The next day.

Before the morning court began, an imperial edict was passed from the Xia Palace.

From now on, the city lord system of cities and counties in various places in the Daxia Dynasty was changed to county magistrates, and the city lords were changed to county magistrates. Official ranks were appointed based on the size of the city and the cultivation level of the city lord. The highest was the second rank and the lowest was the ninth rank.

The city lords must strictly cooperate with the court to hand over the appointment and removal, and must not make any mistakes.

Those who fail to resist the order will be punished by the nine clans!

As soon as this imperial edict was issued, you can imagine what kind of shock it would cause!

Although there was news that the Xia Palace had to reform the local city lord system a few days ago, it had not been implemented, and no imperial edict was reported in the Xia Palace. Therefore, although many people were secretly alert, they did not take it too seriously.

Local system reform is not that easy.

The city lord system has been passed down for thousands of years. It has always been used in the city lord system. The city lord system can be said to have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone has become accustomed to this system.

The local city lords and guards jointly manage the city, have absolute control, and are only responsible to the court, and no one else can mobilize them.

But this is also based on the prestige of the court that is enough to intimidate local cities.

If the court is weak, the control over these local cities will not be strong at all. If someone rebelled and involved, it would not be so easy to suppress it.

Therefore, the court has always adopted a policy of appeasement towards these local city lords and guards.

Simply put, the court needs their help in governing and protecting Daxia, and they also need the court to give them rights. They have a reputation and rely on the court behind them to legally implement the rights of the city lord.

Otherwise, not to mention the common people, even the aristocratic families and sects before, they would not be able to resist if they were determined to compete for control of the city.

A few days ago, the court successfully repelled the coalition forces of the three major dynasties, and then integrated all the aristocratic sects in various places. Therefore, the local city lords also increased their power and their control over the city has become stronger. Those who are high on weekdays,

The disciples of the aristocratic sects who do not take them seriously now have to act according to their expressions, which is really very happy.

But who knew that the comfortable days had not lasted for how long, the court suddenly issued another imperial edict to reform the local city lord system and turn it into a county system.

Through careful understanding, they also understood the meaning of this county system. It is probably to divide all cities in Daxia into several counties and establish a county magistrate. The county magistrate is the highest official of the county. Although they do not participate in the management of each city,

The county magistrates belonging to this county are all under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate.

At first glance, the city lord's rights have not been weakened. They are still the highest officials of the city, but they have changed their title.

But the main thing is that there was a county magistrate on their heads!

The court did not explain this county magistrate, so it was obviously not prepared to be elected from the city lords, but planned to directly send people to the court.

This means that they can no longer do whatever they want, relying on the high mountains and the emperor far away, and the court cannot control them, but can do whatever they want.

At this moment, a knife was hanging on their heads, a knife from the court!

And this county magistrate is this knife!

They naturally could see that the court's move was to centralize management and enhance the ruling power of the court.

Moreover, this matter is definitely not that simple, and the court must have a backup plan.

Because this imperial edict only asked the lords of each city to cooperate with the court to hand over the appointment and removal, and did not make arrangements for the lords of each city.

You should know that the forces of each city are in the hands of the guard generals, and the city lord's rule over the city mainly relies on military strength. Therefore, generally speaking, the relationship between the city lord and the guard generals of each city is very good.

Equal status.

However, at this moment, the court only asked the city lord to cooperate with the court's handover, but did not make arrangements for the guard generals, which was a bit intriguing.

Everyone speculated that the court should have planned to take the troops into its hands, so the city lord only wanted to cooperate with the handover for the time being.

As expected, the next day, another imperial edict came from the Xia Palace: the court had selected the county magistrates, and the county magistrates had gone to each county to take office, and ordered the magistrates of each city to report to the county magistrate's office today and hand over the military power.

, obey the appointment of the county magistrate.

As soon as this imperial edict was released, the atmosphere became even more tense.

Throughout history, their own rights have come from strength, and for these local officials, their strength is the military power in their hands!

But now the court wants to control the military power in various places. Will these officials be willing to hand over the military power just like this?

The answer is no!

How could they be willing to hand over the military power in this way if they hold military power in their hands and determine the life and death of a person?

But a few days ago, the court repelled the coalition forces of the three dynasties and subdued the aristocratic sects in various places, which showed the strong strength of the court. Although these local officials were arrogant, they were not as proud as they dared to openly confront the court.

But they were unwilling to sit there and wait for death, so many city officials united, and while jointly submitted a letter to vote for loyalty, requesting the court to take back the order, they responded to the officials sent by the court to hand over the orders and refused to accept the orders.

In their opinion, although the court is powerful now, it is impossible to force them to accept the orders directly. In this way, if they are forced to force them to accept the orders, the civil strife in Daxia will not be what the court is willing to see.

Therefore, most people are fearless and feel that the court dares not force them too much, ignore the two imperial edicts, threaten to submit the court and ask the court to take back the order.

Of course, some people chose to wait and see, and were extremely polite to the officials sent to the court. They were extremely obedient on the surface, but they did not take any practical actions. They planned to drag on like this first and wait for the court's reaction.

No city officials chose to accept the orders and cooperate with the court's handover and appointment and removal.

The scene just ended in a stalemate.

After hearing this news, many aristocratic families and sects that were originally suppressed and subdued by the imperial court became active again and secretly sent people to contact the local governments.

Although I don’t know what they talked to, not long after, these officials were even more unscrupulous and confident in their plans, thinking that the court would definitely take back their lives.

And the reform of local city lord system will be left alone and become a joke.

For a time, undercurrents surging everywhere.

The building is about to come!

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Xia Royal Palace.

When Qin Wuhen heard the news, he smiled faintly without any surprise.

This is how human hearts are!

They had honestly followed the imperial orders before, but because the imperial court was powerful, they had to comply.

Second, it is because their interests are not involved.

Nowadays, the reform of local systems obviously involves their interests, so they can't sit still.

The reason why they are so fearless is simply that they feel that Daxia has just experienced civil strife and external troubles, and its foundation is unstable. The court should not dare to force them at this moment to make Daxia turmoil again.

The most important thing is that this matter involves all cities in Daxia except the Central Royal City and the four borders. They feel that the law does not blame the masses, so they are even more unscrupulous!

but……

Don't dare to force them?

Does the law not punish the masses?

In the Xia Palace, Qin Wuhen smiled, laughing even more unscrupulously!

The next day, an imperial edict was passed from the Xia Palace again.

And as this imperial edict was heard, the already tense atmosphere in various places instantly became even more tense!

At the same time, figures wearing Jinyiwei and Eight Gate Official Uniform Uniforms took secret action in various parts of Daxia...

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