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Seeing that His Majesty was in a good mood and was willing to chat a few more words, Secretariat Director Liu Xianjun followed suit and said, "Officials from all over the country can't do anything if they don't do their best. The Kingdom's Statistics Bureau is directly under the Royal Government, plus taxation.

There is no way to fake a tough policy, and the only right path is to develop the economy with all our strength."

"We must implement the audit work of outgoing officials, do a good job in supervision and review, and completely eliminate officials' fluke mentality. We must severely investigate and deal with every discovery. We must never tolerate it, kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and cut off the undesirable thoughts of the official team." Richard

He ordered again.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the government of the Tang Dynasty is far better than that of other powerful countries in the world today. It is famous for its strong action, high efficiency, honesty and justice. It can be said to be a model for other countries!"

"This is the result of a set of systems that restrict each other. Officials have goals, assessments, reviews, and supervision during their term of office. They have audits when they leave office, and they have public announcements when they take office. This forms a whole set of restriction systems. Coupled with the system of high salaries to support integrity, this

It has pushed up the cost of crime, and it seems to have been implemented very well so far." Richard said proudly.

He picked up the cup and took two sips of tea leisurely, feeling quite good.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Tang Dynasty has been committed to fully copying the British-style civil service system and distinguishing elected officials from position officials.

After the conditions matured, the official supervision and restriction mechanism that was proven to be very effective in later generations was gradually introduced, which improved the administration of officials and provided a reliable administrative system guarantee for the national economic development.

To govern a country, no one person can do it.

If you want the country to have long-term stability and prosperity, a set of clear and transparent officialdom is indispensable. It can be said to be the basic system of a strong country, and it is also an indispensable mechanism to supervise and review the official team.

The Tang Dynasty's official governance was on the right track from the beginning. It did not pursue the harsh punishment laws implemented by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, nor did it copy the Qing Dynasty's system of raising honest money. Instead, it made innovations in British-style official governance, thus transforming

More efficient, more honest, and more suitable for the vibrant Tang Dynasty.

The British government has its own excellence. The tens of thousands of civil servants are generally of high quality. The efficiency of colonizing the world is far better than that of the old colonial powers such as France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal. It has been recognized by the world.

However, the shortcomings of British officials are also obvious. Due to the imperfect supervision system and the lack of exit audits, corruption is serious, decision-making efficiency is low, buck-passing is common, and the inertial thinking of muddling through has become the mainstream.

This is also the main reason why British society has become increasingly conservative since the mid-19th century. Industry and commerce are not enterprising, and academic and scientific circles are conservative and rigid. They have gradually lagged behind the development of the times and have become almost synonymous with "old stubbornness".

There is a bad side, and of course there is a good side.

British electoral officers are subject to national supervision. Voters naturally have a strong sense of whether they have done well during their term of office. Every new government wants to do something, which also brings some vitality to the rigid social atmosphere of the British Empire.

The official administration of the Tang Dynasty gained useful nutrients, which was the establishment of the distinction between electoral officials and position officials. It was able to achieve such good results mainly because it held three trump cards.

In layman’s terms;

Electoral officers include the cabinet, members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, governors and deputy governors of provinces and cities, principal officials of various departments, independent prosecutors, regional presiding judges, etc. They all need to be elected through national, provincial, municipal, and county-level elections and have fixed terms.

and accept supervision by parliament and voters.

Position officials are civil servants, including deputy officials from national, provincial and municipal departments (note: excluding senior officials, deputy mayors, deputy county magistrates, and deputy town mayors). For example, the deputy minister of the interior is served by experienced position officials.

, no matter how the interior minister is rotated, the deputy minister will only change positions and will not be removed from office if he has no major fault during his term.

The level of deputy minister of the Royal Government is the ceiling of the ranks of official officials.

the only exception

They are officials who serve in the royal secretariat. They belong to the inner court and are essentially ministers. They can be understood as domestic servants of the royal family. Their salary and appointment and removal of positions are completely determined by the inner court and have nothing to do with the royal government.

Thus

There is a clear line between the electoral officers and the position officers, who check and balance each other and supervise each other.

For example, after the new election official takes office, if he wants to make some big splash, make a big noise, attract attention in the short term, but harm the long-term interests of the region, then the position official will definitely object strongly and obstruct the implementation through various means.

The reason is very simple

You have indeed been in the limelight in the past two years, which is enough, and you have accumulated enough political capital. You can run for mayor, or even high-ranking officials, and you can run for Congress. But who will take care of the mess left by fishing for all the benefits?

Unless they reach high-level government departments at the municipal or provincial level, they generally serve locally for a long time. They must consider how to live their lives in the future. This is the conflict between the interests of both parties.

The first trump card is the role of democratic supervision in British-style government. Whether a senior official or mayor has done well or not will be evaluated by the parliament and voters.

The second trump card is the high salary system to support integrity, and the third trump card is the outgoing audit system.

