Mi Han

Chapter 212

In the prefect's mansion in Xicheng, Mi Yang, the prefect of Hanxing, was handling government affairs.

After taking down the West City, the powerful Deng Fu in Fangling City, under the deterrence of Mi Yang's martial power, immediately expressed his willingness to surrender to Mi Yang.

Since then, Mi Yang has successfully obtained the actual control of the entire Hanxing County.

After becoming the prefect worthy of the name and reality, Mi Yang began to carry out a series of policies in Hanxing County.

The most important of these is personnel arrangements.

In the pre-Han period, the local administrative system implemented a two-level system of prefectures and counties, and the prefecture country was the highest local administrative body.

In the modern Han Dynasty, due to the continuous increase of the authority of the governor, the local administrative system was transformed into a three-level system of prefectures, counties and counties, and the county and state became the local middle-level administrative organization.

Hanxing County is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou in terms of administrative division, and the current Yizhou Mu is Liu Bei.

Therefore, according to the administrative system, Mi Yang had to obey Liu Bei's instructions in government affairs, but in the Han Dynasty, the prefect had great power.

At present, most of the prefects are two thousand stones, and two thousand stones is an important sign of whether the officials of the Han Dynasty are high-ranking officials.

Regarding the duties and powers of the prefect of a county, "Han Guan" has a detailed introduction:

"The prefect is dedicated to the county, believes in the principles and achievements, persuades farmers to relieve the poor, resolves lawsuits, promotes profits and eliminates harm, prosecutes county traitors, promotes good and dethrone evil, and punishes cruelty."

"Continued Han Shu Baiguan Wu" also said: "Both filial piety and honesty, 20 people in the county mouth."

Due to the great power of the prefect, Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty once said:

"The reason why the common people live in peace in their fields and perish, sigh and grieve, is also the reason for political justice.

Those who share this with me are only two thousand stones! "

From the above examples, we can know that the prefect of a county is almost equal to the local emperor of this county, and he almost cares about everything, including the military and government.

Under such circumstances, Mi Yang can almost make a decision on the appointment and removal of county officials.

Among the many official positions in a county, three positions are the most important, namely the captain, the master book, and the meritorious officer.

When the system of prefectures and counties was implemented in the Qin Dynasty, there were prefects, that is, the captains of the Han Dynasty.

"County lieutenant, official of the Qin Dynasty, in charge of guarding military affairs, and a soldier. The rank ratio is two thousand stones. There is a prime minister, and the ranks are all six hundred stones. In the second year of Emperor Jingdi's middle school, he was renamed Duwei."

In the Han Dynasty, there were basically captains in every county, but occasionally there were no captains in a few inland counties, and there were occasionally two or three captains in border areas or larger counties.

In the sixth year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu dismissed the captaincy of the county and country, but later due to military needs, he often set up a captaincy in border counties from time to time, following the principle of setting up when there is something to do, and dismissing if there is nothing to do.

Except for Sanfu, the counties in the inland generally seldom set up captains in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The setting of the post of captain in the Han Dynasty was more flexible.

Duwei is subordinate to the prefect of the county, and his status in a county is second only to the prefect. His subordinates include Cheng, Zhubu, Gongcao, Xiaoshi, etc.

Except for the official who is the six hundred shi, the rest of the subordinates are appointed by the captain himself.

Although Hanxing County is not a big county, but because it borders Nanyang County, Hanxing County is considered a border county among Liu Bei's forces.

In this case, it is customary to set the Captain.

The captain is a high-ranking official of two thousand shi, and Mi Yang has no right to be responsible, but Mi Yang has the right to make suggestions on the candidates for the captain of Hanxing County.

Before that, Mi Yang used his suggestion power to make Ding Feng the captain of Hanxing County.

As for the county soldiers in Hanxing County, they have not yet been formed, so Ding Feng currently has no other military power except to assist Deng Ai in commanding the [-] soldiers and horses in the camp.

But as Hanxing County gradually gets on the right track, the importance of his captaincy will gradually be reflected.

When Ding Feng learned that he was recommended by Mi Yang to be the captain of Hanxing County, he was inexplicably grateful to Mi Yang.

Before following Mi Yang, he was just a small army Sima.

But after following Mi Yang, he has gained Mi Yang's trust, and now he has become a captain with a rank of two thousand stones. This is undoubtedly something he could not imagine in the past for Ding Feng.

You must know that the captain is not only in charge of the military power of a county, but more importantly, when Mi Yang, the prefect, is not in the county, once a war breaks out in the county, then Ding Feng can directly replace Mi Yang according to the usual practice, and temporarily command the military and political power of a county. .

This kind of promotion and trust made Ding Feng feel that it was right for him to work hard for Mi Yang.

But facing Ding Feng's gratitude, Mi Yang just smiled and didn't care.

What Ding Feng got now is what he deserves.

Had it not been for Ding Feng's bloody battle that day, he would not have quelled the Xicheng Rebellion so quickly.

As the minister who made the first contribution to pacifying the Xicheng Rebellion, it was only natural for Mi Yang to promote Ding Feng as the captain.

