The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 196 The Controversy Between Han and Miao

The division of administrative regions in ancient my country is constantly changing. During the Qin Dynasty, there were only counties and counties. During the Han Dynasty, due to the expansion of the area, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the country into thirteen departments. In the Tang Dynasty, Taoism was established under the central court. "Tao" means "road", and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the road was changed to a province, and it was used to later generations.

Although the division of "Road" in the Song Dynasty seems to be similar to the "Ministry" in the Han Dynasty and the "Tao" in the Tang Dynasty, the actual content is quite different, and the nature is also very different.The "Ministry" in the Han Dynasty is a supervisory division, the "Tao" in the Tang Dynasty is an administrative plus military division, the provinces after the Yuan Dynasty are purely administrative divisions, and the "Road" in the Song Dynasty is a typical four-dislike.Every road has appeasement envoys (renamed Zhizhi envoys in the Southern Song Dynasty), transfer envoys, mentioning prisons, and promoting Changping official positions. These official positions do not have any subordinate relationship, each manages a share, and reports directly to the court. This is the Song Dynasty. Zoning is characterized by "separation of powers and governance".

For me, the most familiar one is the provincial system.Kublai Khan in the north implemented the provincial system in his territory in advance, which also made me carry out this change in advance.I have always advocated the separation of government and government, and with the abolition of the Xiang Army, the conditions for the establishment of the provincial system are basically mature.After my ego completely devoured the last bit of Zhao Yu's consciousness, I no longer had the slightest scruples about Jia Sidao.Of course, I have also done a comprehensive analysis of Jia Sidao, I will not take my own life as a joke, I believe that Jia Sidao will not rebel, as long as this is true, I will rest assured to carry out reforms.

Relying on my memory, I drew a map of China for later generations. I don’t remember the junctions between the provinces very clearly, but I still remember the general outlines. I also named the names of each province and most of the famous mountains and rivers according to the names of later generations. marked above.

I opened the map I drew, and said to Lu Xiufu and Yuan Ji: "Junshi, sir, take a look, this is the map of our dynasty drawn by me according to the provincial system plan."

After reading it, Yuan Ji said: "The map drawn by Your Majesty includes the original territory of our dynasty, the territory of Xixia Kingdom, Dali Kingdom, and even part of Mongolia and its four major khanates."

Lu Xiufu excitedly said: "Your Majesty, this is a grand blueprint."

The two have been with me for a long time, and they don't ask me where the map I drew came from.I smiled and said, "Well, I want the territory of my dynasty to exceed that of the Taizu, and also exceed that of the Tang Dynasty when the strong man was at its peak."

Over the next few days, I released several measures one after another.

The first is the re-division of our dynasty's administrative regions. This task is led by the Government Affairs Council, with the assistance of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials. From now on, we will strive to complete the re-division of our dynasty's existing regions within three years.Of course, I still put the pilot area on Fujian Road, and Fujian Road has become Fujian Province, which does not involve issues such as regional mergers. It is relatively the simplest area, and only needs to make changes within it.

The re-division of administrative regions involves not only the change of names, but also the redistribution of the interests of officials. For example, when Liangzhe East Road and Liangzhe West Road merged into Zhejiang Province, the original two officials will naturally meet. Two become one, so who will stay and who will go?Moreover, the change of local officials is also inextricably linked with the important officials in the court, so the task is also very arduous.

As for the person in charge of this matter, I am biased towards Wen Tianxiang, so I did not announce it at the court meeting.

As a result, it also aroused the speculation of officials in the DPRK and China. Will the Government Affairs Council replace the original Zhongshu Ministry?After the decree was announced, Zhongshuling Weng Yinglong looked helpless, looking at the expressionless Jia Sidao from the corner of his eyes, and did not dare to ask questions.

Second, appoint Shi Hongsheng as the minister of the Ministry of Education, responsible for the establishment of the Ministry of Education, and plan to popularize education for all.Third, order the Department of Law of the Criminal Ministry to popularize the legal knowledge of officials in the central and central ministries and explain the code of conduct for officials, and make it one of the contents of official assessment.Fourth, order the Ministry of Household Affairs to establish a national medical system and ensure that at least county-level administrative regions have government-run medical clinics.Fifth, order the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture to issue policies to encourage and support the development of agricultural commerce in various places.Sixth, the Royal Academy of Sciences was established. Starting from the county-level government, each government office needs to allocate specialized personnel to implement local scientific and technological tasks, count and recruit various talents, and include them in the official assessment content.

On the last day of July in the first year of Xianchun, Wen Tianxiang, Lan Yu and others returned to the capital. Before everyone had time to rest, they hurried to the Imperial Study Room of Ninggan Palace to report to me the struggle between Han and Miao in Jishou.

