Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 171 Qinzhou Inspector
After Liu Chan entered the city, he met the Northern Expedition and Longyou Wenwu in Fuya.Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Chan said some words of encouragement and warning, and asked everyone to retreat and rest.Zhuge Liang was left alone to discuss the major changes in the history of the governor.

At night, in the temporarily remodeled palace of the Ji County government, Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan chatted in detail about the undiscussed content in the car in the middle of the night.

More than a dozen Qinggong lanterns illuminate the humble government office in Ji County, where Liu Chan and Zhuge sit opposite each other.

Liu Chan picked up the teacup, took a few sips, and said slowly: "Talking about the governor's history of the state, I want to talk about the county system with my father first."

"Oh! I don't know what your Majesty's opinion is?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

Liu Chan put down the teacup, smiled lightly and said, "I don't dare to speak lightly, I just think about it in Hanzhong recently."

Liu Chan pointed at his feet, pointed his head forward, and said solemnly: "Ji is also the land of Rong. Qin conquered Shangyu, and then set up Ji County! Ji County was the first county to be approved for thousands of years. Later, Shang Yang was reformed and Qin State reformed. Since then, counties and counties The system has become the system that my China will never change."

"If I remember correctly, when Qin unified the six kingdoms, he set up 48 counties and governed more than 91 counties; by the time of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, the world had increased to [-] counties and [-] princely states, totaling a total of [-] counties. Nine counties."

"In the past few hundred years, the territory of China has become wider, with more counties and more people. The imperial court has never slackened its energy in monitoring the counties and counties in the world. The prefect has the right to appoint, and he is corrupt. At that time, the supervisory censors were ordered to inspect counties and counties, and Emperor Wu set up the thirteen department of governors, and transferred the censors to governors to monitor the behavior of local prefects."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang stroked Xu's approval and added: "Your Majesty's words are not wrong. After the Guangwu Zhongxing, the six hundred stone governors were converted into two thousand stone governors, who are permanently stationed in the state and can also serve as generals to fight against injustices in all directions. At the time of Emperor Ling, Na Liuyan "abolished history and established animal husbandry", the shepherd of Houzhou held great power and divided one side."

Liu Chan nodded, took the words, tapped the case table with his index finger, and said solemnly: "After Guangwu, the governor supervised the county officials and dealt with the affairs of the state in depth, but there was no specific jurisdiction. It is the same as the pastoral supervisor of the state in the future. The people, the appointment and removal of state and county officials have completely different rights."

After a pause, Liu Chan continued to ask: "I wonder if Xiangfu understands what I mean?"

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought: "The minister understands what His Majesty means. Your Majesty has set up a new governor, but the position of Ruzhou Shepherd does not have the power of State Shepherd?"

Liu Chan looked up at Zhuge Liang, nodded and said, "That's right. The world is in chaos. It seems that the county prefect and state shepherd have evil intentions, but in fact they have too much power and no one can stop them. Although the county prefect is named by the governor, But the governor only cares about the actions of the officials, and does not correct their mistakes in government affairs... Besides, both of them are real two thousand stones, whichever is bigger and which is smaller."

"Since the Guangwu Zhongxing, the governor of the state has been 'dismissed and the governor resumed', but the governor has not resumed his duties in Beijing and has been supervised by the censor Zhongcheng. , no subordinate officials, more affairs, and the increase of his left and right aides, and without the jurisdiction of the court, this is an act of defeat."

Liu Chan emphasized his tone, poked his head forward, and said: "That's why I thought that the establishment of Qinzhou can be used as a reform of the county system, and the power of governors and expropriations will be taken away, and the left and right staff will be appointed by the imperial court. Qinzhou prefect, salary They will all be lowered from the real two thousand stones to the second two thousand stones (note ①), and the governor will be raised from the real two thousand stones to the middle two thousand stones."

Zhuge Liang frowned, met Liu Chan's gaze, and continued: "Designate the governor as the official of government affairs, and govern the government affairs of the counties and counties in the prefecture. In the future, the government affairs will be transferred to the imperial court, and counted in the imperial court every year like counties and counties."

