Chapter 59 The Controversy Between the Enfeoffment System and the County System Begins
Chapter 59 The battle between the enfeoffment system and the county system begins
"Go to sleep if you don't understand!" the First Emperor said angrily, "Who asked you to get up?"
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Ying Chengyu slapped the table.
"Your Majesty, I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. Feng Quji, are you mad? Why did you lift the table? Are you disturbing my sleep?"
Feng Quji, the prime minister in the censorship, was qualified to fight against two prime ministers. How could he be afraid of Ying Chengyu?
Hearing this, he smiled and said: "What does it matter if Mr. Chang'an is disturbed in his sleep? It's better to go to the balcony to sleep after the court is over. Is it possible that he has been fined for three years and his salary is so tight that he can't even go to the balcony?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Feng Quji and Censor Shi Zhongcheng still have great reputation.
When a modern boss tells a joke, whether it is funny or not, the subordinates should laugh. This was also true in ancient times.
At that moment, many Qin officials laughed out loud.
There were more than a hundred ministers in total, and twenty or thirty were laughing. The iceberg atmosphere in the court instantly thawed and turned into a pool of spring water.
Ying Chengyu was satisfied.
Of course, this was not the result of Ying Chengyu alone, but could not have been achieved without the cooperation of the Emperor.
When the first few ministers laughed out loud, the First Emperor's face instantly turned ugly.
Then no one in this hall would dare to laugh out loud.
"Hmph! Who said I can't go? You will go with me after the court is over!" Ying Chengyu snorted coldly.
"Mr. Chang'an is so powerful to me, why didn't you support the steward last night? I heard that the steward committed suicide on the spot last night. Although the doctors from the Imperial Medical Office arrived in time, he is still in a coma, and I don't know if he can be saved.
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Feng Quji's expression remained unchanged and he continued.
"You're looking for a fight!"
Ying Chengyu's face was full of embarrassment and he rushed over to hit Feng Quji.
"Xin, let's join hands with you!" Li Xin stood up suddenly and stopped in front of Feng Quji in a flash.
Ying Chengyu stopped in time. Although he had a look of shame and annoyance on his face, he no longer mentioned beating Feng Quji.
"Cowardly little fellow!" Li Xin glanced at Ying Chengyu with contempt.
This sentence made Ying Chengyu blush and look like he was about to pounce on him in the next second.
Li Xin waited for Ying Chengyu to make the first move.
If Meng Tian hadn't come to him for a drink after the meeting that day, he would have beaten Ying Chenglong violently.
"Zhao Gao." The voice of the First Emperor spread throughout the hall.
"I'm here." Zhao Gao responded respectfully.
"Qin Law, how should private fighters be punished?"
"Those who fight privately will be punished according to the severity of the punishment. The lighter ones will be imprisoned for ten months, and the more severe ones will have their heads shown to the public."
This exchange between the king and his ministers was meant to be heard by Ying Chengyu and Li Xin.
Ying Chengyu sneered and said: "Your Majesty is afraid that you will be beaten to death by me, so I will spare your life."
The ministers burst into laughter again.
This time, there were fifty or sixty people laughing.
The laughter spread to the walls of Xianyang Hall and was knocked back, echoing in the hall.
Li Xin was fought through mountains of swords and seas of blood, and he was also a candidate for general during the war.
Ying Chengyu's words were undoubtedly regarded by the ministers as a way to save face and to be tough.
Li Xin snorted, not even bothering to argue.
The First Emperor looked at the domineering Li Xin and said silently in his heart: If I don't stop him, he can really beat you to death.
Ying Chengyu and Li Xin each returned to their seats.
This farce ends here.
But the atmosphere in the court at this moment is completely different from before Ying Chengyu spoke.
The ministers were all ready and gearing up, their ears pricked up, and they looked at Li Si with hatred.
County system, right?
The best of both worlds, right?
Come on, come on, tell me quickly!
If they were sure it was not the First Emperor's order, then they would have to argue with Li Si.
