Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 272
"Nowadays, there are more and more governors and governors in various places, and the responsibilities are confused. It is not a good thing. The minister suggested that each province should only have one governor. Except for special places, other governors can be set up, such as Nangan, Yunyang, and Pianyuan. In general, there is only one governor for one province, and one governor for the other two or three provinces, but the same provinces are not to be governors. If the governor is stationed in the province, there is no longer a single governor, but the governor and governor.

Zhu Yihai listened carefully.

He had set up three governors in the east of Zhejiang before, and now they are merged into one, but there is another governor in the west of Zhejiang. These are actually because of the needs of the previous situation. Points are also good for better management.

But looking back now, it is really not good to do so in the long run.

Just like in the last years of Chongzhen, only around Beijing, there were four governors, six governors and eight general soldiers.

"South Zhili is divided into too many provinces and it is unreasonable. It should only be divided into two provinces, or divided into Huaiyang and Jiangsu based on the north and south of the Yangtze River, or divided into Anhui or Jiangsu from the upper and lower reaches."

"There are prefectures and counties under the province, but there are also Zhili prefectures, San prefectures, and subordinate prefectures, which are very chaotic. When unified and integrated, Zhili prefecture can be upgraded to a prefecture, and San prefectures can be directly changed to counties, and the same is true for subordinate prefectures. .”

"I have another suggestion, that is, the various roads set up by the dynasty due to events are still very chaotic up to now. Dao, learning Dao and so on.”

"The minister suggested unified division and adjustment. For example, Zhejiang Province should be unified into four roads: Hangjiahu, Ningshaotai, Jinquyan and Wenchu. The roads are also integrated, so that each of the four roads has only one sub-inspector. The minister believes that this sub-inspector can be regarded as a small governor, in charge of the civil affairs, money, food, criminals, names, and even military affairs of several prefectures within a territory. Then the officials sent by the provincial bureau, and directly like the governor, are changed to official Taoist officials, and their grades are clarified, such as determining their ranks from three or four, and no longer participate in politics, deputy envoys, and other titles."

"In addition, the roads in charge of specific affairs such as grain supervision, water conservancy, learning, salt law, and post-transmission can be renamed halls, and changed to grain supervision hall, water conservancy hall, learning hall, salt law hall, and post-transmission hall, etc. It is directly subordinate to the governor of the province, and no longer separate departments such as the Ningshaotai Water Conservancy Department and the Hangjiahu Water Conservancy Department, but only one department for specific affairs in each province."

"Each road can set up a sub-office or bureau, which belongs to the branch patrol road."

"It is clear that the sub-inspector is the direct superior of the prefect and is responsible to the sub-inspector."

Song Zhipu brought out many problems that he had studied during this period in one breath, and Zhu Yihai listened carefully.

According to Song Shoufu's suggestion, it is to reorganize the local institutions. After all, the original three-division system has long since lost its name. The local high-ranking officials have changed from the three divisions to the current governors. Very confusing way.

It's really troublesome if you don't straighten it out well.

After all, according to the past, the governor was not a local official, but a temporary supervisory official sent by the court. In fact, Daotai was not in the same system as the prefecture and county.

Therefore, Lao Song proposed to turn them all into local officials and integrate them into a system. The commanders of the capital and the commanders of the capital should be dismissed, and only the chief minister and the inspector should be left. Subordinate to the governor.

Then the integration of the Dao, it is no longer this Dao that Dao, and the jurisdiction area of ​​Dao is completely different, but directly between the prefecture and the province, a formal Dao level has been clarified.

However, this Dao is somewhat different from a province or government. Sub-inspectors are similar to governors, but they focus more on supervision, so Dao is actually a virtual Dao, similar to the governor of the Thirteen Prefectures in the Han Dynasty.

Buyin is in charge of the specific affairs of civil affairs and justice in a province, and the governor is in charge of the general.

The magistrate is in charge of the specific civil affairs and justice of a government, while the branch patrol station is in charge of several prefectures.

They are not directly responsible for specific affairs, but overall.

This will clarify the system and prevent confusion of responsibilities, and it will also help strengthen the powers of the governor, a high-ranking official, and strengthen the supervision of local governments and counties, especially those departments with specific affairs, which is more conducive to professional affairs guidance and management.

The chief envoy was originally a high-ranking official, but now he has actually become a standing high-ranking official in charge of civil affairs, money and food.

The branch patrols are directly under the jurisdiction of the governor, and directly manage the various prefectures in the province for the governor, while the departments vertically manage related professional affairs, such as water conservancy, salt law, post delivery, water transportation, coastal defense, etc.

"It does need to be clarified."

Zhu Yihai nodded, "It turns out that the cabinet scholars are only fifth-rank officials, the governors and governors are also temporary, and the priests are even more chaotic. They really need to be adjusted uniformly to adapt to the new situation."

"A bachelor's degree should be changed to the first grade, which is the highest grade with the Sangong."

"Six ministers have been promoted from Zheng Er to Cong Yi, the same rank as Sangu, and Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also Cong Yi."

"The governors of all provinces are the second grade, the same grade as the three masters and three masters of the East Palace, and the right capital Yushi Zhenger."

"The governors of the provinces are the second rank, and they are of the same rank as the six servants and admirals."

"The chief ministers and procurators of all provinces are designated as the third rank, and the chief military officers of each town are also the third grade. The left and right deputy capital censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the general political envoy, and the five temple ministers are all the third grade."

"Taoist and deputy general follow three."

"Qiandu Censor, Deputy Envoy of General Administration, Shaoqing, Head of the Six Divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shizhong, Prefect, and General, are four grades."

