Chapter XIX Appointments

Yunzicheng intends to let Mei Xiaohan govern Splendid City, in order to return Splendid City to the sphere of influence that the Song court can control.

Splendid City was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Song court, but in reality it was more like a state within a state.

Every year, the Song court would send an official appointed by the court to the splendid city, and each time the official position was different, and its purpose was only to play a supervisory role.

Yun Zicheng said: "If the imperial court sends you to the Splendid City to govern, do you have the confidence that you can govern the Splendid City well?" ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "I don't know, if you can give me enough power, I want to ask me if I should be able to complete this difficult task!" ”

"It's just..."Mei Xiaohan wanted to say something, but suddenly stopped.

Yun Zicheng said: "Why don't you say it, do you have any concerns?" ”

This place in Splendid City is indeed very unusual, when Mei Xiaohan first arrived in Splendid City, the city was still a mess full of holes, but it didn't take long for it to regain its vitality.

Mei Xiaohan said: "I didn't have a single soldier, I went to Splendid City alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get things done!" ”

Yun Zicheng said: "It turns out that you are worried about this problem, if I can't speak to anything else, there is no problem in withdrawing three or five hundred soldiers!" ”

The administrative division of the Song Dynasty implemented the two-level system of prefectures and counties, and at the same time set up roads in the localities, which were directly under the central government and higher than the government, prefecture, military and prison.

The characteristics of the local administrative organization of the Song Dynasty are as follows: first, the use of civil servants to guard the counties; the second is to completely return the power of local governments to the central government; The third is to try to keep the local officials in check with each other, and the four posts along the way are parallel, and the governor and the general judge in the prefecture are in check.

There were still four weaknesses in the local administration of the Song Dynasty: first, the local grassroots political organizations such as the county-level government in the Song Dynasty were incomplete; second, the assessment of the appointment of local officials is not rigorous; the third is the deterioration of state and county officials; Fourth, there has been a large increase in the number of unscrupulous and inferior land among townships and counties.

The Song Dynasty only reduced the number of small and medium-sized county-level officials, but did not merge the number of counties, resulting in an unsound county-level government organization.

The Song Dynasty was rebuilding a unified feudal regime, the southern economy developed rapidly, and the ethnic contradictions in the north and northwest became more intense. After the establishment of a unified feudal regime, the centralization of power was further strengthened, and the military system underwent tremendous changes.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperor directly controlled the establishment, mobilization and command of the army.

The military authority under it is divided among the three bodies. The Privy Council is the highest military authority and holds military power and orders. The three ya, that is, the front of the palace command division, the guard horse army division and the guard infantry army division, are the highest command organs of the central government, respectively commanding the forbidden army and the box army; The ministers, the generals temporarily appointed when the forbidden army went out to fight or suppressed, and the forbidden army under the command of the Sanya, was abolished.

The establishment of the forbidden army is 4 levels: box, army, battalion (command), and capital. The chamber has jurisdiction over 10 armies, 5 battalions under military jurisdiction, and 5 battalions under its jurisdiction. 100 people each. The commanders at all levels are: Xiangdu Commander; The commander of the military capital, the military capital is waiting, the commander is the commander, the deputy commander; Dutou (Ma Jun called the military envoy), deputy head (Ma Jun called the deputy soldier and horse envoy). The command (battalion) is the basic formed unit of the forbidden army, and the number of troops is often calculated by mobilizing, garrisoning, and fighting. In order to prevent the rebellion of the generals, the forbidden army roughly defended half of Gyeonggi and half of the counties of Wuzhu in terms of troop deployment, and the auxiliary forces of the capital and Gi were also roughly balanced, so as to control each other internally and externally. At the same time, the "change method" was implemented, and the forbidden army of Kifu and the prefectures regularly changed their garrisons, so that the soldiers did not know the generals and there would be no special troops.

The Xiang Army belongs to the local army. It is called the Standing Army, but it is actually a miscellaneous army of the state capitals and certain central agencies. It is under the control of the state government and certain central organs, and is always subordinate to the Guards Mahan Division and the Guards Walker Division. The main tasks are to build cities, make weapons, build roads and bridges, transport grain and reclaim famines, and guard officials, welcome and send-off, etc. Generally, there is no training, combat mission. There are two types of troops, the infantry army and the horse army, and the establishment is divided into three levels: army, command, and capital, and the commander is the same as the forbidden army.

