Afternoon.

The rare warm sun shines through the thick clouds in winter, adding a touch of warmth to the world.

"Just a little careful, and ask Chu Guogong to accept it."

The Mansion of the State of Chu.

Wang Shichong, who was as fat as a bear, almost blew up a wide silk robe, and Luo Cheng guessed that this guy had to weigh at least more than 200 pounds. His so-called little bit of heart was the bright jewelry tent in front of him, a brocade tent adorned with one hundred and eight pearls, among which a few pearls were large and bright, at least worth hundreds of yuan, and this treasure tent was estimated to be worth two or three thousand yuan.

"General Wang, you also know that I am a person, I don't like beautiful women, I don't like treasures."

Wang Shichong twisted his fat body and said with a smile, "This is not a treasure, just a plaything, come to meet the old boss, you can't come empty-handed." ”

Luo Cheng and Wang Shichong have only worked together for a short time, this guy can call himself an old subordinate with a shy face, and Luo Cheng is also somewhat convinced of this kind of person.

"General Wang has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, you might as well say it directly."

Wang Shichong lowered his voice a little, "Duke Chu, you should know that after you killed Liu Wei last time, I was responsible for the aftermath. Let's take a look at the old boss today, and by the way, if Chu Gong has the opportunity to help him say a good word or two in front of His Majesty, if he can get His Majesty's favor and take a step up, then he will naturally be grateful. ”

"One step up?"

"I heard that General Pei Renji is going to Longyou, and His Majesty intends to transfer Tang Guogong to Huainan, so if Chu Guogong is willing to help, maybe I have a chance to take over Jiangnan."

"You're pretty well informed."

Wang Shichong smiled, "I heard that this time Your Majesty is going to divide the world into two capitals and thirteen provinces, this is still the suggestion of the Duke of Chu, I think it is very good." ”

He patted his ass without a trace.

Luo Cheng didn't care much, he always thought that Wang Shichong was a capable person, but he was by no means a person who was willing to live under others, this guy was always looking around, and he would strive to climb up whenever he had the opportunity, Luo Cheng was very wary of him, because he was not willing to be his stepping stone.

Two capitals and thirteen roads.

In fact, it was not all his suggestion, before that, the emperor withdrew the state and set up counties, and implemented a two-level system of counties and counties. However, the imperial court originally had 190 counties, and now it has added nine new counties in Liaodong, four new counties in central and southern China, and four more counties in Qinghai before.

Therefore, there are now as many as 207 counties in the country, and it will undoubtedly be very difficult for so many counties to be directly under the central government.

As early as the third year of the Great Cause, the emperor had already set up the Si Li Tai, and the chief was the Si Li Doctor, whose duties were to inspect the inside and outside of Gyeonggi, and to be in charge of the inspections. There are two people who belong to the county, from the fifth grade, there are 14 people with a history of assassination, and 40 people from the counties are engaged in patrolling the counties of the whole country outside Gyeonggi.

The history of the fourteen thorns is the fourteen thorns.

However, the establishment of this Dao is only a division of the Assassin Shi Dao, except for the inspection of the Assassin History, there are no other Dao-level official offices and officials.

And this time, Luo Cheng just suggested that the emperor simply strengthen the Dao level, from the original virtual Dao to the real Dao, in order to implement the three-level administrative system of Dao counties and counties, so that the central jurisdiction of the Dao, the Dao County, and the county are also more layered and clear.

However, the emperor still has some fears about the truth, the most important thing is that he is afraid that the power of the party will be too concentrated.

However, at Luo Cheng's suggestion, after careful consideration, he was thinking about the truth, and at the Dao level, he changed the original patrol and assassination history of the Assassins into a permanent yamen and a permanent official.

The new official position is tentatively intended to observe the wind envoy, or patrol envoy, or interview envoy, observe the wind disposal envoy, observe the disposal envoy, etc., the emperor has not yet made a final decision, and the duties are like the assassination history of Si Litai, and the performance of local officials is inspected.

Of course, Luo Cheng suggested that they should be called the observation and disposal envoys, and let them be in charge of local administration, above the county officials. Or, the observation and disposal mission is permanent, but its duties are only to inspect the performance of the magistrates and to administer the same judicial and litigation prisons.

