Youzhou's official system and prefecture and county reforms

Half a month later, Yanjing.

It turns out that the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion where Liu Buqi and Yue Lingxi lived has now become the new Prince of Yan's Mansion.

Liu Buqi hurried back from Tai'an Prefecture, on the one hand to participate in the ceremonial opening ceremony of the prefecture, and on the other hand to welcome Yue Lingxi who returned victorious from the Great Wall battlefield.

This Battle of the Great Wall can be said to be a crushing victory. Led by Yue Lingxi and Wang Changling, 20,000 cavalrymen divided into two routes to encircle the Yehe army that was fiercely attacking the city!

With such a divine army descending from the sky and the cooperation of Gao Yi's troops, the Yehe army retreated in panic with almost no preparation.

This time, the Youzhou soldiers are not only trying to break the siege of the Great Wall. They are also trying to eliminate the enemy's resistance as much as possible and lay the foundation for future attacks!

The three armies advanced side by side, and the farthest Yue Lingxi tribe even chased to the foot of the Yehe Holy Mountain, Baitou Mountain!

The Great Wall garrison led by Gao Yi took advantage of the Yehe army's hasty escape and captured Jincheng, the bridgehead for Yehe's attack on Taiyue, in one fell swoop. They also built a permanent defense line on Lushan outside Jincheng and sent strong soldiers to guard it!

From now on, the Youzhou army can march out from Lushan at any time and launch a long-term attack on Yehe without any obstacles!

According to Liu Buqi's pre-war arrangements, Gao Yi brought back a large number of people plundered from Jincheng, mainly women!

A large number of war horses, dried meat, furs and other supplies also returned to Yanjing in a high-profile manner to congratulate the opening of the royal palace!

Lu Xin even captured a scholar named Zhang from the capital and wrote a brilliantly written memorial with great fanfare. He then sent it to Lu Ren in the capital along with some of the supplies and prisoners of war that were sent to Tai'an!

This great victory at the Great Wall was equivalent to the empire expanding its territory by a full 200 miles!

Moreover, they took down the Lushan defense line which had blocked the 300,000-strong army of the previous emperor for half a year with only minor losses!

Lu Ren, the "Director of the Beijing Office" of Youzhou, must show off his power on Xuanwu Street with these spoils in exchange for a large amount of rewards from the empire!

When Liu Buqi arrived at the palace, Yue Lingxi had been waiting for her for a long time!

Originally, it was His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan who should have personally unveiled the red silk on the high-hanging plaque, but Yue Lingxi pulled Liu Buqi to his side and insisted that she go on stage together to open the palace!

Although this move caused the governor and inspector of Youzhou who were specially invited to watch the ceremony to look at each other and shake their heads, the military leaders headed by Wang Changling and Gao Yi tried their best to cooperate and were optimistic about it!

Liu Buqi, the de facto military advisor of Youzhou, has won the respect of the bigwigs in the army with the reputation he has accumulated over the years!

The name of Youzhou Spirit Fox has now almost become a living signboard. Some ordinary people even regard Yue Lingxi and Liu Buqi as the dragon and phoenix of Youzhou, which shows their reputation!

After the palace was opened, Gao Yi and Wang Changling passed by the gate of Prince Yan's palace one after another with the spoils of war and the captured Yehe people, which aroused cheers from the onlookers in Yanjing, adding great prestige to the opening of Prince Yan's palace!

Afterwards, officials of all ranks from Youzhou flocked into the palace. Zhu Caicai had already arranged a banquet, and it was extremely lively for a while!

In the heavily guarded small hall inside the palace, except for Lu Ren who was far away in the capital, all the core figures of Youzhou were present. The table was full of banquets, but no one moved!

Yue Lingxi was crowned king and had the right to establish his own government, where he could appoint officials below the second rank!

In the entire Youzhou, except for Gao Yi, who was previously granted a title by the court as a second-rank official, people like Lu Xin, Lu Ren, Zhu Caicai, and Bai Tuo could only be regarded as subordinates of the commander-in-chief.

