Author: Zero Romance

Chapter 3207

In the National Assembly system designed by the Executive Committee, the basic requirements for membership are very simple. They must have been naturalized for at least five years and have no criminal records.

Nationals who meet the conditions can submit a written application to the local government through self-recommendation.

The local government will conduct a preliminary review and screening of those personnel, select those with good reputations and make them public, and the first batch of local council members will be selected.

The current tentative quota is that the number of local councils in each state capital will not exceed 50 people.

Depending on the local population and the size of the region, the council will elect three to five people to become members of the regional council.

The maximum number of members of each regional council is also fifty, and three to five people are elected to become members of the national council in the same manner and proportion as the local councils.

Personnel elected to the first-level council also need to pass government review before they can officially perform their duties.

The terms of membership of councils at all levels are the same as those of the executive committee, which are limited to five years and can be re-elected. Whether members can be determined in the current way for one term will be decided by the highest-level council through discussion.

As for the function of the council, it is mainly to supervise the daily operations of the government and provide opinions on government affairs related to people's livelihood.

In addition, councils at all levels can submit bills directly to the Executive Committee. This privilege of direct access to heaven naturally becomes the focus of most concern to the preparatory members present.

Of course, special cross-level motions cannot be submitted for trivial matters. They must be signed by ten members of the council at that level before they can be submitted directly to the executive committee.

Tao Donglai spent two full minutes burning incense before he finished roughly explaining the charter of the meeting. He also felt a little thirsty, so he motioned to the people present to start asking questions, and he would take the time to drink water to soothe his throat.

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Dai Yingda had already thought about the problem while listening. Dangdong took the lead in raising his leg to signal. After getting permission, he asked: "Two adults, if you enter the council meeting, you will have to go to the Yamen like an official."

Same, do you have to report every day and discuss official business with other members? If you join the National Council, then you will have to move your family to Hangzhou? "

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "The meetings are not as frequent as I thought. If there is no particularly urgent matter for the local council, a discussion meeting once a month is enough. The regional council meets once or twice every six months.

That’s almost enough.”

"As for the National Council, they have tentatively decided whether to hold a general meeting every year. However, considering that some remote areas have a very long journey to Hangzhou, and the round trip time may take two or three months, so how to implement it specifically?

Cocoa needs to make adjustments based on actual crowding conditions."

"I don't think it is necessary to move my family to Hangzhou specifically for this purpose, and you don't have to worry about it affecting your normal life."

The questions raised by Dai Yingda probably dispelled the doubts of many people present. After Tao Donglai answered, many people showed relaxed expressions on their faces.

Those business people spend a lot of time traveling outside. If they are asked to report to the Yamen every day, it will definitely bring a lot of inconvenience to the business. But if they can use a small amount of time to handle the official business of the council, that is also very good.

accept.

Those people are well-known in the business world. Naturally, they are all smart people. They have already calculated in their minds what benefits the new system will bring to them personally.

In addition, Tao Donglai also said just now that there are quota limits for councils at all levels. If his status and influence in the local area are enough to qualify for the council, is it possible to get a quota for a higher-level council? It also requires careful calculation.

As for the role of "participating in and discussing government affairs" mentioned by Tao Donglai, most people are very calm and do not think that they can be on an equal footing with the government. After all, as the name of the council suggests, the focus is on the word "discuss" , if you really regard yourself as the person who can call the shots, then where should the position of the government be placed?

Even if there is a council, no one will think that they can challenge Shi Diwen's authority in the East China Sea Region. Almost all those who have tried to do so in the past twenty years have had no success.

At the same time, Ning Qi met with people from the cultural circles of the Donghai Region in another hall.

Compared with the business world, the cultural world is more complex.

There are less than half of the well-known literati who are well-known for their specialties such as poetry, calligraphy, and painting. In the so-called cultural world, there are local gentry who use money to buy their fame, as well as former officials who have retired to their hometowns. . As for the cultural and educational industry that Ning Qi values ​​​​more, only a dozen people were present, and they were not the heads of some well-known academies in the Donghai region.

Compared with the philistine businessmen, the literati also showed extremely high enthusiasm for meetings.

Most of them did not become officials, either because they had no interest in official career, but because they were incapable of doing their jobs, they were eliminated halfway through.

But the council system designed by the Haihan Executive Committee undoubtedly provides those people with an opportunity to indirectly realize their dreams. Even if the council members are not real officials and do not have the power of officials, their semi-official status It's enough to make them enthusiastic.

Businessmen have doubts about the monthly work arrangements of the council, while those who are more interested in the operating mechanism and authority of the council.

They are eager to know whether their work in the council will really become a reference for the executive committee to make major decisions. If their performance is good, whether they can directly jump from the council to serve in the government.

Ning Qi gave an affirmative answer to all these questions. However, he was not optimistic about those people's outstanding performance in the meeting.

Except for a few old people who had served as officials in the Ming Dynasty, those literati had a very superficial understanding of officialdom and the operation of the country, and had too many unrealistic ideas.

Ning Qi can now be sure that if most of them really enter the government service, they will definitely show serious acclimatization in the early stage.

Bo Nao Ningqi would not dampen their enthusiasm. Haihan needed those literati to act as facades in the council and use their influence to promote the new system.

As for whether they are qualified enough to become members of the local council, those people all behave very confidently without exception, as if the council system is tailor-made for them.

Ning Qi was initially worried that people in the cultural field would be self-righteous and uninterested in government affairs, but now it seems that those worries were unnecessary. If this trend continues, it is very likely that there will be a unique phenomenon of literati and businessmen competing for limited quotas.
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