Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

The prefecture of Dawu, like the prefectures of the Han Dynasty in history, is a supervisory area, not an administrative area in the true sense.

Originally in the state of Wu, there was a supervisory censor at the county level, who was under the censor Zhongcheng and was responsible for supervising the sheriff and other officials.

However, these supervisory censors stayed in one place all the year round, so they inevitably developed bad habits. A small number of supervisory censors may collude with local officials and give and receive privately, so they cannot play their due role.

In view of this, Qingji decided to set up a state level to monitor the world in order to strengthen the centralization of power.

It is worth mentioning that in the previous Great Wu, the county was a first-level administrative place, and it was governed by both the military and the people.

The county has three main officials who are not affiliated with each other: the sheriff, the censor, and the county lieutenant.

The sheriff is the chief of the county, and most of the frontiers are military generals, and most of the inland areas are Lang officials, with silver seals and green ribbons, and ranks of two thousand stones.

The power of the county guard in Dawu is very strong. Except for the county magistrate who is directly appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, the censor who is responsible for supervising the county government, and the county lieutenant who is responsible for commanding the garrison and managing public security, the other officials of the county are all on their own. Appoint and remove.

The county lieutenant is in charge of the garrison in the county, in charge of public security, and the detection of thieves, with a silver seal and green ribbon, and a rank ratio of two thousand stones.

The county lieutenant is directly under the imperial court and resists the county guard.

There are officials under the county lieutenant, and there is one Cheng in the inland counties, and two in the big counties.

For the frontier counties, there is one captain every [-] miles, and the captain has two Shi Shi and two Wei Shi each, who are in charge of the frontier fortress garrison.

"Your Majesty, does the governor of this state only have the right to inspect and impeach the officials of the department?"

Li Ke asked rather puzzled.

"good."

"I don't know the official rank of the governor of the state?"

"The governor of the state, the provincial procuratorate, whether he can be dismissed, and the punishment of unjust prisons are really all-encompassing for local political affairs."

Qingji said slowly: "The rank of the assassin is six hundred stones, and the bronze seal is black. The target of the inspection is the prefect of two thousand stones. I mean, I think that those who have stopped advancing are brave enough to do things, so I use low-level officials to supervise high-ranking officials. "

"The governor can take advantage of the biography to play things, and he is always under the censor Zhongcheng."

The governor of the state is just a small official with a rank of six hundred shi?
However, this power is not ordinary.

The governor of the state is actually equivalent to the later "imperial envoy", or the inspector of the eight prefectures.

During the heyday of the Han Dynasty, there were 1587 prefectures and 1082 counties. Now Dawu also has 45 counties and only [-] prefectures.

Qingji felt that the power of the sheriff was too great, so the original intention of setting up the governor of the state was to monitor the local area, especially to limit the power of the sheriff.

"In addition, each vassal kingdom also sets up provinces for supervision."

Qing Ji said earnestly: "Restore the provinces of Khwarazm, Lydia, Medes, Macedonia, Thrace, etc., a total of 35 provinces."

"The highest governor of the province is the governor, just like the governor of the state, with a term of five years and an official rank of six hundred stones."

The original intention of Qingji to set up the province was painstaking and solitary, and it was completely paving the way for the successor king to promulgate the "Tweeting Order".

Once the Tweeting Order is promulgated, each vassal kingdom will be weakened step by step, and its real governance power will be imposed on the governor of the province.

This actually made Qingji doubtful.

After all, his purpose of entrusting the princes to establish a state and a country is to make his Great Wu Empire one family forever.

If powerful ministers appear in the court, the vassal king can launch group fights against the court's powerful ministers. If there is a rebellion in the vassal kingdom, it is difficult to suppress, and the emperor can also help out, or order nearby vassal kingdoms to send troops to suppress it.

The emperor and the vassal king support each other, and they are all one family, so the Wu family can last forever...

Therefore, on the issue of the Tweeting Order, Qing Ji was a little hesitant.

"Second and third sons, I want to implement the imperial examination system to replace the examination system and select talents to appoint talents."

