Many people are paying attention to Taiping Taoist's recent performance.
Whatever he did in the morning will appear on Jiang Hua's desk at noon, and it will also appear on the desks of many people.
When he came to Wang's territory, he was greeted by two genuine ministers, two ministers who had made a temporary breakthrough, and four ministers surrounded him.
But the Taiping Taoists were not worried at all. The spiritual treasure of the Book of Heaven was of no use. They just took the nine-section staff and tapped their heads a few times, and the battle was over.
The first prime minister who made a temporary breakthrough was knocked lightly by a Taiping Taoist, and his imagination exploded and he died on the spot.
His death also awakened the other three people, who instantly began to burn their blood and evolve into their true bodies.
However, transformation also requires a process. Using the effort between breaths, the Taiping Taoist has arrived near the second temporary breakthrough minister, and gently tapped his head, which opened his mind.
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Then there are two phoenixes, one fire and one water, working together, there is a vague trend of yin and yang changes.
As if to further prove his strength, Taiping Taoist actually stood aside with hands tied, waiting for the cooperation of the two. A moment later, when the two of them joined forces to evolve a yin and yang divine light, Taiping Taoist's spell was already ready.
, he gently waved the nine-section staff, and a peaceful world appeared around him. Wisps of world power protected him, and the yin and yang divine light could not come at all.
Before the two of them could be surprised, Taiping Taoist stepped forward and gave each of them another blow.
The whole battle has no beauty at all, it's just a one-man attack.
Taoist Changkong once analyzed: "That peaceful world may be his Taoist fruit, the peaceful and prosperous age in his mind. The power of the world evolved from this has some characteristics of real-person level power, and all methods are invincible.
It cannot be said to be intrusive, but at least it can weaken the threat of most Taoist laws."
"Using the power of the world directly is to establish prestige. He may really be only one step away from becoming an innate immortal. Now it's just for fine-tuning, or to witness a real peaceful world, so he hasn't made a breakthrough yet.
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"With his strength, even if he meets the first generation monarch, even if he meets the Xiang Liu who descended from Meishan, he is enough to break through before being killed by Xiang Liu. After the breakthrough, it is hard to say who will win.
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Recalling Taiping Taoist's performance, Jiang Hua could only say one word about his strength: awesome!
"Now that you have proven your strength, which county will you choose next?"
"Some of these ten counties are directly adjacent to Chaohe River, and some are close to Chunmu County, Liu County, and Dong County."
"Those who are close to the Chao River can do business with Chao Country in the future. Chao Country has many nobles, savages, and common people, and those nobles also have a lot of wealth hidden underground."
"Even now, every day, a large number of common people, savages, supplies, gold, silver, copper and iron come to Yancheng along the Chao River. And every day, Yancheng will also bring out a large number of magic weapons, black armor, and talismans to the entire Chao Kingdom.
sell."
"If you choose a place close to Chaohe River, you can partially participate in this foreign trade and enjoy part of the profits."
"If you choose to be close to Chunmu County, Liu County, and Dong County, you can enjoy the reconstruction and development benefits of these three counties. During the reconstruction process, there will also be a lot of demand. As long as you grasp it, the living problems of the people under your rule will not have to be solved.
Worry."
Taoist Taiping listened very seriously to Jiang Hua's story and would ask questions from time to time.
After a while, Taiping Taoist said sincerely: "Now I don't know how to govern a country. I have never governed a county or a county before. I have not even governed a village. Now I directly govern a county." Earth, will something happen?"
Hearing this, Jiang Hua knew that Taiping Taoist was much more reliable than Wang Jujun.
That Wang Jujun is very confident and not afraid of anything!
"Something may happen, it may fail. This issue is not a decisive factor, but the impact is not small."
"However, fellow Taoists can simply divide officials into those who handle specific affairs and those who are responsible for the direction of governance."
"The former is used to do work, and the latter is used to guide the country and decide how to do it."
"For example, a Taoist friend decides to raise taxes after thinking about it."
