With the passionate oath taken by Burhan in the Qinzheng Hall a few days ago, the entire Hechiti Department is like a small motor in full operation, and everyone is enthusiastic and devoting themselves to their work. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info This was exactly what Burhan expected, however, after only a few days, problems followed.

For a long time, although the political system of the Hechiti tribe was much more perfect than that of other tribes, it was a small group compared to the inherited forces such as the Tumut tribe or the Ming court. The Tumut Ministry completely inherited the official system of the Mengyuan period, and although it was already fragmented under the civil strife, there were still many places to learn from, not to mention the Ming court.

Just when everyone was working hard, they found that due to the imperfection of the system of the Hechi Ti Ministry, there were many inconveniences, and today Burhan urgently summoned everyone together to solve this problem.

After all, the Hechiti tribe is a new big tribe, and although Burhan is a modern person, he has no experience in governance, so not everyone can be an emperor as soon as they cross over, right? He also needs to learn, and now is the best testing ground.

The ministers are ready, and Aditya, the right minister, can't wait to start speaking. It's not that he wants to come out, but he is really anxious, because the fact that this matter cannot be properly resolved is directly related to the stability and unity of the Hechi Ti Division.

"Great Khan! In recent days, the ministers and others have discovered many problems in handling government affairs, which have seriously affected the future development of our Hechi Ti Department. ”

The right phase has begun, and others have also spoken out about the problems they have encountered in their work in recent days. Although the problem is very different, it ultimately points to the current management chaos of the Hechiti Division.

The previous Qianhu Nayan system was successfully implemented on the steppe, and it not only allowed Burhan to completely control the Hechiti tribe, integrating the miserable Turgot tribe and the newly subjugated Mongol tribe, but also made the Hechiti tribe more powerful. However, with the continuous expansion of the territory of the Hechi Ti tribe, the Qianhu Nayan system began to lose its control.

Hechiti is a nomadic people, herders live on aquatic grasses, but the uneven distribution of aquatic grasses naturally leads to different population densities on the grasslands, and migration with aquatic grasses is also common. In order to integrate the tribes, Burhan proposed a new system of thousand households and Nayan. At the same time, in order to prevent conflicts between thousands of households due to the interests of aquatic plants, he forcibly divided the entire grassland into 43 parts. Each 1,000 households are nomadic in their own designated area, and they rotate their stations according to their needs at regular intervals. Of course, where water and grass are abundant, the more thousand households are allocated, and the smaller the area; The fewer the thousands of households in the barren place, the more vast the area is. This not only ensured the stability and harmony of the Hechiti tribe, but also made full use of resources, and in this way the system continued to operate under the high pressure of Burhan for more than two years, and nothing happened.

However, with the annexation of the Mongols, the Hechiti tribe gained another fertile and vast land, and the most pleasing thing was that these places were not deliberately divided. Although in order to stabilize the Hetao area at that time, Burhan did transfer a few thousand households to come, but compared with the breadth of this place, even a few thousand households may not be able to make a splash. At this time, many herders began to migrate to the Hetao area. The consequence of this was immediate, as several thousand families had already died in name only, and under pressure, they had to abandon their designated stations, and the tribesmen who followed them also migrated to the Hetao area. Today, there are less than 20 permanent households in Alxa, and the internal emptiness caused by it has greatly increased the requirements for defense. At the same time, as more and more herders migrated, it was inevitable that they would also come into conflict with the Han people who were engaged in agricultural work.

So, why did everyone have nothing to do with each other before, and there were no problems, but it showed up in just a few days? Of course not, the problem has existed before, but the main experience of the nobles of both Burhan and Hechiti is no longer here, and they have not paid attention to it. And the oath taken by Burhan that day made his subordinates slowly pay attention to this aspect.

The problem is not big or small, but it is urgent. Since the problem has been exposed, let's find a way to solve it, Burhan looked at Aditya and asked:

"So, do you have a solution?"