In addition, the pacification envoy was set up, which was transformed from the current consolation ambassadors in various places, and the pacification envoy was in charge of the administrative finance and taxation of the same party.

Observe and govern the judiciary, and pacify the administration.

As for the soldiers and horses, the government soldiers belonged to the twelve guards and the four prefectures and the military department, and the provincial level set up a strategic envoy, while the county soldiers were managed by the pacification deputy envoys, similar to the county lieutenants and county soldiers in charge of the government and the county soldiers.

Of course, in important places such as border passes, the imperial court still set up guards, but Luo Cheng suggested changing the name of the stayers to Jiedu envoys.

On the basis of the original Silitai 14 provinces, according to the geography of mountains and rivers, the country is divided into two capitals and thirteen provinces.

They are Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Daxing, Xijing.

In addition, the 13 provinces are Guannei Province, Longyou Province, Hedong Province, Hebei Province, Henan Province, Huainan Province, Shannan Province, Jiannan Province, Lingnan Province, Yunnan Province, Liaoning Province, Korea Province, and Qinghai Province.

If this two capitals and thirteen roads are really launched, then the change is huge.

Nowadays, temporary consolation envoys may become temperance envoys, observation envoys, and pacification envoys.

It is said that if the first level of the Tao is really established, then these permanent envoys will be the third grade, although it is not the second grade as imagined, but it is high enough.

What's more, there are now two hundred and seven counties in the Great Sui, but there are two capitals and thirteen provinces, each of which has more than a dozen counties, and the weight of this authority is not simple.

Each envoy can serve for a term of three years, and can serve for a maximum of four years, and it is false to say that he is not impressed.

Wang Shichong put down the rebellion in Jiangnan last time, opened a killing ring, killed Liu Yuanjin and tens of thousands of the rest of the party, and later rebelled in Jiangnan and Huainan and other places, he led tens of thousands of Jianghuai troops to fight in the east and west, often killing tens of thousands, the more killed, the emperor was really happy.

This time, after he heard that Pei Renji, who was guarding Huainan, might be transferred to Qinghai as a pacification envoy, and Li Yuan might take over as Huainan's pacification envoy, he wanted to find a post as a pacification envoy to Jiangnan.

Asking to come to Luo Cheng is naturally because Luo Cheng is now extremely favored.

Before Luo Cheng was in front of the Tianjin Bridge, the father and son of the Yuwen family who could force him bowed his head and did not say anything, but now I heard that Luo Cheng also drove Yuwenshu to Nanzhong, drove Yuwenhua to Dunhuang, and drove Yuwenzhi to Jiaozhi.

"The matter of the two capitals and thirteen roads has not yet been decided." Luo Chengdao.

In fact, he proposed to the emperor to change the false way to the real way, and he also had his own plans. He is now left behind in Liaodong, but the position of staying behind has never been very formal, and it is impermanent. Therefore, Luo Cheng hopes to pass the truth, and then make his position more stable.

If you can be a festival envoy, it will be even more amazing.

Even if you can't be a temperance envoy, it's good to be a pacifying envoy.

The difference between staying behind and pacifying envoys is like the difference between the leader of the central special task force and a high-ranking official, and there is still a long way to go.

"If you can't be the pacification envoy of Huainan, I also want to ask the Duke of Chu to help me find a position as the governor of Jiangdu."

In addition to the thirteen provinces, there are two capitals in the east and west, in addition to this time there is a house, the house is lower than Beijing, but higher than the county of a division, the emperor intends to Jiangdu, Zhuo County, Taiyuan to upgrade to the government, these places are the emperor once out of the patrol station, especially Jiangdu, the emperor in Jiangdu before and after more than ten years.

The governors of the two capitals are called guards, such as the west of the capital and the east of the capital, and the governors of the three prefectures are called Yin, and the guards are from the second grade, and Yin is the third grade, and the envoy of the governor of the province is a level.

Wang Shichong's idea is good, if he can't be the pacification envoy of Jiangnan, then he will be the governor of Jiangdu, anyway, he is a third-grade job.