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Qin Mu has been away from Beijing for a long time, and there are many affairs that need to be dealt with under the backlog.

He got up early in the morning to practice Bishop Fu Qing's Qi Absorption Technique, and Sima An and the others were against Qin Mu learning these Taoist Qigongs, mainly because they were worried that he would be addicted to Taoism.

Qin Mu was silent, and privately consulted with Master Fu Qing.

After practicing qi and sword, after bathing and changing clothes, he went to the main hall to hold the morning dynasty.

At the beginning of the court meeting, the first thing to discuss was naturally to reward the soldiers who fought in front of the battle and to compensate the martyrs who sacrificed.

This is a major matter to ensure the morale of the army, and it must not be sloppy.

Meritorious service must be rewarded, mistakes must be punished, and the bereavement of the sacrificed soldiers must be implemented as soon as possible, so that the soldiers must not shed blood and their families shed tears.

Qin Mu would personally inquire about this matter every time and attach great importance to it.

The matter of reward and bereavement was discussed for a whole hour before it was roughly handled.

Of course, the rewards and pensions for ordinary soldiers are mainly drawn up by the military department on the basis of the merits reported by the various armies, and there is no need to submit them to the court for discussion.

After this matter was almost dealt with, Huang Zhenlin, who had been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Industry, took the lead and said: "King Qin, in the early Ming Dynasty, each province was divided into political envoys, envoys, and commanders, and these three envoys were in charge of the military, political and criminal laws in the province;

After the middle page of the Ming Dynasty, the titles of governor, sub-patrol, governor, general soldier, and town guard were added, although it was necessary to unify the powers, but it also led to the overlap of important institutions, such as the power of the political envoy, in fact, it has been basically set aside.

If the war is still in turmoil today, the population has plummeted, and people's minds are determined. The minister believed that our dynasty should adapt to the current situation and reduce some institutions in order to alleviate the disadvantages caused by the overlap of local institutions, reduce the expenditure of money, and reduce the burden on the people. ”

Huang Zhenlin wore an official uniform embroidered with auspicious moire on a black background, and a leather belt around his waist. The steps were steady, his demeanor was solemn, and his voice was very calm, and his words could be said to have reached Qin Mu's heart.

If you open the map, you can see that the eight provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang are basically under the control of Daqin.

Of course, according to the division of the Ming Dynasty's political envoys, there is no name for the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu.

The regions of Hunan and Hubei were collectively referred to as Huguang in the Ming Dynasty; The regions of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces are Nanzhili.

Qin Mu did not have the intention of splitting Huguang and Nanzhili for the time being, and now Great Qin was established. The world has not yet been unified, and people's livelihood needs to recuperate;

The more provinces are divided, the more institutions, the more officials, the more money, and the more things that disturb the people, which is not conducive to the people's recuperation.

In fact, for a long time, Great Qin has not formally established official positions such as governor and chief soldier, but it has not been explicitly revoked.

The fact is. In the Ming Dynasty, the sub-patrols, governors, and governors were all gradually increased because of the many rebellions, and the most customized ones were formed.

In detail, it looks like this. Because of some small rebellions, it was difficult for one state and one county to deal with, so a military garrison was set up to unify the affairs of several states and counties. In this way, the rebellion involving several states and counties could be effectively suppressed.

If the rebellion spreads to the territory of a province, the political envoy, the commander of the envoy, and the envoy according to the inspection will be separated because they are in charge of the government, the law, and the army. Orders to go out often lead to mutual disputes, and it is difficult to extinguish the rebellion in time, so the post of governor was set up to unify the military, political and legal powers of the province.

If the rebellion involved several provinces, the governor would not be able to deal with it, so he set up the post of governor above the governor to control the military and political affairs of several provinces, such as the previous post of governor of the four provinces of Lu Daqi, which was set up to deal with Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion.

The problem is that the establishment of Taoist officials has actually hollowed out the power of state and county officials to a large extent.

The establishment of the governor has also hollowed out the power of provincial-level officials to make political envoys, envoys to procurators, and commanders, and the establishment of governors has further hollowed out the powers of governors.

As a result, the power of most officials has been hollowed out, but Yu Lu has not been hollowed out.

This has not only resulted in a great deal of institutional overlap, but has also cost a lot of money to officials.

After Huang Zhenlin proposed to abolish these overlapping institutions, Qin Mu asked the ministers in the palace, "What do you think of the ministers?" ”

Yang Tinglin, the secretary of the ministry, replied: "The king of Qin, the Ming Dynasty set up the positions of Taoist, governor, and governor because of the needs of current affairs. Now under the rule of our dynasty, the people are determined, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are few rebellions. Therefore, the ministers thought that some institutions should indeed be abolished, so as to reduce the disturbance of the people by officials and let the people of the world have a rest. ”

Li Yuan, a member of the cabinet, said: "King Qin, now that the four realms are not peaceful and the world is undecided, the minister thinks that this matter still needs to be done cautiously, that is, it needs to be abolished, and it is also necessary to think of a proper way, so as not to cause panic among local officials." ”

It is extremely difficult to dismiss officials at any time;

As a vested interest group and the basis of your rule, once you deprive them of their jobs, it is easy to cause turmoil in officialdom and even a crisis in the regime.

Li Yuan's words are not unreasonable, the current Great Qin seems to be thriving, but the situation of the enemy being surrounded by enemies has not completely changed, and it is indeed necessary to be cautious to move the knife against the internal officials now.

