"Are you saying that your various state capitals are governed by the imperial court and sects?"

The journey to the Famous Sword Villa continued, and Lu Ming seized the opportunity to ask Lei Shaoqing about various information related to this world, and as he spoke, Lu Ming heard a news that surprised him.

"yes, don't you know? As long as the people of the Great Wei Kingdom should know? For Lu Ming's fuss, Lei Shaoqing was a little incomprehensible.

"Oh, haven't we been wandering before, and we're all incognito in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, so we don't dare to contact any government officials and sects, and it's the first time I've heard of this."

Lu Ming had no choice but to move out of the previous set of rhetoric, but fortunately, Lei Shaoqing did not doubt it, after all, he knew Lu Ming's life experience, and they had just experienced a life-and-death struggle together, so naturally they would not have any vigilance. So he nodded and said: "This Great Wei State counts the royal city, there are a total of forty-one state capitals, and each state capital has a city lord like Zhang Fang, who is the main manager of each state capital, and they are all responsible for the major matters of building and maintaining the stability of the state capital, and down to the trivial matters of eating, drinking, and Lasa.

But there are a few exceptions, one is the martial arts dispute, the second is to quell the rebellion, and the third is the invasion of foreign enemies. As long as these three things are handled, they must be decided by the city lord and the local sect together. And as long as it involves martial arts disputes, it is generally the sect that has the final say, as for the other two things, each place is slightly different, mainly determined by the size and strength of the sect, the sect is different, and the scope of discourse and jurisdiction is also different.

Take our Mingjian Villa as an example, as a first-class sect in the martial arts, although we only manage the two state capitals of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, these two state capitals are the two places with the largest population and the largest number of martial arts people, so it is relatively important, and when encountering important events such as foreign invasion, the final command and decision power are also in our Mingjian Villa. And second-rate sects like Fuyan Valley, although they also manage the two state capitals of Qianzhou and Huizhou, but these places are extremely sparsely populated and relatively backward as a whole, so their importance is also poor, and they are only parallel to the local government at most, and the affairs of martial arts are under their control, and other matters are ultimately decided by the government.

Finally, there are third-rate sects like Wuliang Pavilion, their strength is generally enough to manage a state city, and the competition between them is still very understandable, and it is relatively rare for a family like Wuliang Pavilion to dominate in Bianzhou City. They will assist the government in managing the affairs of the local martial arts, but they do not have the final say. This is why Huang Hao's Wuliang Pavilion seems to be very powerful, but he himself has to go to Zhang Fang's mansion in the middle of the night to discuss things. ”

"Then how do you determine which sect manages which state capitals?" Lei Shaoqing's words, Lu Ming really heard of it for the first time, and he vaguely felt that this information might be helpful for the second stage of the task, so he hurriedly asked.

"Every three years, there will be a martial arts conference, in which the upper three sects and the six major factions will be elected, and then the state capitals under their management will be selected one by one in order. For Shangsanmen, there is no restriction on choosing the state capital, but generally choose the state capital in your own area, just like we choose Yuzhou. As for the six major factions, you can choose up to three state capitals, and the upper three gates and the imperial court will also conduct an assessment every year, if you find that you have no actual dominance over the local martial arts, you will be disqualified. This is also to encourage more third-rate sects and let them participate in the common governance, but the state capital managed by the third-rate sect is not selected by itself, but recommended by the local city lord, after all, the strength of the third-rate sect cannot be compared with the above two, and it is still very important to get the approval of the local city lord. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Lu Ming secretly thought in his heart, this Great Wei State is indeed a bit strange, how could he think of such a co-governance method, this is obviously a privilege for all martial arts people. For example, if a person violates the law, he should be punished according to the laws of the imperial court, but if this person is involved in martial arts, then the result is difficult to say. Because it is difficult for the imperial court to take corresponding measures against him, but to respect the opinions of the local co-governance sect, it is entirely possible that this person will be acquitted. Looking at it this way, this kind of co-governance method is completely a joke, and if this continues, the country will have any prestige, and the various sects will only become more and more arrogant.

As if he had guessed what Lu Ming was thinking, Lei Shaoqing continued: "This situation has lasted for a hundred years, and there has never been any major chaos, and the people are also very convinced of us. And our upper three doors are absolutely fair and just, even if the people in the upper three doors commit a crime, we will definitely deal with it impartially, compared to the laws of the imperial court, we are only strict, but in the handling of some things, we still have to follow some rules of the rivers and lakes. ”

Lei Shaoqing said this, Lu Ming understood a little, the reason why such a co-governance can be maintained is entirely because of the existence of the upper three gates, but also because of the fairness and integrity of the people in power in the upper three gates, and an institution with absolute credibility and will not shield its own people can naturally be recognized by the people. But think about it again, if there is any internal chaos in Shangsanmen, the consequences will be really unimaginable.

"I can understand that the affairs of the martial arts are handled by you in the three sects, but why do you have to discuss such things as quelling the rebellion and resisting foreign enemies, are you still raising private soldiers?"

"Brother Lu, don't talk nonsense, cultivating private soldiers without authorization is a taboo in the imperial court, the imperial court has made an agreement with the upper three sects before, no sect is allowed to train private soldiers, and the total number of sects must not exceed a thousand, if it is found, it will be attacked by all martial arts people, even if it is the upper three gates."

This court still has some brains, otherwise these sects will become the biggest cancer in this society in the future, Lu Ming secretly thought in his heart, and asked again: "But what does this have to do with quelling the rebellion and resisting foreign enemies?" In this way, your role in the war is not much smaller. ”

Hearing this, Lei Shaoqing smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No, it's the opposite. We are the ones who play a decisive role in the war, so let me give you an example. There had been riots in several state capitals in the southwest before, and the government held on to them for nearly a month without results. In the end, Li Jiutian, the leader of one of the six major factions, personally took action, and the next day the heads of these mob leaders were hung on the city wall, and the riot automatically ended. ”

"Damn, this is a decapitation operation!" Unexpectedly, these people also understood this tactic, and Lu Ming was excited for a while and said a dirty word.

"Operation decapitation? What do you mean? ”

"Oh, I mean, you're using the tactic of shooting people first and horses first, and catching thieves and king first."

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, Brother Lu, you have summed it up very incisively. Indeed, although the whole people of our Great Wei Kingdom are still martial, compared to the Tadans and Puqiu in the north of the Saibei, we are still inferior after all. It is no exaggeration to say that these two countries are really all soldiers, whether women, children or the elderly, they can carry knives to the battlefield, and they are in a bitter cold land, and they have always wanted to enter the Great Wei Kingdom to grab the rich land. But they haven't succeeded once, do you know why? It's all because of the existence of martial arts people like us! ”