Chapter 157: The First Year of Jian'an
Qin Hua's army quickly assembled towards Bingzhou, and finally arrived before the Xianbei army could defeat the defenders of Bingzhou.
In the face of the Qin army of 500,000 people, even Ke Bineng did not dare to act rashly, he just didn't understand why Qin Hua suddenly had so many more troops.
But he soon understood why.
Zhang Liao's envoy went to the Xianbei camp and told Kebi what had happened in the Central Plains to Kebi Neng.
He was also surprised when he heard that Qin Hua had actually defeated Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at the same time, although he had heard of Qin Hua's deeds, he didn't expect him to be able to do this.
It's just that this is not enough for Kebi to retreat, this time to launch an army of 300,000, the consumption on Xianbei's side is also very huge, so he proposed to ask Qin Hua to compensate before he can retreat.
For this kind of request, Zhang Liao directly refused without even asking Qin Hua.
So the two armies began to confront each other.
On the one hand, he was forced by the number of the Qin army, and did not dare to act rashly. On the one hand, because the internal army has not yet been integrated, and there is a shortage of food and grass, they don't want to start a war in vain.
This confrontation lasted until January of the eighth year of Xingping.
After the spies investigated the specific news of the Central Plains War, Kebi was able to really believe Zhang Liao's words.
Knowing that he couldn't take advantage of anything, he didn't continue to consume, and decisively chose to retreat.
At the same time, as the plague in Hebei was also brought under control after a winter, Hua Tuo personally led the doctors of the Tai Hospital to Hebei.
Since then, Qin Hua's internal and external troubles have been completely lifted, and he has begun to vigorously rectify the internal and digest the territory he has just gained.
Liu Xie issued an edict on January 1 and changed the name of the country to Jian'an, so the eighth year of Xingping is also the first year of Jian'an.
Qin Hua began to use his power as regent to reform the military and government at the same time.
In terms of government affairs, Qin Hua decided to abolish the original system of three princes and nine secretaries and replace it with a system of three provinces and six ministries. (The three provinces and six ministries already had a prototype in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the change was not too abrupt.) )
The three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province.
Among them, Zhongshu Province is the highest authority of the state and is responsible for the issuance of major government decrees across the country.
Zhongshu Province set up a Zhongshu Order, and Qin Hua originally intended to be held by Jia Xu, but Jia Xu repeatedly resigned, and finally Xun You took over the position.
Zhongshu Ling also has several servants to assist in shooting, which are served by the newly joined Fu Zhu, Liu Ye (captured by Qin Hua in the Battle of Guandu), Tian Yu and others.
This makes these people feel flattered, obviously they have just joined, and they can actually get this high position.
Menxia Province was nominally a direct unit of the emperor, but now it was a direct subordinate of Qin Hua.
For example, Jia Xu and Guo Jia, who are unwilling to enter the middle school, are all attributed to Menxia Province. The armies, including the Praetorian Guard and the Nighthawk, were under the command of the Menxia Province and were not under the management of the military departments of the six ministries.
Finally, the province of Shangshu refers to the six Shangshu.
The six ministries are the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Prosecution.
With these six parts, we manage all things in the world.
Five of them are basically the same as those of later generations, only the procuratorial department is newly added by Qin Hua, and his responsibilities are similar to those of Yushitai, but he manages more things, not only supervising officials at all levels, but also managing civilian affairs.
For example, when some bullies in the township are in trouble, and the people dare not speak out, the branches of the procuratorial department in various places have the obligation to report these people.
As for the abolished military department, it was replaced by another department.
The department that replaced the Ministry of War was called the General's Mansion, and Qin Hua proclaimed himself the general of Tiance, nominally the head of the General's Mansion.
This department is a bit similar to the military commission of later generations, Qin Hua knew that only by mastering the army could he have power, so even Zhang Liao and others did not feel at ease to hand it over to them, and he had to be in charge himself.
This was followed by the reform of the army, and Qin Hua divided the army under his command into five military regions.
At the same time, five marshals were born, and these five people commanded their respective military districts.
Qin Hua stipulated that the army could only operate in its own military region in peacetime, and that anyone with more than 3,000 people leaving their own military region needed to be reported.
The establishment of the military region was to implement the separation of military and political affairs in the future, and the reason why the princes in various places can now be divided into kings is because they all have military power.
Once a military region is established, neither the governor nor the county governor has the power to mobilize a large number of troops.
Officials at the state pastoral level can only mobilize no more than 10,000 troops, and any more need to be approved by the central government.
As for the county guard level, at most, an army of 3,000 can be mobilized to exterminate bandits and the like.
Because Qin Hua's decrees could only be implemented within his own territory now, he actually only established three military regions.
The marshal of the Central Military Region is naturally Zhang Liao, with an establishment of 500,000, but now there are only 300,000.
This army will be the main force of Qin Hua's future conquest of the unsubordinate.
The marshal of the Northern Military Region is Gao Shun, with a command of 200,000, but now there are only more than 100,000, and his main task is to guard against the Xianbei people.
After the first battle of Guandu, the Wuhuan cavalry suffered heavy losses, and Wuhuan was no longer able to influence the Central Plains, and now the biggest enemy in the north was Xianbei.
The marshal of the Western Military Region is naturally Ma Teng, and the establishment is also 200,000, and at the same time, it also controls the 50,000 Qingyang cavalry in Qingyang City.
In addition to being responsible for the countries of the Western Regions, the Western Military Region is also to guard against Beigong Boyu, who has just become king.
Beigong Boyu has now almost unified nearly half of the Qiang people, with more than 300,000 troops under his command, and the reason why he has not been able to completely unify the Qiang people is because the places where the Qiang people are located are too remote.
As for the military districts in the east and south, they will naturally not be established until they are truly unified.
The rest of the policy was fine, but this one frightened the princes everywhere.
If Qin Hua used this policy against them, then these people would have completely lost their dependence and became fish and meat to be slaughtered.
Fortunately, Qin Hua did not force them to implement this policy, which made these people feel a lot more at ease.
In addition to the implementation of the military region system, Qin Hua also implemented the military rank system.
The military ranks are divided into four levels and twelve grades, which are generals, colonels, lieutenants, and sergeants, and each level is divided into three classes, which are represented by upper, middle and lower respectively.
From the lowest corporal to the highest rank of general, these non-commissioned officers who have no foundation have the motivation to fight.
Qin Hua stipulated that as long as the rank reached the rank of captain, he could go to the military academy to study, and after he came out, he could at least achieve the position of centurion.
At the same time, according to different military ranks, you can also get different benefits after retirement.
Qin Hua also canceled the filial piety and honesty system held by the Han Dynasty, began to officially hold the imperial examination system nationwide, and stipulated that the selection of officials in the future will give priority to the imperial examination, which made the poor scholars everywhere very excited.
With the continuous increase of territory, the Liangzhou Chamber of Commerce could no longer afford such a large amount of trade, and Qin Hua decided to establish more chambers of commerce in various places, which also weakened the hostility of Qin Hua, the capital of the family, to a certain extent.