Chapter 201 Three Provinces

On May of the second year of Xingning, Wuchen, Wang Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, was appointed as the Secretary of the Shangshu. Renshen, the minister summoned Wen to participate in the government affairs, but Wen refused to leave. In autumn, in July, Dingmao, he ordered the Grand Sima Wen to return to the court. In August, Wen arrived at Zheqi and ordered the Secretary of the Shangshu to stop him. Wen surrendered to Zheqi and stayed there in the city, and sent him to the inner register and command the governor of Yangzhou from afar.

----- Introduction Excerpt

In May of the summer and May of the second year of Xingning, Zeng Hua presided over a disputed military and political joint meeting of the Northern Government in Chang'an for more than a month.

In April of the first year of Xingning, the governor of Xizhou Zuo Qinghou sent a letter to Chang'an and said bluntly that the Northern Prefecture had already divided the country, but the officials were unclear and there was no department, which was difficult to set up military and national affairs. Therefore, Zeng Hua was required to set up three provinces in the Northern Prefecture as Duke of Qin.

According to the "convention" of the Northern Prefecture, the general letters of the governors of each state will be published in the political newspapers of each state as government affairs, and the important ones will be published directly in the Minbao. When Zuo Qinghou's letter was published in the "Xizhou Political News" and the Minbao, it immediately caused a lot of noise. Some oppose and some agreed, and they immediately became a fuss. Because the three provinces are the symbols of the central government, if the Northern Prefecture has three provinces, then where should the Jiangzuo court, as the "Central Government of the Great Jin Dynasty" be placed?

In June, the storm had not subsided, and the governor of Xizhou Zuo Qinghou wrote a letter again, firmly demanding the establishment of three provinces, the establishment of a department, and the division of hundreds of officials. This time, the governor of Liangzhou Xie Ai and the governor of Shazhou Yan Feng wrote letters to express their approval. Immediately, the governor of Yongzhou Li Cun, the governor of Qinzhou An Ci, and the governor of Liangzhou Kong Jue also wrote letters to express their approval. In August, with the letters to express their approval, Zhang Shou, the governor of Jizhou, Gan Rui, the governor of Youzhou, Liao Qian, the governor of Qingzhou, and Wang Meng, the governor of Yuzhou, each of them wrote letters to express their approval, and everyone knew that this matter was almost settled. Because these important officials guarding Guandong had a great weight in Zeng Hua's heart and were very famous among the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Palace. Since they all agreed, no one could object.

In this case, Zeng Hua submitted a letter to the Jiangzuo court and requested the establishment of three provinces and divided hundreds of officials. However, in order to indicate that the Northern Prefecture was a vassal of the Jin Dynasty, he took the initiative to propose that the three provinces of the Northern Prefecture were only three provinces, and the rest of the departments were all demoted to one level. Jianye was hesitant for several months, and finally replied reluctantly: "There is no precedent for division of provinces, but the Northern Prefecture has already divided the country and can be temporarily put into practice."

After reluctantly responding to the Beifu's "over-system" requirement, the Jiangzuo court began to win over Huan Wen from Jingxiang for some reason. First, he sent the minister to order Huan Wen to Jianye and asked him to take charge of the government. Huan Wen did not know Jiangzuo's intention and immediately refused. The court ordered the imperial edict again. Seeing that the court was so earnest, Huan Wen agreed and immediately rushed to Jianye. Unexpectedly, when Jianye was about to arrive, the court became afraid again, afraid of leading the wolf into the house, so he sent the minister to chariot and steer to stop Huan Wen from continuing to move forward.

Huan Wen was so depressed that he simply abandoned his boat and landed in Zheqiling (now Fanchang, Anhui) and built a city. However, Huan Wen would not give up easily, so he simply announced that he would take the Yangzhou governor from afar and began to infiltrate his power into Yangzhou, the hinterland of the Jiangzuo court.

