What is the difference between the provincial system and the county system

The provincial system and the county system are both important political systems in Chinese history, and there are some differences between them in the organization and management of the local government.

The provincial system adds a Zhongshu province between **** and local **, so that **** can control local ** more effectively. At the same time, the provincial system is set up to allocate functions based on geographical location, making the division of labor more clear.

In contrast, the work of counties in the county system is roughly the same, and there is no clear division of functions under the provincial system. Moreover, the provincial system can allow the emperor to understand local affairs more accurately and have a stronger supervisory role in the local government.

To sum up, the provincial system has advantages over the county system in terms of centralization, clear division of labor, and local understanding and supervision.

1. The difference lies in the origin of the county system, at least to the Spring and Autumn Period. In the beginning, counties preceded counties, and counties were mostly located in the central area of domination, while counties were mostly located in border areas, and counties were large and counties were small. The origin of the county is related to the military defense of the land, so the governor of the county is called the county guard, which has the meaning of defending the land.

2. Later, the number of counties gradually increased, and the scope of the counties originally established on the border was relatively large, so in the late Warring States period, a system of counties was formed. And the county where the Jingshi is located has a particularly special status. It is reflected in the official system, and it is also different from the general county.

In fact, the setting of counties is earlier than that of counties. According to the ancient system, 100 miles is a county. But in practice, it is not so uniform.

The main criterion for the unified establishment of counties is the number of household registrations.

3. During the Warring States Period, it was believed that a county was roughly about 10,000 households, and Qin also took 10,000 households as the standard. In the Han Dynasty, the names of counties were different according to different situations, including county, country, yi, dao, etc., but in terms of administrative divisions, they all belonged to the county system. The main officials of the county include the county magistrate, the commander, the county officer, the lieutenant, etc., and of course, the corresponding subordinate officials.

The distinction between the ancient provincial system and the county system can be simply understood as the relationship between ** and the local government.

To be clear, yesThe contradiction between the transmission of local decrees and the local responseIn the final analysis, it is all aimed at promoting national unity.

1. Regarding the difference between the two, the most direct difference is that the division of local levels is different, and there are also differences in management.

The county system is a local administrative system that appeared in ancient China to unify counties with counties, in fact, it is a bit similar to what we now call administrative divisions, which were divided into county system and county system at the beginning, and it became a county system after later reform.

The provincial system was first established in the Yuan Dynasty, and later developed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was gradually improved, and finally affected the administrative system of modern China.

It can be simply understood that the county system is directly under the jurisdiction of the locality, and the provincial system is the first to govern the locality, but not directly, but through the layers of transmission, indirect management.

2. As to which of the two is better, let's briefly understand the two and then compare.

The existence of the county system, for the emperor, the biggest advantage is that it can end the situation of splitting the land and claiming the king in various places, in fact, it is "unifying the world", and for the county system, the court can directly appoint the ** of the county, and there are many fewer turns in the middle, and the efficiency will be greatly improved.

The county system had many advantages at the beginning, but with the passage of time, many drawbacks began to appear, and in the later period, the evaluation of local officials began to be not strict, and the conflict between the government and the people became very serious after the decentralization of power, which was not conducive to social peace.

The most obvious advantage of the provincial system is that the division of labor is clear, in which position you have to seek what position, the emperor is directly in charge of the house, deciding on national affairs, at the same time there are various assistants below, they can share the emperor's worries, or it can be understood that the reason why there are so many divisions is to prevent the power of a province from too large and eventually affect the whole country, the top is in charge of the bottom, but can not directly manage the lowest level from the highest level, to come layer by layer, and the people below can not directly contact the highest level, so at this time the efficiency of work decreases.

IfFrom the perspective of local development, the county system obviously has more advantages than the provincial system

IfFrom the point of view of the great cause of national unification (which also includes the prevention of foreign invasion), the provincial system has advantages over the county system

I think the fundamental difference between the provincial system and the county system should lie in the purpose, because the purpose of forming the system is to prevent the Han, and the comparison of which one is more advantageous should lie in, in the end, in the end, in the end, if it is in the local economy, the county system should be stronger than the provincial system, but if it is in the national unification, it should be the provincial system is better.

It is possible to rule larger countries more quickly, and farther away, as long as it is divided into provinces, it will mature faster. In terms of the development of the local economy, the county system is stronger than the provincial system. On the unification of a large country and the defense of Han is strong, the provincial system is stronger than the county system.

The county system is divided from large to small. The provincial system simply divides a country into pieces. No one can say the advantages, but the county system appeared first, and the provinces came later, and the ruler must have his own intentions when he changed to the provincial system.

One is a high concentration of power, the other is a decentralized concentration of power, both of which have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is necessary to decide which one is more suitable according to the current state of the country, and there is no such thing as more advantage.