Not long after Liu Bei and Chen Xi set off from the inn, an urgent letter from Chang'an caught up with them. Liu Bei looked at the signature and found that it was Li You, and couldn't help but shook his head.
I have to say that Li You's urgency on certain matters is indeed the most outrageous.
"Please take a look at Wen Ru's letter." Liu Bei handed the letter directly to Chen Xi. Chen Xi heard the words and reached out to take it. After looking at the situation inside, his mentality became inexplicably complicated.
"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked with some confusion. Even without reading the letter, Liu Bei could roughly guess what was written in it.
"It's nothing. Jizhou's bureaucrats really deserve a beating." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Let's go, let's just go to Jizhou and have a look."
"I won't show up for the rest of the trip. Just tell me when you get to the place." Liu Bei suppressed his smile after hearing this and said to Chen Xi.
It is indeed a very good special ability to know who you are in the world, but when it comes to investigating cases, if Liu Bei hasn't passed, I'm afraid there will be some news in Jizhou, which is very fatal, so
For the rest of the journey, Liu Bei would not show up if he could.
Although at Liu Bei's level, it really doesn't matter if he is discovered, because even if the Jizhou bureaucrats learn about it in advance, the Jizhou bureaucrats will have no way to solve it. This is already a dimensionality reduction attack, but in order to avoid causing greater losses to Jizhou,
Liu Bei thought it would be better to wait until he arrived at his destination before showing up.
After all, Liu Bei's situation is somewhat different from Yuan Shu's situation in Yuzhou. Yuan Shu is a crazy person and a second-rate person. Even if he lands in Yuzhou by air, the local bureaucrats will not have any unnecessary ideas. But Liu Bei is different. When Liu Bei appears, the local bureaucrats will inevitably
Be on guard.
"Okay, let's go directly from the ferry on the west side of the Yellow River." Chen Xi nodded, and could understand Liu Bei's caution.
"Airborne to Zhongshan Kingdom." Liu Bei suddenly said.
"That's okay. I haven't been there for a long time. Since I've passed by, it's time to go and have a look." Chen Xi nodded. He was really curious about what the Zhen family was doing. It's been more than three years, right?
It’s been three years since Mi got married!
Chen Xi and his party disguised themselves as ordinary businessmen and came to Jizhou very simply. Compared to the north and so on, this place is indeed very prosperous. Even Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with the bureaucracy in Jizhou. After seeing the prosperous business in Jizhou,
At that time, I was in a pretty good mood.
"I have already contacted Ziyang. The other party means that he will take people to Bohai, and we will meet up at Bohai." After receiving Liu Ye's reply, Chen Xi explained to Liu Bei. Liu Bei heard this
nodded.
"The development in Jizhou is indeed much better than that in Bingzhou." Liu Bei said with a somewhat complicated tone. Chen Xi nodded after hearing this.
"This is an inevitable situation. The geographical advantage is actually very obvious, and Jizhou has a good foundation. In addition, Yecheng is one of the political and economic centers, and as the place where we defeated Yuan Benchu and set the tripod, it is itself the capital, which has the advantage
It's very big." Chen Xi didn't have any special feelings about this. These places are naturally easy to develop.
"What do you think those middle- and lower-level bureaucrats think? Everyone is living a good life. Why do you suddenly have such an idea? Isn't it bad to continue to follow the old routine and abide by the rules you set?" Liu Bei said with a somewhat helpless tone.
asked.
This is really touching the situation. The better this place is built, the more Liu Bei feels that there is something wrong in the minds of those bureaucrats. They are clearly following the system issued by Chen Xi and are slowly advancing. Everyone has only benefits and no disadvantages. Why do they have to do this?
What about death?
"How should I put it? The simplest point is that when Xuande Gong was in Jiaozhou, he should have felt that although the local clans and tribal leaders recognized us, they wanted more. They did not think that ordinary people and
They are the same people." Chen Xi said calmly.
As for the anger, it was almost gone when he knew about it and went north to relax. Chen Xi's emotions are real, but Chen Xi's mind is very clear. The continuous reincarnation of history has allowed Chen Xi to see too many similar things.
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So even if this fact is placed in front of Chen Xi, for Chen Xi, it is just an inevitable reincarnation. Chen Xi, who knows the process and the result, naturally knows how to deal with it.
"For us, there is no difference between bureaucrats and the people. We even hope that these bureaucrats can work well for the people. Otherwise, even if the bureaucrats are responsible for us and implement the policies we issue, they will
It's okay, but not for the bureaucrats themselves." Chen Xi explained with a sigh.
No matter where the power comes from, whether it is the divine right of kings, the emperor's pastoral care of the people, or the democratic centralism system of later generations, there is generally one difference, and that is who the bureaucrats are responsible for, but in fact, no matter whether it is the monarch,
Whether it is the emperor or the people, the bureaucracy will inevitably have its own will.
