readx; Chapter 495 Administrative Reform

"I don't think it's better to do this! The military has now occupied Liberia in Africa, and for the time being, it will only exist as our colony, so we need a strong governor to govern it, Xu Jixiang was originally the political commissar of the Third Marine Division, and it is convenient to communicate with the garrison there, and his strong personality is also suitable for the administrative management of the colony, so let him be the governor of Liberia! And Tang Shaoyi, just hand over the post of governor of Jiaozhou Province to him!"

After listening to his words, everyone pondered for a moment, and then nodded at the same time. Tang Shaoyi served as the governor of Jiaozhou Province www.biquge.info Xu Jixiang served as the governor of the Liberian colony, which is indeed a good way to solve the problem.

"Alright, let's move on to the next topic!"

After a pause, "In the early stage, there was a lack of consideration in the planning of the American territories, which caused a lot of administrative losses, and this time it will be rectified together." Originally, all the administrative units at the prefectural level in the 14 provinces and one municipality were abolished, and the administrative units at the county level were replanned!"

"Whoa......!"

Hearing this, the ministers in the small conference room were in an uproar, you must know that in the first dozen or so provinces such as Youzhou Province and Jizhou Province, almost every province had about 20 prefecture-level administrative units, adding up to more than 100, and now all of them have been abolished, which means that more than 100 prefectures and nearly 2,000 officials will all be abandoned.

This is even more shocking than the beginning of the division of the American Territory.

"Prime Minister, why is that? Although many of the provincial administrative units in the American Territory are not worthy of their names. But there are not too many corresponding officials. Moreover, now that there is an armistice in the Americas, the next time is the time for great development. With our abundant human resources, we believe that these places will soon be able to develop. Rather than re-establish the prefecture-level division at that time, it is better to keep it now!"

After listening to Huo Tian's words, the other people around him also nodded in agreement.

"I know what you think, but unfortunately this is Xiaoshan's decision, and I can't change it!"

"Young Master's decision!" Looking at the trace of bitterness on Huang Sheng's face, everyone around couldn't help but be surprised.

Since the establishment of the Huojia Military Administration. Huo Shan rarely directly interfered in Huo Jiajun's government affairs, and occasionally asked about some things, and listened to their opinions. But I don't listen to anyone's opinion like now. It is too rare to enforce an administrative order, or even directly operate on Huo Jiajun's administrative system, and sometimes it is not even encountered once a year.

"yes, if I hadn't persuaded me this time. It is estimated that he still wants to abolish all the administrative units at the prefectural level under the jurisdiction of the People's Army! You also know Xiaoshan's temperament, and what he decides will never change. It is estimated that when the Americas are stabilized, the reform of the administrative system of all the People's Army territories in the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean will continue, and the administrative units at the provincial level will be abolished.

After listening to Huang Sheng's words, everyone's hearts sank, and the abolition of the administrative units at the provincial level was a huge blow to the factions they operated.

But now it's done. It is impossible for anyone to change the young master's decision, so now the only way to prepare is to prepare as soon as possible.

"Young Master. Why did you do that?" Huo Dian asked the doubts in everyone's minds.

Hearing this, Huang Sheng also shook his head with a little regret, "I don't know very well, and Xiaoshan didn't say much!"

Then there was silence again.

Of course, what they don't know is that in fact, at the beginning of the establishment of Huo Jiajun, Huo Shan did not want to set up an administrative division at the level of the prefecture, and he knew that the four-level administrative system of provinces, counties, towns, townships (villages) was the most reasonable. However, when Huo Jiajun was first established, the most important thing was to gain a firm foothold, and the mature political system of the Qing government was also more acceptable, so Huo Shan did not object.

However, Huo Shan knew very well what a burden the five-level administrative system was, which meant that the Huo family army and people had to support thousands more officials, and even with the expansion of the Huo family's territory, this number would rise rapidly.

If there is only one or two hundred of these thousands of officials, as long as there are one or two hundred people who commit corruption and crimes, the harm caused to society will be much more serious than murder and robbery.

Therefore, when Huo Shan began to consult the files of the Huo Family Military Government in the provinces and cities of the Americas, he was taken aback when he saw that there were nearly 20,000 officials in the Huo Family Army, so he also strengthened his determination to reform the control of the Huo Family Army.

Now that Huo Jiajun has just been established for six years, with his prestige, it is not too difficult to do this reform that challenges almost the entire officialdom order, and it is not so easy to turn around after Huo Jiajun swallows up the Qing government. At that time, I don't know how much chaos will be born.

