Chapter 362: Rulers
Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~
"Metropolitan Governor, as far as I know, this Feng Baotian's ability is wrong, except that the shelf is a little big on weekdays, and his official reputation in Changshu is not bad." After Huang Zongxi got into the carriage, he said to Luo Jian.
"Hehe, Brother Taichong, I won't tell you, what I usually hate the most is that the officials put on a stinky shelf in front of the people, which seems to be a show, but in essence, they don't realize the relationship between the officials and the people, so they regard themselves as the parents of the people, and the people as their own people. These officials are often arrogant in front of their subordinates and the people, and they are often groveling and servile in front of their superiors. ”
Luo Jian said this with a little anger, but more of a helplessness. In fact, there are countless such officials in his own time and space, once Luo Jian went home on vacation to take the bus to run errands, and was stopped by the traffic police and stopped on the side of the road when he walked to the halfway bus, Luo Jian saw several police cars followed by two small cars whistling by, thinking that it was a leader of the central government who came up, but he heard the person next to him say that it was the newly appointed secretary of the city who went to the following districts and counties to inspect the work.
Luo Jian didn't know why it was necessary for the secretary to go to his own jurisdiction to inspect the work in such a large formation, and he didn't know what real things could be seen in such a large formation, but Luo Jian knew that this secretary was definitely not a good official, and then the secretary quickly went in to confirm Luo Jian's guess.
"Governor, these officials are all appointed from above, and the officials appointed from above can listen to the opinions of the people below. This is the fundamental reason why officials are only at the top, not at the bottom. Listened to Luo Jian's words. Huang Zongxi also sighed and said.
Huang Zongxi's words made Luo Jian fall into deep thought. Democratic elections are obviously unrealistic in this era, not to mention that the democratic consciousness has just sprouted in this era, even if 99% of the people are illiterate, and the Western democratic system is not suitable for use in this era.
Now Lu Zhenfei, who is upright, is in control of the Organization Department, and he can basically conduct in-depth and detailed investigations on the appointment and dismissal of officials above the provincial level, and it is a little difficult to go down, the country is so big, Lu Zhenfei can't take care of it even if he has three heads and six arms.
Luo Jian knows that the rule of a country's officials is related to the foundation of national construction. Now that the country has basically been laid down, how to govern the country well, there is no way to rely on a few cabinet members such as Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and a lot of work has to rely on these officials at the grassroots level to do a lot of work.
Luo Jian thought of the famous Zhang Juzheng examination method during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Luo Jian had carefully studied it, in fact, many measures in the examination method are very good, and the key is to use actual results to examine an official.
Zhang Juzheng's examination method occupies an extremely important position in Zhang Juzheng's reform, and the results achieved are also extremely obvious, if it were not for Zhang Juzheng's premature death, the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty was not an empty word.
At present, the Nanjing government attaches more importance to personal integrity in the management of officials. For example, the measures of public disclosure of assets are aimed at this point, but there is no complete set of institutional things for the evaluation of officials in terms of actual performance.
It seems that Zhang Juzheng's examination method can only be revised and improved now. If a set of long-term and effective systems can be formed, the normal development of the country can be guaranteed for at least a long time.
"Passing the test..."Luo Jian muttered as he thought.
"The Metropolitan Governor thought of Zhang Ge Lao's test method?" Huang Zongxi saw that Luo Jian had a word, and asked beside him.
"Yes, all dynasties and generations in our Chinese history have their own set of methods for the assessment of officials, but many of them are mere formalities in the end, but Zhang Gelao's examination method is the most outstanding of these assessment methods." Luo Jian said with emotion.
"Governor, I think these methods of assessing officials are all top-down, can we consider bottom-up?" Huang Zongxi said.
Huang Zongxi's statement made Luo Jian a little surprised, but it was not surprising, as a thinker in another time and space, if Huang Zongxi did not have a little idea of his own, it would be abnormal, not to mention that he was the editor-in-chief of "China Daily", and he had the most contact with ideological things.
Bottom-up methods also existed in Luo Jian's time and space, such as mass recommendation, mass supervision, democratic evaluation, public announcement, etc., but Luo Jian believes that most of these methods are mere formalities, and the results achieved are not good.
But in this era, these methods may achieve some results at the beginning of implementation, but they will basically become a formality in the future, and Luo Jian believes that this is the inevitable result.
Although Huang Zongxi has a lot of contact with the Nanjing government, he himself is not a government official, and his understanding of some things in the officialdom is not deep.
For example, Huang Zongxi suggested that when inspecting the chief officials of a county, they should go deep into the people to listen to their official voices, and if a certain percentage of the people think that they are incompetent, they should be simply dismissed.
This kind of thinking is good, but it is very difficult to do in practice, not to mention that the officials, as local local snakes, have a better understanding of the local people's feelings and public opinion than they were sent by their superiors, nor do they say what small actions they will take, but only that according to the overall quality of the people at present, even if they know the situation, it will be very one-sided and untrue.