But it is not of high rank. Although now is not the time to achieve success and fame, it is time to reward according to merit!

At this moment, how could anyone think of eating? Dozens of eager eyes were fixed on Yue Lingxi and Liu Buqi who were sitting on the upper table!

Liu Buqi didn’t really have a deep understanding of the saying “When money gathers, people scatter; when money scatters, people gather.”

But seeing the performance of the people in Youzhou, I was really impressed by the business veteran who could say such wise words!

Youzhou, an emerging force, has been just like an unknown company before it went public. No one cares about the level of official positions, they are all focused on exploring the way forward, and no one knows what the future will be!

But now that Yue Lingxi has been crowned king, it is equivalent to the company being ready to go public. At this time, Yue Lingxi, as the "chairman", and Liu Buqi, as the "general manager", must be willing to give up a lot of benefits in order to better gather people's hearts!

"Ahem!" According to the results of her correspondence and discussions with Yue Lingxi these days, Liu Buqi took the lead in proposing a set of official system that no one had ever heard of!

Liu Buqi calls this system the Four Dukes, Six Departments, and Eight Generals System!

The Four Dukes were the second-rank officials under the King of Yan: Taibao, Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong. Taibao and Taiwei were the chief military officers! The difference was that Taiwei was responsible for external campaigns, while Taibao was responsible for internal training and logistics!

The Taiwei is in charge of four third-rank generals, namely the Generals of the Southern Expedition, the Northern Expedition, the Western Expedition, and the Eastern Expedition!

The Taibao is in charge of four third-rank generals, namely the generals of Zhennan, Zhenbei, Zhenxi and Zhendong!

The Prince of Yan, the Grand Guardian, the Grand Marshal and eight generals, collectively known as the Grand Council, are the highest decision-making body for Youzhou’s military!

Situ and Sikong are the chief officials of civil affairs, and each of them has three departments under them!

The Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Justice are under the jurisdiction of the Si Tu, and the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of Personnel are under the jurisdiction of the Si Kong. The heads of each department are collectively called Shang Shu, who is the third rank!

The Prince of Yan, the Minister of Works, the Minister of the Interior and the six ministers are collectively known as the Cabinet, which is the highest decision-making body for civil affairs in Youzhou!

In addition, the King of Yan had three directly subordinate offices, namely the Rumor Envoy, the Supervisory Envoy, and the Inner Court Office. The chief officers of the offices were all of the third rank, collectively known as doctors. Among them, the Rumor Envoy was responsible for intelligence and public opinion!

The Supervisory Commissioner is responsible for supervising officials! The Internal Court is responsible for the personal protection of important officials and external anti-traitor operations!

At this point, a set of Youzhou official system that almost integrates the checks and balances formed after storage in the brain and each has its own responsibilities has been freshly produced!

Liu Buqi couldn't help but sigh. After plagiarizing poems, he started plagiarizing the system. He was really going further and further on the road of being a "thief"!

In addition to the official system, Liu Buqi also integrated the entire Youzhou jurisdiction!

The jurisdiction of the Great Wall Garrison was renamed Zhenbei Prefecture. In addition to the seat of government, it had two counties under its jurisdiction, namely Chang'an County and Changping County!

Yanjing is the seat of Youzhou, and also has two counties under its jurisdiction, namely Zuo Zhili County and You Zhili County!

The three prefectures of Taiping, Tai'an and Taixiang were merged into Tai'an Prefecture, which was divided into two counties. Taiping Prefecture, which was close to the sea, was renamed Linhai County, and Taixiang Prefecture, which was close to Shandong, was renamed Linshan County.

At this point, the entire Youzhou was divided into three prefectures and six counties! Although there were no civilians in the jurisdiction of Chang'an and Changping counties at all.

However, recently Zhu Caicai has attracted nearly 100,000 disaster refugees, who can be directly transferred to the two counties!

I believe that more people will flock to Youzhou in the future, and Yanjing and Zhenbei prefectures and four counties will be the main places to accommodate these people!