"Father's decision!"

For Qingji's way of employing people, Prince Heng is very impressed.

Don't look at Qingji, who often does "shake his hands and shopkeeper", and is not a diligent king.

However, Qingji still has a certain understanding of the talents and conduct of the ministers under his command, and can make good use of them.

Among the disciples of Confucius, Zilu can be regarded as relatively unusual.

Although Zilu was baptized by Confucius, the wild energy on his body was never taken off, so Confucius said that he only "ascended to the hall", and never "entered the house", that is, Zilu never became an elegant gentleman......

However, this does not hide the fact that Nakayu is a true wise man!

In the original history, Zhong by the beginning of the Shilu, the rear guard.

Kong Kui's mother, Bo Ji, conspired with others to establish Kuai Shen (Bo Ji's brother) as the king, and coerced Kong Kui to kill Wei and flee after hearing the news.

After Zhong You heard the news outside, he went into the city to see Kuai, who ordered Shi Qi to shoot down Zilu Guanying, and Zilu said: "The gentleman is dead, and the crown is inevitable." ”

Why?

Even if a gentleman is dying, he must be well-dressed.

So, in the process of tying the hat, Zilu was chopped into meat sauce......

When Confucius heard of his death, he was sad and wept, and did not eat meat sauce before he died.

This is the place where Qingji admires Zilu very much.

Why?

Because Zilu pays attention to personal honor.

Pay attention to the dress and dress, so as to be in line with the status of the nobles.

Historically, Ziji exchanged his life for the result of withdrawing from political strife without losing the loyalty of the samurai, which was the most helpless way.

Having said that, Zilu is a person who can get in and out of the phase.

When Kong Qiu traveled around the world, Zhong You, Yan Hui and others always followed Kong Qiu, and because of his extreme bravery, he actually played the role of a defender.

Moreover, as far as Qingji knows, Zhong You also knows the military and is familiar with military books and war strategies, but it has never been useful.

"Father, I don't know who you plan to use as the county guard of Wu County?"

Prince Heng asked tentatively.

"Do you have a recommendation?"

"How is Ran Qiu?"

"Good."

Ran Qiu, the word has it, is the descendant of Ran Jizai, the tenth son of King Wen of Zhou.

He was one of Confucius's protégés and was known for his political affairs.

Ran Qiu is versatile, especially good at financial management.

In the original history, Ran Qiu, as a retainer of the Ji family of the Lu State, also led the left division to resist the invasion of the Qi army, and took the lead in the victory with the assault tactics of infantry holding spears, and took the opportunity to persuade Ji Kangzi to welcome back Confucius, who had been in exile for 14 years, to help the Ji family carry out the reform of Tianfu and accumulate wealth......

Ran Qiu is now one of the subordinate officials of the history of Zhisu Lingcheng, and it is absolutely no problem to be released as a county guard.

Having said that, Wu County is now the richest county in Wu State.

With a large population, a prosperous economy and fertile land, it is also the place where the eastern capital of Wu is located and the homeland of Wu.

Such an important place naturally needs a big talent to govern.

If possible, Qingji will let one of his sons be the county guard of Wu County.

"Father, my son has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"I have 26 counties in Dawu now, and there are hundreds of large and small counties, and I don't know how many officials are needed, and they are still in short supply."

Prince Hengjin said: "The sons and daughters think that the father should also hold a selection, so that the county guards, county orders, and ministers in the court can recommend talents for the country, and think that the local officials will govern government affairs, so that the administrative efficiency of Dawu will be higher, and at the same time share the government affairs of the courtiers and officials." ”

“……”

Is it necessary?

Yes!

With the increasing expansion of the territory of Wu, there will be more and more people needed to govern the country.

It is true that Wu has a Jixia School Palace, and there are many scholars from all over the world who enter Wu every year to seek fame and fortune, and they can be used as officials of Wu State.

However, Wu Guo implemented a probationary system.

If there is no appointment of Qingji, or the recommendation of courtiers and officials, it is generally difficult for those scholars to get ahead.

Don't look at the fact that Wu now has the largest number of scholars among the kingdoms of the world, and the talent reserve is also the largest, but it is still in short supply.

At the local level, Wu implemented the county system.

The county has a county guard, a county lieutenant, and a county supervisor (supervising the imperial history).

The county guard is the highest administrator of a county, in charge of the affairs of the county, and is directly controlled by the imperial court.

