Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5542 The Position
Not long after Liu Bei and Chen Xi set off from the post station, the urgent letter from Chang'an caught up with them. Liu Bei looked at the signature and found that it was Li You, so he couldn't help but shook his head.

It has to be said that Li You's urgency in certain matters is indeed the most outrageous.

"Wen Ru's letter, please read it." Liu Bei handed the letter directly to Chen Xi, and Chen Xi reached out to take it, and looked at the situation inside, feeling inexplicably more complicated.

"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked a little puzzled, even if he didn't read the letter, Liu Bei could roughly guess what was written in it.

"It's nothing, the bureaucrats in Jizhou really deserve a beating." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go to Jizhou to have a look."

"I won't show up for the next itinerary, just tell me when you get to the place." Liu Bei restrained his smile when he heard this, and said to Chen Xi.

No one in the world does not know the king is indeed a very good special ability, but ah, this ability is used to investigate cases. Liu Beiren has not passed, I am afraid that there will be some rumors in Jizhou, which is very terrible, so For the next journey, Liu Bei will not appear if he can.

Although at Liu Bei's level, it really doesn't matter if it is discovered, because even if it is known in advance by the Jizhou bureaucrats, there is no way for the Jizhou bureaucrats to solve it. This is already a dimensionality reduction blow, but in order to avoid causing greater losses in Jizhou, Liu Bei felt that it would be better to wait until he arrived at his destination before reappearing.

After all, Liu Bei's situation is somewhat different from Yuan Shu's situation in Yuzhou. Yuan Shu is a crazy person, a bastard. Be alert.

"Okay, let's go directly to the ferry on the west side of the Yellow River." Chen Xi nodded, and could understand Liu Bei's caution.

"Let's parachute to Zhongshan Country." Liu Bei said suddenly.

"It's okay. I haven't been there for a long time. Since I passed by, I should go and have a look." Chen Xi nodded. He was really curious about what the Zhen family was doing. It has been more than three years. It has been three years since Mi got married!
Chen Xi and his party came to Jizhou simply by pretending to be ordinary businessmen. Compared with the Northland, this place is indeed very prosperous. Even Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with the bureaucrats in Jizhou. Sometimes, the mood is pretty good.

"I've already contacted Ziyang. The other party means that he will take people to Bohai Sea, and we will meet in Bohai Sea at that time." After receiving Liu Ye's reply, Chen Xi explained to Liu Bei, Liu Bei heard the words nodded.

"The development of Jizhou is indeed much better than that of Bingzhou." Liu Bei said in a somewhat complicated tone, and Chen Xi nodded upon hearing this.

"This is an inevitable situation. The geographical advantage is actually very obvious, and Jizhou's foundation is also good. In addition, Yecheng is one of the central points of politics and economy, and as the place where we defeated Yuan Benchu ​​and Dingding, it is itself an accompanying capital. Advantages It's very big." Chen Xi didn't have any special feelings about this, as these places are naturally easy to develop.

"What do you think of those middle- and lower-level bureaucrats? Everyone is living a good life. Why do you suddenly have such an idea, continue to follow the old rules, and abide by the rules you made?" Liu Bei said with a somewhat helpless tone. asked.

This is really touching the scene. The better the construction of this place, the more Liu Bei feels that those bureaucrats have a brain hole. They are clearly advancing slowly according to the system issued by Chen Xi. Everyone has only benefits and no disadvantages. Why do they have to do it? What about death?

"How should I put it, the simplest point is that when Duke Xuande was in Jiaozhou, he should have felt that although the local clans and tribal leaders recognized us, they wanted more. They didn't think that ordinary people and They are the same people." Chen Xi said calmly.

As for the anger and so on, as soon as I knew about it and went north to relax, it was almost gone. Chen Xi's sensibility is true, but Chen Xi's mind is very clear. The continuous reincarnation of history has made Chen Xi see too many similar things. .

So even if this kind of fact is presented 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 ordinary people. We even hope that these bureaucrats can work well for the common people. If it is not good for this bureaucrat, even if he is responsible to us, he will be able to implement the policies we issue. It's ok, but it's not for the bureaucrats themselves." Chen Xi explained with a sigh.

