"Do you have any other opinions about the court council system?" Qin Dong asked again when he saw that the system of the court meeting was basically determined.

Everyone saluted together and said, "No objections, ministers!" ”

"Good!" Qin Dongdao: "The resolution on the court meeting system is so decided, and after the enthronement ceremony is completed, it will be officially implemented in accordance with the system, and all the ministers must not deliberately not participate in the court meeting, and if they are sick, they must ask for leave, and if they can't come to other important official affairs, they will be regarded as contempt for the king." Despise the king, at least cut off a qiē official position and title, or kill the head to shock the emperor's prestige! ”

"The ministers don't dare, Your Majesty is mighty!"

Qin Dong glanced at everyone below, and said: "Next, let's discuss the second thing, abolish the title of the previous royal court, and change the name to the imperial court, the imperial court is the highest organ of central power, but now in the institutions of the imperial court, the names of various departments are confused, some don't know what to call at all, and some don't have department names at all, only official titles, such as Zuo Xianwang, Right Xianwang, Zuo Daduwei, Right Daduwei and other official positions, it is just an official position, but it can be built and opened, and the power is too great, Da Dan Yu can't control the affairs of the territory under the rule of these officials, and which official office does these official positions belong to? What are its terms of reference? No, no, the official positions of the Xiongnu Empire are no longer applicable now, so I want to reform the central court and government system."

All the ministers listened to Qin Dong's words, and their hearts chuckled, knowing that the next thing was the most important thing, and the generals had nothing yet. Because the generals under Qin Dong now have no territory and only military positions, Qin Dong's reform of official positions has almost no stake in them. But this is different for the civil officials, many of whom were former subordinate officials of Enek, and some of them were subordinate officials of Eidika, the then Governor of Zuo, these people used to have their own territory, and their former official positions represented a department, and now Qin Dong's reform will inevitably conflict with their interests. Of course they got worried.

Felton was one such official, he used to be the head of the Zuo Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he had his own domain. also has his own loyal subordinate officials, and after Qin Dong merged the Zuo Dadu Governor's Mansion into the Eastern Courtyard Dawang Mansion, he did not deprive him of his original subordinate officials, nor did he take away his territory. Instead, he was asked to take his original team into the Eastern Courtyard and set up a new department. There are still quite a few officials like Felton.

Felton stood up on behalf of these officials and saluted Qin Dong, "I wonder how Your Majesty is going to reform the central court and government system?" What about the old bureaucracy, whether it will be abolished or continued? ”

Qin Dong glanced at Feltun, his heart was like a mirror, knowing that when encountering this kind of thing related to his vital interests, it was impossible for any official to be indifferent, but this is also human nature, just as Wu Zetian once said, officialdom is like a scene where moths are fighting fire. I know that there are many dangers ahead, but in order to obtain higher and greater benefits. Countless people still rushed forward desperately.

"I just said that what I want to change is the central court political system, not the local government system, the local government system will continue to be used for the time being, but to add an administrative district above the four levels of administrative districts of villages, towns, counties, counties or cities, that is, provinces, a total of five levels of administrative regions, now my Hu people empire is huge, there are thousands of counties, if you do not add a level of administrative districts, the central court will be much more difficult to control the local counties, and the establishment of provincial-level administrative districts has long been in the Roman Empire, Now we're going to set up provinces within the empire as well! ”

As soon as Qin Dong finished speaking, Petheus stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is imperative to set up a province across the country, I believe that your colleagues have already felt the same way, because there are too many official documents sent to the imperial court every day in counties, counties and cities across the country, and we can't handle it anymore, and if we don't set up a province, we don't even have time to sleep, and some counties are too far away from the capital, and many months have passed since they were sent here, which not only makes the transportation troublesome, but also delays the best processing time!" The minister is in favor of adding administrative districts at the level of provinces! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The vast majority of officials support the establishment of administrative regions at the provincial level, after all, this is of great benefit to the central court to control the localities, and at the same time, the administrative district official position at the provincial level is one level higher than that of the county or city, so naturally there are officials who can be promoted, and there are also deputy or idle officials who are not the head of the central court department can be delegated to the position at the provincial level to be feudal officials.

The reform of the provincial system carried out during the period of Emperor Diocletian of the Roman Empire not only narrowed the area under the jurisdiction of each province, so that the total number of provinces reached 100, if no provinces were established, the counties would be as many as thousands, so many counties and counties were managed for the center is really a huge burden, and after the establishment of provinces, the central center only needs to manage a few provinces, and as many as thousands of counties are assigned to each province, which is managed by each province separately to form a ladder management system. This is of great benefit to the central management of the place.

