The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 511
Under the central government, of course, the official position of governor of the eleven states currently controlled by Ji Han is the most prominent.Here, Guan Yi modified the focus of state-level governments.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were thirteen prefectures and one hundred and eight counties.The governor of the state is a middle-level official with an annual salary of six hundred shi, and the prefect of the county below the state is a senior official with a salary of two thousand shi.At that time, the governor of the state had only supervisory power over the counties below, but no specific civil affairs, finance, personnel, and military power.Xiaolian, who was recommended by each county, has no right to interfere in the slightest.

Such an arrangement is reasonable: the central government directly exerts strong control over county-level administrative units, making it impossible to form a strong separatist force at the local level.The development of top aristocratic families is restricted, while mid-level aristocratic families and even aristocratic families still have room to survive, develop, and become stronger.Relatively speaking, due to the restraint of the big and middle aristocratic families, the lives of ordinary people will be better.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the continuous rebellion in various places, the scope of the rebellion was often as wide as several counties or even several states.The county prefect alone could no longer effectively control the situation.Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty followed Liu Yan's suggestion and changed the governor of the state to the governor of the state.

The power of the state pastor is too great: he is responsible for the civil, financial, and military affairs of the entire state.So when Emperor Hanling collapsed, coupled with Dong Zhuo's brutal ruling, the entire Eastern Han Dynasty fell apart in an instant.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was only one state in Shuhan, so there was nothing to talk about.Both Cao Wei and Soochow implemented the system of large military regions.That is to add various titles such as generals and military commanders to important ministers, and let them serve as commanders of a certain military region.However, if the governor or state pastor of each state does not have the title of general or governor, they are only responsible for civil affairs.This is the initial separation of the military and civilians.

Now, Guan Yi's power settings in the local area are:
First, continue to retain the state, county, and county administrative agencies.In addition, retired or disabled veterans were appointed as township heads and pavilion heads to strengthen local control.

Second, continue to implement the large military region system.In the hands of the local chief executive, there are only a few hundred county and county soldiers maintaining law and order. The real field army is relatively completely separated from the civil administration system.

Third, weaken the personnel power and financial power of the state-level government, but at the same time strengthen the supervision and assessment power of this level of government.In terms of civil power, the main responsibilities of the state government are also functions such as guidance and coordination.

In short, the country is too big after all, and it is necessary to divide it into more than a dozen states.But the influence of the central government must be carried out directly to the lowest level.Therefore, personnel power and financial power must be distributed among counties.State governments at all levels are more like dispatched agencies of the central government than real first-level governments.

Well, in fact, the governors of the Ming Dynasty were only officials sent by the central government rather than a provincial government.However, with the game between the local government and the central government, the governor has gradually become a de facto senior official (strictly speaking, a senior official should be a political envoy).Guan Yi doesn't know how long such a system can last.But he is very clear in his heart: Due to the scattered production in the agricultural society, the economic ties between all parts of the country are weak at other times unless they are hit by disasters.This is the source of natural separatist forces.Due to the increase of separatist forces, the central government had to strengthen the weight of local officials in order to maintain unity.Decentralization eventually becomes centralization.

The only way to overcome this inertia is to strengthen the economic ties and psychological identity of various places, and this requires cultural infiltration, improvement of transportation and industrial development.The former Great China is the only one in the world.The latter two are the responsibility of the traverser.

In short, although the governor's power has been weakened.But in the end, it has a huge influence on a state and has a high status. Therefore, the governors of the eleven states have attracted the attention and competition of people from various factions.

After another round of repeated negotiations, the candidate for the governor of the eleven states was finally decided.

Governor of Yizhou: Ma Yi (Nanzhong Governor is no longer set).

Governor of Liangzhou: Chen Can (Dong Jue retired).

Governor of Yongzhou: Pang Hong.

Governor of Youzhou: Mao Jiong.

Governor of Pingzhou: Yang Ji.

Governor of Jizhou: Chen Shou.

Governor of Qingzhou: Li Xiang.

