Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu took out a close-fitting Guangyang, threw it on the table, and stared at this Guangyang in a daze.But there is a very practical question in my mind:

If I want to develop in western Hunan, I have to start a business, build roads, and develop education. . .There are too many, and all of this is inseparable from a word of money.How to get the money out of the pocket of the merchant?Why do people give you money?Is it because you are the government and you have guns, joke!

By the way, why!Wang Zhenyu suddenly found the key point of the problem, why is this?

Wang Zhenyu found himself deeply poisoned by traditional education, the most notable point of which is that he treats businessmen as non-human beings.

In fact, businessmen are also human beings, and it is their nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. As long as you can give businessmen a piece of "land" that also excites them in the same way as you give farmers a piece of land, then you will definitely be able to encourage them to support you.And once he can get the support of the entire merchant group, what can he do in terms of large sums of money support?

The key is this "land" that can impress businessmen to make money. This land is naturally not land. If people have money, they can buy the land directly with money.So what is there that merchants can't buy with money in this country?

Wang Zhenyu thought of it as soon as he slapped his thigh: "power." Every Chinese has always longed for power, because power is largely equal to legal harm, and people with legal harm have always made others incomparable. Awe-inspiring presence.Why do businessmen of later generations transfer their assets? Because of the county magistrate who broke the family and the governor who destroyed the family.It is very likely that a department-level cadre will make you bankrupt, and a department-level cadre will send you to the guillotine.Private property cannot be effectively protected at all, and at the same time there are no political channels for businessmen. In addition to spending money to buy a representative or committee member to avoid low-level physical attacks, if you want to enter politics and have the same legal damage to protect yourself, then It is tantamount to the Arabian Nights.

So if I can give businessmen such a channel, which can protect their private property from being sacred and inviolable fundamentally rather than verbally, and can change their social status from being humble to being respected, then what advantage do they have against their own? Group tied together?

And as long as you taste the sweetness and get the benefits, won't you need money and effort?

Therefore, the core of my own political reform can be roughly determined, just one: put the cart before the horse, with business as the leader and officials as the end.In today's popular words, it is to build a service-oriented government.And those successful businessmen, if they feel that their business is boring, they can also become senior officials of the government through elections to lead the government.In fact, the academic qualifications of successful businessmen may not be high, but their ability is absolutely no less than that of cadres who have been killed all the way from the grassroots to the department level under the centralized system. They are even more pragmatic and efficient.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu has initially realized that if such a change is really necessary, it will definitely have a subversive effect in China at the beginning of the 20th century. Even going back 100 years, it will be the same. It will really turn the world upside down!

So he thought for a long time, and let Song Haomin, who is also his adjutant, go to the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce to invite Chairman Chen Hongji and others to come together. . .

Chapter 073

After listening to Wang Zhenyu's plan, Chen Hongji and the others looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Chen Hongji slightly trembled with excitement and asked, "General Wang, is your idea true?"

Wang Zhenyu looked at Song Haomin next to him and laughed loudly: "It's really a smack talk, it's not safe to do things, look, President Chen doesn't believe me, it seems that the general will start growing a beard tomorrow. "Wang Zhenyu resolved Chen Hongji's embarrassment with a joke, and Chen Hongji smiled very gratefully afterwards.Then I turned my mind back to the shocking words that Wang Zhenyu said just now: "Civil affairs are handed over to the localities, and the local governments are appointed, supervised, impeached, and replaced by the local councils themselves. Civil affairs at the township level are all handed over to the local governments. The township chamber of commerce is managed, and the local government and the council have the power of guidance and supervision. Government officials can be divided into two categories following the example of Britain and the United States, one is civilian officials, and the other is administrative officials. It includes the county magistrate. As for the directors of the various bureaus, they are appointed by the county magistrate, the same as above, and the civil officials are signed every five years, and they are directly managed by the civil service committee of the parliament. As for the council, the chamber of commerce, local celebrities, and villages It is composed of village chiefs and patriarchs. Whether it is the provincial capital or the guarding emissary, there will be no intervention."

Chen Hongji has also traveled all over the world. After hearing this passage, he immediately understood the core meaning of the words. General Wang wanted to leave the government to the local people.And among all walks of life in this place, the business community is the richest, so naturally it has the most say. Businessmen can actually dictate local government affairs?This is a miracle that has never been heard in a thousand years. If such fat meat is to be given up, this General Wang will not be lying to himself, right?Thinking of this, Chen Hongji hesitated again.

