Everything was packed and the sun was already setting in the west. The soldiers set up a table in the courtyard, served wine and food, and welcomed Wang Ruohai.

Wang Xiaolie raised his glass and said: "It has been a few months since I set up the headquarters. In the past few months, Councilor Chen has put a lot of effort into it. However, it is not suitable for this matter, and I have not thought clearly about it today.

It is up to Counselor Wang to do it. In the future, the daily management of the army, marching and fighting, will mainly be issued from here, which is extremely important. Counselor Wang must work hard and really do this well."

Wang Ruohai didn't dare to say anything, so he raised his wine glass and drank it down with Wang Xiaolie.

Putting down his glass of wine, Wang Xiaolie said: "When I come back this time, both military and civil affairs will undergo major changes. The biggest change in military administration is command. In addition to the establishment of headquarters, there are other corresponding changes. Changes in civil administration, in simple terms

The first is to streamline, including political affairs and officials. The other is to select, not only select officials, but also select officials. In the past, government officials often used servants to serve as officials. Will it save money? This will not be the case in the future.

Yes. The servants are just servants, and their scope is limited. For example, rural soldiers, flood control, guarding village warehouses, and so on. Officials are officials. They are hired by the government and must be paid."

Chen Qiudao said: "If you give me money, it will be a lot of money. Where can you get so much money in a short time?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The officials are dedicated to working for the government. If we don't give them money, where will their food and clothing come from?"

Chen Qiudao said: "The selected government servants are all from high-class families, and their families have money. The government's money is temporarily insufficient, so it is considered as public assistance."

"Then why not directly collect taxes to hire people?" Wang Xiaolie shook his head. "One of the items in Jinggong's reform was labor money, isn't that what it meant? Of course, there is no reason to collect labor money from the people.

, we won’t accept it. If the government doesn’t have money, then make money. Our government has many ways to make money. Now the big ones include supply and marketing cooperatives, banks, restaurants, shopping malls, and in the future there will be various factories.

.These all have to make money. If they can’t make money, the officials in charge will be punished!”

Chen Qiudao said: "Tea is a forbidden item. We can't make much money in many years, let alone these?"

Wang Xiaoxing said: "The tea tax is low because officials are corrupt and connivant. The money goes to the tea merchants, and there is still a lot of old tea rotting in the warehouse. Why is this? There are no inspections and few punishments. There are many reasons.

. If the government wants to make money, these industries must be strictly inspected, and rewards and punishments must be strong. We will talk about these later. In short, if the government is short of money, it will make money! There is no reason that the people can make money, but the government cannot."

Seeing that several people looked disapproving, Wang Xiaolie said: "You don't believe it? That's why I said that in the future, officials must be selected. In the future, all officials must pass examinations. Officials have official examinations, and civil servants have civil servant examinations. The content is not the same.

Likewise, the yamen they preside over are also different. Of course, their incomes are also different. The income of officials is relatively high, so they must be able to live a decent life with their salaries. The salaries of civil servants are relatively low, so they must be able to live a decent life with their salaries.

I can support my family and live a normal life.”

Chen Qiudao couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "Who doesn't want the clerks below to get more money? But the government's income always has a certain amount."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It is said that there is a fixed number, but where is the fixed number? The government spends too much money, and it will increase donations and taxes. How can it be collected? It's just that we no longer rely on donations and taxes, but have to earn it ourselves.

. If you really can’t make money, borrow money first. The regime has all the power and can’t even support its own officials. What’s going on with this regime? You don’t have to worry about this matter, I have my own opinion.”

Wang Xiaolie finally figured this out a few days ago. A political power has all the power in society. In this case, if it cannot earn enough money to support its officials, this kind of regime should feel ashamed. Officials are carefully selected.

, the people can make money, these officials have sufficient financial support and policy convenience, why can't they make money? Either there is a problem with the government, or there is a problem with the officials.

Some people say that the government should collect taxes when they are short of money. Some people advocate collecting taxes from the poor. Because there are many poor people, each person can’t collect much, which is a big number. Others advocate collecting taxes from the rich. Because the rich have money, and if they collect their money, they will pay back taxes.

Can subsidize the poor.

Wang Xiaolie believes that if the tax amount is set, it should not be overcharged. Whether it is rich or poor, it is their ability to make money. If you can't make money, don't blame anyone. Of course, various subsidies and policies have spawned

Rich people are not included in this list. In this case, you should first check the official who made the decision. Whether it is due to policy needs or the official's personal decision, just check clearly.

In the past life, there was a very popular word called taxpayers. Some people also like to say that the government is supported by taxpayers and should serve taxpayers. On the big wall of the Chinese government agency, it is written, serve the people. What does it mean to serve taxpayers?

Services? If you don’t pay taxes, the government won’t serve you? If someone pays more taxes, they should enjoy more government services? It doesn’t make sense in China.

Once upon a time, there was a short story in Chinese newspapers and magazines. It was said that it was in Northern Europe. I forgot the specific country, and an old lady was stopped by the police. Wang Xiaolie couldn't remember the specific thing, and of course it wasn't important. The important thing is,

After the old lady was stopped, she scolded the policeman. Why? Because she was a taxpayer and the police had to serve her. This story was reprinted by many newspapers and spread widely. Many people read this story and suddenly felt that they

We also pay taxes and are taxpayers, so why can’t we do this?

