Chapter 64 Section 2 Long History

Counting from the time when he decided to resign as a low-level civil servant with no future in Shangcai County in Chu State, Li Si had been suffering for a full eleven years.Now, he has finally come to the end of his hardships and made it through. He has finally become an official in the central government of the most powerful state of Qin. So, what kind of official Li Si was named as the long history?Only by clarifying this point can we better understand Li Si's future career opportunities. Speaking of it, it is really a big head. In the Qin State at that time, several officials were also called long history, which was easy to confuse.For example, some of the prime minister's subordinate officials are called long history, and some of the subordinate officials of the national lieutenant and Yushi doctor are also called long history, and the front and rear generals also have long history officials.Although there are so many long histories with the same name, their powers and treatment are quite different.

Which one is Li Si's long history?The records in the annals are already unknown.My guess is that the long history granted by Li Si at that time should be a subordinate official of the Guowei, not a subordinate official of the Xiangguo as many people think.With Yingzheng's wisdom, he would not send the hard-won Li Si back to Lu Buwei, who was then Prime Minister.Moreover, judging from Li Si's actions after taking office as the chief historian, this point can be confirmed even more. After Li Si took office as chief historian, his main job was to carry out terrorist activities within the borders of the six countries, interfere with and even change the normal domestic and foreign policies of the six countries.For the bureaucrats and celebrities of the six countries, those who can be wooed will be wooed, and those who cannot be wooed will be assassinated.Under Li Si's hands, a group of advisers, lobbyists and swordsmen were gathered.Such jobs must be held by military personnel.In addition, only the captains of the state and the generals of the front, back, left, and right are military posts.Furthermore, the long history under the generals of the front and rear has always followed the chief to control the border, only the long history under the national lieutenant stays in the central government to work. Therefore, the long history appointed by Li Si should be an official under the state lieutenant Rank Qianshi.

At that time, the position of Guowei had been vacant for a long time, and Li Si didn't even have a nominal officer. He was only responsible to Ying Zheng, and he acted with ease.The key point is that Li Si is a long-term official and the leader. Within the scope of his duties, he has the right to make independent decisions, and he does not need to discuss with others, let alone worry about others taking credit for himself. From the content of Li Si's work, it can be seen that the department Li Si presided over is similar to the CIA in the United States today, the KGB in the former Soviet Union, and the Mossad in Israel.Through such an analogy, it is not difficult to imagine Li Si's importance and influence.In a sense, it is not an exaggeration to call Li Si the first spy chief in Chinese history.Only in such a position can Li Si quickly demonstrate his outstanding talent and courage, and gain Ying Zheng's trust and reliance more and more.

Official positions are dead, but people are alive.The position of long history did not originally have these responsibilities. It can be said that these powers were tailor-made for Li Si by Ying Zheng according to Li Si's strategy.Ying Zheng's appointment of Li Si as the chief historian must have been carefully considered.Yingzheng's political talent was initially demonstrated in this matter.