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

Chapter 469 Official System ([-])

Woju City (Vladivostok)
"Father, all our people in Zhacheng have moved away." The daughter of King Goguryeo is reporting the latest situation to King Gaolian of Goguryeo.

"En." Goguryeo King [Gao Lian] nodded, standing on the pavilion, looking at the sea in the distance.

Because it is still in the Little Ice Age, the port function of Woju Port has been invalidated, and the sea outside is frozen all year round, so the fleet of King Yan’s family can’t get through at all. This is why Goguryeo dared to establish its capital here.

300 years ago, Goguryeo was divided into dozens of independent tribes under the suppression of the royal family.

More than 100 years ago, the Goguryeo people reunified and took revenge, but they were continuously suppressed and almost exterminated.

Decades ago, a generation of hero "Tan De" succumbed to the royal family, and used this precious honeymoon period to annex Bei Woju and many Wuji tribes and Su Shen tribe.

"According to the past expansion law of the King Yan family, they will not be as eager for success as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and they will not pursue the size of the territory too much, but will be very stable. The site has ideas."

"So, after they forcibly occupied our Zhacheng this time, it will take 30 years just to immigrate to open up wasteland, pave roads and build a city near Zhacheng. In the next 30 years, we will spend a period of peace with the Yan Kingdom."

"These 30 to 30 years are very precious. In these [-] to [-] years, we must conquer the Wuji and Sushen people to the north and the Fuyu people to the west to strengthen our own strength. Only in this way can we resist the Wang family in the future." The pace of northward expansion."

Faced with the attack of the army of the Yan State, King Goguryeo knew that he was not an opponent, so he did not intend to fight recklessly. Instead, he transferred the population, materials and wealth in advance, leaving an empty city for the Yan State.

Although he chose to be tolerant to the south, but he chose to attack Wuji and Sushen in the north.

gate city
The original old city wall was demolished, and a large amount of volcanic ash from the Ryukyu Islands was transported here.

The use of volcanic ash can make primitive cement. This knowledge was brought back from Rome by the ancestors of the royal family when they traveled to the Western Regions.

Moo~~
Thousands of oxen appeared on the valley plain at the same time, and they were pulling a new type of iron plow.

This new type of iron plow requires sixteen oxen to pull an iron plow at the same time. The iron plow is very large and can reclaim a large field at one time.

In the country of Yan, there are not only small iron plows for one person that save time and effort, but also double-ox iron plows suitable for cultivating hilly terraced fields, as well as ordinary three-ox iron plows, and the largest sixteen-ox iron plow. Various iron plows are suitable for different environments.

Technology is all around us, and a simple iron plow is also the embodiment of technological development.

A craftsman invented a hydraulic iron plow, which is suitable for cultivating small vegetable gardens near valley waterfalls. At present, it seems useless. After all, no one will open up wasteland and farm in such places. Even if there is, the area is not large, so there is no need for such a luxurious Tools, a cow is enough.

The power of this hydraulic iron plow depends entirely on the power brought by the waterfall, and the power is transmitted to the iron plow through the dynamic bearing.

In addition to the progress and development of the iron plow, there is also the development of the seeder. Although the Central Plains also has a seeder, the seeder is separated from the iron plow. After the iron plow is finished, the seeder must be used for a second time.

The craftsmen of Yan State combined the iron plow with the seeder, so that the iron plow can be used to sow seeds at the same time, without the need for a second job, which greatly improves production efficiency.

Before the official office was built, the land reclamation team had already built two stone walls with primitive cement made of volcanic mud near the site where the official office was built.

The two stone walls are [Law] and [Announcement]. The laws of Yan Kingdom will be posted on the stone wall to make it clear to everyone, and every "lawyer" in the official office is obliged to spend at least one day a month dedicated to Answer the legal provisions for the public.

On weekdays, lawyers have to mediate disputes for the people in the countryside. The promotion, appointment and dismissal of lawyers is subordinate to [Yushitai], but the salary of lawyers is distributed by [Shangshutai].

This is the result of the development of Yan State's administrative system, which subdivides the functions of local governors and does not govern each other.

In the Central Plains, county magistrates can be in charge of all affairs within the county, except that they cannot recruit troops without authorization, which is almost equivalent to the emperor.

In Yan State, except for the aristocratic cities, county magistrates belonged to Shangshutai, lawyers and supervisors belonged to Yushitai, generals and conscription belonged to Jiuqing, and salaries were distributed by Yanhou and reviewed by Yushitai. It was passed by Jiuqing and finally implemented by Shangshutai.

At the same time, the death penalty review process has been improved. The result of the initial improvement is that the local governor has no right to execute the death penalty on the local people. For all death sentences, the local governor needs to report to Yandu. If the death penalty is not approved by Yushitai, Yandu [Tingwei's Mansion] will retrial in person.

This was originally to prevent local officials from killing innocent people indiscriminately, and relying on the power of life and death to form their own power in the local area.

After all, in the former Han Dynasty, when the Wang family was the prefect of Liaodong, they relied on the power of life and death over the people of Liaodong, and slowly controlled the entire Liaodong.

This kind of power of life and death has a very domineering title "Miemen county magistrate" and "Miezu prefect".

These titles sound domineering, but in fact they are the blood and tears of countless people. How many innocent people were killed by the "Miemen county magistrate" and "Miezu prefect" in the former Han Dynasty, this is also a manifestation of the imperfect legal system of the former Han Dynasty .

"Miemen county magistrate" and "Miezu prefect" sound really domineering, but the problem is that most of the people are actually the ones being wiped out.

The legal reform of King Yan's family is to plug such loopholes.

However, this improvement only lasted three years before it was paralyzed.

Because the territory of Yan State is too large, spanning the northern and southern hemispheres, if every death penalty case has to be reported to Yandu for review, it will take several months to go back and forth, then there will be a large number of death penalty cases piled up and there will be no to solve.

And the cost is too high. Traveling all the way to Yandu just to review the death penalty is a waste of resources.

Thus, the [two-capital system] came into being. Yan Houlan negotiated with Jiuqing to use Xingfan City as the second capital of Yan Kingdom. Legal issues in the south area are handled by Lanfang City.

Re-establish a set of administrative system in Xingfan City, and the designated heir of Yanhou will be stationed in Xingfan City for a long time. The status and function in the Spice Islands are equal to that of Yanhou. Hou is the master.

Because Yandu is in the north, it is also called Beidu, and Xingfan City is in the south, so it is also called Nandu.

If no heir is designated, the Marquis of Yan of the Northern Capital will designate one as Marquis of the Southern Capital, and the Marquis of the Southern Capital has the priority of succession.

After the Northern Capital Yanhou passed away, the Southern Capital Yanhou moved to the Northern Capital to serve, and a new Southern Capital Yanhou was re-designated.

When the Marquis of Yan in the Southern Capital passed away, the Marquis of Yan in the Northern Capital redesignated the new Marquis of Yan in the Southern Capital.

One country, two monarchs, this can be regarded as Yan Houlan's own system, which can make it easier to manage Yan's increasingly large territory.

(End of this chapter)