Hanbo

Chapter 219 County System
It was just dawn, and the gate of Longxi City had not been opened yet, and two soldiers were rushing towards Longxi City in the distance outside the city.

As the distance got closer, the soldiers on the Longxi city wall also heard louder and louder hoofbeats.

The eight hundred miles sent by Zhao Puonu hurriedly stopped under the gate tower and waited quietly. After a while, a figure appeared at the gap in the female wall of the gate.

"I'm Cao Cao, a subordinate under the command of Longxi County's prefecture. I came here on patrol. Who's here?"

"I am Grand Sima, General Habayashi, and the Northern Army under the leadership of Champion Hou, and the Yueqi School hastened for [-] miles. There is an edict and military order to the Longxi County Guard, and open the city gate quickly."

Cao, the subordinate supervisor of the sect, was startled, and waved his hands quickly:

"Quick, put down the hanging basket!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers on the tower of the city gate hurriedly took out a large hanging basket and put it down. The Yueqi soldiers below frowned and dismounted when they saw this scene, and walked towards the wall on the left side of the city gate.

After the hanging basket fell, he sat in the hanging basket, and then pulled the rope, and the soldiers on it began to pull up hard.

Unsteadily pulling him to the city gate, the Yueqi soldier frowned as soon as he came up and began to blame:
"Eight hundred miles away, I turned off the switch in an emergency, and opened the gate after crossing the city. Why are you waiting? Where are the city gate officials here?"

Cao Gong, the thief under the door, cupped his hands and replied:

"Go back to the post, the officials at the east gate will rest today, and I will be in charge of this place today."

The Yueqi officer didn't speak any more, and took out his own biography and bamboo knots from his arms and handed them to Cao, the subordinate supervisor. The man took a look at it, compared it, and then waved his hand:
"Open the gate."

After a while, the city gate opened a small crack, and the soldier outside the city saw the city gate open, and hurriedly rode his own horse and pulled his colleague's horse into the city.

"Please come with me, this postman, and I will take you to find the county magistrate."

The Yueqi generals frowned, and then said:

"I think it's better to go directly to the sheriff."

"Uh, it's better to go to find the magistrate, and the magistrate will take you to find the magistrate."

The Yueqi soldiers frowned, but in the end they still didn't speak.

Then Cao, the subordinate governor, took the Yueqi generals to find the Juncheng, and the Juncheng took him all the way around to the Sheriff's Mansion, and only then did he see the Sheriff.

"Champion Hou's eight hundred miles hastened to meet the county guard."

"What order came?"

The officers and soldiers of Yueqi took out the bamboo tube from the box, and the county magistrate handed it to the magistrate.

The sheriff first observed the bamboo tube to see if it had been opened and whether the seal belonged to the champion, and nodded inwardly when he found no problem.

Then he opened the bamboo tube and looked at the edict and the warrant. After reading it, he respectfully returned the edict to the Yueqi officers and soldiers, saluted and replied:

"Chen Longxi County Sheriff, accept the order."

The Yueqi soldiers returned a salute, then wrapped up the edict and turned to leave.

It stands to reason that he would wait here for two days before the army would come, but no, he had to go back and give orders.

Although it was a waste of time, this trip for nothing was necessary.

As for the return of the imperial edict by the governor of Longxi, this is because the imperial edict was addressed to all officials in the [-] counties, not to him alone, the governor of Longxi.

If it was just written for him, then he would naturally stay.

As for the warrant, it must have stayed.

After the Yueqi soldiers left, the sheriff shouted to the door:

"Come on!"

A doorman walked in and bowed to salute:

"What is the order of the sheriff?"

"Zhao Duwei, Chang Shi, Chief Recorder, Tian Cao, Ma Cao, Cang Cao, Jin Cao, Bing Cao, and Sai Cao came to the county."

"promise."

The doorman answered and turned to leave.

Longxi Duwei is in charge of the military affairs of the entire county in Longxi, and his rank and salary are more than two thousand shi, which is second only to the two thousand shi of the county guard in the county.

Especially in this kind of frontier and other places, the status of the military master in the county is even higher, but the height is not much higher.

He is just a captain in the county, and he is in charge of the military of the county.

Don't think that he is also called Duwei, Fengche Duwei is also called Duwei, and the left, middle and right three auxiliary captains are also called Duwei, but the gap between them is very different.

There is also a school lieutenant, the school lieutenant in the county is also different from other school lieutenants, some county lieutenants have different status from other county lieutenants, this is very complicated.

And the county magistrate is the deputy of the county magistrate, equivalent to a secretary.

And Chang Shi is in charge of all the documents in the county.

