Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 504 New System Implementation
The news that Lu Kang was about to retire quickly spread throughout the court. After the court meeting on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Lu Kang submitted a letter "begging for bones", which Bai Tu rejected for the first time...

But everyone knows that Lu Kang's resignation is probably a matter of spring and summer. This time he was rejected, but in about a few months, he will go through the process of resigning for the second time.

As for the identity of the successor, it is also very easy to guess. Lu Kang did not let anyone know. Not only did he hint to some people in private, but he also used several issues during the court meeting to draw everyone's attention to Yu Fan.

This is not surprising to the ministers. After all, in terms of his relationship with the Jiangdong nobles and his loyalty to Bai Tu, Yu Fan is a rare suitable candidate, his ability is above the qualified line, and his qualifications are impeccable...

The cabinet is the place where the King of Chu "comes up with ideas", but making up ideas does not just use the brain, or... with Lu Su and Jia Xu here, the cabinet is not short of "brains."

For example, Lu Kang and Huang Chengyan's main task is to balance the impact of cabinet decisions on the Jiangdong gentry and Jingzhou gentry - they can question some decisions that will cause backlash, but they are also obligated to make decisions that can be passed by the cabinet. to quell the backlash.

Of course, compared to Lu Kang, Yu Fan's "lubricant" seems a bit frosted...

Throughout the four years of Chu Li, there were still a lot of things going on in Chu State. There were academic examinations in June in the middle of the year, imperial examinations in October at the end of the year, and at the beginning of the year... the two-level system of prefectures and counties would begin to be gradually promoted!
From the beginning of the founding of the Chu State, Bai Tu has been "making plans". However, because it involves a lot of work, especially the changes to grassroots officials, it will be very drastic, which is equivalent to establishing more grassroots government offices and at the same time making changes to the officials at the grassroots government offices. A more detailed breakdown…

I have been preparing carefully before, but now three years have passed, including this year's imperial examination results, a new batch of talents will enter the official ranks of Chu State, and the two-level system of prefectures and counties can also start.

As for the specific divisions, the six ministries and the Privy Council have already discussed it repeatedly, and information has been leaked to grassroots government offices in various places. Some local-level decrees are even implemented according to the new divisions, which can be regarded as giving everyone a familiar idea. Chance.

The entire Chu State will be divided into ten roads, and the ten "roads" will be supervisory units, similar to the "states" of the Han Dynasty before the state pastoral system, but there will be no chiefs, and there will be six departments and a military and horse department, which will be independent of each other and supervise. Rokubudo at the state level.

The ten roads are: "Jinling Road" where the capital Jinling is located,
"Jiangdong Road" east of Jinling,
The "Huainan East Road" and "Huainan West Road" divide Huainan into two parts.
Including the "Kuiji Road" in the southeast of Jiangdong and the original Zhangling County,
"Wangjing Road" from Xiangyang to Wancheng,
"Jinghu North Road" in the northern area of ​​Jingzhou centered on Jiangling,
In the north of Jingnan, the "Jinghu South Road" centered on Changsha and Hengyang,
In the southern part of Jingnan, more "Jianning Road" is responsible for the task of integrating Wuxi barbarians.
And... the "Guangxin Channel" which has not yet been made public, mainly in the Jiaozhou area.

Among them, the one that stimulated the Han Dynasty the most must be "Wangjing Road"-not only the county system was greatly changed, but also... Wangjing?
No matter how you look at the location of Wancheng, what you are looking at is not your own Jinling, but Guanzhong and Chang'an!

When Liu Xie heard the name for the first time, he slapped the table and asked: What are you looking at?
What has not been made public for the time being and is completely in the theoretical stage is "Guangxin Road" - Guangxin is a county in Cangwu County and the first county established after the Han Dynasty recovered the land of Guangdong and Guangdong.

The original meaning of "Guang" in "Guangdong and Guangxi" in later generations was to refer to "Guangxin".

The Jiaozhou Shi family already has the willingness to join forces, but the two sides are still in the stage of back-and-forth negotiations.

Shi Xie did not have the ambition to compete for hegemony among the princes, but... he definitely hoped for more benefits. The year before last, he had asked the King of Chu to win the title of the Han Dynasty for him, and then attached himself as the Han Dynasty, but was directly rejected by Bai Tu. .

It was a little unpleasant at first, but soon after, Jiaozhou once again asked the Chu State for help for a batch of grain, and presented many specialties and treasures, with a vague intention of paying tribute.

Historically, Shi Xie surrendered his entire family to Sun Quan two years after the Battle of Chibi, and still retained a certain amount of power and influence in Jiaozhou.

However, after Shi Xie's death, the descendants of the Shi family wanted to separate themselves from Jiaozhou, but were exterminated by Sun Quan. The hostages left in Jianye were not spared either...

