~Date: ~November 08~

Liu Wuzhou in Hedong has not had a good life recently. Although he was flocked by two powerful generals Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier, and with the help of the two, he recruited many old generals and generals. The two generals used their abilities to help Liu Wuzhou unite Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe, and Zhang Changxun, and gradually became the powerful leader of the alliance. However, in a few days, Chen Kefu's army had already captured Huainan, defeated Wang Xuanying and Li Mi in the Central Plains, and then pacified Hebei.

The Hebei army won consecutive battles, and heroes from all sides were all dismissed. Chen Kefu, who was still fighting on all sides a while ago, suddenly occupied the Central Plains and was invincible. □ Rengong occupied Yanmen, Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, connected to Taihang, and followed Hebei on his back, defended as a rock.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Kefu sent Qin Qiong, the best among the younger generation of the Hebei army, to lead his army across the Yellow River north. He was like a staggering force along the way, and successively recovered the counties in the southeast of the Hebei region that Wang Shichong had taken advantage of the battle between Li Yuan and Yang Ming.

Henei County, Hedong County, Jiang County, Changping County, Fangcheng County, Linfen County, and Xihe County.

Qin Qiong did not disappoint his title as the confidant of the direct consular of King Chen in the young and strong corps of Hebei. Although it was the first time that he was truly a leader, he had a basis for advance and retreat, and had a deep sense of Chen Kefu. In a short time, he had swept away six counties in the east and south of the river and successfully joined forces with Wang Rengong, Yuchi Gong, Yao Junsu, Chen Xiaoyi and others.

For a moment, the situation in Hedong changed again. Originally, Liu Wuzhou and other coalition forces were in the limelight, but at this time it seemed like they were being cut in the middle and had a blow.

Anyone can see the situation in Hedong at this time. Although Liu Wuzhou and others still occupied the five counties including Longquan, Lishi, Loufan, Mayi, Dingxiang, etc., in Longshang, they also owned the eight counties of Yulin, Wuyuan Wu, Yanchuan, Shuofang, Diaoyin, and Yan'an. However, these local tyrants in Hedong and Longshang were already weak. At this time, Wang Rengong and others from Hedong alone could wipe them out.

At this time, Chen Kefu proposed to let Changsun Wuji go to Hedong. Although Changsun Wuji did not understand what places the Hedong Province included and what official position the Hedong Governor was, this was still obvious to let him easily earn the great achievements in front of him.

Changsun Wuji felt completely flattered at this time. He just proposed to Chen Kefu to work in a local area, considering that the big tree attracted the wind, he was too young and did not want to become a prime minister so soon, and was criticized by the world. After all, whether compared with Li Xiuning or Yang Jier, his younger sister Wugui was not much stronger than his own life. Her younger sister was the queen. Her uncle was already the prime minister and the county duke. If he stayed in the center of the court, then the two priests in their family would be the same. When they were in power, they were really too ostentatious.

He was mentally prepared and planned to work hard at the local level for several jobs. He would come back in seventy-eight years or ten years. After all, there were almost unwritten rules in all dynasties. If he did not go through the prefectures and counties, he would have to have had the experience of being the top leader of the prefectures and counties. Although there was no such statement in the new dynasty now, if he had such experience, he would be able to return to his position in the future.

But now Chen Kefu asked him to go to Hedong and would hold a position that he had never heard of before. This made him immediately understand that this was Chen Kefu's compensation to him. He directly said that he would cultivate him better. Taking advantage of the time when Hedong was not settled, this would be considered as political achievements, and it would also count as military merits. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the most important thing for the imperial court was military merits. Only by winning a real military merit, even if it was picked up for free, could it add a lot of money to his qualifications.

He was so excited that he couldn't speak, and his breathing became rapid: "Your Highness, where does this Hedong Province refer to? What is the position of the Hedong Governor?"

Chen Kefu smiled slightly and patted his shoulder: "Actually, you have guessed that most of it has come, right? The Hedong Province refers to the current Hedong area. The governor is naturally the highest civil servant in this province."

Surprise, surprise, and even shock.

Changsun Wuji did not expect that things were even more unexpected than he thought. That place was bigger. During the Sui Dynasty, there was a prefecture-county system first and then a prefecture-county system. After Chen Ke returned to Hebei, he added the prefecture-level level to the prefecture-county-county-level to share the pressure of the court's central government's direct jurisdiction over hundreds of counties. And prefectures were only four or five counties. For example, the Hedong region had a total of fifteen counties. If the previous division of the Shangshu Province was made, Hedong would have three prefectures. But now, King Chen actually directly asked him to take charge of the entire Hedong region, which was a real chief official. Compared with those who were in charge of six counties or ten counties at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they had more power.

