Chapter 383 Discussing Politics
With a shout, Anna got into Gothe's hand.
Gaode, who had experienced "taking care of a baby" for several days, also easily picked up the little girl with one hand.
Anna put her arms around Gothe's neck and looked cheerful, as if she was excited because she hadn't seen Gothe for so long.
But if you look closely, you can find that there is a hint of cute cunning unique to a child in her extremely clean eyes.
"Well, are you still used to living in Phoenix? The conditions here are no better than the outside world. Moreover," Gothe paused and said with a smile, "It's also a little colder than the outside world."
It was not just some Elsa who secretly thought in her heart, but also hurriedly replied: "I couldn't be more satisfied to have such a stable environment where Anna and I don't have to worry all day long."
She actually wanted to ask what was going on with the "King of the North" and why Gothe appeared here.
But firstly, I feel that asking this kind of question has no sense of boundaries, and secondly, Sunaifa is still standing on one side.
This is the "Fifth Ring Mage". No matter how young and good-looking she is, Aisha is still full of awe of her.
"Why don't you invite us in and sit down?" Gao De said with a smile.
Aisha came back to her senses and quickly led the two of them into the house.
But of course there is no tea or other drinks.
Gothe sat down at the stone table and let Anna sit on his lap.
Anna was like a docile kitten, nestling in his arms obediently, but her eyes were rolling
"What do you think of this place?" Then, he asked directly without paying attention to the many psychological activities in Elsa's heart.
"How is it here?" Gothe's question was obviously beyond Elsa's expectations, so much so that she was startled for a moment, and then replied hesitantly: "It's completely different from the North in my impression. It's very lively."
"Do you think there are any problems in Phoenix at the moment?" Gothe interrupted Aisha's politeness and said directly: "From the perspective of a ruler."
Gothe asked very directly, and Aisha stopped being polite. She thought about it seriously and said cautiously: "In my opinion, the biggest problem in Phoenix right now is that it is developing too fast and its management level cannot keep up." Many elders discuss matters together. This system is actually a bit primitive, and no one has real city management capabilities and experience."
"This was not a big problem in the past. After all, most of the people in the city were from the Zhenbing tribe before, and the entire structure was still close to a tribal system. This extensive management level is enough."
"But now Phoenix is developing so fast, and more and more other tribes are integrating, which has gradually transformed it from a tribe to a city, or even a small country, which has also raised the management level requirements of Phoenix"
After Aisha finished speaking, she carefully glanced at Sunaifa, who had been silent, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the other party did not show any dissatisfaction.
"In your opinion, is there any appropriate way to make the management level keep up with Phoenix's development speed?" Gaode asked again.
Aisha suddenly fell into deep thought.
This question is not easy to answer, because it must be combined with the actual situation in the north.
The reality is that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
Just like if you want to find a pure woman in a custom shop, it is simply unrealistic.
The same is true in the north.
· The tribal system has been carried out for so many years. Where can we find people with the ability to manage cities and even countries?
"From the current point of view, the best way is to absorb the clan leaders who have recently joined the many tribes in Phoenix, let them join the management system of Phoenix, and let them select suitable people from the tribe, so as to form a team of officials that are temporarily sufficient, and solve the current problems first." After thinking for a long time, Aisha said.
This method naturally has many shortcomings, but it is undoubtedly the most suitable method for Phoenix at the moment.
At least that’s how it seems to Aisha.
"The clan leaders of each clan select people from their clans to form a management team. Do they listen to their own clan leaders, or do they listen to us? And in the handling of various affairs, won't they favor their own clan?" Gothe asked calmly.
"These are inevitable, but there is no better way." Aisha naturally knew what Gothe said.
But as she thought, this was the best way at the moment after weighing the pros and cons.
"Suppose," Gothe paused, and said slowly: "I divide all aspects of the affairs that a city needs to manage into various departments.
Then select people from the entire Phoenix, including the Zhenbing tribe and even those from other tribes who have recently joined Phoenix, and let them enter the city hall, enter these departments, and serve as so-called officials.
Well, in Phoenix, they're going to be called civil servants, what do you think? "
Aisha was stunned, and after a long while, her eyes widened, "You mean, with open selection, everyone may serve as an official and civil servant? Including civilians?"
"If they have this ability, why not?" Gothe asked in return.
"Furthermore, in the Northern Territory, there are at most mages and ordinary people, but there is no distinction between nobles and commoners," he reminded: "In the Northern Territory, there is never such a thing as aristocrats."
Her experience told her that what Gothe said was "unreasonable".
As an excellent royal child (once), Aisha systematically received education in national government management and national systems.
She has a fairly complete understanding of the national systems of many countries on the Norland continent, including the two most powerful countries, the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Holy Empire.
In addition, she even has a certain understanding of the national system of the Mihir Dynasty on another continent.
Hence, whether Gothe is preparing to manage Phoenix in any form, she should not be surprised, and she can even make some suggestions.
The normal situation is like this.
But what happened to come out of Gao De's mouth was something she had never heard of or even thought about.
The management system of Phoenix that Gauthe described he envisioned was completely new and a fundamental subversion.
What is fundamental?
Just like the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Holy Empire, one is a monarchy and the other is a parliamentary state. They seem to be two completely different national systems.
But this is actually just a layman’s view.
The essence is that the basic logic of how they operate is the same:
The monarch or parliament, that is, the highest ruling class, issues a decree, and then the ministers who receive the decree begin to implement the decree.
The process of implementing this decree is carried out independently by the ministers, and there is no unified standard.
There is actually no connection between ministers and ministers at all, except for private agreements or interests.
