The Emperor System of Ten Thousand Worlds and Heavens

Chapter 60 Xuzhou Prefect
When several people entered the room, Zhang Rang also looked at Ye Xiaoyao immediately. Seeing that he was wearing a black jade and gold thread robe, he was handsome, tall and straight, and his temperament was even more detached, so he couldn't help feeling sorry for Ye Xiaoyao commented: "This kid is absolutely extraordinary!"

"Why don't you bow down to me!" Although Zhang Rang saw Ye Xiaoyao's extraordinaryness, he still needed to show off his official authority.

Ye Xiaoyao smiled when he heard the words, and didn't say anything. Instead, he took out a crystal carved dragon and put it on the table next to Zhang Rang, before saying, "Xiaoyao was born to kneel only to his parents, please forgive me, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Rang didn't look at Ye Xiaoyao again, but stared at the crystal carved dragon with wide eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "What is this?"

"My lord Zhang, the name of this thing is: Crystal Dragon, and it is a gift for meeting you." Ye Xiaoyao held back a smile and said sincerely.

This crystal carved dragon is actually a modern handicraft. It looks like a transparent tempered glass ball filled with an unknown liquid, and a small crystal dragon is suspended in the liquid. If you shake the crystal ball gently, the dragon will swim .Because of the unknown liquid, the little dragon will not collide with the glass ball, which is amazing, but it is limited to this, and it has no other eggs except for ornamental value!
"What is a crystal? Could it be that this transparent thing is a crystal?" Zhang Rang picked up the crystal and carved a dragon, carefully observed and played with it.

Ye Xiaoyao stretched his face, and continued to fool around: "Crystals are fairy things, and they are things that can be used by immortals. To be honest, Mr. Zhang, I got this crystal dragon from a foreigner by chance, so I still have to give it to you." It’s come back at a great price.”

Zhang Rang's body shook, and his eyes suddenly brightened, "It's a fairy thing!" Then Zhang Rang put away the crystal carved dragon in a hurry, as if Ye Xiaoyao would go back.

"Ahem! Xiaoyao, right? Tell me, what is the purpose of you coming to me?" Zhang Rang coughed after putting away the crystal carved dragon, and pretended to ask Ye Xiaoyao. As for the matter of kneeling, he had already Just forget.

Seeing that Zhang Rang was satisfied, Ye Xiaoyao felt relieved. He smiled and said, "Xiaoyao came here to buy an official position. I heard that Mr. Zhang has connections, so I came here to pay a visit."

Zhang Ran's eyes lit up again when he heard that Ye Xiaoyao wanted to buy an official. Ye Xiaoyao looked like he was not an ordinary person. He would definitely make a lot of money if he made this deal, so he couldn't help asking, "What kind of official do you want to buy?"

"Prefect of Xuzhou!"

Ye Xiaoyao smiled lightly, and said the official position he wanted to buy.As for why he bought the Xuzhou prefect instead of directly buying the Xuzhou governor, it was not because of the policy issues in 183. The governor in 183 was not called Zhou Mu, had no military power, and could not truly rule a state.

Historically, the official position of county governor was earlier than that of state governor and state pastor.In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, following the Qin Dynasty, administrative agencies at the county and county levels were established locally.During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (148 BC), the prefecture was renamed as Taishou. From then on, this title was continued into the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The initial duties of the county guard or county prefect are only in charge of civil affairs, litigation, agricultural and mulberry production, taxation and other matters in a county, which belongs to the administrative management of the local area, and can also control the military in the later stage.It is equivalent to the mayor + senior city officials of a prefecture-level city.

The governor was set up in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (106 BC), and his duty was to supervise local officials at all levels.At that time, the world was divided into Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jiaozhi Prefecture, and Shuofang Prefecture.The settings, jurisdictions and names of these states basically lasted until the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for a few changes and changes later.

The prefectural governor was renamed Zhoumu when Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty became emperor. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it was changed back to the prefectural governor, but soon changed to the prefectural pastoralist. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the name continued to be changed.This situation is reflected in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", where the titles of "state governor" and "state shepherd" appear mixed.

The governor is the chief executive of a state (there were thirteen states in the Han Dynasty), which is slightly equivalent to a high-ranking official, but actually not so high.Because both the prefects and the governors of the Han Dynasty were officials with a salary of two thousand shi, the levels were actually the same, and the purpose was to restrict each other.

Zhou Mu is an official position added by the imperial court after the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is a military and administrative official of a state. He can recruit troops by himself and has great power.The state pastor is a slightly higher official position than the governor, and does not conflict with the governor, but also governs the state and county.But Zhou Mu has greater military power and status than the governor.Equivalent to senior officials + provincial senior officials + provincial military commanders.

In general, the governor in 183 is useless. The most important point is that the governor's residence is with a certain prefect. For example, if you are the governor of Xuzhou, you can choose your residence at will, but the chosen The scope is still within the sphere of influence of the prefect of a certain county, which is so embarrassing. Are you in charge of me or I in charge of you?this is a problem.

The governor can't control the prefect, but the prefect can monitor the actions of the governor, which is very important.

Why did Ye Xiaoyao buy an official position?It’s not for the violent soldiers, but now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion hasn’t started yet, if you want violent soldiers, you can only come secretly. If someone finds out, you can definitely stab Emperor Han Ling, and the result will be either you will be removed from the official position, or you will be killed. Being conquered, no matter what it is, is very troublesome.

Ye Xiaoyao's plan is very simple, buy, buy, buy, the governor of Xuzhou, the five prefects of Xuzhou, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate will buy them all, but now they can't directly confess to Zhang Rang, they need to talk a little bit, if they buy it all at once Although the entire Xuzhou official position is very simple to him, it will make Shi Changshi and Han Lingdi suspicious, and it is not worthwhile.

Buy him a prefect first, and then buy other official positions. According to his reservation, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion started, all the official positions in Xuzhou must be his talents.

As for the task of subduing the Yellow Turban Army, Ye Xiaoyao had already had an idea in his mind. The Yellow Turbans must erupt. This is unstoppable. This is the beginning of chaos among the big men and cannot be avoided.But the casualties and scope can be controlled. He plans to secretly subdue Zhang Jiao and others in the middle of the outbreak of the Yellow Turbans, and then he will lead the end of the Yellow Turbans Rebellion and give the world the impression that he saved the big man. This is very important and helpful. to build a new kingdom for him.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Rang asked, "The prefect of Xuzhou! There are only Donghai County and Guangling County in Xuzhou. I don't know which county you want to buy as the prefect?"

"Guangling County!"

The first county that Ye Xiaoyao wanted to win was Guangling County. As for the other four counties, you can take your time.

　In 183, Xuzhou Governor's Department of the Eastern Han Dynasty: Langye State, Donghai County, Pengcheng State, Xiapi State, and Guangling County.

　　
　
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