Both of them have a rank salary of six hundred shi.

The accountant's history is easy to understand, and he is mainly responsible for recording things.

He is an official directly under the county government, and there are a large number of officials like him.

For example, record events and history, master record;
Playing the history of affairs, playing the main part of the discussion;
Under the door, the thief Cao is the supervisor, the main guard, and the patrol attendants;

The thief Cao under the door, the main guard; the pavilion chief of the mansion gate, the main guard;
Cao Shi was discussed under the door, and the mastermind discussed it.

These characters all have a rank salary of about one hundred to three hundred stones, and their positions are different, and their ranks are different, and some counties are different from other counties.

In addition to these, there are also a group of miscellaneous staff such as Menxia Li, Menxia Officials, Menxia Shuzuo, and Menxia Xiaoli.

These are the officials directly under the county government.

Like Tian Cao's history called just now, he is in charge of the reclamation and livestock breeding in the county, and the agriculture and animal husbandry in the county are all under his jurisdiction.

There are also the history of households Caoshu, Zhumin households, sacrifices, farming and mulberry;
Water Cao Jishi, the person in charge of the county's water conservancy;
The history of Cao Cao at the time, the main season of sacrifice;

Compared with Cao Yushi, the property in the main county, the inspection and verification of the mantissa.

These officials belong to civil affairs officials, and they are in charge of things related to the people.

Don't look at the main season sacrifices and so on, but it is very important. Without this, the people in the county will not feel at ease for a year.

For example, agricultural sacrifices such as the beginning of spring are the most important events of the year.

Then the governor of Longxi County called Cangcao Shushi, who was in charge of Canggu affairs; Jincao Shushi, who was in charge of currency, salt and iron.

There is also the plan that has not yet been called, Cao Shushi, who is in charge of planning; Shibai, who is in charge of municipal administration, and these belong to the financial officials in the county.

And Bing Cao Shunshi, who is in charge of the Chinese affairs of the soldiers, plus the Wei Cao Shunshi who was not called, is in charge of the transfer of disciples.

This migrant is some criminals who are escorted to the frontier and other places, and they will definitely pass through some places.

If something happens in your area, the first thing to look for is Wei Cao Yushi.

As for the last Sai Cao Shunshi, he was in charge of the frontier fortress. Originally, he and the thief Cao Shunshi were in charge of thieves, so they should belong to political and legal officials.

However, Longxi County is located in the frontier, so Sai Cao's history was classified among military officials.

There is also Ma Cao Yushi, an official who does not exist in other places, and there are many large stables in Tianshui Horse Farm in Longxi, so there is such an extra position.

His division is a bit complicated, it belongs to both civil affairs and military affairs.

Although these officials are also under the jurisdiction of the county government, they are not 'directly' officials of the county government.

If the officials directly under the county government are transferred, he can take away some or all of them. They are all officials arranged by the county governor.

But other officials are different, other officials are appointed by the imperial court.

This is done for the sake of a two-phase check and balance.

The county guard can govern these officials, but has no right to dismiss them. This is to reduce the probability of the county guard's misconduct.

And these officials are generally served by local forces, and the right to choose the officials directly under the county guard is also to prevent these officials from taking over the county guard.

Of course, there are also some county guards and local officials who are united to do something, and there are also those who are in the same situation, fighting each other and not being good officials.

But generally speaking, this system is still very useful, and it has a high probability of avoiding the occurrence of local power separatism.

There is also a lieutenant at the side, civil and military systems, the county guard has no right to manage military affairs, everything has to be discussed.

The officials in the entire county are like a small imperial court. The situation is complicated and there are many officials, but it is actually very easy to understand.

Like the frontier county of Longxi, although Lingju, Jincheng, Huqiang Station and other places are also within the jurisdiction of Longxi County, they are not qualified to intervene in the affairs of these three places.

This area belongs to the military area, and everything in it is in accordance with military affairs, and the lieutenant Hu Qiang is in charge of everything.

Including Huangzhong Yicong, it is also under the jurisdiction of Huqiang Xiaowei, who is in charge of an area that is not inferior to a county.

But unlike the counties that check and balance each other, this area is under the jurisdiction of Hu Qiang Xiaowei, and he has the final say on everything. After all, there can only be one general in the army!

The same is true for the Wuhuan Colonel in the east, who has great power, has soldiers and horses, and has territory, so people who are not trusted cannot be appointed.

As for the area in the Northland, it's not that there are many captains and school captains in the county, it's a little different from the two.

They have soldiers and horses under their command, but they don't have territories. This is the only difference between them and Huqiang and Wuhuan.