Sure enough, Aditya had already thought of a countermeasure, and he stood up and said:

"Great Khan! Of course, this cannot be blamed on them, it is normal for herdsmen to follow water and grass, and it is also caused by the negligence of ministers. After saying that, he looked like he was pleading, and Burhan knew that this was a substitute for him, and of course he had to make a gesture.

Burhan stepped forward to pick up Aditya and said, "Hey! You can't blame the right minister for this cause, and it's Ben Khan's negligence to blame! "Burhan blames himself, how dare these ministers take the blame on themselves.

Burhan asked Aditya to continue, and it was also the ministers who said, "The matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to do to make up for the accountability, but now that we have seen the problem, it is not too late to make amends." ”

After hearing this, Aditya continued, "As the Great Khan said, things have come to this point and cannot be changed, so it is better to simply let go. The minister's proposal was to simply transfer a few more thousand households to the Hetao area for nomadic herding. The Hetao area itself has fertile soil, flat terrain, and convenient water supply and irrigation, which is suitable for agricultural development. However, only the riverside areas are suitable, and although there is abundant rainfall in other places, it is better to change to nomadic herding than agriculture. First, land reclamation is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and without good irrigation facilities, it is a drag. Second, there are not so many people working by hand at present, and even if it is reclaimed, it will be abandoned. If it is for grazing, the Alxa herders can be shared. In recent days, the minister has learned that the grasslands in some parts of Alxa have been degraded due to overgrazing, and I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable in the long run. Sharing the burden of the people is also convenient for the grassland to recuperate, and at the same time to meet the needs of the people. Saying this, Aditya couldn't help but lick her lips. Burhan understood at once, and gave him a cup of mare's milk, and Aditya drank it all, and then continued with an expression of enjoyment:

"The previous rotation system can also be used every year or two, so that all herders can benefit from each other, so that the complaints of the tribesmen will disappear. In fact, the problem of the people is not very serious, and the most important thing is those Han people. ”

Speaking of the Han people, the hearts of the Han officials sitting there immediately rose to their throats, they were worried that Aditya wanted the Great Khan to make some suggestions to squeeze the Han people, after all, they were all Han people, so they were naturally very concerned, and they all fidgeted and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.

However, Aditya is still very qualified as the right minister, he did not say anything about the Han people, let alone put forward any suggestions to exclude the line.

"There are now more than 40,000 households and more than 200,000 people in Han people, and none of these people belong to them today. Because they are Han Chinese, the Qianhu Nayan system is too unfamiliar to them and is not applicable, so the minister suggested that the city in the Han settlement area should be the center, and the government could be opened and set up as a county. First, the Han people are easy to manage, and secondly, it is also to reduce the pressure on the center. ”

Aditya's suggestion is a good one, and now the Hetao region is now in harmony on the surface, but in fact it benefits from the central government. Big and small things have to be reported to the center, which also causes the center to be too busy, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and this matter is one of them. Burhan pondered for a moment, pondering the suggestion for a long time before making a decision.

Burhan stood up, and the clerk next to him knew that this was the Great Khan who was about to give orders, and just started to take notes.

"With the approval of the Right Minister Aditya, I will set up two prefectures and six counties in the Chiti Department. Linhe Mansion takes Linhe as its capital, and has jurisdiction over three counties: Dengkou, Wuyuan, and Dashetai. Alxa Prefecture is headed by Zi Ni Nao, and has jurisdiction over three counties: Ejina, Jilantai and Bayanhot (now Azuo Banner). The government shall have a prefect, the county shall have a county order, and other subordinate officials shall be appointed separately. In addition, 23 thousand households were requisitioned to flood the territory of Linhe Province as nomadic herders, and as for Alxa Province, it was enough to maintain 20 households, so the rotation system was continued in accordance with the proposal of the Right Minister. ”

When Burhan made the new decision in one breath, some people immediately raised objections, and the newly added two prefectures and six counties were equivalent to a redistribution of interests, and they did not dare to attack their ideas, and there was no guarantee in other aspects.

