In parallel with Kyushu and Twelve States, there is also the system of "Jifu". This is a country's capital city as the center, and every 5 miles of Fiona Fang are divided into five clothes, namely Dian, Hou, Sui, Yao and Huang, and some are divided into nine clothes. However, the above is only an idealistic statement expressed by future generations of scholars when recalling history, and it is not a real division system of local administrative regions. In the late Warring States period, Zou Yan put forward the geographical theory of "nine continents", arguing that Kyushu in China can only be regarded as one state, called "Chixian Shenzhou". Therefore, when it was later referred to China, there was a saying that China was the land. Nine small states like this combine to form a continent. There are nine continents, surrounded by sea water, and further out is the edge of the earth. China occupies only one-eighty-first of the world. This is also just a bold imagination.
. Qin Shihuang unified the world, and China began to have a more formal system of local administrative division. The Qin dynasty generally implemented the county system, which was divided into 36 counties, and there were several counties under the county. The central government appointed officials to manage local affairs.
in the Han dynasty, counties were directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and countries were divided into meritorious ministers. Each country received several counties' land, and the number of counties and countries increased greatly compared with that in the Qin dynasty. By the second year of Emperor Han Ping's Yuan Dynasty (AD 2), there were 13 counties, and there were counties, cities, prefectures and kingdoms under them. There are 1314 counties and cities, 32 roads and 241 hou states.
in the Han dynasty, the parallel system of counties and countries was implemented, and the state system was also adopted. If the feudal forces are too strong, they will often form a separatist situation. In order to strengthen centralization, on the basis of a series of cutting vassals at home and opening up territory abroad, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sealed it for five years (in 16 BC) and divided the whole country into thirteen state secretariat departments, referred to as "thirteen departments" or "thirteen states" for short. Each secretariat represents the central management of local affairs. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the state system was continuously used. Although there have been changes in each period, the division, number and name of States are not the same, but the basic pattern has not changed, with States as the highest level of local administrative structure, under the jurisdiction of counties and counties. By the time of Emperor Yangdi, the state system was abolished and the local administrative system at the county and county levels was resumed. At this point, China's history returned to the rule in the early Qin Dynasty after more than 8 years. Tang, Song, Liao and Jin dynasties used the division system of local administrative regions of Tao, Fu and Lu. Emperor Taizong divided the country into ten roads, each of which governed dozens of states. In the mid-Tang dynasty, fifteen roads were analyzed, and the system of wells and our time was gradually integrated. In addition to the Taoist system, there is also a government system. They are located in domestic important places and border areas. From the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu was changed to the highest local administrative organization, which was divided into 23 roads throughout the country, which governed the government and the state. During the Song Dynasty, Liao and Jin Dynasties, the setting, division and combination of roads and the prefectures and states under their jurisdiction often changed.
by the yuan dynasty, China's provincial system was established. The Yuan Dynasty has a vast territory and frequent wars. In order to facilitate management and consolidate the victory, in addition to setting up a central-level Zhongshu province, the whole country is divided into ten major local administrative regions, which are Lingbei Province, Liaoyang Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Jiangbei Province of Henan Province, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi Province, Huguang Province, Sichuan Province and Yunnan Province. Each province has jurisdiction over local administrative agencies at the road, prefecture, state and county levels.
The provincial system created by the Yuan Dynasty is the development of the county system since the Qin Dynasty, and it is also a major reform of the political system and the local administrative division system in Chinese history. The establishment of the provincial system not only strengthened the centralized rule of the Yuan Dynasty and consolidated the unity of China's multi-ethnic countries, but also had a positive impact on the political system and local administrative division system in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and later. After the yuan dynasty, the name "province" has been in use. Although the province was changed to Chief Secretary in Ming Dynasty, it was still called as such in spoken language. The division of provinces in the Yuan Dynasty also initially laid the foundation for the division of provinces and political districts in China today.