The township soldiers are also called militias. It is a local people's armed force composed of local people who are selected or recruited according to the proportion of household registration. Usually do not detach from production, farm leisure assembly training. Undertake tasks such as repairing the city, transporting grain, catching thieves, or cooperating with the forbidden army to defend the border. There are many names of township soldiers in various places, and the establishment is not uniform, or according to the command, the capital, or according to the A, the team, or according to the sequence of the capital, the big security, and the security, at the most, the total number of Shaanxi, Hebei, and Hedong Zhilu reached more than 420,000.

The Fan soldiers were the frontier guards in the northwestern part of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is composed of the Qiang people and the Shuhu tribal army in the border areas of Shaanxi, Hedong and Western Xia. The chiefs of the tribes were given military positions. Lead the tribal army to guard the border. Its establishment varies from clan to clan, or according to tribe, sex, clan, or according to clan, standard, and team, and it is not until the time of the Divine Sect that the establishment of command and capital is uniformly adopted.

The Turkish army and archers are part of the local security forces. It is under the jurisdiction of the county lieutenant of the inspection department. The Turkish army was set up during the time of the Divine Sect and was subordinate to the inspection department of various places; Originally, he was a servant, and he served as a servant in turn, and later changed to hire and recruit people, and was subordinate to the county lieutenants. The number of native troops and archers was small, and they were usually organized at the capital level.

In the Song Dynasty, it was customary to regard Taiwei as the highest rank of military attachΓ©, so Xi called senior officers Taiwei. The supreme officer of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty commanded the military, but did not directly command the army. The Supreme Governor of the Privy Council shall be the Privy Councillor. In fact, it can be said that the privy envoy and the lieutenant are the same position.

In the Song Dynasty, Taiwei was a military attache with heavy troops, although he no longer had the power of the Qin and Han dynasties, but he still had unlimited scenery.

The official positions of the Song Dynasty were as follows

Zhengyipin:

[Officials]: Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Left/Right Prime Minister, Young Master, Young Master, Shaobao

[Jue]: King

From a product:

[Officials]: Privy Envoys, Princes and Princes, Princes and Princesses, and Princes and Princesses

[Wen Sanguan]: Kaifu Yi is the same as the three divisions

[Wu Sanguan]: Hussar general

[Jue]: The heir king, the prince of the county, and the prince of the country

Positive second product:

[Officer]: Knowing the Privy Council, Participating in the Governor's Affairs, Knowing the Privy Council, and Captain

[Wen Sanguan]: Tejin

[Wu Sanguan]: General of the Auxiliary State, General of the Zhenguo

[Jue]: The founding prince of the county

[Xun]: Shangzhu country

From the second product:

[Official]: Signing the Privy Council, Guanwendian University Scholar, Prince Young Master, Prince Young Master, Prince Shaobao, Imperial Shi Dafu, Liubu Shangshu, Left and Right Jin Wuwei / Left and Right Wei Generals, Ji / Yan / Qing / Xu / Yang / Jing / Yu / Liang / Yongzhou Mu, the front of the palace are all commanding envoys, and Jiedu envoys

[Jue]: The founding county duke

[Xun]: Zhu Guo

Positive three products:

[Officials]: Guanwen Hall Bachelor, Hanlin / Senior Minister/Baohe Temple Scholar, Hanlin Scholar Chengzhi, Hanlin Bachelor, Senior Minister/Baohe/Duanming Hall Bachelor, Dragon Diagram / Tianzhang / Baowen / Xianmo / Huiyou / Fuwen Pavilion Bachelor, Privy Counselor, Left and Right Scattered Cavalry Chang Shi, Quan Liu Cao Shangshu

[Wen Essay Officer]: Doctor Jin Ziguanglu

[Wu Sanguan]: Champion General, Huaihua General

[Xun]: Upper Protector

From the three pins:

