Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

It was also this sentence that made Kuai Qi finally decide to follow Zhang Yan and seize this hard-won opportunity to become an official. After all, this is not a betrayal of the family power.

In the entire Jingzhou area, their Kuai family can be said to be the largest and strongest local gentry, just like the Lu family and Zhang family in Jiangdong, and the Mi family in Xuzhou, they are old brands that can radiate their power from their own area. Families, even the Qiao family and Zhou family in Lujiang can't compare in this regard.

Similarly, as a member of the Kuai family, Kuai Qi is naturally very much looking forward to being able to play a role in the court of the Han Dynasty like the two uncles of the family.

If you don't agree to Zhang Yan this time, then the next time it's your turn to separate, you won't know when it will happen.

He nodded solemnly towards Zhang Yan's figure, and Kuai Qi's previous call of "lord" clearly explained his attitude.

At the same time, after seeing his appearance, Zhang Yan also smiled happily.

"Okay, then you will work under my command from today on, and I will test your ability little by little, and finally put you in a suitable position."

"As for how far you can do it, it depends on your own level."

I made a promise to the other party. Although what Zhang Yan said now is a typical painting of big cakes in later generations, it can be said that it has no practical significance. However, in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty 2000 years ago, Kuai Qi did not experience much Young men beaten by society still inevitably feel a little emotional.

"Well... Then, the next thing is my first government order after I became the prefect of Lujiang..."

"Undoubtedly, first in Lujiang... No, let's start with this Wancheng and conduct a large-scale census."

He gave instructions to Kuai Qi's figure, Zhang Yan felt a little happy that there were people under his command who didn't have to do everything by himself.

That's right, the first government affairs that Zhang Yan finally decided to carry out was not to organize people to reclaim wasteland on a large scale, nor was it to carry out large-scale construction as described in many novels, or to adjust the production relations under his command...

The first thing he wants to do is to complete a large-scale census in his own territory. This is also the first thing that any dynasty, or even any regime, needs to complete after gaining power.

Just like the ancient Sun Bin said, whoever knows himself and the enemy can win a hundred battles without danger.

If, as a ruler, he doesn't even know the population, population structure, and production capacity under his command, then the decrees he issues must be unrealistic and unreliable.

In ancient times, whether it was the relatively early Qin, Han, and Jin Dynasties, or the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the middle and late stages of history, the first priority after winning the great unification all chose to thoroughly investigate the population and at the same time measure the land under their command, that is, is the area of ​​arable land that can be planted.

Perhaps limited by the number of scholars in the early days, it was difficult to carry out this kind of thorough population investigation, but what is certain is that even the most tyrannical Qin Dynasty at the time was established, and the first time it was established, the territory within its own territory The citizens of the province edited it into a book, which is considered to have obtained first-hand information.

You know, reality is not a game.

Perhaps in the game, the player as the "governor" can use a simple data panel to determine the population under his command, as well as the specific development of the primary industry and the secondary industry, but in real life, this is all It is necessary for scholars who can read and write to visit door to door in order to obtain a relatively accurate figure.

This number is what Zhang Yan needs most if he wants to make a series of ruling measures in the future.

To give a simple example, when there were only 800 school-age children in Wancheng, if Zhang Yan spent more than [-] million Han coins on elementary school education in Wancheng every year, then this figure obviously means that someone below is corrupt and is a Extremely unreasonable numbers.

But if these 800 children are replaced by [-] or more, then the annual consumption of [-] million Han coins will become reasonable, and even not enough.

Similarly, if the registered population of the entire Lujiang County is only about 50, but Zhang Yan's brain is so hot that if he insists on building a Lujiang Grand Opera House that can accommodate 10 people, it is purely a great achievement, and even some people are mentally ill .

All in all, the census is a job that any dynasty or any force must complete in the early stages of its administration. Without a survey, there is no way to target the population, and it is impossible to set future development goals and related budgets based on the actual situation.

Although under the current situation, the previous data of Lujiang County are not completely unusable... But in the past few years in Shanyue and under the repeated destruction of the Yellow Turban, Zhang Yan still feels that he needs to conduct a thorough investigation of his subordinates first. The population is convenient for him to implement a series of subsequent measures.

In fact, then again, if Zhang Yan's own status was high enough, he should have carried out a thorough investigation of the population and a thorough investigation of the land at the same time.