After being shocked, Changsun Wuji said with some concern: "Your Highness, I think that the three levels of prefectures, counties and counties have actually solved the problem of excessive local governments and extravagant officials, and also solved the difficulty of the central court's inability to manage hundreds of counties at the same time. At this time, coupled with the provincial system, although it sounds like it can strengthen local management, it has the potential to make the local government bigger and weaken the majesty and authority of the central court. In the future, it is very likely that the local government is too strong, and the branches are strong and the leaders are weak. This is not a good idea."

Chen Kefu looked at Changsun Wuji's serious appearance and knew that he was indeed starting from the perspective of the court at this time, and even missed a great opportunity for himself. Chen Kefu was very impressed and admired such a loyal brother-in-law.

"Come on, sit down." Chen Kefu smiled, "Actually, you don't have to worry so much. I naturally thought about these issues. The county system originated from the Qin Emperor and the state system flourished in the Western Jin Dynasty. No matter what system it is, it was actually the authorities to adapt to the world. Nowadays, the territory of our Chinese Han people is far better than that of all dynasties. Moreover, it can be foreseen that our new dynasty will also expand the country of China. The population of our Han people has been developing for thousands of years, and the population is increasing. In the eight years of Daye, the world has already had nine million households and fifty million households. Although the war has subsided and the population has dropped sharply, as long as our court policies are well formulated, it will not take many years to restore it. With such a large population and such a large territory, the county system of the past is no longer suitable for us, and is even hindering the development of the court."

Speaking of these current affairs, Changsun Wuji nodded. Of course, he understood these things. Etiquette and morality may not change for thousands of years, but administrative systems cannot remain unchanged, otherwise it will only be Xinjiang.

"Wuji, that day, you told me that the first priority of the new dynasty was to collect the troops of the world and strengthen centralization. I have been thinking about this for the past few days, and you are right. In military terms, we are now in an absolute leading position. Many times of life and death fighting, we finally broke out of this thorny road. Although we have already sold out all our reserves of food, we don't have to be afraid anymore. As long as we rest for a few years, we will not only be able to restore our past strength, but also have stronger strength. So now we must take advantage of this wealthy time of rest and truly digest the fruits of victory we have won."

It is easy to conquer the world, but it is difficult to conquer the world.

Chen Kefu no longer can't unify the world, because although he still has separatist forces, as long as he seeks victory in a steady manner, he can recover the country at most ten years. What he is about to unify the world is about to worry about how to govern the world. He cannot be like Yang Guang, with a unified country, billions of wealth, and a million powerful troops that make the world tremble, but in the end he was destroyed, and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed in the second lifetime.

Although we do not expect a foundation of tens of millions of years, we must have two or three hundred years to create a strong dynasty and give the Chinese Han people a more brilliant opportunity. This is indeed something that needs to be done. After all, conquering the world requires military generals, but governing the world requires military cultivation. The military general army is a double-edged sword, which not only maintains an empire, but also causes the collapse of an empire. However, the group of military generals is too wide, and if it has not yet subsided, Chen Kefu cannot immediately do the task of destroying the Great Wall.

Therefore, when adjusting the army slightly, he first focused on the establishment of the system of the New Dynasty. Among them, Chen Kefu chose to change the administrative divisions. Faced with the inconvenience of the prefectures and counties, Chen Kefu had already begun to implement a new division. That is, the three-level trial system of provinces, prefectures and counties. Unlike prefectures and counties, Chen Kefu's new division directly counted the entire China and divided it into more than 30 provinces, basically the same as later generations. Then, a large number of merging the following counties. After the merger, the world will be divided into more than 30 provinces, about 200 prefectures, and about 1,000 counties. A large number of redundant redundant local governments were reduced, and the effectiveness of the central and local governments was strengthened.

However, Changsun Wuji also said it well. The world suddenly became more than 30 provinces. Due to different regions, some provinces may have several times the population of other provinces, and even caused excessive local power. For this reason, Chen Kefu also referred to the practices of the Ming Dynasty in later generations and decentralized power. As in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the state governor could appoint and remove his staff by himself. Not only were all officials and officials appointed and removed from the Ministry of Personnel in the court, but he also divided the three powers of the province, which was a large unit.

The Hedong provinces where Changsun Wuji are about to take office will include Changping, Shangdang, Taiyuan, Yanmen and Mayi. The Xingdong provinces will be divided into Hedong Chengxuan Government Office, the Criminal Censorate Office, and the Commander Office, which will be in charge of political affairs, justice, and military powers.

The Chief of the Administrator is the Governor, with the left and right governor, the Chief of the Criminal Commander is the Administrator, with the left and right supervisor. The Chief of the Commander Commander is the Governor, with the left and right commander. The Third Supervisor is the third rank, and the deputy is the third rank. Moreover, in order to separate power, Chen Kefu also weakened the rights of the three governors, and promoted the rights of the left and right deputy governors, and divided the power of the province into three ministries, and the power of the one department is divided into three chiefs and deputy chiefs, which are mutually restrained and balanced to prevent the possibility of excessive rights of local officials.

Changsun Wuji is the new Hedong Provincial Governor of the Third-rank General of the Hedong Provincial Government.

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