[Official]: Long Tu / Tianzhang / Baowen / Xian Mo / Hui You / Fuwen Pavilion Straight Bachelor, Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Kaifeng Yin, Shang Shu Lie Cao Shilang, General Zhuwei, Prince Guest / Zhan Shi

[Wen Essay Officer]: Doctor Yinqing Guanglu

[Wu Sanguan]: General Yunlu, General Guide

[Jue]: The founding marquis

[Xun]: Protector

Positive four products:

[Official]: To the middle of the matter, the middle of the scholar, Taichang/Zong Zhengqing, the secretary and supervisor, the general of the guards, the deputy commander of the palace, and the envoy of the Xuan

[Wen Sanguan]: Doctor Zhengfeng, Doctor Zhongfeng

[Wu Sanguan]: Loyal generals, strong generals

[Jue]: The Founding Uncle

[Xun]: Captain of the light car

From the four pins:

[Official]: Baohe Palace/Dragon Map/Tianzhang/Baowen/Xianmo/Huiyou/Fuwen Pavilion Attendant System, Left and Right Counselors, Quanliu Cao Shilang, Guozi Sacrificial Wine, Shaofu/Will be a Supervisor, General Zhuwei

[Wen Essay Officer]: Taizhong Doctor, Zhong Doctor

[Wu Sanguan]: General Xuanwei, General Mingwei

[Xun]: Lieutenant of the Light Car

Positive five products:

[Official]: Commander of the horse/infantry army, deputy commander, observer, general attendant/main attendant/Xuanzheng/Zhengzheng/Xiezhong/Zhongshou doctor

[Wen Sanguan]: Zhongsan doctor, Chaofeng doctor

[Wu Sanguan]: General Dingyuan, General Ning Yuan

[Jue]: The founder of the country

[Xun]: Captain of the Upper Cavalry

From the five pins:

[Officials]: Taichang / Zongzheng Shaoqing, Secretary and Young Eunuch, Inner Guest Provincial Envoy, Yanfu Palace Envoy, Jingfu Palace Envoy, Privy Counsellor, Zhongliang / Zhongwei / Yiwei / Doctor of the Guard, Horse in front of the palace / Infantry Army are Yu Hou, Defense Envoy, Commander of the Four Compartments of the Sun / Tianwu / Dragon Shenwei Quad Carriage, Regiment Training Envoy, Zhuzhou Thorn History, and Horse Captain

[Wen Sanguan]: Doctor Chaosan, Doctor Zhao

[Wu Sanguan]: Ranger general, guerrilla general

[Jue]: The founding man

[Xun]: Riding Captain

Zheng Liupin:

[Officials]: Jiying Hall Repair, Left and Right Shilangzhong, Guozi Siye, Ordnance Supervisor, Dushui Envoy, Inner Servant Provincial Governor/Deputy Governor, Xuanqing/Xuanzheng/Zhaoxuan Envoy, Gongwei/Zuowu/Right Martial Doctor, Inner Servant Provincial Guard, Privy Minister/Deputy Minister

[Wen Sanguan]: Chao Fenglang, Cheng Zhilang

[Wu Sanguan]: Captain Zhaowu, Deputy Lieutenant Zhaowu

[Xun]: Captain Xiaocai

From the six pins:

[Officials]: Living Lang, Living House, Serving Imperial History, Left and Right Divisional Wailang, Right Wendian / Secret Pavilion Revision, Kaifeng Shaoyin, Kaifeng Mansion Judge/Push Official, Shaofu / General / Military Weapons Young Supervisor, He'an / Chenghe / Cheng'an Doctor, Lingtai Order

[Wen Sanguan]: Feng Zhilang, Tong Zhilang

[Wu Sanguan]: Lieutenant Zhenwei, Deputy Lieutenant Zhenwei

[Xun]: Flying Captain

Positive Seven Pins:

[Officials]: The palace attendant imperial history, the left and right priests, the attendants, the straight dragon map/Tianzhang/Baowen Pavilion, the privy deputy Chengzhi, the martial arts to the martial arts doctor, Chengquan/peace/security doctor, Hanlin good doctor, Chixian order

[Wen Sanguan]: Chao Yu Lang, Xuande Lang

[Wu Sanguan]: Lieutenant Zhiguo, Deputy Lieutenant Zhiguo

[Xun]: Captain Cloud Cavalry

From the Seven Pins:

