...So, since Your Majesty issued an edict, as a minister, how can you not be as good as your teacher? Moreover, things are far from being difficult as you imagine. Therefore, you can only act cautiously, first look at the performance of others, then make a judgment on your teacher, and then give him a position." I explained it in detail, because Di Renjie is my disciple, I need his support and let him understand a truth. Only by working hard to innovate and break through can the development of the Tang Dynasty last for a long time.

This is not what I asked or proposed, but Uncle Li was crazy and believed that the main political institutions of the Tang Dynasty were quite different from those of the Former Qin and the Former Han Dynasty. But what about the lower part? It is still unchanged. Can three or five officials really control the grassroots ruling institutions of the Tang Dynasty?

Uncle Li didn't believe it, and I didn't believe it either, so we hit it off and decided to do this kind of political organization reform in private. Of course, all of this must be carried out privately. Therefore, Uncle Li took good care of me and looked at me very much. In short, he would not look at Weinan County, and would try his best to prevent the court from falling here. At least within one to two years, he would try his best to maintain the status quo. Two years later, what he would look at was the achievements, that is, the old hooligan only had the result, and did not ask about the process.

After some teaching, Di Renjie finally understood all the inside story. Of course, the consequences were very extreme. First, if this young master was able to become a political reformer of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, if he failed, he would probably not be miserable, but the officialdom would definitely have no fate with me anymore, because no matter what, Uncle Li would definitely find a scapegoat, and I would be.

Di Renjie brows tightly locked: "Master, why don't you stay by your side and help you do something. Although the disciple has no ability, I think he can do something for the Master within his ability."

I was very happy about Di Renjie's concern. However, I still politely declined Di Renjie's kindness. I patted his shoulder and smiled: "You go and work with them first. Here, I will think carefully about it first. Don't worry, I have never done anything I have never done. You should know this."

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It was late at night. I was still thinking. According to Uncle Li’s instructions, I continued to think, ***, what a nonsense is this? I clearly thought that it would be enough to make a difference in the tax law, but the old hooligan blamed me for this matter. How to do it? How to arrange it with eight subordinates.

After thinking for a long time, I asked people to clarify the official system of the Tang Dynasty. First of all, there is an embarrassing position, that is, the county magistrate. Speaking of this county magistrate, he is under the county magistrate, and above the other chief officials. He is an official who is responsible for assisting the county magistrate. There is nothing that should not be inquire about the political affairs of a county. In addition, after the official documents are signed by the county magistrate, the county magistrate must agree to the deputy signing, otherwise it cannot be promulgated and implemented.

In addition, once the county magistrate cannot exercise its rights, the county magistrate takes office as the acting county magistrate. However, it is the county magistrate who is higher than the magistrate and the magistrate, and the responsibilities are the same as those of the county magistrate. No matter if it is taken care of, it is easy to infringe on the power of the county magistrate. Due to this reason, there are many disputes between the county magistrate and the county magistrate, and even surrender to each other and attack the other party. For this reason, the court had to issue an edict to order the county magistrate to "speak out that it is undeniable." In other words, according to convention, he did not express his opinions on official affairs in order to avoid suspicion.

In this way, it is equivalent to almost cutting off the power of the county magistrate. Although he can inquire about everything, he cannot take care of anything. The official document signed by the county magistrate is in the hands of the county magistrate, and the county magistrate can only be a human-shaped seal. In this way, although the county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty has a high position, its real power and power are under the throne and lieutenant. Folk proverbs list idle and excess official positions, which must refer to the county magistrate, and even use the chief as a mutual abuse word. Establish the position of the county magistrate. Is this the original intention?

The county magistrate is in charge of the weather, observing grievances, and obeying lawsuits. Whenever the people are given a gift, the county magistrate gives it to him. At the end of each year, he will perform drinking ceremony in the village, account, post office, warehouse, thieves, and causeways. Even if there are special officials, they will notify me. I saw that my eyes turned green. If the county magistrate is in charge of so many things, it would be strange if I don’t make this young master tired of food and laziness to death. This work is really impossible.

The division, responsibilities and positions must be clear first. The simplest thing is to divide responsibilities and positions according to the organization of the Tang Dynasty court. I regard Weinan as a small court, so naturally the three provinces cannot be established. However, the six ministries and commissions can be retained except the Ministry of War. However, the responsibilities and power must be clearly divided. In addition, the Censorate and Dali Temple are also good things and must be kept.