After solving the position of captain in Hanxing County, Mi Yang can appoint the rest of the important positions on his own.

For example, the position of postal supervisor, in the Han Dynasty, the postal supervisor, meritorious officer, and master book were all the right posts of a county, and although the rank was low, they held important positions.

The postal supervisor is directly under the prefect, and his post is to supervise the county, and the branch is set up.

"Its prison belongs to the county, and there are five postal supervisors."

But in fact, the establishment of postal supervisors in the Han Dynasty varied in complexity and simplicity according to the size of the county, and could not be divided into five parts.

For example, in Hanxing County, Mi Yang only set up one postal supervisor.

The postal supervisor is responsible for patrolling the headquarters, has the right to supervise the magistrate, the county magistrate, and various officials at the county level, and has the right to ask the magistrate about arrests, but he cannot kill without authorization.

In addition to supervising the county officials, Duyou is also responsible for punishing local tyrants in the county.

If there is an imperial edict from the central government involving counties belonging to the governor, the governor will go to the county to implement it.

The prefect of the county can also entrust the postal supervisor to handle various other affairs, such as arresting criminals in the county under his jurisdiction and so on.

It can be said that Duyou is the eyes of the prefect in the county. For such an important position, Mi Yang handed it over to Ding Feng.

Ding Feng is a surrendered general. As a surrendered general, he can only rely on him if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Hanxing County.

So as long as Mi Yang can pass certain things, it will prove that Brother Ding Feng is really serving him.

So to a certain extent, the loyalty of the Ding brothers to Mi Yang may still be higher than that of Zhang Yi and others.

And such an identity is very suitable for Ding Feng to be the postal supervisor.

The same Mi Yang recommended Ding Feng to be the captain because of this consideration.

Putting Deng Ai aside for the position of captain, Meng Da and Zhang Ni are both suitable.

But both Meng Da and Zhang Ni are already in charge of a battalion of soldiers and horses, if Mi Yang entrusts them with the post of Captain, then the authority in their hands will be too heavy.

In the long run, this is not good for Mi Yang.

It's not that Mi Yang doesn't trust Zhang Yi or Meng Da, but trust is emotion, and checks and balances are means. Both are indispensable to maintain stability.

Otherwise, like Cao Pi, he trusts the gentry very much, but he has no means to check and balance the gentry.

Therefore, Cao Wei's power was seized by the gentry later, which is a lesson from the past.

After appointing Ding Feng as postmaster, Mi Yang formally appointed Lu Yi as a meritorious officer.

Han people regard meritorious service as the prime minister of a country.

Wang Chong once compared Gongcao to a tiger:

"The House of Bianfu said that the tiger eats people, and the meritorious Cao is the result of treachery. It means that the meritorious Cao is the leader of all the officials, and the tiger is also the hero of all birds."

He also said: "The official of the meritorious Cao is the prime minister."

The meritorious Cao "mainly selects the meritorious service", and almost all the personnel in a county are determined by the meritorious Cao, so the actual power is quite heavy.

Related to employing people, meritorious officials can also discuss rewards and punishments.Proper selection of meritorious officials can make "all the treacherous officials in the county self-introduced."

But if the meritorious service is not used properly, the officials will be mean, and the virtuous and obstinate will be favored, just like a tiger eating people.

Because of this, Wang Chong said: "The meritorious Cao is a traitor, and he fishes from the officials, so the tiger cannibalizes people, in order to imitate his intentions."

Because of the importance of the meritorious officer in charge, when the prefect has something to do, it is often not the commissioner of the county, but the meritorious officer.

Juncheng is only the second in command of government affairs in name, but in fact has no real power at all.

When Lu Yi raised food and grass for Mi Yang, Mi Yang was quite satisfied with Lu Yi's administrative ability.

Therefore, the candidate for "Xiangguo" in Mi Yang's mind is Lu Yi.

As the emperor of a county, the prefect, and the staff members who assist him in governing the county have a clear position and correspond to the official positions of the central court.

For example, Duwei corresponds to Taiwei, Duyou corresponds to Doctor Yushi, and Gongcao corresponds to Prime Minister.

Although there are still many differences between these positions in detail, they are not far from each other in terms of main functions.

Because the county official is appointed by the prefect, so the county official is equivalent to the title of the emperor and minister to the prefect. For example, many county officials call the prefect "fujun";
Many county officials call their county "this dynasty", which almost equates the county with an independent government.

At present, Mi Yang seems to be forming the administrative team of Hanxing County, but he is actually forming his private team.

His current team does not seem to be big, and there are not many talents.

But in the future, as his official position rises, until he has the power to open the government, the team he has formed today will grow with him step by step, and will eventually develop into a complete and independent shogunate.

Even in the future, it will not be difficult to achieve "all in one in the palace and in the mansion" as Zhuge Liang did in history.

It's just that after the appointment of the captain, the governor and the meritorious officer, the position of the master book made Mi Yang a little bit difficult.

The post of master book is the administrative affairs official of the prefect of the county, that is, the director of the office of later generations.

