People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 611 Major Events
After hearing Xu Chen's words, everyone looked at each other and smiled.

Of course they knew about Xu Chen's grand territory of Xuan Xia, but to realize such a vast territory, it had to be said that there was still a very long way to go in the future. Perhaps all of them present would not be able to see it until the day they died.

However, a grand goal is not a bad thing. Even if this goal can never be achieved, it will provide Xuan Xia with a motivation to keep moving forward.

Among the goals that Xu Chen set for Xuan Xia, territory is actually just a small goal, and the bigger goal is to liberate all mankind.

What Xu Chen said just now about not being lazy was not a joke. Although the world is now stable and China is unified, it does not mean that everything is perfect and they can start to enjoy themselves. Instead, they have to keep moving forward under the spur of that grand goal.

Xu Chen glanced at them. Since they were already talking about the main topic, he continued talking along the same lines.

Many times, important issues that determine the direction of the country are not decided in serious and formal meetings, but are decided in a scene where a few important people are relaxed or casual like chatting. The same is true for Xu Chen now.

A few people were just fishing to relax, but they were talking about important matters concerning the operation of the entire country.

"The reliance of Liangzhou is now a foregone conclusion. We have recovered all of the old territory of the Han Dynasty. Although we still need to expand our territory in the future, it is no longer the core priority of our dynasty. The focus of the court's work should be fully shifted to internal governance. In this case, I think it is time for the court's institutional design to change."

As soon as Xu Chen finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly became no longer relaxed, and the expressions of several people became serious involuntarily.

The country of Xuanxia was built step by step by the people present here. They are no longer just muscular brutes, not to mention that Xu Chen has been focusing on team building, which has greatly improved the team's political literacy.

Even a rough man like Wang Dang had considerable experience in local governance and could be considered a qualified minister of the country.

Although Xu Chen said this lightly, everyone understood the huge weight behind it. The institutional shift would undoubtedly cause a huge earthquake. It would be fine if it could be done well, but if it was not done well, it was hard to imagine what the consequences would be.

Wang Dang could not help but straighten his body, no longer caring about the fish basket, and said solemnly: "Master, please speak frankly about your thoughts. We are all ears."

Xu Chen nodded and smiled faintly, "My idea is to weaken the power of local governments in the system and centralize power in the central government. It is best to separate the local taxation, criminal law, public security, supervision and other powers from the county government offices, and set up corresponding departments in the central government for vertical governance."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was suddenly frightened. They had prepared themselves as mentally as possible, but they were still frightened when Xu Chen moved the knife.

Such an action can be regarded as a complete surgery on the entire court system from the inside out.

After all these powers are stripped away, what is left for local governments?
Lu Ping could not sit still for a moment. "Master, isn't this a big step? Although the Qin and Han dynasties had a tendency to make the weak branches strong, it had never reached this point. There is no precedent for this, and our dynasty has no reference. If we mishandle it, something terrible may happen."

Even a reckless man like Wang Dang was worried at this moment: "Yes, this is not a small fight, the leader cannot take it lightly."

The two of them were like this, and the others were not much different. They were obviously skeptical about Xu Chen's drastic idea. This kind of thing was really too serious. Even if the person who proposed it was Xu Chen, they still remained quite skeptical.

Xu Chen just shook his head, and then asked back slowly: "If we don't do it without any precedent, then where will our current career come from?" When asked this question, everyone was stunned and they were all speechless.

Xuan Xia's career today is a groundbreaking feat. There is no precedent to refer to, but it can still be successful. This is a fact that no one can deny.

Lu Ping pondered for a moment, and then said: "But the current system is running well, and there seems to be no need to change it."

Xu Chen said, "Some things need to be planned early. Xuanxia's industry and commerce are gradually growing, and the industrial structure is evolving. If the government governance does not adapt accordingly, it will sooner or later be down. Therefore, the court needs to govern the country more meticulously."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.

Of course they understood what Xu Chen meant by "downtime". It was an expression for a complex machine like a clock that could not function due to a malfunction. By analogy, it meant that the government system and society were not compatible, causing the malfunction.

Is this really the case?
When Xu Chen saw that everyone was still confused, he continued to explain.

"As industry grows, social affairs will also grow exponentially. The various types of industrial and commercial taxes will become more and more complicated. The criminal law will only continue to be detailed and professional. Industrial management will also require stricter public security conditions. Such power requirements will continue to rise. How can the local government, which is governed by only one county government, cope with them?"

Now, everyone frowned even deeper. It was not because they thought Xu Chen was wrong, but because they realized that what Xu Chen said was very right, so they found that this was indeed a huge problem.

There are some problems that they cannot realize, but only Xu Chen has the foresight to know that these are problems that will inevitably be encountered in the future.

Of course, Xu Chen knew that the reason was not just that. He smiled and explained the necessity of this matter from other angles.

"Even the Qin and Han dynasties did not want to do this, they just couldn't do it. They couldn't support such a large and complex administrative system, but we can."

Once this was said, no one could refute it. They all knew that Xu Chen was right. If conditions permitted, the Qin and Han courts would certainly not mind bringing many powers back to the central government.

This has nothing to do with anything else, it's just that power naturally tends to be concentrated.

An agricultural society cannot support such a system, but Xuanxia is moving towards an industrial society and thus has the conditions for this.

"If that's the case, the grassroots powers of our dynasty will be dispersed, and the power of county and county officials will be greatly reduced, making it difficult for them to do much at the local level." Lu Ping pondered for a moment and then began to discuss this issue.

Xu Chen disagreed: "In fact, county officials don't have to do much. All powers are in their hands. Then we can only let them run rampant in the local area. It's not a bad thing to put them in a cage."

At this point, Xu Chen's eyes were somewhat cold: "In recent years, the collusion between officials and businessmen in the local area has been so evil that we can still see clearly how they can be allowed to bully others!"

(End of this chapter)