Chapter 294: The Founder of a Nation Determines Its Fate
The future of a country is determined by the group of people who just started to establish the country. Throughout the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, the fate of each dynasty is inextricably linked to the people who founded the dynasty.
The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Yuan. Li Yuan himself was born in a great family and aristocracy, so his vision and insight were extraordinary. He knew very well how to govern a country and how to control his own country.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty was one of the few dynasties in history that did not kill the founding heroes, and always treated the descendants of the heroes well. It had a broad mind and dared to use any capable talents. It followed the three-province and six-department system of the Sui Dynasty and created the most glorious dynasty in Chinese history.
When it came to the Song Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, was a soldier, and he gained power through a military coup. He knew the importance of controlling the army, so he "released the military power with a cup of wine". Although those founding heroes who followed him to fight for the country did not always hold important positions like the Tang Dynasty, they also had a good end.
At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin was very clear about the importance of business. He knew that the annual output of land had not changed much from ancient times to the present. The people still had to rely on business to live a good life. Therefore, business was very popular in the Song Dynasty. The government was very rich. It paid compensation to foreign countries every year and had to support a huge army at home. There was no pressure at all, and the people's lives were also very good. However, the Song Dynasty was very weak to the outside world. This was inseparable from Zhao Kuangyin's defense against military generals, emphasizing civil over military!
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was born a peasant. His knowledge and vision were not comparable to the previous two. He had been oppressed by landlords and bullied by evil officials since he was a child, so he hated those officials in his bones, and at the same time he had the stingy character of peasants.
So after he became emperor, the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were the lowest in all dynasties. Liu Bowen, as the highest official, did not have enough salary to support his family in a year. It is conceivable that officials at other levels, this point fully reflected Zhu Yuanzhang's peasant pettiness.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang would find an excuse to kill meritorious officials. There were many cases of skinning and strawing, and the whole family was killed. He would also kill officials at any time. The death of hundreds of people at a time was a trivial matter, which fully reflected his inferiority and lack of confidence in his heart.
What were the results of Zhu Yuanzhang's policies? That is, there were more corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty than in any other dynasty. Officials could not eat enough and could not support their families. How could you ask them to do things?
Corruption, collusion between officials and businessmen, selling official positions and titles, and forming cliques for personal gain were all very common in the Ming Dynasty, so that the whole country was corrupted by these officials and hollowed out by these termites. The front line was fighting fiercely with the Tartars, and the officials and businessmen behind could continue to send food and weapons to the enemy, so that the Han people's country once again fell under the rule of foreign races.
I talked a lot of nonsense just to say that the group of people at the beginning of the founding of the country determined the fate of this country and dynasty!
The founders of the Yanhuang Empire were a group of scientists, engineers, and business managers. There were no politicians, no soldiers, and no farmers. What would the country they built be like? What would be their fate in the future?
The Yanhuang Empire adopted a system of separation of powers, namely, the three powers of administration, judiciary, and legislation, plus a supervisory power.
The administrative power was in the hands of the government headed by the cabinet, the Congress had legislative power, the imperial court had judicial power, and the emperor of the empire had supervisory power.
This actually referred to Uncle Sam's separation of powers, with the addition of a supervisory power to supervise government officials.
The government headed by the cabinet had administrative power, and at the same time shared the military power of the empire with Li Fu. The empire's military mobilization could only be mobilized after the cabinet and Li Fu nodded together, and the administrative power was entirely in the hands of the government.
At the same time, the prime minister of the cabinet must be elected by all citizens, and the prime minister of the cabinet is responsible to all citizens, not to the emperor of the empire.
The emperor exists as a symbolic force and has the power of supervision. He can supervise the actions of the government on behalf of the people. All officials at all levels except the cabinet ministers can directly investigate and prosecute. If there is a problem with the cabinet ministers, the emperor of the empire can vote no confidence in the cabinet ministers and let the parliament authorize the investigation of the cabinet ministers. If the problem is found, it can be directly submitted to the imperial court for processing.
The advantage of the separation of four powers is that it can effectively check and balance power, and at the same time it can also ensure the need for centralization and ensure that the power of the country can be concentrated. In the cosmic era, if the power of a civilization cannot be concentrated, then this civilization will have no power when it comes to the outside world and cannot cope with it freely.
