Chapter 32 Reform of the Official System
With Chen Xuan's appearance, Lin Guangyu smiled slightly - he was scared by you and could not get back to the scene.
"The way of heaven is profound and precious!" Chen Xuan recalled those words while thinking about the causes and consequences of the matter. Finally, he nodded and said, "Fortunately, this book falls into the hands of my aunt. If the picker has the intention of being unjust, the world will be uneasy."
This is a big truth - Chen Xuan just read several chapters in a hurry, and her temper and character are far more avant-garde than women of the same era. If they fall into the hands of conspirators, God knows what chaos will be.
Looking at the "Book of Heaven" that turned into a ball of ashes, Lin Guangyu shouted for luck, but he was still as quiet as water on his face. After being an emperor for more than a year, his cultivation skills have become deeper. He smiled and said, "That sentence 'The way of heaven is profound and precious, and it is indescribable' has actually come true."
Chen Xuan, who had just answered the questions, lowered her head this time, blushed her face, and whispered: "Thank you for your grace."
"The empress has passed away, and there is no lord in the middle palace. Since you have knowledge, you should have something to do. Do everything in family affairs with confidence. If you don't understand, you can discuss it with the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before doing it." Lin Guangyu said solemnly, "The palace's various systems are clearly viewed properly in every aspect, but in fact they have long been corrupt. I am eager to rectify it, but I can't take time to do it. Although the empress of the Daxing is determined, she has limited knowledge and lacks courage, but she can barely maintain it. I have high hopes for you."
Lin Guangyu didn't say it clearly, but Chen Xuan could hear it, and it was silly that she would make herself the queen in the future. She hurriedly refused: "I have only read a few books in a wrong way. What's the virtue? Besides, I don't have a deep qualification and have not established prestige. How can I make it?"
"I said you can do it." Lin Guangyu smiled slightly, "After the empress's grand ceremony, there is a daughter left behind. Although there is a nanny to take care of her, she lost her mother at a young age. After all, she is extremely sad. Tomorrow is full, I will issue the imperial edict to the world and confer him as Princess Gulun Jiaren, etc., only the daughter of the central palace can be conferred as Princess Gulun, otherwise she will be her mother in the future. I and the empress have worked hard for half a lifetime, leaving only this little blood. I hope you can take good care of her and regard her as her own child."
"I obey the order!"
"In addition, when Prince Chun Fujin was spreading the message, I wonder if he had informed Rong Ling about it."
"Lookingly mentioned."
"That's good. Rong Ling is also going to the palace. She is like you, she has returned from overseas, just like a man." Lin Guangyu said seriously. "I already know your personality and temperament. I hope I won't be too strong in the future and be tolerant; of course, you can rest assured. Rong Ling will also explain it."
As soon as you enter the palace, the deepest gate is like the sea. As the imperial concubine, the most uncomfortable thing is that you have to accept the fact that you share the same man with other women. As well as living in the palace fighting and competing for favor, Lin Guangyu saw very clearly, so he had to prepare for it.
"Yeah." This sound should be extremely low.
"Concubine Jin is old and confused, and she is too concerned about small matters. Don't be aware of her. You should be principled and styled in small matters." Lin Guangyu felt that he was nagging, and his mother-in-law had never finished giving any explanation, but he could not take anything lightly. Otherwise, once the harem became chaotic, he would be the first to suffer a lot, so he had to be cautious.
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After the civil servant exam settled the two sisters of the Chen family, the public announcement period officially ended. Although there was no doubt about the handling of the two, there was no right reason. Because impersonation is a serious crime, the name used by the two sisters to register was purely fabricated, and it was simply a fabrication. It was impossible to confirm the substitution. It was a lawless decision to force the verdict. What's more, after the little princess's imperial seal, Lin Guangyu pardoned the world. In addition to treason, corruption, and dereliction of duty, all crimes were exempted. Even if the Chen sisters had crimes, they were naturally forgiven. The last and most important thing was that the future where the two women were known, and anyone who wanted to make trouble through this matter should weigh their own weight. Not to mention that Long Yan was furious, it would be quite risky to anger Tang Shaoyi, the current hot Tang Shaoyi was currently very popular.
As a result, a case that can be big or small was suppressed by Lin Guangyu, which was also considered an episode in the first civil servant exam.
Of course, although the results of the civil servant exam have been settled, the impact of the exam has just begun.
