Great Qin!
Xianyang!
The news that Zhao Muguan, the Champion Marquis, was appointed as the chief justice of the Supreme Court and awarded the Qin Sword spread like wildfire.
Most of the people in Xianyang had heard of Zhao Mu.
On the Hetao Plain, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to fight against the Xiongnu. A young man dressed in fresh clothes and riding a fierce horse killed the Xiongnu King, Touman Chanyu, and made the first contribution. Great Qin took over 2,000 miles of fertile grassland.
That young man had entered Xianyang not long ago and was conferred the title of Marquis Champion!
Champion Marquis Zhao Mu was famous throughout Xianyang City!
……
At the Marquis of Champions Residence.
Zhao Mu put on the uniform of the chief justice of the Supreme Court with the Qin Stabilizing Sword hanging on his waist. He put the Gigantic Ravager Sword aside. This Gigantic Ravager Sword was his mother's relic. With this sword, Zhao Mu beheaded the head of the Xiongnu King, Touman Chanyu!
He would take the Gigantic Ravager Sword after he fought on the battlefield!
Xiao He followed beside Zhao Mu. In the past few days, besides dealing with the paper-making business, Xiao He had been busy organizing Great Qin's laws. Zhao Mu's official position was the Chief Justice, and he was in charge of Great Qin's laws.
As Zhao Mu's advisor, Xiao He naturally had to remember Great Qin's laws.
A few days ago, Zhao Mu and Xiao He had already agreed on the specific steps to unify the languages of the six dynasties…
Two carriages were already waiting in front of the Marquis of Champion's Residence. Zhao Mu turned to Xiao He and said,""You must have heard the rumors in Xianyang City these days.”
Xiao He nodded heavily.
"Those nobles in Guanzhong really look down on you and me!”
Zhao Mu and Xiao He sat in the same carriage, and the other carriage carried three large wooden boxes. These three large wooden boxes contained the bamboo slips of Great Qin's laws.
Hearing Zhao Mu's words, Xiao He smiled and shook his head. He had also heard some gossip, but it was not pleasant to the ears.
"Xiahou Ying, go to the Supreme Court!"
"Hey!"
Xia Houying drove forward.
Zhao Mu said to Xiao He," I was first conferred the title of Marquis Champion and then the title of Chief Justice. Many officials in the imperial court are jealous of me. Besides, you and I have no achievements. They will naturally talk about us. However, some of the words are too unpleasant."”
"You're not as good as a sesame seed. What ability do you have? I'm just a baby, what military strategy do I have…"
"Milord, I don't think that Milord is like what they say. In my opinion, Milord is a heroic figure that can conquer thousands of rivers!”
Zhao Mu waved his hand and said,""Flattery, I didn't expect Lord Xiao to know how to flatter. Don't learn this trick in Xianyang. Flattery is not your style.”
"My lord, when have I ever flattered you? This is what Xiao He said from the bottom of his heart!"
Zhao Mu smiled when he saw Xiao He's serious expression.
The carriage had just started when someone suddenly shouted,""Lord justice, please wait a moment!”
Phew!
Xia Houying's ears were sharp. He stopped the carriage and turned around. Two servants of the Xia Residence ran to the front of the carriage with two medicine packets in their hands. The two servants placed the medicine packets on the carriage and greeted,"This humble man pays his respects to the chief justice. The master asked this humble man to give the two items to the chief justice.”
"What is this?"
" Rat repelling. There are too many bamboo slips in the Supreme Court. It's inevitable to attract rats. Lord Xia said that we could repel rats by putting these two sachets of mugwort in the room..."
The two packets of medicine emitted the smell of wormwood. Zhao Mu's heart warmed. Grandpa was really worried about me all the time. He even prepared a wormwood sachet to prevent mice.
……
Xia Manor.
Xia Wuqie was spirited. His grandson was conferred as the Marquis Champion; now, he was promoted to the dean of the Supreme Court. Xia Wuqie finally felt proud.
He ordered his servants to deliver a sachet of wormwood to Zhao Mu, then got up and went to Xianyang Palace to prepare the medicine for the First Emperor.
Just as Xia Wuqi was about to leave, Old Madam Jiang walked out of the backyard and called out to Xia Wuqi,""Old Master, if my grandson doesn't worry about his marriage, don't you know how to work hard as a grandfather? How old was his grandson? Nineteen years old. If this was in an ordinary family, the good child would already be four or five years old…"
Xia Wuqie was enlightened when he heard Madam Jiang's urging.
