At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the setting of the festival degree envoy has been very different, for example, Shannan Province is divided into Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, Jiangnan Province is divided into Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, and the position of the festival envoy has also increased a lot, for example, on the basis of Shannan East Road, Jingnan Festival has been set up, Jiangnan Province is even more complicated, and even as many as eight observers.

The most complicated is still the northern feudal towns, because of the secession, set up more festivals, for example, the small Henan Province, set up six festivals......

If Li Rupei wants to change this situation, the first thing is to make a fuss about his official position.

Li Rupei basically restored the setting in the early Tang Dynasty, for example, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, that is, two Jiedu envoys were set up, all observation envoys were abolished, and the setting of Fuzhou County was restored.

Li Rupei, who crossed through, is very aware of the harm of too much government setting, and now it is mainly an agricultural society, and the social division of labor is not so clear, in this case, there is no need for so many officials, and the setting of the government is even more important, too many levels, the increase in control, will inevitably weaken the power of the grassroots, resulting in an increase in the burden on the people.

In Li Rupei's view, the less the level of the government, the more convenient it is to concentrate power, and under today's circumstances, power must be centralized, so that the Tang Dynasty can really go to glory.

The idea is good, but it is not so simple to really do it, and it will definitely encounter difficulties.

But Li Rupei has already made up his mind.

Cui Anqian had already taken out the relevant notes, and Li Rupei looked at it very seriously. Important changes have also been made to the regulations.

The first thing to revise is the amount of candidates for the officials of the county government, Datang is divided into upper county, middle county, middle and lower county, the number of households under the jurisdiction of the county is more than 5,000 for the upper county, more than 2,000 households for the middle county, more than 1,000 households for the middle and lower counties, 1,000 households for the lower county, the upper county order for the sixth grade, the middle county order for the seventh grade, the lower county order for the seventh grade, the lower county order for the seventh grade. Because the size of the county government is different, the number of corresponding officials is not the same.

In Li Rupei's view, these rules are too cumbersome, and the revision of the official system is not a decision that he can make for the time being, but the regulation of the counties is something he can do. In fact, they all need to be worked, although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs, and it extends upward, the so-called Shangzhou, Zhongzhou and Xiazhou. The same is the case, after all, Datang is an agrarian society, and the main thing the government does is to sue for prison and money and food. Of course, because of the number of people, the situation is different.

However, all of this can be refined by paying silver, and the county is because of the number of households. There are many things to do, but the tax income is also higher, and after the tax is paid, there is more left, so it is natural to be able to pay more money to the officials, and the lower county is naturally lower because there are too few households and limited taxes.

In light of his own understanding, Li Rupei made a clear stipulation on the number of officials in the counties, and the total number of officials in the lower counties was 35, including 15 in the county government and 20 in the patrol room, and the total number of officials in the middle and lower counties was 50, including 20 in the county government and 30 in the patrol room, and the total number of officials in the middle and county was 80, including 40 in the government and 40 in the patrol room, and 110 in the upper county, including 50 in the government and 60 in the patrol room.

The limit on the number of people is somewhat strict, but unlike before, the salary and silver for the patrol house to catch the head and catch the fast are also directly allocated by the imperial court.

Cui Anqian raised objections to the restriction of this number, after all, the situation is different now, some counties, the total number of officials exceeds 100 people, and the number of people patrolling the house is even hundreds, but according to Li Rupei's requirements, a large number of layoffs must be made.

Li Rupei insisted that the number of people in the government must be fixed and must not be inflated, so as to facilitate the concentration of power, and also make it impossible for officials to shirk their own responsibilities, and the payment of salaries and silver should be much less.

In the efficient operation of the government, capable personnel are the primary condition, and only after everyone's responsibilities are clear can they truly burst out their capabilities.

Li Rupei believes that all the regulations must be implemented in one step at the beginning of the implementation, and the long pain is better than the short pain, although this may cause some shocks, but the stability is also fast, if it is repeated in the process of implementing the regulations, then there will be problems.

Li Rupei is the most demanding on the number of officials in the yamen, and the requirements are not allowed to exceed 100 people, which makes Cui An vaguely understand the meaning, in fact, Li Rupei is ready to take back power and strengthen the centralization of power.

