Chapter 31 The County System

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that there is a problem with the management system established by Daqin today"

In the imperial study, Qin Hao sat on the dragon chair, and there were seven people sitting below.

One of them, a young man with a fair and handsome face who looked about twenty-three or four, said with a solemn expression.

"The public and the subtle"

Qin Hao said with a smile.

The young man's name is frustrated, which is one of his twenty-two lottery gains, and he is currently the head of the household department, because the household department has no books, so he is in charge of the entire household department.

Fu Zhu continued, "Now there are a total of 120 cities in Great Qin, in addition to the royal city of Yunjing, there are four other large cities and 115 small cities, and the cities are not subordinate to each other, all of them are under the unified management of the imperial court."

"Such a decentralized management method, although it seems that the imperial court is hugely powerful, but in fact, the imperial court has limited manpower after all, and it is difficult to reach many places, resulting in major cities acting independently and disobeying the imperial court's discipline."

"More importantly, all the cities are now managed by the city lord, the deputy city lord, and the city guard, and the city lord is the supreme commander, taking into account the military and political power, and the power is so concentrated in one person that corruption is more likely to breed."

"What Gong He said is extremely true," the frustrated voice fell, and another young man beside him bowed his head slightly, "One hundred and twenty cities, all under the unified jurisdiction of the imperial court, it is indeed inappropriate."

"I don't know what Junshi thinks?"

Qin Hao looked at the young man, he was Sima Guang, a name that Qin Hao had known since he was very young.

Sima Guang thought slightly, "Weichen thinks that the power of Daqin today is too scattered and too centralized."

"The scattered management of all cities must be under the control of Yunjing, and it is not easy to control. And the concentration lies in the fact that the power of the city lord is too great, and it can decide the life and death of all the people in the city in one word."

"Both models are extreme and extremely unmanageable. Wechen felt that all the cities could be divided into regions, divided into districts, and the imperial court directly managed the upper officials, and the upper officials managed the lower officials.

"In addition, the power of the city lord must be separated, the military and political power must not be concentrated in the hands of one person, and even supervision departments must be set up to restrain and supervise each other."

"Weichen thinks that the position of the city lord should be revoked" Huang Xie, the servant of the ministry, said, "The world is His Majesty's world, and only His Majesty can be the lord of the world, and the position of the city lord should not exist."

"Weichen thinks it's okay" Li Si, the waiter of the Criminal Department, nodded slowly, he had been the prime minister of a country, and he was no longer under Zhang Juzheng in terms of talent.

"We can follow the history of our Chinese people, establish a county system, and separate the four major powers of political power, financial power, military power, and judicial power, so that they can supervise each other," Zhang Juzheng also nodded slowly and said.

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A celebrity kept talking.

Fu Zhu, Su Qin, Sima Guang, Fan Li, Li Si, Huang Xie, Zhang Juzheng and other seven people are all great talents, and they all have strong and colorful strokes in Chinese history.

Fu Zhu is the first strategist under Yuan Shao's account, and Yuan Shao can become one of the princes in the world, competing with Cao, Liu, and Sun, and he is indispensable.

Su Qin is a disciple of the Zongheng family, once held the seal of the six countries, and was good at combining the art of longitudinal, and once forced Qiang Qin not to dare to send a letter to Guguan, so that he could strategize a rare one in the world, and the name of loyalty and righteousness was praised by the world.

Sima Guang was a young and intelligent man, and he had to be posthumously presented with the position of Taishi in the Four Dynasties of the Great Song Dynasty, and he also had a very high status.

As for Fan Li, he is even more legendary, and it can be said that the ancestor of the businessman is not excessive, and he is the first economist in the history of China.

Li Si is even more familiar, he is the first empire in Chinese history, the prime minister of the Great Qin Empire, although he is old and old, but his ability is awe-inspiring.

Huang Xie, also known as Chun Shenjun, was one of the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, and once served as the prime minister of Chu, so his talent should not be underestimated.

Needless to say, Zhang Juzheng saved the Ming Dynasty and was born as a powerful figure who prolonged the life of a huge dynasty that was on the verge of collapse.

What kind of powerful energy can these seven people exert when they gather together?

