As for the composition of the local bureaucratic system, Zhang Qi temporarily maintained the original "prefecture-county-county-township-li" system, but made some changes to the authority of the magistrates, so as to facilitate the decentralization of powers, so as to prevent the power in the hands of the magistrates from being too inflated.

In the insolent design, after the world is peaceful, each state is equipped with a thorn and a captain. The Assassin was responsible for overseeing civil affairs and personnel, and the Lieutenant was in charge of a standing army in the state. And in each county, in addition to the Taishou, there must also be a lieutenant to be in charge of the military affairs in the county.

In this way, the military power of the Taishou will be divided, which is conducive to avoiding some bad things from happening.

After the official structure was largely completed, Zhang Qi had to face a new problem. That is the status of the official position.

To tell the truth, the Han Dynasty's set of 100 stones and 1,000 stones' status model was quite unaccustomed to using it. Even after so many years of traveling to the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qiang still believes that the popular nine-rank official position model in later generations is obviously better than the official title name of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhang Qiang has advanced history for more than ten years and created a "nine-grade official rank system". From the first grade to the ninth grade, such eighteen official ranks are much more concise and easy to remember than the vague 2,000 stones of the Han Dynasty, compared to the 2,000 stones, and the middle 2,000 stones. And the hierarchical rank makes it easy for people to determine which level of official is bigger.

After proposing the "nine-rank official rank system", Zhang Mad originally wanted to directly determine Shang Shuling as a civil official and a general as a military attaché. However, under the joint persuasion of Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao, the four official ranks from the first rank to the second rank were specially vacated for the placement of some high-ranking officials, such as Taifu, Taishi, Taiwei or something.

Those high-ranking official positions. It's all about giving people honorary titles after retirement, not about business. As for the official position in charge of business, it was counted from the beginning of the third grade. In this way, it can be regarded as a miss for the incumbent officials, and they have the goal of constantly climbing upward.

Moreover, out of fear of the subordinates taking power. Combined with the contradictions between the imperial power and the relative power of the various dynasties, Zhang Arrogant specially lowered the official ranks of Shang Shuling and Shang Shushi, and determined that Shangshu Ling was the fourth product and Shangshu Shi was the fourth grade. On the contrary, the six Shangshulang, who accepted the direct leadership of Shang Shuling, got the official position of Zheng Sanpin.

This kind of system of "using the small to control the big" is the political experience accumulated by the Han family for hundreds of years, and Zhang Qi does not intend to discard it.

Although the status of the Imperial Historical Observatory was deliberately raised by Insolence, the grade was not too high. The Imperial Doctor is from the four products. The subordinate servants are only between the sixth grade and the seventh grade. The lower grade is conducive to the selection of young talents to enter the Imperial Historical Observatory. The position is humble and powerful, so that it is convenient for Zhang Qi and his descendants to manipulate the imperial history platform in order to control the impeachment power of the imperial court.

As for the ranks of military attachés, the general is designated as the third rank, and the general is designated as the third rank. The rest of the four town generals are the four products, and the four Zheng generals are from the four products. Zhonglang will have two kinds of positive five products and five subordinate grades, and the school lieutenant will be set as positive six grades. Although the grade does not seem to be high. can be arrogant and specially stipulate that the military positions above the sixth grade need to be personally inquired by Zhao Gong. To a certain extent, this strengthened the subordinate relationship between the army and Zhao Gong.

In comparison, the rank of the magistrate is not bad. Among them, the county guard ranges from the fourth rank to the fifth grade. It is the highest official position. The lieutenant is the sixth grade, and he is at the same level as the captain. The prefectural orders range from six to seven. On the contrary, the history of the state assassin is still strictly limited to the sixth grade, and the lower official position is used to suppress the county guard with a higher official position.

Of course, these systems are in their infancy. The future will inevitably change according to actual needs. Moreover, if we compare it with the reform of the official selection system, the "nine-grade official rank system" and the "six departments" can only be regarded as stubble.

The new selection system, which was determined by insolence, consisted of three parts. One is the shade, the second is the Nasu, and the third is the imperial examination.

The meaning of "shadow supplement" is that someone has become an official in the court, and his status is quite high, or he has made a bad direct promotion credit, so he is arrogant to his children and grandchildren to be directly qualified.

According to Dong Zhao's design, all high-ranking officials above the fifth rank can let one of their sons, after passing the basic ability examination with little difficulty, get a qualification that does not need to take the imperial examination and go directly to the office. The higher the official position, the greater the number of sons of the person's shadow. If the son does not have more qualifications for shadowing, it is even allowed to expand the qualifications to relatives.

Of course, after these shadow officials enter the officialdom, they still need to start from the bottom from the nine products. However, in the case of someone vigorously supporting, as long as there is a middle-aged person, their future is generally not too bad.