The reason why this situation occurs is that ministers are appointed by the monarch or parliament, but the minister's team is formed by the minister himself.
At this point, ministers have extremely high autonomy.
Of course, in order to prevent ministers from abusing this autonomy, the appointment of some important candidates needs to be reported to the monarch for approval.
But most positions, especially those directly serving ministers and low-level positions, can be directly appointed by ministers.
There is no doubt that these ministers will inevitably use a large number of cronies, family members and even members of vassal families to form a huge "political" interest group with themselves as the center.
The price behind the great autonomy is the "salary" of these teams, which is also the responsibility of the nobles themselves, rather than being paid by the state.
Of course, these "salaries" are actually nothing compared to the huge benefits that political parties can obtain.
Power and wealth are inseparable from each other. Power and wealth are like bees that smell nectar and surround themselves.
It's just that if you want to become a minister and hold power, you must first be from a noble family, or you must be a high-level mage with the financial resources and reputation to recruit a group of followers.
An inevitable result of this system is that the longer the country lasts, the more fixed the classes will be.
Those important positions in the country, the so-called "minister" positions, will be firmly in the hands of the nobles, and grassroots civilians basically have no hope of breaking through the shackles of this system.
This underlying political system logic has been continued since the establishment of the first human dynasty, the Plantagenet Dynasty.
No matter how the times change, no matter how much trouble the country suffers from the stubborn diseases caused by this system, nothing has changed.
———It cannot be changed, and no one wants to change it.
This seems to have become the default truth.
However, what Gaode now wants to create is undoubtedly a brand new political system that is completely different from any other country in the world.
According to Gauthe, in Phoenix, in the future, not only the "ministers", but also the "ministers'" "team" will be recruited and paid by the city hall.
In this case, it should no longer be called the minister's team. They all belong to Goude and Sunaifa's team, but the power is different.
In other words, if a certain minister does not do well, Gaode can directly appoint or remove a new minister, or directly promote someone from below.
This was something that was simply unimaginable before.
Under the old system, if you want to remove a minister, you don't simply move a minister, but reshuffle the entire "team".
Furthermore, the replacement of ministers often leads to drastic changes in policy directions, and team changes are the core part of the transition of power.
This undoubtedly directly breaks the restriction that nobles and high-level mages can serve as ministers and have power.
There is no doubt that this system cannot be successfully implemented in any country.
Because nobles and high-level mages are the "foundation" of a country, and this system is the foundation of the nobles.
If you touch their base, they may directly join forces and knock you over first.
But after thinking about it carefully, Aisha realized that Gothe's idea was not too far-fetched, and that it was only in the soil of the North that it had a chance to take root and sprout.
Because there are no nobles in the north, and they have a reverence for the War Mother and Gothe that is close to personal worship.
In this case, no matter what systems and policies Sunaifa and Gaode want to implement, they will not encounter opposition.
Another point is that all officials and civil servants are recruited by the city hall. This extra salary cost is a heavy burden for the rulers.
But for Phoenix, at least for the current Phoenix, this is not a problem - there is currently no currency system in the North, let alone the payment of so-called salaries.
However, there are still problems.
“Based on the conditions in the north, it is impossible to select enough and suitable people to serve as civil servants.” Aisha, who had entered the “discussing” state, temporarily forgot about the difference in status, and discussed with Gaode seriously.
"So, Phoenix currently has a total of three departments, one is the Ministry of Agriculture, which is related to food, the other is the Public Security Bureau, and the other is the Ministry of Education."
"The Ministry of Education?"
"As for education, I want to promote universal education in Phoenix. I don't say that everyone can become a talent, but at least I want to make reading, writing and arithmetic a basic skill for people in the north, and the better ones can further their studies."
"As long as everyone can read and write, no matter how many civil servants I recruit, I can actually find a large number of suitable personnel at any time. At that time, it will not be a shortage of talents in the city hall, but a shortage of talents."
h I am willing to send my children to school only out of respect and belief for me and Sunaifa. "
"It is actually difficult for them to understand and accept it when I reason with them, but as long as they know that if they receive education and study hard, they will have the opportunity to work as civil servants in the city hall in the future, which will bring about an improvement in status, and even get generous rewards after the establishment of the future currency system."
“Then they will face up to and value education, and even take the initiative to tell their children the importance of education.” Aisha continued.
What a terrible "conspiracy". She doesn't like studying very much. Anna, who was sitting on Gaode's lap, listened to the conversation between her sister and "Brother Gaode". She blinked and felt "chills standing on end".
"Do you think it's feasible?" Gothe looked at Aisha with bright eyes and asked.
"It works!" Elsa nodded heavily.
This system sounds a bit shocking at first, but if you think about it carefully, you can think of its advantages if it is really implemented.
Both the quality and speed of implementation of government orders can be greatly improved.
When everyone has the opportunity to become a "civil servant", the entire "country" will also present a positive and uplifting outlook, with unlimited vitality.
Under the premise that any official can be appointed or removed at any time, corruption, bullying of civilians, violations of law and discipline, etc. will also be greatly reduced.
The monarch's ruling power will also reach its peak
In short, Aisha can list a lot of advantages just by thinking about it.
"As you said, there is a serious lack of management talent in Phoenix now, and as far as I know, as the princess of the Principality of Sidian, you had rich experience in governing before the Principality of Sidian was destroyed by the Principality of Ovoga, and you were well recognized by the people of the Principality of Sidian." Gothe finally revealed the purpose of his trip:
“This is the talent that is most in short supply in Phoenix right now, so I would like to hire you as the new department to be formed in the city hall: the person in charge of the office, that is, the director of the office, and the deputy minister of education. Are you willing?”