In the Roman Empire, a province was an administrative region that was governed by a governor in a conquered territory outside of Italy. In the process of developing into a Mediterranean hegemon, Rome adopted a different method of ruling Italy from the vanquished in Italy, and established a system of provinces in overseas conquests. The term "provinces" originally referred to the areas of exercise of authority that the Senate had assigned to the Roman administrators who had military command, both inside Italy and outside its borders. Later, it referred specifically to those territories outside Italy that had to pay tribute to Rome.

In the Roman Empire, the process of establishing a province was largely led by a victorious general, with a committee of ten appointed by the Senate to assist him, to draw up a provincial statute that set out the administrative, judicial, and taxation rules for the new province. The term of office of the Governor shall in principle be one year, which may be extended if necessary, and during his term of office he may issue decrees as he deems necessary. Within the limits of his authority as may be prescribed by the statutes of the province, the Governor may decide on a qiē. His dereliction of duty can only be tried in Rome after he leaves office. As the number of provinces grew, in addition to the justices who were specially elected to serve as governors of the provinces, the retiring consuls and chancellors became governors of the provinces. The Governor has a treasurer and a staff member.

The inhabitants of the Roman provinces were subjected to almost unlimited plunder and exploitation. In addition to the plundering of the conquest, the Roman authorities confiscated a considerable amount of land and various resources, forced the inhabitants to hand over gold and silver, sold large numbers of inhabitants into slavery, or arbitrarily detained the inhabitants for ransom. The Doge could lease confiscated land to Roman citizens or distribute it to Roman colonists. The inhabitants of the provinces were required to pay direct and indirect taxes to Rome. Taxes are often contracted by the tax contractor. The extortion of the governor and the tax collectors constantly provoked the revolt of the people of the province.

Another official stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know how this province will be divided, and how many provinces will be divided into all the territories of the empire?" How to determine the provincial management system of the province? ”

After this person asked, all the officials pricked up their ears, because this question was to the point, Qin Dong said: "I plan to temporarily divide the territory of the entire empire into forty-nine provinces, as for how to divide the scope of each province, in principle, the counties under the jurisdiction of a province cannot exceed fifty at most, and at least not less than thirty, at present, our empire has 1,898 counties, if it is divided according to this principle, it should be able to be divided into forty-nine provinces, areas with high population density, The area of the provinces is smaller, and in the areas with low population density in the north, the area of the counties is also larger, so the area of the provinces should also be larger.

The administrative division of the province is between the county and the central court, it can be said that instead of the central court to manage the counties, the right is naturally greater than the county, the administrative system of the province, the establishment of a governor to manage the civil affairs of the province, the term of office is three years, at most five years must be transferred, the provincial military and civil affairs are separated, but the army in the province can be divided into two parts, an important part is managed by the central court commander, and the other small part is commanded by the governor of the province, which belongs to the armed forces of the local province, However, the provinces must report the size, number, establishment, and equipment of the local armed forces to the central court, and the central court can send personnel to the provinces at any time to investigate, and once it is found that there is a violation of the system, the governor of the province will be dismissed from his post and held accountable.

Under the provincial governor, there are a number of official offices, directly responsible to the governor, to help the governor deal with the administrative affairs of the counties and counties in the province, the pattern and configuration are the same as the administrative agencies under the county, but the level is one level higher, and the deputy governor and the inspector are the deputy of the governor of the province, and the deputy governor and the governor have a division of labor, cooperation and mutual control, and the inspector is responsible for supervising the officials in the province to prevent the local officials from abusing their powers, ignoring the central court, and forming a trend of local separation. The provincial governor and the officials of the subordinate official offices at all levels have no power to appoint and dismiss officials at the county and county levels, and the power to appoint and dismiss administrative officials at and above the county level shall be owned by the central court and shall be owned by me, and others shall have and only have the right to recommend."

The role of the provincial system is very large, and its establishment can consolidate the unity of the country in terms of politics, so that the centralization of power can be guaranteed in the administrative system. Although the province is "militaristic and important affairs, all of them are subject to the constraints and constraints of the central court in the actual operation process, so "there are princes' towns, but not the rights of princes", such as in terms of personnel rights, Qin Dong stipulates that the province does not have the right to appoint and dismiss directly subordinate officials and county and county officials, because once the governor of the province has the right to appoint and dismiss personnel within his jurisdiction, then as long as he is given enough time, then the entire province will inevitably be operated by it like an iron bucket. Therefore, Qin Dongcai did not delegate the power of personnel appointment and dismissal to the province.

In terms of finance, the province only acted as a tool for the imperial court to concentrate its financial endowment, and the provincial government must implement the disparity ratio of seventy-three shares for the central imperial court and the local government to retain, and the province was also obliged to comply with the imperial court's orders and provide additional money valley to make up for the lack of financial expenditure of the central imperial court; In terms of military affairs, the provinces cannot exercise military power independently, and military power is in the hands of the relevant institutions of the central court; In terms of justice, the imperial court also established strict rules for the provinces, which could not be overcome. (To be continued......)