Mei Zhihuan heard that Li Zicheng was going to establish a province in Longyou, and he was immediately strong, this Li Zicheng, could his Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion really replace Daming? Is it the right thing to follow him? According to his management of Lanzhou, if he can really control the world, maybe ...... Maybe it's really a wise man!

He thought for a moment, if he wanted to establish a province in Longyou, there were still many problems, and he picked out the most important one, "The governor of the capital, his subordinates are brave...... Tianming Army holds Longyou, how sure is it? If the imperial army enters the Longyou ......"

In the final analysis, he was still frightened by the huge size of the imperial court, and Li Zicheng had to take a fierce medicine, "After the Heavenly Mandate Army occupied Longyou, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, sent Cao Wenzhao to attack Guguan, and as a result, the two thousand infantry of Cao Wenzhao's department were completely annihilated, and the cavalry was annihilated by two and a half hundred households. ”

"Cao Wenzhao? Annihilation? Mei Zhihuan was shocked, Cao Wenzhao had fought with the Tartars in Liaodong, experienced, since he came to Shaanxi, he had beaten all kinds of thieves and was forced to flee to Shanxi, he had heard of such a thing, but he didn't expect it to fall into the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army...... He turned his gaze to Li Zicheng again, and said in a trembling voice: "Grand Governor, how about the casualties of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Mr. Mei has seen the Heavenly Mandate Army-Ao, which was called the Xining Army at that time, fighting in Ganzhou, right?" is similar to Ganzhou, the casualties of the Tianming Army can be counted on two hands! ”

"Ah......" Mei Zhihuan opened his mouth in shock, froze there, and couldn't speak for a long time, "Governor, since this is the case, his subordinates think that Longyou can be a province!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed, "Then let's talk about the establishment of the province, Mr. Mei has been an official for many years and has rich experience, so I want to hear your opinion first." ”

Mei Zhihuan narrowed his eyes, obviously pondering, and said for a long time: "The governor of the capital, Longyou is a familiar land, and it is very different from Gansu, if it is a province, the subordinates suggest that a single independent province is needed!" ”

Li Zicheng originally wanted to establish Gansu Province, in the history of later generations, Gansu and Longyou, that is, they both belong to "Gansu Province", he does not know the geographical relationship, but "existence is reasonable", maybe geographical, maybe national.

But Mei Zhihuan's opinion is also reasonable, stripping Gansu out of the glass, so as to concentrate on the development of Longyou, so he said: "Gansu, as a military town, is only temporary, and cannot forever levy 'ten taxes and two' overweight taxes, and when Longyou's grain production is stabilized, Gansu will still restore civil affairs, and at that time, Gansu and Longyou will still belong to the same province!" ”

Again, there are only those who keep increasing taxes, and I don't see the rulers taking the initiative to reduce taxes! Mei Zhihuan nodded, he had truly integrated into the Heavenly Mandate Army from his heart, "Metropolitan Governor, what is this province called?" ”

Anyway, this is a transitional province, at most two or three years, it will be integrated with Gansu, the name is not important, Li Zicheng spread out the marching map, and pointed to the map with his hand, "It's called Longyou Province, and Gansu Town is bounded by a watershed, as for the capital, it's in Lanzhou!" ”

"Lanzhou?" Mei Zhihuan looked at the map and immediately shook his head, "Governor, Lanzhou was not originally a capital city, and in the provinces of Longyou Province, it is too far north, which is not conducive to the whole province!" ”

Li Zicheng pointed to the Gansu town above and said, "Mr. Mei, please see, if you add Gansu Town, is Lanzhou too remote?" ”

For the status of Lanzhou's capital, he has long considered maturity for three reasons: First, in later generations, Lanzhou was the capital of Gansu Province.

Second, in the area where the Yellow River, Huangshui and Datong River converge, it should have been an open area, but because of the barrier of the mountains, the topography of Sanchuan Prefecture was seriously limited.

Third, Lanzhou is in the center of the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, southeast, pointing to Qingshui County, connecting Guguan; In the northwest, it is the town of Gansu; To the west, across the Yellow River is Xining, and to the south is now Lintaofu.

"I see, it's the negligence of my subordinates," Mei Zhihuan shook his head, smiled, and kept his eyes on the map, "Metropolitan Governor, the design of Longyoufu County ......"

At this time, the two had already had dinner, He Xiaomi cleaned up the bowls, completely vacated the square table in front of him, and just completely unfolded the march map, Li Zicheng pointed his hand and said: "Lanzhou is the capital of Longyou Province, in addition, the current Gongchang Mansion is basically unchanged, but the southern Jiezhou and Wen counties are included in Minzhou, merged into Longnan Mansion, abolished Lintao Mansion, downgraded to a county, and the western part of Lintao Mansion is included in Taozhou and merged into Taozhou Mansion. ”

"Sifu?" Mei Zhihuan used his hand to draw dots on the map, as if to demarcate the provinces.

"Yes, for the time being, there are only four mansions, which are really small, and they will be included in Gansu in the future, and it will be almost!"