After a period of planning and preparation, the preliminary plan for the major military and political reform of the Beifu based on the establishment of three provinces has been released. Zeng Hua then convened important civil and military officials to start discussions and revise and improve them.

In June, the draft of the major reform was finally released and it is time to be reviewed. This kind of meeting was moved to the Left Assembly Hall of Chang'an Xiantai. More than 100 civil and military officials were attended by Wang Meng, Xie Ai, Zhang Shou and others who handed over local positions from various places to Chang'an, as well as the nearby Qin and the governors of Liang, the governors, and the governors of other states, and the governors sent by the assistants to express their opinions. In addition, there were professors and celebrities from Chang'an University, Yongzhou University and other schools, shopkeepers of major trading clubs, representatives of gentry, seven cardinal archbishops of the Holy Church, and more than 200 people. In addition, there were more than 300 people, which filled the not-so-small lobby of the Xiantai.

Zeng Hua first explained the agenda and rules of the meeting. The participants discussed the major reform plan he distributed, but in order to maintain progress and order, Zeng Hua announced that everyone must discuss in groups, such as the assistants of each state are one group, each professor and famous scholar are one group, the military officers are one group, the civil servants are one group, the trading club and local gentry representatives are one group, and the Archbishops' group is one group, and the archbishops are one group, and discuss this plan separately, put forward opinions, and then unify their opinions in their own group, and finally summarize and discuss.

After nearly a month of discussion and dispute, the major reform plan was finally basically revised. Today, Zeng Hua gathered all participants to read them in class and conducted the final review.

The first thing to mention is the Shangshu Province, which holds the highest administrative power, and all the state affairs of the world are above the Shangshu Province. However, the Shangshu Province in the Northern Prefecture is the Shangshu Province, and the chief official is Pingzhang State Affairs, with one official, and the commander is the commander of all officials, and the charge of all affairs of the Shangshu Province, and is called the Taizai. The deputy position is the deputy chief political affairs, and two are called Shaozai. All documents of Pingzhang State Affairs must have a deputy chief political affairs signature to be valid.

The thirteen departments of the Shangshu Province are divided into thirteen departments, namely official, academic, household, ritual, industry, business, agriculture, governance, civil affairs, legal affairs, transportation, army, navy,

The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the system of rank selection, examination of the courses and promotions, the rules for awarding and rewarding, and the methods for determining the final system. It is the agency for managing civil servants. The civil servants of the Northern Prefecture are divided into 14th rank and 28th rank, with the highest being the third rank, and the following are from the third rank, and from the fourth rank to the ninth rank, and each rank is divided into two levels, such as the third rank, from the third rank, and from the ninth rank. These twenty-eight ranks summarize the lowest official officer in the Northern Prefecture - the county rank, the highest rank, the provincial chief official Pingzhang State Affairs.

The county magistrate (fifth rank above) and above are nominated by the Shangshu Provincial Party Committee, the State Council of the Provincial Party Committee, the General Secretary of the State Council, and the General Secretary of the State Council, and then approved by Zeng Hua, and then appointed in the name of the Shangshu Provincial Party Committee. However, the General Secretary of the State Council, and the General Secretary of the State Council, and the General Secretary of the State Council, and the Ministry of Personnel is directly appointed. The assessment and evaluation of all officials are responsible for the Ministry of Personnel.

In Zeng Hua's mind, the Ministry of Personnel is similar to the responsibilities of the Ministry of Personnel and Organization as he knows.

The school department is responsible for encouraging students, schools, imperial examinations, teaching books, books and other affairs, that is, it is responsible for the management of all schools in Beifu, organizing examinations at all levels, instructors, professors, etc., which is similar to Zeng Hua's minds of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture. However, the schools at all levels in Beifu are very powerful, especially in colleges and universities. The school department and its subordinate teachers and supervisors at all levels cannot easily interfere with the normal operation and management of schools. In addition to the allocation of funds from schools at all levels, some of the funds of schools at all levels rely on social donations. In addition, the school department also manages the review and publication of all books, newspapers and magazines of Beifu.