"Cabinet Attendant Bachelor, Imperial Academy Attendant Bachelor, Attendant Lecturer, Guozijian Jijiu, Guerrilla Cong four grades."

"Tongzhi, six divisions give Shizhong, and defense is five grades."

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Sixth-rank Tongpan, Qianzong, seventh-rank magistrate and general manager, eighth-rank county magistrate, discipline, and ninth-rank master book.

The bachelor no longer concurrently has six ministers, and directly changed from the fifth rank to the first rank, the highest rank.

The governor and the governor no longer hold the positions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of War, because these two official positions have become official local officials, and their responsibilities have clearly stated that they have the power to supervise officials and admirals, and their ranks are also the second and second.

The chief envoy was downgraded, from the second rank to the third rank, and the Taoist priests no longer determined their ranks by concurrent titles, but directly clarified that they were from the third rank.

Even from Zhu Yihai's new ranking, we can see a lot of things, the governor and the minister are of the same rank, but the governor is one level lower than the minister. The political envoy is high, and the political envoy has a high score.

Then the prefect may go up to the Daotai, the Daotai to the cloth press, the cloth press to the governor, the governor to the minister, the minister to the governor, the governor to the minister, and the minister to a bachelor.

Of course, the actual situation may be more complicated. For example, the provincial governors who are both governors, who may be remote and weak, will be promoted to governors of large provinces first.

But in any case, this does define a new system.

Since the king of Lu supervised the country, there were basically no rules and regulations for officials. A scholar may be directly appointed as a magistrate, and a commoner may worship the general.

A servant may also be the chief assistant.

But after all, this was special before, and now it must slowly get on the right track.

Otherwise it will be completely messed up.

It is normal for the chief envoy to be downgraded. After all, he used to be a high-ranking official, and now he is a high-ranking official.And it's normal for a bachelor to be promoted from fifth grade to first grade, after all, the cabinet bachelor is in power now.

Although the admiral is of the same rank as the governor, he is actually controlled by the governor. Of course, it is only restraint, just like the governor is also controlled by the governor, but they are in charge of their respective affairs, not a direct relationship between superiors and subordinates.

In fact, this is to maintain mutual checks and balances, so as to avoid the possibility of the governor's power being too heavy and the central government being overhead.

The admiral is in charge of a provincial battalion, but the governor, the admiral, and the sub-inspectors all have standard battalions directly under them. However, whether it is the admiral, the governor, the governor, or the sub-inspectors, they can directly mobilize their own pacesetters, and the other battalions are still in charge. It must be authorized by the Ministry of War before it has the right to transfer.

It is precisely because of this that the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies was also abolished this time.

Because some of the powers of the five armies, such as the command of the military, have existed in name only, and most of them have been classified into the Ministry of War in the central government and the supervisor of the country, and they have been taken away by the governor, governor, admiral, and sub-inspectors in the local area, and there are no guards in the local area. It's useless to keep it.

"The post of Governor of Western Zhejiang was changed, and Chen Zilong, Governor of Western Zhejiang, was changed to the Procurator of Zhejiang,"

"Take Ruan Dacheng as the chief envoy of Zhejiang."

"Ma Shiying is serving as the branch patrol of Ningshaotai."

"Governor of Zhejiang, Dongge University scholar Yu Yingjin Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar, no longer concurrently Governor of Zhejiang, Governor of Beijing Camp Wang Zhiren moved to Governor of Zhejiang and Governor of Zhejiang."

"Abolish the post of the former governor of eastern Zhejiang, Huang Zongxi, the former governor of eastern Zhejiang, moved to the right servant of the Ministry of officials!"

Finally, Zhu Yihai did not forget to add a special one, that is, a member of the special governor of the Beijing camp and a member of the Minister of Rongzheng jointly command the Beijing camp, and they will not belong to the Ministry of War.

The imperial battalion stationed in the capital and various places is under the command of the admirals of the three armies of the imperial battalion and the commanders-in-chief of the towns. They are not under the direct jurisdiction of the governors and cooperate with each other in case of war.

This article is added in particular to ensure the power of the central government, especially the emperor.

Otherwise, with the huge power in the hands of the local governors, if the provincial armies are under their control, then it is inevitable that there will be a Southeast Mutual Protection or something, wouldn't it be Barbie Q.

Zhu Yihai's imperial camp was originally set up in imitation of the Beiya Shence Army in the late Tang Dynasty. It is different from the Beijing camp in the Ming Dynasty. The imperial camp must be in his own hands, and it must be a different system from the imperial court's battalion of.

Only in this way can we check and balance each other. In troubled times, emperors often cannot get out of Beijing by imperial decree, or cannot mobilize the army by imperial decree. There are many problems, but a large part of the reason is that in the end of the world, soldiers often have their own resources, and even money, food and equipment do not depend on the imperial court. That's why they can not obey the order.

Zhu Yihai thought about the subdivision of southern Zhili provinces mentioned by Song Zhipu for a while, and felt that it is more appropriate to divide the provinces according to later generations. It is more natural to form a boundary, but judging from the dog-tooth method of the division of administrative regions, this is not conducive to governance, so it is more beneficial to build the two sides of the strait according to the upstream and downstream provinces.

"In the upper reaches, Anqing Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture each take one character, and Anhui Province is established; in the downstream, Jiangning and Suzhou are each selected, and Jiangsu Province is established." Zhu Yihai was lazy and directly used doctrine.

"I suggest that in the east section of Hongze Lake, with the section of the Yellow River entering the sea as the boundary, the Haizhou and Xuzhou prefectures in the north of the Yellow River should be included in Anhui Province, and the Huaiyang prefectures in the south of the Yellow River should be included in Jiangsu." Chen Qianfu suggested.

(End of this chapter)