"It's not small, it's not small," Mei Zhihuan said repeatedly: "If these four mansions can be renovated into familiar land, the food of the Heavenly Mandate Army will be guaranteed!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded yes, he expanded to Longyou, mainly for food, "However, there is another question, that is, the setting of civil affairs, what advice does Mr. Mei have?" ”

"Doesn't the Metropolitan Governor plan to refer to the setting of the imperial court?" As soon as the words came out, Mei Zhihuan regretted it, with the character of the Grand Duke, how could he copy the practice of the imperial court?

"It is possible to refer to it, but it cannot be copied," Li Ziguo naturally had his own thoughts, "The provinces of the imperial court have not only political envoys on the left and right, envoys according to the procurators, and commanders, but also in charge of the civil affairs, prisons, and military affairs of a province, as well as governors, governors, or commanders-in-chief, and there are many chief officials, but once something happens, they will pass the buck, but no one will take responsibility." ”

"The Governor means ......"

"Within a province, the chief civil affairs officer is the highest governor of a province, referred to as the 'governor', which is equivalent to the combination of the left and right political envoys, who are in charge of the taxes, household registration, and acres of land in a province; Officials at all levels of the prefecture and prefecture are paid salaries and performance appraisals; Convey the laws of a province to the prefectures, prefectures, and counties! Li Zicheng believes that if he can really overthrow the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely have contacts with the surrounding vassal states and even European countries in the future.

I have hundreds of years of experience in later generations, how can I not use it?

Mei Zhihuan nodded, the title is not important, the key is real power.

"In addition, the establishment of a provincial court, the chief officer is called the 'president', which is equivalent to a procurator, in charge of criminal and civil cases in a province, and the president is directly under the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office, exercising power independently, without interference from the provincial governor."

"Dean?" Mei Zhihuan didn't understand why Li Zicheng called the chief official "chief", but fortunately, the position was similar, and he was still able to compare, "Grand Governor, why does the dean belong directly to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion?" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Within a province, the power of the provincial governor is too great, if the president is not directly under the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is supported by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, how can he normally exercise the power to decide cases?" ”

It turned out to be for checks and balances! Mei Zhihuan has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows the mystery, he pondered for a moment and said, "What about the governor, is he also appointed by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" ”

"For the time being, it is still appointed by the Metropolitan Governor's Office!" Li Zicheng also wants to put the local government system in place in one step, but just like the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, he neither has enough talents, nor is he willing to spend a lot of money to support officials who are temporarily unusable, "Does Mr. Mei think that the power of the provincial governor is too great and there is no check and balance at the local level?" ”

Mei Zhihuan is obviously not expert in the design of administrative institutions, "The imperial court seems to be like this, but there is one more commander." ”

"The position of the commander of the capital will not be designed for the time being, the provinces will gradually increase in the future, and it is impossible for the metropolitan governor's office to supervise it in place, so for the governor, I also plan to find some people to supervise him."

Mei Zhihuan was taken aback, wouldn't it be to set up an institution similar to Jinyiwei? The factory guard system, however, made the officials of the imperial court complain and hate, "Does the metropolitan governor use the supervision of imperial history...... Or the ...... of the official"

"It's similar to the imperial history, except that they come from the grassroots, and now there are four prefectures in Longyou Province, each province elects two people, and eight people form the provincial council, and the council has two main responsibilities: formulating provincial laws and policies; Deliberate on the decisions of the Governor. ”

Li Zicheng has been very hesitant about such a decision, and now the people of Longyou are at least ninety percent illiterate, and there is no way to talk about the rights and obligations of supervision, and it is impossible to talk about formulating laws and deliberating the policies and strategies of the provincial governor.

The establishment of an administrative system of "separation of powers" is a rather long process, and it must not be accomplished overnight.

If they can really establish a new dynasty, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the people really feel that the new dynasty will bring benefits to them, they are fanatical, and if this fanaticism is guided in the right direction and relies on enthusiasm, it is possible to establish a completely new system.

Once the new regime is stable and the vested interest stratum has been formed, it will be difficult to reform again.

Even if this kind of system is not perfect, and there are some mistakes in the process of implementation, it is inevitable that a major political system must be constantly revised and improved in the process of implementation, and it will eventually become mature.

Li Zicheng also has an expectation that the current provincial-level organs will become a testing ground for the central organs, and although it is still a long way off, he has already moved towards this goal.

"Governor, what is this council......" Mei Zhihuan's eyes widened, looking quite confused.

There is no way, Li Zicheng is ready to let him serve as the governor of this Longyou Province, the separation of powers, naturally let him be clear, after explaining for more than half an hour, Mei Zhihuan has some clues, but he did not put forward any opinions, obviously still needs to figure it out.

Li Zicheng specifically told him that in addition to the president of the court, the provincial governor and the legislators all have a term of office, which is initially set at five years.

"Governor, what about the end of the term?" Mei Zhihuan was stunned for a long time, and finally a question came up.

"The governor is appointed separately by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and according to his political performance, he can be promoted, demoted, retained, etc., while the councillor is to return to his original post." Li Zicheng said that in addition to the core organizers, the parliamentarians are all amateur professionals, and only by regularly participating in social life meetings can they truly understand the needs of people from all walks of life.

Of course, in Longyou Province at present, there are too few people who meet the criteria for candidates for parliamentary elections, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, so it is necessary to minimize the number of meetings.

Mei Zhihuan thought about it for a long time, and found that he had missed one of the most critical questions, "In the mind of the governor, is there a candidate for the governor and the dean?" ”