"Young man Quwu has met Mr. Xiao."
At the door of the cabinet, Qu Wu was standing here to welcome Xiao He's arrival.
Feng Yi, one of the three giants in the cabinet, is now always by Jiang Hua's side, acting as Twelve Hour's personal secretary, and his main purpose is to be a companion.
Feng Qingyang, one of the three giants, is currently working hard to develop his own abilities. He discovered that after integrating Wenquxing's inherited treasure, he naturally has many magical powers, one of which can bless his officials. Improve their accuracy when handling government affairs, improve their concentration and so on.
As for Quwu, he is here specifically to welcome Xiao He.
Although he had anticipated today's situation, Qu Wu was still quite emotional when Xiao He arrived.
"Xiao He has met the bachelor."
Looking at the gentle and elegant Xiao He, Qu Wu immediately felt fond of him. This appearance was very good.
The whole world has always been an era of looking at faces.
You can't even be an official if you're ugly.
"From the beginning, the cabinet was a place to provide advice to the ruler and develop ideas."
"It's just that the Lord took a fancy to it. When the cabinet was first established, there were several small and medium-sized houses directly inside the prefect's mansion."
While talking, Qu Wu took Xiao He and walked in.
There are not many documents in the house, only crystal balls, communication talismans, and Taoist priests and warlocks guarding them one after another.
At a glance, there are mostly warlocks and few Taoists.
After watching it, Xiao He felt shabby!
How shabby!
Such an important place does not even have a few Taoist priests. It is really not worthy of the current status of the cabinet. No wonder it needs to expand its recruitment.
"You all put down what you are doing and come to meet the Grand Master. The Grand Master has a high level of cultivation and is a genuine Taoist priest. He is only one step away from the legendary Xiantian, and his strength is incomparable."
"Furthermore, Grand Scholars are talents invited by the Lord after personally visiting his home. No matter what your background is, you must not be arrogant in front of Grand Scholars. All your actions must abide by the rules, and you must not exceed even half a point!"
After Xiao He got to know everyone with a smile, Qu Wu took Xiao He away from here: "This is the prefect's palace, where our cabinet started, and where the core members of the cabinet now meet. Many important decisions are often made. It was discussions here that finally led to the conclusion.”
“So, while it may seem inconspicuous, it’s the starting point for a lot of important decisions.”
"Next, I took my husband to the cabinet's archives room, where all the documents of the cabinet from the beginning to the present are recorded."
"These documents include detailed information about each member of the cabinet, as well as all matters handled by the cabinet, as well as all investigations conducted by the cabinet, including Jinyiwei, Caifeng Pavilion, official newspapers, journals, etc., are also left here. Have backup data."
"In addition, our cabinet has relatively large powers. Now it also has the responsibility of the imperial censor, who has the responsibility of supervising and secretly investigating officials. However, it is only a secret investigation. After the investigation is completed, even if the evidence is sufficient, it can only be handed over Give it to the Prefect’s Mansion, who will investigate and handle it.”
After hearing this, Xiao He became happier and happier. The cabinet was much more important than he thought!
Where is the cabinet?
This is clearly a small court!
Xiao He had a feeling that in the future this cabinet might be able to compete with the Prefect's Mansion and the Prime Minister's team.
Soon, the two left the cabinet and the prefect's mansion, and walked to a basement somewhere. Quwu took out a token: "This is an entrance to the classics room, with the token as an identity. You must prove it before you can enter, and you must recognize the seal but not the person, so the token must be kept well."
Hearing this, Xiao He also took out a token, which was the bachelor's token given to him by Jiang Hua last night.
Taking one step forward, the two of them arrived at a hidden space.
"This is the classics room. In addition to the previous information, here is also the annual assessment status of each county and township copied from the prefect's mansion, as well as the status of officials in each township."
"This is also to facilitate the cabinet to control the overall situation and better serve the monarch."
After a while, the two left the classics room and went to the headquarters of Yancheng Official Newspaper.
"The official newspaper of Yancheng is issued once a day. Most of the content comes from Caifeng Pavilion. It is completely decided by the cabinet. Before publication every day, it must be reviewed and approved by the bachelor, and then sent to the prefect's office for approval. Sometimes the Lord will also intervene."
