At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Lu Su nodded immediately.

"Your Majesty's teachings, I will keep in mind, and I must eat on time."

"Hahahaha, that's good."

Guo Peng nodded, took a breath, and said again: "Zijing, this time I asked you to come, do you know why?"

Lu Su shook his head.

"I don't know, please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

"We won the battle of Liaodong."

Guo Peng laughed.

Lu Su was stunned for a moment, and immediately beamed with joy. He stood up and went to Guo Peng's case to bow down, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has great achievements and great achievements in battle. I congratulate Your Majesty! Congratulations to Wei Guo! Congratulations to the world!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Guo Peng understood why this guy was able to handle the interpersonal relationship in the officialdom so easily.

What a delight.

"Get up, Liaodong has just been won, the crisis is not over yet, Jiaozhou is not yet clear, and there are still some twists and turns in this rule of the world. Don't rush to congratulate now."

Guo Peng asked Lu Su to stand up, and then said: "Having said that, Jiaozhou is just a place to be passed down. There is no need to go to war. The only ones who are really capable are the Liaodong of the Gongsun family. Now Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang are dead. Now, Liaodong is pacified, and all the warlords of the former Han Dynasty have been wiped out."

Someone from Guo flattered himself a bit, and Lu Su immediately followed.

"Your Majesty's achievement, even if it goes back thousands of years, there are not many people who can compare with His Majesty. Why should Your Majesty be humble?"

Lu Su's face was serious, and he didn't seem to be flattering at all, but the words in his mouth were pleasant to hear.

Well, you Lu Zijing, you are not weak in flattery with big eyebrows and big eyes!

Being able to get the praise of a veteran like Cheng Yu as a Xuzhou native in the officialdom of the Wei State shows that Lu Su's double business is high.

The future of this guy is limitless.

"I'm not self-effacing. Isn't what I'm telling the truth? It's just a little emotional."

Guo Peng took a deep breath and said, "Zijing, this day is not easy to come by. It has been 20 years since Han Guanghe seven years ago. 20 years.

Over the past 20 years, I have been conscientious and cautious, led the army to fight the world, sleep long and sleepy, and dare not slack off in the slightest, and finally I have today. Now thinking about the days of endless wars in those years, I don’t know how I survived of. "

"Your Majesty's celestial appearance is admired by the whole world, and no one refuses to accept it. Isn't it a matter of course to become an emperor?"

Lu Su's flattery was slapped again.

Guo Peng smiled.

"Okay, don't say good things anymore, I always feel that I should be born to rule the world from what you say?"

"Is not it?"

Lu Su looked puzzled.

"..."

Rao is as thick-skinned as Guo, and he also feels a little bit embarrassed at this time.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Speaking of this, you can always make me suspect that the store gave me a gift after I bought a pancake in this world."

Guo Peng shook his head and said, "Zijing, I called you to give you a task to complete."

"If your majesty has an order, I will do my best to fulfill it for your majesty!"

Lu Su immediately expressed his opinion.

Guo Peng nodded.

"This is a big matter, Zijing, listen carefully. I have decided to count the newly conquered lands of Liaodong and North Korea, as well as the lands of Koguryo and Buyeo to be conquered in the future, and set up a new The name of the state is Pingzhou, and you are the first governor of Pingzhou."

Chapter 893 Nine hundred and three

Lu Su was taken aback for a moment, suddenly surprised.

"Your Majesty wants to appoint a minister as the governor?"

"That's right, with your talent, I think you are good enough to take on this task. Pingzhou has just been captured, and it needs smart and capable people to manage and govern, and you are the one I have chosen."

Guo Peng is very determined.

Lu Su was a little uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I... I'm still inexperienced, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take on a big job."

"Zijing, you understand me. When I employ people, I don't value qualifications so much. As long as I think you are suitable, you are suitable. Over the years, I have placed you in many positions. After seeing what you have done, I feel very satisfied.

