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After listening to Wang Zhenyu's plan, Chen Hongji and the others looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Chen Hongji slightly trembled with excitement and asked, "General Wang, is your idea true?"

Wang Zhenyu looked at Song Haomin beside him and laughed loudly: "It's really hairless on the mouth, and it's not safe to do things. Look, President Chen doesn't believe me. It seems that the general will start growing a beard tomorrow. "

Wang Zhenyu resolved Chen Hongji's embarrassment with a joke, and Chen Hongji smiled very gratefully afterwards.Then I turned my mind back to the shocking words that Wang Zhenyu said just now: "Civil affairs are handed over to the localities, and the local governments are appointed, supervised, impeached, and replaced by the local councils themselves. Civil affairs at the township level are all handed over to the local governments. The township chamber of commerce is managed, and the local government and the council have the power of guidance and supervision. Government officials can be divided into two categories following the example of Britain and the United States, one is civilian officials, and the other is administrative officials. It includes the county magistrate. As for the directors of the various bureaus, they are appointed by the county magistrate, the same as above, and the civil officials are signed every five years, and they are directly managed by the civil service committee of the parliament. As for the council, the chamber of commerce, local celebrities, and villages It is composed of village chiefs and patriarchs. Whether it is the provincial capital or the guarding emissary, there will be no intervention."

Chen Hongji is also an old man who has traveled all over the country. After hearing this passage, he immediately understood the core meaning of the words. General Wang is going to leave the government to the local people.And among all walks of life in this place, the business community is the richest, so naturally it has the most say. Businessmen can actually dictate local government affairs?This is a miracle that has never been heard in a thousand years. If such fat meat is to be given up, this General Wang will not be lying to himself, right?Thinking of this, Chen Hongji hesitated again.

Wang Zhenyu seemed to see through Chen Hongji's little thought.Hehe smiled and stood up, then stretched out his hand to gently hold Chen Hongji's hand and said: "My President Chen, the cause we are going to do now is exactly what our predecessors have never done before, but there is no touch here. The problem of crossing the river with the stones, because Westerners are already doing this.”

Chen Hongji still looked at the confident Wang Zhenyu excitedly, and for the first time felt a sense of respect for the young general. Before that, his feeling for Wang Zhenyu was just awe.

Wang Zhenyu also gained a sense of pride from the surprise of three or four bigwigs from the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce. His original goal was to obtain a broader ruling foundation through such a reform. The test for civil servants is much lower, and it is much more realistic in testing personal abilities.

So as long as you control well and limit the power of these businessmen to the parliament and government civil affairs, then the benefits of this reform will far outweigh the disadvantages.

Of course, testing the truth still depends on practice.

Therefore, in order to ensure the success of this political reform, and finally to change the traditional centralized system and sweep away the social problems such as government corruption and dissatisfaction that have plagued China for thousands of years, it is still necessary to brainstorm and plan carefully.

Chen Hongji is also a very down-to-earth person, and his performance in the merger of the chamber of commerce and armed forces can fully demonstrate this point. Therefore, Wang Zhenyu now hopes that the chairman of the chamber of commerce will take the lead in the matter of political reform.

After all, this is not a trivial matter. Judging from the statement, it is to give power to business people and do good deeds.But what if the merchants don't believe it?What if they are reluctant to participate because they are afraid?Then I have to face the desperate counterattack of the vested interests of the current Jingzhou government system alone, because I touched their cheese.

Although the risks are visible, this will not shake Wang Zhenyu's determination.

And Chen Hongji is also a very down-to-earth person, which can be seen from the fact that Wang Zhenyu ordered the merchants to withdraw troops and arm them when they first arrived in Jingzhou.Therefore, after taking over the job of political reform, Chen Hongji tried his best to restrain his inner excitement, actively contacted the big bosses of the eight major business gangs in Jingzhou, gathered in Wang Zhenyu's security headquarters, and started intense planning and research discussions.Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied with this, and he would participate in it whenever he had time, and he also specially asked Ma Xicheng to arrange board and lodging.

These businessmen were also very touched by Wang Zhenyu's politeness, because they became more proactive during the discussion.

It cannot but be said that the wisdom of the people is truly infinite. As long as one sets a general direction, the imagination of businessmen in terms of details is amazing.

For example: In terms of parliament, businessmen proposed a bicameral representation system, specifically, to elect members according to region and industry.

As for the source of councilors, the first is to set up an administrative village, and the affiliation is directly at the county level. The head of the administrative village (recommended by the locals, with a term of three years) or the patriarch of the local big family will serve as councilors in turn (usually one People, national conditions), the number of administrative villages in each county is 100, and it must not exceed this range. The specific settings are implemented by the county government, which means that there are 100 resident councilors;

The second is to set up ten commercial towns along the uniform spacing standard of commercial roads in each county, mainly for providing commercial material transactions to nearby rural residents and maintaining the normal operation of commercial roads. These commercial towns do not set up councils, but directly set up commercial town management committees. It is composed of business households and persons in charge of people's livelihood units (such as hospitals and schools) in the town.Elect a chairman and a town mayor, who will automatically become a county councilor. The town mayor is mainly responsible for various affairs of the commercial town, including the collection of business taxes.The use of business tax is divided into three parts, one part is used to pay the expenses of the town government, the other part is used to pay the administrative villages within the radiation range of the town (each town radiates ten administrative villages) to support its infrastructure construction, and the rest For the construction of this town.Here, the commercial town occupies twenty seats.