The essence of "Nasu" is actually to pay money to buy officials. This is a means of entering the office set by Zhang Qi in order to alleviate his relationship with the local heroes in Jizhou. After the establishment of the Principality of Zhao, considering the actual needs of the imperial court for money and grain, the method of Nasu was still retained.

According to the amount of money paid, the powerful can buy different official positions from the ninth rank to the seventh grade. Of course, these official positions are all fictitious, but they are only helpful to the buyers in terms of status. The real qualification for the official needs to pay an additional fee. In addition, there is a strict number limit, and there is also a basic ability test.

The starting point of Nasu Guan's appearance is the same as that of Yin Bu. However, due to the lack of support in the officialdom, Nasu needed strong ability or luck to get promoted and enter the ranks of high-ranking officials. Therefore, for many Haoqiang, it may be better to directly accept a high-grade official position than to enter the officialdom to work hard.

The above two ways to gain official positions are both supplements to officialdom. And the last "imperial examination" system is the main source of officials formulated by insolence.

The imperial examination system set by Zhang Arrogant was completely different from the eight-share imperial examination system in later generations.

According to the regulations, the imperial examination was held every two years by the imperial court of the Principality of Zhao and was divided into three levels. The first level, which is organized by each county itself; the second level, which is self-organized by each state; The third level needs to be completed in the capital.

For this reason, Zhang Qi had to add another student of the sixth grade in each state. As for the qualification for the examination, all innocent civilians between the ages of sixteen and thirty are eligible to participate in the examination after being elected by at least one official of the ninth rank.

The purpose of the first level of the exam, called the county exam, is to conduct a primary selection and remove those who are too poor. Therefore, the exam at this level is actually more relaxed. According to the arrogant plan, the elimination rate at this level will be determined by the number of participants. When there are more people taking the exam, more will be eliminated; If there are fewer participants, there will be fewer eliminations.

The second level of examination, called the county examination, is considered a more formal imperial examination. Candidates who have passed the county examination have obtained the qualification to enter the rank from the junior officials of the ninth grade. Therefore, the difficulty of the county exam will not be too low, nor will it be too high. After all, this is just the selection of grassroots officials for the state and county.

As for the third level of examination, it is called the national examination, which is the ultimate imperial examination. However, this examination was not conducted directly among the non-graduates. If you want to participate in the "national examination," you must have practical experience in politics at the grassroots level.

According to the arrogant regulations, among the candidates who have passed the county examination, as long as they have served as officials for more than three years and have obtained a "middle and upper" evaluation result, they can obtain the qualification to go to the national capital to take the national examination. If these candidates can pass the national examination, they can then obtain the qualification to be directly promoted to the eighth grade. Among them, the top 20 people with the best results are a big jump, becoming officials from the seventh grade, and future promotions will be prioritized.

Of course, candidates who fail to pass the national examination will not have any loss, and they can return to the county to continue to serve as the original clerk, which can be regarded as a way out. It's just that it is extremely difficult to become a high-ranking official with such a step-by-step promotion.

Moreover, Zhang Qiang will not put the person with the best test score in an important position as soon as he comes out. This is also to avoid being like many new officials in the imperial examination in history, who lack the ability to do things after taking office, and as a result, they are played by their subordinates, and finally have to invite a large number of staff such as "masters" to help them become officials.

Zhang Qi has always believed that only those who have enough experience in grassroots work can be qualified to serve as the chief official of a place. Those corrupt Confucians who think that after reading a few dead books, they can rule the country and level the world with their families, but they are not welcomed by arrogance.

As for the content of the imperial examination, Zhang Qiang insisted on the previous few years of trying, requiring candidates to be both civil and military. Military sports such as horseback riding and archery are included in the scope of the three levels of inspection.

Moreover, in order to increase the intuitiveness of the evaluation, Zhang Qiang also introduced the 100-point test standard of later generations. In this way, he felt that he could make the imperial examination not degenerate into a situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, where he only relied on writing an article to determine the ranking.

After the outline of the selection of soldiers and officials was decided, the next step was to fill in the necessary official positions. This matter is becoming more and more of a headache. How to put the right person in the right position, but also to sort out the requirements of his subordinates for the official position, and try to avoid the resentment caused by this, but it is very important to examine the arrogant employment skills.

After this toss-up, I admit that it is even more annoying than the framework of the institution. In addition, Zhang Qi also had to prepare for Zhao Gong's inauguration ceremony, and in order to avoid chaos when the official inauguration ceremony was held, he had to quietly rehearse several times in advance. These extra things make me feel arrogant that I already feel a lot of affairs, and I can't finish doing things every day.

The good thing is that everything has an end to everything. In November of the sixth year of Anding or the first year of Guangzheng [198], the preparations for Zhang Mad to take up the post of Duke of Zhao were basically ready, and as soon as the selected auspicious time arrived, he could officially establish the country and take up the post of Duke Zhao. (To be continued......)