Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 344 Featured Officials

Everything is packed and the sun is setting.The soldiers set up tables in the courtyard, served wine and food, and greeted Wang Ruohai.

Wang Xiaolie raised his wine glass and said, "It's been a few months since I set up the headquarters. In the past few months, Shen Shen has put in a lot of effort. But it's not suitable for this matter, and I haven't thought it through. It is Wang Shenzhi who will do it instead. In the future, the daily management of the army, marching and fighting will mainly be to issue orders from here, which is extremely important. Wang Shenzhi must put his heart into it and really do a good job in this matter."

Wang Ruohai didn't dare to speak out, raised his wine glass, and drank it down with Wang Xiaolie.

Putting down his wine glass, Wang Xiao said: "This time, both the military and the civil affairs will undergo major changes. The biggest change in the military and administration is the command. In addition to the establishment of the headquarters, there are other corresponding changes. The changes in the civil affairs are simple. It means streamlining, including political affairs and officials. The other is selection, not only selection of officials, but also selection of officials. In the past, the government often used servants as officials. Save money. It will not be like this in the future Yes. An official is an official, and the scope is limited. Such as township soldiers, such as flood control, such as guarding warehouses in the village, and so on. Officials are officials, hired by the government, and must be paid."

Chen Qiudao said: "If you give money, the amount is quite a lot. Where did you get so much money all of a sudden?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The officials work full-time for the government. If they are not paid, where will their food and clothing come from?"

Chen Qiudao said: "The selected Yaqian waiters are all upper-class households, and their families have money. The government's money is not enough for a while, so it is considered a public assistance."

"Then why not just collect taxes to hire people?" Wang Xiaolie shook his head. "Jing Gong's reform, one of the items is labor money, isn't that what it means? Of course, it is unreasonable to collect labor money from the people, and we will not accept it. The government has no money, so it makes money. Our government has a lot of money. Now there are supply and marketing cooperatives, banks, restaurants, shopping malls, and various factories in the future. These are all for making money. If they can’t make money, the officials in charge will be punished. punish!"

Chen Qiudao said: "Tea is a forbidden item, and you can't collect much money for many years, let alone these?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The tea tax is low because of officials' corruption and connivance, the money went to the tea merchants, and there is still a lot of old tea rotting in the warehouse. Why is this happening? There are many reasons why there are no inspections and few punishments. .The government wants to make money, these industries must be strictly inspected, and the rewards and punishments are strong. We will talk about these later. In a word, the government will make money if it lacks money! There is no reason why the people can make money, but the government cannot. "

Seeing the disapproval of several people, Wang Xiaolie said: "You don't believe me? That's why I said that in the future, officials must be selected. In the future, all officials must pass the examination. Officials have an examination for officials, and officials have examinations for officials. The content is different. Similarly, the yamen presided over are also different. Of course, their income is also different. The income of officials is relatively high, and they must be able to live a decent life with their salaries. To be able to provide for my family and lead a normal life.”

Chen Qiudao couldn't help but smile wryly: "Who doesn't want the writers below to get a lot of money? But the government's income is always fixed."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It is said that there is a definite number, but in fact there is no definite number? The government spends more money, and the increase in donations and taxes will not be able to collect it? It's just that we don't rely on donations and taxes, but we have to earn it ourselves. If you really can't make money, you should borrow money first. The regime has all the power and can't even support its own officials. What's the matter with this regime? You don't have to worry about this, I have my own opinion."

Wang Xiaolie only fully figured out this question a few days ago.A regime that wields all the power in society.In this case, if the money to support the officials cannot be earned, the regime should feel ashamed.Officials are carefully selected. People can make money. These officials have sufficient financial support and policy convenience. Why can't they make money?Either there is a problem with the government, or there is a problem with the officials.

Some people say that the government should collect taxes if it lacks money.Some people advocate collecting money from the poor.Because there are many poor people, it is a big number if everyone does not receive much.Others advocate collecting from the rich.Because the rich have money, they can subsidize the poor by taking their money.

Wang Xiaolie believes that if the amount of tax is set, it should not be overcharged.Whether they are rich or poor, it is their job to make money, and don't blame anyone if they can't make money.Of course, the rich people born out of various subsidies and policies are not included in this list.In this case, the official who made the decision should be checked first.Whether it is due to policy needs or private decisions of officials, it is enough to find out.

In the previous life, there was a very popular word called taxpayer.Some people like to say that the government is supported by taxpayers and should serve taxpayers.It is written on the big wall of the Chinese government agencies, serving the people, what does it mean to serve the taxpayers?If he does not pay taxes, the government will not serve him?Someone who pays more taxes should enjoy more government services?It doesn't make sense in China.

Once upon a time, there was a short story in Chinese newspapers and magazines.It was said that it was in Northern Europe, but I forgot which country, an old lady was stopped by the police.It doesn't matter if Wang Xiaolie doesn't remember the specific things.The important thing is that after the old lady was stopped, she severely scolded the policeman.Why?Because she is a taxpayer, the police have to serve her.This story was reprinted by many newspapers and periodicals, and it spread widely for a while.After reading this story, many people suddenly feel that they also pay taxes and are taxpayers. Why can’t they do this?