The county lieutenant, the auxiliary left county guard, is in charge of the military of the whole county.

The county supervisor is in charge of supervising the work.

Under the county is the county.

Counties with more than 10,000 households shall have county orders, and those with less than 10,000 households shall have county magistrates.

The commander and the chief are the heads of a county, in charge of the county's government affairs, and are subject to the county's control.

Under the county order, there are lieutenants and cheng.

Lieutenant, in charge of the county's military and law and order.

丞, the assistant to the county magistrate or the county magistrate, is in charge of the county's justice.

There are townships, li and pavilions below the county.

The township and the li are administrative organs, and the pavilion is a security organization.

The township has three elders, a husband and a wanderer.

The three elders are in charge of education, the husband is in charge of litigation and taxation, and you are in charge of law and order.

The township is the most basic administrative unit of the Qin State.

In addition to being roughly the same as the functions of the township government, the functions of the Lizheng or Lidian are also the tasks of organizing production.

In addition, there is a special agency kiosk for security and anti-theft.

The two pavilions are separated by ten miles, and the pavilion is set up.

Pavilions are all over the important places in the city and countryside.

The role of the township has gradually strengthened and surpassed the county, so there is a saying among the people that the township does not know the county.

Therefore, Mo said that it was a township official like the lieutenant chief, pavilion chief, and three elders, that is, at the county level, there were more than 8,000 officials in the Wu State!

This proportion is far from the Shu Han in the late Three Kingdoms period in history.

When the Shu Han Dynasty fell, the later lord Liu Chan presented the household registration to Sima Wei, which showed that the total population of the Shu Han was 940,000, including 100,000 soldiers and 40,000 officials, with a ratio of 10.6% to 10.6% and 4.3% to the government and the people.

It is equivalent to feeding one soldier for every eleven people, and one official for every four people.

In contrast, the total population of Wei was 4.43 million, the total strength was 500,000, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians was 11.3%.

It's the equivalent of eleven people to feed one soldier.

The total population of Soochow is 2.4 million, the total strength is 230,000, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians is 9.6%, which is equivalent to ten people to feed one soldier.

Therefore, compared with the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, the ratio of soldiers to civilians is relatively close.

The ratio of soldiers to civilians in Shu Han was almost the average value of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, which was not the highest nor the lowest, which was reasonable at that time.

In terms of this ratio of soldiers to civilians, the burden of peasants in Wei was the heaviest, the burden of peasants in Eastern Wu was the smallest, and Shu Han was in the middle.

Of course, during the Three Kingdoms period, it was already a popular conscription system, and the state had to pay for professional soldiers.

Wu also implemented a conscription system, but it could also be used in parallel with the system of all the soldiers.

The total population of Wu is now about 17 million.

How much is the standing army?

Unconsciously, more than 400,000.

The ratio of soldiers to civilians is 2.3%!

The total number of officials was less than 20,000.

The public-private ratio is 0.12%!

That is, in the state of Wu, there are about forty-three Li Shu, raising one soldier.

Eight hundred and fifty lishu, raising one official.

Such a ratio is not too much, but not too much.

It is worth mentioning that it is important to maintain a relatively balanced state between the country's income and the number of officials.

It is related to the stability and stability of the whole country, and once the number of officials is too redundant, the cost that the country needs to pay will inevitably increase, which means that the tax burden of the people will be heavier.

With 20,000 officials, it seems that there are many officials in Wu State, but in fact, they include informal township officials such as Sanlao, Sifu and You......

In the Western Han Dynasty, the ratio of officials to people was 1:7945, in the Tang Dynasty it was 1:2927, in the Ming Dynasty it was 1:2299, and in the Qing Dynasty it was 1:911.

According to this ratio, the courtiers and officials in the establishment of the Wu State do not exceed 8,000 at the county level, which is actually quite decent......

Of course, peaceful and prosperous times and troubled times are not the same thing.

In general, the more talent reserves of Wu Guo, the better, so that King Wu can have more options when he is able to use his talents!

"Wu Heng, I will be fully responsible for the selection of talents and the use of energy for the country. Don't let the widow down. ”

"Son, obey the king's orders!"

Qingji is still happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

After all, with such a capable prince, why should Qingji bow down to everything?

Of course, in order to prevent his power from being hollowed out by Prince Heng, Qingji still has to guard against it.