the Tamayama family have also seen it, and they have a good impression of it. He is a beautiful and honest girl. Ding Guofeng had thought about someone else's visit before.

So Zhao Xin told Li Ji that this matter was nothing and told Sheng Haizhou that if he needed to help propose marriage, he would be happy to be the matchmaker.

The second is that since Zhao Xin joined forces with the Sendai vassal to attack Shimazu, the island country has become a naturalized person and the people have been criticized. However, now they are still talking privately, and no one dares to say it in public. The biggest promoters here are Lin Zihei and Sato Nobuzo.

Since Lin Ziping has always been responsible for making maps for Beihai Town, he naturally has more contact with Sheng Haizhou, the chief of staff of the North Navy. Old Man Lin is also a famous expert in the island country, and has gradually had some influence on the young Sheng Haizhou. Old Man Lin often reveals his concern about the future of the island country in his words.

In fact, from the standpoint of the island people, Lin Ziping and Sato Noburi think so is understandable. Your Zhao King Palace is very capable and saves the people from water and fire, but after all, you are building my country.

It is obvious that the shogunate and the vassals are all bastards who eat people and don’t spit out their bones. The lives of the people are in dire straits. Why didn’t you, King Zhao, build the island country and make a fortune? After all, you actually built a Sendai vassal to sing a stage play with the shogunate.

Taking advantage of this "support incident", Zhao Xin removed the two major military leaders of the island country, Sheng Haizhou and Zhao Liji, which was unintentional to plant willows, and broke the thought of Lin Ziping's desire to influence the Beihai Army through Sheng Haizhou. If Old Man Lin is not honest, Zhao Xin will have to send him to the Beihai Special District for surveillance. It is impossible to return to China.

During these five years, Liji had read more or less books, whether he was voluntarily or forced by his wife Shino, and his vision was no longer the little rich peasant of the Hirosaki vassal. At the end of talking to Zhao Xin, he finally couldn't help but say the question he wanted to ask the most.

"Lord, why don't you want to be the emperor?"

Zhao Xin pondered for a while before slowly saying: "Liji, do you know what the emperor is?"

Li Ji was stunned for a long time before saying, "Son of Heaven? God?"

Zhao Xin said: "The Book of Changes says that the emperor is the master of creatures and the clan of Xingyi."

Liji didn't understand this! So he could only shake his head in a daze.

Seeing this, Zhao Xin explained: "The emperor is the superior and the emperor is the subordinate. The emperor's intention was originally to the heaven and earth, which means that the heaven and earth are the lords of all things. Whether you or me, we are just passers-by in the heaven and earth."

Li Ji said: "Master, you are different, you are..."

Zhao Xin raised his hand and interrupted, "No need to mention this matter. Remember, if I don't say anything, no one is allowed to do this matter again. Tell you that anyone below will dare to make a fuss about this matter again, go to Lake Baikal to drink the northwest wind."

The next day when Zhao Xin went to the Shen family for breakfast, Shen Xuan took advantage of the fact that no one around also said something about yesterday. The seven aunts and sisters of the Shen family all ran over last night. Taking advantage of the chat with Mrs. Shen and Shen Xuan, they had a lot of complaints in their words, saying that a good opportunity, why didn’t our son-in-law catch it?

After all, Shen Xuan wanted to become his wife. Zhao Xin decided to tell her thoroughly so as not to cause any trouble in the future. He asked A Miao to go to the door and not let others in, and then said to Shen Xuan: "A Quan, why do you think the people need a king?"

Because she wanted to marry Zhao Xin, Shen Xuan had been studying "History of Ming Palace" with Wang Zhong recently. After thinking about it, she said: "The Tongjian said that the position of the emperor is greater than etiquette, and etiquette is greater than part, and the division is greater than name. Education is greater than the world and leadership of yin and yang."

Zhao Xin nodded slowly and asked again: "What is etiquette, what is division and name?"

"The ritual is ritual, the monarch and minister are divided, the monarch and minister are divided, the monarch, the marquis, the juren, and the magistrate are the names."

"Well, that is to say, ethics divide people into three or six levels, with the emperor being the princes and princes, and the princes being the princes and officials being the ministers. Do you have no objection to what I say?"

Chen Xuan nodded. This is indeed what the Confucian "Book of Rites" means. As a king, in addition to determining titles, he also needs to determine salary and share land.

