However, it is necessary to take this opportunity to beat and beat and tighten the strings for them.

Zuo Yi was demoted to guard Yongle Palace, which sounds like a big punishment, but everyone knows that since the death of Empress Dowager Liang, this has become an idle palace and will not open all day long.

But no matter what, it's much stronger than Zhang Rang.

He picked up his luggage without saying a word, and when he left, he silently kowtowed twice outside the Zhongde Palace.

Tang Heng, Zuo Yiyi, Zhou Fu, etc., were punished much lighter, they were retracted their titles and fiefdoms, removed from their relatives, and paid a certain amount of fines, which was considered to be in the past.

At this point, except for Cao Teng, who had already gone ashore, Shan Chao, who had withdrawn from the matter, and several eunuchs who were made marquis because of conspiracy, are basically no longer in the limelight.

But Liu Zhi was not a person who crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and at that time he had to rely on the power of the eunuchs.

Now, although he took the opportunity to suppress their authority, he did not intend to kill them all.

Even Zhang Rang, when he confiscated the family property, Liu Zhi left a way out for him, and did not count the ancestral shrine and family property built in his hometown.

After the Zhang family was driven out of the capital, although they couldn't live a rich and expensive life with these, it was more than enough to maintain a well-off level.

His bottom line is that as long as it is not subjectively evil, it is enough to severely punish the parties involved, after all, these people still have an old friendship with him.

What's more, the eunuchs are completely dependent on the emperor for survival, and they left the capital, no matter how beautiful they used to be, they are now worthless.

Zuo Yi understood this truth, so he took the initiative to attack, just to be able to stay in the palace.

The speed of the investigation in the palace was very fast, and Liu Zhi did not alarm the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and directly asked Long Linwei to investigate, and then dealt with it himself.

According to convention, the eunuchs belonged to the inner court, that is, all of them were the emperor's servants and were his private property.

So no matter how he handles it, as long as it doesn't involve major events in the previous dynasty, no one can blame him.

Liu Zhi's main purpose is not this, the land policy has been promulgated for several years, and it is time to deepen the reform.

At that time, he established several basic national policies, such as strengthening national defense, land distribution, immigration policy, national integration policy, etc., all of which were based on the general environment at that time.

After several years of development, some of them are no longer suitable for national conditions and need to be adjusted accordingly.

Liu Zhi specially announced to the world that all state pastors must return to Beijing this year to participate in the year-end work report and discuss the formulation of national policies.

This time, he had a major proposal, not only he had this intention for a long time, but even Yuan Xu, Li Ying, Chen Fan and other people of insight had already suggested it many times.

That is the redivision of administrative regions.

At the beginning of Liu Zhi's ascension to the throne, there were thirteen states under heaven, plus a Western Regions Protectorate, and the highest local administrator at that time was Thorn Shi.

Later, with the continuous advancement of the Han Iron Cavalry, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Wuhuan, Northern Xiongnu, Dawan, Wusun, Kangju and other capitals were added one after another.

Overseas land has also increased in Haizhou, Annam, Yediao, Golden Peninsula and other land, and the administrative area has also increased greatly.

Except for the merger of Wuhuan into the Liaoxi Protectorate halfway, the rest have not changed.

In terms of administrative division, due to historical limitations, it is not very reasonable.

Some states are vast but sparsely populated and difficult to manage, such as Liaoxi, Northern Xiongnu and Kangju.

Some states are too long and narrow, and the terrain is changeable, which is also not conducive to management, such as Liangzhou, Yizhou and Youzhou.

Moreover, if the administrative area is too large, Liu Zhi thinks that it is not conducive to the centralization of power, and he hopes to be able to disrupt the rearrangement.

It is reasonable to divide it into at least 30 administrative units.

The power of the shepherd of a state, though partially limited by the reform of the bureaucratic system, still had enough population and resources for self-government.

This is a very dangerous sign, once his authority is weakened, or if the control of the army is insufficient, it is easy to be supported by people to stand on their own.

Therefore, at the beginning of the edict, Liu Zhi did not reveal the slightest intention to redivide the prefectures and counties, and first transferred these state pastors to the capital.

After so many years of painstaking management, he has already firmly controlled the capital in his own hands.

The second is the border pass, and the generals of the major border armies are basically loyal to him, but the local governments in the Central Plains are not so stable.

Although there are Tuntian captains in every state, there are really big things happening in those few people, which is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, and they can't resist anything at all.

Therefore, to put it mildly, every state pastor is equivalent to a soil emperor, and it is okay in a peaceful and prosperous era, if there is a problem with the imperial power, these people will raise their arms and shout, and they will immediately be a prince.

