If we say they are important, the three things are all big things, but they are difficult to operate.
Like the first one, set the center.
It is actually divided into two parts, one is the central capital that determines the current sphere of influence of the royal government, and the other is the central organization that determines the administration.
Before occupying Donghai and Xiapi, although Wang Zheng actually spent more time in Kaiyang, Langya County, the real location of the Commander's Mansion was still in Pengcheng.
There are two reasons. One is that Pengcheng is easier to defend and harder to attack and is safer. The other is the military rebellion in Yanzhou just before. In a sense, it can be said that Cao Mengde has wiped out all the local forces here for him, and it is almost impossible to control them.
No obstacles.
At that time, Wang Zheng's territory only had three counties. Although Pengcheng was in the far south and its geographical location seemed a bit remote, it was not a big problem for the time being.
But things are different now.
At this time, the royal government was sitting in five counties. Not only was the territory vast, it was also a land of hundreds of battles, bordered by Qingzhou in the north, Jiangdong in the south, the sea in the east, and Mount Tai in the west. When choosing the capital, transportation was more of a consideration.
It extends in all directions and has room for strategic maneuvering.
What's more, Tao Qian had learned from his mistakes. On that day, he moved the county seat of Xuzhou from the East China Sea to Pengcheng. As a result, during the battle with the Yanzhou Army, he faced an all-out enemy attack from the beginning, and even suffered a defeat.
The entire Xuzhou bureaucracy was paralyzed instantly, unable to effectively organize and mobilize, and immediately lost the ability to fight back.
In view of this, both the royal government and the civil and military officials believed that it was no longer appropriate to use Pengcheng, a gateway to the extreme west, as the capital center of a state.
As for which city should be the new capital, Mi Heng first proposed Tancheng in Donghai County.
In comparison, these two places have their own merits, but Tancheng has more advantages.
First of all, from a security perspective, Donghai is located in the center of Xuzhou, and Tancheng is in the hinterland of the county, with its back to the north. To the north is Qingzhou, which is now a mess!
However, Xiapi may directly face the potential threats of Yangzhou and Yuzhou. These two places are still the territory of the so-called ally Yuan Shu, but everyone feels that the consequences of Yuan Yin's death are unpredictable. The Yangzhou army will attack again.
The possibility is even greater.
Secondly, from an economic point of view, although Tancheng and Xiapi are equally developed on land and water, in comparison, the former is closer to Yang. According to Mi Heng, if Tancheng is designated as the capital, it will be easier to open the city.
Yang's resources were grafted in, replacing its former commercial status as a thoroughfare in all directions.
Tao Qian, the former state pastor, had to worry about the sentiments of the local nobles in Langya and did not dare to do this kind of thing. Wang Zheng even subdued the two leaders of the Yan family and the Wang family, but it was not difficult.
Third, in terms of city construction, Tancheng was the capital of the Tan Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it served as the county capital of Xuzhou for a long time. Even the previous changes of ownership were not suffered due to the internal support of Chen Deng and others.
No matter what is damaged, the city's defenses, facilities and government offices are all intact and can be entered directly.
Fourth, from a popular point of view, setting the provincial capital in Tancheng is a natural thing for Xuzhou locals, and there is no problem in accepting it.
Mi Heng's proposal was previously mentioned by Zhang Zhao when he was in Pengcheng, and the senior generals headed by Yu Jin and Pan Zhang generally supported it. Wang Zhengsi thought about it and did not comment. Instead, he looked at Xu Fang and asked: "Xu Fang, you
What do you think?"
When Mi Heng spoke before, Xu Fang had been listening attentively, and actually felt that it made sense in his heart. Now when he saw Wang Zheng taking the initiative to ask him, his heart moved.
General, do you have other ideas?
Xu Fang knew very well that in terms of internal affairs ability, he was naturally inferior to Mi Heng and Zhang Zhao. And since Wang Zheng wanted to ask his opinion, he seemed to disagree?
So where does the general think is more suitable?
Xu Fang lowered his head and was silent for a long time. Xu Fang had some vague guesses. After thinking about his words, he raised his head again, looked around at everyone and said:
"As Mr. You said just now, Tancheng is not unique and prosperous, but it is precisely the first factor that makes the general feel that this place is not suitable for the capital!"
"Now that we are in troubled times, my husband should be brave enough to make progress at this time!" Xu Fang looked at Wang Zhengdao: "I was reading the books of sages a few days ago, and I have seen this sentence. Mencius said: "Born out of sorrow and trouble.
To die in peace and happiness." Fang Shen thought so."
Having said this, Xu Fang paused, stood up suddenly, and said impassionedly: "For example, where we are now in Xiapi..."
"Facing Yang, the two states of Henan are watching with eager eyes. If Yuan Shu is really angry because of the death of his brother Yuan Yin and has no desire to open up the territory, and sends troops to invade our territory, he will be in front of us, and it will easily lead to hundreds of battles."
