Chapter 574

Since the Qin Guo destroyed the countries one after another and took the land and people of the Shandong countries as its own, almost every period of time, new political decrees would be issued to all parts of the world.

Even if many people in the destroyed Shandong countries were unwilling to accept the rule of the Qin Guo and were not accustomed to the laws and systems of the Qin Guo, the general trend was like this, and they could only submit to reality.

If they did not accept the rule of the Qin Guo, the only thing waiting for them was death!

Therefore, in order to survive, they could only try their best to adapt to everything in the Qin Guo and try their best to make themselves a "Qin person"!

And for the scholars of the Shandong countries.

After their old country was destroyed, they had no hope of restoring the country. If they wanted to exert their learning, they could only try their best to study the characters of the Qin Guo and read the laws of the Qin Guo. In that case, they would have a chance to become a glorious... Qin official!

After all, the Qin Guo did not have the atmosphere of recruiting guests like the Shandong countries. They could not rely on nobles as they did in the past and become their guests, and then climb to a high position. At the beginning, the only person in the Qin Guo who imitated the four princes to keep guests was Lu Buwei. After Lu Buwei was dismissed, his guests all went their separate ways. Since then, this atmosphere was also cut off in the Qin Guo.

Although Qin officials were the lowest-level officials in the Qin Guo, for Shandong scholars, it was the only way to rise upward.

Well, actually there was another way, and that was to join the army. The Qin Guo paid attention to the military merit system. As long as one could kill enemies on the battlefield, one could obtain a title, but not all scholars were good at martial arts and had the ability to kill enemies. If they joined the army rashly, it was more likely that they would die on the battlefield.

The gap for Qin officials was extremely huge. Originally, the number of officials in the Qin Guo was sufficient, but after destroying several countries in a few years, the gap became larger and larger, so that in order to make up for this huge gap, the Qin Guo also relaxed the restrictions on people from the Shandong countries. As long as they could recognize the characters of the Qin Guo and understand the laws of the Qin Guo, they would have a chance to become Qin officials.

After the destruction of the old country, if one could become a Qin official, it could be considered entering the system, which once caused a learning craze among many Shandong scholars.

Besides learning the characters and laws of the Qin Guo, they also paid close attention to the new political decrees issued by the Qin Guo.

Whether they recognized the new political decrees of the Qin Guo and whether they scolded the Qin Guo in private was one thing.

But if they wanted to mix in this new era, they must understand everything about the Qin Guo.

Sishui Commandery, Peixian!

After the Qin Guo destroyed the State of Chu, it gradually governed the State of Chu as it did in the past.

Officials from the Qin Guo entered all parts of the State of Chu and began to gradually improve the State of Chu with the laws of the Qin Guo.

Because the number of officials in the Qin Guo was not enough, every time they went to a place, they would select some local scholars to serve as subordinate officials to assist them in handling official business.

"Xiao He, you are here!"

In the county government office, the main official of Peixian looked at Xiao He, a small official who had just entered the job, and had no high-and-mighty airs, and greeted him very casually.

The main official was a subordinate official of the county magistrate, in charge of the advancement and retreat of the officials. The position was not high, but for Xiao He, it was his immediate superior.

The current main official of Peixian looked like he was in his forties, and he thought highly of Xiao He.

Although Xiao He was very young, he could handle many official businesses in an orderly manner. More importantly, Xiao He was not from the Qin Guo. Before this, he was a Chu person. A Chu person started from scratch to learn the characters and laws of the Qin Guo and passed the assessment ceremony of Qin officials, which showed that Xiao He was smart enough.

As a Chu person, not long after the destruction of the State of Chu, he chose to become a Qin official, which also showed that Xiao He was very sensible.

Such a person with ability and sensibility would sooner or later make a fortune.

After greeting Xiao He, the main official remembered one thing, took out a stack of things, and handed them to Xiao He.

"Xiao He, what do you think of this item?"

Xiao He was stunned, and then took the things handed over by the main official.

When it was in the hands of the main official earlier, he thought it was silk, but when he really touched it, he found it was not.

This made him a little confused, and he could not help but look at the main official, waiting for his explanation.

The main official explained, "This item is called paper, and it was sent from Xianyang. Because this item has not been made for a long time, some were sent to us first to try it out."

"According to the statement from Xianyang, this item can replace bamboo slips and silk and be used to write official documents and files."

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After Xiao He heard the explanation of the main official, he could not help but look at the item in his hand again.

"In terms of texture, it is not as tough as silk, but it can indeed be used to replace silk to write official documents..." After evaluating the item in his hand, Xiao He asked another question, "I don't know what the cost of this item is?"

If the cost was expensive, even if it could replace bamboo slips and wooden slips, it would have no meaning.

Why was it that in the current world, everyone was used to using bamboo slips and wooden slips? It was not because the silk used for writing was too expensive. Only when the Emperor issued an edict would such expensive items be used.

"I don't know much about the cost, but according to the statement from Xianyang, it doesn't seem to be expensive. Now, they just sent some over to let us try it out first. After a while, it seems that there will be special merchants to sell this item."