For Mojia Village, the villagers' meeting was held recently, and all the materials have been prepared.

"Dangdang!"

As the call sounded, the villagers quickly gathered in Mozi Square.

When the villagers saw that there were two more positions behind the rostrum, they didn't think it was unusual, and the arrival of nobles in Mojia Village today had already spread throughout the village.

And the formal Li Shimin and Li Chengqian made by these two positions, Li Shimin is the prince after all, and he is the successor elected by Li Shimin, such a novel governance method as the Mojia Village Villagers' Assembly, Li Shimin naturally let Li Chengqian observe, and although Li Tai was favored, he was not allowed, but stayed aside to take care of Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang.

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian looked at the backbone of Mojia Village on the rostrum in front of them, and couldn't help nodding.

"This year, Mojia Village spent 103,000 yuan in wages, 67,000 yuan in taxes, and .................. in material expenses," Li Yi, as the village head, was the first to speak, announcing the expenditure status of the whole village.

A series of huge numbers made Li Shimin thoroughly understand the true potential of Mojia Village, and the salary alone was 103,000 yuan, and it was evenly distributed to each person, which was at least six guan yuan, nearly 500 wen per month, and 500 wen per month in Datang, which was very little, and the income of six guan yuan was much more than the income of farming.

Not to mention, he also paid a tax of 60,000 yuan to the imperial court, although it is much lower than last year, but considering the crisis in Mojia Village this year, it is already commendable.

Sure enough, Li Yi said: "After spending 50,000 national bonds in the total year, and occupying the deposit of 50,000 yuan from the dealers who understand the worries, plus the money donated by you, the actual loss is about 130,000 yuan. ”

The villagers were in an uproar, the crisis in Mojia Village had passed at this moment, no one thought that Li Yi would take the initiative to resign, Li Shimin also looked at Merton with interest, wondering how he would deal with it.

Merton frowned, and said with a slight sigh: "Uncle Li! There are many problems in the crisis in Mojia Village, and the main responsibility does not lie with you. ”

Li Yi insisted: "As the village head, no matter what the reason, the old man cannot escape the blame. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but nod, and couldn't help but glance at Li Yigao, Li Yi was indeed to blame for this matter.

Merton nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then Uncle Li will be fined a year's salary, as for the resignation, I think the villagers have more say than me, then please vote by secret ballot to decide whether Uncle Li will stay or not." ”

"Secret ballot!"

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian glanced at each other, and their hearts moved, and the villagers decided whether the village chief would go or stay, and this was the first time they had heard of this kind of official appointment.

In the past, most of the officials in any imperial court were directly appointed by the imperial court and superiors, but there was never a saying that the bottom determined the upper positions, but Li Shimin was the first emperor of the ages, and instantly thought of the benefits of this method, so that if the village chief was unpopular or had a bad reputation, the people could directly oust him from power, so how could the village chief not fulfill his duties.

"Sure enough, there are some doorways!" Li Shimin was very interested, since ancient times, it has been the norm for officials to deceive and conceal their superiors, and the implementation of this law is up to the people to decide whether officials will stay or not, and how dare officials oppress the people.

However, when I thought of what Murton just said, I couldn't help but shake my head bitterly, this method is indeed good, but it is really as Merton said, I am afraid it is really a strategy to govern the village.

"Voting begins!"

With Han Zheng's loud shout, representatives of thousands of households in Mojia Village came one after another, and the ballot box in front of Han Zheng.

Soon, thousands of votes were counted, and after Han Zheng carefully checked them, he said loudly: "The number of people in this villager meeting is 1,110, and the votes are 1,100, of which a total of 826 people support Li Yi, a total of 174 people oppose it, 10 people abstain, more than half of the number of supporters, Li Yi's resignation is invalid!" ”

"Thank you for your trust, the old man deserves it." Li Yi was moved, he didn't expect that so many people would support him.

Morton said softly: "Uncle Li sees the merits of Mojia Village in his eyes, how can he understand, and I hope that Uncle Li will continue to take on important responsibilities." ”

"It will live up to your expectations!" Li Yi arched his hand.