On the other hand, however, it has always been easy to set up officials, but it is difficult to dismiss them, and if they are not eliminated while the current system is not rigid, it will be even more difficult to do so in the future.

Therefore, the dismissal of Qin Mu must be abolished, and the key depends on how to make the officialdom vibration caused by this smaller.

The scholar Zhuge Min thought for a while and said: "King Qin, the minister thinks that some yamen can be abolished as appropriate, and officials at the level of Xiangbing Beidao think that it is better to keep them; Although the area under our rule is relatively peaceful, there is no guarantee that there will be no rebellion.

The establishment of the military garrison road is conducive to extinguishing the rebellion in the bud and preventing the situation from expanding and becoming difficult to contain. Therefore, the minister believed that as long as the functions and powers of the military preparation road were limited to the scope of the military preparation, and no interference was allowed in the politics and law of the prefecture and county, the advantages of retaining the military preparation road outweighed the disadvantages.

As for the governorship, it is not necessary to create it now. As for the post of governor, the minister thought that in Huguang and Jiangnan, where the situation was relatively stable, it could also be abolished, and the military, political and judicial powers would be returned to the three envoys;

As for the newly opened areas, due to the special circumstances, the military and government are not on the right track, so it is better to temporarily retain the post of governor in order to unify the powers of affairs and quickly restore the people's livelihood. ”

Zhuge Min was very thoughtful, what official positions need to be retained, and what places need to be treated specially. All taken into account.

According to him, in addition to the fact that the military reserve road is still retained as a permanent local institution, the post of governor has basically become a temporary institution, and once the local governance is on the right track, the post of governor will also be abolished and returned to the three envoys.

This plan was quite satisfactory to Qin Mu, and there were not many objections from the palace ministers.

The first assistant Sima An came out of the class and said: "King Qin, at present, the pace of my Great Qin to unify the world is steadily advancing, Jianghuai has newly expanded the land of several prefectures, and the southwest is the territory of Guizhou Province. These places need to be governed by a large number of officials;

As long as the dismissed officials are transferred to these places as much as possible, instead of letting them go home, I believe that the backlash will not be very large.

It's just that the military preparation roads in various places were originally directly responsible to the governor's yamen, but now if the governor's yamen is to be abolished and the military preparation road is retained, the military preparation road will be changed under which division is under the jurisdiction, which needs to be carefully considered. ”

This is indeed an issue that needs to be carefully considered.

The road of military preparation has its particularity, and it cannot simply be in charge of military equipment. The so-called armament. There will definitely be some criminal and political powers involved.

Once the governor's yamen is removed, the military preparation road will be changed to which division is under the jurisdiction, and the real power of which division will immediately be greatly increased.

The political envoy is in charge of the administration, and the criminal law is in charge of the procuratorate. All commanded the envoys to manage the military, which was the pattern of the separation of powers in the early Ming Dynasty, and the three envoys were headed by the political envoys.

Armament governs armament, but in view of its special nature. It is impossible to really just manage the military and not get involved in politics. If the military preparation is placed under the command of the capital, the real power of the capital command is basically above the other two envoys. At the local level, the "military" is above the "government," and this will lead to great hidden dangers.

If, as in the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers were sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Yamen of the Soldiers and Guards was placed under the command of the Metropolitan Commander, this would seem to have played a role in checks and balances;

But the problem is that if the civilian imperial history is in charge of the military preparation, in case something often does not work, then wouldn't it be superfluous to set up a military preparation road?

Qin Mu and the ministers discussed for a long time, and finally adopted a compromise method, so that the military preparation road was under the jurisdiction of the political envoy yamen in peacetime, and was supervised by the inspection and envoy department. Once there is a war, it will automatically be under the command of the commander of the capital.

This is similar to the fact that the capital and the military department of the five armies are in charge of the power to command and transfer troops, and in peacetime, the military preparation is under the jurisdiction of the political envoy yamen, so that the "government" overrides the "army", which is conducive to local stability.

When it comes to wartime, it is natural to focus on the "army", and the troops will take the initiative to be under the command of the commander of the capital, so as to avoid laymen commanding insiders.

Naturally, there are many common drawbacks in doing this, but every policy cannot be completely free of drawbacks, and the key depends on whether it is compatible or not.

The right one is the best.

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PS: More than 70 years ago, my grandfather sent back the last letter, saying that he was incorporated into the expeditionary force, and there was no news back after entering Dian, and last night I accidentally learned on the Internet that there was a "Chinese Expeditionary Force List Wall" in Tengchong County, Yunnan, so I tried to let people check it, and there was my grandfather's name on the list wall, He Guangwu, a private. It's just that it is not yet possible to determine the place of origin, so it is impossible to determine whether they belong to the same person.

After learning the news, I couldn't sleep all night, I can't wait to go to Tengchong immediately to see, but I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, last month's manuscript fee income is very meager, and the round-trip travel expenses plus a few days to check it, a month's income is not enough, I can only save again. How many fresh lives were shed for the whole nation's war of resistance. However, the family did not even receive a single news of his death. My grandmother was a young widow and a Buddhist believer, and for 70 years, she often went to God to ask ghosts, just to know whether my grandfather was alive or dead. I still remember the year before last, when my grandmother, who was in her nineties, was dying, she was still muttering in a daze, saying that she saw my grandfather standing by the bed. It was the middle of the night, I listened to her chatter, startled, and then couldn't help but tears rained down, more than 70 years, how long more than 70 years of care, I believe that my grandfather's last sight before the sacrifice must have been to his hometown, but the family has not even received a death news

Don't say anything, and then the tears come down again

(To be continued......)