On August 25, the 11th year of the federal calendar, with the execution of the last corrupt official Changyong, the "July 21 purge" that lasted for more than two years finally came to an end.

In the past two years, more than 400 corrupt officials have been dismissed, and countless officials, large and small, have been affected.

The only one who can be regarded as a winner is probably only Liu Sheng.

In the past two years of purges, officials belonging to his faction have not lost much, and almost no one has been found to be corrupt.

So after the purge, not only did he get his name cleared, but his faction members took advantage of the gap between the corrupt officials being arrested to take the opportunity to take the position, and the power of the faction swelled even more.

And because of this purge activity, the African recovery plan, which had already been put on the agenda, was once again put on hold, and Li Yunfei had to spend energy to stabilize the people's hearts at home and increase his energy to develop economic construction, and the war with foreign countries was once again far away.

On December 23, 11 years of the federal calendar, heavy snowfall.

In the sky of Kyoto, heavy snow like goose feathers begins to drift, bringing the bitter cold of winter here.

This artificial simulation of the changing seasons is both a nostalgic for the past and a preparation for the future.

After all, if the Earth Stagnation Project succeeds, the Earth will be captured by the gravitational pull of the Beiluo Shimen and become a companion star of the Beiluo Shimen - just like the orbit around the sun in the past, it once again has day and night, as well as four seasons of spring and autumn.

The simulated seasons in today's cities are also created because they are afraid that humans will not adapt to the changes of the seasons in the future.

In a quiet courtyard in Kyoto City, Ling'er, who still maintained the appearance of an eighteen-year-old girl, tensed her face and broke straight in from the outside.

When a cultivator reaches her level, it can almost be said that she is forever young.

It's just that there are very few people on the entire earth who have reached her level.

Along the way, many of the servants tried to stop her, but they did not dare to offend the leader's daughter.

They could only follow Ling'er anxiously and nervously and keep persuading. "Miss, you can't go in now! You're embarrassing us. ”

However, the girl, with a stiff face, ignored this, and went straight into a small courtyard on the innermost level, alarming someone who was napping in a rocking chair.

"Hmm...... Is it Ling'er? ”

opened his sleepy eyes, and Li Yunfei, who was still gray-haired, looked at his bulging daughter in front of him, a little curious. "Are you in such a hurry to come to me?"

Because the body needs to be a battery-like existence to maintain the operation of the enchantment, Li Yunfei can only maintain his current old form for the time being.

At this time, he opened his hazy sleepy eyes, stretched his waist, slowly sat up from the rocking chair, looked at his daughter in front of him, and smiled, "Why are you so angry?" It's not pretty anymore. ”

Ling'er was not happy because of his praise, and still had an angry expression. "Dad, why are you sending that kind of document request? It's unreasonable! ”

Li Yunfei was stunned, saw the document in the girl's hand, was silent for a few seconds, and laughed.

"You got it......"

With that, he waved his hand and said to the guards behind the girl, "Go down first, don't come in without my orders." ”

Then wait until everyone respectfully exits. He looked at his daughter in front of him and sighed.

"Ling'er, why are you angry? Such a plan once successful. Isn't it possible to create a beautiful and fair world? Isn't it great that the government of officials can no longer exploit the people wantonly, where officials serve the people, the people are responsible for supervising officials not to make mistakes, and everyone helps each other on an equal footing? ”

The girl frowned, and the papers in her hand clenched even tighter.

She took a deep breath. Looking at his gray-haired father in front of him, he said, "But when the water is clear, there are no fish, and Dad, you expect the officials to put down their power is tantamount to fighting against the entire bureaucracy." Now they obey you, not only because of your great prestige, but also because you can give them power and benefits. ”

"But now you want to detract from them. Expecting them to work diligently is tantamount to asking the horses to run and the horses not to eat grass, how is this possible! ”

Li Yunfei laughed, "I reduce the possibility and channels for them to obtain gray income, so that they no longer have the opportunity to be corrupt, how can I cut off people's money...... Do you have to be corrupt to be an official? What kind of truth is this? And although I have reduced the possibility of them getting gray income, I have increased the channels for them to obtain legitimate benefits, as long as they work hard, they can still get huge benefits, so what's wrong? ”

The girl shook her head helplessly, with a headache, "Dad, although what you said is very reasonable, don't forget, now the officials of the whole country can support you, so your will can be implemented." But once they oppose you, your orders can't even get out of this small courtyard, and in the face of those officials who disobey the yang and the yin, what will you do at that time? ”

Li Yunfei laughed, "I still have the people!" Compared to those officials, the power of the people is infinite. As long as I stand with them and unleash the vast power of the people, what is a mere bureaucracy? ”

Ling'er was speechless, "But Dad, what good is it for you to do this?" Now that the Federation is developing rapidly, everything is on the right track, as long as this trend continues, everyone will definitely be able to live better, why do this kind of thing? ”

Li Yunfei was silent for a few seconds and sighed, "I was the same as you thought before, but in the past two years of hard crackdown, I have seen many things clearly. Today's federation seems to be thriving on the surface, but that's only because the country is still on the rise, so many of its shortcomings have not yet been exposed. ”

"In today's federal government, the bureaucracy has become more and more stable, and the class divisions are becoming more and more obvious. Several families began to emerge and began to gradually control the upward channel. ”

"In the past, the federation was one where those who were able worked harder, those who were able went up, and those who were incapable left...... But that's not the case anymore. ”

"With the support of so-called acquaintances, elders, and families, even those with mediocre talents can quickly climb to a high position, squeezing out the positions that ordinary ordinary talents should have, and this kind of development is absolutely unhealthy."

"Maybe it looks okay now, but what about in a few decades, a few hundred years? When the class of the country is completely fixed and the upward channel of the common people is completely blocked, the world will return to the old era when one or several families jointly controlled the national power and enslaved the masses. ”

"If we don't solve this hidden danger now and eliminate this unhealthy development trend at the root, the future federation will definitely be on the verge of collapse...... Or enter the tragic future of the populace being fooled by the enslavement of the upper classes and helpless. ”

"That kind of future is something I would never want to see."

"Maybe I can't create an absolutely fair world, but at least I want to create a relatively fair country where people are not enslaved and bullied and helpless." (To be continued.) )

PS: Before reading this book, I hope you will remember one sentence - this story is pure fiction, if there are similarities, it is purely a coincidence