Chen Ke was not surprised by this. He originally proposed the ninth-grade official system, and it was right for him to continue to improve it at this time.
If you ignore the tightly held brush in Chen Ke's hand and the unwillingness on his face, Fusu would have believed what Chen Ke said.
Chen Ke rolled his eyes, looked at Fusu and said, "Actually, although it is difficult to determine the official system and the grades of officials, as long as there are two reference points, the rest will be easy."
"The first reference is the official rank of Sangong, and the second is the official rank of Xianyang City."
"The rank of Sangong is used to determine the rank of many other officials, and the rank of Xianyang City is used to determine the rank of local officials."
"Has your Majesty asked someone to bring the grades that Prime Minister Li Si had planned before?"
"Are these two among them?"
Fusu nodded slightly, looked at Chen Ke and said, "Teacher, my father has already anticipated this, so he specially sent someone the grades drawn up by Prime Minister Li."
"After discussions with the imperial court, my father and Prime Minister Li agreed that the "Three Dukes" could be the "Zhengyipin", but among official positions, only the Three Dukes could be the "Zhengyipin". "
"Nine ministers and below cannot even follow the first rank."
"Furthermore, the letter sent by someone from my father also said that Prime Minister Li thinks it would be inappropriate if there are only two ranks for each rank?"
"What if we set up a "side first rank" between the first rank and the second rank. "
"That's because the first grade has three levels, and the ninth grade has twenty-seven levels. This division is more detailed."
Chen Ke frowned and thought about this matter carefully, then shook his head slightly: "Actually, I also have something to say about the fine divisions, but it is not suitable to set up the first to third grades."
"On the contrary, the classification below level four can be more detailed."
"If the first, second, and third grades are divided too detailedly, there will be too many people standing at the top."
Chen Ke drew a triangular symbol on the paper, then looked at Fusu and said, "Fusu, look."
"This is the symbol of today's Great Qin."
"The one at the bottom is the head of Guizhou, followed by the minor officials, and the ones above are the officials in the nine-rank official system."
Chen Ke pointed to the triangle and said: "The structure of power is just like this triangle. The higher it goes up, the smaller it gets, and the smaller the people it can accommodate."
"The one at the top is Your Majesty, and His Majesty's subordinates are the Three Dukes, and below that are the other officials."
Chen Ke said quietly: "Prime Minister Li's idea is right, and he has indeed found out what His Majesty is thinking."
"Because if there are only three princes in the first rank, then it will not be a good thing for His Majesty."
"It's not a good thing for Da Qin."
"Because the power that represents the Three Dukes is too great, and it may even threaten the imperial power at some point."
Fusu was shocked when he heard Chen Ke's words: "Does the teacher have any solution?"
Chen Ke pointed to the graphic and said, "Of course there is."
"It even has the same goal as Li Si's idea, which is to divide these powers."
"It's just that the specific methods we have in mind are different. Li Si feels that we should divide more channels for advancement at the upper level, so as to avoid excessive concentration of power."
"But in fact, he subconsciously ignored one direction."
Chen Ke pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth. The smile looked very cold: "Why should there be more levels instead of more power differentiation?"
"Nowadays, the Prime Minister has too many things to deal with."
"No matter what kind of government affairs across the country, they actually have to go through the hands of the prime minister."
“Why not separate this authority?”
"For example, if it's about people's livelihood, set up a department about people's livelihood, and if it's about taxation, set up a department about taxation."
"For education, set up an education department; for research, set up a research department."
"The ranks of these department heads are not high. They can be set to the second rank."
"On the surface, the Prime Minister is actually in control of these matters. After all, officials in these departments still have to continue to submit letters to the matters handled by them."
"It's just that the Prime Minister has changed from a person who comes up with ideas to a person who judges whether the ideas are suitable."
"He can no longer interfere with these matters specifically, unless the emperor is too weak."
Chen Ke looked at Fusu and said, "In this way, we can avoid the possibility that His Majesty and Li Si thought, and it is even better than what they thought."
"However, Prime Minister Li is not entirely selfish, because this method requires a lot of talents, and today's Daqin does not have such conditions."
Fusu nodded slightly: "Teacher is right."
"Then do you still want to do it like this?"
Chen Ke nodded: "Of course, if there is not enough manpower, we will slowly develop education and popularize manpower."
“Whatever is not enough, we will create it!”
"In ancient times, Yi could shoot down nine suns, and Emperor Yu could dig canals and control floods."
"We Chinese people never rely on any gods, we only rely on our own hands to create everything!"
Fusu's blood boiled with passion when he heard this, and he just wished he could see that day as soon as possible.
Then he asked a key question: "Teacher, what is important for us now is to bring out the local official hierarchy."
“I’ll set these things up better later...”
Chen Ke was lying on the table, like a wilted vegetable.
"The Sangong is the first rank, and the Jiuqing and other officials who manage various aspects are the second rank."
"These are the most important department heads."
"Then the deputies of these institutions are from the second rank, and the officials from the deputy level down are the third rank."
"If I guess correctly, the Xianyang Order drawn up by Li Si should also be of the third grade, right?"
Fusu nodded immediately: "Yes, teacher, Xianyang Order is the third grade."
Chen Ke said boredly: "That's easy to talk about. Let's just figure out the framework first."
"My position as governor is specially appointed, so I am also in the third grade."
"But normally speaking, the rank of Xianyang City can be half a rank higher than that of the governor of the state. So Penglaizhou, that is, the governor of the state level, should be ranked from the third rank."
"As for the deputy governor, governor of the state, and governor of the state army, they are half a rank lower than the governor, which is the fourth rank."
Chen Ke said while Fusu recorded.
"Some agencies further down, such as the "City Property Department" at the state level, have commanders who are half a level lower than Zhou Cheng and others, that is, from the fourth level. "
"The county's official rank setting follows the management of the state. The "state city" is the capital of a state. Each rank is half a level lower than the state, and ordinary counties are one level lower. "
"That is, the governor of Linzi County is the fourth rank, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are the fourth rank, and the envoy of the Municipal Property Department is the fifth rank."
"The governors of Jiaodong and Langya counties are in the fourth rank, the county magistrates and county lieutenants are in the fifth rank, and the envoys of the Municipal Property Department are in the fifth rank."
"And then counting down, the county magistrate at the county level is two and a half levels lower than the county level."
"That is to say, the county magistrate is the seventh rank, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant are the seventh rank."
"The County and City Property Department is of the eighth rank, and some other officials in the county government, such as the chief registrar and the priest, are of the eighth rank and the ninth rank."
"As for the township magistrates, pavilion chiefs, village chiefs, etc., they are minor officials who are not in the mainstream."
Chen Ke raised his head, looked at Fusu and said, "Do you think this is feasible?"
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In addition, I also noticed the problems with this volume and am working on improving it.
