Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 128 Abolishing the county and changing it to a township ([-])

another year later
As soon as the prince Liu Fuling came to the throne, Yan Wang Liu Dan and Qi Wang Liu Ze publicly questioned that Liu Fuling was not the blood of the late emperor, and plotted a rebellion under the pretext of this.

Liaodong County
"The king of Yan secretly invited this prefect to do something together and assist him to ascend to the throne of God." The 71-year-old Liaodong prefect Wang Changzhi held the superstition secretly sent by the envoy of the king of Yan in his hand, and his words were quite mocking.

This is not how loyal Wang Changzhi is to the court. If King Yan is really capable of rebelling successfully, it is not impossible that Wang Changzhi can help.

But Wang Changzhi has been the prefect for so many years, and has been in the officialdom for so long, how can he fail to see that Yan Wang Liu Dan is a pure waste.

If Liu Dan can successfully rebel, sows can climb trees!
The Wang family will not help those who are destined to fail, this will only bring trouble to their own family.

Whoever wins, the Wang family will help.

"Ha ha……"

The head of the Zhang family sneered, he is Zhang Shou's son.

Zhang Shou died of illness two years ago, and Li Yao, the captain, was appointed by the court as the magistrate of the county, and the position of captain was held by the head of the Lu family. As for the new head of the Zhang family, he became the magistrate of Wen County.

After more than 30 years of hard work, there are only four major families left in the entire Liaodong County.

There are a total of 36 officials, large and small, in the entire Liaodong County Mansion, three of whom are the prefect, the magistrate, and the captain (junwei), and the remaining 33 are officials.

Most of these 33 officials belonged to the Zhang family. Because the Zhang family lost their official position in the county government, the major families gave up the number of officials as compensation to the Zhang family after discussion.

The Zhang family occupies thirteen official places, the Wang family occupies ten official places, the Li family occupies eight official places, and the Lu family occupies two official places.

The Lu family already had a second history of salt and iron, and was the weakest in strength, so the number of officials was the least.

The ten officials of the royal family are:

【Register: Wang Changtu

Contributor: Wang Hongming (the eldest son of Wang Changtu)

Gongcao Shuzuo: Wang Hongli (second son of Wang Changsheng)

Five sense organs: Wang Hongteng (the eldest son of Wang Changan)
Household Cao: Wang Hongke (second son of Wang Changan)

Superintendent (du post): Wang Hongzheng (the eldest son of Wang Xiaoqian)
Inner Palace: Wang Xin (son of Li Xi)

The head of the pavilion at the gate of the mansion: Wang Ju (son of Wang Xin)

The thief Cao: Wang Su (second son of Wang Xin)

The Taoist thief under the door: Wang Shuo (the eldest son of Wang Ju)]

At the same time, after so many years, various family positions of the Wang family have also been changed.

[Family Cheng: Dongfang Shuo

Elders: Zhang Cigong, Wang Xiaoqian, Wang Changsheng
Registrar: Wang Ruxuan

School: Wang Xiaoqian of Etiquette and Confucianism; Zhang Cigong of Art of War; Wang Changsheng of Operations and Management]

After some discussions, everyone agreed that King Yan should not follow the incident, and the Patriarch of the Lu family even felt that he should report the matter to the court directly, so as to claim credit.

Prefect Wang Changzhi agreed, and he not only wanted to report Yan Wang's rebellion, but also asked the court to abolish the county and change the township.

Tashi County and Pingguo County were abolished, the two counties were merged into Liaonan County, and Dashi County was renamed Daxiang, and Pingguo County was renamed Pingxiang.

The reason is that civil uprisings occurred in these two counties, and the population dropped sharply. The combined population of the two counties is only 6000, and the two counties are relatively close to each other.

Doing so has both advantages and disadvantages for the Wang family.

The disadvantage is that Wang Changsheng, the county magistrate of Dashi County, will lose his position as the county magistrate. The Wang family no longer controls a county, but a township, and can only control a coward.

The advantage is that after the two counties are combined, it will be more convenient for the Wang family to merge land.

Otherwise, the Wang family can only annex the fields in Tashi County, not the fields in Pingguo County.

Moreover, if the two counties are combined, it can better conceal people's eyes and ears when merging land.

After all, a loss of a few hundred people in a county with a population of 3000 to 6000 is a big deal, but a loss of a few hundred people in a county with a population of more than [-] is relatively not that noticeable.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Wang family decided to submit a letter to the imperial court requesting that the county be abolished and the township be replaced.

