When I was a child, I read foreign fairy tales and China's fairy tales. The obvious feeling is that in foreign myths, the powers and responsibilities of God are more general. Poseidon, for example, always feels that he is an army of one person, and there is no large-scale, organized, complete and complete Poseidon House, Prime Minister Tortoise, General Carp, Marshal Spanish mackerel, Xia Bing Xie Jiang and so on. Are there no carp, crabs and shrimps in foreign waters?
The myth system in ancient China was very complete, because it was set up according to human courts and officials. Even the mythical small places, such as ravines, small villages, small towns and villages, all have orders from the gods' towns and villages. Moreover, this is not enough, and there is no need to feel avenged. In heaven's view, they are the smallest immortals, but on their chassis, they are also the parents of the ruling party.
These characteristics are particularly obvious in The Journey to the West.
Everyone was surprised that Tang Priest and his disciples met a fairy in the infinite country. Most readers may find it strange to read here. It turns out that there are not only toads but also dragon kings in the well.
There are too many immortals in the Journey to the West, represented by the Dragon King family, and others include the River God, Hebo and the Dragon King. Sea Dragon King is represented by Ao Guang, Aorun, Aoqin and Aoshun, and River Dragon King is represented by Jinghe Dragon King. Although he tried to play tricks, he still missed.
In ancient mythology, the dragon king rarely appeared in the well. If there is a dragon king, there are basically two situations. First, this well is actually connected to the sea, and there will be a dragon king in it. Second, the Dragon King made a mistake and was temporarily imprisoned here, at the stage of serving his sentence. A similar example is Xiao Bailong, who made a mistake and was put in Yingchoujian.
Why is there basically no dragon king in Gujing? There are two reasons. First, the space in the well is too small for a dragon. What's more, the Dragon King needs the Crystal Palace as an office, a bodyguard, a bodyguard, a pawn, a prime minister, a master servant, a policeman, a boy's maid, three wives and four concubines, so many aquatic animals and a small well. How can it be loaded? It must be a big river or lake.
The second reason is that the ancients called well water stagnant water, also known as yin water. Because the well water does not flow, it is called stagnant water. Well water is also called yin water because it doesn't see the sun all the year round. In ancient medieval legends, yin and yang water appeared, and some medicinal materials needed to be boiled with yin and yang water before taking. What is yin and yang water? It's river water and well water. The river is sunny, because it can see sunlight, but the well water can't see sunlight, so it is called yin water.
The yang of the mountain is the south of the mountain, and the yin of the mountain is the north of the mountain. Because there is no sun in the north, it is called Yin Shan.
The yang of the river is the north bank of the river. Because the river sinks, the sun can shine on the north bank of the river, and the south bank of the river is called the shade of the river.
In ancient society, the boundaries between many countries, or tribes, or forces were uncertain and sometimes vague, which led to the famous "three noes" boundary in history.
This land may have belonged to other tribes at first, but now our tribe or court has acquired this land through battles, surrender and naturalization. Therefore, in order to effectively control this land, it is very necessary and necessary to set up a government office to manage it.
What about after the establishment? How to solve the problem of selecting officials? There are generally two ways. First, the court sent officials to take office. The second is to select talents from the local area to serve as government principals. Local selection may also be a local strength faction or a local omnipotence with both ability and political integrity.
Mu Ying, for example, was originally the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang in Muwangfu, Yunnan Province in the Ming Dynasty. He and Zhu Yuanzhang made great contributions to the war between the south and the north. Later, Yunnan was pacified and brought into Zhu Yuanzhang's sphere of influence. Zhu Yuanzhang made Muying the Duke of Guizhou, guarding Yunnan forever, and also solved the problem that many local chieftains refused to obey the Ming court, completely solving the long-standing problems in Yunnan. Since then, Yunnan has been very stable throughout the Ming Dynasty, so that in the Nanming period, the small court of Nanming still relied on Yunnan. The role of Muwangfu in Yunnan appeared in the masterpiece Duke of Lushan by Mr. Jin Yong. Wei Xiaobao's wife, Mu Jianbing, comes from Mu Wangfu, Yunnan.