Dugan asked with a little doubt, "Great Khan!" Since thousands of households are flooded in the prefectures and counties, does it mean that these counties should be under the control of the prefects? ”

"Of course." Burhan didn't give him any good face, if he didn't belong to him, would they all be equal?

Liu Dingchen seemed to sense that Du Gen was about to produce some moths, and he was the first to say, "Great Khan! These Qianhu Nayan were nobles in the Hechi Ti Department before, and if they were to obey the jurisdiction of a county order, it would inevitably make them feel dissatisfied. What's more, these thousands of households are just nomadic herders, not resident in one place, and it is really inconvenient to be under local jurisdiction. Now that I have integrated the set of departments, there are already 50 thousand households, so it is better to set up five departments and ten thousand households for overall management, please Khan Mingjian. ”

Not...! Burhan pondered for a moment, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Liu Dingchen's proposal. Du Gen on the side was very annoyed, originally he thought that he could get a piece of the pie from these two prefectures and six counties, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Liu Dingchen. However, although these five 10,000 households are not as rich as the two prefectures and six counties, they can make a living, but when I think about it again, how can Burhan, who attaches great importance to military and political power, show him mercy on the 10,000 household officials? Dugan thought that he couldn't just leave it at that, and he boldly proposed:

"Great Khan! As Lord Zuo said, these people were originally nobles, if they were distinguished from the county order? ”

Although Dugan's question was very vague, Burhan could still hear it, didn't he just want to be superior? Burhan was already a little angry at this time, the Hechiti Department was a little bigger, and the staffing was already very extravagant, so would there be 50 more "county orders" at this time? I have to say that Liu Dingchen's suggestion is very good, and the establishment of a government and a county is a must be implemented by the current Hechiti Department, but it is not suitable for nomads, so the Qianhu Nayan system is still applicable. It's just that what I didn't expect is that there are too many thousands of households now, the right to speak is overly dispersed, and the will is not unified.

In the past, Liu Dingchen had mentioned to Burhan that a thousand households do not necessarily belong to a thousand households, but can also belong to thousands of households. It's just that at that time, in order to integrate the tribes, Burhan was worried that the nobles of the newly attached Turghut tribe would not be easy to settle, and he was afraid that there would be a rebellion due to too many people under the Nayan tribe of Qianhu, so he did not use it. Now it has made Qianhu Nayan, the lowest-ranking military and political chiefs, become the administrative burden of the Hechiti Department.

Regarding Dugan's request for Burhan to suppress his impulse, he said lightly: "Dugan Dajinong!" Let's take a long-term view. You are already the nobles of the Hechiti tribe, is it because the people are disrespectful to you? Or has Ben Khan done you a bad treat? ”

As soon as Burhan said this, the Qianhu Nayan below immediately waved his hand and said, "No, no, no! ”

Burhan pointed to these thousand households, and said again: "Look! They all said no. Dugan's face was flushed, and he was embarrassed again today. I also secretly hate these damn thousands of households, the old man is kind enough to benefit you, but I didn't expect that the first one to defect was you, it's really muddy that can't support the wall.

Burhan said, "I am going to go out after all, and when I annex the Tushetu Khan department, there will be the Tumut department, the Ordos department, and the Oirat department." The grassland is so big, how can Ben Khan manage it alone, and he doesn't need to rely on you? At that time, even if you are a thousand households, who can treat you as a thousand households? ”

Burhan drew a big pie for the ministers present, this is a blank check, but the thousand households sitting at the door are drooling, it is too tempting, what else is there to think? Do you want to make trouble? Don't lose your official position because of these trivial things, just wait to see others when the time comes! Didn't you see what happened to the boyar father and son?

For the sake of peace of mind, Aditya stood up and proposed, "Great Khan! According to the official rank of the Ming Court, the county order is the seventh grade, so it is better to make a sixth-grade from each thousand households! ”

Since Burhan has decided to use these thousand households as seeds, he will assist him in ruling the entire steppe in the future. Now it is reasonable to give them an official position from the sixth grade, which can not only calm people's hearts but also satisfy the little vanity of these guys. So Burhan agreed.