"Ah, I don't raise taxes, so it's useless for me to ask for the money." Taiping Taoist retorted subconsciously.
Ahem
"Fellow Taoist, it is not you who has the final say on whether to raise taxes, or whether you will raise taxes if you are not greedy. It depends on whether there is money to maintain the operation of the whole. In many cases, the monarchs and rulers also know this. "The disadvantages of raising taxes are huge. If they dare to increase the tax by one yuan, the people at the bottom may have to pay an extra ten yuan in tax."
"For every dollar they raise taxes, many families will go bankrupt and ultimately be devastated."
"But there is no way. If they increase the taxes on the common people, it will only destroy the families of the common people. At least they can still live well. And if they increase the taxes on the nobles, this decree will not be passed at all. Even if it is passed by force, it will not be passed. Someone will implement it. Even if it is implemented, the nobles will have a thousand and ten thousand ways to pass all the costs on to the common people."
"Whoever dares to do this, I will kill him!"
"What if all nobles are like this?"
"Then kill all the nobles!" Taiping Taoist said firmly.
"Moreover, these ten counties don't even have a population, so where will the nobles come from? Since there are no nobles, there is no need for nobles. I originally wanted to build a truly ideal earthly country!"
"Li Sheng once mentioned the concept of a small country with few people, and I plan to put it into practice."
"Li Sheng once said that governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. He also said that a small country has few people. In my opinion, every county can be regarded as a small country, and every vassal state can be regarded as several counties. Such a small country is composed of.”
"I came here with the intention of building a small country that belongs to Taoists."
Listening to Taiping Taoist's ideas, Jiang Hua nodded without making any comments.
As long as it is not an anti-human concept, you can think whatever you want. Thought is the most complicated thing. Changing an adult's mind is even more difficult.
"Gu means that Taoist friends can govern a place even if they have no experience in governing."
"Take the old aristocracy as an example. Most of the old aristocrats don't know how to farm, do business, blacksmith, or engage in some work in production and life. What they know is social interaction, horseback riding, archery, fighting, and military training. , fight, hunt monsters.”
"The abilities possessed by most of the old nobles are not directly related to governance, but after so many thousands of years, the whole world has generally been in good condition."
"These old aristocrats often slap their heads and put forward all kinds of incredible ideas, and then the people under their rule begin to suffer misfortune. This is a torment. In fact, the administrative capabilities of most of the old aristocrats are not up to standard.
With less effort, the lives of the people down there will be better."
"So, even if I have no experience in governing a place, I can still govern a place well? Or, in other words, the key to governing a place well is not to bother?"
Jiang Hua did not directly answer this question from Taiping Taoist.
"For example, if the prefecture issues an order, this order will first be passed down one level, to the county magistrate. After the county magistrate studies it, he will tell the township chiefs below what to do.
After we get the order from the county magistrate, we tell the village chiefs what to do."
"The village chiefs went to summon the people again by beating gongs and drums, and told them that an order was issued today."
"But if this order can be executed well and the original effect can be achieved, it is not necessarily true."
"Maybe this order started to change and lose its shape when it was at the county level."
"For example, the county governor ordered that next year's grain production should increase by 10% from this year's. After everyone goes down, they should work more on agriculture and spend more time in the fields."
"Perhaps the original purpose of the county governor was to persuade farmers and to increase people's attention to agriculture."
"However, when this order reached the county level, the county magistrates, in order to keep their official titles or to make their counties more prominent, immediately told their subordinates that our county would have to increase production by 20% next year.
If you can't achieve it, don't blame me for falling out."
"The county magistrate has put pressure on the townships, so that even if some townships cannot achieve the 20% goal, overall they can complete the tasks originally assigned by the county magistrate."
"If the township puts pressure on the village, when the village chief announces it to the people, it may increase production by 40% or even 50%."
"This is called layer upon layer, and it is one of the common tactics used by officials."