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's finances, including money, grain taxes, calculation and payment, treasury exemption, etc. To put it bluntly, it is the Ministry of Finance of the Northern Prefecture.

The Ministry of Rites is responsible for etiquette, sacrifice, diplomacy and religion. That is, it is responsible for formulating etiquette, ratification and sacrifice of sages and martyrs, and summarizes the interpersonal affairs of foreign countries. In addition, it is also responsible for managing astronomy, missed carvings, national taboos, temple taboos, monks and nuns, and many other matters.

The Ministry of Industry controls all factories, mines, research institutes and engineering colleges in Beifu, which are almost the same as the Ministry of Machinery, Energy and Coal.

The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the internal and external trade of Beifu, responsible for managing all trading companies and commercial banks, and is also responsible for formulating tax rates for various commodities in domestic and foreign trade, supervising and controlling the trade and import and export of various items, especially important materials such as tea, salt, and iron. Zeng Hua was set up according to the Ministry of Commerce in the "different world".

The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of all kinds of agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry industries in Beifu. It is responsible for urging agriculture, reclamation, planting, animal husbandry, fishery and other affairs. In Zeng Hua's mind, it is a large mixture of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Forestry and other departments in the "different world".

The Ministry of Management is in charge of civil and water conservancy projects in Beifu. Whether it is the construction of cities, roads, bridges, dikes, etc., the Ministry of Management is responsible for it, and it should be considered the Ministry of Construction of Beifu.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs controls all household registrations, land distribution, marriage and inheritance, medicine and health care, disaster relief and poverty alleviation, etc. in the Beifu that are closely related to the daily lives of the people. Zeng Hua mixed all the responsibilities of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Social Security, the Ministry of Health and other departments in the "different world" he knew, and established such a department.

The Ministry of Justice is a department that is quite puzzling to the north. Zeng Hua defined it as a responsibility to supervise the implementation of national laws. It has two very famous subordinate agencies, one is the General Procuratorate and the other is the General Police Office.

The responsibility of the General Procuratorate is to supervise the prosecution and criminal investigation. The subdivision is to prosecute and criminal litigation, that is, cooperate with the General Patrol Police to investigate criminal cases, and the two supervise and balance each other. When the patrol police department receives a report or patrol criminal cases, it will immediately send a police officer to investigate according to the law. Once a criminal and evidence is found, it will report to the prosecutor, and the prosecutor will approve the arrest, then complete the trial and collect sufficient evidence. The prosecutor will prosecute the magistrate and conduct a criminal trial.

The second is to observe the judicial faults and supervise whether the trial of cases is fair. If it is unfair, it can be stated to the higher-level prosecutor and the higher-level prosecutor. Judging from the latter two responsibilities, Zeng Hua sets the General Procuratorate as a "different world" prosecutor. However, the General Prosecutor and the institutions at all levels in various places do not have chief officials, but only a number of prosecutors at all levels, and they will patrol each place, each taking one party to exercise their powers. If there are cases involving duplication or conflicts, the decision will be made by more than three prosecutors.

The General Procuratorate has nine major prosecutors, and the State Procuratorate has more than nine state prosecutors, all of which are nominated and appointed by the chief officer of the Ministry of Justice. The County Procuratorate has more than fifteen county prosecutors, which are collaboratively appointed by the Grand Prosecutor. The County Procuratorate has more than fifteen county prosecutors, and the County Procuratorate has more than fifteen county prosecutors, which are appointed by the state prosecutors.

The prosecutor also has one most important responsibility, which is to supervise administrative affairs with the power of impeachment, supervise and correct the faults of government affairs at all levels, which can be regarded as the supervisory department within the Shangshu Province. If the county prosecutor finds that the county patrol station is inaction, he will inform the county magistrate and ask the county magistrate to correct the problem. If he does not listen, he will exercise the impeachment power and impeach the superior county prosecutor's office. After receiving the impeachment, the county prosecutor will immediately report to the county magistrate and advise him to instruct his subordinates to correct the problem. If he does not listen, the county prosecutor will continue to exercise the impeachment power. After receiving the impeachment, the state prosecutor will inform the state governor to report the suggestions. If he does not listen, the state prosecutor will impeach the grand prosecutor.