Wang Zhenyu seemed to see through Chen Hongji's little thought.Hehe smiled and stood up, then stretched out his hand to gently hold Chen Hongji's hand and said: "My President Chen, the cause we are going to do now is exactly what our predecessors have never done before, but there is no touch here. The problem of crossing the river with the stones, because Westerners are already doing this.”

Chen Hongji still looked at the confident Wang Zhenyu excitedly, and for the first time felt a sense of respect for the young general. Before that, his feeling for Wang Zhenyu was just awe.

Wang Zhenyu also gained a sense of pride from the surprise of three or four bigwigs from the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce. His original goal was to obtain a broader ruling foundation through such a reform. The test for civil servants is much lower, and it is much more realistic in testing personal abilities.

So as long as you control well and limit the power of these businessmen to the parliament and government civil affairs, then the benefits of this reform will far outweigh the disadvantages.

Of course, testing the truth still depends on practice.

Therefore, in order to ensure the success of this political reform, and finally to change the traditional centralized system and sweep away the social problems such as government corruption and dissatisfaction that have plagued China for thousands of years, it is still necessary to brainstorm and plan carefully.

Chen Hongji is also a very down-to-earth person, and his performance in the merger of the chamber of commerce and armed forces can fully demonstrate this point. Therefore, Wang Zhenyu now hopes that the chairman of the chamber of commerce will take the lead in the matter of political reform.

After all, this is not a trivial matter. Judging from the statement, it is to give power to business people and do good deeds.But what if the merchants don't believe it?What if they are reluctant to participate because they are afraid?Then I have to face the desperate counterattack of the vested interests of the current Jingzhou government system alone, because I touched their cheese.

Although the risks are visible, this will not shake Wang Zhenyu's determination.

And Chen Hongji is also a very down-to-earth person, which can be seen from the fact that Wang Zhenyu ordered the merchants to withdraw troops and arm them when they first arrived in Jingzhou.Therefore, after taking over the job of political reform, Chen Hongji tried his best to restrain his inner excitement, actively contacted the big bosses of the eight major business gangs in Jingzhou, gathered in Wang Zhenyu's security headquarters, and started intense planning and research discussions.Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied with this, and he would participate in it whenever he had time, and he also specially asked Ma Xicheng to arrange board and lodging.

These businessmen were also very touched by Wang Zhenyu's politeness, because they became more proactive during the discussion.

It cannot but be said that the wisdom of the people is truly infinite. As long as one sets a general direction, the imagination of businessmen in terms of details is amazing.

For example: In terms of parliament, businessmen proposed a bicameral representation system, specifically, to elect members according to region and industry.

As for the source of councilors, the first is to set up an administrative village, and the affiliation is directly at the county level. The head of the administrative village (recommended by the locals, with a term of three years) or the patriarch of the local big family will serve as councilors in turn (usually one People, national conditions), the number of administrative villages in each county is 100, and it must not exceed this range. The specific settings are implemented by the county government, which means that there are 100 resident councilors;

The second is to set up ten commercial towns along the uniform spacing standard of commercial roads in each county, mainly for providing commercial material transactions to nearby rural residents and maintaining the normal operation of commercial roads. These commercial towns do not set up councils, but directly set up commercial town management committees. It is composed of business households and persons in charge of people's livelihood units (such as hospitals and schools) in the town.Elect a chairman and a town mayor, who will automatically become a county councilor. The town mayor is mainly responsible for various affairs of the commercial town, including the collection of business taxes.The use of business tax is divided into three parts, one part is used to pay the expenses of the town government, the other part is used to pay the administrative villages within the radiation range of the town (each town radiates ten administrative villages) to support its infrastructure construction, and the rest For the construction of this town.Here, the commercial town occupies twenty seats.

The third is the county seat. The chamber of commerce has nine fixed seats, including one for the chairman and one for each of the eight major business gangs.

The fourth is social celebrities. Since the term of the county council is three years, according to this principle, ten people who have no public office, no notoriety, and no criminal record will be appointed as council members according to the nomination of the county government.

There are a total of 139 members of parliament, and then according to their origins, regions and personal wishes, these members are divided into seven groups: finance, justice, transportation, culture and education, health, industry and commerce, and agriculture and forestry.Each group is composed of [-] members, who have the functions of monitoring, auditing and finalizing accounts for the government.

The county magistrate is elected by the members of the county assembly, and the directors of the bureaus under the county government are appointed by the county magistrate for a four-year term.

At this point, except for the 29 seats, the businessmen seem to have little power in terms of proportion!

Don't worry, there is still a backup here. This group of people also set up a standing member system. The meeting of all members of the parliament is held every six months, and the meeting lasts for three days.However, the monthly regular meeting of the parliament does not need to be convened at all. It only needs to ensure that 29 businessmen, 49 social celebrities, and councilors from the five largest administrative villages and the five most populous administrative villages in the county (not repeated) total Forty-nine people will automatically serve as executive members, which means that these executive members basically have the final say on matters big or small.

