"What's the matter?" Putting away his complacent sighs, Liu Chengyou turned around, paying attention to the several memorials held in Lu Yin's hands, and asked.
Lu Yin replied seriously: "Returning to your majesty, the Guangzheng Palace has already discussed the adjustment of the chief executives of various provinces. Please give your majesty your approval!"
"Oh?" Liu Chengyou suddenly became serious. This was a big deal. He immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Let me take a look!"
After hearing this, Lu Yin was about to present the last memorial. Emperor Liu took advantage of the situation and sat in front of the map, opened it and reviewed it carefully. The Chief Envoy, in the current Han Dynasty official system, is undoubtedly the most important chief executive of the local Daozhou. In more than ten years of practice, it has become customized, accepted by the bureaucrats, and included in the Han Dynasty's canon system.
However, so far, only those Daozhi that have a stable situation and have formed a stable rule have set up separate chief envoys. For a long time, Emperor Liu had also been somewhat flexible in appointing officials, taking into account the differences in people's sentiments in various places, the situation in the border areas, or special missions.
In this case, official positions such as governor envoy, pacification envoy, inspection envoy and patrol envoy came into being. There is no doubt that the position of governor was "original" by Emperor Liu. It first appeared in the Han Dynasty in the fifth year of Qianyou. At that time, Fan Zhi, in the name of governor of Hedong, went north to inspect the prisons, and later directly took charge of Hedong. Restructure and bring it completely under the rule of the imperial court.
Later, Li Tao resigned as prime minister. In order to comfort his old ministers, appease the newly recovered Jinghu, and also show his importance to Jinghu, he specially appointed him as the governor of Jinghu and went south to Tanzhou. In addition to his supervisory function, he already had some administrative functions. attribute.
Later, when Sichuan and Sichuan were pacified, Zhao Pu first took charge of the affairs of Chengdu and was in charge of the administration of Zhongzhou and counties in Sichuan. Later, he became the governor of the southwest, cooperating with the three administrative envoys of Sichuan and Sichuan to manage the affairs and bring peace to the people. Although the administrative power was still with the administrative envoys, hands, but the governor's influence has increased.
Until now, Li Tao has been patrolling Guangdong and Guangxi, Fan Zhi has been patrolling Liangjiang, and Zan Jurun has been patrolling Fujian and Zhejiang. They are already fully responsible for the administration of newly acquired lands. Of course, whether in Emperor Liu's place or in Han Dianzhi, the governor's envoys were still dispatched on a temporary basis.
Coupled with Zhao Pu who still patrols Sichuan and Sichuan, today's Han Dynasty has "four major governors". Among them, Zhao Pu naturally attracts the most attention. He is the most capable and the youngest. He is only in his early forties. It can be seen that Liu The emperor's favor.
There were two pacification envoys, Han Xizai's southeast pacification envoy, and Yong Wang Liu Chengxun's Youji pacification envoy. As mentioned earlier, Han Xizai was mainly for reform, while Liu Chengxun was in Hebei on behalf of the royal family, which had a more symbolic meaning.
The official position of inspection envoy has appeared frequently. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been countless officials. They are usually set up to suppress local areas, maintain public security or quell rebellions. They can range from one inspection to several states. Inspections range from one state to one county, and there are also inspection envoys from the capital in Kaifeng.
In the early years, Duke Zhe Congruan served as the patrol envoy to the six northwest states. He led the army to the west and was responsible for quelling the rebellion of pheasants, cattle slaughterers and other miscellaneous rebels in the northwest. After the rebellion was over, the rebellion was cancelled.
However, due to the local tranquility, the strengthening of public security, the improvement of the capital system, and the establishment of the Forbidden Army Inspection Department, local inspection envoys were gradually removed. Previously, Duke Shi Hongzhao of Ying State was appointed as the inspection envoy to Longxi to replace the old and frail Duke Wang Jing of Bao State to take charge of Lanzhou and protect the achievements of development. He became one of the few remaining inspection envoys of the Han Dynasty.
As for the patrol envoy, it was also an "original" and a military-oriented position. Only two people were entrusted with this position. One is Li Gu's Jianghuai patrol envoy, which was to prepare for Pingnan. The other is that before Pingnan, Chai Rong was appointed as the northwest patrol envoy. Of course, the actual power is also different.