When it got dark, Qu Wu had already taken Xiao He to visit most of the institutions under the cabinet, and finally came to the last institution: Jin Yiwei.
"This is the Jinyiwei, who was originally responsible for external intelligence. But now Yancheng is developing too fast, and there is almost no information construction for other countries. The Jinyiwei will have big changes in the future, and the task is not unimportant..."
"Whether it is selling Yancheng's products to other countries on a large scale, taking the opportunity to establish an upright journal sales store, or secretly collecting some intelligence, it is not easy."
"The last step is to recruit new members to the cabinet. This time it will be for the entire Yancheng. Well, even nobles from Chao Kingdom or nobles from other countries can participate in the assessment as long as they are willing to sign a Taoist deed and abide by relevant regulations."
"It's just that in today's cabinet, different departments have different recruitment standards. How about I leave this matter to you, sir?"
In fact, Quwu was secretly holding back his evil thoughts at this moment.
It's not that he wants to trap Xiao He, but that he wants to take the opportunity to see Xiao He's ability.
There is no direct relationship between the ability to govern and the level of cultivation.
Of course, the higher the cultivation level, the faster the mind and the sharper the intuition. Therefore, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the governing ability will be.
When your master can clearly remember every detailed file of his subordinates, including his name, family, experience, personality, dreams and other detailed information, will he still be afraid of the military leaders below making trouble?
When your lord can clearly remember the specific information of each township head and even each village head, and has enough energy to have a secret phone call with the village chiefs at least once a month, will the township head and county magistrate still dare to act recklessly? ?
A high level of cultivation is indeed beneficial to governing.
But there is no absolute relationship between the two.
Many strong people often have poor governance abilities.
Governance and cultivation are two different directions. I dare not say that they are completely opposite, but at least they are not closely related.
This is just like the ability to govern and the ability to engage in art. Li Taibai's poetic talent is the best in the world, but his ability to be an official is everything.
There are also Song Huizong and Li Yu. If you ask them to engage in art, such as calligraphy, painting, music, and lyrics, they are very happy and very good at it. But if you ask them to be monarchs, it will be a disaster.
Qu Wu actually just wanted to see if Xiao He could do this well.
Of course, even if Xiao He doesn't do well, Qu Wu will help secretly to ensure that this matter is handled beautifully and will never delay such a major event as recruiting new members of the cabinet.
Xiao He still looked calm and calm: "Okay!"
…
In the prefect's mansion, Jiang Hua met the third master who came to the prefect's mansion.
“The first time I learned about Yancheng was when I got a Yancheng official newspaper from my friend Shaoqin.”
“Later, I learned about Yancheng Journal and learned about Yancheng’s tolerance and broad-mindedness.”
"At that time, I discussed with my good friend Shaoqin that this move in Yancheng will definitely attract talents from all over the world. As long as it does not perish in the future, it will only grow sooner or later."
"And when the request for help is issued, I will set off."
Having said this, the young uncle from the Fan family remembered the conversation he had with his friend before they parted ways.
"Young Qin, the Chu country is really too dark. If you are not a noble, you will have no chance to succeed. You have great talent and strength, but you don't even have the position of a county guard."
My friend Shaoqin replied: "Hey, there is almost no way to change this."
"When the Chu State was founded, it could be said that it was unknown. It was not until the reign of King Cheng that he became a small viscount recognized by Emperor Zhou. Later, it continued to develop and grow through the enfeoffment system."
"Today's Chu State is undoubtedly the largest in the world in terms of area."
"In terms of population, it is still number one in the world."
"Even in terms of strength, he might still be number one in the world."
"However, the strength of Chu State, the population of Chu State, and the national power of Chu State are mostly not in the hands of the king but in the hands of the large and small princes."
"Therefore, the opinions of the princes in Chu State are the most important. Unless there is a crisis of annihilation of the country, the princes will definitely not tolerate Chu State's reforms."
"Just like today, unless you are powerful enough to be the first generation monarch or the Xianren Immortal, you won't even be able to be a prefect."
"In that case, why don't you leave with me?"