Once the prosecutor approves the impeachment, impeachment becomes impeachment. At this time, Pingzhang has only two choices in state affairs. One is to accept impeachment and hold all relevant officials from the state to the county accountable; the other is to reject the impeachment, and the grand prosecutor who proposes impeachment will be dismissed. But at this time, Pingzhang's state affairs will bear risks and any. Because at this time, the Censorate will intervene. Once the impeachment case is passed in the Zhongshu Province, in addition to holding local relevant officials accountable, Pingzhang's state affairs must also be dismissed.

The General Patrol Police Department understood very well that Zeng Hua set up the Ministry of Public Security, which was considered a "different world", but only deprived some of the powers, leaving only law enforcement powers such as maintaining public order and investigating cases. Patrol police stations at all levels are set up in various places to accept the "dual leadership" of the General Patrol Police Department and local governments.

The Transportation Department is responsible for the maintenance of roads, bridges, ferries, and boat bridges in Beifu, and is responsible for the transfer of materials from various places, as well as postal stations and canal transportation, etc., which can be regarded as the ancient version of the Ministry of Transportation.

The Army Department is in charge of the selection, transfer, promotion, appointment, recruitment, recruitment of military officers in the Northern Prefecture, imprisonment, food and pay, supplies and other affairs, and is in charge of all factory sites that produce military equipment and materials used by the Army.

The Navy Department is in charge of the selection, transfer, promotion, appointment, military registration, customs, imprisonment, food and pay, supplies and other affairs of the Northern Prefecture Naval Office, and is in charge of all factory and shipyards that produce military ordnance materials used by the Army.

In order to indicate that the level of the Shangshu Province in the Northern Prefecture was lower than that of the Shangshu Province in Jiangzuo, Zeng Hua did not set up a Shangshu in each department, but only used the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Affairs and the title of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue as the Chief Official of the Ministry of Revenue as the Minister of Revenue as the Minister of Revenue as the Minister of Revenue as the Minister of Revenue.

Wang Meng was appointed as the one who was in charge of state affairs and was appointed as the government officials, and the political affairs were appointed as the one who was in charge of state affairs and Zhang Shou.

However, Zeng Hua had another trick. He added a title of Minister of State Affairs, General Affairs and several important departments such as the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Army, and Ministry of Navy to form a state meeting to handle all administrative affairs of the Northern Prefecture. Since the place where the state meeting was held was nominated for the State Cabinet by Zeng Hua, this "leadership team" was also called the "cabinet" by the world. According to Zeng Hua, the state affairs of the Northern Prefecture, regardless of the size, are subject to the cabinet.

Zeng Hua made Jiang Zuo and Huan Wen smiled bitterly. According to the Jin system, all the official documents and decisions of the Shangshu Province must be made by him, so it can be said that he was the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty. However, Zeng Hua added a lot of things to the Shangshu Province. How could this not make the Jiangzuo court and Huan Wen, who had this title depressed? However, Zeng Hua argued vigorously that the Shangshu Province in the Northern Prefecture was to record the Shangshu Province affairs, and it would be a big deal.

Next is the Zhongshu Province. According to Zeng Hua's establishment, the Beifu Zhongshu Province was in charge of the decision-making and was responsible for drafting and formulating the laws of the Beifu. Zeng Hua did not set up the official positions of the Zhongshu Province, such as the Zhongshu Supervisor, but instead appointed Che Yin Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu as the general of the Zhongshu Province. Another entrusted 365 Chaos and Confessions, all of whom had medals. According to the Beifu system, civilians in the Beifu could engage in military, industry, commerce, agriculture, academics and other positions. Anyone who had outstanding achievements could be awarded titles and promoted to nobles. Zeng Hua selected more prestigious and knowledgeable people from these nobles to be considered as Chaos and Confessions, and they held the right to "right discussions in the court."

