"The southerners are in charge of the north, and the northerners are in charge of the south. Later, the official system was gradually established. If you study for yourself, you will not be allowed to be the province of the province, nor will you limit the north and south." [Ming History·Election Records]

Although the emperor's words were implying that Jia Xu was a regular supervisor, he was irrelevant about the selection of officials outside his job, and he was suspected of being in lieu of his affairs. However, Jia Xu did his own thing and continued to make suggestions that when selecting officials in Hedong, he should strictly follow the principle of the three mutual law.

The "three mutual laws" was the earliest system for avoiding the origin of officials. Its original intention was to prevent local officials from using their power to favor the clan's personal interests and form party members and establish independent parties in the local area. However, in the end, the scope of avoidance became larger and more strict, which led to difficulties in selecting officials. Gradually, this regulation was no longer followed, but the basic requirement that locals were not allowed to serve as local officials.

The emperor was silent. The court did not strictly implement the three mutual laws. The most obvious thing was that the local Han Sui served as the governor of Liangzhou. As Han Sui's aide, Cheng Gongying, a native of Jincheng, was the prefect of Jincheng. Of course, the court was out of reach for Liangzhou, which was located in a remote place, the Qiang and Han living together, and was controlled by the powerful. It was also a helpless move to adopt the strategy of "Liang people to govern Liang".

Jia Xu reiterated the three mutual laws, not only targeting Hedong, but also looking at them in detail, the first-hand Liangzhou, from the governor to the county magistrate, would be replaced, and the Guanzhong counties would also be affected.

Is this what Jia Wenhe did to overturn the existing political structure and destroy the foundations of Kansai scholars such as Ma Riyi?

Xun You frowned, and the same was true when he was plotting against the powerful Hedong last time. Jia Xu seemed to have always liked to use fierce and ruthless means to deal with the powerful, without any consequences. Xun You looked at the emperor and found that the emperor looked thoughtful, as if he was carefully considering the profound meaning hidden in Jia Xu's words. He was consciously saying something: "Your Majesty, the three laws are intertwined and complicated, and the implementation is strict. In the past, the elections of the three prefectures were uncertain for more than a month, and even the lack of officials in some prefectures and counties was not conducive to the selection of officials and appointments of officials in the court."

"What Mr. Xun said is that if you pursue it now, the turmoil of the government and the country will be bad after all." The emperor's eyes had never left Jia Xu. Jia Xu felt the emperor's scrutiny gaze and lowered his head slightly.

The emperor knew a lot about what Jia Xu was making, but he had not communicated with Jia Xu in advance, and re-proposed the idea of ​​"three mutual laws" to suppress the increasingly inflated Kansai scholars was entirely Jia Xu's idea.

Xun You seemed to notice that the emperor did not agree with Jia Xu's excessive means this time, and he set out on the railway while the hot: "If the people of this county work in this county, it is indeed easy to be covered by the township party and engage in personal gain. The avoidance system is indeed feasible, but it only needs to be slightly changed. As for the current county magistrates and county magistrates, they should consider the situation and not generalize."

The emperor's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but when he spoke, he changed his words temporarily: "It's still Xun Jun who is old and old. In the future, the three mutual laws only need to avoid his hometown and relatives. As for the people of Jiazhou who are officials of Yizhou, and Yizhou who are officials of Bingzhou, and those who are not allowed to be officials of Jiazhou, are too harsh. It should be exempted."

Jia Xu had no objection to this, but instead expressed his support, as if he had no intention of causing shock to the government and the country.

After the emperor discussed with Xun You and Jia Xu, the new "three mutual laws" that is, the official avoidance system was roughly finalized; in the future, whether it is the governor, county magistrate, county magistrate, or even their subordinates, officials in departments such as Cao Shun must follow the avoidance system of hometown. Although the scope has been expanded, the details of avoidance have been much looser than before. In addition to the people of the county magistrate, officials at the county magistrate level can be held by the people of the county magistrate; the same is true for officials at the county magistrate level, among which officials with relatives are still strictly prohibited from serving.

