It will be up to time to test its due effect.

Since the main topic of this quasi-plenary meeting is to determine the decision-making power and leadership power of the traversers who sit in and garrison various strategic places or key cities, the first content of the meeting is naturally to divide the current 16 states of the Beiping Army into several parts, so that the corresponding town guards can be arranged and their authority can be clarified.

As for how to divide the 16 states of the Beiping Army, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, and Xu Shaoan had already discussed on the way back to the "Liangyuan" and reached a certain consensus. After returning to the "Cool Garden", the three brothers met with their eldest brother Li Junwu again, ventilated, and formed a preliminary plan. When the topic was to be discussed, the four of them brought out the proposal in the name of the committee for discussion and study by the brothers in the congregation.

According to the committee's plan, the 16 prefectures of the Beiping Army will be divided into six parts -- that is, six prefectures, and corresponding crossers will be assigned to serve as military and civil affairs chiefs -- the military chiefs will be called the chief military officers to the outside world, and the civil affairs chiefs will be called prefects. From east to west, the sixteen prefectures of the Beiping Army are Lulongfu (the counties under the jurisdiction of Ping, Ying, and Luanzhou Prefectures and Shanhaiguan - formerly Yuguan, and the government office is Pingzhou Lulongcheng), Yuyang Mansion (the counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou - including Tanggu Salt Farm, Dagu Port, and the government office is Jizhou Yuyang City), Beiping Mansion (the counties under the jurisdiction of You, Tan, and Shun Prefectures and Juyongguan, and the government office is Youzhou Beiping City), Xuanhua Mansion (the counties under the jurisdiction of Confucianism, Xin, Fu, and Wu Prefectures, and the government office is Wuzhou Xuanhua City - the original text of Decheng), Datong Mansion (the counties under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou, The government office is Yunzhou Datong City), Lingxian Mansion (the counties under the jurisdiction of Wei, Ying, Huan and Shuo four prefectures, and the government office is Ulzhou Lingxian City).

The committee also gave a list of candidates for the governors and commanders of each province. Considering that the traversers who serve as the supervisors of these places have to go to the local towns and take up posts, it is impossible for them to stay in the "Cool Garden" for a long time, so the candidates on the list are mainly members of the military department and the trade department of the crossing team, and some brothers from the foreign exchange department and the security department are also among them. And departments such as the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Material Management, the Ministry of Finance, etc., which need to perform their duties in the "Liangyuan" or Beiping City, will naturally not appear in this list. In this regard, the brothers in these departments can basically understand it, and there is not much opposition. In particular, the members of the Ministry of Science and Technology, headed by the eldest brother Li Junwu, seem to be much more interested in developing new products and creating new jishu than those administrative officials who have no knowledge of their own knowledge and do not know anything -- in their view, it is far more meaningful to be able to name a new product or mark a basic unit or basic theory of physics and chemistry after themselves than to be an official whose name is likely to be written only a few times in the annals of history.

In addition, in view of the fact that the vast majority of travelers have no experience in handling government affairs before or after the crossing, each prefecture has selected one or two locals with experience who are closely related to the crossing team, or who have been determined to be safe to use after review, to assist those who know nothing about government affairs or only have a little knowledge of government affairs.

This list of candidates for the prefect and the general army was a plan that was put forward by the four members of the committee after repeated consultations and balanced the interests of various small groups in the crossing team. Although it cannot be said that it is exhaustive and very satisfying to all the traversers, at least it has taken care of the interests of all parties as much as possible and met the possible demands and expectations of the vast majority of traversers. Therefore, although the participants had a heated discussion on this list of candidates, the vast majority of them accepted the committee's plan, approved the list, and voted on the basis of this list, from which they elected their favorite candidates for the prefect and the chief military officer. …,

Although a vote was held, the candidate's personal abilities and day-to-day performance were there, so the final winner was not much different from what the committee had previously predicted. According to the voting results:

Huang Shan was appointed as the prefect of Lulong Mansion, Qian Yuanshan was appointed as the chief military officer of Lulong Mansion, Wang Feng was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Lulong Mansion and the garrison of Shanhaiguan, and Sun Pan, the former Khitan Nanjing Left-behind Governor who had devoted himself to the "Qingyuan" brothers, was transferred to Tongzhi of Lulong Mansion to assist Huangshan in handling the civil affairs of the prefecture;

Zhao Dawei was appointed as the prefect of Yuyang Prefecture, Huang Hai was appointed as the chief military officer of Yuyang Prefecture, and Han Deyi, Wang Kunjun's father-in-law and former Khitan Nanjing Left-behind Prefecture Governor, served as the Tongzhi of Yuyang Prefecture;

Zhang Weixin concurrently served as the prefect of Beiping Prefecture, Zeng Zhilin was appointed as the chief military officer of Beiping Prefecture, and Xin Feiyu was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Beiping Prefecture and the garrison of Juyong Pass - although the crossing team had occupied the eight states behind the mountains outside the Juyong Pass, as an important barrier to the north of Beiping City and the consideration that it could support the eight states of Shanhou at any time, the crossing team decided to station a certain number of soldiers and horses in Juyong Pass. Zhong Youpeng, one of the locals most relied on by the crossing team, re-entered the office and served as the Tongzhi of Beiping Prefecture to assist Zhang Weixin;