Liu Chan clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Exactly."

Liu Chan changed his tone and asked. "It's just that I don't know who is responsible for the responsibility of the supervisory officials?"

Zhuge Liang frowned, paused for a moment, thought for a while, and said slowly: "I will continue to serve concurrently as the governor. At present, I am a big man who is in two states for the time being, and Yizhou is under the jurisdiction of the inner government. The matter of Qinzhou's supervision, continue." It is enough for the governor to serve concurrently, if there are new officials, I am afraid that the number of officials will be serious."

Liu Chan pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "But as Xiangfu said, I have a doubt, and I return to Xiangfu to solve it. Qinzhou is the hope of my great man, the entrustment of prosperity, and the place where I came from the east. Now it is sparsely populated. , the people's livelihood is in decline, government affairs are slack, Tang Fan caused chaos in Longxi, and the people are not peaceful."

"I'm thinking hard about who to choose, and I've counted the courts and places, but I can't find the right person. I don't know if there is someone who can succeed the governor of Qinzhou and assist General Wei to guard the northern border?" Liu Chan asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and said with a light smile: "Liang would like to ask Your Majesty, why did the land in Longyou become the entrustment for my great man's recovery?"

Liu Chan was stunned: "Longyou is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the folk customs are strong. It flows eastward and can be tackled."

Zhuge Liang shook his head with a smile, lightly tapped his feather fan, and said slowly: "Your Majesty only knows one thing, but not the other. If Longyou is just like this, how can Qin and the former Han use this place to conquer the world. Qin Huang ruled the six kingdoms, Han Fighting the Xiongnu with arms, Longyou has half the power."

Hearing this, Liu Chan adjusted his clothes, bowed to Zhuge Liang, and said respectfully, "Please teach me Zen!"

Zhuge Liang showed panic, and hurried forward, helped Liu Chan up, and said: "The way of the monarch and his ministers is like the division of heaven and earth. Your majesty is the sky, and your ministers are the earth. Your majesty treats your ministers kindly, and you should do your best to repay your majesty. I dare not accept it." Such a great gift."

The two returned to the case and sat down, Huang Hao stepped forward to change the teacup.

After Zhuge Liang sorted out his thoughts for a while, he said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, you know why the Later Han Dynasty guarded against the nobles and powerful people in Longyou, and why the taboos are so deep!"

Liu Chan frowned and pondered, and said slowly: "But because the Guandong scholars don't like people from Longyou, they despise them for advocating courage and strength, and are not good at writing?"

Zhuge Liang held the feather fan in his hand, tapped it in the air a few times, and said with a smile: "It's just a superficial appearance. Your Majesty, you know that in Guangwu's unification of the world, which side is the most difficult for the princes?"

"Kai Xiao?" Liu Chan said.

"Exactly! Kai Xiao took Longyou's tyrants as his confidantes and Qiang people as his minions to separatize Longyou. Kai Xiao comforted the Qiang people and sent troops to resist the Han. But after Kai Xiao's defeat at the hands of Guangwu, the Later Han moved to Longxi The surname is in the east of Guandong. Longxi is uneasy, and the Qiang people are dissatisfied because of the defeat of Kaixiao, and they rebel and plunder the counties."

"In order to prevent the Longyou people from colluding with the Qiang people to rule Longyou, Guangwu appointed the cruel official Fan Ye to punish the heroes of Longyou for 14 years. prevent its resurgence."

At night, under the lights, Zhuge Liang slowly analyzed the relationship between the Longyou gentry, the Qiang people, and the Eastern Han Dynasty for Liu Chan.
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① The governor of the Western Han Dynasty was six hundred stones, the governor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the prefect were all real two thousand stones, and the governor of the state was two thousand stones.There are three grades of two thousand stones: 'medium two thousand stones, real two thousand stones and comparison two thousand stones'.

(End of this chapter)