It's just a pity that if the land is thoroughly investigated at the time when the aristocratic family's concealment of the land is the most serious, then including his old Zhang Renqiao's family, one of the gentry in Lujiang and him will definitely disappear, so that this matter can finally calm down.

Sighing slightly, Zhang Yan actually felt a little helpless towards the power of the aristocratic family that had lasted for thousands of years.

"Then, Kuai Qi, you will be in charge of this matter. First investigate the population of Wancheng."

"In the past few days, you take my warrant and recruit 30 scholars in Wancheng."

"These people don't need to be far-sighted, as long as they can read and write, you recruit these people as small officials into the Lujiang government office, and the salary will be the lowest level of [-] hu a month, [-] hu a year. Shi to calculate, and then make adjustments based on performance.”

"Afterwards, when you have recruited enough manpower, these petty officials will lead the more than 2000 original guards in Lujiang, and go door-to-door to thoroughly investigate the population of Wancheng."

"I will tell you one by one about the specific things to check and count later."

Chapter 24 It's like Sangong Jiuqing

First, he signed a warrant and handed it to Kuai Qi. Zhang Yan used his own prefect seal to print the four vermilion characters "Lujiang prefect" on it with a "clang".

And this means that this decree will come into effect from now on.

Just at the side, after receiving the warrant, Kuai Qi opened his mouth again, looking hesitant to speak, which made Zhang Yan feel a little curious.

"What's the matter, is there any problem?"

……

"That... my lord, it's not a problem."

"I just don't know, what kind of identity am I going to use to implement this decree?"

Also looking back at Zhang Yan with somewhat curious eyes, Kuai Qi's expression at the moment is also a little nervous, with a hint of irrepressible expectation.

"What identity?"

On the other side, Zhang Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, and then quickly reacted.

"Yeah, what identity..."

"I still have to finalize the basic leadership team first, otherwise Lujiang's government hall really won't be able to operate normally."

"After all, according to the county system of the Han Dynasty, the central government will not directly interfere with the selection and appointment of low-level officials."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yan quickly realized that Kuai Qi's behavior just now was actually asking him for an official, but he just wanted to do something, so he must have a corresponding identity. ...

In fact, as early as when he was in Luoyang, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty once told him that after Zhang Yan arrived in Lujiang, a series of civil and military officials under the jurisdiction of Lujiang could make arrangements according to his own ideas.

Even if it involves senior officials at the level of "juncheng" and "junwei", he can directly appoint them, and then he only needs to report directly to Zhang Rang or Liu Hong in Luoyang through letters.

But now, looking at Kuai Qi's eager eyes, Zhang Yan suddenly felt hesitant.

Go directly to the sky in one step and appoint Kuai Qi as the county magistrate in charge of cultural and political work in Lujiang?

Leaving aside whether his ability to be qualified for this position is still unknown, just because of Kuai Qi's age, before he gained a certain reputation, it would be difficult to convince those local scholars in Lujiang.

Then appoint him as an ordinary official first...

Zhang Yan would definitely not choose to do such a disgusting thing.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of his other identity.

……

"Then, let's appoint Kuai Qi as the Prime Minister of the Marquis of Wancheng first. Wancheng is not small, so I will give you a salary of five hundred shi, which is equivalent to the county magistrate level of a large county."

"When you are free in two days, how about going to Wei Xian and the others to order your own seal of Wancheng Kingdom?"

Looking at Kuai Qi in front of him with a sudden joy, Zhang Yan also slightly pursed his lips and smiled.

You know, Zhang Yan, as the master of Wancheng Marquis, has the power to directly appoint and remove Wancheng officials.

And different from Lujiang, Wancheng can be said to be his private territory in a sense. No matter who he appoints as the prime minister, it is his own business. Naturally, no one will jump out and gossip.

What's more, the city of Anhui is not too big or too small, which is just suitable for an official position with real power to provide trials for Kuai Qi under him.

According to the Dahan's system of three gongs and nine officials, counties and counties, a prefect or state shepherd like him who separates one side can be said to be the top existence among local officials.

Those who tend to be at the grassroots level are the highest leaders of each city, that is, the county magistrate or county magistrate, including the county minister, who is also at the same level as these positions, and they are all at the level of [-] to [-] shi. .

Even Liu Bei Liu Xuande, who was fledgling at the time, relied on his contribution to leading troops to destroy the Yellow Turbans, but he only got an Anxi county lieutenant who could eat two hundred stones. After eight years of hard work, he was promoted from Anxi county lieutenant to Pingyuan To make such a magistrate of a large county of about [-] shi.

