In Gusu, the old monster Gouchen decided to send an envoy to welcome Li Jie. At this moment, the prestige of the Wu Kingdom reached a subtle peak. In the past, the power that could only be exerted by one's own hands could now be achieved by a single savage, making the Wu Kingdom powerful in China.
Gou Chen knew full well that at this moment, he was the overlord of the world, although he still lacked the actual status.
"Ba" means "Uncle". The leaders of the Wu Kingdom in the past dynasties must be traced back to their ancestors and relatives, the Emperor Zhou, and they were named "Uncle Fang".
"I am the uncle from the southeast."
This sigh was full of complacency and some reluctance. He was already old. And what will happen to Wu Guo in the future?
After glancing at Ziqi who was pouring wine for him respectfully, Gou Chen said, "Boqi."
"I'm here."
"The strong man surrendered to the few and sealed his land in Yinxiang. Now he has achieved great success..."
After thinking for a while, Gouchen smoothed his long gray beard and looked deeply at the eaves of the corridor in the distance, "Yinxiang was established as a county and renamed Jiangzhiyin."
"yes."
"Let's call it Jiangyin."
"Do you want to install a county magistrate?"
After hesitating for a while, Gouchen was a little reluctant to send out manpower. Because after establishing the county, Wu State would begin to bear a large amount of construction costs, so it rarely built new cities unless necessary.
The "counties" in the northern land of Wu State, without exception, were all born for military purposes. The main responsibilities of departments at the county division and county captain levels are actually military.
Once the state of Wu starts a war, officials such as county division commanders and county lieutenants will be the main officers in the military establishment of each county.
Therefore, there are very few newly-formed counties near Suzhou, and they are usually "ling" or "cang".
As long as the hundreds of thousands of savages in the areas along the river did not cause trouble, Suzhou ignored them. Only when they occasionally mobilized for war would they be drawn from the savage areas in proportion.
Now Gouchen County is established in Jiangyin, which is equivalent to gathering a large number of savages and turning them into Chinese people.
The cost is quite high, in every sense of the word.
The most typical point is that the main source of troops for the King's Division is Chinese, and serving in combat is a privilege. Because only by fighting can you get merit, with merit can you get a title, and with a title can you expand your family's influence.
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In areas where savages gather, they will only remain savages from generation to generation, but it is possible for Chinese people to become nobles.
Gou Chen's order was equivalent to adding tens of thousands, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of competitors to the people in the Wangji area.
What's even more frightening is that the leader of the barbarians, Li Jie, is a macho man appointed by the king. He is already considered a low-level noble, but he is not in the Wu pedigree.
But now, it has become a small hill.
There is nothing that the ministers and generals can do against Li Jie in the short term. The king appoints a strong man and forces Yang Xiangguo. These are the real qualifications.
What's more, Li Jie defeated the allied forces of the Song State and shocked China with the Wu State, turning the already feared monster Gouchen into an old monster...
Gou Chen, the next King of Wu's minion, was very optimistic about Li Jie because Li Jie fulfilled King Wu's wishes very well.
However, Gou Chen also knew very well that while he was alive, he could implement his ideas, but after his death, whether the domestic officials would besiege Li Jie, he could not guarantee that it would not happen.
People always have close relationships. If the next King of Wu also has his own prince, will Li Jie still rise out of the wilderness like he does now?
For a moment, Gou Chen actually fell into deep thought.
"Does Bo Qi have any advice?"
His eyes turned to his old partner Ziqi. Dazai Ziqi sat upright and solemnly. After a moment, he bowed and then looked up at Gou Chen. "I think that I can follow the method of the Western Qin Dynasty and appoint Li Jie to govern the city of Jiangyin," he said.
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"Qin?"
After being stunned for a moment, Gou Chen began to think about it. There were many changes in the systems of various countries. All hegemonic powers had long since transitioned from blood politics to half blood and half bureaucracy.
Even in Chu State, Wu's old rival, although the county chiefs of Chu State were essentially feudal lords, due to the need for governance, the capitals of Chu State had a large number of officials who were not direct descendants of the nobility and were used by the King of Chu.
The successive rulers of the Wu Kingdom imitated this point, so the power of the feudal monarchs was weakened within the territory and the administrative authority of the bureaucrats was strengthened. The administrative authority of the bureaucrats was granted by the King of Wu.
This is the reason why Wu State can dominate, but cannot dominate. Advanced and backward coexist, and this is the chaos of Wu State.
Like Wu State, there are still a large number of savages and even barbarians in the Wangji area, but there is no big country.
For large northern countries like Jin, Yan, and Qi, there have long been no people near the capital who are not subject to multi-level rule. Only in the grassland areas where the three countries meet can a large number of barbarians survive.
At this time, the south of the Yan State, the north of the Qi State, and the southeast of the Jin State were not great plains, but steppes. Only in such places could external forces survive that were left unchecked by the great powers.
However, the reason why these external forces can survive is just to maintain their survival, which is just the need of the struggle among the great powers.
The Wu State is really unique in a country where there are "sand fields" everywhere around the capital. Even the Yue State has sorted out the areas around the capital. After the vassals encircled the land, settlements and villages in the national sequence were gradually formed.
"The counties of Qin State often have county magistrates or county magistrates, and their power comes from the superior..."
Dazai Ziqi and Gouchen explained in detail the differences between Qin County and Chu County. The pros and cons should be chosen according to national conditions.
The Chu State was geographically fragmented, so it was difficult for the royal power to rule from a distance and achieve vertical management. This required giving local governments considerable autonomy.
This made the county officials of Chu State, in addition to being institutional bureaucrats, also local feudal lords. To put it simply, they were a low-profile version of the Zhou royal family.
The Qin State is different. It occupies a lot of high-quality land, and the land is contiguous. Even in grassland areas, there are quite good nomadic returns. The developed animal power also allows the Qin State to easily rule over long distances.
This made it unnecessary for Qin's counties to be divided into feudal systems. Any area that could be easily reached by horses and livestock would have local governance powers that were an extension of the central government's power.
Only in areas where Rong and Di live together will the feudal system appear, and it will not last long and will change as the level of transportation and land output improves.
For both Qin and Chu, this was an effective management method, but it may not be applicable to Wu.
The reason why Ziqi suggested to Wu King Gouchen to imitate Qin was not to imitate Qin's system, but to imitate Qin's localization according to his own needs.
"The subtleties... I will think about it for a moment or two."
Gou Chen's eyes were serious. He was old. If he didn't handle it well, he might dig a hole for future generations. Because if there is one, there will be two, and after one, there will definitely be two. The local big families in the country cannot let such an opportunity go, especially
It was after Gou Chen passed away.
"Zi Qijing accepted the order."
With his hands folded in front of him and his head resting on the back of his hands, Dazaizi stood up and bowed before retreating.
Not long after returning to Dazai's mansion, a chamberlain came to convey King Wu Gouchen's decree, preparing to order Li Jie to be the order of Jiangyin and the son of Jiangyin.