"Remember what I say below. Whoever wants to whisper to you about becoming emperor again in the future, use my words to figure out the other party's thoughts."

Zhao Xin held Chen Xuan's hand and stared at the other party's eyes and said, "The royal power is just a product that cannot be reconciled by the people and the powerful. All the powerful hope is to enjoy their achievements and get it for nothing; and the people do not want to be oppressed by the powerful and the powerful, and not paying taxes is their greatest wish. It is precisely because of the conflict between these two forces that a ruler who represents the interests of everyone must check and balance it, otherwise everyone will be burned. As for the ritual system you mentioned, it is just a manifestation, a means to check and balance the powerful and the people."

"Then do you mean you don't need an emperor?" Chen Xuan was stunned.

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Emperor is just a name. Whoever controls the distribution of interests is the real king. The system of Beihai Town is different from that of previous dynasties and generations. The key is not a king but a king."

"Then," Chen Xuan stammered for a while, her pretty face turned red, and she finally asked embarrassedly: "We will always have children in the future."

"The whole family cannot be kept. The Zuo Zhuan says that you must end with this. The change of dynasties is like this."

Zhao Xin sighed when he said this and continued in a deep voice: "I have too much blood on my hands..."

Chen Xuan turned pale when she heard this, and reached out to press Zhao Xin's mouth and said, "What are you doing to say this well? At worst, I will eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name in the future, and I will ask the Buddha to put a pan of oil for you!"

Zhao Xin was moved and held Chen Xuan's hand and said, "Remember, with the layout of Beihai Town, the emperor can only become a person who is like a monkey, and put it on the stage to be a monkey. Instead of doing this, it is better not to have one. What I can do is establish a system so that everyone can compete for leadership based on their own abilities. Our descendants will sit behind the stage to watch them play monkeys in the future."

Chen Xuan recalled what Zhao Xin said afterwards, and finally fell into four words, "No king but king". Later, when she asked Wang Zhong for these four words, Wang Zhong said another truth.

As a scholar who respects pre-Qin thought, Wang Zhong said that Zhao Xin's route was actually "all the world", but the method was different from Confucianism, and it was a mixed school mixed with Guanzi and Xunzi; Guanzi's theory of the world was a means, and Xunzi's "righteousness was established and the king" was the foundation.

In other words, Zhao Xin controlled the economy with Guanzi's idea of ​​"those who profited from one hole will be invincible in the country", and Xunzi's establishment of justice and integrity, forming the fact that the king is not king.

(Just talk about this roughly, and you can't go into it further, otherwise you can't finish it in three days and three nights.)

Zhao Xin took away the positions of Liji and Sheng Haizhou and completely suppressed the naturalized faction in the island country, and the warnings to some people were self-evident. However, the new candidates for the heads of these two departments were not released, which made many people who thought they met the conditions feel empty.

There is no hurry to help Sheng Haizhou propose marriage. Zhao Xin has one more thing to deal with now, that is, the candidate for the governor of the "Beihai Special District".

Lake Baikal has been called the "North Sea" since the Suwu Shepherd's Shepherd's era, and it goes without saying that this is a special area because whether it is the towns of Nebchu or Irkutsk, the current main residents are Tsarist Russians. Of course, in addition to Tsarist Russia, there are also Buryat and a small number of Ewenk people.

Zhao Xin plans to immigrate to the upper reaches of Heilongjiang from next spring, with an average of 5,000 people per town. After the development of one or two years, even if the Tsarist Russians get out of here, it will have little impact on the local economy and people's livelihood.

In terms of the system of Beihai Town, it cannot coexist with merchants and powerful people like the five major families; these people not only have a large number of serfs, but also monopolize the trade between China and Russia. So now it can only be a "special zone".

As for what Zhao Xin learned in Irkutsk within a few days, although land trade between China and Russia is a state-owned act, the prices of all commodities are actually controlled by six Shanxi merchants and five major families.

The Tsarist Russian government is concerned about the huge benefits of taxation. The tariff revenue of the Chaktu border trade can account for 15% to 20% of Russia's total tariff revenue; the customs concern is the various donations made by merchants in trade activities. No matter whether you can sell it or not, as long as you have a load of tea that passes through the Naturalized City, you will have to donate 2.5 taels of silver.

Zhao Xin looked for Yu Deli, and the two of them strolled for a long time in the traveling crowd. A guy named Zhang Jingxuan from the power plant appeared on Zhao Xin's shortlist.

