Although many foreigners in later generations said that the Chinese people were not free, because the level of government management was too low, and it was directly managed to the townships, this is unimaginable in many foreign countries. And in doing so, everything has to be managed, which is called unfreedom. Moreover, there are many people who have listened to the nonsense of these foreigners, and quite a few people think that the level of government management is too low, so the people are not free and the people are oppressed. However, many people do not realize that the management level is low, although it seems that the organization will be bloated and the government has many civil servants, but it can concentrate all kinds of forces in the private sector.

The experience of various dynasties in ancient times has taught many people that if the government does not directly manage down to the township level, then in the end it can only be the end of this vacant power that can be occupied by landlords and gentry or some local tyrants in towns and villages. And all of these people have their own armed forces, and they can rely on their own armed forces to prey on the people. If the landlords and squires were allowed to occupy this level, it would only allow some people to gain benefits, but the vast majority of the people would be mermaids. And if the landlords, squires or local tyrants have their own armed forces, then the division of the country is imminent. Therefore, only a lower level of management can avoid the factor of national division.

Now, Chen Fei is also following the experience of later generations and suggesting that the Tang Dynasty can continue to decentralize the level of government management, so that although there will be many more officials, it can bring greater benefits. At least they can gradually remove the mass base of those big families, they have no way to directly manage the masses, and the government can also directly face the people, so that they don't have to go through the mouthpieces of the big families. These great families are unreliable, and as the people who directly manage the people, they will certainly want to benefit from them. And if the government directly faces the people, it is much better than those big families who directly manage it. Because the officials of the government do not have a family in the local area, they will not exploit the local people for the sake of the family.

"Your Majesty. If we directly decentralize the management level to the villages, the number of officials will rise rapidly. In this way, can our court provide so much financial resources to support so many officials who are not engaged in production? Our imperial court simply does not have the strength to feed so many officials, after all, our financial resources are limited, if we directly spread all over the world, then I am afraid that how much money is not enough to invest in this bottomless pit! Fang Xuanling asked first.

Of course, Fang Xuanling knew that if the whole world was rolled out to realize the arrival of officials in the townships, the number of officials who were not engaged in production would increase dramatically, and the state finances would not be able to support it at all. After all, the reason why the management level was not delegated to the township in ancient times was that financial resources were also an important reason. Every time officials were delegated to one level, the consequence was that the number of officials increased exponentially, so that the wages and expenses of the state for these officials increased exponentially. This brings redundancy. And redundant officials are very afraid of every dynasty. The ancients paid attention to "small government", and avoided bloated institutions as much as possible, and did not set up so many officials, which was actually the consensus of many ancient officials. However, Chen Fei's proposal broke this consensus, obviously to make Datang a bloated institution.

"Hehe, this guy Chen Fei also knows this. But he also said that although we can limit the normal number of officials, we may not be able to limit the number of scribes! Our Datang has just opened the country, and the population is not large. But once the population was restored. Naturally, there were a lot of scribes to help with government affairs. You must know that these are all people who are paid by the imperial court, so why not the imperial court is spending? Instead of concentrating those scribes in the state and county level of the government, it is better to let them really go down to the lower levels to help the imperial court control the people. Li Shimin said.

Of course, Li Shimin knew that in addition to the official officials of the imperial court, there were many scribes. These scribes were employed by the government. Therefore, although the number of officials can be limited, the number of scribes cannot be limited. Moreover, these scribes are concentrated in the state and county level of the government, but they have not been able to really go down to the bottom to help the government seize the rights of the people at the grassroots level, which is equivalent to a waste of manpower. If you can decentralize these scribes to the level of the townships below. In this way, ordinary scribes can have the effect of helping the court to capture the people.

"If you just send these scribes down to help the court manage the people, then everything will not be too much extra. But this is also a decentralization! Fang Xuanling said.

Fang Xuanling's meaning is also obvious, if the first floor of the township is established. Then I'm afraid the next step is to decentralize some of the powers. I'm afraid this is also different from the country's centralized thinking, so Fang Xuanling is a little confused. In ancient times, it was all about centralization, and there was even some possibility of overkill. Therefore, the establishment of townships in this way is tantamount to decentralization of power, which is obviously Fang Xuanling has some doubts.

"No, as long as we grasp the military power, personnel power, and financial power, it won't be too much of a problem!" Li Shimin said.

As for the eldest grandson Wuji, he immediately said: "Then it depends on the opposition of the family, if we directly set up a township government, if we don't sleep first, whether the financial resources can bear it, then I am afraid that we will all be rebounded by the family!" ”

If the family knew that the imperial court had set up this township-level government, it would inevitably rebound, and there was no need to think about it at all. The government wants to move their cake, so they don't object to it. Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji is also very worried, if all the townships are implemented in the future, what will happen?

"So, Your Majesty, let's hold it off!" Fang Xuanling said helplessly.

But the eldest grandson Wuji immediately asked, "Fang Qiao, where is your ass sitting?" ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, don't ask me about this matter, I really can't help it." What do you want me to do? ”

"Hey, forget it, Xuan Ling, it's not difficult for you!" Li Shimin said.

And only insiders know what Fang Xuanling means by this. Fang Xuanling was very hesitant in his heart now, and he didn't know what he should choose. On one side is the monarch to whom he is loyal, and on the other side is the forces behind him, and he is very embarrassed. (To be continued......)