Chapter 299: Faith in Tea 3

Speaking of this, Ye Feihua turned her head to look at Tasman.

Ye Feihua paused, and then continued: "The situation of Vorfeis is complicated, the Town Department of the China Association has a long way to go, and the colleagues of the Town Department must stick to their duties, and they must not let the public officials at all levels of the City Lord's Mansion become the objects of fear, hatred, and scolding of the city people, but must design a mechanism and create an environment for the city citizens to compete for public positions at all levels of the City Lord's Mansion, contribute to the construction of the urban area, and at the same time be impartial and law-abiding, and clean themselves." Whether it is a guild or a principality, most of the reasons for its decline and fall are not because of the temple giant rape and evil, but because of the long-term devouring of local officials. The small officials are close to the people, and the hearts of the people are concerned. The petty officials are corrupt and immoral, and for many years, they will surely cause the people's hearts to collapse. Once the people's hearts are ruined, the guild or principality will inevitably have an unstable foundation, but if there is turmoil, it will inevitably collapse. It is not easy to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business, and now that Wofes has completed the unification, whether it is the Chinese Association, or the city lord's mansion in the four urban districts of Wofes, it is necessary to work together, share a share of resources, and make great use of them. โ€

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, Tasman will keep in mind your commands, and will be conscientious and will do his best to implement the strategies formulated by your Excellency." Tasman said.

"The most difficult thing in the world is to care for the people and govern the town. Good work Tasman Master! Ye Feihua owed to Tasman.

"Listening to Lord Ye Feihua's words, I suddenly opened my mouth. The heaviness of my heart for a long time is greatly relieved! Uso sighed.

"Lord Uso cares about the people of the city and serves the public wholeheartedly, I admire it!" Ye Feihua owed to Uso again.

Ye Feihua pondered for a while, then smiled, and quipped: "I don't have such great ambitions as 'for the common people of the world' or 'for the righteousness of the world'. It's a dream of mine to be able to protect the people I want to protect and make their lives comfortable. As for the rest, it would be best not to hurt innocent people, but to bring some blessings to those who want to help themselves. โ€

"Haha! Although Ye Feihua's wish is small, it is a great love and righteousness! Usolang laughed.

"The ability is limited, so it can only be so." Ye Feihua said.

"Lord Ye Feihua, in the past, in the Xiangshan Society, the most troublesome thing for me was the corruption of the city lord's mansion in the northern district of Xiangshan, followed by the ownership of the mine. It is a fact that there are many mines in the northern district of Xiangshan. However, most of the mines only nominally belong to the Xiangshan Society, and their real ownership is not something that the Xiangshan Society can control at will. On the surface, Xiangshan will be the overlord of Ofes for a long time, and his strength is strong. In fact, the Xiangshan Club is nothing more than a famous shell. If the Xiangshan Society really masters many mines, when it competes with Hexiang, the Xiangshan Society will not be short of resources, and the situation will gradually become difficult. Uso said.

"I understand." Ye Feihua smiled faintly and said, "Vofes is a city that relies on mineral resources, and the four urban districts of Vofes are controlled by the guild, which is just the appearance. The fact is that the four districts of Ofes are in the hands of many mine owners and the supporters behind them. The many large and small mine owners, as well as the supporters behind the mine owners, are the real owners of the four districts of Ofis. They, what I call the nobility of Vofรจs. No matter what kind of city you are, I believe that stability is the greatest well-being for the people of the city. So, stability always overrides. It is the most important thing to maintain stability and to appease and win over the people's hearts. The reality is that the people's hearts are just playthings that the noble class can manipulate at will, and they are often easily played with by the noble class. Because, the awe, obedience, and stammering of the noble class are a natural psychology of ordinary city citizens. The noble class often only needed to dip a little crumb from the cake with their fingers and scatter it to make the citizens of the city grateful to Dade, thus capturing a large number of people's hearts. Vofes is directly in the hands of the noble class, so we can only really get Vofes if we get the noble class. We got Vofes by defeating the original noble class of Vofes, but then, we must cultivate a new noble class. We are nominally the rulers of Vofes, but in reality we are nothing more than the spokesmen of the new noble class of Vofez. If we do not serve the new noble class of Ofis, and if we do not have the wholehearted support of the new noble class of Ofis, we will inevitably lose the support of the people. Even if you get it by luck, you will soon lose it. This is the law of nature, the natural law of the competition of all things, no one can circumvent it, no one can change it, it can only be complied with. Now that we are in control of Ofis, and well aware of this truth, the only thing we can do is to give all our wisdom and efforts to implement all kinds of decrees that conform to the trend, to strike a balance between the new noble class of Ofes and the citizens of Ofis, and to guide and urge the new nobles of Ofes to make their due contributions while the new noble class of Ofes can obtain the happiness they want, and to benefit the entire citizens of Ofis, so that the citizens of Ofes can also get the happiness they want. In this way, we can grasp not only the new noble class of Vofes, but also the real popular will of Vofes, and finally achieve real stability within Vofes, and lay a solid foundation for us to resist the sinister storm from the outside. This is the true way of urban governance! I know it's hard, but it's our dream, and we're going to do our best to make it happen. โ€

"What Lord Ye Feihua said is too transparent!" After listening to this, Uso couldn't help but sigh.

