The Zhongshu Orders of Zhongshu Province, the Shizhong of Menxia Province, and the Shangshu Orders of Shangshu Province are generally called "prime ministers".

After Qingji's personnel transfer, Zhongshu Ling was Fan Li, who was responsible for drafting the edict.

The subordinate provincial servant is Deng Xi, who is in charge of the same confidential affairs as the Zhongshu Province, discusses national affairs, and is responsible for reviewing the edicts, signing the seal, and has the right to refute it.

Under it, there are officials such as the Yellow Gate Squire, the Servant of the Giving Affairs, the Loose Cavalry Attendant, the Counselor Doctor, and the Living Lang.

Shangshu Ling is a type of literature, in charge of Shangshu Province, Shangshu Province has six departments, including the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry, and has 24 divisions under its jurisdiction, such as the Ministry of Officials and the Lord.

The six Shangshu are all named after the "department" where they are located, and the Lang official is named after the "division" where he is located, and is responsible for carrying out the edict.

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion, transfer and other affairs of officials throughout the country, and at the same time, the Department of Auditing and Honors is in charge of the system and lifelong maintenance of civil officials, and handles the succession, naturalization, and reinstatement of names and surnames of officials.

The Examination Department is in charge of the division and discussion of civil officials, and handles the Beijing inspection and general plans.

Zeng Dian served as the secretary of the ministry.

The household department is in charge of the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salary, and all financial affairs of the country, and its internal administrative affairs are divided according to the regional division of labor.

Bu Zixia was appointed as the secretary of the household department.

The Ministry of Rites is used for the five rites of Kaoji, Jia, military, guest and fierce; Manage the affairs of the national schools, the imperial examinations, and the affairs of the vassal and foreign countries.

Cao Yi served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of War is in charge of the selection of military attachés, military registration, ordnance, military orders, etc.

Wu Ming served as the secretary of the military department.

The Criminal Department, as the agency in charge of the national criminal punishment decree and the examination of criminal names, is in charge of the final trial and review of major cases by the Inspectorate and the Dali Temple.

The specific duties of the Criminal Department are: to examine and approve various laws, to review the criminal cases sent to the Ministry in various localities, to hear the death penalty cases of "prison awaiting prison" in conjunction with Jiuqing, and to directly try the cases of those who are above the punishment in the Gyeonggi area.

Li Ke was appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department.

The Ministry of Engineering is in charge of various projects, craftsmen, tuntian, and water conservancy.

After the original cadre returned to his hometown, Lu Ban served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Bo Biao served as the imperial history doctor, in charge of the imperial history platform, leading the imperial history, serving the imperial history in the palace, and supervising the imperial history.

The Imperial Historical Observatory set up a prison to accept special lawsuits, and at the same time heard about it.

In addition, Zuo Qiu Ming is the secretary of Dali Temple, and he has participated in the imperial history......

In general, Wu's three-province and six-ministry system is similar to that of the Tang and Song dynasties, but it is not so "bloated".

Qingji pays attention to administrative efficiency.

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After the ten years of Wu rule, there was not much time left for Qingji.

Qingji desperately hopes that he can become a "conqueror", build an unprecedented empire, and become an unparalleled "emperor".

In order to realize his ambitions, Qingji decided to go west.

Why the westward expedition instead of the invasion of the Indo-Du or the nomads of the north?

Because, the land there is vast and sparsely populated, and for the state of Wu, there is really not much value to occupy, and sending troops to occupy those places is really worth the loss.

In view of this, Qingji ignored the dissuasion of his ministers and insisted on launching a war of western expeditions.

And the target of Qingji was none other than the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia.

Will the Persians be attacked by land or by sea?

There was a heated debate among the ministers and doctors of the state of Wu.

"An expedition to Persia, thousands of miles away, is really not advisable."

"Since Your Majesty is going on an expedition to Persia, the ministers have no choice but to think hard about the best route."

"If we send troops from the sea, with the size and tonnage of our warships, we can carry 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers, and after two or three months, we can reach the Persian Gulf and step into the territory of the Persians."

"Not to mention the warships used to transport troops, the consumption of men and horses in two or three months is an astronomical amount!"

"Three months? You're not kidding. If the wind permits, in more than a month, maybe our army of Wu will be able to reach the Persian Gulf. ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The warships of Wu State have a large displacement, with the highest displacement of more than 3,000 tons, and as for the speed, it is unsatisfactory, about a dozen knots.

In other words, it is not even as good as a bicycle, about 20 kilometers per hour.

If the fleet departs from Jinling, it will probably have to cross tens of thousands of kilometers of sea.

Even if a warship can sail 300 kilometers in a day, how long will it take?

More than a month!

However, this is only data on paper.

Therefore, it is already a rare thing for the huge Wu warship team to arrive in the Persian Gulf in three months.

"How about marching by land?"

"If you march west by land, the army will set out from the capital of the Western Regions and cross the Amu Darya River, which will be the territory of the Persians."

"It's just that the land is sparsely populated along the way, the roads are blocked, and the logistics and supplies can't keep up.

After some deliberation, Qingji decided to march by land, cross the Tianshan Mountains, cross the Amu Darya River, and go directly into the territory of the Persians.

However, there is still no room for error in the route of the march by sea.

Qingji decided to go both by land and water.

As for the issue of logistical supply, Qingji will not think about it.

When it came to the territory of the Persians, the Wu army could burn and loot.

"Wu Zhang, as a general of the expedition to the west, after arriving in Jinling, he led 50,000 elite soldiers and 1,000 warships to sail to the Persian Gulf, to Persepolis, and joined forces with the widows."

Qingji's two sons who are most capable of fighting are none other than Wu Zhang and Wu Fan.

In these ten years, Wu Fan became the king of Sai, knocked down all the ancient Qiang land (Tibet), opened up the territory, and became his own land.

Not only that, Wu Fan also led his troops to invade Ah Sange's territory, and won many battles.

Wu Zhang was the king of Liao, and he also fought against the Donghu people and the Sushen people all the year round, and was invincible, and defeated the three modern eastern provinces as the territory of the Liao State.

Even, Wu Zhang repeatedly harassed the nomadic peoples such as Donghu, Lou Fan, and Linhu, burning, killing and looting, and plundering a large amount of wealth, population, and livestock.

Qingji wants to get enough war horses and elite cavalry, so let Wu Zhang give it.

"The widow, the royal driver personally marched, personally led 80,000 iron horsemen, one man and two horses, and after preparing enough rations for fifteen days, he set out from the Green Ridge and directly entered the territory of the Persians."

"No!"

The ministers were unwilling to let Qingji drive the expedition in person.

However, Qingji has made up his mind, and they can't persuade them at all.

Qingji, who is already sixty-three years old, is afraid that there will be no return this time.

If Wu wanted to go on an expedition to Persia, the number of war horses was crucial.

Basically, the sorties were cavalry.

The soldiers and horses of the Gongzi Zhangsuo, who marched from the sea, were enough for one person and one horse.

The soldiers and horses of the Qingji Department who marched from the Western Regions had to be equipped with one person and two horses in order to ensure the speed of the march and carry enough grain and grass.

In other words, this time, Wu Guo must prepare at least 210,000 war horses.

If it weren't for the fact that over the years, Wu's horse breeding industry was developed enough, coupled with the horses that robbed the Hu people from outside the Saiwai, these 210,000 war horses would really not be able to make up!