The governor of Pingzhou was facing a desolate land with a population of only a few hundred thousand, which was not as large as the large counties in the Central Plains. But the good thing is that it allows you to flex your muscles without any constraints, and you can do what you want. "

Guo Peng looked at Lu Su with a smile, which made Lu Su feel a little panicked.

"Your Majesty trusts me so much, I am afraid."

"Zi Jing."

Guo Peng stood up and walked to Lu Su's side, helped him up, held his hand, and said: "In the Central Plains and Hebei Province, order has been established, the population is dense, and it is getting richer day by day. It has its own set of rules of conduct. It is the seasoned and prudent officials to consolidate.

However, Kansai, Jiangnan, and Liaodong are all newly occupied places. Our army captured them not long ago, the transportation is not so convenient, and there are not so many household registrations in the village. There are even many unresolved issues. What is needed is forge ahead. Officials to create, this is why I choose you. "

Lu Su obviously didn't think that Guo Peng would be a governor as soon as he made a move, and he was given the position of governor of land reclamation, so he obviously valued him very much.

According to this trend, if this test is passed and some achievements are made, it is obviously not a problem to return to the central government to become a high-ranking official in the future.

So the excitement in Lu Su's heart is natural.

After Guo Peng established the Wei State, he raised the salary level of the governor to the level of [-] shi.

There is a clear gap with the county guard of two thousand shi, the county magistrate of one thousand shi, and the lower-level village chief of five hundred shi and village chief of three hundred shi.

This move confirms both in fact and in name that the governor is the clear superior of the sheriff.

The governor's level is higher, the official position is higher, and the treatment is higher.

Moreover, the requirements for serving as the governor in the future are even higher. It is no longer just a celebrity who can take the job by relying on his reputation, and the work that needs to be done is also more complicated.

To serve as the governor, you need excellent talent and achievements, as well as the emperor's approval, you are a real national scholar.

Since the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of the governor has gradually increased, and the salary has also gradually improved. From the initial supervisory officer of six hundred shi, it has gradually been promoted to the de facto chief executive of two thousand shi.

But the name has not changed. The actual superior of the county guard is still the state shepherd, not the state governor. It is difficult for the state governor to restrict the county guard both in name and in practice.

Therefore, conflicts between the governor of the state at the end of Han Dynasty and the prefect of the county were not uncommon.

This is also a check and balance technique of the Eastern Han Dynasty's desperation, which caused local conflicts to establish the authority of the central government.

A typical example, Tai Shici, who is now in trouble, was involved in the political struggle between the governor of Qingzhou and the prefect of Donglai County and was forced to seek refuge in Liaodong.

This situation no longer existed until Guo Peng established the Wei State.

The Guo Wei Empire clearly stipulated that the governor of the state was the chief administrative officer of a state and the superior of the prefect of the county. The prefect of the county had to obey the administrative orders of the governor of the state.

However, the state shepherd no longer exists in the state of Wei.

Guo Peng abolished the existence of state pastors, and clearly stipulated that there would no longer be the establishment of state pastors in the future. Warlord hotbed positions that the military, political and financial powers grasped.

Civil officials don't care about military affairs, military officials don't care about government affairs, and the two sides don't interfere with each other. Whoever dares to interfere will definitely end up worse than Xun Yu and Zang Hong.

Moreover, although the governor of Neizhou and the prefect of the county were superior and inferior in the Wei Empire, there was no affiliation between the two.

The governor of the state and the prefect of the county are appointed by the central government, unlike the shepherd of the state, who also has the right to appoint and dismiss the prefect of the county and the county magistrate.

Up to the county magistrate and the head of the township and village below, they are now appointed by the central government and registered, without exception.

The power to appoint and remove officials was firmly grasped by Guo Peng, and he was not delegated to any local officials. Local officials did not have the power to appoint and remove auxiliary officials in some important positions.

This power belongs to the central government and belongs to the Ministry of Officials.