The discussion didn't end until late at night, and everyone, including Qin Hao, was a figure whose cultivation had reached the late stage of congenital or above, and even if he didn't rest for a few days, he wouldn't have any discomfort.

In the middle of the night, a thick secret book appeared in Qin Hao's hand.

"The implementation of the county system in this world can be regarded as a historical precedent" Qin Hao's eyes were bright, but there was a murderous escape in the depths of his eyes, "but if this system is to be implemented, the resistance will be great."

Although the 120 cities of Daqin are nominally ruled by the imperial court, in fact, many cities are occupied by the family, which is actually the private property of the family.

Qin Hao wants to implement the county system, divide the power of the city lord, and weaken the influence of the family, and will definitely encounter resistance from many families.

"I'm afraid there will be a river of blood again" Qin Hao sighed lightly, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.

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In the early morning of the next day, on the Chengtian Palace, the Great Qin Dynasty will meet.

"Zhang Juzheng, announce the resolution of this king"

Qin Hao handed over the secret book to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian connected and bowed down to Zhang Juzheng's hands.

Zhang Juzheng respectfully took it, and then opened it.

"From now on, the one hundred and twenty cities of the Great Qin Kingdom are divided into five prefectures, which are Jingzhao Mansion, Nanling Mansion, Beishan Mansion, Dongyuan Mansion, and Xifeng Mansion."

Zhang Juzheng's clear and loud voice sounded in the hall.

"In the land of the five prefectures, Jingzhao Mansion occupies 30 cities, Nanling Mansion and Beishan Mansion each have 25 cities, and Dongyuan Mansion and Xifeng Mansion are 20 cities."

"All the cities in the land of the five prefectures have been cancelled as the city lord, Yunjing is the capital of Jingzhao Mansion, Sailuo City is the capital of Dongyuan Prefecture, Powei City is the capital of Nanling Prefecture, Ning'an City is the capital of Xifeng Mansion, and Huayun City is the capital of Beishan Prefecture.

There is a government in the city, and there are four positions: Yin, order, Cheng, and lieutenant. The governor is in charge of the affairs of the government, the government decree is in charge of the financial power, the government is in charge of the judiciary, and the government lieutenant is in charge of the military power."

"Under the government there are counties, and the counties are under the jurisdiction of the counties. In the county seat, there are four major positions: the county guard, the county commander, the county officer, and the governor, who control political affairs, finance, justice, and military power."

"The county seat is set up with a county office, and the county government has three positions, namely the county order, the county undertaker, and the county lieutenant, the county commander is in charge of the political affairs and finances of a county, the county is in charge of the judicial power, and the county Wei is in charge of the military power."

"In addition, in each city, an investigation department is set up, and the investigation department is responsible for arresting all those who dare to provoke Great Qin Tianwei, and it also has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials."

"This system will be implemented from tomorrow, and all the city lords, deputy city lords, and city guard commanders in the five prefectures of Great Qin will all be resigned and retained, pending review and distribution."

"Another order was issued to Bai Qi, Lian Po, Fan Lihua, and Gongsun Zhan to mobilize 30,000 troops from each army to defend the major cities."

"With immediate effect, the establishment of the city guard army will be abolished, and the city guard army will be changed to a security battalion, except for Yunjing City, the number of people in the prefecture security camp shall not exceed 3,000, the number of people in the county security camp shall not exceed 1,000, and the number of people in the county security camp shall not exceed 500."

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Zhang Juzheng said one sentence at a time, shaking the hearts of everyone below.

"How can such a system be exercised?"

Among the hundreds of officials, an official from a family other than Yunjing had a pale face.

"Revoke the position of city lord?"

"We waited for the family to operate in major cities for decades or even hundreds of years before we have today's status, how can we say that it will be revoked?"

"As one of the same families, what is the Qin family going to do? Is it really going to exterminate our family and make the Qin country fall into the hands of these lowly families?"

"No, losing the position of the city lord and the city guards, how can my Qian family suppress Shuocheng?"

"The family has offended a lot of people over the years, if you lose the position of city lord, I am afraid that it will be eaten by wolves..."

"You can't just let it go"

Just when Zhang Juzheng was still reading out the resolution, some officials of the family had already made a decision in their hearts.