It's not too far from Changshu County, and it's not too far to talk about it all the way.
"Brother Taichong, you go to the banquet, I'll go around Changshu City, and we'll rush to Shanghai early tomorrow morning." Before getting out of the car, Luo Jian said to Huang Zongxi.
"Shopkeeper, isn't that okay?" Huang Zongxi said with some hesitation.
"That's it, you know I don't like that kind of occasion, there are so many restaurants on the street, and you're still worried that I'm hungry?" Luo Jian said with a smile.
Before coming out, Liu Lan took tens of thousands of yuan and handed it to the lock pillar, asking him to take care of Luo Jian on the road, relying on the government's business trip subsidy, it is estimated that he can only eat noodles in one meal.
Although Changshu is only a small county seat, the county town is very lively, although it is almost dinner time, there are still many pedestrians on the street.
After Luo Jian found a relatively clean inn and settled down, he took the lock post and a few guards dressed as entourage to wander around the street casually, and saw that there were people coming and going in a restaurant, and the business was very good, Luo Jian and the others walked straight in.
Seeing that Luo Jian and the others were not small, a shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, "Guest officer, you are the big boss at first glance, please upstairs?" ”
Luo Jian glanced at the lobby and saw that the table was still empty, "Let's sit in the lobby." ”
Seeing that Luo Jian was only sitting in the lobby, the guy's eyes showed a trace of disdain, but he didn't say anything, and led Luo Jian and his party to a table by the window and sat down.
"Suozhu, I'm having a treat today, you pay for it, everyone can order whatever they want to eat!" Luo Jian said with a smile.
Although Luo Jian and his entourage were dressed as businessmen, a few big men still attracted the attention of many customers in the store, and the noisy store just now was much quieter.
The lock pillar ordered a few more affordable dishes and asked the store to prepare.
Seeing that Luo Jian and his entourage also sat down quietly, the sound of talking in the store began to increase again.
"I said Brother Li, this year's grain harvest is bumper, and your grain store doesn't have more grain?" The guests at the next table also looked like a few businessmen.
"Alas, don't mention it, I thought that this year would be a good year, with a bumper harvest of grain, and we would also sell some grain to the north, but how do we know that the government has set the minimum grain price in an official document, and there will be no profit if we want to sell grain." The grain store owner said with some regret.
"According to me, let's do these monopoly sales, why don't you pool your money to set up a factory in Shanghai County, and I heard that there will be tax exemption for three years." Another man who looked like a small boss said.
"With our little belongings, what kind of factory can we run? A few days ago, I asked someone to sum it up, and it costs thousands of yuan to set up a small vermicelli factory. The grain store owner said.
Luo Jian also heard it, if it was a big boss, where would he eat in this lobby?
Seeing that a few people said that they wanted to set up a factory, Luo Jian came to some interest, he sat on a stool alone, moved the stool, and also came to the side of a few people.
"You want to open a factory? That's a good thing! Luo Jian said.
"This big brother, a good thing is a good thing, but we don't have enough money, it's a pity to see that Shanghai County has such a good opportunity, and it's a pity to be so wrong." The grain store owner looked at Luo Jian and saw that he didn't look like a bad person, so he said.
"If you don't have enough money, you can go to the bank to pay for the goods?" Luo Jian asked with some confusion.
"What do you mean by payment?" The small boss on the opposite side asked.
"Even if you go to the bank to borrow money, the interest rate will definitely be slightly higher than saving money, but you can solve the urgent need." Luo Jian said with a smile.
"Can I borrow money from the bank? We really don't know. The grain store owner said.
"If the interest rate is too high, we won't be able to pay it back, and we don't know if the factory can make money." The boss on the other side shook his head, still skeptical.
"Now go to Shanghai County to set up a factory tax-free, there must be a profit in running a factory, but what is the borrowing method to borrow money from the bank, we really don't understand, do you know this old brother?" The grain store owner asked.
"It's also easy to borrow money, for example, you can borrow money with your grain store as collateral, if you can't pay it back when it expires, you can also apply to the bank for an extension, and the interest is not high, only one or two points higher than the interest on saving money." Luo Jian patiently explained to a few people.
"This big brother has seen the world at a glance, and the Tao in this knows so clearly, thank you, tomorrow we will go to the bank to try, if this opportunity is missed, I don't know when it will be." Said the small boss opposite.
"You're welcome, everyone is a businessman, everyone eats when there is food, and everyone makes money when they have money." Luo Jian said with a smile.
At the beginning, the policy of giving Shanghai County three years of tax exemption was decided by Luo Jian and Shi Kefa after discussion, China will definitely develop into a maritime power in the future, in Luo Jian's time and space, under such poor conditions, Shanghai has developed into an international metropolis, and now the situation is so good, Luo Jian does not believe that after hundreds of years of development, Shanghai will not become a larger international metropolis.
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