In the spring, the railway from Xuanhua Zhangjiakou to Guihua officially started construction! Since the railways from Tongzhou to Baoding and Miyun to Zhangjiakou have been completed, now only the railway from Shanhaiguan to Tianjin in Daming is being completed, and the railway from Miyun to Da Ming
The railway in Ningxia is under construction. The people building the railway are looking for work, and it happens to be extended by the Zhanggui Railway.
After the Zhanggui Railway was launched, Zhu Youjian felt that he needed to make some adjustments in the administrative planning to make administrative management more convenient and reasonable.
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"Dear ministers, I have called you here today to discuss a major matter. I am planning to upgrade the Xuanmi Administration and include Guihua City and the area east of Guihua City to formally form a new province. Everyone
What do you think this province should be called?”
According to the memory of later generations, the place Zhu Youjian mentioned had a provincial-level establishment. It seemed to be called Chahar Province or Suiyuan Province. He couldn't remember the details, but most of these places were a combination of the two provinces.
Together. Taking all things into consideration, it should be the right time to establish a new province.
"Establish a new province? According to His Majesty, these places were probably all governed by Yunzhong County in ancient times. The old minister thought it could be named Yunzhong Province." Zhou Yanru heard that the emperor wanted to establish a new province, and he quickly spoke.
He said yes, and named his favorite name. Finally, there was another province to govern. Zhou Yanru felt that this sounded like a royal court. A new province was created, but when he was the chief minister, he not only had Zhongxing
He has also made great achievements in opening up new territories. When looking at his personal status in history, we cannot be careless.
"I'm afraid Yunzhong Province is a bit inappropriate! Although these places were indeed the area where Yunzhong County was located in ancient times, however, since the Tang Dynasty, Datong has been changed to the new Yunzhong County. If the newly established province is called Yunzhong
Province, it coincides with the place name of Datong!" After Zhou Yanru finished his speech, Chen Yan expressed his objections, showing his sense of existence as a secondary assistant.
Yunzhong Province? This name sounds much nicer than Suiyuan and Chahar that Zhu Youjian remembered, and it has a more historical feel. It seems to be quite satisfactory.
"Since Datong was also called Yunzhong County before, why should Datong be included in the jurisdiction of Yunzhong Province. Originally, I thought that Yunzhong Province was a bit weak and had too little cultivated land! If Datong is included, it can just make up for it. As the saying goes
It's a natural fit. The capital of Yunzhong Province is located in Zhangjiakou, with temporary jurisdiction over Xuanhua, Guihua, and Datong. Miyun and all the prefectures and counties belonging to the capital to the west will be assigned to Yunzhong Province, and a Huaimi Prefecture will be established. When conditions are mature,
Then consider setting up a few new mansions in Yunzhong."
Miyun is originally the north gate of Beijing, and in principle it cannot be transferred to other provinces. However, if Miyun is not transferred to Yunzhong, the financial strength of Yunzhong Province will be too weak. With Miyun’s financial revenue and support
, Yunzhong Province has the foundation to establish a province.
"Your Majesty, who should be appointed as the governor of Yunzhong Province?" Seeing that the emperor liked his proposal, Zhou Yanru hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and asked about personnel arrangements.
The governor of Yunzhong Province is a serious official in the border areas, and he is also a high official in the border areas. It is a very valuable position in the current government.
"Let Song Quan, the current secret commissioner, be appointed governor of Yunzhong Province!"
"Let Commissioner Song be appointed as the governor of Yunzhong? Your Majesty, the governor of Yunzhong is a minister of the border area. Is Commissioner Song's rank a bit low? Is it more appropriate to send a cabinet minister to supervise?"
"Although Yunzhong Province is large, it has a small population, so the allocation should not be too high! Commissioner Song has performed well in the post of Commissioner of Xuanmi, so let him be the governor! After you go back, hurry up and organize Yunzhong Province and Guihua Prefecture.
We will work out the detailed rules for the establishment of the yamen, and strive to clearly arrange the yamen of Yunzhong Province within one month, and in the first half of this year, the yamen of Guihua Prefecture will be clearly arranged.”
"Your Majesty, there is only one city in the country now, and the rest are all Mongolian tribes. How can we set up prefectures and counties?"
"The situation of naturalization is quite special, and the government building needs special treatment. In this way, the naturalization government has two state-level organizations, the old city and the new city, and then three stations will be set up on the Zhanggui railway line, where the population is relatively large, and around the three
Each station has three circuit county offices. In addition, large tribal settlements within the territory have county-level autonomous leagues, small tribes have town-level autonomous territories, and naturalized old cities have established state-level autonomous leagues.”
"Your Majesty, it's difficult to set up officials in Mongolian areas, isn't it? It's difficult to build these alliances and leaders."
"Grand Master, since they are autonomous leagues and autonomous territories, it does not mean that they are autonomous. They do not need the court to send formal officials. The officials are chosen by themselves. The court only formally appoints a few main officials and provides appropriate salary subsidies. However, it is enough.
The imperial court cannot ignore everything. The imperial court must send inspection teams to all alliance-level organizations to supervise whether they abide by the laws and disciplines of the Ming Dynasty and mediate conflicts within the alliance. It must also set up schools in the alliance, and all alliance officials and leaders recognized by the Ming Dynasty must
Send your children to study at the League School for three years, so that they can work for the Ming Dynasty in the future."
At this stage, it will definitely not work if we directly implement a flowing official system. If we force it to do this, it will definitely be a trick! So Zhu Youjian plans to start with the local official system first, and then slowly formalize it. Generally speaking, the area is large,
There will be several large and small Mongolian tribes living in it, so it is called the League. Zhu Youjian's idea is that the slightly larger tribes will be organized at the territorial level. Then the large and small tribes in a region will jointly form an alliance-level council.
The alliance-level council has a standing council to handle daily affairs within the alliance.
This setting is also in line with the tradition of the grassland. The grassland has a tradition of big discussions. Of course, when it comes to specific operations, some means must be used. Through the qualifications of the standing director, the old pattern of the grassland must be gradually broken and some people must be gradually supported.
Small leaders entered the council to suppress and rectify some disobedient big leaders.
The grassland is composed of many tribes, but the tribal composition of the grassland is extremely unbalanced. Some large tribes have a population of over 10,000, or even 50,000 or 60,000, while small tribes may only have about a hundred people. In such a disparity in strength, small tribes only have
They can become vassals of large tribes and exist like subordinate slaves. Some of the great nobles in the grasslands have more slaves than the entire population of small tribes combined.
This can also reflect Zhu Youjian’s bad intentions in designing the grassland governance system. Regardless of whether you are a large tribe or a small tribe, the basic treatment is the same as that of the leader-level organization. The difference is that at the beginning, the alliance
The council only occupies one standing director seat, but even the standing director of the league cannot speak out at the league council. Decisions made by the league need to be voted on collectively by the Grand Council or the Standing Council, which is attended by the Ming Dynasty's official inspection team.
Only then will it have legal effect. If the decision was made without following this process, the Ming court would not recognize it, and would even use military and political means to pursue those responsible for the violation!