The next day.
Before the morning dynasty began, an imperial edict was spread from the Xia Palace.
From now on, the city lord system of various local cities in the Great Xia Dynasty will be changed to the county system, and the city lords of each city will be changed to county magistrates. Official titles will be appointed based on the size of the city and the city chief's training, with the highest being the second rank and the lowest being the ninth rank.
Each city lord must strictly cooperate with the imperial court in handing over appointments and removals without making any mistakes.
Those who resist and disobey the decree will be punished by the nine clans!
Once this imperial edict comes out, you can imagine what kind of shock it will cause!
Although there was news from the Xia Palace a few days ago that the local city lord system was to be reformed, it has never been implemented. There was no imperial edict from the Xia Palace. Therefore, although many people were secretly vigilant, they did not take it too seriously.
Local system reform is never that easy.
Daxia has inherited the city lord system for thousands of years, and it has always been the city lord system. It can be said that the city lord system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone has become accustomed to this system.
The local city lords and generals jointly manage the city and have absolute control. They are only responsible to the court, and no one else can mobilize them.
But this was also based on the fact that the prestige of the imperial court was enough to intimidate local cities.
If the imperial court is weak, it will not have much control over these local cities. If someone becomes rebellious, the implications will be huge and it will not be easy to suppress them.
Therefore, the imperial court has always adopted a policy of appeasement towards these local city lords and generals.
To put it simply, the imperial court needed them to help govern and protect Daxia, and they also needed the imperial court to give them rights. Only by being well-known and relying on the imperial court could they legally implement the rights of city lords.
Otherwise, not to mention the common people, even those previous aristocratic families and sects, if they wanted to compete for control of the city, they would not be able to resist.
A few days ago, after the imperial court successfully repelled the coalition forces of the three dynasties, it then consolidated and suppressed all the sects of aristocratic families in various places. As a result, the power of local city lords also increased greatly, and their control over the city became stronger. Those who are usually aloof and powerful The disciples of the aristocratic sect who didn't take them seriously now have to look at their faces and act, which is really a pleasure.
But who would have expected that these comfortable days would not last long when the imperial court suddenly issued another imperial edict to reform the local city-lord system into a county-based system.
Through careful understanding, they also understood the meaning of this county system, which roughly divided all the cities in Daxia into a number of counties and established a county governor. The county governor was the highest official in the county. Although he did not participate in the management of each city, he The county magistrates of this county are all under the jurisdiction of the county governor.
At first glance, it seems that the rights of the city lords have not been weakened. They are still the highest officials of the city, they just changed their names.
But the most important thing is that they suddenly have a county guard above them!
As for this county governor, the court did not explain it, which means that it is obviously not prepared to be elected from among the city lords, but intends to be directly appointed by the court.
This means that they can no longer do whatever they want, relying on the fact that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the court cannot control them.
At this moment, there is a knife hanging over their heads, a knife of the imperial court!
And this county guard is this knife!
Naturally, they could see that the imperial court's move was to centralize management and enhance the imperial court's ruling power.
Moreover, this matter is by no means that simple, and the imperial court must have a back-up plan.
Because this imperial edict only asked the city lords of each city to cooperate with the court in the transfer of appointments and removals, and did not make arrangements for the garrison generals of each city.
You must know that the military strength of each city is in the hands of the garrison, and the city lord's rule of the city mainly relies on military strength. Therefore, generally speaking, the relationship between the city lord and the garrison is very good. Equality of status.
But at this moment, the court only asked the city lord to cooperate with the court handover, but did not make arrangements for the guard. This is a bit intriguing.
Everyone guessed that the imperial court planned to keep the troops in its hands, so for the time being, it only asked the city lord to cooperate with the handover.
And sure enough, the next day, another imperial edict came from the Xia Palace: the imperial court has selected the governors of each county, and the governors have gone to each county to take office, and ordered the city guards to report to the county governor's office today and hand over military power. , to comply with the appointment of the Sheriff.
As soon as this imperial edict came out, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Throughout the ages, one's own rights have come from strength, and for these local officials, their strength is the military power in their hands!
But now the imperial court wants to control military power in various places. Will these officials be willing to hand over military power like this?
the answer is negative!
They are used to holding military power, and one word can determine the day of life and death. How could they be willing to hand over military power like this?
But a few days ago, the imperial court repelled the coalition forces of the three dynasties and conquered the sects of aristocratic families in various places, which had demonstrated the great strength of the imperial court. Although these local officials were arrogant, they were not arrogant enough to dare to openly defy the imperial court.
But they did not want to just sit back and wait for death, so many city officials united and submitted a joint petition to vote for loyalty and request the court to take back the order.
In their view, although the imperial court was powerful now, it was impossible to directly force them to accept the order. In this way, if they were forced to do so, civil strife in Daxia would not be what the imperial court wanted to see.
Therefore, most people were emboldened and felt that the imperial court did not dare to force them too much. They ignored the two imperial edicts and threatened to report to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to take back the order.
Of course, there are also some people who choose to wait and see. They are extremely polite to the officials sent by the imperial court. They appear to be extremely well-behaved, but they do not take any actual actions. They plan to drag it out like this and wait for the imperial court's reaction.
No official in any city chose to accept the order and cooperate with the imperial court's handover and appointment.
The scene was at a stalemate.
After hearing this news, many aristocratic families and sects that had been suppressed and subdued by the imperial court became active again, and secretly sent people to contact the local government.
Although I don’t know what they talked about, soon after, these officials became even more unscrupulous and confident in their plan, feeling that the imperial court would definitely take back their orders.
As for the reform of the local city master system, it will also be ignored and become a joke.
For a time, undercurrents surged everywhere.
The storm is coming and the building is full of wind!
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Xia Palace.
After hearing the news, Qin Wuhen smiled lightly and did not feel any surprise.
Such is the human heart!
They had honestly followed the court's orders before. First, because the court was powerful, they had to obey.
The second is because their interests are not involved.
But now the reform of the local system obviously involves their interests, so they can't sit still.
The reason why they are so confident is simply because they feel that Daxia has just experienced internal strife and foreign aggression, and its foundation is unstable. The court should not dare to force them at this juncture and let Daxia be in chaos again.
The most important thing is that this matter involves all the cities in Daxia except the central royal city and the four borders. They feel that the law does not punish everyone, so they are even more unscrupulous!
but……
Don't you dare to force them?
D?
In the Xia Palace, Qin Wuhen smiled even more unscrupulously!
The next day, an imperial edict was sent out from the Xia Palace again.
And as this imperial edict spread, the already tense atmosphere in various places instantly became more tense!
At the same time, across Daxia, figures wearing royal guards and eight-door official uniforms began to act secretly...
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