Li Kuan's second fire had just started to ignite, and everyone thought that the focus of this period was the establishment of the Tang Dynasty Post Office.

Unexpectedly, Li Kuan in the blink of an eye threw out a way to a province in the court, transforming the originally void "Tao" ruling structure into a "Sacrifice" with real power.

Although Li Kuan only made such a proposal at the court meeting, the real implementation will definitely not be so fast.

It is even certain that this proposal will not be implemented this year.

But this incident still caused an uproar.

"Husband, isn't it too hasty to make such a proposal suddenly?"

Wu Meiniang has always been very concerned about major affairs in the court.

After the change of "Tao" to "saving" came out, she endured it for a day, but still couldn't help it and asked Li Kuan.

In the past, no matter what big plan Li Kuan proposed, there were often signs.

Many times I would ask someone to discuss it.

But this time, things were a bit sudden.

Of course, this may be because it is just a discussion plan, not implemented so quickly, and it may not necessarily be implemented, so it is easier to throw it out.

However, when it comes to reforms in the court's ruling system, especially Li Shimin brought up such reforms not long after his southern tour, which is still very sensitive.

No wonder Wu Meiniang couldn't help but chat with Li Kuan.

"The Tang Dynasty is now vast, and each Taoist is only a superior institution that belongs to each state in name, and actually does not exercise the corresponding rights.

According to the current system, they cannot exercise any rights.

This is equivalent to the imperial court directly governing various prefectures and prefectures across the country.

However, there are so many prefectures in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is not realistic to manage them all.

To put it bluntly, there are probably not many officials in the court who can remember all the governors of each prefecture.

In this case, how can the situation in each state be managed?

The purpose of the establishment of Tao is good, but it did not meet the original idea.

Since that's the case, we might as well change it and set up provincial institutions between the prefecture and the eighteen central ministries.

The central court indirectly manages various prefectures and counties by managing various provincial institutions.

Only this more rigorous superior and subordinate system can truly manage the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Kuan made such a proposal, obviously it was not a decision made by slapping his head.

The structural system of the central, provincial, prefecture and county has been fully proven in later generations.

Not to mention the 21st century, even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, this structure was already in this way.

At most it is called state, which is a bit different in different periods.

"Now there is a 'Tao', can you achieve your goal by changing the Tao into a sacrificial situation?

If you just change the name simply, it is impossible to achieve your goal, right?

Unless the institutions of each province are further granted greater rights, they have the right to directly govern the various states and counties below.

Even the appointment rights of some officials in the states and counties below can be delegated to provincial institutions.

But the Tang Dynasty is so big, there are only about ten roads, that is, more than a dozen provinces. Will the rights of each province be too great?

In the current situation, naturally, no province dares to jump out of trouble, but it will be difficult to say in the future."

I have to say that Wu Meiniang has very good knowledge.

She was not worried about whether various provinces could manage prefectures and counties. As long as they were fully authorized, this goal would definitely be achieved.

Officials are nothing more than whoever can decide their own black hats, and they will listen to whoever they want.

If the heads of provincial institutions have the right to decide the titles of officials below, they will naturally be obedient.

But in this way, the heads of various provincial institutions have too much power.

It's simply a country among the country.

This is obviously not the scene that Li Kuan hopes to see.

"Mei Niang, you are right. If it were just a simple reform, there would indeed be a series of problems, which would lay hidden dangers for the future of the Tang Dynasty.

However, this time I made such a proposal, so naturally I did not want to simply carry out reforms, but to completely change the current method of the central court in governing local areas.

This change can be done in a variety of ways.

It is obviously not possible to directly change the Tao to the province.

The Tang Dynasty is so big that at that time, at least twenty provinces will be needed to manage all parts of the country.

This will not only allow the central court to effectively manage each province, but also allow each province to carefully manage the prefectures and counties below.

As for the rights of the heads of provincial institutions you mentioned, this really needs to be fully considered.

The right to be unsurveilled, no matter at which level it is, is very dangerous.

Only by adding some checks and balances to rights and finding a balance point for rights can all provincial institutions operate stably."

When Li Kuan carried out this reform, he naturally had to absorb the problem that the power of the various governors in the late Tang Dynasty in history was too great.

It is impossible for him to turn the heads of various provinces into top leaders of military and political affairs.

Moreover, after the Tang Dynasty's army had the Royal Military Academy, it was difficult for it to become a private army of someone.

The officers and logistics supplies are in the hands of the court, so Li Kuan doesn't have to worry about the fact that various provinces can cause any major chaos through the army.

As for occasionally some people's brains get into trouble and want to cause trouble, they can also control the situation within a controllable range.

"After twenty provinces? If this is the case, it can indeed solve the problem I was worried about just now to a certain extent.

Each province governs five to ten prefectures and prefectures, and each prefecture governs another five to ten counties.

In this way, the management of county-level institutions can be further deepened, allowing more clerks to become court officials."

Wu Meiniang chatted with Li Kuan today, obviously not a mess.

She really wants to solve some problems.

"That's right! Only a county magistrate is an official appointed by the court in a county town. This situation is absolutely unacceptable.

If the imperial court does not manage such a large county town, it will become a force of aristocratic families.

Once the world is in turmoil, these counties will become the source of turmoil and become fertile ground for many ambitious people.

According to my vision, it is necessary to further strengthen the strength of county-level yamen in the future and expand the institutional system of county-level yamen.

And in each township, at least one court official is appointed so that the rule of the court can truly sink to the level of townships."

Li Kuan’s reform is obviously not that simple.

Many people may not be able to see the final impact clearly, but Li Kuan himself knows very well what level he wants to reach.

There is nothing else, just simplify it based on the situation in later generations.

"Sink to the township level?"

After hearing this, Wu Meiniang was stunned for a moment.

In all dynasties, no dynasty has ever done this.

The townships and places have always been the territory of local wealthy families.

Even in the county town, the influence of the imperial court is very weak.

If the government can really make the governance of the court sink to the townships, that meaning will be really extraordinary.

From now on, this world will be truly the world of the court.

It is unlikely that the government orders will not leave Chang'an City.

The most important thing is that this move will hit the aristocratic families the biggest.

It is equivalent to digging out all the foundations of their inheritance.

You should know that although some of the officials and clerks in various county government offices are already college students, the main ones are children of local wealthy families.

As for each township, local wealthy families are managing it themselves.

Nowadays, management agencies are set up in towns, even if they are just appointing a township or town mayor, the impact is very huge.

Through the township chief or town mayor, the villages are being managed, and the situation in each village can be truly grasped.

Many cases of tainted and dirt will be solved to a large extent immediately.

Even if some people want to make small moves, it will be much more difficult.

"That's right! In the future, I will further increase the efforts to recruit scholars in the imperial examinations so that more people can enter the court.

At the same time, the recruitment of clerks can also be increased.

Before this, many clerks actually served the court through the form of aides of a county magistrate.

This is not conducive to enhancing the influence of the court.
To be continued...