Zhao Xin found himself transmigrated into a novel, becoming the great villain, a delusional tyrant. This tyrant was obsessed with wine and women, lingering in the imperial harem and never attending...
They no longer planned to care about the rebels in Shanyang County, but instead focused on counterattacking and assassinating the scattered Eastern Wu troops and their accomplices.
This arrest is not a big deal, but a big secret was uncovered inside.
Now, several county governors have already changed their minds. Some have even set up their own factions. They clearly do not take him, the emperor, seriously and have even proclaimed themselves kings.
He was so proud of himself because he was too busy to deploy his troops. Furthermore, his three armies, the Tiance Zhongzhou Iron Tiger, had already been deployed...
Oh no, the Tian Ce Army is still in his hands, and now he has a trump card, his famous general Bai Qi is also in his palace and has not moved.
Although the common people rebelled, the ultimate victim of the rebellion was still their monarch Zhao Xin. If everyone surrendered to the rebels during his rebellion, wouldn't it be even more difficult for him to recruit soldiers?
But just yesterday, we got good news!
Their army won battle after battle, crushing their enemies!
This gave him some comfort.
But it's not just the prefect, the situation of the provincial governor is also serious.
This position of governor, which evolved from the provincial governor, now not only has the power of administrative management and commanding troops in battles, but also has the title of general, and the title can be hereditary.
Further expanding his ability to threaten him.
As far as he knew, this governor controlled at least five counties or more of territory, and even the surrounding small countries were in his possession.
Therefore, even if the governor had the will but not the ability to cause a rebellion, the governor of the state could still cause a big upheaval now.
It’s really… not good news.
"Issue my order and curb the provincial governor system without delay!"
The position of governor, which was previously changed from the provincial governor, was still managed by his own person. However, he was secretly expanding his power and even took care of things that were not his responsibility!
By the way, he also took away other people's jobs and treated the county under his command as his own.
After that, he gained more rights, and it was no longer just a formal control. He used his power to do evil in his own land.
To be honest, he also understood the situation of being changed to governor at that time.
Political corruption spurred anti-government armed riots across the country, each one fiercely gazing at its capital, hoping to snatch the emperor's two ounces of meat from his mouth. The central government was unable to cope, and was forced to strengthen local power to cope with the situation.
no way.
So the governor was transformed into a provincial governor, and the position of provincial governor came into being.
The reason why the operation of its provincial governor system led to warlord separatism was mainly because under the agricultural economy, there was little economic exchange between different regions and the entire national structure was loose. It was okay in peaceful years, but once troubled times came, rebellion and independence would be difficult to contain!
So he is now this uncontrollable phenomenon.
It directly boosted the separatist power in the local area and allowed those generals to rebel.
"The position of governor is truly overbearing. If it had been abolished earlier and replaced with a provincial governor, this situation might not have occurred. There might not have been such a backlash. A single governor can now oversee nearly five or more prefectural governors."
Now, although the salary of this governor is relatively low, he is a person who can be heard by the emperor. So it is better to take the opportunity to take back the power of these people one by one and then give them the hat of supervisor.
One must choose to abolish or weaken it.
"So, Your Majesty, what do you think of my proposal?"
Zhao Xin had just thought about how to weaken the provincial governor system, but he hadn't heard what Zhuge Liang had just said. Zhao Xin looked up and motioned for him to repeat himself.
"Your Majesty, with the news of victory coming from the rear, the Wusheng Group will surely be crushed! And now, Your Majesty must make a final decision on the Eastern Wu invasion."
"Now these scattered soldiers are embedded deeply in our Great Qin like an attack on the sand. It would be better for Your Majesty to directly issue an order to distribute them!"
"Since the Prime Minister has said so, why not tell me what decree to issue to stabilize the rebels in Dongwu and force them to withdraw their troops."
Zhuge Liang smiled and gently waved the feather fan in his hand, looking very confident. Xiao He and Zhang Liang beside him nodded behind his back and praised him as wonderful.
It seems that this decision was probably the result of their discussion in the back just now.
"With a wave of his hand, the Great Qin Emperor is recruiting talented advisors. His goal is to kill the lurking enemy forces! If they are killed, they will naturally be rewarded. If they turn against the rebels, the Great Qin will show no mercy!"
"Good idea."
"We've also heard about the brick kilns you have developed in Daqin. If you were to sell them, there would naturally be people buying in large quantities."
Now, his Tiangong Kaiwu has just given him the opportunity to strengthen household items such as walls, dishes and chopsticks, as well as common items such as mortise and tenon joints and woodworking structures. So far, he has no intention of selling them, but only wants to strengthen them himself.
Its fence in the Gyeonggi region.
If you can't even defend your own land, why are you trying to bribe others? Aren't you afraid that your own land will be destroyed? Since you are in such a desperate situation now, you should be cautious and protect yourself.
But what he couldn't believe was that he actually found a brother... and he was the crown prince of the Eastern Wu. And from the way he spoke, it seemed like they were close buddies.
The plot is getting better.
"But Your Majesty, don't be too optimistic. To be honest, this war was not initiated by my father, the Emperor, and my mother. It was because those Japanese advisors came to the court outside the gate that our Prime Minister reported it directly.
"This side also instigated the governor on our side to submit a memorial, so they were summoned to attack your Great Qin."
The origin of this war was actually instigated by someone. Someone in the city must have known that something had happened to the Qin State, and also knew that it was a time of internal weakness, so they lured the surrounding troops to attack and overthrow the Qin State!
"Yes, that's basically what you think. And as a brother, I really don't want Your Majesty to remove the governor."
"This position is the best way for you to gain power. If you change the governor to an inspector, you will indeed have more people. Each person will be given less territory, and management will be simpler. However, when you recruit troops, it will be difficult to control them because there are too many people."
Zhao Xin was silent for a moment. What he really wanted was to create a difference in numbers. Because he had a lot of talented people under his command, he didn't need those so-called governors to be in charge of five to ten counties alone.
And it’s more beneficial this way.
"Your Majesty, I agree that the Crown Prince's words make sense. I suggest that instead of abolishing the provincial governor system, we weaken it. We should lower the risk and then discuss the matter, rather than directly replacing the provincial governor with an Inspector. We cannot eliminate the Inspector system either."
Therefore, the number of people needed in this area will be very large. However, its layout is like the three levels of provinces, cities and counties, instead of the current situation where one person dominates and occupies an integer area.
That would be a dictatorship!