"Alright! According to what the right minister said, each thousand households are really subject to six products. ”

As soon as Burhan finished speaking, the people sitting at the door bowed down to Shane, and looking at their happy expressions, Burhan was also very satisfied. Don't look at these people who are nitpicky on weekdays, they always use some cleverness to earn some benefits for themselves, if they really do things, they are not ambiguous, and Burhan can't do without them. If you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grazing.

"Since the right minister mentioned the matter of official rank, let's just decide it all!" Bourhan nodded to the clerk and told him that I was going to start, and you had to get to work.

"I Hechi Ti Department imitated the Han Dynasty customized: the county order is seven products, thousands of households Nayan from six products, the prefect ten thousand households (1) is five products, Daru Huachi administrative ten thousand households are from the four products, the craftsman is the supervisor from the four products, the craftsman is the fourth product of the chief eunuch, the road official, the Taicang order, the treasurer, the college official is the fourth product, the great judge, the big Jinong, and the left and right are the two products." Having said so much in one breath, Bourhan took a sip of mare's milk wine to moisten his throat. No matter how big or small, this is just the rank of the chief officer, if you add its subordinates and let Burhan decide them one by one, then you won't be tired to death?

"These are only the chief officials, as for the subordinate officials, judges at all levels, depending on the agreement of the prefecture and county where they are located, the right minister will report to the Khan for approval."

The administrator had finished speaking, but there was not a word about the army, but he was drinking mare's milk wine by himself, and the military chiefs at all levels were only divided into thousands and ten thousand households, and they were all local armies, so strictly speaking, they could not be counted as army commanders, and Kali couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Great Khan! You're too partial, aren't you, the administrative grade division is over, what's the matter with our army? Then I knew that it was better to learn from the reckless and high level to hand over the military power and make a second-class magistrate? ”

Although there were some complaints, if he really wanted him to give up military power, he was 10,000 unwilling. Politics is not just as simple as talking, but also responsible for the people, just reviewing so many documents every day is enough for him to have a headache. The reason why Gali stood up was because he read those Han books these days and knew that the Han emperor had a problem with emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, and he was afraid that Burhan would also follow the example of the Han emperor. If it's really as he thinks, it's a self-destruction of the Great Wall! He had to fight for it.

Burhan was not angry, looking at the hot expressions of these generals, Burhan said the demarcation plan of the army.

"The cavalry of all ministries starts from the standard system, and the standard system is at the same level as the thousand households, from the sixth grade. Subsequently, each rank of general will be promoted to two grades. "That is to say, the standard is from the sixth grade, the captain is from the fifth grade, and the captain is from the fourth grade, so isn't the general from the third grade?

What a joy in Kali's heart! Don't you see that the left and right phases are just two products? I don't know that this is three levels different from the third grade, and this is also the same as the first level in Kali's eyes.

The reason why Burhan is divided in this way is to take care of the army generals, since ancient times, the status of military generals is lower than that of Wenchen, and even more so in the Song and Ming dynasties. In foreign wars, most of them are commanded by half-hung civilian officials, can military generals fight undefeated? How many cultural relics like Zong Ze and Yuan Chonghuan are in the world? Therefore, Burhan deliberately improved the status of the generals, anyway, the military and the government are not subordinate to each other, so at most it is just a few more money.

Seeing that everyone was satisfied, Burhan was still very satisfied with this decision, and just as he was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty and rest, Uliji stood up at an inopportune time.

(1): The Qianhu Nayan system is the basic administrative system of the Hechiti Ministry, and the local people belong to the Qianhu Nayan. Among them, Nayan is the consul of the thousand households, and the chief of the thousand households is in charge of administrative matters, and the chief of the thousand households is in charge of the military reserves, and the military and government are separated. Correspondingly, the ten thousand households are also divided into military and political affairs by the Daru Hua Chi ten thousand households consul and the ten thousand household chiefs.