I first took a look at Wen Zhang's injuries, and was relieved to see that he was basically unharmed.

"Song Rui, Lan Yu, Wen Zhang, the three lovers have had a hard time on this trip, so sit down and talk." I wanted to know the process, and signaled the three of them not to salute, "Song Rui, tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tianxiang said, "After leaving Beijing that day, I hurried along with ten people including Lan Tongzhi, and arrived at Jishou in the early morning of the eighth day."

"It's so fast." I said to myself.

It is about 1500 kilometers from Lin'an to Jishou. According to the calculation of the official road, it may reach nearly 2000 kilometers. Wen Tianxiang and others only spent 8 days, which means that the average daily journey has reached about 250 kilometers, which is equivalent to six hundred miles. You must know that the speed of the court postmen is to change people and horses, but Wen Tianxiang and others just change horses without changing people, which shows that the journey is hard and tiring.Lan Yu and the other guards were fine, and they were equipped with high-quality martial arts. Although Wen Tianxiang knew a little about martial arts, this long-distance running was also a great test of his perseverance.

Wen Tianxiang continued: "After arriving in Jishou, the minister and Lan Tongzhi had a brief discussion and decided not to go to the county government, but went to the place where the incident started as a tourist. Zhenxi Village outside Jishou County, Zhenxi Village is Jishou County. Half of the village is Han and half is Miao. After two days of inquiry and investigation, it was found that the cause of this incident is very simple."

Wen Tianxiang took a sip of the tea ceremony, "The water resources in the village are poor, and there is only one well for the villagers to use. Whenever there is a severe drought, there will be disputes between Han and Miao over the water source. In the first few months of this year, it was raining everywhere in my village. Sufficient, even surplus, only the Jishou area has been drought for days, as in the past, the two sides had a quarrel over this, originally it was just a civil disturbance among the villagers, but this time it involved the yamen."

"When there is a dispute among the villagers, the government should naturally intervene. What's so strange about that?" I asked.

"Your Majesty, this matter has not been resolved for a long time, and the government has ignored it for many years, so the villagers feel strange. The reason for the government's intervention this time is also very simple. One of the Han people in Zhenxi Village was doing business abroad. In his hometown, the businessman's surname was Wei. When he saw that the two tribes were vying for water, he offered 500 taels of silver to the county government. Naturally, he wanted to do business for the merchants, so he ordered that the Han people use the well for two days, and the Miao people use it for one day, and so on. The Miao people refused to accept it. Wang Kang ignored the complaints of the Miao people. Tian Fang had a strong temper and disagreed with Wang Kang. Wang Kang ordered the government officials to drive Tian Fang out of the house in a rage, which caused dissatisfaction among the Miao people. Tian Fang was the leader of the Miao village, Tian Jingzhi. The nephew, Tian Jing had a estrangement with Wang Kang at first, Tian Fang told Tian Jing about this, which angered Tian Jing, gradually caused the situation to get out of control, and triggered the incident of hundreds of Miao people besieging the county government. The Jinghu official was also an old acquaintance of the businessman surnamed Wei, so he naturally favored the Han people in Zhenxi Village. He didn't care about indiscriminate reasons, and directly concluded that Tian Fang was making trouble with excuses, and wanted to detain Tian Fang, which triggered another riot among the Miao people and took Tian Fang away. "

"Hey, it's just a small matter that caused civil strife."

The contradiction between Han and Miao has existed since ancient times. As long as the government is unfair, it will easily cause disputes and even civil strife.

"Exactly, Your Majesty. The gap between Han and Miao is not small in normal times, and this simple water source problem became the lead of this incident. After the investigation was clear, the minister went to the county government office and planned to re-trial, so that the government officials summoned both parties to the court However, Tian Jingtian Fang did not want to go to the county government to accept inquiries from ministers, saying that Han officials shielded each other, even if they were imperial envoys, and if the officials were sincere, they would go to the Miao Village to inquire."

"Go to Miao Village?"

"Your Majesty, I think that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get tiger cubs. Besides, the Miao Village is also the territory of our dynasty. As an imperial envoy, I should treat you equally. I also keep in mind your majesty's will on dealing with ethnic conflicts, so I told Tian Jing that the next day Enter the Miao village on time before noon."

"Well, Song Rui has the guts."

I thought of the historical records, Wen Tianxiang was able to escape with [-] followers after being detained by the Mongols, he was indeed brave and insightful.

Wen Tianxiang bowed his head slightly and said: "Thank you for your praise, I just fulfilled my duty as a subject. And there is Lan Tuan, so I dared to go to Miao Village."

At this time, Wen Tianxiang naturally didn't know that he would have such an "experience" in the "future". Of course, I didn't want this kind of experience to happen.

"Song Rui, tell me about your trip to Miao Village."