Li Chengqian shook his head disappreciatively, so it seems fair but there is a shortcoming, that is, if a strong man is in power, wouldn't he be able to be re-elected forever, so the tail is too big, and I am afraid it is not suitable for the interests of the imperial court.

Li Shimin also noticed this, and couldn't help but show a thoughtful look.

Merton suddenly got up and said: "At the time of last year's conference, I strongly persuaded Uncle Li to serve as the village chief for one year, and now after a year, since the villagers support Uncle Li, I hereby announce the appointment of Li Yi as the head of Mojia Village. ”

"Thank you, young master!" Li Yi bowed.

Morton continued: "According to the village rules of Mojia Village, the term of office of the head of Mojia Village is three years, and it is re-elected every three years, with a maximum of two terms, and the maximum age during the term shall not exceed sixty, and Li Yi is the first village head of Mojia Village!" ”

"Village rules!"

"The term of office is three years and can be renewed once."

"The maximum age is not more than sixty years."

Li Chengqian's heart suddenly dawned on him, it turned out that Morton had already thought of a countermeasure, and the term of office system and the age limit were implemented at the same time, and the hidden danger of the elected village chief being too big to be eliminated suddenly disappeared invisibly.

"Wonderful!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, just like the court, most of them are iron-clad thrones, flowing prime ministers, one of the biggest reasons is to avoid threatening the imperial power, as an emperor often needs to use the prime minister, but also to prevent the prime minister, once the prime minister's prestige is too high, he will even suppress it.

However, if the term system and age limit are introduced, in this way, the prime minister will be automatically rotated when it expires, so that the name of the monarch and the minister can be preserved, and the power of the prime minister can be avoided, and the prime minister can plan carefully during the term of office, without worrying about the status of the person and the death of the government.

"The stones of other mountains can attack jade, and today I really didn't run in vain!" Li Shimin took a deep breath and said.

I saw Merton continue: "Next, commend some representatives of the younger generation, Tie Ping, Yu Er, and Mo Da ......."

As for the villagers' meeting later, Li Shimin did not stop paying attention, but lowered his head and pondered, suddenly enlightened for a while, and frowned for a while.

It wasn't until the end of the villagers' meeting that Li Shimin suddenly woke up.

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"Let's go back to the palace!"

Li Shimin saw that it was not early, so he ended today's inspection, he was only going to be in Mojia Village for a morning, but unconsciously, a day had passed.

, the entrance of Mojia Village

"Father!" Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi looked at the Mojia Village in the depths of the back, and said reluctantly.

"The two highnesses can come often in the future, and Mojia Village will definitely welcome you!" Merton said, the next time they come, if there is no Li Shimin, I am afraid that Princess Changle will definitely accompany him, I don't know what's going on, it has become more and more difficult for him to meet Princess Changle recently.

Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi stepped into the carriage at this time.

"The ink skills of Mojia Village are really magical, Brother Mo will wait for me to discuss ink skills another day!" Li Tai said excitedly, today's trip opened his eyes, and he was more interested in ink skills, taking the greenhouse as an example, it seemed to be quite related to his Kuodi Zhi, which gave him a lot of new ideas.

"Wechen is honored!" Merton bowed and said, it seems that Li Tai has gone further and further on the road of learning.

Li Chengqian also arched his hand and stepped into the carriage.

"The strategy of governing the village is really good!" Li Shimin gave a perfunctory admiration under Merton's expectant gaze, stepped into the carriage and drove away.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Merton was not disappointed, he was happy, Li Shimin had never given him a good face, and it was already a very high evaluation to be able to have the words good.

The carriage drove east along the six lanes, and soon reached the intersection, turned, and galloped all the way to Chang'an City.

Through the glass of the new-style carriage, Li Shimin looked at the Mojia Village that was gradually moving away, thinking about the experience of today's day, there was a feeling of entering a paradise, everything in Mojia Village was unique, but people couldn't help but indulge in it.

"It deserves to be the first village in the world."

Li Shimin said with a smile.