Even the important assistant officials around the three levels of administrative officials at the state, county, and county levels who could be called up on their own are all appointed by the central government.

When the central government appoints officials, it will allocate a complete administrative team to the chief official. The subsequent dispatch, appointment and dismissal are all decided by the Ministry of Officials, and the chief official has no right to interfere.

Of course, the chief official can put forward opinions to the Ministry of Officials.

The county prefect and the auxiliary officials around the county magistrate also had rules in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Some of them were appointed by the Eastern Han court, and the rest were summoned by the prefect and county magistrates themselves, in order to facilitate the local powerful gentry and rule the local area.

The central government appoints a very small part, and the officials call up a large part, which symbolizes the compromise and shrinking of the imperial power.

The weakened imperial power of the Eastern Han Dynasty could only be manifested in the vital places like Sansuke, Gyeonggi and the border areas where no shit happened, and other places were dominated by powerful people.

Of course, inconvenient transportation is also a reality and an objective fact.

It takes several months to go to and from Luoyang in remote places. If the central government intervenes deeply and has to report back and forth for everything, the local administration will be abolished.

Entering the Guo Wei era, the situation has changed.

Guo Peng did not make any changes to the specific powers of these local positions, but optimized the organizational structure.

The important positions around the county prefect and the county magistrate are all appointed by the central government, and only a small number of insignificant miscellaneous officials can be appointed by themselves.

This has been the rule since Guo Peng started his business. After the establishment of Wei State, he was forced to reproduce it, replacing the local counties and counties of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At that time, some officials raised objections.

They think that the pressure on the central government will be too great, let alone the head of the village and village, and even a county official has to personally arrange it, which is too much interference in the local area.

Moreover, if there is a conflict between the upper and lower officials in this state, what should be done and how should they be reconciled?

The nearby areas are fine, and communication will not be so difficult. If it is difficult, time-consuming, and inconvenient to appoint and remove, it is not conducive to the central government. It is recommended to follow the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Somebody Guo thought about it, and felt that this made sense. It would be a waste of time to appoint and remove officials to and from Luoyang, which would reduce the efficiency of local administration, so he made some changes.

He ordered to expand the number of officials of the Ministry of Officials, build a branch of the Central Officials Department in the state government of each state, and send people to be stationed permanently, so that they can handle personnel changes in each state nearby, and finally aggregate them to the Central Officials Department for filing and review. .

This can greatly increase work efficiency.

Of course, the official department is still under the jurisdiction of the central official department, under the control of Cheng Yu, and is not subject to the interference of local officials.

However, some people still object to this, thinking that the central government still interferes too much in the local area, which is not conducive to local governance.

This time, someone Guo did not compromise.

The lesser of two evils, I just want them to become central officials, not subordinates of local officials.

In order to centralize power, it is not unacceptable to cause some administrative inconvenience. The power of personnel appointment and dismissal must be controlled by the central government, not the local government.

Guo has never believed that there is the best of both worlds.

Along the way, he knows best what it means to be willing.

Of course, the Northern Song Dynasty’s method of strong stems and weak branches to the extreme is not acceptable. That would really restrict the development of the local area. What he is doing now is quite moderate.

Of course, this kind of thinking cannot be revealed to the outside world. He simply said, "Are so many roads built alone for decoration?", and forcibly suppressed all doubts.

The implication is that I have built so many roads and so many post stations to increase the speed of information dissemination, what else do you want?

When I spend so much money for nothing?

The officials were shocked.

The emotional emperor still has this consideration in building roads?

Did you think of this layer when you started building roads more than ten years ago?

You wanted to be emperor so early?

Chapter 894. Nine hundred and four

The officials were dumbfounded by the emperor's statement.

I never expected that the road built by the emperor would have such a meaning waiting for everyone!

But bewilderment is bewilderment, surprise is surprise, the present Majesty is not comparable to the former Han emperor, this is the consensus of everyone.