Governor of Bingzhou: Du Zhen.

Xuzhou governor: Wei Guan.

The governor of Yuzhou: Yanghu.

The last state, Yanzhou.After a serious negotiation with Liu Chen, Guan Yi chose a character that no one had thought of as the governor.

The eldest grandson of Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Kang who was titled Duke of Shanyang when the Jin Kingdom fell.

After Ji Han took over the eight states of Kanto, the Chang'an regime did not recognize all the various princes, dukes, and marquises previously conferred by Cao Wei and Sima Jin.Even if Xu Cong contributed to the opening of Luoyang like this, he was only given a new title of Marquis of Ting, and the previous title of Marquis of Mouxiang was gone.

Therefore, the Sanyang Principality naturally disappeared.

However, after all, he is a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty. Don't you, Ji Han, claim to be orthodox?How could the descendants of the Han emperors of the previous dynasty be treated so harshly?

In terms of seniority, Liu Chan and Liu Xie are of the same generation, so Liu Chen is a generation higher than Liu Kang.But now Liu Chen can't give up the throne to Liu Kang, and then become a new generation of Uncle Liu, can he?

Therefore, Liu Chen could only temporarily appease the other party with the title of county marquis: this county marquis is not a county marquis like Sima Yan who can do things cheaply in the fiefdom.It is the traditional county marquis of the Han Dynasty: a certain amount of tax paid by this county every year will be paid to your family for expenses.That's all.

Such an arrangement, of course, caused some noise.Therefore, after discussing with Guan Yi, Liu Chen directly gave Liu Kang the post of governor of Yanzhou: I asked my distant nephew not to be an empty duke, and gave him a real job to do things. Am I broad-minded enough?
It is not necessarily clear whether the heart is broad, but it is certain that Da Sima's sinister intentions are hidden here.

There is a famous Internet saying in later generations: The reason why the working class in capitalist countries feel that they are doing well now is because the Soviet Union still exists.

There is another sentence to the effect that: Although you often complain about the unfairness of life, the reason why you can complain freely on the Internet instead of worrying about being shot by a stray bullet all day long.Precisely because the ruling party you complain about still exists.

It is foreseeable that in the new round of reforms in the future, the eleven prefectures of Ji Han, especially the eight prefectures of Kanto that were newly included, will definitely arouse strong resistance from some aristocratic families.Due to the deep-rooted control of the aristocratic family at the grassroots level, it is not that the retired veterans who have just arrived in the villages and stand alone can completely compete.So at the beginning, some people who didn't know the truth would definitely be instigated by the family to make trouble.

At this time, apart from simple suppression, the best way is to set a benchmark for comparison.

Yanzhou is full of aristocratic families.And located in the heart.If there is a rebellion in the future, it is destined to become the main battlefield.But now he is a completely inland state, far away from Soochow and even the alien races in the north, and even if the sky is turned upside down, he will not be able to get effective support from external forces.

So, Liu Kang children's shoes, you can be the governor, we will not let you be a rice bug, and give you real power to let you do things.It's broad enough.And in order to dispel your worries, we don't even send veterans and remnants here, and in order to maintain the stability here, we don't even change the chief officials of the various counties.Interesting enough?
Anyway, in the eight states of Kanto and the five states of Hebei, we use the shareholders of Fuxingshe as governors.The two states in the border area of ​​​​the three states in Henan use famous ministers from the former Jin State.In this case, Yanzhou used the former royal family.At that time, everyone will be able to compare: the imperial court will count the growth of the population and cultivated land in each state every year.Words can lie, but numbers don't.

At that time, the aristocratic families and common people all over the country will understand which state is doing a good job in public affairs, and which state's people are living a good life.A new policy like Ji Han's is really good for the people!

And people like you who have been doing rice bugs for decades will also know how difficult it is for us Jihan to be able to get to where we are today in one state.At that time, perhaps you will truly calm down the unwilling emotions in your heart, and be an obedient citizen in the new big man wholeheartedly!

(End of this chapter)