The out-of-office audit system covers elected officials and office officials who have reached a certain level. It truly achieves the announcement of officials before taking office, full supervision after taking office, and the entire post-departure audit process. It has achieved excellent results in practical applications.

In addition to these three trump cards, the Tang Kingdom established an administrative college in Taoyuan City with the goal of cultivating outstanding and qualified administrative officials, instilling correct concepts such as loyalty, responsibility, responsibility and honor, establishing a correct outlook on life and values, and supplementing

Grassroots civil servants.

These new forces are knowledgeable, motivated, passionate and responsible. They are the fresh blood urgently needed by grassroots government agencies.

Seriously

The Tang Kingdom was not a British-style constitutional monarchy, but more similar to the Prussian constitutional monarchy. That is to say, the electoral system was imperfect, and the parliament and major state officials were decided by the king, which was basically a decoration.

Since it was in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the shortcomings of monarchical dictatorship have not yet emerged. Instead, it consolidated military and political power into one body, which was conducive to the rapid implementation of economic policies and military mobilization, and had many benefits.

"What about the last thing?" Richard asked in a good mood.

When His Majesty asked about this matter, Secretariat Director Liu Xianjun replied with a smile;

"Your Majesty, this is the document submitted by Dong Jie, the newly established Secretary of the Colonial Department, regarding the appropriation application and personnel transfer arrangements for the material supply and funds for the development of the two towns on the east and west of New Guinea."

"Oh, the Colonial Department acted very quickly! As soon as the Royal Council passed it, relevant measures followed immediately. It seems that it was well prepared!"

"Your Majesty, now the government from ministers to grassroots officials are very active in handling government affairs. The kingdom is developing in a prosperous way. I would like to congratulate the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty and congratulate your majesty."

"Well, the enthusiasm is commendable." Richard nodded and responded.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty have high salaries, high status, good benefits, and complete institutional constraints. Therefore, they are generally diligent and hardworking. Therefore, they have a good reputation and are a respected specific social group.

The Royal Government has never treated these officials badly. In fact, they just did their job.

However, in today's world where official corruption is common in various countries, and there is no blackest, only worse, the officials of the Tang Dynasty seem to be a breath of fresh air, and they increasingly stand out from the crowd.

The Tang Kingdom had already set its sights on the island of New Guinea for several years. The relevant survey team had conducted a comprehensive survey of the island's terrain and had identified two good locations for establishing colonial towns.

A port area located in the southeastern part of the island is the original Moresby area and is called "East Port".

"Donggang" has a world-class surrounding harbor, a flat and wide inland valley, and an annual rainfall of about 1,100 mm, equivalent to the level in northern Jiangsu. It is neither drought nor flooded, and the climate conditions remain between 20 degrees and 26 degrees all year round.

There is little temperature difference throughout the year, making it comfortable and pleasant.

It is only more than 370 nautical miles away from the town of Darwin, Australia's northernmost city in the south. It is the best transit port for the planned development of the central Pacific Rim route.

The other one is located at the southwest tip of New Guinea Island. It is Jayapura, the capital of the former Guinea Province of Indonesia. Because it is located in the west of the island, it is called "New Xi'an".

Since the island of New Guinea has almost no traces of civilized society and is completely in a primitive state. There are only some terrifying primitive cannibal tribes on the island, so the construction of towns must start from scratch.

In the early stages of construction

It was a complete net investment by the Tang Dynasty government. The budget and materials applied by the Colonial Department, as well as the corresponding personnel and weapon equipment, should be as meticulous as possible and carefully prepared.

Because there are no reliable material supply points within the surrounding 1,500 kilometers, the town of Darwin in Australia is just a small town of more than a hundred people, without even a dock, let alone material supplies.

In the initial reclamation stage, the transport fleet had to bring necessary equipment for building docks, materials such as I-shaped steel beams, rebar and cement, equipment for building brick kilns, gasoline for burning the jungle, and kerosene for lighting.

, livestock such as cattle and horses, herbs to prevent tropical diseases, various construction tools and machines, tents, materials needed for construction, enough cans and grain, and every other imaginable material.

Building two large port towns on a blank foundation will cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

Fortunately, the trees and rocks needed to build the town can be obtained locally. The transportation team unloads the materials after arriving at the destination. The next step is to continue sailing northwest. After arriving at the southern port of China, it can load a large number of Chinese who are preparing to immigrate back.

, they are the main labor force in building new towns.

Thus

These two new towns will have tens of thousands of young and strong labor forces in a short period of time. They will open up wasteland and turn it into fertile farmland. They will raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, and vigorously build the towns. By the end of the year, they will have strong self-sufficiency and can

Begin to take on the important task of immigration transit.

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Only the Tang Kingdom, backed by the land of China, with endless sources of labor, hard-working and down-to-earth Chinese immigrants, and top-notch ocean-going navigation capabilities in this era, could develop the island of New Guinea to the maximum extent.

If you change another country, there will be no way.