"This……"

Li Ke asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the imperial examination system is?"

"The imperial examination system is to select scholars through imperial examinations, and to select scholars by trying strategies."

"It is divided into four grades: college exam, township exam, general exam, and hall exam. The college exam is invigilated by the county magistrate. After passing the exam, you are a scholar. Then there is the township exam, which is invigilated by the county magistrate. Those who pass the exam are juren."

"The next level is the general examination, which is presided over by the Ministry of Rites. Those who pass the examination are called Gongshi. If you can pass this test, you will be eligible to take the highest level of examination, which is the imperial examination."

"The palace examination is presided over by the emperor himself. Anyone who can pass the palace examination will be awarded a Jinshi background, and can serve in the court or in various places. At least one county magistrate, or an official with a rank of more than six hundred stones."

"In all palace examinations, the first one is called the number one scholar, the second one is the model, and the third one is the Tanhua."

Qing Ji said slowly: "The imperial examinations are divided into two categories: regular examinations and compulsory examinations. Those held in installments every year are called regular examinations, and those held temporarily by the emperor's edict are called systematic examinations."

"The examination subjects include Jinshi, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingshu. The students are assessed on their poetic prowess, calligraphy, arithmetic, and knowledge of classics and laws."

What are Jinshi and Mingjing?
Jinshi emphasizes poetry and Fu, and Mingjing emphasizes posting scriptures and Mo Yi.

The so-called post scriptures are to expose one page of the scriptures, cover the left and right sides, open only one line in the middle, and then cover the three characters with a paper post for the tester to fill in.Moyi is a simple written test on the words and sentences of the scriptures.

Tie Jing and Mo Yi, as long as you are familiar with the biography and annotations of the scriptures, you can take the pilot test, and poetry and fu need to have literary talent.

In general, the examination content of the imperial examination system still has extremely high requirements for scholars, but they cannot be memorized blindly.

"In addition, there will be a 'Martial Examination', presided over by the Ministry of War. The examination subjects include horse shooting, infantry shooting, flat shooting, carbine, weight bearing, etc. Those with high ranks will be awarded officials, followed by class promotion."

Great Wu is an empire with strong military power and prosperous culture, so it is natural to have both civil and military skills, and develop both civil and military forces.

……

"Father, Lord Wu An... died of illness."

When Qingji returned to Zide Palace and was about to deal with daily government affairs, he suddenly received a report from Prince Heng.

Qingji, who heard the news, was stunned for a moment, and then said flatly: "Got it."

"..."

Qingji's attitude made Prince Heng a little confused.

In the past, when old ministers died of illness, Qingji would usually be very sad.

Why is Qing Ji's attitude towards Sun Tzu's death is not salty?

Numb.

Yes.

Sun Wu was already very old, and he died of illness at this time, it is definitely the end of his life.

Over the years, veterans such as Ji Ran, Wu Zixu, Wen Zhong, Tian Rangju, etc. have died of illness one after another, passing away, Qingji is very sad and deeply saddened.

One of them died and one was missing, and they passed away.

"Wu Heng."

"My son is here."

"My old ministers, I sometimes think of them, why do you think about others when you see things?"

Qingji sighed and said: "Order people to draw pictures of their appearance before they were alive, and set up Lingyan Pavilion in the palace. There are 24 people who are still alive, such as Sun Wu, Ji Zha, Wen Zhong, Wu Zixu, Tian Rangju, and others. It deserves to enjoy the Taimiao and be buried with the meritorious officials in Zijinshan Imperial Mausoleum."

"Hang their portraits in Lingyan Pavilion."

"promise!"

Win the name of life and death!
For Qingji, there were only 24 meritorious officials who were buried with the Zijin Mountain Imperial Mausoleum and who deserved to share the Taimiao.

Now Lingyan Pavilion is also established, which is the famous "Lingyan Pavilion 24 Heroes" in history.

Qingji not only wanted to let them live forever with him, but when he thought of these heroes in the future, he would also visit Lingyan Pavilion and express his heart.

For the successive deaths of these heroes, why doesn't Qingji mourn?