Theoretically speaking, whether it is the monarch, the emperor, or the people, they all seek stability by nature, and the core of stability is the vast number of people. After all, the starting point of the collapse of the world must be the uprising of the people.
Theoretically speaking, the stability of the people is almost the core point for the continuation of all systems.
However, here is the problem. The expansion of the bureaucracy will inevitably erode this core store. All kinds of messy ideas will eventually be implemented on the people, and the feedback mechanism inside is actually quite confusing. In addition,
Some people are naturally superior to others...
In short, the end of the dynasty basically started with the corruption of the entire bureaucracy. The fact that the emperor was a bastard is only one aspect. The end of the bureaucracy is the key to the rise of the world, and the beginning of the end of the bureaucracy - the garbage ants are unworthy of the people.
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The reality can be roughly summarized in these six words. When the bureaucracy comes up with this idea, the country will be destroyed and enter a new round of reincarnation.
"Actually, I don't really care whether the bureaucracy is responsible to the people or to the superiors." Chen Xi sighed and said, "No matter who is responsible, the bureaucracy just needs to be implemented properly as a tool, but the bureaucracy itself has its own
Thoughts, this is the most unsolvable."
Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded after listening to Chen Xi's words. Indeed, the bureaucracy has its own ideas, and many of them will be distorted and embezzle the interests of others for their own interests.
"It is best to be responsible to the people. It is not good or bad to be responsible to the superiors. At least the highest level is responsible to the people, so the whole thing will not be rotten to the root. Moreover, it is difficult to deal with bureaucrats who are only responsible to the superiors.
Easy to handle." Chen Xi said with a smile.
There is a saying that when you believe that power comes from the superiors, when the superiors come to deal with you, remember to kneel down so that the other party can deal with you more smoothly.
So Chen Xi doesn't care what kind of thinking the bureaucrats have. It's best to be responsible for the people. People like Fu Gan, the magistrate of Niyang County, and Li Fu, the prefect of Wei County, have nothing to say. They are responsible for the people, so even if they did something wrong,
Chen Xi will also listen to their explanation. As long as the people can agree with their explanation, then this matter will be over.
On the other hand, officials like Changshan County Sheriff and Bohai County Sheriff theoretically obtained power enfeoffment from Chen Xi, and the bureaucrats who were in charge of this place and responsible for Chen Xi, how Chen Xi dealt with it, how to round it up and flatten it when something happened happened.
It's Chen Xi's business.
In fact, in the bureaucratic management system of later generations, it is not important what the middle- and lower-level bureaucrats do. Whether they serve the people or seek power from their superiors is not important. The important core is only the initial division of this
Power, what kind of ideas do the upper levels of the system have when they incorporate it into the system?
Any bureaucrat who is only responsible to his superiors must have a false foundation. This kind of bureaucrat has no way to restrain his superiors and communicate on an equal footing. Especially when the superior's position is impacted by his peers, the impact can easily lead to the collapse of the whole.
In terms of positioning, it can only be a chess piece.
"It's hard to calm down the desire." Liu Bei sighed, no matter how much Chen Xi said, to Liu Bei it was really just these four words.
"Well, they are indeed like that." Chen Xi nodded, "The system of official transfer still needs to be continued, but this artificially creates the voice of local people hoping that bureaucrats will stay in the local area..."
After the reunification of the Han Dynasty, officials were basically exiled. However, the governor of Bohai could stay in the local area for seven or eight years. A very important point was that the local people wrote to Jizhou, hoping that the governor of Bohai would not leave, and the state officials respected him.
Based on the opinions of the local people and the fact that the county governor himself did not want to leave, the matter was approved.
After all, people have written letters, and the state government is confirming the opinions of the local bureaucrats. If the local bureaucrats do not refuse, the decision will be made after taking into account public opinion. Everyone is satisfied anyway.
Report it to Chang'an. Will Chang'an care about this? Chang'an won't care. Chang'an won't even investigate. This is just a trivial matter.
"Should we take the people's petitions into consideration in the future?" Liu Bei suddenly asked.
"Of course it needs to be considered." Chen Xi said with a smile, "People can stay if they want. We just need to increase the intensity of the review. If this happens, we will send two people from Chang'an to investigate on the spot. How big a deal is it?
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"That's okay." Liu Bei thought for a while, and if he really wanted to say it, it seemed like this was the case.
"Let's go and have a look at Zhongshan Wuji. I found some incredible stuff on the way. People like the Zhen family are rubbish internally, but they are still very good in business." Chen Xi said with emotion, and then
I took out a piece of candy wrapped in paper and opened it. I saw a word on the cross section of the candy.
