lcionline Chapter 366 County Reform
Chapter 366 County Reform
When the Great Qin swept the world and unified the Central Plains, the actual area under its control was actually less than 300 million square kilometers. At that time, there were only 36 counties and less than [-] counties.
Even after Baiyue was pacified and part of the land was taken back from the Xiongnu, the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty was only more than three million square kilometers, and the counties only increased by five compared with before.
Until the sudden rise of Ying Yu, the Nu, Da Yueshi and Donghu who swept all the way laid down the entire prairie for Daqin, which directly doubled the land area of Daqin.
Then he went on an expedition to foreign lands and took down Fusang Island, Persia and Tianzhu County.
Afterwards, Tuan and Seleucus also took the initiative to apply for inclusion, plus the tribes that were destroyed by the way, the actual territory of Daqin is now close to 2000 million square kilometers.
Coupled with the large-scale local development of Daqin, many originally desolate areas have now developed. Just one Grand Canal has added several counties and hundreds of counties to Daqin.
Therefore, Daqin now has more than 100 counties and more than [-] counties. Although it sounds very powerful, it is actually very laborious to manage.
Moreover, the area and economic status of the counties are also uneven, with obvious gaps.
For example, although the prairie is divided into five counties, each with a size of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, there are only a few cities, and the population is pitifully small.
The counties in the Central Plains area may only have an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers, but their population is nearly one million, and their economic development is even more rapid.
As a reference for future generations, with a territory of nearly ten million square kilometers, there are only more than [-] provinces corresponding to the county level, which shows that there were indeed too many counties before the Great Qin Dynasty.
Moreover, the mechanism for the county to directly manage the county has not kept up with the development.
In a well-developed county, there are nearly a hundred counties under one county.
This is very laborious to manage, and an intermediate agency, such as a state or city, must be added between the county and the county.
In this way, the county is directly responsible to the state capital to which it belongs, and as long as the county manages the state capital well, it can greatly improve efficiency and reduce the workload of the county government.
Moreover, by taking the opportunity of adding a state level, the existing counties and counties of Daqin can also be integrated and re-divided to reduce the workload of various departments of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Ying Yu simply turned around and headed towards the imperial study.
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"There are indeed too many counties and counties in Daqin today, and it is really difficult to manage so many counties and counties.
After Ying Yu's explanation, Ying Yu pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement with his point of view.
Feng Quji, who was on the side, showed a hint of surprise on his face. Seeing that Ying Zheng agreed, he quickly asked:
"If His Highness proposes to add a first-level prefecture to replace part of the functions of the county, the veteran thinks that the world can be re-divided into fifty or sixty counties, which is enough."
"Each county can have up to ten states under it, and each state can have up to twenty counties. In this way, the government orders are accessible and the affairs are handled much more smoothly."
Yao Jia, Dun Ruo and the others nodded their heads in agreement when they heard the words.
"If this is true, it will be much easier for Yushitai to supervise the counties."
Meng Yi was also very pleasantly surprised.
It is very difficult to train a qualified censor. The reduction in the number of counties also means that the demand for personnel is reduced. This is definitely a good thing for the censor.
If there is extra manpower, special personnel can be dispatched to keep an eye on the responsible county for regular inspections, thereby improving the efficiency of supervision.
Moreover, after the county, state, and county systems are clarified, the accounts will be more clear. If you want to fish in troubled waters, it will be even more difficult to practice fraud.
"A good thing is a good thing, but how to redefine it is a big problem!"
After the excitement, Feng Quji suddenly smiled wryly:
"The reorganization of counties and counties means that many county guards and county lieutenants will be demoted to the state capital level, and they will definitely not be willing."
"And the ownership of the states and counties is also a trouble, and it needs to be well balanced."
"All the counties and counties must hope to win the states and counties with better development, and push the relatively backward states and counties to other counties, so as to improve their own data and strive for more political achievements,"
"Also, there are some differences in customs and local languages between different places in Daqin. If the gap is too large, I'm afraid they may not be able to unite quickly!"
After Feng Quji finished speaking, Meng Yi and the others also frowned.
Governing a large country is like cooking small fish. The territory of the Great Qin Dynasty now far exceeds that of previous dynasties. The problems it faces are also unprecedented.
The reorganization of counties and counties cannot be done easily.
"Does the prince have any countermeasures?"
Ying Zheng looked directly at Ying Yu.
The gazes of several important ministers also focused on them one after another.
After Ying Yu's many amazing performances, they already had a kind of admiration and recognition from the bottom of their hearts for this prince.
What they couldn't think of, His Royal Highness will definitely have a solution.
Moreover, this was proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so there should be corresponding countermeasures, right?
"There is a way, but whether it is suitable or not, I need to consider it with my father and all the adults."
Ying Yu said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the different customs and local languages first. This has actually been initially resolved with the implementation of free government education and literacy training classes, and the use of Qin language for teaching."
"All language communication, all using Qin language for communication, not only can solve the problem, but also can better strengthen the people's sense of identity with Daqin."
"As for customs and the like, we can seek common ground while reserving differences. Daqin respects their customs, but if they dare to use customs to cause trouble, they will be dealt with according to law!"
A stern look flashed across Ying Yu's face.
The worst book burning that the first emperor of later generations was blackmailed actually burned books that were in a different language from the official language of the Great Qin Dynasty.
Moreover, these books did not pass away, but were all changed to Qin Yu's version.
As for cheating Confucianism, it was alchemists who were cheating originally, but if Confucianism dared to make trouble, Ying Yu didn't mind killing a few more so-called great Confucians to establish their prestige.
"It really should be!"
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
If you want to implement a centralized system, this tough attitude must be implemented.
Blind tenderness will only indulge some people with ulterior motives.
"There is also the re-division of the counties, the ownership of the prefectures and counties, and the counties and county guards can be called back to Xianyang to discuss together. If you have opinions, you can raise them, but after passing them, they must be implemented unconditionally!"
"If my Great Qin can contribute to the country and benefit the officials of one party, it is not to fulfill their selfish desires."
"Well done, the Pavilion of Meritorious Ministers is waiting for them, and the people of Daqin will remember their achievements from generation to generation."
"But those who are only for their own selfishness, the Xianyang Prison and the execution ground are prepared for them!"
Ying Yu said loudly.