In this way, I could easily divide my rights and responsibilities. More than ten days later, I took the seal from my former Weinan County Magistrate and completed all the government affairs of Weinan County, and all the original Weinan County Magistrate and all the following assistants reported to the Chang'an Ministry of Personnel without leaving any place to take up their posts. From this moment on, I became the highest chief of Weinan County.

When I arrived at the county hall of Weinan County, I sat on the short couch, and the room was built and Bonnar was right, like two door gods standing beside me. The rest were all sitting on the left and right.

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"Today, I call you here for your appointment. I hope everyone will not be impulsive. I will listen to your appointment first and then speak. Another point is that your jurisdiction has clear regulations. Fang Cheng, please listen to you." I shook my head and shook Fang Cheng. Fang Cheng nodded and stood up, took the paper I handed him to him, and recited it loudly.

In fact, it is simple. This young master is the county magistrate, in charge of all matters, but he has no right to judge, question, or arrest. The power of the county magistrate has changed and has the right to supervise all work in the county. If the county magistrate or the assistant officials at all levels violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty and harms the people, in short, if they do bad things, the county magistrate has the right to directly write to the Censorate or the Ministry of Personnel to impeach the county magistrate. Moreover, the power to trial is in the hands of the county magistrate. However, the county magistrate is responsible for arresting criminals, while the judicial counselor is responsible for investigating and collecting evidence, and then prosecuting and accusing the county magistrate...

In short, it is like the simplified and abbreviated version of the three provinces and six ministries of the highest political institution of the Tang Dynasty, plus the Censorate and Dali Temple. Cui Ren was appointed as the county magistrate, Li Qianyou was appointed as the county magistrate, and Li Yifu was appointed as the chief magistrate. Well, the power of this chief magistrate has been weakened by me, just like the director of a government office, who is in charge of documentary books and various archival records.

In addition, Wang Fangyi was appointed as the consultant of the General Manager, Dai Zhide was appointed as the consultant of the General Manager, Di Renjie was appointed as the consultant of the General Manager, Yuwen Jie was appointed as the consultant of the General Manager, and Lou Shide was appointed as the consultant of the General Manager. Each of them was responsible for their presence and their duties, and they were directly responsible to the county magistrate. If the county magistrate was not present, they were responsible to the county magistrate.

After reading out the positions and powers of everyone, they have not yet come back to their memory, and it seems that they still don’t understand them very much. It doesn’t matter if they don’t understand. What I need is that they implement the policies according to the policy. In this way, I can sit firmly on Diaoyutai. Although I take care of everything, I need to take care of everything. All I have to do is to draw up a plan and let the following assistants execute it. The merits will be rewarded and the mistakes will be punished. Then, I can use the time in other places to point out the direction and goals for the development of Weinan.

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"From now on, I have been the magistrate of Weinan County. I have some opinions on the government affairs of Weinan County. I will say it here. Please consider it. I am going to issue an announcement from tomorrow to let all the people of Weinan County in the Tang Dynasty know that labor service will be cancelled from tomorrow! And no more exemption money will be collected. I think I will not have any objections, right?" I looked around with a smile, well, those who have opinions have been entrusted for thousands of miles, squatting here, I dare not say that they are my die-hard supporters, at least they are supportive of the Tang Dynasty tax system reform. As expected, no one objected.

"The second thing is to check the population and household registration of Weinan County, as well as land, etc. This task is left to Lord Wang Fangyi and Lord Lou Shidelou. I hope the two adults can work together to do this. In addition, Lord Li Yifu will provide you with the best convenience here. Lord Li, do you think so?" I smiled at Li Yifu.

Well, no one still objected. After announcing several tasks in succession, we encountered differences in road construction.

"Sir, you said you want to build all the roads in Weinan County, but this project is absolutely small. Not only do you need to consider the current economic situation in Weinan, but also the issue of human labor. Besides, is it a little too early to open the full auxiliary?" The first thing that the Si Cai counselor Yu Wenjie did to report to me after he came to power was to complain to me. This guy, Dai Zhide, the Si Zheng counselor, didn't say anything, you're so anxious.

"Sir, what Lord Yuwen said is indeed reasonable. Is it too urgent for us to do this? Weinan County is not rich now and needs money everywhere. If it is invested on the road, it is afraid that it will not be enough. In addition, did you say that if labor is cancelled and labor is gone, how can we get labor?" Dai Zhide also stood up and opposed it.
Chapter completed!