It can be seen that Shi Xie did not have any ambitions for hegemony. After Sun Quan made it clear that he had become a separatist regime after the Battle of Chibi, Shi Xie had no intention of competing with him for Jiangdong. He accepted Sun Quan's appointment of Bu Zhao as the governor of Jiaozhou, and the entire clan He surrendered and was granted the title of General Zuo, and still sat in command of Jiaozhou.

At the same time, it can also be seen that Shi's influence in Jiaozhou is extraordinary. After his death, Shi's dream of separatism can still be dreamed of, and Shi Xie's status in later generations of Guangdong and Guangdong even surpassed that of Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam!

Although the Chu State did not have a head-on fight with the North to prove its strength, Chu State's status did not need to be proven by a hard battle.

No matter how you look at it, the current situation in Chu State is much stronger than that of Sun Quan who was just proud after the Battle of Chibi.

In particular, the Chu State has been actively developing relations with the prominent families and indigenous people in Jiaozhou, and its influence among the people is not small. The entire Jiaozhou is not only close to the sea, but also to Chu.

Shi Xie objectively had no other choice, and subjectively had no other ideas.

The focus of the tug-of-war between the two sides now is just how much power Shi Xie can retain, or... how much interests Shi Xie can retain!
Therefore, the Ten Dao of Chu State did not include Badong, but Jiaozhou has been included.

As for the state level, it is slightly larger than the current county level, and much smaller than the county level. Today, the mainland of Chu State does not include overseas ports and counties such as Liaodong, Donglai, Zhouhu, and Badong, nor does it include Yizhou and Danzhou. The Governor's Mansion has a total of 240 four counties and 21 counties!

There are only 81 "states" after the restructuring. Each state has a county town that is mainly developed, and it also has two or three small counties.

At the state level, there is the Liubu Hall, which is managed vertically by the Six Departments and the Six Central Departments. One person is selected from the Department of Liubu Hall as the "Zhizhou", as the highest official of the "state".

The principle of appointing the magistrate is that the chief magistrate of the local development-focused department will be appointed. Most magistrates will be appointed by the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who is responsible for local people's livelihood projects. However, if it is a large commercial or educational state, the magistrate will be appointed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. When the chief ministers of Tang and Libu Hall serve as magistrates and need to focus on rectifying the rule of officials and the rule of law, or promoting the inventions of the Ministry of Works, it is not a bad idea to have the chief ministers of Libu Hall, Xingbu Hall, and Gongbu Hall hang the seal of magistrates.

It can be said that there is a core official at the state level who can coordinate local development and prevent the whole group from being completely leaderless.

There are also seven prefectures, which are more similar to states geographically, but have the same administrative level as "Dao". They are the seven central development areas of Chu State. The Liubu Hall of Qifu is also directly under the center.

First of all, it is naturally the "Jinling Mansion" where the capital is located.
There is also Shouchun Mansion, where a large city trading with the Central Plains is located.
"Hefei Mansion", the military and political center of Huainan,
The "Wancheng Mansion" that penetrates into the Central Plains in the territory of Chu State,
"Wuchang Mansion" is located in the middle of Jingyang Waterway.
"Jiangling Mansion" in the center of Jingzhou,
And the "Wu Mansion" where Chu's most important estuary to the sea is located.

In the promotion of the two-level system of states and counties, the biggest change will definitely be at the state level, which is the most basic level - the government offices equivalent to an average of three counties will be integrated into one state government office.

At the same time, the supporting team of the state government office is much more comprehensive than the original county government office!
Originally, in ordinary small counties within the Chu State, the six grassroots departments were generally incomplete and were mainly part-time. This can be regarded as a gap left long ago - after being merged into a "state", it will be like a jigsaw puzzle, forming a larger, A more complete part.

And starting from the road construction plan after the advent of cement, now the railway tracks have to be laid. The convenience of transportation also means that the jurisdiction of the grassroots government agencies can be even larger!

Of course, the Chu State did not abandon the more basic "Ting" and "Township". It was no longer necessary to set up six departments in the Ting and Township, but also set up townships and pavilion offices, of which the township chief and the pavilion chief were the responsible persons. Officials need to take temporary posts in Liubu Hall...

There are also two levels, military and prison, which are independent of states and counties - "military" is where the garrison is located, and "supervisory" is where large and important official buildings or salt and mines are located.

For example, the shipyard built by Gan Ning in Shanyin was called the "Sanyin Ship Supervisor" in the plan, and the station of the Xinye Division was the "Xinye Army". Those important mining areas...

These are naturally the direct responsibility of the Six Ministries or the Privy Council and are not subject to the control of local states and counties. The states and counties have their own support and development of small and medium-sized official offices.

There is also a certain number of city guards, which are essentially different from the garrison managed by the Privy Council. The former is better at public security within the city. The number of Ji Zao soldiers is usually very small, only enough to build a city wall sentry, and they focus more on "public security" rather than combat. !
The garrisons in various places are the armies that can truly fight and retreat and defend.

In addition to the military reform of the military rank system, the Chu State also refined many new military regulations.