"I am not optimistic about Yancheng. Although Yancheng has a bright future, the risks are also very high. Moreover, I have received an invitation from the Marquis of Yue, and I will soon go to the country of Yue to serve as a doctor. Why don't you, young uncle, go with me?"
"Although Yue is a large vassal state, it is almost the weakest. Yue is weaker than Wu, and Wu is weaker than Chu."
"I'm still more optimistic about Yancheng."
After the conversation, my friend Shaoqin gave up his position as Wancheng Ling and went to Yue Kingdom, while Shaobo rushed to Yancheng without stopping.
"After coming to Yancheng, I observed it for a few days and saw the first and second issues of the Hundred Schools of Thought. I was very interested in the different ideas above."
So, you are here to apply for the position of editor-in-chief of Baijia contending?
"So, I came here, intending to offer some advice and serve as the governor of this third county, and also test my theory of governance."
"No problem, just follow the procedure."
"Choose tasks first to prove your strength."
"Then you can choose one of the remaining eight counties to realize your ideals."
"Next, I would like to ask you to tell me about your ideas, record them down, and copy them into the content of a hundred schools of thought. If you feel that some language is not suitable for direct publication, you can also tell me." Jiang Hua said as usual. Shaobo Fan's uncle told the relevant regulations.
Uncle Fan nodded to express his understanding.
Jiang Hua took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Feng Yi began to grind the ink. Jiang Hua picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and started recording.
Of course you can use a pencil, but Jiang Hua still feels that at this critical moment, using a brush is more emotional and ritualistic.
"In the ideal society I envision, there is no monarch!"
Good guy!
Hearing this, Feng Yi, who was polishing his ink, couldn't help but raise his head and glance at the young uncle Fan in front of him.
Is this something you can say casually?
Looking at Young Uncle Fan with a serious look on his face, Jiang Hua silently recorded these words.
I was originally worried that there would be no controversial topics in this third issue of "Hundred Schools of Thought". But now it seems that this issue of "Hundred Schools of Thought" will definitely sell like crazy, and even the young uncle Fan in front of me will be sold out. It's hard to say whether he can still live.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hua looked at the sentence in front of him and kindly reminded: "Mr. Shaobo, do you also need to record and publish the sentence truthfully?"
"certainly!"
"Then Mr. Young Master, are you ready?"
"Of course, the worst result is death!"
"What's more, you may not die, especially after this idea spreads all over the world, especially after I officially start the experiment."
Jiang Hua nodded slightly and continued to record: "In my opinion, a monarch has never been necessary for rule."
"Even a political system and a court can function normally without a monarch!"
"So, what I envision is a country in which people govern themselves as a whole."
"In this country, if you donate enough money to the country, you can become a Chinese, join the country's professional army, you can become a Chinese, and you can become an elite in a certain industry. After reaching a certain standard, you can become a Chinese, and your cultivation level has reached a certain level. At a certain point, you will automatically become a Chinese citizen..."
"In this country, the Chinese govern everything and manage everything. The Chinese are the real masters of the entire country."
"This country does not need so-called nobles or so-called monarchs. What it needs is just one countryman after another."
"The governor of this county will also be elected by the people of the country."
"In this way, every county governor will be the most supported by the people of the country. Whoever can win the embrace of the vast majority of the people will be able to serve as the governor."
"Of course, the prefect must be a Taoist priest or a second-generation minister."
"Even if a prefect no longer serves as a prefect, he can still join the Senate and become a senator. The Senate will be a place for all retired prefect families to cultivate their health and recuperate. The Senate can nominate new prefects."
"In principle, if local governors can be produced, we should try our best to select local ones."
"But when the local government cannot find a minister to serve as a governor, they will transfer people from other counties, or the court will appoint a new governor."
"The county magistrate of each county in the county I govern will be elected by the people of the country."
"There is a county-level senate in the county. Non-officials or Taoist priests are not allowed to serve as county magistrates. Considering the longevity and energy of doctors and Taoist priests, county magistrates are elected every hundred years. Those who have served as county magistrates and have sufficient strength are eligible to participate. Competition among the governors of the county.”
(End of chapter)