And these many school captains and captains who are not under the jurisdiction of local forces are all under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Their immediate superiors are the Grand Sima who is in charge of the country's military affairs, and the Grand General is the head of the country's generals, and the Grand Sima is a position of real power.

However, these school lieutenants and captains have the right to command troops, but they do not have the right to deploy troops.

If the enemy comes to attack, they can only defend and pass the news back to the big man, and then they will rush to the eight hundred miles.

It depends on the court's consideration whether to let them make arrangements according to the situation, or whether the imperial court sends generals to come.

The army of the Han Dynasty can only be mobilized together with edicts and tiger charms. Sometimes, under special circumstances, envoys can also be mobilized.

Without these three things, even if the sky is falling, you cannot take the initiative to attack, because it is a great crime.

If you really made great achievements, then you can still escape death, be degraded, demoted to a commoner, it depends on the emperor's mood.

There is no merit or demerit at all. If you mobilize troops without authorization, there is only one way to go, and that is death, and in serious cases, the family is exterminated.

Of course, you can also surrender to the enemy.

Although it is said that the general is out, the king's order is not accepted, but this is a taboo thing, which one who does this kind of thing is not a famous general who has left his life in history?

But what happened to them?Die badly!

How many people died well?

Of course, like Huo Shan, these things do not exist, even if they are transferred without authorization, then it is just a matter of making up an imperial edict.

Not to mention that he himself is holding the imperial edict at this moment.

So, this thing also depends on the person.

Not only do you have to look at yourself, you also have to look at the emperor sitting on it.

And Huo Shan was originally the great Sima, with the Snake Slaying Sword in his hand, these school lieutenants and their soldiers and horses, Huo Shan can mobilize them at will.

Even for soldiers and horses in the county, emergency situations are not impossible.

And the [-] counties that Liu Che gave him have the right to control everything, which is very large.

This is because Huo Shan can mobilize all the things in the county, such as documents, money, soldiers and horses, etc., can be arranged by himself.

With a warrant from Huo Shan, everyone in Longxi can move to Tianshui.

With one warrant, everyone in Tianshui can be moved to Longxi.

With one warrant, all the people in the [-] counties can be moved to the Western Regions.

One warrant can mobilize all the resources of the fourteen counties.

The important thing is not these, the most important thing is the soldiers and horses, not only that he can mobilize the soldiers and horses in the county.

With Huo Shan's order, there are millions of people in the [-] counties, and they can make up an army of one million. Is this a great right?

The subsequent blank edict was just a supplement for the sake of the name, the process still has to go!

And Huo Shan asked for so many resources, the governor of Longxi County was in pain, because these things emptied nearly half of his resources in Longxi.

Although Longxi is a large county, most of the resources have been paid and taxes, and the rest are all invested in the Qiang Guard's Department to deal with the Qiang people.

And the military households in Longxi County are all in the hands of the Huqiang Xiaowei Department, and all the resources they produce are used in the Huqiang Xiaowei Department.

And that's not enough. Although Longxi is a big county, it still can't support the Qiang School's lieutenant's department.

The rest of the counties and the imperial court will also dispatch resources every year.

The same is true for the Northland. If it weren't for Liu Che's military household policy, which has been scolded for being militaristic, the military deployment of the Dahan can drag down the entire Dahan. No matter how much money and food you have, you won't be enough.

So after a year, he basically has nothing left in Longxi, and the poverty is clanging. This is the helplessness of the frontier county at this time.

But after reading it, he still readily agreed.

That edict accounted for more than half of the reasons.

The other half of the reason is that after decades of years of fighting, all the officials of the big man have a consensus.

That is, anything can be delayed, only the military cannot be delayed, even if you are poor, but as long as you give an order, you must be ready to die.

And the reason why the governor of Longxi County was so happy was that the person who gave the order was Huo Shan.

In the last battle, Huo Shan didn't use any resources from the Northland. He still distributed 20 cattle and sheep to the Northland when he came back. If he wins this time, won't he make some money?Think of it as an investment.

This idea can be regarded as a bit of comfort he gave himself!
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After waiting for a short time, the subordinates found the person the governor of Longxi was looking for.

He handed the order to everyone, and said:
"I've agreed, everyone, take a look!"

The captain took over first, and he was pleasantly surprised as soon as he glanced at it:

"A few days ago, the imperial court issued an order that the Champion Hou will arrive soon?"

The sheriff smiled and explained:
"It's not too late. The court officials took too long to discuss. The Champion Hou also brought troops and horses for this trip. He needs to prepare in Chang'an, so it took a lot of time. The Champion Hou can only catch up on the road!"

(End of this chapter)