What was the local government system in the Western Zhou Dynasty and what was the system in the West

In fact, it is not as complicated as it is said upstairs, because there was no problem of the so-called local government system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the system of layered feuds was implemented, and Zhou Tianzi divided the whole world into feudal states of different sizes, authorized the princes to govern, and the princes would also divide their feudal cities to the ministers to manage. Zhou Tianzi and the Zhou royal family would not directly appoint or dismiss local officials.

The main system of the Western Zhou Dynasty included three aspects: the patriarchal system, the feudal system, and the ritual music system.

Patriarchal system: It is a political form that combines the family organization and the state system with blood relations as the bond in ancient Chinese society to ensure the hereditary rule of blood nobles.

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the patriarchal system was coordinated with the feudal system, and in view of the historical lessons of poor succession to the throne of the Xia and Shang dynasties, the Duke of Zhou formulated a strict primogeniture system in order to save the Zhou Dynasty from the internal chaos caused by the succession dispute on the throne. The first feature of the patriarchal system in the Western Zhou Dynasty was the emphasis on hierarchy, and the eldest son of the great clan was inherited in the same line, representing the continuation of the ancestors of the clan and the inheritance of its authority. The obedience of the small sect to the large sect is also the obedience to the political authority of the state.

The second characteristic of the Western Zhou patriarchal system is the emphasis on blood kinship, which unites the power of the entire clan by safeguarding the interests of nobles with the same surname at all levels. It is also by emphasizing blood relations in order to achieve the goal of strengthening the rule over all the nations of the world.

The patriarchal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty ensured the political status of the nobles at all levels from the encroachment of the lower nobles from the clan blood relationship, and constituted a legal hierarchy from the Zhou Tianzi to the princes, princes, doctors, and scholars. The patriarchal system as a social and political system ceased to exist after the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the ethical norms formed on the basis of patriarchal principles have not disappeared.

After Confucius, Confucianism readjusted patriarchal thinking and became an important moral norm in society.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, China's early state entered a mature stage. The Zhou royal family has passed since the founding of the state"New seal"with"Testimonials"In other forms, feudal princes defended their territories, set up secretaries and inspectors, and Taishiliao to improve the bureaucratic system, and took measures aimed at consolidating the political, economic, and military status of the royal family to strengthen the management of their jurisdictions. The implementation of these political systems became the precursor to the establishment of a centralized state.

Without the sub-feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there would have been no later centralized county system.

The ritual system has long existed in ancient China, aiming to maintain a series of spiritual principles and norms of words and deeds of patriarchal kinship and patriarchal hierarchy. On the basis of summarizing the "summer rites" and "commercial rites", the Duke of Zhou carried out corresponding reforms to the ritual system, and improved the ancient rites through "making rituals for fun", so that they could better become the carrier of the patriarchal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the main norm for maintaining social harmony and ensuring the normal operation of the state apparatus and social order was the norm and spirit of etiquette.

The system of Zhou rites laid the foundation of the ancient Chinese etiquette system, so that future generations of countries will take etiquette as the foundation of the country.

The search will be clear at a glance, the history is very long, and you will understand it if you learn more.

That was the system of the old society, and we are now obsolete.

1, Otsuka Zai.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty placed six officials according to the "Zhou Li", set up the Heavenly Official Mansion, and took Otsuka Zaiqing as the main official, and was seven lives. The deputy is Dr. Kozuka, and there is also a sergeant of the Tianguan Mansion to handle all the affairs of the house. If the Northern Zhou Dynasty Otsuka Zai has the order of "the five mansions are in the heavenly officials", he will be the same as the Tsukasa Zai of the "Zhou Li" and will be in charge of national affairs.

If there is no such order, only the officials of the government will be in charge.

2. Da Sikong.

The beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the rank of the third duke, and the six Qing, and Sima, Sikou, Sishi, Situ and called the five senses, in charge of water conservancy, construction, Jin Wen are all the workers. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was the handicraft manufacturing of the Ministry of Industry that represented the most advanced level of science and technology at that time in the Zhou Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty did not have such an official, and when he became the emperor, he changed the imperial doctor to the great Sikong, but his position was different from that of the Zhou Dynasty. Sikong is also one of the Chinese surnames.

3, Da Situ.

Its daily work includes reclamation for immigrants, appeasement and resettlement of displaced people, and based on the fish scale atlas and the yellow book, to inhibit the annexation of the wealthy people; to limit the land to the people of heresy; Arboriculture Section, Agricultural Officer; grazing horses on grassland; Electrify tenants to the best of the location; Compensation for years of arrears can be waived according to the circumstances; According to the revenue and expenditure of each province, adjust the surplus and shortage; Reduction of errand service is exempt from reinstatement; Pension relief for the poor and elderly in disaster areas, rewards for meritorious people;

Weigh the market, assess prices; Levy the tax loss of Shanze Pochi, Guanshi, and Pit Metallurgy; Supporting the army to lose, supervising the transportation, supporting and transferring the tun seeds, opening the middle to the real side, and the hundred officials and Lu to pay; Regularly compile household registers, adjust households, etc., to understand the changes in population and land; Illegal acts such as concealing household registration and embezzling land shall be stopped and corrected in a timely manner.

4, Da Sima.

Zhou Li Xia Guan" has a big Sima, who is in charge of state politics. Han Cheng Qin system, put the prime minister, the imperial historian, the Taiwei, and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed the Taiwei and placed the big Sima. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was often used as a relative who was in power, and most of them were called by generals, hussar generals, and chariot generals, and there were also those who did not have the number of generals.

5. The Great Priest.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi was the supreme referee. **Set up a big secretary, responsible for the practice of laws and decrees, to assist the king of Zhou in exercising judicial power, and a small secretary to assist the big secretary to try specific cases. Large and small buried empty which division has a special judicial subordinate officer.

In addition, there are judges, village scholars and scholars at the grassroots level who are responsible for handling specific judicial matters.