When the central court brought the localities under its jurisdiction, officials were basically stationed, but not all government departments. In some places, local governors, township officials and other respected people govern themselves according to the original customs, such as the famous toast in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
As the head of the Four Emperors, the Jade Emperor is also the nominal Lord of Heaven, and his control over the Three Realms is very in place and strict. All the immortals in the Three Realms, except Sanqing, are respectful to the Jade Emperor, who is also a big boss who is very proficient in political balance. In ancient society, the design of political system paid great attention to the separation of powers and checks and balances.
Take the imperial courts and places in the Qing Dynasty as an example. The capital of the Qing Dynasty is Beijing. Who will protect the safety of Beijing? The rulers of the Qing Dynasty had complicated designs. Beijing in Qing Dynasty was called Shuntianfu, Shenyang was called Fengtian, and Nanjing in Ming Dynasty was called Yingtian. Beijing's public security, patrol and other work shall be undertaken by Shuntian Magistrate. Nine prefects are responsible for the security of inner city gates (Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, Xuanwumen, Andingmen, Deshengmen, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, Chaoyangmen and Fuchengmen), and their functions and powers are to patrol the city, check, ban the night, put out fires and prevent accidents. In addition, there is a team in the weaving of sanitation capital.
What if there is a mole and someone wants to rebel, and this person is just the Nine Magistrates or the Governor of Zhili?
In fact, the rulers of the Qing dynasty also had a trick, that is, the Eight Banners were stationed in the outer city of Beijing, and a large number of Eight Banners soldiers were stationed. These Eight Banners soldiers directly obey the flag owner (or commander-in-chief)-the emperor, and no one else can command them. At the beginning, the Eight Banners were very effective and moved quickly. The Nine Magistrates did not dare to take risks. Later, the Eight Banners became corrupt and their fighting capacity plummeted.
At the local level, we watched TV dramas about the Qing Dynasty. At the local level, there were Pan-Taiwan and Taini at first, which together were the provincial government. However, the governor sent by the imperial court, who was originally a temporary governor, became a garrison official over time, so he raised Pantai and Taini and became the governor. The prefect is the largest military attache in a province. Later, out of some need, he set up a local governor in charge of one or two provinces. A veritable government official, many people watch TV dramas, thinking that the governor is in charge of the governor and the magistrate is under his command. It's true. But among them, it is actually a relationship of separation of powers and checks and balances. All three can directly write to the emperor and impeach each other.
Originally, these officials, who were sandwiched between the imperial court and the county government, had separate functions and powers, such as civil affairs, finance, criminal politics, military and political affairs, supervision and inspection, with the aim of containing each other. At the county government level, there have been some changes and they have begun to concentrate. Why did they start to concentrate? Because the ancient government was only set at the county level, township and village level, there was no government, and the lowest government was at the county level. The ancient governance model was based on counties, but now we are based on towns. Because of the small population in ancient times, a county with 10 thousand households can only be called a county magistrate by its parents, and less than 10 thousand households can be called a county magistrate. The authority of the county magistrate is relatively large, integrating finance, civil affairs, criminal administration, supervision and inspection. As for whether the county magistrate can get involved in military and political affairs and command green camp, I checked several documents. Some say they can command green camp, others say they can't. There are questions here.
These are just official positions and authority settings under normal circumstances. In case of special circumstances, such as special things, special jobs and special regions, it is necessary to make some changes, and it is necessary to make certain changes to the official position.
In the fifth year of Yongzheng, namely 1727, Newton, who discovered mechanics in the west, died. However, in the east, it has always threatened the Junggar department of the Qing court, which is a big worry for the Qing emperor. It has always wanted to solve this tribe. Yong Zhengdi is no exception. In order to solve the problem of Junggar Department, Yong Zhengdi established the Military Department in this year, which was originally called the Military Computer Room. Choose some people from college students, ministers and Manchu relatives as ministers of the military department. Military aircraft Zhang Jing, military aircraft walking, etc. Responsible for handling the northwest war. Yong Zhengdi wanted to think about the imperial edict, and asked the minister of military affairs to draft a will, stamp it directly on the imperial edict, and distribute it to all ministries, schools and places without the hand of the cabinet. At the beginning, the military affairs minister provided full-time support for the northwest war and was also a full-time organization. At the beginning, the task of the Minister of Military Affairs was to focus only on the northwest war, but later it was customized.