Xie Tian was appointed as the prefect of Xuanhua Prefecture, Cheng Fei was appointed as the chief military officer of Xuanhua Prefecture, and Hu Youdao, the former county magistrate of Liangxiang Township of Khitan and the earliest local official who had contact with the crossing team, was relocated to the Tongzhi of Xuanhua Mansion to assist Xie Tian in handling political affairs;

Sun Yangyang was appointed as the prefect of Datong Prefecture, Tang Chao was appointed as the chief military officer of Datong Prefecture, Zhao Yuan, the former Khitan Huai'an County Commander and the original Datong Governor who opened the city gate to welcome the crossing team armed into Huai'an City, was appointed as the Tongzhi of Datong Prefecture, Zeng Zhilin's third brother, Yan Chongli, who learned a lot of knowledge of government affairs from his father, was also appointed as the Tongzhi of Datong Mansion, and Zhao Yuan jointly assisted Sun Yangyang;

Song Feiyang was appointed as the prefect of Lingxian Mansion, Yang Xin was appointed as the chief military officer of Lingxian Mansion, Wu Peng was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Lingxian Mansion and Lingqiu garrison, Liu Jin, the former judge of Zhenwu Army Jiedu Mansion in Khitan Shuozhou, who strongly advocated Shanyang Kaicheng to surrender to the "Youzhou Righteous Army", Zhong Youpeng's son and Wang Feng's eldest brother Zhong Shiwen was also appointed as the Tongzhi of Lingxian Mansion, and assisted Song Feiyang in his office with Liu Jin.

The reason why Cheng Fei was transferred to Xuanhua and Yang Xin was appointed as the chief military officer of the Lingxian Mansion was mainly due to the relationship between Yang Xin and Yang Ye, the border guard of the Northern Han Dynasty, in the hope of avoiding the possibility of conflict with the Northern Han Dynasty, at least in the near future, and ensuring the safety and stability of the pyrite transportation line as much as possible.

With the selection of civil and military officials in each province, the meeting proceeds to the second phase - the determination of the decision-making and leadership of these heads in the areas in which they serve.

For those who have just been elected, it is natural to hope that the power they can hold as much power as possible, while for the committee and the brothers who remain in the base camp, they believe that the power of the regional directors should be moderate, and there must not be a situation where the power of the regional directors is so great that the tail is too big, and in turn the committee and the base camp are held hostage. Therefore, the discussion of the size of the power of the brothers is even more heated than the discussion on the selection of the regional director just now, and it can even be described as intense.

Fortunately, although the atmosphere of the discussion was lively, it did not develop to the point of quarreling or being too-for-tat and not giving in to each other. As travelers, whether they are familiar with history or not, the brothers in the congregation know more or less that if the local power is too heavy and shili is too strong, once the control of the central power is weakened, it is easy to form a situation in which the feudal towns are divided and the world is in chaos, which is a very favorable proof today. Therefore, after arguing with reason, gaining a certain degree of decision-making power and freedom for himself, and putting forward some restrictions on the power of the Jiedu Prefecture, the newly appointed heads of the prefectures did not make any further demands, and accepted a series of plans to restrict the power of the prefectures proposed by the committee and the brothers on the side of the base camp. …,

The resolution on the rights and obligations of regional directors that resulted from the meeting covered many aspects, but it can be summed up in eight words, that is, "there is a difference between internal and external, and limited power".

The so-called "internal and external distinction" mainly means that the decision-making power of the regional director only applies to local affairs, and does not affect his or her right to participate and vote in the internal affairs of the team. Within the team, whether it is a regional director or an ordinary member of a department, they all have the same right to participate and vote in the internal affairs of the team.

The so-called "limited power" means that the decision-making power of each regional head applies only to local affairs related to his or her area of responsibility, and cannot interfere in other areas of the region or other regions. That is, the head of civil affairs of a certain province only has the decision-making power of the civil affairs of the province, and he can neither interfere in the military affairs of his own government nor the civil affairs or military affairs of other provinces. That is to say, the head of a province can only give orders to his brothers who serve in his own sphere, but not over his brothers who are not his own and who serve in other provinces, regardless of his rank among the brothers, so as to avoid a situation in which one of the brothers, whom Mutel previously resented, commanding in his non-professional field.

At the same time, the resolution also stipulates that the three-level decision-making body of the general meeting of the team, the enlarged meeting of the committee or the committee and the Beiping Military Jiedu Mansion are the relationship between the leader and the led. When necessary, these three levels of decision-making within the crossing team can veto decisions made by the Jiedu Mansion against locals; The Beiping Military Jiedu Mansion could only issue orders to the six prefectures against the locals, and could not involve the internal affairs of the crossing team; The only person who can make decisions about the internal affairs of the crossing team is one of the three levels of decision-making bodies within the crossing team, not a certain traverser - even Wang Kunjun, who has the highest prestige in the crossing team. In a sense, this resolution created a situation similar to the previous parliamentary restraint on the government between the three-level decision-making bodies of the crossing team and the Beiping Military Jiedu Mansion.

It can be said that this resolution, which was called the "Power Distribution Law" by the people who traveled through the country, not only limited the power of the heads of the prefectures and prevented the formation of feudal towns, but also restricted the rights of the brothers in Beiping and the base camp, especially the four members of the committee, so as to avoid the dictatorship of one person having the final say within the crossing team. Of course, it is one thing to have resolutions and rules, and whether these resolutions and rules can be implemented and observed by everyone as expected by their framers, and whether they can play their due role depends on the test of time.