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70, the political system of Hetan Town

In the next period of time, Sean asked Henry and the children to cooperate with the work of the two craftsmen, and answered the two craftsmen's questions about the design that they did not understand.

Afterwards, Sean took Windsor and left the mill.

Now that you have an idea for making money, the remaining time is to consider how to improve your personal strength.

At this stage, the best way to improve your strength is of course to summon followers. Now Sean can also recruit 5 first-level followers.

So Sean looked at Windsor: "Wendsor, do you know where Anduin is now?"

Windsor thought for a while and replied: "Anduin should be in the center of the town."

"Okay, let's go find him." After Sean said that, he led Windsor towards the center of the town.

...

On the way to the town center, Windsor asked with a puzzled look:

"Lord, according to my observation, you should not have been a panda in your previous life."

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Windsor thought for a moment and expressed his speculation:

"I heard about Chen Stormstout's deeds in the tavern, and I saw the portrait of the pandaren.

Pandaren's feet are extremely fat, so they don't wear shoes, and it's impossible for them to understand so many styles of human leather shoes and boots.

And if you are a Pandaren, you probably won’t be interested in things like perfume, so I think you must not have been a Pandaren in your previous life.”

After hearing Windsor's speculation, Sean smiled:

"You've seen it all.

That's right, I'm actually not a Pandaren, but Elune, do you believe that?"

(Elune is one of the most powerful true gods in Warcraft.)

"I don't believe it." Windsor shook his head.

If Windsor had just been summoned by Shaun now, Windsor might really believe that Shaun was Elune.

But Windsor had witnessed how Sean had deceived the aboriginal people in the past few days, and naturally he would not believe Sean's words.

"No matter what you think, I am actually Elune."

By this time they had arrived at the center of the town, and Sean had already seen Anduin.

So Sean stopped talking to Windsor and walked towards Anduin.

...

At this time, Anduin was conducting an assessment in the town center to hire a steward to manage the territory. This was something Sean and Anduin had planned four or five days ago.

In the first three days after arriving in Hetan Town, Sean and Anduin set the direction for the future development of Hetan Town and established a political system with knowledge as the main body.

This system mainly selects office bearers through recommendation and examination. This system has never appeared in the history of the Principality of Lane.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the classification of political systems.

Political systems are generally divided into five major categories, namely blood, religion, knowledge, wealth and class.

Each system has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Let’s talk about the first system first, blood.

The Principality of Lane currently implements a system of enfeoffment of nobles based on blood.

The advantage of this system is that it is very stable, but the disadvantage is that it is relatively private and closed.

Under this system, the aristocracy oppressed the common people very seriously and was not suitable for social change, industrial development, and economic development.

Therefore, if we want to develop industry, we must abandon this system sooner or later.

...

Let’s talk about the second system, religion.

Religion gives people in the technological age the impression of being decadent, backward, and ignorant.

But compared with the more backward aristocratic enfeoffment system, it is still progressive.

The advantage of religion is that it can provide ordinary people with a promotion channel. Many people can climb to very high positions through religion, and then chat and laugh with the top nobles.

The disadvantage is that the ultimate power of religions comes from gods, and when they encounter another god, they cannot explain it using doctrine.

What should I do if I can't explain it?

Disputes can only be resolved through war (such as the famous Crusades.)

The second shortcoming of religion is factionalism.

Different interpretations of doctrines can lead to different factions within a religion.

Doctrinal debates will be reflected in political struggles, and political struggles will be reflected in factional struggles, thus affecting the development of the entire country (this is why religious countries are pursuing secular reforms).

...

Next is the third type of institution, knowledge.

The core of this system is the feudal bureaucracy based on recommendations and examinations. This feudal bureaucracy was already quite mature in the ancient days of flower growers.

Compared with religion, the progressive significance of this system is greater equality and publicity, and everyone can reach a higher level through hard work.

But feudal bureaucracy also has shortcomings, and its shortcoming is that it is very easy to breed corruption.

Take the Ming and Qing Dynasties as an example.

Scholars who studied in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were admitted to a county magistrate in ten years of poverty, but they could not pass it on to their sons.

If the son fails to live up to his expectations, the family may become a commoner in a few generations.

What should we do? All we can do is commit corruption.

Hence the famous saying "Three years to clear the magistrate's office, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver".

In this system, corruption is like the dust and grease on a person's body, it will breed again after being cleaned.

Therefore, anti-corruption in this system is a long-term and arduous struggle.

...

Then there is the fourth institution, wealth.

There is only one system with wealth as its core, and that is capitalism.

Compared with feudal bureaucracy, the meaning of progress of capitalism is greater equality and the flow of social wealth.

But the disadvantage is that money politics is prone to occur, hereditary inheritance is solidified, and large chaebols monopolize educational resources to create class barriers for the people at the bottom.

...

Finally, there is the fifth system, class.

This one will not be discussed in detail.

These are the five political systems that Sean knows.

The last two systems are good, but they require social development to a certain level before they can be realized.

So what Sean has to do is to develop a bureaucracy with knowledge and education as the core in the territory, so that the territory can transition from the aristocratic enfeoffment system to the feudal system bit by bit.

What Anduin is doing is to recruit the first batch of affairs officers through recommendations from the people of the territory to manage the territory.

After the education system is improved and the literacy rate of the people is raised, a more advanced administrative officer selection mechanism will be added.



At this time, Anduin was sorting out the admission list for territorial affairs officers. When he saw Sean coming, he hurriedly stood up and saluted Sean.

"Anduin, how is the recruitment of stewards going?"

"A group of affairs officers have been recruited this afternoon, all of whom are leaders of various organizations.

But since we have no tax revenue, it may not take long for the budget to be spent.”

Sean waved his hand and said: "I will be responsible for making money, you just have to think about how to spend the money where it should be spent most.

We have a new group of friends here, and they are outside the town now. Let the three of us go to greet them."

Anduin heard Sean say "new friends" and understood that Sean was going to summon a new follower.
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