[Officials]: Left and Right Zhengyan, Fu Baolang, Supervising the Imperial History, Zhixian Mo/Huiyou/Fuwenge, Taichang/Zongzheng/Secretary Cheng, Dali Zheng, Shulang, Chongzheng Hall Storytelling, Neifu Baolang, Zhengzhi to Youwu Lang, Wugong to Wuyi Lang, He'an to Baoanlang, Hanlin Medical Officer, Xuanzan Sheren, Judgment Tai Medical Bureau Order, Hanlin Medical Efficacy/Medical Healing

[Wen Sanguan]: Chaosanlang, Xuanfenglang

[Wu Sanguan]: Captain Yilu, Deputy Lieutenant of Yilu

[Xun]: Captain Wu Cai

Eight products:

[Officials]: Secretary Lang, Dr. Taichang, Privy Council Treasurer/Editor, Edict Deleted Officer, Straight Secretary Pavilion, Author Saro, Kuniko Jiancheng, Dr. Guozi, Dali Division/Commentator, Xunwu/Xiuwulang, Inner Permanent Servant, Gyeongfu Judge, Gyeonggi County Order, Chixian Cheng, Taishi Bureau Wuguanzheng, Zhongshu/Menxia Provincial Record, Shangshu Provincial Metropolitan Affairs

[Wen Sanguan]: To Shilang, Chengshilang

[Wu Sanguan]: Xuanjie lieutenant, Xuanjie lieutenant

From the eight pins:

[Officials]: Shaofu / General / Military Weapons / Metropolitan Water Supervisor, Secretary Provincial School Shulang / Zhengzi, Taichang Temple Fenglilang / Taizhu, Taixue / Martial Arts / Doctor of Law, in charge of the Taiyi Bureau, Gate Waiting, East/West Tou Worship Official, Congyi / Bingyilang, Jiedu Zhangshu, Observation Envoy, Chengzhi / Rulin / Wenlin / Engaged in / Politics / Xiu Zhilang, Gyeonggi County Cheng, Zhuzhou County Commander / Cheng, Chixian Lieutenant, Defense / Regiment Training Deputy Envoy, Taishi Bureau Cheng / Zhichang / Lingtai Lang / Bao Zhangzheng, Hanlin Medical Healing / Medical Certificate / Medical Consultation / Medical Waiting, Shouque Supervisor / Lingshi/Shulingshi

[Wen Sanguan]: Cheng Feng Lang, Cheng Lang

[Martial Officer]: Imperial Commander of the Imperial Martial Forces, Deputy Lieutenant of the Imperial Martial Forces

Zhengjiupin:

[Officials]: Diantou Gaopin, Suburban Society/Jitian/Taiguan Order, Guozi Taixuezheng/Lu, Wu Xueyu, Law Xuezheng, Taiyi Bureau, Zhongxun/Zhongyi/Chengzhong/Baoyilang, Zhuhuzheng, Gyeonggi County Lieutenant, Zhuzhou Beijia/Changshi/Sima, Privy Council Shouque Shuling History

[Wen Shan Official]: Ru Lin Lang, Deng Shilang

[Wu Sanguan]: Captain Renyong, Deputy Lieutenant Renyong

From the nine pins:

[Officials]: Gao Ban, Huangmen Neipin, Chengjie/Chengxin/Di Gonglang, Zhuzhou County Lieutenant, Chengqi/Ma Jian Master Book, Zhuzhou Priest/Literature/Teaching Assistant, Hanlin Medicine

[Wen Sanguan]: Wen Linlang, Jiang Shilang

[Wu Sanguan]: Accompany Rong Lieutenant, Accompany Rong Deputy Lieutenant

Yun Zicheng belonged to the second rank of officials, and the Song Dynasty was basically a two-province system, with Zhongshu and Menxia as one province, and the other was governed by the Privy Council and the three divisions in charge of finance. Before the restructuring of Yuanfeng, official positions at all levels were fictitious titles representing ranks, and "non-official affairs are not governed by official affairs". The government is governed by the dispatcher. After the restructuring of Yuanfeng, it began to govern with its own officials.