Rebirth: The little puppet emperor, tearing apart the regent with his own hands

"The Yuwen clan..." General Zhong Chan pondered for a moment, and then said: "The Yuwen clan is the clan of the late emperor, and has now developed into the foundation of the Western Wei Dynasty.

In fact, it used to be far smaller than it is now. It was because the Yuwen clan gave birth to the late emperor that it developed to its current scale. This is inevitable..."

Su Qing nodded and said: "General Zhong Chan, please elaborate..."

Zhong Chan continued: "The late emperor was born in the Xianbei clan. In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, he went through many changes and finally joined He Batayue's command and became his subordinate.

Later, he followed He Bayue to welcome Emperor Xiaozhuang of Wei back to Luoyang, and then attacked Guanzhong. He first defeated Wanqi Chou slaves, and then settled in Longyou to carry out Yuanzhou affairs.

At that time, the late emperor was appointed governor of Xiazhou by He Boyue. He participated in the decision-making of all matters, no matter how big or small. He was very interested in it.

After He Bayue was killed by Hou Mo Chen Yue, the late emperor was elected by everyone because of his outstanding ability. He led the army to attack and kill Hou Mo Chen Yue, which shocked Qinlong.

At that time, the Prime Minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan, was in power and oppressed the Northern Wei kings, making the court corrupt and incompetent.

The late emperor swore an oath to eradicate the powerful minister Gao Huan in order to clear the emperor's side.

In August of the same year, the late emperor welcomed Emperor Xiaowu of Wei into the pass. Soon after Emperor Xiaowu died suddenly, the late emperor had no choice but to ascend the throne as emperor and establish the Western Wei Dynasty.

After that, the late emperor led the people around him to expand the territory. After many years of fighting, he finally had enough strength to establish a foothold in Guanlong.

However, this land was not enough for the Western Wei Dynasty, so the late emperor decided to personally lead his troops to conquer the Eastern Wei Dynasty to the east, and to encroach on the Southern Liang Dynasty to the south. He successively captured Hedong and other places in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, as well as Bashu and other places in the Southern Liang Dynasty. Only then did it slowly become what it is today.

When the late Emperor was in the army, the military discipline was strict and the soldiers had excellent fighting qualities. The late emperor also knew people well and promoted Li Bi, Dugu Xin and others in the army.

The Battle of Xiaoguan and the Battle of Shayuan, which he personally commanded, are still examples of defeating more with less until now.

When he was in the middle of the court, he reused Confucian scholars and civil servants such as Su Chuo and Lu Bian, and he was determined to reform, severely punish corruption, reduce officials, and implement equalization of land, which solved the situation where many people had no land to farm...

He also recruited Guan Longhao You to increase the army and organized them into twelve armies, commanded by eight pillar states. Later, he established the government army system. During peacetime, he would work at home and farm, but in case of war, he would be recruited as soldiers..."

Su Qing said with some confusion: "General Zhong Chan has said so much, isn't this just the deeds of the late emperor?"

General Zhong Chan continued: "The late emperor was born in the Yuwen clan. At the beginning, he could only rely on the strength of the Yuwen clan, so he arranged important positions for many people from the Yuwen clan in the court and the army.

This resulted in the stronger the former emperor, the stronger the Yuwen clan became. Except for the adults of the Zhu Kingdom who were promoted after the first emperor, almost everyone in the court was from the Yuwen clan.

Later, because this situation lasted for too long, a terrible situation emerged, that is, the phenomenon of buying and selling officials.

Some people began to curry favor with the Yuwen family just to get an official position for themselves. People who have climbed up through the act of buying an official position have a terrible sense of belonging to the Yuwen family.

As time went by, this situation became more and more common, and this kind of behavior of buying and selling officials became more and more rampant, and finally out of control, the Yuwen clan became the behemoth it is today.

It is no exaggeration to say that from the important officials in the Kyoto court to the village officials in remote areas, almost everyone has a shadow of the Yuwen family. "

Su Qing: "..."

Zhong Chan said in astonishment: "Not much else to say, the Lin City where your Majesty is currently has the power of the Yuwen clan."

Su Qing immediately said: "Do you know who General Zhong Chan is?"

General Zhong Chan did not immediately answer Su Qing's question. Instead, he asked: "Does your Majesty know what the bureaucracy of the border county is?"

Su Qing slowly shook his head. He was not a qualified monarch, and he had never had the guidance of an imperial master. He had been busy working hard and had no time to make up for this knowledge.

Even now, he has not even figured out the names of the ministers of the DPRK and China who participated in the DPRK meeting, and the positions in each department. How can he possibly know what the bureaucracy of a border county is?

Su Qing didn't know, but General Zhong Chan knew. As a former official who followed the late emperor to conquer the world and served as an official in the court, he watched these bureaucracies being built up bit by bit with his own eyes.

So General Zhong Chan told Su Qing: "The chief of a county is the prefect, and the prefect of Lincheng Zhu Yongchen is the highest power holder here.

Under the prefect, there is the county magistrate, who is directly appointed by the capital to assist the prefect. In addition, the county government also has merit officers, chief bookkeepers, and postal supervisors.

Among them, the function of the meritorious officer is to be in charge of all personnel in the county; the function of the chief registrar is to be in charge of documents; and the function of the postal supervisor is to be in charge of inspecting the subordinate counties and supervising the officials and people of the county.

Among them, Bo and Shi were divided into Cao Cao to handle county affairs, with Bo as the principal and Shi as deputy, and each Cao had a scribe to handle documents.

There are also three elders to help implement administrative facilities and education.

The county bureaucracy is hired by the county magistrate himself. The highest ranking officer is the chief clerk, postal supervisor, etc. Each of these parties performs their own duties and leads a county.

This is the general configuration of a county bureaucracy. "

Su Qing was keenly aware of one word: "General?"

General Zhong Chan said: "Yes, it's just a general situation."

Su Qing said: "Are there any special circumstances?"

General Zhong Chan said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the above are all general situations, and there is also a special situation.

That is the border counties. Border counties are different from the inland counties. Unless it is wartime, there is basically no need to use military force in the inland counties.

Since there were not many military affairs, only one of the prefects in the inland counties could take on both civil and military duties.

But the border counties are different. Since there are wars all year round, the border counties also have the post of captain who specializes in military affairs.

The prefect of the county is in charge of civil affairs, while the captain of the county is in charge of military affairs. The subordinate organization of the captain of the county is similar to that of the prefect, and the captain of the county is also hired by himself.

This civil and military force formed the bureaucracy of the border county, and both sides complemented each other and performed their own duties. "

At this point, General Zhong Chan paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, do you feel that something is not right?"

Su Qing said: "I think it's normal. There doesn't seem to be any problem."

General Zhong Chan said: "The county governor and the county captain can indeed manage the county very well if they work together with civil and military forces, but how can there be a real balance between the east and west styles?

Therefore, the border counties set up an official named "Chang Shi" under the prefect and the captain, who not only had the responsibility of assisting the prefect but also had the power of military affairs. He had the same position as the county magistrate and was also directly appointed by the capital. "

Su Qing frowned and said, "Isn't this Chang Shi's power a bit too great?"

Although the official position of Changshi was nominally under the county prefect and the county captain, since it was directly appointed by the court, it was actually equivalent to an independent official position.