Lu Chen looked at Fu Huan and asked softly, "Liangyu, when I was in Yuzhou before, you often visited the counties of Yuzhou with me, and with your talent, you should know about the operation of the grassroots government institutions of my Great Xia Dynasty, right?" ”

Fu Huan nodded.

"Basically."

Although Fu Huan and Gu Simiao are both powerhouses in the One Realm and have been in high positions at a young age, in essence, they are still very different.

Gu Simiao's martial arts are proficient and he is a commander, while Fu Huan is a saint and martial arts double cultivator, not a pure martial artist.

When she was in the Holy Realm, she was not only the commander of the Xuanwu Guard, but sometimes she also had to assist the Cangming Holy King in handling government affairs, and she was a civil and military all-rounder in the true sense, so when she was serving Lu Chen in Yuzhou, she learned a lot more from Lu Chen's unique way of governing than Fang Yu's half-baked protégés.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then you should know that in the land of a county, the civil affairs within a radius of more than two hundred miles, its power is almost in the hands of the county commander. ”

Fu Huan nodded again.

There's nothing hard to understand about that.

Although the county order is only a seven-rank sesame official, as far as the place is concerned, the power is terrifying, and the emperor is far away, and he can even be called the emperor of the soil.

But this has been the case for thousands of years, and she doesn't think there's anything out of the ordinary.

Gu Simiao glanced at Lu Chen and said softly, "Huaiyu, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"Of course, there are problems."

Lu Chen said without hesitation.

Fu Huan subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said lightly: "The authority of the local county order is too great, and it has never been a good thing for the local people or the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, the two couldn't help but be stunned, and then frowned at the same time, with a puzzled look on their faces.

"Why do you say that?"

Lu Chen naturally knew that he had many concepts that he took for granted, and these original inhabitants of Zhongzhou who were similar to the ancients in his concept did not have them.

So he patiently explained: "In my Great Xia Dynasty, the official rank of the county order is only seven grades, but it has the power of criminal name Qiangu, prison lawsuit, public security, tax collection, forced labor, and education, and the political power itself, to put it bluntly, is the legislative, executive, and judicial powers. ”

"Moreover, although the county decree does not have legislative power, it has the right to interpret the law, and sometimes the law issued by the imperial court can be interpreted according to its own needs to achieve a certain purpose."

Speaking of this, he sighed inexplicably.

"In the land of a county, the affairs of 100,000 people are decided by the county order, life and death are taken away, so the power is in hand, thousands of well-being are tied to one, and the future of many people is between their thoughts, and the risk is so great."

Hearing this, Fu Huan immediately fell into deep thought, and even Gu Simiao thought about it seriously.

As the former governor of Huangzhou, her duty is to defend against the enemy, so although she holds military and political power, she does not interfere much in the civil affairs of Huangzhou, but according to her past experience, she allows the county government to be autonomous, as long as the local government can complete the designated goals and tasks.

So Lu Chen's words were quite surprising to her.

Although she is a martial artist, she is not just a general, but a general, and she is still quite interested in Lu Chen's novel remarks.

Moreover, even if she was not interested in the past, now she wants to try to touch the way of helping the world that Lu Chen majored in.

At this time, Lu Chen said again: "At the same time, because I am a cultivator in Great Xia, and many monks are bent on preaching and ascending, and they are bent on cultivating mysteries, and there are no people in their hearts, how can we talk about governing the country and securing the people?" For example, Lord Xia Yanxia cherishes the people like this, and he can't find much in the entire Great Xia. ”

As soon as these words came out, Fu Huan and Gu Simiao's faces couldn't help but be a little weird.

They are also cultivators, seeking immortals and preaching... It's a matter of course......

However, after Lu Chen said this, a strange feeling slowly appeared in their hearts.

Lu Chen's meaning was obvious, cultivators, or monks who were bent on ascending to the Tao, were not suitable to be officials.

After all, if the county magistrate, who is concerned about the well-being of all the people and has important responsibilities, only has cultivation in his heart, he will not care about the life and death of the people, prosperity and development, and naturally there is no way to talk about it.

Such an official, even if he does not embezzle, abuses the people, or colludes with the people, is of little use to the imperial court, and even less good to the people.

The court gave you the power to be an official, counting on you to govern the place well, after all, the food of the king bears the worries of the king, but as a result, you don't do, and you still occupy the pit and don't, can this be a good thing?

Thinking of this, the two of them frowned almost at the same time, and then looked at Lu Chen with some concern.

Lu Chen's words... Although there is nothing wrong with what is said, it ...... As an official of the imperial court, isn't it bad to question the national policy of the Great Xia Dynasty so much......

Of course, they didn't object to Lu Chen's remarks, but... This kind of talk is not suitable for too many people to hear, at least not too many people now, after all... This has been a national policy for thousands of years, but it is a major matter related to the interests of the world's sects, families, wealthy families, and gentry......

If so many people's dim sum is moved, not everyone can bear the rolling torrent in the world.

This kind of thing, I'm afraid that even the Cangming Holy King will have to think twice before acting, how can Lu Chen's little body bear it?

Click...

Fu Huan and Gu Simiao's small hands under their sleeves suddenly made an imperceptible crisp sound.

Then the two looked at each other, and each could see the special meaning in each other's eyes.

Under the rare tacit understanding, everything is in plain sight.

Lu Chen naturally didn't know what the two of them were thinking at this time.

After saying all this, he only felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the tea on the table and took a big sip directly.

"Besides......"

After drinking the tea in the cup, Lu Chen continued: "The study of sages is national science, and the vast majority of monks practice the way of sages, most of them are specialized in this, and there are very few so-called small ways such as the way of counting, and they all rely on the words of sages to govern the place, and what half-step sages can rule the world, it's a joke!" ”

Speaking of this, a flash of disdain quietly flashed in his eyes.

"The learning of the sages teaches etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and teaches loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, all of which are great truths, and they do not teach how to settle accounts, how to control water, and how to judge cases."

"If you don't understand anything, you are easy to be deceived, if ordinary people are like this, it's fine, but the dignified county is like this, it is equivalent to harming the people, if something happens, it seems to be innocent, but in fact the crime is unforgivable!"

As soon as these words came out, Fu Huan and Gu Simiao's faces changed slightly almost at the same time.

After a while, Fu Huan silently picked up the teapot and poured Lu Chen a cup of tea.

"Huaiyu, the biggest problem facing Xuan Jiwei now is that there is a serious shortage of manpower, and he cannot effectively supervise all places."

After putting down the teapot, she raised her head slightly, looked at Lu Chen's eyes, and asked softly, "Huaiyu, what you just said, although it is deafening, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with this matter, right?" ”

It seemed that he didn't want Lu Chen to say these topics that were quite sensitive to the Great Xia Dynasty anymore, and Fu Huan's way of saying it was a bit direct.

"The problems are all the same."

Lu Chen leaned back slightly, leaned comfortably on the soft back of the chair, and said with a relaxed face:

"If the problem of inaction of the local government is solved, the problems encountered by Xuan Jiwei will naturally be solved."

Hearing this, Gu Simiao couldn't help but ask curiously, "So. Huaiyu: How do you plan to change that? ”

"It's simple."

Lu Chen smiled slightly.

"Decentralization is sufficient."

(End of chapter)