Age of mythical princes

Chapter 168
Many people are paying attention to Taoist Taiping's recent performance.

Whatever he did in the morning, it would appear on Jiang Hua's desk at noon, and it would also appear on many people's desks.

When he landed on Wang's territory, he was greeted by two genuine ministers, two ministers who broke through temporarily, and four ministers surrounded him alone.

But Taoist Taiping was not worried at all, the spiritual treasure of Tianshu was useless, he just tapped them on the head with the nine-section staff a few times, and the battle was over.

The first prime minister who made a temporary breakthrough was lightly tapped by the Taoist Taiping, and his brain was blown out on the spot, and he died.

His death also awakened the other three, who immediately began to burn their blood and evolve into real bodies.

However, transformation also requires a process. Taking advantage of the effort between breaths, Taoist Taiping has come to the vicinity of the second temporary breakthrough minister, and tapped him on the head lightly, and his brain is wide open. .

Immediately afterwards, there are two phoenixes, one fire and one water, cooperating with each other, there is a faint tendency of yin and yang changes.

As if to further prove his own strength, Daoist Taiping actually stood aside with his hands tied, waiting for the cooperation of the two of them.A moment later, when the two joined hands to evolve a yin and yang divine light, Taoist Taiping's spells had already been prepared. He lightly waved his nine-section staff, and a peaceful world appeared around him, wisps of world power protecting him. body, the divine light of yin and yang cannot descend at all.

Before the two of them were surprised, Taoist Taiping took a step forward and gave each of them another blow.

The whole battle has no aesthetic feeling at all, it's just one person.

Taoist Changkong once analyzed: "That piece of peaceful world may be his Dao fruit, the peaceful and prosperous world in his mind, and the power of the world evolved from it already has the characteristics of a real person's power. Not to mention the invasion, but at least it can weaken the threat of most Taoism."

"Using the power of the world directly is to establish prestige. He is really only one step away from becoming an innate real person. Now it is just for fine-tuning, or to witness the real peaceful world, so he has not made a breakthrough for a long time. .”

"With his strength, even if he met the first monarch, even if he met the Xiangliu who descended from Meishan, he would be able to break through directly before being killed by Xiangliu. After the breakthrough, it's hard to say who will sleep and who will win .”

Recalling Taoist Taiping's performance, Jiang Hua can only say one word about his strength: bull!

"Now that you have proven your strength, which county would you like to 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 the Chao Country in the future. There are many nobles in the Chao Country, as well as many savages and common people. Those nobles also have a lot of wealth hidden underground."

"Even at this moment, every day, a large number of common people, savages, supplies, gold, silver, copper, iron, etc. come to Yancheng along the Chaohe River, and every day Yancheng will take out a large number of magic weapons, mysterious armors, and talismans to send to the entire Chao Kingdom. sell."

"If you choose a place close to Chaohe, you can partly 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 people's living problems under the rule will not be needed. Worry."

Taoist Taiping listened carefully to Jiang Hua's narration, and would ask questions from time to time.

After a while, Taoist Taiping said sincerely: "Now I don't know how to govern a country, and I have never governed a county or a county before, and I have never even governed a village. Now I directly govern a county. , will something happen?"

Hearing this, Jiang Hua knew that Taoist Taiping was much more reliable than Wang Jujun.

That Wang Jujun is very confident and is not afraid of anything!
"There may be accidents, there may be failures, this issue is not a decisive factor, but the impact is not small."

"However, Daoists can simply divide officials into those who deal with specific affairs and those who are responsible for the direction of governance."

"The former is used to work, and the latter is used to guide the country and decide how to do it."

"For example, a fellow Taoist decided to increase taxes after thinking about it."

"Ah, I don't raise taxes, so it's useless for me to ask for that money." Taoist Taiping subconsciously retorted.

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"Fellow Daoist, it's not up to you whether to raise taxes or not, and it's not whether you don't raise taxes if you're not greedy. It depends on whether there is money to maintain the operation of the whole. Many times, the monarch and the ruling people are also clear , The tax increase has a lot of disadvantages, if they dare to increase the tax by one qian, when it reaches the bottom of the common people, they may have to pay an extra [-] qian in tax.”

"For every dollar they raise taxes, a lot of families go bankrupt because of it, and they just end up dying."

"But there is no way. They increase the taxes of the common people. It's just that the families of the common people are ruined. At least they can live well. And if they increase the taxes of 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 really implemented, the nobles will have a thousand ways and 1 ways to pass all the costs on to the common people."

"Who dares to do this, I will kill him!"

"What if all nobles are like this?"

"Then kill all the nobles!" Taoist Taiping said firmly.

"Besides, these ten counties don't even have a population now, so where do the nobles come from? Since there are no nobles, then there is no need for nobles. I originally wanted to build a real ideal land kingdom!"

"Li Sheng once mentioned the concept of a small country with few people, and I plan to practice it."

"Li Sheng once said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and he once 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."

"I have come here to build a small country that belongs to the Taoist."

Listening to Taoist Taiping's philosophy, Jiang Hua nodded without commenting.

As long as it is not an anti-human idea, you can think whatever you want, thinking is the most complicated thing.It is even more difficult to change the mind of an adult.

"Gu means that even if you don't have the experience of ruling a party, you can govern a place."

"Take the old aristocrats as an example. Most of the old aristocrats don't know how to farm, do business, blacksmith, or engage in some production and life labor. What they know is socializing, riding horses, archery, fighting, and training soldiers. , fighting, hunting monsters.”