Theoretically, when facing a large enemy invasion, the city guards could surrender directly to ensure the safety of the people in the city without participating in the war.

When the garrison assumes the task of defending the garrison, it has specific requirements for surrender conditions, such as the period of food shortage, the ratio between enemy and friend, etc...

However, the red line is the casualties of the people - no matter what the circumstances, if more casualties are caused by surrender, it is considered treason. Is a.

On the contrary, if you protect the people of Chu when the enemy is very different from us, then even if you surrender, you will not be blamed. As for whether you will be deceived by the enemy... follow the consequentialism-based on the true results.

Not only will the Chu State not punish those who surrender in compliance with the regulations, but they will also actively redeem their people after the war, and if they fail to redeem themselves, they will treat their families well.

Even if you are captured after a defeat, you can theoretically surrender unconditionally - you will not accept defections, but you can also wait for the Chu State to redeem you.

After the redemption comes, how to deal with it depends on the division of responsibility for defeat. Those who are not at fault in the war will not be affected.

Those who cannot be redeemed, especially those who have been innocently plundered, can be converted to surrender as appropriate without harming the interests of the Chu State - for example, ordinary government officials are captured after the garrison is defeated, and the enemy does not accept redemption. This situation The State of Chu will not pursue him if he surrenders to the enemy, but no matter what the circumstances, if he leaks the secrets of the State of Chu and harms the interests of the State of Chu, he will be held accountable afterwards.

Of course, surrendering without fighting or surrendering in fear of fighting is tantamount to treason, and family members... are not popular to be implicated, but those who are younger than three generations cannot even dream of entering an important university such as the Yanwu Hall, or holding an important position.

In fact, this regulation not only treats the Chu generals well and enhances the internal sense of belonging, but is also an "uncomfortable" thing for the enemy, because after the "crimes of defeating the army" are refined, the defeated generals' escape path is not cut off, and it is difficult to attack the Chu state. The defeated general will surrender.

Not only the "non-war faults" part, but even the generals who had a small responsibility in the defeat would often rather go back to Chu and accept some punishment than surrender directly.

The most important thing is, without being held accountable by the Chu State, who can ensure that they are not pretending to surrender?
Even if he is held accountable and the descendants of his family are implicated, there is absolutely room for redemption without being sentenced to actual punishment. Who knows if someone who was really demoted will one day take advantage of his position to get rid of his crime?
As for those whose escape route is completely cut off...

Basically, there are problems with ability and character!
You have lost all the battles you shouldn’t have lost, so what else can you say about surrendering?
Too much rice?
Chu State has proved that even if it is really too much work, it can still promote cultivation among the people without raising more useless people!

At least it can extend the life span of the population, and even... slightly increase the chance of conception and fertility.

Of course, when it comes to the military, the Chu State cares most about the "unity of the army and the people" and "obedience to the court".

Needless to say, maliciously disturbing and harming the people is a red line. There are also detailed regulations on the temporary requisition of materials by the army, and the targets are not limited to Chu people.

If you look at Badong County, you will know that when the Wancheng [-]st Division and the Xinye [-]st Division requisitioned additional grain in Yizhou, they directly traded salt, dried meat, etc., and temporarily requisitioned the grain reserves of the rich families. Even if they don't pay, they'll all have IOUs.

Even in Danzhou, the governor's palace and the savages who did not understand the language all moved to Mulixin...

After all, the Chu State's military pay was implemented and the families of grassroots generals were given special preferential treatment. There was no need to use "legal robbery" and "unspoken robbery" as other princes did to maintain the morale of the army's grassroots generals.

The only "flaw" is that the cost is too high - not only the cost of military pay and preferential treatment of military families, but more importantly, in order to maintain and strengthen this feeling, it is not only necessary to carry out corresponding activities, but also...for those who violate the principles A general, regardless of his military rank, must be brave enough to divide and punish.

The latter is the real “cost”…

Over the years, Pan Zhang is not the only general who has been demoted or beheaded at all levels, there are several with higher military positions than him!

And the benefits are too many...

Not only has the Chu army surpassed the scope of the "ancient army" in terms of military spirit and beliefs, but it has reached the level of a modern army in terms of quality, and it can also weaken the civilian resistance in the occupied areas in foreign wars!

Yan Yan has been operating in Bajun for several years, and his subordinates are in Yizhou. Both the military morale and the morale of the people are definitely much higher than the average. However, Badong has only been lost for more than half a year, and now the people of Badong are "lucky to miss Sichuan."

In Jinling's newspapers, we often see letters of thanks from the people of Badong and complaints against the princes of Shu. In Badong's newspapers, we often see the true treatment of the people of Chu, hoping that the war zone order will be lifted soon...

The specific manifestation in the world of Cheng Ji is that the manpower collected in the newly occupied land can be directly supplemented to one's own army, while the controllability of Ji Zao soldiers is minimally reduced.

　Dongdong: Today is just one chapter, only 4000 words. I went to a new home again... I guess I will move completely on May Day.

　　
　
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