The third is the county seat. The chamber of commerce has nine fixed seats, including one for the chairman and one for each of the eight major business gangs.

The fourth is social celebrities. Since the term of the county council is three years, according to this principle, ten people who have no public office, no notoriety, and no criminal record will be appointed as council members according to the nomination of the county government.

There are a total of 139 members of parliament, and then according to their origins, regions and personal wishes, these members are divided into seven groups: finance, justice, transportation, culture and education, health, industry and commerce, and agriculture and forestry.Each group is composed of [-] members, who have the functions of monitoring, auditing and finalizing accounts for the government.

The county magistrate is elected by the members of the county assembly, and the directors of the bureaus under the county government are appointed by the county magistrate for a four-year term.

At this point, except for [-] seat, the businessmen seem to have little power in terms of proportion!

Don't worry, there is still a backup here. This group of people also set up a standing member system. The meeting of all members of the parliament is held every six months, and the meeting lasts for three days.However, the monthly regular meeting of the parliament does not need to be convened at all. It only needs to ensure that 29 businessmen, 49 social celebrities, and councilors from the five largest administrative villages and the five most populous administrative villages in the county (not repeated) total Forty-nine people will automatically serve as executive members, which means that these executive members basically have the final say on matters big or small.

The county's finances are in the hands of the council, and no one can use a penny without the consent of the council or the order of the guarding envoy.

Wang Zhenyu was amazed at the idea of ​​such a parliamentary system alone. Who said that the Chinese people in this era are not yet enlightened?When it comes to the design of the power structure, the hidden wisdom of these businessmen who usually nod and bow to everyone they see bursts out. It is true that if the bayonet stands behind that side, the waist on that side can be hardened.

If this system is implemented nationwide, no one will be able to become a warlord or a one-party system, because money and personnel power are all in the hands of the parliament.

By the way, as for personnel affairs, I don't know which of these nine people has a degree in Western political science?He actually proposed a Western political science concept, the Civil Affairs Committee.Roughly, government officials are divided into two categories, one is civil servants of the nature of employees, that is, former officials;Civilian officials adopt the British method. The work contract is signed every five years, and it is decided whether to renew the contract when it expires. At the same time, the salary of civilian officials is raised once a year based on performance.But these have nothing to do with the administrative officer. The administrative officer only has the right to recommend and evaluate, and the right to appoint, remove and adjust salary is in the Civil Affairs Committee.Wang Zhenyu understood at a glance that this was tantamount to assigning the Organization Department to the National People's Congress.The bureau chiefs without personnel power and financial power can't integrate themselves and their subordinates through interests except for arranging errands.At the same time, the tenure of these civilian officials is five years, and the contract will be automatically renewed for ten years after 15 years of service; while the tenure of administrative officials is four years. If there is no accident, anyone who becomes the county chief will not affect the daily work of the county government. develop and proceed.Because these civilian officials are only responsible to the parliament, and their superiors only have the power to plan, organize, arrange, and dispatch.

This span is wider than the democracy Wang Zhenyu himself imagined, to the point where the parliament is lawless.

However, the enthusiasm of the parliament cannot be discouraged. Wang Zhenyu revised a few articles, and the rest remained unchanged:

First, the county magistrate is elected by the votes of the county's residents. Those who participate in the election of the county magistrate must form an election team, and the elected director and deputy director can only be selected from the election team.

Second, judicial institutions at the county level, such as the Supervisory Bureau and the courts, are appointed by their superiors (referring to the guarding envoys) and implement vertical leadership.

Third, members of the parliament do not want to have the right to immunity from litigation and judicial immunity, and all illegal acts are supervised by the Supervision Bureau and handed over to the court for handling.

Fourth, above the county level is the provincial assembly, and at the prefectural level there is the guardian envoy or an agency dispatched by the provincial government, so there is no need to set up an assembly.

Fifth, the counties that pay taxes must share the cost of the garrison, and must pay the prescribed taxes according to the types of taxes.

Sixth, members of parliament must assume corresponding social responsibilities, and the specific scope can be chosen by themselves, and arrangements are not mandatory.

Seventh, the speaker is elected once a year, and the most important power of the speaker is to decide the convening and agenda of the meeting.

The businessmen looked at the few items Wang Zhenyu added. Although the intention of restricting the power of the parliament was obvious, it was beyond their imagination to achieve this step, so they also expressed their approval with satisfaction.

Next is a very practical question. There is no free lunch in the world. Our General Wang Zhenyu can hand over the power of county governance to the local government. Naturally, it is not a good deed with good intentions, and it must be rewarded.

After repeated negotiations, Chen Hongji and others put forward their own terms of exchange: "General Wang is really the style of the elders, and he really does serve the people wholeheartedly. Although we are born as traffickers, we don't want to fall behind. If you treat the people in my prefecture and four counties generously, we will naturally repay you a little or two."

The following are the specific conditions:

First, a one-time sponsorship of 100 million yuan in military expenses for the Tiger Brigade to reward the hardworking soldiers;

Second, the land of the four counties bears the daily military expenses of the local garrison. Of course, the garrison is a permanent army, and there is a quota. Specifically, each county does not exceed 3000 troops.

Third, the construction costs of the parliament and the judiciary, and the preparation costs of public schools and hospitals will be settled by the chamber of commerce in installments.