"In fact, the officials' increase in taxes is far more exaggerated than what I said. The county decided to increase taxes by one yuan per citizen, and the county magistrate decided to increase taxes by two yuan per citizen. The villagers dared to charge three yuan, and the villages dared to charge four yuan.
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"No matter what kind of political philosophy you have, fellow Taoist, no matter what kind of system you plan to establish, it will ultimately be implemented through people, and these people are the so-called officials."
"So, since ancient times, the first thing many rulers do after coming to power is to punish these officials and make them obedient, and then they can do something."
“To add layers of pressure and do nothing is a common method used by officials to fight against their superiors.”
"In addition, there are many means that ordinary people can't think of. In short, how to manage officials and how to make them obedient has been a big problem since ancient times."
"When you, fellow Taoist, become the governor of a county, this is also a problem you will have to face, fellow Taoist."
Hearing this, Taiping Taoist remembered the first half of his life. At that time, as a traveling doctor, he visited many savage villages and many villages and towns. It was indeed difficult to describe.
"What fellow Taoist said is true. I have personally seen many things before, but I didn't expect the problem to be so serious. However, this also strengthened my determination!"
As he said that, Zhang Jiao raised the tea cup in his hand and drank it in a big gulp: "There is no need for aristocrats in the county I will govern in the future, and there is no need for aristocrats. As for the governance of the county, just leave it to the Taoists.
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"Even the number of officials will be greatly reduced. I once went to Dongning Island to inspect, and I was deeply impressed and inspired by the spiritual mirrors, gongs and other magical instruments on it."
"Human beings cannot be trusted, and human nature is not worthy of trust. In the earthly Taoist kingdom I establish, the country will be governed according to Taoist laws."
"I will try my best to set up similar magical instruments in every village and every town."
"Moreover, these ten counties are not big. When the time comes, I will not set up counties, but directly set up more than 20 large towns. Anyway, with my energy, I will be able to manage these more than 20 large towns. If there is any
If necessary, I will directly cut out more than twenty incarnations and deal with each big town personally."
This county was originally only four counties in size, and one county was still pure forests and mountains. There were many monsters and monsters in it, which was not suitable for survival at all.
There is no problem in dividing the territory of three counties into twenty large townships.
Taiping Taoist himself then divided into more than twenty incarnations to serve as township chiefs. In this way, each township was equivalent to being watched by Taiping Taoist himself.
Considering the strength of Taiping Taoist, the strength of his more than twenty incarnations must be extraordinary, at least at the Taoist level.
As long as a Taoist priest is willing, he can walk the village under his rule from east to west and south to north with his feet every day. By then, no matter what problems there are, they can be solved as soon as possible.
In this case, Taiping Taoists are equivalent to using their own strength, powerful cultivation, and a series of magical weapons to directly replace more than 90% of the officials.
Such a county is really interesting.
Jiang Hua can't say what the future will be like. But what is certain is that this county's experiment must be very interesting, and the final result must be worth writing about. Whether it is success or failure, it will be enough for future generations.
People should do more research and study.
"In this way, I can reduce the number of officials to a minimum, and with various magical weapons, I will definitely be able to build a beautiful earthly country!"
Hearing this, Jiang Hua bowed his hands towards Taoist Taiping, admiring his dream.
"Fellow Taoist, can the conversation between us be made public? If so, I plan to publish it directly in the new journal."
"If fellow Taoist is willing, I can give you a thousand households for free when the next batch of people arrive."
"With these 1,000 households, Taoist fellow Taoist, you can first become a township head. After a month, when there are no problems in the township, you can add more people to the Taoist fellow Taoist. This way, you can practice your skills, fellow Taoist.
It can also make people safer."
"Okay!" Taiping Taoist nodded affirmatively.
"By the way, what journal do you plan to publish it in?"
"I plan to start a new journal, called Hundred Schools of Thought Contention. It is mainly divided into two modules. One is to explore the views of fellow Taoists on the era of Datong, and the other is to record in detail the specific development and changes of these ten counties."
"A hundred schools of thought contend? It's very good. The meaning is also very good."