"And what if the general wants to make this place his capital? That would be to put the army at the front to show that he is not afraid of battle and will not give in an inch of territory. This will strengthen the hearts of the people in Xuzhou and sharpen the bravery of the officers and men of the three armies."
"What's more, Tancheng is not far from Xiapi, just one or two hundred miles away. Yuan Shu is really attacking, and our army must defend the enemy in front. No matter Xiapi or Tancheng, if the army really comes to the city, is there any way to survive?
Word?"
"The general has read through the history books, and in places like Xuzhou where hundreds of battles have taken place, I can only see those who are determined to advance, and there is no sign of retreat and persistence. Human nature has always been fond of leisure, hates work, bullies the weak and fears the strong. If a general retreats, the officers and men of the three armies will be slack, and the enemy will be ready to move. If a war breaks out,
, there will be victory or defeat. If you lose, you will retreat. If you retreat, you will be in danger. If Xiapi is in danger, Tancheng will be in danger. If Tancheng loses, Xuzhou will lose!"
"The general asked me about my opinion. I am very shallow and don't know whether Tancheng is suitable as the capital. However, I feel that in troubled times, we need to preserve it. We should consider the way forward rather than the way out!"
When Xu Fang said these words, everyone in the hall changed their expressions. Wang Zheng smiled slightly, but secretly lamented that Xu Fang knew what I was thinking. He looked sideways at Wu Sheng and asked, "A Sheng, what do you think?"
"Tancheng is just the state capital of Xuzhou." Wu Sheng said carelessly: "How long can the general, the governor of Xuzhou, continue to be the governor of Xuzhou?"
"So I think what Mr. Mi Heng... just said is not very important."
As soon as these words came out, especially the second half, they once again caused everyone to think deeply.
Yes, General Tiangong went from a homeless bandit to a prince in a state in less than a year, so how could his territory remain just a state?
"Hahaha, you." Wang Zheng was relieved, and felt that his two chiefs were the biggest gain outside the system. Lang laughed and stood up, looking at the audience, and said seriously: "The words of the two majors,
Just what I wanted!"
"I have made up my mind, my capital will be Xiapi!"
Now that his lord has spoken, it is Qian Gang who makes the final decision. The matter has been decided and there is no need to discuss it any more. As for how to improve the facilities of the government offices and relocate personnel and resources from other places, this matter is natural. It was handled by Mi Heng and the newly attached Chen Yu and others, and they discussed it themselves.
The next step is to discuss the administrative central organization.
This is basically integrated with the second thing, "customizing officialdom".
The system of the Eastern Han Dynasty inherited the system of the Pre-Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, and the official system basically followed the previous dynasty. However, the old system could not fully adapt to the development of the new era, so it was not completely the same.
For example, Wang Zheng's "Xuzhou Governor", the governor was originally a central official, somewhat similar to the imperial envoys of later generations. It originated from the Thirteen Governors Department established during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was mainly responsible for supervising the two thousand officials and powerful officials. Similar to princes, they are similar to Shangshu Ling. The rank of governor is six hundred shi, but he can supervise the local governor of 2,000 shi. He has a low but powerful position, pretends to be the governor's seal, and has a regular place of governance. He often conducts the department in the autumn branch, and the censor is the driver of the four seals. When he arrived at his headquarters, each of the prefectures and counties sent an official to greet him, and he inspected six items.
However, starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the governor was further expanded, and he gradually became a permanent local administrator. Not only did he have a fixed official office and residence, but he only needed to send people to the capital to report things, and no longer needed to report to the capital in person.
If the governor of the Western Han Dynasty wanted to remove the governor of a certain state, he had to impeach him first. To put it bluntly, he only had the right to complain, but the decision-making power was in the hands of the three central government officials. They would only send someone to verify and verify that everything was correct. Decide.
By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governor no longer had to go through the three central ministers, and impeachment could be dismissed directly without even a formality.
Moreover, the governor was originally a supervisory official with no subordinates. However, due to the expansion of his power and the increase in affairs, he began to have subordinate officials. The governor often sent officials as his eyes and ears, and had the power to retain and retain high-ranking officials, so he began to intervene in local administration. , in the later period, the emperor often issued an edict requiring the governor to intervene in the affairs of the general public, so that the nature of the governor changed from a supervisor to an administrator.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the successive peasant uprisings made it difficult for local county guards to deal with it. In order to suppress the rebellion, the central government made another stupid move and even began to decentralize military power. The governor, county guards and even the county king were directly given the power to command troops. By the time Emperor Ling followed the advice of his clan member Liu Yan and changed the position of governor to prefectural governor, the central authority had become in name only, and the situation of separatist rule by various heroes was difficult to change.