"Li Si, continue." The First Emperor looked over.
"Wei." Li Si responded.
Staring fiercely at Ying Chengyu who interrupted him, Li Si continued to talk: "My husband's county belongs to the court. County belongs to the county, and one county has several to ten counties. Within one county, there are
County Sheriff, County Lieutenant, County Supervisor. County Sheriff is the head of a county and is in charge of government affairs. County Lieutenant is in charge of military affairs. County Supervisor is in charge of supervision. If the county has any problems, it can be brought to the county. If the county cannot decide, it can be reported to the court.
The county and county officials are determined by His Majesty's words. In this way, the world will be settled."
Before Li Si, this kind of governance had not appeared.
The county system had been proposed a long time ago, but it was Li Si who created the idea of putting counties into counties and letting the imperial court govern the counties.
Before this, the county had two explanations:
The first type is the city on the border used to defend against foreign enemies.
For example, the Shangjun where Ying Fusu was exiled in history was built to resist the Hu people. The scope of this type of county will be larger than that of ordinary counties, but its status is not as high as that of counties. It can be understood as a semi-military building.
The second type is county-owned land.
"Yi Zhou Shu Zuo Luo" says: A thousand miles is divided into hundreds of counties, and a county has four counties. That is to say, a thousand miles is divided into hundreds of counties, and a county has four counties.
No matter what kind of county it is, it is different from the county Li Si mentioned.
According to the upper-lower management method of the feudal system and the county system proposed by Shang Yang, Li Si finally invented the county system that lasted for more than a thousand years in China.
The system of prefectures and counties was continued by later dynasties until the Song Dynasty.
Although the name was changed several times in the middle, such as changing "county" to "state", or adding a level of administrative unit between counties and counties called "dao", they all changed the soup without changing the medicine. In essence, it is still the county-county system.
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The reason why the Yuan Dynasty did not use the county system and established the provincial system was to suppress the development of the Han people. This article has nothing to do with it and will not be explained here.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang reversed history and instituted the enfeoffment system. Later, Zhu Di raised his army and proclaimed himself emperor and immediately cut down the vassals. In the end, he relied on the county system.
The eighteen inland provinces of the Qing Dynasty were governed entirely according to the county and county system.
Including our current provincial, municipal, and county institutions, they are actually still based on the county system.
The county system proposed by Li Si has lasted for two thousand years, which is enough to prove how advanced this system is.
Although when Li Si first proposed it, the county system he mentioned was not that complete.
But there is no doubt that this system is advanced and feasible, conducive to the long-term unification of China, and conducive to the control of the country by the First Emperor.
However, this system of prefectures and counties, which continued throughout the entire feudal dynasty of China, encountered significant resistance from officials at the time.
Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang, Feng Quji and other giants did not make any move. They still had to figure out what the First Emperor meant.
But under the signal from their eyes, some ministers stood up.
These ministers were not afraid of offending the First Emperor. Even if they were offended, they would not die.
When the gun hits the first bird, the first one to jump out and look for trouble is Ying Chenglong. If you want to have an operation, it's Ying Chenglong.
I saw Li Si, a direct subordinate of Tingwei who was affiliated with Tingwei Mansion and had a salary of one thousand stone years, standing up and cupping his hands.
"I dare to ask Li Tingwei, who has used this system? Where was it used? When was it used?"
The duty of the Ting Weizheng is to assist the Tingwei. To put it simply, he is the deputy Tingwei.
If Tingwei is not here, Tingwei is the biggest in Tingwei's mansion.
Li Si looked at his subordinates with cold eyes.
The first person to stand up and object was Ting Weizheng of Tingwei Mansion. This was undoubtedly a slap in Li Si's face.
"Your Majesty will use it! Use it in Qin! It will be used at this time!"
The struggle between the feudal system and the prefecture and county system in the Qin Dynasty began.
Ying Chengyu exhaled inwardly—his work was not in vain, and finally began to make different sounds.