Together with Kyushu and Twelve States, there is also the "Jifu" system. This is the capital city of a country as the center, and every 500 miles is divided into five clothes, namely Yunnan, Hou, Sui, Yao and Huang, and some are divided into nine clothes. However, the above is only an idealized statement expressed by later scholars when recalling history, and it is not a real local administrative division system. At the end of the Warring States Period, Zou Yan put forward the geographical theory of "Jiuzhou", arguing that Kyushu in China can only be regarded as a state, which is called "Chixian Shenzhou". So when China was mentioned later, there was a saying that China was land. Nine small states like this united to form a continent. There are nine continents, surrounded by seawater, and further out is the edge of the earth. China accounts for only one eighty-first of the world. This is just a bold imagination.
After Qin Shihuang unified the world, China began to have a more formal system of local administrative divisions. 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 appoints officials to manage local affairs.
The Han Dynasty implemented the parallel system of counties and countries. Counties are directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the country is divided into heroes. Every country got several counties' land, and the number of counties and countries increased greatly compared with that of the Qin Dynasty. By the second year of Emperor Hanping (AD 2), there were 103 counties, and there were counties, cities, prefectures and countries under them. There are 13 14 counties and cities, 32 roads, 24 1 houguo.
In the Han dynasty, the parallel system of counties and counties was implemented, and the state system was also adopted. If the feudal forces are too strong, it will often form a separatist situation. In order to strengthen centralization, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, on the basis of a series of cutting vassals at home and expanding territory abroad, closed the country for five years (BC 106) and divided the whole country into thirteen states, which were called 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 national system was always used. Although there are changes in each period, the division, number and name of States are different, but the basic pattern has not changed. The state is the highest level of local administrative structure, with counties and counties under its jurisdiction. When I arrived in Yangdi, the state system was abolished and the local administrative system at the county level was restored. At this point, the history of China returned to the rule of the early Qin Dynasty after more than 800 years. Tang, Song, Liao and Jin dynasties followed the division system of local administrative regions of Dao, Fu and Lu. Emperor Taizong divided the whole country into ten roads, each of which governed dozens of states. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, fifteen roads were analyzed, and the system of Jing and our time was gradually integrated. In addition to orthodoxy, there is also an official system. They are located in important places and border areas in China. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Shandong has been changed into the highest local administrative organization, which is divided into 23 roads throughout the country, governing the state affairs and the state. During the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties, the setting and division of roads and the states under their jurisdiction often changed.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial system in China was established. The Yuan Dynasty had a vast territory and frequent wars. In order to facilitate the management and consolidate the victory, in addition to the establishment of the central-level Zhongshu Province, the whole country is divided into ten local administrative regions, namely Lingbei Province, Liaoyang Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Jiangbei Province of Henan Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, Huguang Province, Sichuan Province and Yunnan Province. All provinces have jurisdiction over local administrative agencies at the provincial, prefecture and county levels.
The provincial system initiated by Yuan Dynasty is the development of county system since Qin Dynasty, and it is also a major reform of political system and 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 beyond. 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 Chief Secretary in spoken language. The division of provinces in the Yuan Dynasty initially laid the foundation for the division of provinces and administrative regions in China today.