Therefore, this reform of the administrative system of the Huo Jiajun is imperative for Huo Shan, and no one can change it.

"Prime Minister, how does the young master plan to reform?" After a long silence, Rong Hong began to ask. To be honest, he neither opposes nor agrees with the control reform, but the premise is to ensure the stability of the Huo family's army and not cause chaos.

Hearing this, the attention of others was once again on Huang Sheng.

"According to the decision of Xiaoshan, the delimitation of the administrative level will be determined according to the number of people, with less than 2,000 people being villages, and less than 5,000 people being townships, and townships are half a level higher than villages. Then more than 5 and less than 20 townships with a population of more than 50,000 can be merged into a township, and more than 50,000 people and less than 200,000 people belong to the township. If the combined population of more than 5 or more than 20 townships is more than 500,000 and less than 3 million, it can be a county. And the county is the province!"

"What if the population exceeds 3 million?" Although there are a few cities in the world with a population of more than 3 million, there are not many cities that will increase with the economy and the population.

"If the population exceeds 3 million, a provincial city will be established, which can also be called a county!" Huang Shengdao.

"County?" Everyone is familiar with this administrative division that often appears in the Three Kingdoms and the Sui and Tang dynasties, but they didn't expect it to appear in the internal administrative planning of the Huo Jiajun this time.

"Counties, why don't you just set up municipalities?"

Hearing Rong Hong's words, everyone also nodded in agreement.

However, Huang Sheng didn't know why, so he couldn't answer, so he could only block everyone's mouths with a sentence "Xiaoshan decided this way!".

Of course, Huoshan also has its own considerations for setting up such an administrative system.

Although he did not know how many people he could bring after he eliminated more than half a century of turmoil from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, with the Chinese people's habit of paying attention to the inheritance of many children and grandchildren.

But he knew that after the founding of New China and the absence of the threat of hunger and war, the Chinese population had doubled in just thirty years, and without the control of family planning, two billion would be possible in 50 years.

It is conceivable that now he has opened up so much land for the reproduction of the Chinese nation in Nanyang and in the Americas, and under the conditions of a more relaxed living environment, even if the medical level is much backward, the mortality rate is higher, and the average life expectancy is lower, the population growth rate is far less terrifying than later, but in 30 years, I am afraid that the current Chinese population will double, or even more.

At that time, I am afraid that cities with a population of more than three million will not be one or two, but a dozen, or even dozens, will appear. At that time, it was naturally impossible to establish them as municipalities again.

In addition to the great historical significance (Chang'an, Beiping), or the strategic place (Chongqing-Qing, and now the southernmost control of the Africa-Oceania route within the Huojia Army, as well as the southern metropolis of the Indian Ocean, that is, the original Timor Island), and cities with special political missions (such as Shenzhen, which was established after the reform and opening up), other cities with large populations and economically developed cities cannot become municipalities directly under the central government.

For example, Qing-Island is to Shan-Dong, Luo-Yang is to He-Nan, and many other examples can be seen in this.

Therefore, the existence of the county now also belongs to Huoshan's precautions.

At this time, after listening to Huang Sheng's words, the ministers of the Huo Family's Military Administration Yuan also became silent. But from Huang Sheng's description just now, they can hear that from the establishment of the Huo Jiajun six years to the present, the biggest and most important regulatory reform has begun.

At that time, not only will all the prefecture-level administrative units be abolished, but I am afraid that even the current county-level administrative units will also have to be abolished. Nearly half of the township level will also need to be abolished, or the village level at the bottom will need to be maintained. But even so, the officials of the entire Huo Family Army will be reduced by more than half.

It is conceivable what kind of earthquake this reform will cause within the Huojia Military Administration Yuan once it is implemented.

"Prime Minister, what about Yingzhou, Abbot, and the Caribbean Special Administrative Region? Once such a reform is implemented, I am afraid that within these three provincial-level administrative units, there may not even be a single town!" asked Luo Zhenlu, Minister of Land and Resources, and Minister of Culture.

According to the regulations of the administrative reform just now, the population requirement at the town level is between 50,000 and 200,000, but among the three provinces, there are only a handful of islands with a population of more than 20,000.

"Such a situation, Xiaoshan has already thought about it. All provinces and islands under the control of the People's Army, if the population exceeds 10,000, they will all be set up as towns! If there are more than 200,000, they will be set up as counties!" Huang Sheng did not say anything later, of course, the meaning was already very obvious. (To be continued......)

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