"Aiya, blame me, blame me for being old and muddle-headed. These days, I was just happy that my grandson had been promoted and let go of my grandson's marriage. Alright, don't worry. Tonight, I'll call Mu 'er over to discuss the marriage with him!”
Xia Wuke had never met the Lu sisters. After Lu Zhi and Lu Xu entered the Xia Mansion, they went to the backyard and stayed by Old Madam Jiang's side every day. They never stepped out of the door.
Thinking of his grandson's marriage, Xia Wuqie stroked his white beard and beamed!
People were in high spirits when it came to happy events. Now that Xia Wuqi was walking in front of all the officials, all the officials had to respectfully call him Doctor Xia.
Why?
Because Xia Wuqi's grandson was the chief justice of the nine ministers!
Who dared to look down on the grandfather of the nine ministers?
"Just remember Mu 'er's marriage in your heart. Alright, I still have to sew tiger shoes for my great-grandson.”
The old madam of the Jiang family returned to the backyard. The more she looked at the Lu sisters, the more she liked them. She wanted to get married as soon as possible and have a great-grandson.
……
Supreme Court.
After Zhao Mu and Xiao He entered the Supreme Court, all the officials in the Supreme Court kowtowed to the chief justice.
Xiao He was promoted to the chief registrar of the Supreme Court by Zhao Mu.
In the Supreme Court, Zhao Mu had the right to select officials of the Supreme Court. He didn't need to report to the imperial court.
After paying their respects to Zhao Mu, the officials of Supreme Court left for their own tasks.
Zhao Mu let Xiao He take over the affairs of the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court: The chief justice is responsible for managing all the criminal prisons in the world.
Every year, the total number of cases decided in the world would be summarized to the Tingwei. The difficult cases of the county and the country would be reported to the Tingwei for judgment. The Tingwei would also often send people to deal with some important cases for the local government. Some could even refute the opinions of the emperor and the three princes.
According to the imperial edict, the chief justice could arrest, imprison and try the guilty king or minister.
The etiquette and laws were hidden in the Tingwei, who was in charge of the revision of laws and regulations. The measurement standards of minutes, inches, feet and feet were also in charge of Tingwei.
As the head of the 9 ministers, the supreme court had great power and the importance of the Supreme Court was self-evident!
……
After Xiao He took over the affairs of the Supreme Court, his talent as the most outstanding minister in history was revealed.
Everything was in order!
3 days later, Xiao He had finished sorting out all the unjust cases in the Supreme Court and the laws of each province and six countries.
All the officials in the Supreme Court were shocked!
Many elders of the Supreme Court had worked in the Supreme Court for their whole lives. Since they entered the Supreme Court, they had not finished sorting out the files of the Supreme Court!
It wasn't that they didn't want to sort it out, but there were too many files, too many cases, and too many complicated cases…
Who could imagine that Xiao He could tidy up the Supreme Court in only 3 days!
Seeing so many officials of the Supreme Court being shocked by Xiao He's talent, Zhao Mu muttered inside,"A small Supreme Court is really a waste of talent. Xiao He's talent lies in governing the entire country! If he couldn't even govern the Supreme Court well, he was not qualified to be called the prime minister in history!”
In the beginning, all the officials of the Supreme Court didn't accept Xiao He. After all, Xiao He was appointed by the supreme court. Additionally, they knew Xiao He's background.
A mere county official was actually above them!
To them, this was simply a great humiliation.
However, three days later, everything changed. They realized that Xiao He was a genius! Their talents were not even one percent of Xiao He's!
The officials of the Supreme Court were convinced.
When he saw Xiao He, he also started to shout,"Lord Xiao!"
……
Two days later!
Xiao He frowned and knocked on Zhao Mu's door!
Zhao Mu looked at Xiao He, who looked like he was facing a great enemy, and said,""Xiao He, why do you have such an expression?"
Xiao He suddenly raised his head and said,"My lord! There's something I don't know if I should say!”
"If you have anything to say, just say it!”
"Sir!" Xiao He replied. The Great Qin Empire's chronic illness had already entered their bones and muscles, and it could not be cured without powerful medicine!”
"Xiao He wants to ask you a question! Do you dare to use the sword in your hand to kill the nine ministers of Great Qin?”
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