Regardless of where the power comes from, whether it is the divine right of the monarch, whether it is the emperor who guards the people, or the democratic centralization system of later generations, there is only one difference in general, and that is the question of who the bureaucrats are responsible to. But in fact, no matter 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 innately, and the core of stability is the vast number of people. After all, the starting point for the collapse of the world must be the rise of the people.

Theoretically speaking, the stability of the people is almost the core point for the continuation of all systems.

However, this is where the problem lies. The expansion of the bureaucratic system inevitably erodes this core point. All kinds of messy ideas are finally implemented on the heads of the people, and the feedback mechanism inside is actually quite chaotic. On some inherently superior thoughts...

In short, the end of a dynasty basically begins with the corruption of the bureaucracy as a whole. The emperor is a bastard only on the one hand. .

The reality roughly summed up is just these six words. When the bureaucratic system has 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 bureaucratic system can be implemented as a tool, but the bureaucratic system itself has its own Thoughts, this is the most unsolvable."

Listening to Chen Xi's words, Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded. Indeed, the bureaucratic system has its own ideas, so many of them will be distorted, and they will encroach on 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 will not be rotten to the root. Moreover, bureaucrats who are only responsible to the superiors are also difficult to deal with. It's easy to handle." Chen Xi said with a smile.

There is a saying that when you believe that power comes from the enfeoffment of the upper class, then when the upper class comes to clean you up, remember to kneel down to make it easier for the other party to clean up.

So Chen Xi doesn't care what kind of ideas the bureaucrats are based on. It is best to be responsible for the people. Like Fu Gan, the magistrate of Niyang County, and Li Fu, the prefect of Wei County, there is nothing to say. They are responsible for the people, so even if they did something wrong, Chen Xi will also listen to their explanations, as long as the people can agree with their explanations, then this matter will pass.

On the other hand, the officials like Changshan County Sheriff and Bohai County Sheriff theoretically obtained power from Chen Xi, and the bureaucrats who are in charge of this place and responsible for Chen Xi, how to deal with Chen Xi when something happened, how to round it up and flatten it. It's Chen Xi's business.

In fact, in the bureaucratic management system of later generations, it doesn’t matter what the middle and lower bureaucrats are for. It doesn’t matter whether they serve the people or seek power from their superiors. Power, what kind of thinking does the upper layer who incorporates it into the system run this system.

But all bureaucrats who are only responsible to their superiors must have a flimsy foundation. This kind of bureaucracy has no way to restrain and communicate with their superiors on an equal footing. In terms of positioning, it can only be a pawn.

"It's hard to be satisfied." Liu Bei sighed, no matter how much Chen Xi said, to Liu Bei it was really these four words.

"Well, they are indeed like that." Chen Xi nodded, "The system of floating officials still needs to be continued, but this kind of man-made voice of the local people wants the bureaucrats to stay in the local area..."

After the reunification of the Han Dynasty, they were basically officials, but the Bohai prefect was able to stay in the local area for seven or eight years. It is very important that the local people wrote to Jizhou, hoping that the Bohai prefect would not leave, and the state bureaucrats respected The opinions of the local people, and the sheriff himself didn't really want to leave, so the matter was approved in this way.

After all, some people have written a letter, and the state government is confirming the opinions of the local bureaucrats. If the local bureaucrats do not refuse, it will be accepted after taking public opinion into account. Anyway, everyone is satisfied.

Report to Chang'an, will Chang'an care about this?Chang'an won't care, Chang'an won't even investigate, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter.

"Should we still comprehensively consider the people's letters in the future?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

"Of course it has to be considered." Chen Xi said with a smile, "If the people want to stay, they can stay. We just need to strengthen the review. If this happens, we will send two people from Chang'an to investigate on the spot. What's the big deal? "

"It's fine." Liu Bei thought for a while, and if he really wanted to say it, it seemed that this was really the case.

"Let's go, go to Zhongshan Wuji to have a look. I found some amazing things on the way. The Zhen family is rubbish at home, but they are good at doing business." Chen Xi said with emotion, and then He took out a paper bag of candy and opened it, only to see a word on the cross section of the candy.

　Woke up late, I really got up late recently

　
(End of this chapter)