After all, a county magistrate who will be replaced by the court sooner or later, how can there be a real annexation of Liang Tianxiang?

No matter how high the official position is, it is only temporary, but good land can be passed down from generation to generation!

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A few months later
Changan
Weiyang Palace

"Three, Wang Changzhi, the prefect of Liaodong, wrote a letter requesting that the county be abolished and the township be changed. You can take a look." Huo Guang, the great general and chief minister, said to the other three auxiliary ministers.

The little emperor was young, so it was naturally impossible to handle state affairs, so the state affairs were discussed and decided by their four auxiliary ministers. After their discussions, the little emperor Liu Fuling stamped the seal, and finally sent the stamped resolution to the In the hands of Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu, Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu announced it.

It can be said that the major affairs of the country are in the hands of the four of them, the emperor is only responsible for stamping, and the prime minister is only responsible for publishing.

Sang Hongyang, the imperial historian, Shangguan Jie, General Zuo, and Guang Luxun Jin Ridun each had different opinions after reading it.

Jin Rixun said: "His proposal is also for the consideration of the court. Since the population of the two counties is so small, it is better to merge them together. In this way, only the salaries of officials in one county need to be paid, and the salaries of officials in two counties do not need to be paid."

Jin Rixun believes that the abolition of counties and townships is indeed in line with the current policy of the imperial court to recuperate and recuperate. If the imperial court wants to recuperate, it must save expenses. The court saves money.

He considered it from the perspective of recuperation, so he agreed with the abolition of the county and the transformation of the township.

Shangguan Jie had some friendship with Wang Changzhi because he had been a subordinate of Wang Changzhi, so he said: "The prefect Wang is loyal to the court, so this suggestion is naturally acceptable."

He considered it from a human point of view.

At this time, Sang Hongyang quit, shaking his head quickly and said: "Liaodong is difficult to manage because of its remoteness, so it is necessary to appoint more county magistrates to strengthen management, lest the younger generation take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, if you want to abolish the county and change the town , then the court’s management of Liaodong will be looser, and it will be more difficult for us to understand Liaodong.”

He considered it from the perspective of national overall planning. The finer the internal structure of a regime, the easier it is to manage. , although the management cost will drop, but the control will drop significantly, and slowly, this place will gradually become independent.

Liaodong was originally inclined to become independent because it was far away from the central government. Now it is necessary to abolish counties and change townships, and combine several counties together, making the court's understanding of Liaodong even more vague. Isn't Liaodong's future independence faster?

Of the four auxiliary ministers, two agreed and one opposed, leaving only Huo Guang silent.

Looking at the crowd, Huo Guang said, "I agree with the plan of abolishing counties and transforming townships."

"Great general!" Sang Hongyang wanted to stop him: "Over the years, due to the rise of refugees, the court's control over the powerful has been weakened. How can you still agree to the plan of abolishing counties and changing villages to harm the country and the people? Wouldn't the control power be weaker?"

"Doctor Sang, don't worry." Huo Guang explained with a smile: "I know your worries, but what do you think the court's top priority is? Is it to fight the Huns? Is it to control the powerful? No, no, no, neither. One, that is to recuperate and appease the more than 500 million refugees in the Kanto counties!"

"For the highest decision of recuperation, all other policies must make way for it. Since abolishing counties and transforming townships can make recuperation better, why not do this? The problem of the powerful, can there still be the problem of more than 500 million refugees Is it serious? Besides, Wang Taishou is loyal to the court, he will never collude with local tyrants, you can rest assured."

Huo Guang's explanation made sense.

There are advantages and disadvantages to abolishing counties and transforming townships. For a wealthy dynasty, the more counties the better, the more careful the division of administrative regions, the stronger the control, and the harder it is to become independent.

But the problem is that the current Han Dynasty is not a rich dynasty. There are more than 500 million refugees in the Kanto counties waiting for food. If they are not careful, they will trigger a large-scale civil uprising and repeat the chaos of the end of Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, under such a special background, local independence can only be allowed temporarily, so as to better recuperate.

"Ugh……"

Seeing that the three auxiliary ministers all supported the abolition of counties to townships, Sang Hongyang no longer insisted on it, but said quietly: "After the recuperation is over, those abolished counties to townships must be changed back to the county level."

(End of this chapter)