In order to avoid many immature places at the beginning of the implementation of the three mutual law, it is temporarily set to be implemented in Hedong County. After Hedong County has cultivated experience, it will be promoted one by one.

In this way, the burden on the shoulders of Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong County, was even greater.

"Hedong can be said to be a piece of white land now. Wang Wen is in Hedong to cultivate and protect the people and impose new policies. It is really a long way to go." The emperor said: "After we have a certain plan, if we have new policies in the future, we will first apply them to Hedong to observe the results, and then implement them in all directions. Therefore, Hedong must be the main place of the court. In my opinion, it is better to increase the rank of Hedong County Magistrates to 2,000 stones to show the world the distinction between Hedong and Hongnong and other counties, as well as the importance of the court."

Except for Jingzhao Yin and Henan Yin, the other county magistrates were basically 2,000 shi. According to the emperor's understanding from the perspective of later generations, the Hedong County Magistrate and Jingzhao Yin and Henan Yin were given the same treatment as the nine ministers. This was not only a reward for Wang Yi, but also improved the political treatment in Hedong and raised it to the position of a directly-governed county.

"Wang Wendu is not strict in his rule. He is guilty and has received such rewards. If he cannot do good things for His Majesty, he will really be punished severely." Jia Xu said lightly.

"I am not giving him this alone. In the future, all the Hedong prefects will be divided into two thousand stones. If he is afraid, he should be diligent in his administration." The emperor chuckled and said, "Don't let me down."

Jia Xu remained silent, as if he was not saying this for him.

After the three of them discussed Wang Yi's enfeoffment, the emperor planned to clarify and set up local functional departments, but was stopped by Jia Xu for a moment: "Cao's official is a local system, and has been passed down for hundreds of years. Once it is easier, should we first order Situ and other officials to discuss the matter together?"

"No, although Ma Gong and others are very moral, they are too obedient and will not adapt. At that time, they will be different, and it will become more and more difficult to break up the dispute. It is better for us to agree first and then issue an edict to the Central Taiwan office for discussion and drafting an edict." The emperor said lightly, thought for a while, and then added: "Didn't we discuss important matters in the past? For example, the new policy of Hedong or the planning of Guandong, what is not something we have discussed before, and then issue another edict? Don't worry too much."

If Jia Xu had really had any objections, he had raised it at the beginning. Why wait until this time? After hearing the emperor's words, he soon stopped worrying about whether he was in line with the process of doing so, and no longer worried that he would be a 600-stone order and would participate in the overpowering behavior of the national policy with a small official.

Xun You looked at all this quietly and said nothing. He knew that the emperor had always had the intention of dividing the power of the Shangshutai, and he intended to re-establish the decision-making body and treating the Shangshutai as a purely executive body. Decentralization and centralization are things that every qualified emperor would do. This is a means of checks and balances by the emperor. Whether it is the Shangshutai who monopolizes the power or becomes the decision-making of the Shizhong, the Shangshu's model will be implemented as long as Xun You ensures that his power will not be separated, and there will be no need to worry about anything else.

From the matters agreed by the Secretary of the Shangshu, Xun You and Ping Zhun Ling Jia Xu were quickly passed to the Shangshutai through oral orders.

In addition to the policies of the three mutual laws, the three offices, and the Taishi students entering Hedong, there is also the emperor's restructuring of Hedong counties; from now on, the county government office is called "Cao", and the county government office is called "Jiang". According to the functions, the Cao Cao officer is divided into judicial punishment, the Cao Cao officer is responsible for the five-staff Cao officer selected by grassroots officials, the literary Cao officer at schools at all levels, and the supervisor who is responsible for the post station roads and inspects the counties.

Unlike other counties, these Cao's departments were connected with officials such as the nine central ministers, such as the decision to decide that Cao's officials belong to the Tingwei, the five-staff Cao's officials belong to the Five-staff General, and the literature Cao's officials belong to the Taichang, etc. Almost every central official has corresponding functional subordinates in the local area, which in disguise strengthens the power of the central government.

These policies were originally a good thing, but for Situ and Ma Riyi, the Secretary of the Shangshu, he could not accept it, but it was not the new policy itself.
Chapter completed!