According to Zhou Yu's idea, if the central government system was changed to the system of three provinces and six ministries, the six ministries of officials, households, rituals, military, punishments, and work were still under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Ling. However, the power of these positions was still too great. If there was no suitable candidate, the Shangshu Ling could be vacant, and the emperor would directly manage the six ministries. This would be similar to the historical structure of the early Ming Dynasty, ensuring imperial power, and in turn it encouraged the emperor to experience government affairs and observe the affairs of the world.

The local official system, from the feudal system in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the county system in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the prefecture system, all have great flaws, namely, the local officials have too much power, and the military and political affairs are in their hands. Once a person has a different intention, chaos will occur over time.

Zhou Yu knew that in history, after the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties adopted the road system.

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were 328 prefectures and 1,573 counties. In order to strengthen management, the country was divided into ten roads according to the mountains, rivers and terrain, and then it increased to fifteen roads. At the beginning of the establishment of the road, only the central government sent supervisors to inspect the affairs of many areas from time to time, but it was not customized. By the time of Kaiyuan, the interview envoys were appointed, and six were illegal in prosecutions were illegal, such as the governor of the Han Dynasty. Later, due to frequent border troubles, in order to strengthen the power of the border commander, the border military governor was appointed to serve as the interview envoy of the road, and also in charge of the affairs of prefectures and counties, re-enacting the situation of external emphasis on internal elimination in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and eventually leading to the Anshi Rebellion.

After the rebellion was put into operation, the military governor system had already been implemented throughout the country, forming a three-pole political district of the road, prefecture, and county. The separatist trend had already been formed, and the tail was too big to be lost, and a split situation occurred in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

After the Northern Song Dynasty unified the Central Plains, in order to change the situation of "the town is too heavy, the king is weak, and the minister is strong", in addition to retaining military power from the central government, local administrative agencies adopted separate routes and became roads, prefectures, prefectures, military, supervision, and county three-pole political districts.

The road was appointed as the chief executive, and the sanctions, prison envoys, Changping envoys, divided into commanders, punishments, market placing straits and salt and iron monopoly, restoring the situation of local power and governance since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The prefecture and prefecture institutions followed the Tang Dynasty. The army was originally a military region during the Five Dynasties, but later became an administrative region because it also managed civil affairs, and still retained the old name of the army. The supervisors were mostly located in industrial and mining areas to strengthen the management of mineral development. In order to further control local areas, the Northern Song Dynasty court often sent officials from the capital to the prefectures and counties to execute central government orders, and their ranks were prefects, prefects, and county magistrates, etc. At the same time, the prefectures and prefectures were established, and all government orders must be signed by the deputy general magistrate, and the prefectures and prefectures could be reported to the court at any time.

The obvious disadvantage of the road system of the Song Dynasty was that officials at all levels were restrained at all levels, obeyed the court in everything, and had no initiative in the local area, which made the organization bloated, redundant officials filled, and administrative expenses soared.

With the powerful economic strength and huge population of the Song Dynasty, it was eventually destroyed by the Jin and Yuan dynasties. This complex and tedious bureaucratic system is not one of its fundamental reasons.

The provincial system that Zhou Yu wanted to adopt was an official system determined by Kublai Khan during the Central Reunification Period. Its establishment consolidated national unity politically and ensured centralization in the administrative system. This was a major change in the administrative system and had a huge impact on later generations. As the name of a local first-level administrative region, the province has been used.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there were ten provinces in the country, namely Lingbei, Liaoyang, Henan, Jiangbei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi, Huguang. Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia were called "Ba Li" and were directly under the jurisdiction of the Secretariat.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial government appointed prime ministers, Pingzhang, left and right chiefs, and the political affairs of the government. The names of administrative agencies and officials were equal to the central government. They took all kinds of military and national affairs in a province. The provincial jurisdiction was not only vast, but also had a staggering area, so that there were no dangerous obstacles to follow, and the doors to the north were opened, forming a military control situation that was controlled by the north to the south. Because this measure helped prevent local separatism, it was inherited by the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although the provinces "have all the military and national affairs, they will be controlled by all aspects of the central government in actual operation, they are all restrained and restricted by all aspects of the central government, so "there are the throne of princes, but there is no power of princes."

For example, in terms of personnel power, the selection of local officials in the Yuan Dynasty was mainly the responsibility of the Secretariat and the Ministry of Personnel. The provinces had almost no official position or the power to be transferred, which was far inferior to the local officials of the Han and Tang dynasties. In terms of finance, the provinces only acted as tools for the imperial court to concentrate their financial resources, and the provinces collected must implement the huge proportion of the share of the 73% retention ratio for the central and local governments. The provinces also have the obligation to follow the orders of the court and provide additional money to make up for the shortcomings of the central government's financial expenditure. In terms of military, the provinces cannot exercise military power independently, and the military power is controlled by the central Privy Council; in terms of justice, the court also formulated strict rules and regulations for the provinces, which cannot be overcome.

The local official system envisioned by Zhou Yu is basically the same as the provincial system. In terms of name, it is still named after states, counties, and counties. There must be relatively large adjustments to the existing states, counties and counties. However, it is not possible to change from the current state system to the provincial system overnight, and it will take a considerable period of time.

The selection of officials is the basis of the entire official system.

Zhou Yu knew that during this period of history, the system of recommendation gradually disappeared and began to implement the "Nine-rank Zhongzheng System". That is, in the prefectures and counties, they set up Zhongzheng officials of all sizes, responsible for family background and moral talents, and learn public opinion, and evaluate local scholars from nine levels from top to bottom, and provide the court with officials according to their rank.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, with the strengthening of the rule of aristocratic families, the system was full of disadvantages after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with Zhongzheng's weight and random evaluations. The aristocratic families controlled Zhongzheng and controlled elections. In the later period, they caused "the high-ranking Hua family had a prosperous honor, and the cold family in the surnames had no way to advance." The nine-rank Zhongzheng system had become a tool for the rule of aristocratic families.

After the Sui Dynasty unified the country, in order to strengthen centralization, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty abolished the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the seventh year of Kaihuang and established the scholarly rank. During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the Jinshi class was established, and the "test" was selected. The imperial examination system was established, which was characterized by open examinations and selecting talents. The imperial examination system was created in the Sui Dynasty, formed in the Tang Dynasty, developed and completed in the Song Dynasty, strengthened in the Ming Dynasty, and declined in the Qing Dynasty, and lasted for more than 1,300 years.

"Study well and be an official", with the imperial examination system and inheritance, outstanding talents outside the family will have a ladder to advance in their careers. Moreover, this system is relatively fair and talents can be selected in a non-conventional manner. Compared with the hereditary and recommendation system, the imperial examination is undoubtedly a fair, open and just method, which improves the employment system.

Over the years, Zhou Yu opened a school in Guangdong District, cultivated tens of thousands of school-friendly teenagers, and built the largest collection academy in China in Moling, attracting young heroes from all over the world to study and study here.

The question is, how can so many young talents be used by the court? If the recommendation system is still adopted, it may be unfair. In Zhou Yu's view, the imperial examination system is the best way to solve this problem. The only thing that needs concern is the opposition of the aristocratic families who support Zhou Yu. However, Zhou Yu also thought of a solution to the response, which is to retain a small amount of hereditary and recommendation systems as a supplement to the imperial examination system.
Chapter completed!