Chapter 602: Ending

Luocheng.

While Niu Cha took Jincheng, Ma Han summoned the nobles of Sizhou to a banquet in the city.

After three rounds of drinking, he officially confronted the nobles.

"What! You want to surrender to King Yan and become his subordinate from now on." A noble with a red face suddenly stood up.

The banquet suddenly became dead silent.

Another noble stood up, "Are you Ma family going to sell us to King Yan?"

Ma Han had long expected the nobles to be excited.

So he said: "Yes, our Ma family has made a choice. Only by following King Yan can our Ma family have a future, otherwise it will only be destroyed in this chaotic world."

After a pause, he said: "His Royal Highness King Yan said that as long as you are willing to voluntarily hand over the land and share it with the people, he will forgive your past, which is enough benevolence."

"What a good forgiveness, you want to take our accumulated property, how is it possible!" A noble snorted angrily.

"Ma Han, you'd better think it over. We don't have to follow your Ma family. The world is in chaos now. The powerful families are recruiting soldiers everywhere. They are eager for us to join them." A noble family looked sarcastic.

Ma Han was unmoved. He looked at the noble families in the room, "I just ask you one question, who is willing to stand on the side of my Ma family?"

After waiting for a while, five small noble families stood up and walked to Ma Han.

"Traitor!" The other noble families scolded and beat them.

Seeing that most of the noble families did not stand on the side of the Ma family, Ma Han showed a disappointed look.

Just as the King of Yan said, these noble families only care about their own interests.

They will not consider the long-term of Dasong or the long-term of the Ma family.

"If that's the case, don't blame me." Ma Han lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and suddenly threw the cup on the ground.

As the cup broke, Dianzhang led the soldiers in.

"Put them all in jail. From today on, confiscate all the land of the noble families and distribute it to the people of Sizhou." Ma Han said.

After receiving his order, the soldiers took down the nobles one after another.

Amidst the curses, the nobles were escorted out of the yard by the Ma family soldiers.

Dianzhang came to Ma Han at this time and said, "Master, the soldiers have assembled and can set off at any time."

Ma Han nodded, and then they completely wiped out the nobles in Sizhou.

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"Congratulations, Your Highness. Now Jinzhou is stable, and Sizhou is expected to be soon."

Yancheng, the meeting hall of the royal palace.

Liu Fu bowed to Zhao Xu.

The news of Ma Han's breakup with the nobles reached here in just three days.

Zhao Xu smiled.

The sixth prince died, and Ma Han was clearing out the remnants of the nobles in Sizhou.

Although it will take some time, the war between the Ma family and the nobles shows one thing.

Like him, the Ma family officially became enemies with the nobles, and there was no turning back.

Next, they will fight a life-and-death struggle with the seven powerful families who have established their own countries and the tyrants under their command.

"Jinzhou has been recovered, but we need to send officials to govern it. This matter is left to you to deal with." Zhao Xu said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu was very happy. The territory controlled by the palace was getting bigger and bigger, and he, as the palace tutor, was naturally happy.

Zhao Xu nodded, and thought of something, he said: "By the way, this king is going to reform the official positions of the fiefdom. Since the court and the fiefdom government exist at the same time, it is better to merge the two. I have reported this to the emperor, and the emperor agreed."

Liu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then relieved.

Now the territory of the court is the territory of the fiefdom of the King of Yan.

After the King of Yan rebuilt the court, he would have a group of court officials to serve, so it is better to directly use this as a source.

Let the fiefdom officials simply hang the titles and ranks of court officials.

In this way, although their functions have not changed much, their reputation has been promoted.

After laughing twice, Liu Fu couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what is my position now?"

"Of course, I am the Prime Minister of Dasong." Zhao Xu said, "And don't call yourself a subordinate in the future, call yourself a minister."

"Prime Minister!" Liu Fu was so happy that he almost fainted when he heard this.

He had never thought that one day he would become the Prime Minister of Dasong.

Although the actual power of this Prime Minister was no different from that of the Wangfu Wangfu, his reputation had almost reached the peak of power.

"Your Highness, you are so good to me, no, I am so good to you, that I can't repay you for my whole life." Liu Fu's mouth trembled with excitement.

Zhao Xu rolled his eyes, "I don't want you to be a cow or a horse in the next life, you just need to do your best for me in this life."

Then, he picked up a booklet from the table and handed it to Liu Fu, "This is the list of ministers reviewed by the emperor."

Liu Fu took it and opened it quickly. His name was the first one, corresponding to the position of Prime Minister.

Then the next one is Yang Feng, whose corresponding position is the Grand Marshal of the Army, but it is noted that it is just a nominal position.

Below Yang Feng is Chang Wei, whose official position is the General of the Nation.

Then Zhu Tuo and other governors and county governors were promoted to the positions of six ministers, Dali Temple, and Honglu Temple.

Mi Wen was promoted to the Censorate, and Xu Ke was in charge of the Supervisory Office.

"These are the heads of various departments. You can select the remaining officials by yourselves and send them to this king for review." Zhao Xu said.

Liu Fu nodded.

The official system is very complicated and needs to be carefully improved. There are still many things that need him, the prime minister, to do.

"In addition, this king is going to take advantage of the change of official positions to reform the officialdom, and realize the separation of three powers in each state, county and county in the future." Zhao Xu said after a pause.

Liu Fu is not unfamiliar with this term.

In the political school, the King of Yan has talked about the separation of three powers many times.

In fact, this is to divide the power of the county magistrate into three parts, and three chief officials will jointly take charge of one side.

In this way, it can prevent the county magistrate from monopolizing power and doing whatever he wants in the county where he is in office.

At the same time, these three chief officials will be rotated every three years and transferred to other counties to prevent the three chief officials from getting familiar with each other and colluding with each other.

These three chief officials are the county magistrate, the Tongpan and the Supervisory History.

They are in charge of government affairs, arresting thieves, and trying cases respectively.

At the same time, a special agency will be set up in the Supervisory Council to review local officials, check and balance with the county magistrate, and reduce the corruption and degeneration of officials.

At that time, when the King of Yan talked about these, he realized that the feudal government system would change in this direction, but he didn't expect that this day has finally come now.

"Your Highness is really generous. After this official reform, Yanzhou will be completely renewed." Liu Fu said.

In his opinion, this improvement of the official system of Dasong will make the implementation of government affairs more efficient and professional.

The county magistrate can devote all his energy to the implementation of policies without being overwhelmed by various cases.

Only those who are proficient in Dasong laws can serve as officials in the Supervisory Council.

The Tongpan is directly under the jurisdiction of the Wuhou Division, and the chief officer must be proficient in investigation and arrest.

The three of them can benefit the local area if they perform their duties.

As the two were talking, Feng'er reported that Yang He was coming.

Zhao Xu vaguely guessed something, so he asked Yang He to come in.