It lies not only in the different situations and goals, but also in the degree to which the emperor delegates power. In the imperial era, as an emperor with great power and the title of Tianxian, his likes and dislikes, closeness, and trust level can often determine the different powers of the same position. This is basically unavoidable.
Chai Rong, the patrol envoy, is of course not as powerful as Li Gu in Jianghuai. The most intuitive manifestation is that the northwest garrison that Chai Rong can mobilize is only 5,000 people. Moreover, there are many restrictions, and detailed reports need to be made afterwards. However, Li Gu's Jianghuai inspection envoy had already been withdrawn.
Speaking of controlling military power, Emperor Liu has put in a lot of effort over the years, both in terms of personnel and systems. However, sometimes, one has to admit that it is impossible for the court and the emperor to completely control the country's military and avoid all hidden dangers.
The country is so huge, the territory is so vast, and the transmission of information is inconvenient, especially in places facing military pressure. If you have to ask Tokyo for instructions before making a decision on everything, then the day lily will be cold.
Of course, we can also do it absolutely and strictly control the generals, but the consequences of that will be military rigidity, inability to respond, and ultimately internal control but external aggression. Therefore, Emperor Liu also overcorrected very early on, but later, he still made some changes and did not completely stifle the autonomy of the generals in order to restrain the generals. Initially, in response to the military pressure from the Liao State in the direction of Hebei, He Fujin was deployed with Hebei Province at that time to have certain authority to mobilize troops.
No policy or system is perfect. There are always loopholes and shortcomings, and they need to be constantly adjusted according to the development of the situation. In terms of border affairs and military affairs, Emperor Liu could only make some patches on the basis of delegating power.
In fact, as long as the state power is stable and the court has sufficient authority, basic guarantees can be obtained under the operation of a reasonable system. But once the authority of the imperial court is gone and the country is in turmoil, no matter how strong the restrictions are, they will be powerless.
However, such an approach as putting military, political and financial power in the hands of one person was impossible in the Han Dynasty.
After talking so much, Emperor Liu also finished reviewing the list. He stood up and walked to the imperial desk, picked up the ink pen for approval, and said to Lu Yin: "I don't have any objections. You can appoint them accordingly. Anyone who is transferred will be transferred." , quickly return to Beijing to report on your work!"
"yes!"
Emperor Liu was basically satisfied with the proposals proposed by the various Taoist officials, because they basically reflected Emperor Liu's will. In this list, in addition to the governors mentioned above, the other officials include old faces and new faces.
Shanyang Road and Guannai Road were still Song Qi and Wu Xingde; Bian Guangfan was transferred to Hubei Road; in the early years, Bian Guifan, the imperial censor, the inspector of Huaixi and the former chief envoy of Huaibei Road, was transferred to Hunan Road; Wang Ming was transferred to Huaidong; Chu Zhaofu was transferred to Yanshan Road; Wu Tingzuo of Hexi Road was a man who was both civil and military and had great political achievements in Lanzhou before; Lu Huaizhong went west to Lanzhou and became the Longyou Road, which was also able to deal with the border. Talents who are in a hurry.
In addition, Shi Dejun, the son of Duke Shi Hongzhao of Yingguo, was promoted to Hedong Road; his uncle Li Hongwei, Duke of Linzi County, was transferred to Henan Road; Li Shaoyou, Duke of Shou State, was transferred to Hebei Road; and Jingxi Road was probably somewhat unexpected, but it was originally Sun Guangxian, the prefect of Jiangling, was an old minister, an old politician, and also a surrendered minister. It must be said that his knowledge and achievements at that time received the greatest reward many years later.
Of course, there is also the most important and highest-status Gyeonggi Province, headed by Song Yanwo. Hebei, Henan, and Gyeonggi, the three most important roads in the Central Plains, can be said to be the core areas and foundations of the rule of the Han Dynasty. And its chief executives, whether they are Li Shaoyou, Li Hongwei or Song Yanwo, are all foreign relatives and close relatives of the royal family. It is obvious that Emperor Liu's employment is not all based on merit, but also has a nepotistic side.
"What else is there? Let's talk about it together!" Liu Chengyou continued to ask Lu Yin.
Lu Yin replied: "The Privy Council received a report from Li Wanchao, the inspection envoy of Feng and Sheng, saying that he is old and weak and is afraid that he will not be able to bear the burden of the defense. I hope the court will make preparations as soon as possible!"
After hearing this report, Emperor Liu immediately stroked his forehead and said: "This is for me! But I was negligent. Four years have passed..."
