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Chapter 1516 The Dilemma of the Millennium Empire (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
"It's going to happen!"

A piece of news in the newspaper made Fang Zhanbo frowned. As the associate minister of the empire, he did not call to question why the newspaper published such "inappropriate" news.

There is a news law in the empire, and what can be published and what cannot be published are clearly written. This news seems out of date, but it actually complies with the news law.Moreover, public opinion itself has the duty of supervision.

As soon as he saw the news, Fang Zhanbo walked out of the mansion directly.

"Go to the palace."

Before anything happens, go see His Majesty first.

After the car drove out of Guandi Street, in front of the shops on both sides of the street, there were sun and moon flags, big and small, flying across the sky, and the national anthem played on the loudspeaker echoed on the street.

In addition to this news, the newspaper also reported the news that the imperial army captured the "Grant Fortress".Facing the victory, the turbulent crowd held small flags and took to the streets facing the flying ribbons, cheering and jumping.

The car was driving in the crowd, and several excited young people rushed to his car and shouted:

"Long live the Imperial Legion!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Fang Zhanbo, who was upset, ignored the noise outside the car and ordered directly to the driver:
"Hurry up! Break through."

The car rushed forward with a "whoosh", almost knocking over several young people who approached.Along the way, there are scenes of ecstatic celebrations everywhere.Although the nationals of the empire were subject to increasingly heavy military service and taxes, they showed more and more enthusiasm for war.

In the face of this kind of fanaticism, that news seemed to be worth mentioning, and he seriously thought about how to deal with this matter now.

"Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey!"

The car had driven onto Suzaku Avenue, and soon, the red palace came into view.

When Fang Zhanbo walked into the imperial study, he saw His Majesty writing something there.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

After bowing his head, Fang Zhanbo did not hear His Majesty's voice, so he just bowed like this.

After a while, Emperor Zhu said.

"20 months in 5 miles!"

5 months, that's how long the "late license plate" spends "on the road".When he saw this news, Emperor Zhu couldn't even believe his eyes. Of course he knew that there was no such thing as "next day delivery" in this era.

But it took five months for a license plate to be mailed to the military family from the time of application, not to mention, even more extreme...

"The notice of death arrived earlier than the license plate. This is no longer unbelievable, but outrageous! Outrageous!"

Emperor Zhu slapped the brush vigorously, stared at Fang Zhanbo and asked.

"Go, ask me about those wine bags and rice bags from the Vehicle Management Bureau, and ask them carefully, what do they do for food, and are they tired of work!"

Although Emperor Zhu had no right to kill them, he didn't mind sending these officials to the front line. Killing people was illegal, but it was not impossible to let them go to the front line to experience the dedication of the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, and I will definitely give the world an explanation. Please appease your majesty."

Fang Zhanbo, still bowing his head, ignored His Majesty's anger.After all, the empire has laws, and His Majesty can get angry and angry, but even the emperor needs to obey the law.

"Your Majesty, I propose to set up a special investigation team to investigate this matter and military affairs, and to impose corresponding penalties on the officials involved according to the investigation results. If there is a violation of the law, it will be handed over to the prosecutor for prosecution."

"Check, check to the end, no matter how deep it is, check to the end!"

Taking a deep breath, although Emperor Zhu's face looked very ugly, he also knew that there was not much he could do about it.

"What did this incident expose? It didn't hurt the feelings of the military family, but exposed the official style of the empire! The official style of the imperial officialdom!"

Emperor Zhu specifically emphasized.

"The most powerful fortress is destroyed inside, and the empire is destroyed by Guan Liao's idea! Guan Liao's idea of ​​not seeking merit, but the tendency of conservatism, is actually contrary to the interests of the empire, and the interests of the empire cannot tolerate Conservatism, once official ideas spread in the imperial political arena, the empire will not only lose its aggressiveness, but will also degenerate from being aggressive to conservative and stable. The core of the empire will become stable, and the core of stability is to maintain internal stability. If it is suppressed, the empire will quickly decline. This is because Guan Liao is unable to adapt to and inherently resist any changes. Guan Liao maintains amazing incompetence and perfunctory in dealing with emergencies—this is the license plate..."

Even without having to investigate, Emperor Zhu could think of the reasons for the Vehicle Management Bureau—what would they say, because the army suddenly expanded in size and there were too many license plates to be produced, so the production capacity could not keep up. Of course, they still It will be said that because of the priority guarantee of metal supply, the suppliers who produce license plates do not have enough metal for production.

In fact, this is the biggest feature of Guan Liao's idea. They resist changes. Even in the face of changes, they will remain unchanged. They are like parasites, successfully integrating with their hosts by changing themselves and pretending to be one. Regardless of each other.It multiplies wantonly in the host body and sucks the host.This in itself is a philosophy of officialdom survival.Moreover, it is a conservative survival wisdom of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

"It fully demonstrates their incompetence and their perfunctory mentality. They only pursue peace and peace, and they are unable to resolve those micro-conflicts. To some extent, they continue to intensify the frequency and scale of micro-conflicts. , This is also the root cause of the empire's turmoil and decline. They want to seek stability, and they have no motivation to carry out reforms of such a large scale and depth. As everyone knows, it is their idea that undermines stability. For the sake of stability, they give up For the sake of progress, for the sake of stability, they dare not change. For the sake of stability, they always want to make big things into small things.

Listening to His Majesty's explanation of the dangers of officialdom's ideas, Fang Zhanbo realized for the first time that their harm is so great. In fact, as a traditional bureaucrat, Fang Zhanbo still tends to be stable. After all, since the Han Dynasty, the core of the rule of the past dynasties It is to maintain stability, to maintain the long-term stability of the empire, even if it has never been realized, this is also the foundation of common government.

But who ever thought that it was the bureaucrats who were bent on seeking stability that would destroy stability.This may be the most ridiculous joke in the world, but even so, the elite officials of the empire have never been aware of this problem.

"Your Majesty is wise, if it weren't for His Majesty's high-level knowledge, the ministers are still stuck in the old habits without knowing it, and the ministers are guilty."

Staring at Fang Zhanbo, Emperor Zhu said.

"Fang Qing's family, Daming's officialdom, can't tolerate such mediocre officials, and can't tolerate such parasites! So not only must this matter be thoroughly investigated, but those parasites must also be removed from the officialdom!"

After saying these words, the official of Emperor Zhu felt a little heavy. Maybe he could point out the harm of Guan Liao's idea, but how to solve this problem?
At this moment, Emperor Zhu was also lost in thought. Conquering the world is difficult, but governing the country...is even more difficult!

It is even more difficult to build a thousand-year empire!

(End of this chapter)