There is no doubt that Kuai Qi is very happy that he can become the post of Wancheng Prime Minister. After all, what he imagined before is just a "Wancheng Prime Minister" who is one level shorter than the county magistrate and only responsible for the county magistrate. A small government official in a county.

So far, under the envious gazes of the crowd, he, the insignificant ex-wife of the Kuai family, has logically become the first person under Zhang Yan to obtain a real official position.

"My lord, don't worry, I will do my best to live up to my lord's expectations and kindness!"

Excitedly, he bowed to Zhang Yan, Kuai Qi took the order handed to him by the other party, and turned around to return to his seat.

Just because he didn't want to, Zhang Yan took the initiative to hold him back.

"Wait, Kuai Qi, I have to tell you a few more words about this matter."

Stretching out his hand to grab Kuai Qi's sleeve, Zhang Yan organized his words a bit, and then explained the plan in his mind to everyone in a low voice.

"Don't be too happy, Wancheng is my own territory, so I don't intend to completely copy Dahan's original bureaucratic system, but plan to adjust to a certain extent."

"I will not appoint a county magistrate as a civil official in Wancheng, nor will I appoint any county lieutenants. Both of these tasks must be handled by you alone."

"As an alternative, I plan to subdivide the original responsibilities of the county magistrate and county magistrate, and set up different agencies according to different functions to be responsible."

Probably explaining his intentions to Kuai Qi and at the same time to everyone under his command, Zhang Yan quickly found a suitable way to give an example.

"It's like... the Sangong Jiuqing of the Great Han Dynasty."

"In Lujiang, I plan to divide government affairs into different categories such as civil affairs, agriculture, public security, and construction, and assign a separate person in charge for each type of work, and you, the Prime Minister of Wancheng, will be directly in charge of these people in charge. "

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"hiss--"

There was a lot of air-breathing voices. If it was said that the people present had not understood Zhang Yan's plan before, but the subsequent sentence "just like the Three Lords and Nine Qings" completely shocked them incomparably to Zhang Yan's thoughts.

"My lord...wouldn't it be a little overstepping to do so?"

He glanced at Zhang Yan quite nervously, and Kuai Qi didn't know where the other party's somewhat unconstrained ideas came from.

Although he also felt that if he could arrange it as the other party said, it would definitely be of great benefit to the development of Wancheng, but if he really did it according to the Sangong Jiuqing, wouldn't it be equivalent to Lujiang's direct reorganization in his own county? The second set of Han court?

Will His Majesty really not behead them all on charges of treason?

As for Kuai Qi's reaction, Zhang Yan had already expected it.

Chapter 25 In two years, scholars will not be so rare

"Don't worry, I am the Marquis of Wan, and the Marquis of Wancheng is my legal territory, and everything here is based on what I say."

He patted Kuai Qi on the shoulder quite confidently. What Zhang Yan didn't say clearly was that the reason why he was so sure was that apart from his title of Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, the backer of Zhongchang Shi Zhang Rang obviously played a very important role.

As we all know, eunuch forces may be cruel, greedy, and corrupt, but they will never betray the emperor.

The power of all eunuchs is an extension of the imperial power, so in all dynasties there were only eunuchs who were executed by the emperor, but very few eunuchs who rebelled and were killed.

In a sense, unless Zhang Yan, the adopted son of Zhang Rang, the general servant of the Central Committee, publicly declared rebellion, he could be said to be the group of people with the lowest possibility of rebellion in Liu Hong's mind.

"That's how it is. After you recruit enough scholars, Kuai Qi, you will unify them under the name of Wancheng Civil Affairs Department. As the name suggests, the people who work in this Civil Affairs Department are officials who are responsible for handling civil affairs."

"As for the more than 2000 original soldiers in Lujiang, all of them will be removed from the military and converted to civilian registration, and will be managed under the name of Wancheng Gong...Wancheng Public Security Department, which is responsible for the internal security and household registration management of Wancheng, and criminal investigation. Waiting for work."

"These original guards will be the second set of violent institutions in Lujiang to remove the army, and they will be directly under your jurisdiction. During this census, let them cooperate with those scholars and go directly to every household."

In this way, the two bureaucratic functions that originally belonged to the county magistrate and county lieutenant were delegated. Naturally, Zhang Yan would not just change the names of those soldiers and officers.