This little story is not the only one.There is also an old American lady who bought a house with a loan.When I died of old age, the mortgage was finally paid off.There was an old Chinese lady who worked hard all her life, finally saved enough money to buy a house, and bought a house before she died.Then the old lady in the United States said, we all buy a house with our life savings. I have lived in this house all my life, but you have not lived in it for a day.The story behind is familiar, China began to reform the real estate.

It's not that China's real estate reform is wrong, but it's wrong to use this method.As a government, or as a scholar, don't play such cleverness.People who play tricks are useless and will bring disaster to the nation.

From the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China to the following 150 years, China sent countless public-sponsored students to study abroad.The government hopes that these overseas students can learn the advanced experience of foreign countries and serve China.In the past 150 years, China has learned a lot and the society has made great progress.But in many ways, what I have learned is not enough.Especially with regard to political power, it has brought back many things that are not suitable for China beyond social governance.

Many regimes in Europe and America came from bourgeois revolutions.They pulled the crown down and the townspeople took to the stage.This kind of revolution has never happened in China, nor has it happened in many parts of the world.Because there is a kind of city in Europe that does not belong to the kingship, as long as the citizens pay taxes, the citizens govern themselves.Many of the later political systems of European and American countries were born out of this.China has never been like this, even if it is a grass market, it is still under the rule of the imperial power.China's social management, of course, should be different from that of Europe and the United States.

To put it bluntly, in terms of ideology and social governance, Chinese students studying abroad did not bring back enough knowledge.Most of the time, they just translate what they have learned from Europe and the United States into Chinese, or even do not translate it, and bring it back to their motherland.In China, it is basically unclear which of these knowledge is suitable and which is not suitable, and how to correct it if it is not suitable.What if it is not suitable?Change China into what they have learned, fully westernize.Not only the social system needs to be changed, but people's thinking and culture must also be changed.Some people think that even Chinese characters should be changed.Not only in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China when China was poor and weak, but also decades later, when computers appeared, because Chinese characters were not suitable for computers, the romanization of Chinese characters was written into primary and secondary school textbooks as a formal national policy direction.

Since China was opened by the European and American countries and the people have been bullied, for nearly 200 years, China has been reflecting on why it lags behind.It's just that Chinese literati have not given an answer after 200 years.This question has been asked, and there have been many answers.Because of thought, because of culture, and even because of race, words get louder and louder.But if you want them to speak clearly, who can speak clearly?
For 200 years, the Chinese people have been looking for a way to save the country and the people.But in 200 years, Chinese culture has not even figured out why it lagged behind in the first place, so what method can it give?When asked, some people said that I think we should be like the United States, Europe, and Japan, but I don’t know what China is like.

When it comes to Chinese history, I wantonly cut or even altered the history according to what I learned from Europeans and Americans.What happened in Chinese history and what it means, many people don't know, and they don't want to know.When talking about history, they prefer to call Hero in their words, saying what Westerners were like, and what they were like later.Look at how developed Westerners are now.

If we go back to ancient times, how can we change the poor and weak China in later generations?Someone must answer, destroy Confucianism.Why?Because this is the mainstream thinking in China, and the mainstream thinking has brought about China's backwardness.

Make sense?If there is any truth in saying that, things in this world are too simple, simpler than child's play.Not to mention the brilliant and brilliant achievements in Chinese history, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who only respected Confucianism makes this statement extremely ridiculous.Some people also said that although China conquered east and west during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was handed down, resulting in a backwardness after 2000 years.In addition, there are Confucianism that imprisons thought, Confucianism that suppresses science, Confucianism that colludes with the enemy and betrays the country, and so on.

Wang Xiaolie can only say, you are so smart.Having said so much, why not criticize those who imprison thought, those who suppress science, and those who collaborate with the enemy and traitor to the country.China is backward, why not criticize the regime when it was backward?
Walking out of learning, and recalling the knowledge and memories of the previous life, Wang Xiaolie understood that it was unreliable according to what they said.It's like a child being beaten by a stronger child, without thinking about why he was beaten, saying that there is a hydrogen bomb in the house.What can be relied on is the founding of New China, which pulled down the high destiny in ancient China and changed it to the people.

Featured officials.How to choose?Pick the smart one?Or choose morality?There was this problem in ancient China, selecting talents and talents?In ancient times, there were ancient standards and their own methods, and Wang Xiaolie certainly had his own methods.But no matter what the method is, there must always be criteria for judging.The ancient judging standard is the destiny, which is also the source of the loyalty of ministers to the emperor.What is loyal to the emperor is the destiny, not a specific person.It was only in the Song Dynasty that Fan Zhongyan said that the left and right emperors are the most loyal.If Wang Xiaolie wanted to replace the Mandate of Heaven with the people, he would naturally have different standards.

Carefully selected officials are valuable talents needed by the regime.Of course, talents cannot be treated harshly. What Wang Xiaolie has to do is to increase the salaries of officials.The government's money is not just tax collection, not just monopoly, it needs to find a way to earn it.

(End of this chapter)