In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, which overlord was not the lord of a state back then, seeing such a big loophole, but ignoring it, was his Liu Zhi's character.

With the help of the current land policy, let them leave their sphere of influence first, and as long as they arrive in the capital, even the head of the tiger will have to bow to him.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, except for a few remote prefectures, other prefectures and pastors have gathered in the capital.

At this time, Liu Zhi was in the study looking at the huge map of the territory of mountains and rivers.

In his mind, he was trying to recall the various divisions of later generations, and the pen in his hand crossed the map from time to time.

Tomorrow is the day of the regular court meeting, and he must reach a united front with several giants in the capital, so that he can take it by surprise and establish the system.

At dinner that day, His Majesty secretly summoned Yuan Xu, Yin Song, Li Ying, Chen Fan, Zhang Ling and other high-ranking ministers.

When they heard that His Majesty was going to redivide the administrative regions, most of them were impressed, and many of them had suggested to the emperor, so this result could be regarded as something they had been looking forward to for a long time.

Sure enough, after a simple vote, the court bigwigs basically expressed their support.

After all, between the central and local governments, their status and sense of responsibility are more inclined to look at the overall situation.

"Gentlemen, please see."

The curtain on the wall slowly opened, revealing a huge map of an entire wall, which looked very impressive.

The boundaries of the states have been clearly demarcated with lines, and each state has a different color, which looks clear at a glance.

"If you have any ideas, you can say whatever you want."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou are also beneficial prefectures, and these four states were frontiers before, so the regional division of the year was limited.

Now that the territory has expanded, the topography of these states seems very strange, and the minister feels that they are the ones who need to be redivided the most. ”

Yuan Xu's words were approved by everyone, mainly because the boundaries of these states on the map were particularly rugged.

And the shape is too narrow and long, which is really not conducive to management.

"Over the years, the population of eastern and western Liaodong has increased dramatically after a large number of immigrants and exiles.

The area is also too vast, should it be divided into several more areas, so that it is easier to manage. ”

Everyone said a word, and they all made suggestions, and they were very enthusiastic, and Liu Zhi also listened to it frequently.

"All the kings are the best talents of the country, and their plans are very agreeable."

Then, Liu Zhi ordered some small maps to be brought and handed out a few new pencils that he had made.

"Let's discuss the division, and then synthesize it to find the most suitable method."

This was fair enough, and everyone was satisfied, and there was a lot of argument around the map.

Half an hour later, the dust finally settled and three different maps were handed in.

Liu Zhi hung up all three maps, and they all had one thing in common, that is, the current state was broken and subdivided.

The difference is the degree of subdivision, which also represents three different opinions between the DPRK and China.

A map that redivides all the states into more than 100 states in a neat tic-tac-toe grid is quite enough.

The second part only divided Liaoxi into Liangzhou and Merge Prefecture, and divided Liaodong into Youzhou, and then divided the Northern Xiongnu into two states, and Annan into Jiaozhou, and finally divided Yizhou into two after the land area was expanded.

The third part is between the two, except for the middle of the already small area of Qinghai, Hebei, Henan, Xu, Yan and other states, the rest of the larger areas have been divided, about 40 prefectures.

Liu Zhi himself is naturally inclined to the third option, and the second option has not changed much and is meaningless. The first is too fragmented, difficult to implement, and not conducive to management.

With his opinion intervening, after some discussion, the third plan was decided, and everyone carefully adjusted it, synthesized the opinions of many parties, and finally decided to divide it into 39 states.

Sili was renamed Gyeonggi Province, the area remained unchanged, and the five states of the Central Plains were Qing, Hebei, Henan, Yan, and Xu.

Yangzhou is divided into two, Yangzhou is Yangzhou on the top and Fuzhou on the bottom, and Jingzhou is divided into three states from top to bottom, which are Jingzhou, Chuzhou and Hengzhou in turn.

Yizhou is divided into four, Shangzhou, Yizhou, Guizhou, and Yunzhou. Jiaozhou is also divided equally into Jiaozhou and Yuezhou.

Zhuyazhou and the surrounding islands on the sea are independent of Yazhou, and Yizhou and some islands are Yizhou.

Annam is Viet Chau, the Golden Peninsula is changed to Geumju, Ye Diao is changed to Yeju, and Haizhou remains unchanged.

The land in Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou has been adjusted to make the shape more regular and easy to manage.

