1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3207
The National Assembly system designed by the executive committee has very simple basic requirements for membership, that is, the naturalization of Haihan must be more than five years old and there is no criminal record.

Nationals who meet the requirements can submit a written application to the local government through self-recommendation.

The local government will conduct a preliminary review and screening of these personnel, select those with good reputation and make a public announcement, and the first batch of local council members will be produced.

The current tentative quota is that the establishment of local councils in each state capital does not exceed 50 people.

According to the local population and the size of the area, three to five people are elected by the council itself to become members of the regional council.

The upper limit of members of each regional council is also 50, and three to five members are elected as members of the national council in the same manner and proportion as the local council.

Those elected to the higher-level council also need to pass the government's review before they can formally perform their duties.

The term of office of the members of the councils at all levels is the same as that of the executive committee, which is limited to five years and can be re-elected.Whether to use the current method to determine the candidates for the next term will also be decided by the highest-level council.

As for the functions of the council, it is mainly to supervise the daily operation of the government and to provide opinions on government affairs related to people's livelihood.

In addition, the councils at all levels can directly submit proposals to the executive committee. This privilege of direct access to Tianting has naturally become the focus of most attention of these reserve members present.

This kind of special cross-level proposal, of course, is not something that can be reported to the executive committee. It must be signed and approved by more than ten members of the council at that level before it can be directly submitted to the executive committee.

It took Tao Donglai a full two sticks of incense to talk about the rules and regulations of the council.He also felt a little thirsty, so he signaled to the people present to start asking questions, and he took the time to drink water to moisten his throat.

Dai Yingda had already thought about the question during the listening process, so he raised his hand first to signal, and after getting permission, he asked: "My lords, if you enter the council, you have to go to the yamen like an official. Do I have to report to work every day and discuss official business with other members? If I enter the national council, will I have to move my family to Hangzhou?"

Tao Donglai said with a smile: "The meeting is not as busy as you think. If there is no special urgent business in the local meeting, it is enough to hold a discussion meeting once a month. As for the regional meeting, one or two meetings in half a year It's almost enough."

"As for the national council, we tentatively plan to hold a general meeting every year. However, considering that some remote areas have a very long journey to Hangzhou, it may take two or three months to travel back and forth, so how to implement it may be difficult. Still need to make adjustments according to the actual situation.”

"I don't think it's necessary to move my family to Hangzhou specifically for this purpose, and you don't have to worry about it affecting your normal life."

The question Dai Yingda raised was probably the doubt of many people present. After Tao Donglai answered it, many people showed a relaxed look on their faces.

These business people spend a lot of time on the go. If they are required to go to the Yamen to report for work every day, it will inevitably bring a lot of inconvenience to running the business.But if you only use a small amount of time to deal with the official business of the council, that's acceptable.

These people are able to make a name for themselves in the business world, naturally all of them are shrewd people, and they have already figured out in their hearts what benefits this new system will bring to them personally.

In addition, Tao Donglai also said just now that there are quotas for councils at all levels. Whether his local status and influence are qualified enough to enter the council, and whether it is possible to win a seat for a higher-level council is also a question. All need to be calculated carefully.

As for the function of "participating in and discussing state affairs" mentioned by Tao Donglai, the vast majority of people are very calm and do not think that they can sit on an equal footing with the government.After all, as the name suggests, this meeting focuses on the word "discussion". If you really regard yourself as a person who can call the shots, where should the position of the government be placed?
Even if there is a council, no one thinks that Shi Diwen's authority in the East China Sea can be challenged.Few of the people who have tried to do this in the past 20 years have ended well.

At the same time, Ning Qi received people from the cultural circles of the East China Sea Region in another hall.

Compared with the business world, the composition of the cultural world is more complicated.

There are only less than half of the well-known literati who are famous for their specialties such as poetry, calligraphy and painting.In this so-called cultural circle, there are both local gentry who bought fame with money, and former officials who retired and returned to their hometowns.As for the culture and education that Ning Qi valued more, there were only a dozen people present, all of whom were in charge of some well-known academies in the East China Sea region.

Compared with the philistine businessmen, these literati also showed extremely high enthusiasm for the council.

Most of them did not become officials, not because they were not interested in official careers, but because they were not capable enough and were eliminated halfway through.

However, the meeting system designed by the Haihan executive committee undoubtedly provided these people with an indirect opportunity to realize their dreams.Even if the members of the council are not real officials and do not have the power of officials, this semi-official status is enough to make them enthusiastic.

Businessmen have doubts about the daily work arrangement of the council, and these people are more interested in the operating mechanism and authority of the council.

They are eager to know whether the content of their work in the council will really become a reference for the executive committee to make major decisions, and if they perform well, whether it is possible to jump directly from the council to serve in the government.

Ning Qi gave an affirmative answer to all these questions.However, he was actually not optimistic that these people could perform well in the council.

Except for a few old people who had been officials in the Ming Dynasty, these literati only had a very superficial understanding of the officialdom and the operation of the country, and they had too many unrealistic ideas.

Ning Qi can now be sure that if most of them really enter the government office, they will definitely show serious dissatisfaction in the early stage.

But Ning Qi will not discourage their enthusiasm, Haihan needs these literati to act as facades in the council, and use their influence to promote the new system.

As for whether they are qualified enough to be a member of the local council, these people are all very confident without exception, as if the council system is tailor-made for them.

At the beginning, Ning Qi was worried that people in the cultural circle would pretend to be high-minded and not interested in government affairs, but now it seems that this kind of worry is unnecessary. According to this trend, there will probably be a unique phenomenon of literati and businessmen competing for a limited number of places.

(End of this chapter)