Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2424 Five Camps, Degrading Poison Scholars

At the local level, the Jin Dynasty had three major officials: the Inspector, the General of the Wuwei Army, and the Local Tax Officer.

The governor is in charge of an area, is in charge of the provincial government, and holds local administrative power.

The General Wuwei was in charge of local military power and was in charge of military campaigns.

After the position of Grand Commander was abolished, the states no longer established large main army corps as usual, and each state only had 20,000 to 40,000 garrison troops.

Whether it is 20,000, 30,000, or even a higher 40,000, it will be determined by the economic situation and geographical location of each state.

Without a transfer order, they were not allowed to leave the states. Anyone who violated the order would be punished.

After all, among the states that have been stripped of their grand governors, including Si, Yong, Yi, Nan, Jiao, Yang, Jing, and Xu, except for Si state, the rest basically belong to the rear area and do not need to maintain a large number of troops as usual. They only need a part of the regular garrison troops.

Furthermore, although the troops in each state were greatly reduced, the field camps such as Guangwu, Lantian and Hanzhong were also withdrawn and reorganized.

The establishment of the Guangwu, Lantian and Hanzhong camps was intended to allow the mobile troops of these camps to target the south or the Central Plains at the first opportunity.

Now, the South and the Central Plains have fallen into their hands, so naturally, there is no need for these camps to exist.

Correspondingly, new mobile field camps should be established in accordance with the changes in the current world situation.

At this point, the main elite troops selected from the original armies and major camps were successively established into four major camps: Yongzhou, Yizhou, South, and Central Plains, with 100,000 soldiers in each camp, plus the Northland Camp, the only one retained among the original camps.

The five battalions, totaling 450,000 soldiers, were stationed in various places and would also serve as future mobile troops. It could be said that the major battles in the future would basically fall on them.

In addition, the best troops in the world were sent to Sizhou to form a central imperial guard of 200,000 soldiers as the emperor's personal guard.

That is to say, Liangzhou is now facing the threat of the grassland. Otherwise, the Yongzhou Camp would not exist at all, but would be replaced by the Northwest Camp. As for the Yongzhou Camp itself, it would become a part of his Central Imperial Guards.

The states that had already been stripped of their Grand Commanders were now basically in the rear, so the troops in each state were greatly reduced and commanded by generals of the Wuwei Army, who replaced them with mobile military camps.

As for the states that did not abolish the position of Grand Commander, now, because they are located at the junction of various forces, they have not made any changes and still maintain the original size of the army.

As for the Land Tax Officers, they are in charge of the Land Tax Bureau and are responsible for local land management and financial power.

The three positions of Inspector, General of the Guards and Tax Officer respectively controlled the local political, military and financial powers, dividing the local power into three parts and making them check and balance each other, thus minimizing the possibility of local chaos.

An army without the support of money and food cannot pose a real threat. The separation of the Wuwei General and the Local Tax Officer also made it impossible for the military and financial power of the local area to be integrated in the hands of one person.

The three positions of Inspector, General of the Wuwei Army and Local Tax Official were: Inspector was of the third rank, while General of the Wuwei Army and Local Tax Official were of the third rank. Together they formed the basis of the local official system of the Jin Dynasty.

The reduction of a large number of grand commanders and the establishment of generals of the military guards, as well as the establishment of the Land Taxation Bureau, once again brought about huge changes in the civil and military systems of the Jin Dynasty.

In Sizhou, there is no general of Wuwei because of the existence of the emperor's royal guards.

Wei Qing was appointed as the Left General of the Imperial Guards, and was promoted from Marquis of Changping Township to Marquis of Changping County. This was passed down for three generations. Li Mu was then promoted to the Right General of the Imperial Guards, and was promoted to Duke Wu'an, and they jointly took charge of the Imperial Guards.

Zhang Juzheng, the former Minister of Personnel, was promoted to Governor of Sizhou, and Zhangsun Wuji was appointed as the Local Tax Officer.

Meng Tian was appointed as the General of Yongzhou, and was also given the title of General of Zhenxi, in charge of the Yongzhou camp.

Yao Chong changed the post of Governor of Liangzhou to Governor of Yongzhou, Yang Xuangan to General of Wuwei of Yongzhou, and Li Guangdi to the post of Land Tax Officer.

At the beginning of the epidemic, Yao Chong was appointed to the post of Governor of Liangzhou from the position of Shilang of the Ministry of Works. During the three-year epidemic, he made great contributions to the prevention and control of the epidemic, and he himself almost died from the plague. Now, he was transferred from the Governor of Liangzhou to the Governor of Yongzhou, which is a signal that he is valued.

If nothing unexpected happens, when he returns to Beijing again, I'm afraid he will be one of the six ministers.

In contrast, Yao Chong's original boss, Jia Xu, formerly from the Ministry of Works, began to go downhill in the court. As one of the six ministers, Jia Xu naturally held great power in the court.

However, during these three years, although his nominal rating has not dropped, it is now only a nominal title, which is naturally not as good as the period when he served as Shangshu.

After Jia Xu was replaced, the vacant position of Minister of Works was directly occupied by Zhuge Liang, the Governor of Yizhou.

For Li Xiang now, it is enough to keep a person like Jia Xu and prevent him from causing harm to himself or others.

This old guy was still too smooth when it really mattered, and couldn't push forward when necessary.

He is not as good as Yao Chong or Zhuge Liang who really get things done.

For example, more than three years ago, Jia Xu postponed his appointment as governor of Liangzhou on the grounds of being seriously ill. On the other hand, Yao Chong simply cleaned up his things and took up the post as soon as he received the appointment. In the past three years, he has been to the front line many times, showing a style that does not care about life and death.

As for Zhuge Liang, when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, Li Xiang only gave a simple hint, and Zhuge Liang directly kicked off the prelude to his reduction of the position of the Grand Commander. Otherwise, why would several provincial governors who returned to Beijing to report on their work promote Zhuge Liang alone to one of the six ministers?

You know, after Jia Xu was given a fake position by him, there were a lot of people eyeing the position of Minister of Works. The assistant ministers of various ministries and several provincial governors were all eyeing the position of Minister of Works.

The six ministers were equivalent to the original position of prime minister.

Although the power of the prime minister was divided into six parts, the power and status of the Shangshu position were naturally far from comparable to those of the previous prime minister.

However, the problem is that the position of prime minister no longer exists. If nothing unexpected happens, the position of the six ministers of government is already the pinnacle that a civil official can achieve.

As for Jia Xu, although he now only holds a nominal position, he doesn't care about it at all.

After the war in the Central Plains and the war in the south, the Jin army was about to unify the world. Even if it was hit by the plague, it would only be delayed for a few years at most. After a few years of recuperation and easing the plague, how could the north resist?
Therefore, for Jia Xu, he can now be considered to have retired ahead of schedule.

Although it was a nominal position, at least the rank did not drop, which meant that the salary he should have received did not change at all. Moreover, the salary did not decrease, but he did not have to work. Even if he went to court, he only had to go once every ten days or half a month, just for the sake of showing his respect. This was the best thing for Jia Xu.

As for the Minister of Works, he had never been in charge of the matter before and basically let Yao Chong do it, so it didn't matter to him to give it to him.

Moreover, after experiencing such an incident, it meant that he had taken over the plague issue. It was a pity for Li Mi, who should have had a bright future.

However, Jia Xu himself was not a good person, and Li Mi's subsequent fate had nothing to do with him.