This is also Cui Anqian's support, Li Rupei's meticulousness in the article Chen once again gave him a deep feeling, this is the specific embodiment of grasping the big and letting go of the small, in terms of establishing rules and other big things, refine to the maximum, but after implementation, it is necessary to give the following the power to act in government affairs to the greatest extent, and easily do not interfere in the following things.

After the imperial decree came down, Cui Anqian began to be highly busy.

Kan Zeyu and others have stayed in Daxingtai, and Cui Anqian has given them a heavy responsibility, the first thing is to implement the matter of taking scholars in the imperial examination, you must know that in the south, which has not yet been completely pacified, it is not so simple to carry out an imperial examination of Enke, not to mention that the time is very tight, only three months.

The second is those officials who were dismissed, including some observers, among these people, some of them went directly to the capital and took up other official positions in the capital, but most of them came to Xiangyang, they had no backstage in the imperial court, and no one cared after being dismissed, so they could only go to Xiangyang to wait for the fate of Daxingtai.

Cui Anqian arranged all these people in the official post, and Li Rupei personally assessed them, and all the candidates who passed the assessment received a month's training to clarify how they should be officials in the future, and then according to the size of their ability and the positions they had previously held, they were quickly arranged to serve in various places to serve as assassins or county magistrates, and some people who relied on connections or relied on money to buy official positions were ruthlessly eliminated.

These practices caused a huge shock in the south.

The officialdom of the Tang Dynasty has long been impure, those who have money can buy official positions, and those who have the ability and no background may not have a bright future in their lives, and many people are used to such a situation, even those who have the ability must find ways to seek an official position through relationships.

As for seeking an official position, the main task is not to act in government affairs, but to think about how to get the maximum benefits, how to be promoted faster, and how to be greedy for more money.

Under such a vicious circle, how can Datang not decline.

But these routines have all lost their effect here in Daxingtai, Southern Road.

Li Rupei and Cui Anqian strictly follow each person's ability to determine whether they can hold official positions.

This move has aroused the anticipation of many scholars for the upcoming Enke in Xiangyang.

Since it is based on the ability to participate in Enke, then after the high school jinshi, it will definitely be reused, and I would like to ask the reader who doesn't want to be able to enter the phase.

This aspect is also strictly controlled by Li Rupei, he knows very well that if you want to make the Tang Dynasty truly prosperous, employing people is the key, and it is more important to determine many rules and regulations on the basis of using good people, these rules and regulations bind officials, so that any official must understand that they are officials first of all to consider the people's livelihood, considering whether the people can live a relatively rich life.

Of course, the life of the officials is also to be guaranteed, everything is inferior, only the reading is high, this is the understanding of thousands of years, it is impossible to overturn it casually, if you want to let the scholars and peasants live the most difficult life, but also bear a lot of responsibilities, then it is estimated that no one wants to be an official.

In the final analysis, at this time, it was still meritocracy, relying on scholars to govern the world.

After clarifying this point, Li Rupei also understands that even if he is through and has an unusual understanding, he should not delusionally think that the world is peaceful, and he delusions that everything is fair and just, that cannot be done, and he will not be able to do it after a thousand years, that is to say, the identity of officials is still different, and compared with the common people, they are parents and officials.

This is the rule of society, and Li Rupei cannot violate it, otherwise he will not be able to act as the government.

Li Rupei returned to Xiangyang in early February, during which he received two holy decrees, and the rest of the time, he was also very busy, so that sometimes he was in the palace, but he could not see his family all day, and after a large number of dismissed officials came to Xiangyang, he was even busier, and he had to verify these officials one by one, and of course Cui Anqian, Liu Yunzhang and others assisted.

For a whole month, Li Rupei felt that the matter was almost handled.

He had to leave Xiangyang and go to Yangzhou, there was a lot of important news in the direction of Yangzhou, Bi Shiduo may be difficult to hold onto, not that there is not enough food and grass in Yangzhou City, but because the situation has changed a lot, this change is very unfavorable to Bi Shiduo, and it also makes Bi Shiduo gradually lose confidence in resistance.

At such a critical moment, Li Rupei must go to Yangzhou, and he must make a major decision, Gao Chibang and others are not decided, and Xiangyang is far away from Yangzhou, and some opportunities are fleeting, only when he is in Yangzhou, can he make a decision immediately.

Although Xiangyang is also at a critical time, Li Rupei must leave and must go to Yangzhou. (To be continued......)