Uso was silent for a moment, then laughed at himself, and said, "Before, I was concerned about the people of the city and was in a hurry. Repeated innovations, repeated failures. I guess I know why. โ€

"Any decree can only be carried out smoothly if it has the strong support of the noble class. The process of promulgating the decree is a process of constant struggle with the noble class, constant compromise, and search for balance between all parties. Ye Feihua said.

"Taught!" Uso bowed down to Ye Feihua.

"On an economic level, the current situation at Ofes is that the vast majority of wealth is in the hands of a very small number of large mine owners. A very small number of large mine owners, with the support of some key figures within the guild, grew step by step and became oligarchs. When the oligarchs grab wealth, they are actually grabbing the happiness of the city's citizens. It's like a fertile land, with plenty of moisture, evenly dispersed, and the land is thriving. If someone digs a pit in the land, or even more pits, the water in the land is continuously pumped out and collected in the pit. Keep pumping, keep hoarding. There is more and more water in the pit, and even because of the absorption effect, the water in the land is losing more and more violently, and it is all converging into the pit. If the people who dig the pit rarely give back the water from the pit to the land, then over time, the land will slowly dry up and become barren. The grass and trees on the land will slowly wither. At that time, no matter how much water there is in the pit, it will inevitably become a stagnant water. Wealth has an absorption and amplification effect. The more wealth the oligarchs control, the easier it is to create wealth. When the vast majority of wealth accumulates in the hands of oligarchs, wealth will not sleep, but will only be more effective and more absorbent, so that more and better resources can be grabbed or absorbed and more wealth can be created. Under the effect of absorption and amplification, wealth will be concentrated in the people with more wealth, making the rich stronger, the strong richer, the poor weaker, and the weak poorer, which makes the happiness index of the whole city greatly decrease, making the whole city gradually lose vitality, creativity, and hope, and eventually hinder the progress of the city, hurt the guilds, and hurt the city citizens. Conversely, the less wealth there is, the less likely it is to create it. When wealth becomes more and more equal, and the wealth of each citizen becomes more and more equal, the city will also lose its vitality, creativity, and efficiency. Only when the ratio of the rich people in the city to the ordinary people reaches a balance, and the wealth in the hands of the rich people and the wealth in the hands of ordinary residents reaches a balance, the city will be the most dynamic, the most creative, the most efficient, and the fastest progress. And we need to find a suitable balance between the oligarchs grabbing wealth and the wealth created by the city's citizens. Ye Feihua said.

"Possession is the most vivid manifestation of selfishness. Whether it is an animal, a bird, or even an ant, the essence of life is possession. Possess more, optimize yourself, and continue yourself, which is understandable. However, there is a very bad ethos in Vofes today, and that is to measure success by the amount of possession. This led to a result, Ofes moved up and down the city, and everyone was pursuing profit, only for profit. In particular, many mine owners, large and small, have made unscrupulous acts of disregard for law and discipline for the sake of profit. In fact, the real measure of success should not be how much wealth and opportunity it occupies, but how much wealth and opportunity it creates for the city as a whole. The inhabitants of the four districts of Ofes created a great deal of wealth, but only a small part of it went to the guilds and its citizens, and most of it was stolen by the traditional nobles and the new wealthy. In the face of such a situation, the Chinese Association will surely overcome all obstacles and make thorough reforms. The vision of the Chinese Association is to build Ofes into a fair, transparent, united, harmonious and vibrant city. Ensure that every citizen of Ofis can have a dream and have the right and platform to realize it; Ensure that every citizen who has worked hard and created value can receive the respect and glory he deserves; Let the citizens of Ofes have something to rely on for the old and a place for the young; Let not the good be disgraced, and the diligent be humiliated; Do not make upright noise, honest and fearful; Let every citizen of Ofis be willing to dedicate their diligence and wisdom, let every citizen of Ofis have hope and opportunities, and let every citizen of Ofis enjoy the blessings brought by the development and growth of the China Association and the continuous progress of Ofis. At this time, Yun spoke lightly.

"As Lord Ye Feihua and Lord Yun Dan said, it is really the blessing of Vofes, and I am pleased! On behalf of the 1.5 million citizens of Wolfis, I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to the two adults and to the Chinese Association! Uso bowed to Ye Feihua, and then bowed lightly to Yun.

"Now Wofes and the Chinese are in the same breath and share weal and woe, this is all our business, and you don't need to be polite!" Ye Feihua hurriedly replied.

"Then there's the education aspect. Universal education is an important measure for the benefit of urban residents. I also had thoughts, but I couldn't put them into action because of reality. There is a lack of both methods and support. Uso said.

"I know that there are some guilds where there are voices within that are against education. After all, foolishness is good for maintaining the rulership. However, such an obstacle to progress is like drinking a donkey to quench thirst, and it is the ruler himself who will eventually be poisoned. Ye Feihua said.