This is not the only story like this. There is also an old American lady who took out a loan to buy a house. When she died of old age, the mortgage was finally paid off. There was an old Chinese lady who worked hard all her life and finally saved enough money to buy a house.

I bought a house before I died. Then the old lady in the United States said, we all save our whole life to buy a house. I have lived in this house all my life, but you have not lived in it for a day. The following story is familiar to all of us. China started its real estate reform.

It's not that China's real estate reform is wrong, but that it's wrong to use this method. As a political power, or as a scholar, don't play such tricks. People who play tricks have no future and will bring disaster to the country and the nation.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China until the next 150 years, China sent countless government-sponsored students abroad. The government hoped that these international students could learn advanced foreign experience and serve China. During these 150 years, Chinese studies

We have learned a lot of things, and society has made great progress. But in many aspects, what we have learned is not enough. Especially regarding political power, and social governance, we have also brought back many things that are not suitable for China.

Many political regimes in Europe and the United States came from bourgeois revolutions. They pulled down the royal power and put the citizens on the stage. This kind of revolution has never happened in China, nor has it happened in many parts of the world. Because Europe has always had a kind of dissatisfaction.

Cities under royal power were governed by the citizens as long as they paid taxes. Many of the later political systems in European and American countries were derived from this. China has never been like this. Even grass markets are still under the rule of imperial power. China's social management should of course be

Different from Europe and America.

To put it bluntly, in terms of ideology and social governance, Chinese students studying abroad did not bring back enough knowledge. Most of the time, they just translated what they learned from Europe and the United States into Chinese, or even did not translate it, and brought it back to their motherland. In

China, which of these knowledge is appropriate and which is not appropriate, and how to change it if it is not appropriate, is basically unclear. What should I do if it is not appropriate? Change China to what they learned and fully westernize. Not only the social system needs to be changed, but also the people

The ideology must be changed, and the culture must be changed. Even Chinese characters, some people think, must be changed. Not only in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China when China was poor and weak, but also decades later when computers appeared, because Chinese characters were not

Suitable for computers, romanization of Chinese characters should be included in primary and secondary school textbooks as a formal national policy direction.

Since China was opened to the country by Europe and the United States, its people have been bullied. In the past two hundred years, China has been reflecting on why it fell behind. It’s just that Chinese literati have not given an answer even after two hundred years. Someone asked this question and the answer was very

There are so many. Because of ideas, culture, and even race, the words get louder and louder. But if they are asked to explain clearly, who can explain it clearly?

For two hundred years, the Chinese people have been looking for a way to save the country and the people. But in two hundred years, Chinese culture has not even figured out why it fell behind in the first place, so what method can it give? When I asked, someone said that I think it should be like the United States.

That way, it should be like Europe, it should be like Japan, but I don’t know what China is like.

When talking about Chinese history, I just follow what I learned from Europeans and Americans, and arbitrarily cut and even altered the history. Many people don’t know what happened in Chinese history and what it means, and they don’t want to know it. When talking about history,

They prefer to talk about what Westerners are like, and what they are like later. Look at how developed Westerners are now.

If you ask if you go back to ancient times, how can you change the poverty and weakness of China in later generations? Someone must answer, eliminate Confucianism. Why? Because this is the mainstream thought in China, and mainstream thought has brought about China's backwardness.

Does it make sense? If it makes sense, things in this world are too simple, simpler than children's games. Not to mention the brilliant achievements in Chinese history, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who only respected Confucianism, let this statement

It's ridiculous. Some people say that although China conquered east and west during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was passed down and caused its backwardness two thousand years later. In addition, there is still Confucianism that restricts thought, Confucianism suppresses science, and Confucianism

Collaborating with the enemy, betraying the country, and all sorts of other things.

Wang Xiaolie can only say, you are so smart. Having said so much, why don’t you criticize those who restrict ideas, those who suppress science, and those who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country? China is backward, why don’t you criticize its backwardness?

government at that time?

After coming out of knowledge and recalling the knowledge and memories of his previous life, Wang Xiaolie understood that what they said was unreliable. It was like a child being beaten by a stronger child. He did not reflect on why he was beaten and said that there was something wrong in his family.

What makes the hydrogen bomb reliable is the founding of New China, which pulled down the destiny that was so high in ancient China and replaced it with the people.

Selecting officials. How to select? Choose smart ones? Or choose good morals? This problem existed in ancient China, selecting talents and talents? Ancient times had ancient standards and their own methods. Of course Wang Xiaolie also had to have methods.

But no matter what method is used, there must always be a criterion. The ancient criterion is the mandate of heaven, which is also the source of the loyalty of ministers to the emperor. Loyalty to the emperor is the mandate of heaven, not a specific person. Only in the Song Dynasty did Fan Zhongyan say that the emperor can be controlled

In order to be loyal, Wang Xiaolie wanted to use the people to replace the destiny, so naturally there would be different standards.

The carefully selected officials are the precious talents needed by the regime. Of course, talents cannot be treated harshly. What Wang Xiaolie has to do is to increase the salaries of officials. The regime's money is not just tax collection, not just monopoly. It needs to find a way
Chapter completed!