In the Han Dynasty, the position of the master book was not as important as the meritorious officer, but compared with other officials, the master book dealt directly with the prefect more often, and the general affairs of the county had to be handled by him.

The responsibility of the master book is to "manage government affairs, pick up what's left and make up for it".

Since the world was in chaos, the position of the master book has gradually been respected, and its importance has gradually become equal to that of a meritorious officer.

The office of the master book is called under the door.

If you want to compare it, the master book is equivalent to the post of Shang Shuling in the central court.

For such an important and intimate position, Mi Yang finally chose Fa Miao, the son of his mentor Fazheng.

After Fazheng's death, Fa Miao inherited Fazheng's contribution and was bestowed Marquis of Guannei by Liu Bei.

In history, Fa Miao was an official to Fengche Duwei and Hanyang prefect, but now Fa Miao is keeping filial piety for Fa Zheng.

In Yuanshen's impression, because of Fazheng's relationship, Fa Miao and Yuanshen were very close.

In addition, Fa Miao came from a famous family, and his professional ability is good. He is indeed the most suitable candidate to be Mi Yang's master.

Mi Yang had written to Liu Bei before, hoping that Liu Bei would win Fa Miao to end his filial piety and come to Hanxing County to assist him in handling government affairs.

The letter has already been sent to Chengdu, and it is expected that Liu Bei will get a reply in the near future.

According to Mi Yang's assumption, Liu Bei would not refuse this request.

It's just that Fa Miao has not arrived yet, and there is a "Shang Shu Ling" missing, and many government affairs need to be done by Mi Yang himself.

Since Mi Yang took control of Hanxing County, on the one hand, he has severely punished the officials who committed the most heinous crimes in the county, and on the other hand, his development of Dutian has progressed very smoothly.

After gradually sorting out the population and the total number of acres in Hanxing County, Mi Yang announced to the whole county that the "land granting" would be launched.

The act of granting land has happened frequently since the former Han Dynasty, and it mostly happened after the prefect cleaned up the local tycoons.

After all, after cleaning up the local tyrants, there will be a lot more land without owners.

In this case, in order to develop the people's livelihood, the granting of land happened naturally in one fell swoop.

Of course, the granting of land in the Han Dynasty is very different from the "distribution of land" in later generations, and they should not be confused.

But when the news was announced, the government affairs in Hanxing County became more complicated.

Since last month, many people have come out of the mountains in Hanxing County one after another.

These people were originally residents of Hanxing County, or some of them fled from Guanzhong to Hanxing County.

Because of the evil deeds of the Shen brothers in Hanxing County, they fled from Hanxing County to hide in the mountains.

It's just that although most of these people hid in the mountains and forests in the past, their connection with the outside world has not been severed.

After learning that the Shen brothers and a group of Shen's party members had been put under the law, they also heard that the new prefect Mi Yang had the act of "granting land", so they came out of the mountains one after another, hoping to get the protection of Mi Yang, the prefect of Hanxing.

For more than a month, thousands of people have escaped from the mountains and forests.

In order to resettle these thousands of people, Mi Yang could only temporarily recall those officials who carried out "dutian", and this move undoubtedly slowed down Mi Yang's governance plan.

But there is no way, it is impossible for Mi Yang to sit back and watch the thousands of people have no homes to support and no food to eat.

What's more, thousands of people, at least tens of thousands of people, this kind of strategic resource is exactly what Mi Yang needs most.

So Mi Yang has been entangled in complicated government affairs since he took over Xicheng for two months.

Of course, the reason for this is also because Mi Yang executed too many members of the Shen family before, resulting in too many officials in Hanxing County, which seriously slowed down the administrative efficiency of the prefect's mansion.

Mi Yang has no regrets about this.

Even if it will seriously affect the administrative efficiency, Mi Yang can't tolerate those who harm the people, and he can still work safely with the imperial salary.

Slow down the efficiency, slow down, those who harm the people must die!
Besides, if Mi Yang didn't execute the heinous people because of concerns, those people would undoubtedly have nothing to fear. This would be like planting time bombs in Hanxing County.

It may be fine at ordinary times, but once it explodes in an emergency, the consequences will be disastrous.

Although the efficiency has slowed down, after more than two months, most of the government affairs in Hanxing County are on the right track.

If you think about it, it will take only half a month at most, and you can sort it out.

Mi Yang was lying on the case and was constantly reviewing the documents reported by his subordinate officials.

At this moment, Lu Yi, who looked sad, came to the lobby with a letter in his hand.

After Lu Yi came to the lobby, there were already tears in his eyes, and he bowed to Mi Yang:

"Your Majesty, Cao Pi has usurped Han and established himself!"

Lu Yi's sad words pulled Mi Yang's thoughts out of the complicated government affairs.

He immediately got up and came to Lu Yi, took the information in his hand and read it carefully.

After reading it, a cold and stern look flashed in Mi Yang's eyes.

Cao Pi!

Then Mi Yang ordered to the guards in the hall:

"Call Lieutenant Meng Da to come see me!"

(End of this chapter)