The county's finances are in the hands of the council, and no one can use a penny without the consent of the council or the order of the guarding envoy.

Wang Zhenyu was amazed at the idea of ​​such a parliamentary system alone. Who said that the Chinese people in this era are not yet enlightened?When it comes to the design of the power structure, the hidden wisdom of these businessmen who usually nod and bow to everyone they see bursts out. It is true that if the bayonet stands behind that side, the waist on that side can be hardened.

If this system is implemented across the country, then no one will want to be a warlord or a regime, because money and personnel power are all in the hands of the parliament.

By the way, as for personnel affairs, I don't know which of these nine people has a degree in Western political science?He actually proposed a Western political science concept, the Civil Affairs Committee.Roughly, government officials are divided into two categories, one is civil servants of the nature of employees, that is, former officials;Civilian officials adopt the British method. The work contract is signed every five years, and it is decided whether to renew the contract when it expires. At the same time, the salary of civilian officials is raised once a year based on performance.But these have nothing to do with the administrative officer. The administrative officer only has the right to recommend and evaluate, and the right to appoint, remove and adjust salary is in the Civil Affairs Committee.Wang Zhenyu understood at a glance that this was tantamount to assigning the Organization Department to the national government.The bureau chiefs without personnel power and financial power can't integrate themselves and their subordinates through interests except for arranging errands.At the same time, the tenure of these civilian officials is five years, and the contract will be automatically renewed for ten years after 15 years of service; while the tenure of administrative officials is four years. If there is no accident, anyone who becomes the county chief will not affect the daily work of the county government. develop and proceed.Because these civilian officials are only responsible to the parliament, and their superiors only have the power to plan, organize, arrange, and dispatch.

This span is even greater than Wang Zhenyu's own imagination, to the point where the parliament is lawless.

However, the enthusiasm of the parliament cannot be discouraged. Wang Zhenyu revised a few articles, and the rest remained unchanged:

First, the county magistrate is elected by the votes of the county's residents. Those who participate in the election of the county magistrate must form an election team, and the elected director and deputy director can only be selected from the election team.

Second, judicial institutions at the county level, such as the Supervisory Bureau and the courts, are appointed by their superiors (referring to the guarding envoys) and implement vertical leadership.

Third, members of the parliament do not want to have the right to immunity from litigation and judicial immunity, and all illegal acts are supervised by the Supervision Bureau and handed over to the court for handling.

Fourth, above the county level is the provincial assembly, and at the prefectural level there is the guardian envoy or an agency dispatched by the provincial government, so there is no need to set up an assembly.

Fifth, the counties that pay taxes must share the cost of the garrison, and must pay the prescribed taxes according to the types of taxes.

Sixth, members of parliament must assume corresponding social responsibilities, and the specific scope can be chosen by themselves, and arrangements are not mandatory.

Seventh, the speaker is elected once a year, and the most important power of the speaker is to decide the convening and agenda of the meeting.

The businessmen looked at the few items Wang Zhenyu added. Although the intention of restricting the power of the parliament was obvious, it was beyond their imagination to achieve this step, so they also expressed their approval with satisfaction.

Next is a very practical question. There is no free lunch in the world. Our General Wang Zhenyu can hand over the power of county governance to the local government. Naturally, it is not a good deed with good intentions, and it must be rewarded.

After repeated negotiations, Chen Hongji and others put forward their own terms of exchange: "General Wang is really the style of the elders, and he really does serve the people wholeheartedly. Although we are born as traffickers, we don't want to fall behind. If you treat the people in my prefecture and four counties generously, we will naturally repay you a little or two."

The following are the specific conditions:

First, a one-time sponsorship of 100 million yuan in military expenses for the Tiger Brigade to reward the hardworking soldiers;

Second, the land of the four counties bears the daily military expenses of the local garrison. Of course, the garrison is a permanent army, and there is a quota. Specifically, each county does not exceed 3000 troops.

Third, the construction costs of the parliament and the judiciary, and the preparation costs of public schools and hospitals will be settled by the chamber of commerce in installments.

Chapter 074

Now that an agreement was reached, Wang Zhenyu naturally did what he said. On April 4, Wang Zhenyu posted 25 notices at the Garrison Headquarters, clearly stating the political reform proposition of the county governing the county.When the news spread, the entire four counties of Jingzhou Prefecture were shocked by it, and even the head of the Miao Village in the deep mountains rode to the county seat to see the notice.