Since it has been temporarily decided to continue to use the Han system, it is not difficult to directly copy the official positions. The trouble lies in the appointment of official personnel. Each county has to determine the candidates and issue official letters.
And this exactly reflects the problems that arise when the royal government's territory expands too quickly.
Like Pengcheng and Langya, it's okay if it lasts longer. Zhang Zhao has already verbally appointed the prime minister before, and Langya is also managed by several descendants of the noble clans. Now it's just a matter of filling in the documents and regulations one by one. What's left is Taishan, In many places in the three counties of Donghai and Xiapi, so far, some Tianjun troops have been arranged to guard the outside world, while the Tianfu camp is responsible for public security. However, there are not even a single civilian official. In terms of internal affairs, they are basically all military generals. , this kind of expedient measure cannot last long, and we must take advantage of this opportunity to select and appoint suitable candidates.
For example, county governors and county monarchs have great power and determine internal affairs and people's livelihood, which is very important. This is the first formal appointment. Wang Zheng must personally review it. He told Mi Heng and Chen Yu to be jointly responsible and stepped up the selection of the list.
, and then give it to him to confirm one by one.
In addition to these local officials, departments and officials directly under the governor must also be appointed.
This cannot be copied.
Because the Han Dynasty was always a system of counties and counties in name, this meant that counties and counties had permanent and fixed institutional institutions, but states did not.
Nowadays, all the princes have basically re-established their own system. Officials such as long history, Sima, joining the army, and Biejia are all assigned to the governor and governor of the state.
Finally, under Chen Yu's suggestion, it was roughly divided into three parts: Sima Mansion for government affairs, Ba Mansion for military affairs, Sikong Mansion for evaluation of officials, and Sikong Mansion for criticism.
In the Prime Minister's Office, Wang Zheng appointed Mi Heng as the Left Sima and Zhang Zhao as the Right Sima, which are now the core of the state's officials.
Since he recognized the royal government as the master, Ni Heng has contributed many suggestions and made great contributions. However, the so-called good warriors have no great achievements. In comparison, Zhang Zhao has also managed well since he became the Prime Minister of Pengcheng. He also transported grain and grass to supplement the front line.
The soldier's great contribution can be said to be civilized and military, and regardless of reputation, qualifications, or age, he is actually above Ni Heng. He is above Ni Heng, and even Ni Heng himself has no objection.
In addition, in the official system of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the right was respected and the left was inferior. For example, the title of the Qin Dynasty was divided into twenty levels, the left concubine chief was the tenth level, the right concubine chief was the eleventh level, and the left concubine was the twelfth level.
The middle level is the thirteenth level, the right level is the fourteenth level, all the way up to the high twentieth level. It can be seen that the right is superior to the left.
This was the case even until the Tang Dynasty. Another clear proof of the superiority of the right to the inferiority of the left is that promotion is generally called "moving to the right" and demotion is called "moving to the left." The poet Bai Juyi in his famous "Pipa Xing",
There is a frustrated poem about "I moved to the left to Sima Jiujiang County", and Han Yu also wrote "I moved to the left to Languan to show my nephew Sun Xiang".
The left side of the famous vessel is honored as the right one, which probably dates from the Ming Dynasty.
There are three military planners/consultants, one is Wang Rong, the other is Yan Liang, and the other is Chen Yu.
As the head of three aristocratic families, the Langya Wang family, the Langya Yan family, and the Xiapi Chen family, giving three high-ranking official positions with unclear powers is both a courtesy and a political significance.
Bafu, this one can be regarded as Wang Zheng plagiarizing Wei Wu's future creativity. Of course, the functions are different. Cao Cao's one can be regarded as a sharp edge to evade the Han Dynasty. Wang Zheng's just thinks the name is nice, but in essence it is mainly in charge of military affairs. In terms of system, it is also the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The current general officer system.
Wang Zheng considers himself a general. This title has appeared in the Warring States period. Han Xin once held this title in the early Han Dynasty. Later, it gradually became a permanent official position. As the head of the generals, the title "big general" means adding a big character to the name of the general, such as "Zhenxi Da".
General, South-Conquering General, etc. This practice had already appeared during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, and the purpose was to enhance the status of the named general to show respect.
The title of "General" is higher than that of "General of the Four Expeditions".
The Zhengzhen Anping also followed the Han system. After all, it had to leave vacancies and room for buffering. It was difficult to ask subordinates to do their best at once. Whoever made meritorious service in the future would not be rewarded.
Wu Sheng was appointed as General Pingdong, Xu Fang was appointed General Pingnan, Yu Jin was appointed General Pingbei, and Pan Zhang was appointed General Pingxi. All four were ranked third grade.
The remaining Gu Jian, Chen Jiao, Wu Niu, Lu De and others were appointed according to their military merits.