Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Lu Chen stared at Fu Yu, and asked softly: "Liangyu, when you were in Yuzhou, you often visited counties in Yuzhou with me. With your talent, you should have a good understanding of the operation of the grassroots government agencies in my Great Xia Dynasty. Is it almost there?"

Fu Ye nodded.

"Basically."

Although Fu Hua and Gu Simiao are both strong in the Guiyi Realm and hold high positions at a young age, they are still very different in nature.

Gu Simiao was proficient in martial arts and was a talented commander, but Fu Hua was a practitioner of both holy and martial arts and was not a pure martial artist.

When she was in the Holy Realm, she was not only the commander of the Xuanwu Guards, but sometimes she also assisted the Holy King Cangming in handling government affairs. She was a true all-rounder in civil and military affairs. She learned much more from Lu Chen's unique way of governing than Fang Yu's half-baked disciples.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then you should know that in a county with a radius of more than two hundred miles, almost all the civil affairs power lies in the hands of the county magistrate."

Fu Ye nodded again.

There is nothing difficult to understand.

Although the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank sesame official, in terms of locality, his power is frightening. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and he can even be called a local emperor.

But this kind of thing has been like this for thousands of years, and she didn't think there was anything unusual about it.

Gu Simiao glanced at Lu Chen and said softly: "Huaiyu, is there any problem with this?"

"Of course there are problems."

Lu Chen said without hesitation.

Fu Hua asked subconsciously: "What do you mean?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said lightly, "The local county magistrate has too much power. It has never been a good thing for the local people or the court."

Hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but be startled, and then they frowned at the same time, with a look of confusion on their faces.

"Why do you say that?"

Lu Chen naturally knew that many of the concepts he took for granted did not exist among the original inhabitants of Central Continent who were similar to the ancients in his concept.

So he patiently explained: "In our Great Xia Dynasty, the official rank of the county magistrate was only seven ranks, but he had the powers of criminal name Qiangu, prison litigation, public order, tax collection, corvee, and enlightenment. There are three powers: executive and judicial. In addition to having no legislative power, today’s county magistrates have administrative and judicial powers firmly in their hands.”

"Although county magistrates do not have legislative power, they have the right to interpret laws. Sometimes they can interpret the laws issued by the court according to their own needs to achieve certain purposes."

At this point, he sighed inexplicably.

"In a county, the affairs of hundreds of thousands of people are all decided by the county magistrate with one word. Life and death are taken away. With such power in hand, thousands of well-beings are tied to one body. The future of many people depends on one thought. There is a risk. How big."

Hearing this, Fu Hua suddenly fell into deep thought, and even Gu Simiao began to think seriously.

As the former governor of the barren state, her duty focused on defending against the enemy, so although she held the military and political power, she did not intervene in the civil affairs of the barren state. Autonomy, as long as local officials can complete designated goals and tasks.

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

Although she was a warrior, she was not just a general, but a general. She was quite interested in Lu Chen's novel remarks.

Moreover, even if she was not interested before, now she still wants to try to touch upon the way of saving the world that Lu Chen majored in.

At this time, Lu Chen said again: "At the same time, because my Daxia selects monks by cultivators, many monks are dedicated to proving the Tao and ascending, and they only care about cultivating. They don't have the people in their hearts, so how can they talk about governing the country and the people? Like Master Xia Yan There are not many people in the whole of Daxia who care about the people like this."

As soon as these words came out, Fu Hua and Gu Simiao couldn't help but look a little strange.

They are also cultivators, and it is natural to seek immortality and enlightenment...

However, after what Lu Chen said, a strange feeling slowly emerged in their hearts.

Lu Chen's meaning is very clear. Cultivators, or monks who are dedicated to enlightenment and ascension, are not suitable to be officials.

After all, serving as an official will benefit one party. If the county magistrate who is concerned with the well-being of the people and has great responsibilities only has cultivation in mind, he will not care about the life and death of the people. Prosperity and development are naturally out of the question.

Such officials, even if they don't commit corruption, abuse the people, or collude with others, are of no use to the imperial court, let alone the people.

The imperial court gives you the power to be an official with the salary, and it expects you to govern the place well. After all, the salary of the emperor is the worry of the emperor. In the end, you quit your shit and occupy the latrine. Is this a good thing? ?

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

Lu Chen's words... Although there is nothing wrong with what he said, but... as a court official, it is not very good to question the national policy of the Great Xia Dynasty...

Of course, they are not against Lu Chen's remarks, but...such words are not suitable for too many people to hear, at least not for too many people now. After all...this is a national policy that has lasted for thousands of years, but it is related to the world's sect. It is a matter of great importance for the interests of the family, the aristocratic family, the wealthy family, and the gentry...

If so many people are touched, not everyone can bear the torrent in this world.

Even Saint King Cangming would have to think twice before doing something like this. How could Lu Chen, with his small body, be able to bear it?

Click…

The little hands under the sleeves of Fu Hua and Gu Simiao suddenly made an imperceptible crisp sound.

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

Under the rare tacit understanding, everything was kept silent.

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

After saying so much, he felt his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the tea on the table and took a big sip.

"Besides..."

After drinking the tea in the cup, Lu Chen continued: "The study of sages is the study of Chinese culture. Most of the monks practiced the way of sages. Most of them specialize in this, and they also study such things as arithmetic. There are very few so-called Taoists who rely solely on the words of saints and sages to govern a place. It is a joke to say that half-step sages can rule the world!"

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

"The teachings of sages teach about etiquette, justice, integrity, and loyalty to the emperor and the country. They are all general principles. They do not teach how to settle accounts, how to control floods, or how to judge cases."

"If you don't understand anything, you will be easily deceived. It's fine for ordinary people to do this, but for a dignified county lord, it is tantamount to harming the people. If something happens, it may seem innocent, but in fact it is an unforgivable crime!"

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

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

"Huaiyu, the biggest problem facing Xuanji Guards now is the serious lack of manpower and the inability to effectively supervise various places."

After putting down the teapot, she raised her head slightly, looked into Lu Chen's eyes, and asked softly, "Huaiyu, what you just said is shocking, but it seems to have nothing to do with this matter, right?"

As if he didn't want Lu Chen to talk about these very sensitive topics for Daxia Dynasty anymore, Fu Huan's way of speaking 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 expression:

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

Hearing this, Gu Simiao couldn't help but asked curiously: "So, Huaiyu, how do you plan to change this situation?"

"It's very simple."

Lu Chen smiled slightly.

"Decentralization is enough."