The palace in the capital is the home of the emperor's extended family. Everyday eating and dressing are problems that must be paid attention to and faced. Royal meals and clothes are not as casual and simple as ordinary people, and they are very particular about eating and wearing. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing for such a large population in the palace, there was a special weaving department for governor of grain transportation in Qing Dynasty, and there were two weaving departments in Jiangning and Suzhou. In order to show diligence and love for the people and natural selection, the emperor also had to solve practical difficulties for the people, such as flooding, and set up a separate river governor, whose duties were dredging, flood control and disaster relief.
It turned out that there was no Sichuan governor among the famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty. We are familiar with the governors of Zhili (Hebei Province), Huguang (Hubei Province, Hunan Province), Guangdong Province (Guangxi Province, Guangdong Province), Fujian and Zhejiang Province, Shaanxi and Gansu Province, Yunnan and Guizhou Province and Jiangnan Province (Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province and Jiangxi Province).
This governor of Sichuan is special because he is not an ordinary governor. This kind of Sichuan governor often changed for the purpose of actual needs, from the emperor shunzhi to Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Xuan Tong. Other governors are basically in the same strain. The famous Nian Gengyao was the governor of Sichuan. The Qing court appointed Nian Gengyao as the governor of Sichuan, because there were frequent wars there, and there were no other candidates for the time being. Nian Gengyao is the best candidate at present, and he was awarded the governor of Sichuan to encourage Nian Gengyao's confidence and loyalty. Because of the appearance of special characters here, the official title of Sichuan governor was re-lit.
It turns out that in the story of Journey to the West, every family has a kitchen god, the village has land, the market has social order, and the county town has a city god, a mountain god, a river god in the water and a dragon king in the sea. Why did the Jade Emperor set up a dragon king in this well?
Is this dragon king because his rank is too low, and he can only govern a small area of water, as small as a well, or is he imprisoned in a well because of his mistakes?
The king of the infinite country could not have avenged himself in the well, but when the Tang Priest and others arrived here, the night watchman sent him over, saying that his three-year flood period had arrived and specially sent the king to see Tang Priest.
If this dragon king is a prisoner punished here, what is his general function? Reference Pig Bajie, Sha Wujing and Bai were all fierce and ate people without blinking. If the Dragon King was also a prisoner, would he be so kind as to protect the body of King Wuji with Ding Yan Zhu? Will he leave the soul of the infinite king in the Dragon Palace for three years? Unlikely.
Moreover, when the night watchman came to lead the soul of the infinite king, it was clearly said that it was from the "imperial edict", that is, the order of the Jade Emperor. This also shows that this dragon king is one of the officials appointed by the orderly and normal operation of heaven. If this well dragon king is serving his sentence in the well, instead of being stationed in the well every day, then the night watchman has come and just took away the soul of the infinite king. There is no need to explain to this well dragon king. I'm here on orders from the Jade Emperor. Because between two officials who are both performing their duties, when they are engaged in their work, they need procedures and formalities to dock. When an officer interrogates a prisoner, he needs to tell the jailer. We came here on orders from the county magistrate. Let me show you the county magistrate's approval. There is no need to tell the prisoner when the police officer interrogates him. I'm here on orders from the county magistrate. What's the purpose of my coming? Will you listen to me?
Then why is the dragon king of this well so humbled and governs the area of such a small well? Even if there is huge space underground, it's not much.
I think this dragon king is not wronged, because his position is not worse than that of the dragon king in the river. Pay attention to the location of this well. Where is it? In the imperial garden.
The location of this well is very special, not in the village dozens of miles outside the palace, but in the palace.
I guess, in order to effectively control and manage the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor set up some extra fairy posts in important places on the earth in order to strengthen the control of the Three Realms. Isn't this a trick commonly used by ancient emperors? Royal Guards, East Factory, West Factory and Inner Factory are all the same. It is rumored that Yong Zhengdi set up a special assassination team to secretly supervise ministers at ordinary times. If anything goes wrong, the guillotine will serve them.
In my opinion, there are separate lands in palaces and palaces on four continents, or in the past, but we should give him a separate task, that is, to supervise the king here, because the king is the leader of this country. He controls the king and controls this country. In this Wuji country, a well dragon king (namely, the jade emperor's eyeliner, secret whistle and coordination) was set up separately, because there happened to be a well here. Even if we are not only independent of the Dragon King, we should also pull the Yin soldiers and water ghosts out of their original wells, frighten them, promise them a bright future, and finally arrange a stalking task.
Have you noticed? There is a piece of land under the ginseng fruit tree in Yuan's hometown.