"The abilities possessed by most of the old nobles are not directly related to the governing side, but the whole world has been generally good for so many thousands of years."

"These old aristocrats often slapped their heads and came up with all kinds of incredible ideas, and then the people under them started to suffer. Less tossing can make the lives of the people below better."

"So, even if I don't have the experience of governing one side, can I manage a place well? Or, the key to governing a place well is not to fiddle?"

Jiang Hua didn't directly answer Taoist Taiping's question.

"To give an example, the prefect's mansion issued an order. This order will first be passed down to the county magistrate. After we get the order from the county magistrate, we will tell the village chiefs what to do."

"The village chiefs went to beat the gongs and drums to summon the people, and told them that an order was issued today."

"But it's not necessarily true that this order can be executed well and the original effect can be achieved."

"Maybe this order began to change and lose shape when it was at the county level."

"For example, the county guard ordered that next year's grain production should increase by [-]% compared to this year's. After everyone goes down, they should work harder on agriculture and spend more time in the fields."

"Perhaps the original purpose of the county guard was to persuade farmers, to raise everyone's attention to agriculture."

"However, when this order reached the county level, in order to keep their official titles, or to make their county more prominent, the county magistrates slapped their heads and said to the bottom that our county will increase production by [-]% next year. If you can't reach it, don't blame me for turning my face."

"The county magistrate puts pressure on the townships, so that even if some townships fail to achieve the [-]% goal, they can still complete the task assigned by the county guard at the beginning."

"If the township puts the pressure on the village, when the village chief announces it to the people, it may become a [-]% or even [-]% increase in production."

"This is called increasing the number of layers, and it is one of the common methods used by officials."

"In fact, the officials' increase in tax is far more exaggerated than what I said. The county decided to increase the tax by one yuan per person, and the county magistrate decided to increase the tax by two yuan per person. The township dared to charge three yuan, and the village dared to charge four yuan. .”

"No matter what kind of political ideas you have, fellow Daoist, no matter what kind of system you plan to establish, fellow Daoist, it will ultimately be implemented through people. These people are the so-called officials."

"So, since ancient times, the first thing many rulers do after coming to power is to rectify these officials and make them obedient before they can do something."

"Increasing levels and doing nothing are common tactics used by bureaucrats to confront their superiors."

"In addition, there are many methods that ordinary people can't think of. In short, how to govern officials and how to make officials obedient has been a big problem since ancient times."

"After you become the prefect of a county yourself, fellow daoist, this is also a problem that you will have to face, fellow daoist."

Hearing this, Taoist Taiping thought of his first half of his life. At that time, as a traveling doctor, he went to many savage villages, villages and towns. It was really hard to describe.

"What Fellow Daoist 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 teacup in his hand and gulped it down: "In the future, in the county I will govern, there is no need for nobles, and there is absolutely no need for nobles. As for the governance, it is all up to the Taoists. "

"Even the number of officials will be greatly reduced. I once went to Dongning Island to investigate, and I was deeply impressed and inspired by the mirrors, gongs and other magical instruments on it."

"Human beings are untrustworthy, and human nature is not trustworthy. In the Taoist country on the ground I established, the country will be governed according to Taoism."

"I will try my best to set up similar magic tools in every village, and set up similar magic tools in every township."

"Besides, these ten counties are not big. At that time, I will not set up counties directly, but directly set up more than 20 large towns. Anyway, with my energy, it is enough for me to manage these more than 20 large towns. If necessary , I will directly cut out more than [-] avatars, and personally handle every big township."

This county was originally four counties in size, and one county was still pure forests and mountains, and there were a lot of ghosts and ghosts in it, which was not suitable for survival at all.

It is no problem to divide the territory of three counties into twenty large townships.

Taoist Taiping himself divided into more than [-] incarnations to act as village heads. In this way, every village is equivalent to Taoist Taiping himself watching.

Considering the strength of Daoist Taiping, the strength of his more than twenty incarnations must also be extraordinary, at least at the level of a Taoist priest.

A Taoist priest, as long as he wants, can use his feet to walk the village under his rule from east to west and from south to north every day.At that time, no matter what problem there is, it can be solved in the first time.

In this case, Taoist Taiping is equivalent to directly replacing more than [-]% of the officials with his own strength, powerful cultivation base, and a series of magic weapons.

Such a county is really interesting.

What will happen in the future, Jiang Hua can't say.But what is certain is that the experiment in this county must be very interesting, and the final results must be worthy of special mention.Whether it is success or failure, it is enough for future generations to study and learn more.

"In this way, I can reduce the number of officials to the minimum, and with the addition of various magic tools, I will definitely be able to build a wonderful earthly kingdom!"

Hearing this, Jiang Hua bowed to Taoist Taiping, admiring his dream.

"Fellow Daoist, can the conversation between us be made public? If possible, I plan to publish it directly in the new journal."

"If fellow daoists are willing, I can give you a thousand households for free when the next batch of people arrives."

"With this thousand households, fellow daoist can become the head of the village first, and after a month, when the township has no problems, add more people to fellow daoist, so that you can practice your skills, fellow daoist, It also makes people safer."

"Okay!" Taoist Taiping nodded affirmatively.

"By the way, what journal do you plan to publish in?"

"I'm going to start a new journal, called the Hundred Schools of Contentment, which is mainly divided into two modules, one is to discuss the views of fellow Taoists on the world 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 good. The implication is also very good."

　I'm on duty tonight, it's miserable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)