The founding of the Han Dynasty itself was a product of the fusion of the Qin and Zhou systems.

It is neither like the Zhou Dynasty where the vassals directly handed over power to the localities, nor is it like the Qin Dynasty, where the emperor completely controlled the appointment of local officials, forming a complete centralized power.

The Han Dynasty had both, combining the strengths of both, but it also produced such and such drawbacks.

But at this moment, for Guo Peng, this kind of rule is undoubtedly of great benefit.

When Guo Peng was a lieutenant, he did not have the qualifications to become an official on his own, so he could only rely on luck and family background and personal prestige to attract talents.

In this way, you can win over either your own family, such as the Cao brothers and the Xiahou brothers.

Either they are poor scholars with poor backgrounds and no way, such as Cheng Li.

Either it is a pure low-level Li Shu, such as Zhao Yun, or Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

There are also businessmen who are rich but have low social status, such as Mi.

Other people, as long as they have some social status, will not come to Guo Peng, because Guo Peng cannot let them become officials, and in the legal sense, Guo Peng does not have the power and qualifications to appoint officials by himself.

Cheng Li's long history, Zang Hong's military Sima, the Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers, etc., are all military officials, recommended by Guo Peng, and appointed by the imperial court.

In a legal sense, there is no second-tier relationship between them and Guo Peng.

The so-called "lord duke" or "Ming duke" can only be called by high-ranking officers or officials who have the qualifications to open the government.

The three dukes in the imperial court, the heavy general, the local state assassin Shi Zhou Mu, as well as the county Taishou and the state minister, these officials have the qualifications and power to open the government and establish officials, so they can be called "lord duke" or "Ming duke".

The main title appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty and originated from the Ming Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty.

But the key point is that the people who will call their superiors like this are officials appointed by their superiors in the capacity of the lord of the house, and when they hold the official position conferred by the lord of the house, they will call the lord of the mansion who is the official of themselves as the lord or the lord of the Ming to show respect and gratitude.

And with such an additional layer of identity, Guo Peng also has the qualifications to build his own team of protégés and former officials, of course, he does not have the qualifications to hold the qualifications of classic apprentices, and he cannot be called a protégé, at most he is a former official.

And this is also a treatment that many people can encounter but cannot seek.

In Shanggu County, Guo Peng is the status of the monarch, and he is building his own power in a bright and bright way, and appointing officials who are loyal to him.

This kind of thing couldn't be more wonderful.

In a county, except for the county governor and the county commanders appointed by the imperial court, the other officials are all appointed by the Taishou and belong to the subordinate officials under the jurisdiction of the Taishou.

Generally speaking, considering the relationship between traffic problems and local protectionism, people from the prefecture are basically selected to serve in the position.

However, Shanggu County belongs to the border county, which is the first line against Xianbei, and has been repeatedly attacked by wars, and the population is sparse and mobile, and it is not easy to form local forces, so there are few scholars, and many officials need to be brought from other counties.

Most of the original administrative team of Shanggu County had already chosen to go with Gao Yan when Gao Yan left, and they were all Gao Yan's former officials, who were hired by him, so they naturally went with him.

The county commander and the long history are nominally appointed by the imperial court, but they are mostly recommended by the Taishou, and the imperial court appointees are no different from the Taishou officials.

They basically knew that Guo Peng would not appoint them, so they resigned on their own, and when Guo Peng came to handle the handover, they could follow Gao Yan and continue to be officials in another place.

Guo Peng soon went to the county to handle the handover with Gao Yan, took over the Shanggu Taishou seal, and the people under his command and Gao Yan's command also handled the handover.

At this time, Guo Peng had troubles, and he found that the talents under his command were not enough.

Cheng Li must stay by his side.

Guo Peng planned to give Cheng Li an official identity as a taishou, let him be a gongcao, and determine the relationship between the second-tier monarchs, and from then on, Cheng Li could call Guo Peng the Duke of Ming or the lord.

Gong Cao is a very important position in the county bureaucracy and belongs to the right Cao.

The Han system is respected by the right, so the important subordinate officials were called right posts or right Cao at that time.

In a county, Gong Cao, Wuguan Peng, Superintendent Post, and Master Book are the right Cao, all of whom are qualified to take charge of public affairs, and the rest of the Cao can only be in charge of their own duties.

The development of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present day, the political rule is almost to the county as the country, the county Taishou of the opening of the government is like a monarch to the officials in the county, so there is the honorific title of "Fu Jun", and Gong Cao is equivalent to the state minister.

Therefore, Guo Peng did not hesitate to hand over the position of Gong Cao to Cheng Li, officially appointed Cheng Li as Gong Cao, gave him a fortune, and asked him to follow him to do things, not leaving an inch.

And then there is the five senses Cao, the five senses Cao is an honorary position, there is no certain hold, but it can also be all-encompassing, basically it is a jack of all trades, and if there is a lack of Gong Cao, the five senses Cao will be used to temporarily act Gong Cao, etc., and the status is very high.

This position, Guo Peng thought about it and handed it over to Zang Hong, in addition, he also expressed Zang Hong as the county leader, in order to show Zang Hong's merits for many years of fighting with him.

Guo Peng took into account that Zang Hong had an additional identity, so in addition to being an official, he also listed him as a county prince and gave him the status of the court, and Zang Hong could take the money that Guo Peng gave him, and he could lead the court to pay for it.

As the eyes and ears of the county guard, the superintendent of the post clearly distinguishes good from evil, and his main accusation is to supervise the county government.

The scope of its supervision, a county has two, three, four, five divisions, the object of supervision is mainly the county magistrate, to check their good and evil and whether they are competent, and then report to the government, in order to reward and punish, and sometimes authorized to arrest criminals.

There are many people who can be appointed, Shanggu County has eight counties under its jurisdiction, and Guo Peng decided to divide the county into four departments, and each department will arrange a postal superintendent.

There is no doubt about this, Guo Peng asked the opinions of the Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers, and they did not object, so Guo Peng officially appointed Xiahou Yuan Xiahou Yuan Cao Ren and Cao Hong as subordinate officials, and they were appointed as superintendents of the post and held military positions.

He also named Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan as the left and right lieutenants, presiding over the defense of the Great Wall.

In addition, there are only a dozen local officials left in the Shanggu Taishou Mansion.

Except for a Cangcao named Rong Liang, the rest are small officials such as secretaries and adjutants, which is enough to reflect the lack of local talents in Shanggu County.

There is no way, the population of Shanggu County is not more than one-third of that of Zhuo County, and now it is even less than 100,000, and the disadvantage of the border county is here, but at the same time, the advantages of the border county can also be reflected.

There are few powerful and powerful, few landlords, and the local forces have been almost destroyed by the war, basically non-existent, and the authority of the Taishou is much higher than that of many inland counties.

Moreover, Guo Peng is also the general of Karasuma Zhonglang, who oversees the military and political power of Kamiya County, and has prestige, and Kamiya County Karasuma is still listening to him in the difficult building, this status is even more special.

Rao is like this, but Guo Peng, who is in power, feels that he does not have enough civilian subordinates to take on the current positions.

Thinking about it, it is not a time to appoint officials from other places, and now we must first set up the administrative team to announce their own governance of Shanggu County, and all of our subordinates who are literate and hyphenated and have a little cultural level will come up.