Zhang Jingxuan, 28 years old, from the south. Before coming, he was in centralized control operation and was responsible for regulating power output and voltage stability. In short, it is to ensure that there is no short circuit.

Yu Deli met Zhang Jingxuan because of a dinner party. At that time, he told Wu Ann that the staff of the cadre school was short of staff, and hoped that the other party would find a way to support him.

When Wu An went back and checked his resume, he recommended Zhang Jingxuan, who had been a student union cadre. This man had served as the president of the student union at the power college where he had studied before. After several classes, Yu Deli was quite satisfied with Zhang Jingxuan. Gradually, he found that the young man's organizational skills were also very good. Whether he was working in a factory or helping new refugees settle down, he did a great job.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! With the candidates, Zhao Xin decided to talk to the other party.

When Zhao Xin saw Zhang Jingxuan, the other party was wearing a pair of frameless glasses with silver frames, which made his eyes look very vivid. The figure was about 1.78 meters tall, with thin cheeks, and a side-distribution hairstyle similar to Daniel Wu, which looked dark and dense.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wu said you have something to do with me?" Zhang Jingxuan's tone was very well controlled, with a hint of respect in his ordinary state.

"Sit down." Zhao Xin stood up and said while making tea for the other party: "The cigarette is on the table, you have to smoke it yourself."

Zhao Xin handed over the tea, lit one himself, and started talking nonsense.

Psychologically, smoking postures can also show a person's personality. Zhao Xin observed Zhang Jingxuan's postures of holding cigarettes and playing ash, and then made a rough judgment in his heart.

This is a guy with a firm will and a stubborn heart. From the first time he smoked, Zhao Xin knew that Zhang Jingxuan was very particular about things and was scheming. When dealing with such people, he must think twice before he could do it.

"As for me, I have been outside for the past six months and have little communication with everyone. Lake Baikal has been defeated, and now I need to go over and watch, to control military and political affairs and trade with the Russians. Lao Yu recommended you to me, why don't I invite you to discuss it?"

"Me?" Zhang Jingxuan was happy, but he still looked puzzled on his face and said to Zhao Xin: "We are here to help build the power plant?"

At present, the first coal-fired power plant in Beihai Town has completed the equipment installation and trial operation. The main power supply user is Zhao Liang's factory. Now Wu An is taking a group of subordinates to carry out the final maintenance and commissioning. It is planned to start production in late October. By then, every family in Beihai Town can use electric lights. Wu An's plan is that if the power plant is operating well within half a year, the next step is to build another one in Furdan City.

Zhao Xin stroked his forehead and said, "Yes, but isn't there anyone on hand? The children in the cadre school are too young to bear such a heavy burden. How about it? Are you interested?"

Zhang Jingxuan pretended to hesitate for a while, looked up at Zhao Xin and said, "Then what should I do? I don't know anything."

Zhao Xin said: "You go to Irkutsk to be the governor,"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Jingxuan was amused and said, "Listen like the colonial governor."

"Different." Zhao Xin smiled and explained what the Beihai Special Zone is, and then said: "Don't worry about military affairs. There is a battalion of troops there. In the spring, I will still be dispatched. Liu Sheng and Fan Tong are in Chaktu now. Liu Sheng will go to Irkutsk in half a month. His task is to deal with the Tsarist Russian army coming next year, and the civil affairs will not interfere. Your task is to manage the administration of the entire Beihai Special Zone. You will do three things: trade, immigration, and stabilize the Russians with kindness."

Zhang Jingxuan asked in confusion: "Benevolent? To Tsarist Russia?"

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "For the rule of the newly occupied territory, it is actually similar to taking over a new company with old employees. You either use kindness and lenientness to conquer others, or you can kill all the original elderly people and completely replace them with new people."

When Zhang Jingxuan heard this, he couldn't help but shivered. He understood what Zhao Xin meant by "killing" and thought that the person in front of him was considered a murder without blinking. A feeling of "accompanying the king is like a tiger" emerged.

Zhao Xin saw Zhang Jingxuan's concerns, so he pretended to be relaxed and explained kindly: "I don't like Tsarist Russia of this era, just like you, why should I beat them?

But you have to pay attention that as managers, you cannot use violent machines because of personal hatred, otherwise they will secretly find opportunities to resist us. The old saying goes, there are only thousands of days to become thieves, but no one to prevent thieves for a thousand days. Instead of worrying about these people every day, it is better to get rid of the roots.
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