Power needs to be concentrated, and at the same time, the government that holds this power must also be checked and balanced. As the saying goes, the government tiger must be shackled, and these shackles must be in the hands of the people to ensure that this tiger is for the people, not to hurt the people, and the tiger of power is shackled and tied to the hands.
In order to supervise the government monster, the scientists, engineers, and managers of Fuyun Group have come up with many ways, and all of them are used on this monster.
First of all, everything in the government must be open and transparent. From the personal information of government officials, family member information, and income information, all must be made public and any citizen can check it. If you want to be an official, you can, but your family cannot engage in anything related to business.
At the same time, your children cannot work in government departments. That is to say, if your father is an official in a government department, your son, no matter how outstanding he is, cannot work in a government department. Only when he is a grandchild can he work in a government department again.
In addition, all information of government officials at all levels must be made public. Who are the people in your family, what do they do, what do they do in that unit, etc. All your personal information, your education, experience, performance, income, etc. must be made public for all citizens to supervise.
In addition to the personal information of government officials, the recruitment, appointment, promotion, and dismissal of government officials must also be made public. At the same time, all expenditures of government departments must also be made public, and every penny must be detailed.
Some people may say, how is it possible? It is too difficult to be detailed to where every penny goes.
The scientists of Fuyun Group will tell you that we will use the technology in our hands to help you solve all problems. Relying on advanced network technology and supercomputer technology, every tax received by the government can be traced back to every taxpayer.
For example, City A collected 100 million in taxes this year, of which Zhang San paid 10,000 yuan in taxes. When the government's information is made public, the first thing to do is to disclose who paid the 100 million in taxes, so that everyone can compare with each other and know who evaded taxes.
Report to the ICAC immediately, and the ICAC will investigate. Is it your government that is not doing enough to collect taxes? Or is there a corruption problem? Once investigated, it will be clear.
City A collected 100 million in taxes this year and spent 50 million on municipal construction. All the detailed expenses of the 50 million must be listed one by one. Find out which companies or individuals did it, and what the information of the company is, and it must be made public. Every penny of the expenditure must be detailed, and all the materials used, etc. must be made public.
At the same time, the whereabouts of government personnel on normal working days must all be subject to high-tech supervision, and positioning monitoring equipment must be installed. Where you go and what you do cannot escape the monitoring of the system. All cameras in the government office must also be broadcast to the government website for supervision. Is anyone at work? What do you do at work? What time do you get off work, etc.?
In addition, all matters involving money do not pass through the accounts at all levels. For example, if a disaster occurs in a certain place, the central government allocates a certain amount of funds. According to the current rules, the central government allocates funds to the provincial government, and the provincial government saves a part of the funds and allocates them to the municipal government.
The city, county, town, village, and individual are passed down one by one, and each level intercepts a part. When it reaches the individual, there may be only one yuan left out of the ten yuan allocation.
The Yanhuang Empire is completely different. Junior officials do the statistics, and the central government directly transfers the funds to individuals. This is the case for all funds.
This system is transparent. We cannot guarantee absolute fairness, but at least we must guarantee relative fairness. We should make everything public as much as possible, and the public must have the right to know and supervise!
Of course, this open and transparent system is not only used among government officials. The people of Fuyun Group want to establish an open and transparent system for the whole society, so that the hidden rules cannot be hidden, and those who use the back door cannot get out.
Ensure that officials are honest and dedicated to their duties, rather than abusing their power for personal gain and sitting in office for nothing! Although the country is big, it is difficult to be eroded by termites!
We should give rich rewards to officials who have made contributions; those who made mistakes unintentionally but did not cause big mistakes should be given full understanding.
Establish a relatively open, transparent, fair and just social system, and use scientific and technological means to ensure its operation and execution, and believe in technology and systems.
At the same time, this group of scientists and engineers of Fuyun Group have come up with a way to solve many problems in society.
Scientists of Fuyun Group came up with the use of scientific and technological means, that is, to use genetic technology.
All people in the Yanhuang Empire must undergo genetic identification and use genes as the only ID card, and they are linked to everything, such as bank accounts, personal files, etc.
The advantage of this is that it can eliminate human trafficking and reduce the occurrence of many crimes, such as the most common fraud, because everyone only needs one account and it is bound to genes. When you cheat people and transfer money, you will be exposed.
And those who traffic in people, especially those who traffic in infants and young children, because when you register your household registration, you can see at a glance that your genes are different from his parents. After a system check, it is found that it is not your child. You can immediately take the child back to his biological parents and arrest the criminals at the same time.