In the civil servant examination, an answer sheet clearly stated: After the empire has established a responsible cabinet and completed the second round of official system reform, the central system has been fully complete. Although it is not perfect, there is still a need for detailed adjustments, but it has made a lot of progress. The next important task should be gradually promoted from top to bottom and from inside to outside. Otherwise, "even if the central charter has been established, if the local government is not properly connected, the situation will be inconsistent, and the work will not be smooth, and the work will not be done well.
It hurts the national economy.”
This is a point. If only the imperial court is keen on institutional reform and local provinces still maintain the status quo, then the ridiculous situation where government orders do not leave the capital, and major policies depend on local governments will still be difficult to avoid. In addition to this, in Lin Guangyu's eyes, the disadvantages of local governments are still in two aspects.
One is that there are too many levels and the signal is distorted. From below the court, there are provinces, roads, governments, departments, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. The verticality is too strong and the segmentation of the sections is too obvious. Each level will add local characteristics of the level when sending signals downwards. As a result, the same good policy may be out of shape in the county. For example, a county will pay a fee of 5 taels of silver. After various layers of turnover and fire consumption, it may be less than 3 taels in the hands of the court. If you have to collect 5 taels, then in fact, the land fee that the county has to collect should be more than 8 taels, which greatly increases the burden on the people. In addition, the harm of such too many levels is also the imbalance of power. When there are benefits, all levels will extend their hands and increase their investments everywhere. When there are harmful effects, all levels will shake their heads and shirke down.
One is that there are too few equal levels and are too concentrated. Taking a certain county as an example, the magistrate is the head of a county, and also serves as the chief of the police, the director of finance, the director of education and other identities, and multiple dimensions. In the feudal era, because there is not much in the matter, it can barely deal with it. However, after the establishment of relevant institutions of the Westernization Affairs Bureau, the magistrate was too busy at all. He either did not do anything or entrusted it to his master to handle it. All kinds of unsatisfactory reasons are mainly because the official positions in the Qing Dynasty were more important than those in the outside world. There were no officials below the governor's yamen, and the number of local government agencies at all levels was established in each province.
The amount is very small. Forced those in power to make only two choices, either to be vain and just live a life, or the chief official personally set up a shogunate and hired a shogunate to serve as responsibilities. The former is not conducive to the development of administration, while the latter makes the officials have a huge invisible team behind the seemingly streamlined stream, and often puts the chief official under economic pressure - all the aides need to pay the monthly salary. The more honest and honest the chief official, the greater the economic pressure he encounters. Lin Guangyu is well aware that the uncontrollable expansion of the bureau and the department office and the invisible officialization of the aides have caused structural contradictions in the power system.
At the imperial meeting held in Yangxin Hall, Tang Shaoyi, Xu Shichang and others who attended the meeting unanimously agreed to the idea of carrying out the third official system reform, but their opinions on how to do it were not unified.
Tang Shaoyi advocated establishing first and then destroying, and establishing a great destruction. He advocated that the court would discuss and decide a new system of local institutions, and then issue it. All administrative systems in various places would be abolished, and all personnel would be suspended, and then optimized and reorganized according to requirements similar to civil servant examinations.
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After all, Xu Shichang is more cautious. He advocates breaking first and then building, and breaking small and building small. He advocates setting up auxiliary decision-making agencies at all levels, and then transferring personnel from the original too many levels to enrich these auxiliary decision-making agencies according to their character and ability. He waits until the personnel at the old level are almost adjusted before the level is cancelled. Although this approach is safe, it leaves huge room for operation.
What should I do? Lin Guangyu had a headache. In his heart, he agreed with Tang Shaoyi's concept and had the idea of breaking the big and establishing the country. However, in terms of reason, he felt that Xu Shichang's words were very reference-based. If he really ruined the jobs of these local officials, it would be an uncontrollable situation in the future.
Dai Hongci and others were a little embarrassed, and under Lin Guangyu's repeated urging, he hesitated to express his opinions: "I will be inclusive and properly choose a province to experiment. If it is effective, it will not be too late to promote it nationwide in the future."
Since the initiative to build Zhili into a model province was introduced, Zhili has been like a guinea pig responsible for the experiment, and the results achieved are also very commendable. Therefore, when Lin Guangyu asked about it, everyone proposed Zhili.
The plan was decided, but where should we start? The king and his subjects were also confused - this was not something that could be dealt with by mistake.
After a long time, Tang Shaoyi raised his eyes and said, "I have a breakthrough."
"What, say it quickly."
Tang Shaoyi reported the whole string of nouns, Lin Guangyu nodded slightly and approved it.
The third official system reform is indeed imminent.
Chapter completed!