Liaodong is divided into two parts, Heizhou and Ningzhou, the original Wuhuan is independent again, for Huanzhou, the western part of Liaoning is vast, divided into Jizhou and Liaozhou, the Western Regions Protectorate is also divided into Xizhou and Dunzhou, the original Wusun is Wuzhou, and the Northern Xiongnu is divided into Kunzhou and Mozhou.

Dawan plus part of the surrounding land is Wanzhou, Kangju is divided into two, Kangzhou and Juzhou.

At this point, the territory of the world has been determined, and this division is more conducive to careful management, and can also prevent the phenomenon of feudal towns and towns from appearing when the central government is in decline.

Of course, the emperor and the imperial court reached a consensus that they only hid from these feudal officials, not that Liu Zhi did not trust them.

Over the years, the court officials have been adjusted many times, and they are basically people supported by Liu Zhi, but among the state pastors, half of them are still former ministers during the Empress Dowager Liang.

These people have been operating locally for many years, and their power is very entrenched and very strong.

Although the other half was promoted by him, many of them have unstable foundations and find it difficult to fully control local forces.

Due to the problem of seniority, Liu Zhi can only be promoted step by step after he becomes a pro-government, and now many county orders at the grassroots level are from the imperial examination.

In the early days, some of the scholars who had outstanding political achievements had already entered the county guard class.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Zhi has the confidence to carry out administrative reforms in a bold manner, obviously re-dividing the regions reasonably, but actually targeting them those feudal officials.

After the division, there was a problem that immediately came to the fore, the original state pastor was a member of the second grade, and now since he wanted to curb their power, he naturally had to take this opportunity to make adjustments.

From the second rank to the third grade, some of the former state pastors can be transferred to the Beijing division and arranged some high-power positions.

Others who voluntarily remain in the state pastor will have to face the reality of being demoted or even smaller.

In addition, Liu Zhi will also take the opportunity to change them and leave the sphere of influence that they have worked so hard to manage.

Liu Zhi followed the example of modern times and prepared to divide the world into six military regions, the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Nanyang, Southwest, North and Northwest.

Of course, the tuntian lieutenants in each state still exist, but they are subordinate to the military region in terms of establishment, and the appointment and dismissal of the lieutenants are rotated within the military district.

The supreme commanders of each military region are generals, namely Hussar, Weiwu, Shenwei, Champion, and Zhenyuan.

appointed Huangfu Gui as a mighty general, Zhenbei Military Region; Duan Cheng was a hussar general, and the town of the Northwest Military Region.

Zhang Huan is the general of Shenwei and goes out of the Southwest Military Region; Zhao Kai is the champion general and goes out of the Central Plains Military Region; Lu Feng was the general of Zhenyuan and went out of the Nanyang Military Region.

In addition, because Cao Teng was old and asked to retire, Liu Zhi was crowned as the Duke of Weiguo, but this title was honorary, except for the addition of Yulu and guard etiquette specifications, there was no difference from before.

And this title has no right of inheritance, and it will end up for a lifetime.

The post of general of Gyeonggi Province was also changed to the emperor's concurrent position, and Liu Zhi transferred Jeon Wook back and appointed him as a deputy to take over the troops of the original six counties of Gyeongshi.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Zhi also planned to reform all titles, and the prince adopted the Song system, that is, he would be cut by one level every time he inherited, and if he did not have special merits, he would disappear.

For example, if the prince becomes an adult prince, his son can only be the prince of the county, his grandson is the prince of the county, his great-grandson is the uncle, the great-grandson is the marquis, and so on.

The rest of the titles are meritorious lords and honorary knights, meritorious lords can be passed down to three generations, and honorary titles are only one life.

In addition, the prince only has administrative authority, and does not have the right to mobilize troops, which greatly weakens the power of the princes and kings.

These three reforms were carried out at the same time and complemented each other, further deepening the emperor's control over the army and strengthening the centralization of the imperial court.

As for the royal family, the Eastern Han Dynasty had a great reduction in power, and in the face of the emperor's edict, they chose to accept it respectfully, and no one expressed dissatisfaction.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, the morning is full of people and is very lively.

The state pastors stepped into the Chongde Hall with a spring breeze on their faces, but they did not expect that they would be greeted by a storm.

In the face of the sudden proposal, most people were caught off guard, but there were also a small number of people who were not surprised by the humiliation.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for them to come back to their senses, the court bigwigs expressed their positions one after another, and quickly put them in the middle.

"I still have to listen to the opinions of the state pastors on this matter, I don't know what you think?"

Yuan Xuan squinted and smiled, blatantly forcing them to express his position.

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