These 365 court officials divided into six departments: households, military, rituals, punishments, officials and engineering, corresponding to the provincial departments of the Shangshu Province. However, each department communicated with the corresponding provincial departments of the Shangshu Province, and drafted their own laws. Then, they were reviewed and approved by all court officials of the Zhongshu Province, and handed over to Zeng Hua for approval, becoming the basis for the administration and case-breaking of the Shangshu Province and Dali Temple.

The Zhongshu Province has a Censorate, with more than 30 censors in six departments, which are in charge of the rules and regulations of the court and all officials are selected. These censors are divided into various places to supervise all officials. Once they find that officials have violated laws and regulations, they can impeach them from the Zhongshu Province. After receiving the impeachment, the corresponding departments will immediately file a case and require officials of the impeached Shangshu Province or the governor of the state to come and consult and confront the impeachment censor. Once the evidence is conclusive, the impeachment case can be reviewed. Once the impeachment case is passed in the Zhongshu Province, it will be reported to Zeng Hua immediately, and Zeng Hua will remove the impeached officials based on the results.

However, Zeng Hua changed the province of Menxia to another appearance. Mao Muzhi was the official position of the Taizhong doctor, the general leader of Menxia. Menxia did not have any other official positions, and only Chengyilang exercised the power of "Senior (People's) Interpretation. Chengyilang elected two people in each county, regardless of identity and term of office, and lived in Chang'an for five years. The Chengyilang elected the procedure for Chengyilang elected another document.

According to Zeng Hua's establishment and definition, Menxia Province represents the public opinion of the Northern Government, and is in charge of auditing the tax and expenditures of the Northern Government. The Shangshu Province is responsible for collecting taxes and various expenses, while the Menxia Province is responsible for supervising the tax rates of basic taxes such as land taxes, salt and iron taxes, tax types and reviews where each copper plate is used. Every year, the Shangshu Province has to conduct a "spring and autumn calculation" in the Menxia Province. That is, the Shangshu Province will go to the Menxia Province to conduct a "summary report of the previous year and the budget report of the next year" every spring, and in the autumn, it will also go to the Menxia Province to conduct a "semi-annual branch summary report". In addition, any amount of tax increase in the basic tax must be approved by the Menxia Province.

The Audit Office under the Ministry of Education, which is the "long history" and famous accounting inspection department of the Northern Prefecture. It is specifically responsible for reviewing the items used by various departments. Every spring and autumn, it will also make an inspection report after the report is completed by the Shangshu Province for reference and comparison. In normal times, once the Audit Office finds that a department or place in the Shangshu Province has problems with the Provincial Department or place, it can also submit it to the Provincial Provincial Provincial Department for review and then conduct confrontation and impeachment. The process and effect are similar to that of the Zhongshu Province.

Menxia Province also has a very special power, that is, it has the right to refute the laws and regulations formulated by the Zhongshu Province. According to regulations, the draft laws passed by the Zhongshu Province cannot be submitted directly to Zeng Hua for approval, but must be submitted through the Menxia Province. During the transfer process, the Menxia Province has the right to review the draft laws. Once it is found that it is inappropriate and more than half of the Chengyilang agrees that it is suspected of harming the people, the chief official of the Menxia Province, Taizhong Doctor, will seal the draft laws and return it to the Zhongshu Province. If the Zhongshu Province wants the draft laws to be approved for implementation, it must be revised until the Menxia Province agrees to be transferred to Zeng Hua through its chief official Taizhong Doctor, so that it can be submitted to Zeng Hua and finally approved the Song Xing.

The three-provincial system of Beifu was formed by Lao Zeng's mixture of the three-provincial system of the Tang Dynasty and the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty. Although it has been revised several times, there are still shortcomings and negligence. Please ask all book friends to discuss and suggest.
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