Wild North America 1846

Chapter 234 Developing New Guinea Island
Seeing that His Majesty was in a good mood and was willing to chat a few more words, the head of the secretariat, Liu Xianjun, agreed with the stick on the stick; "Officials from all over the country can't do it if they don't work hard. The Royal Statistics Bureau is directly under the Royal Government. You can’t make a fake out of a hard way, and the only right way is to develop the economy with all your strength.”

"It is necessary to implement the audit work of outgoing officials, do a good job in supervision and review, and completely eliminate the fluke mentality of officials. If one is found, one must be severely investigated and dealt with. There will be no tolerance, killing chickens to scare monkeys, and cutting off the thoughts that officials should not have." Li Cha asked again.

"Qi Zou Your Majesty; I think that the officials of the Tang Kingdom are far superior to the powerful countries in the world today. They are famous for their strong action, high efficiency, integrity and justice, and they can be regarded as a model for all countries!"

"This is the result of a set of systems that restrict each other. Officials have goals during their term of office, assessment, review, supervision, audit when they leave office, and announcements when they take office. This has formed a whole set of restraint systems. Coupled with the system of high salary and integrity, this It has pushed up the cost of the crime, so far it seems to be executed very well." Li Cha said quite proudly.

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

From the beginning of the founding of the country, the Datang Kingdom has been committed to copying the entire British-style civil service system, distinguishing elected officials from post officials.

When the conditions are ripe, gradually introduce the official supervision and restriction mechanism that has been proved to be very effective in later generations, so that the administration of officials will be improved day by day, providing a reliable administrative system guarantee for the national economic development.

It is impossible to rely on any one person to govern a country.

If you want the country to enjoy long-term stability and prosperity, a set of clear and clear officials is essential. It can be said that it is the basic system of a strong country, and it is also an indispensable mechanism for supervising and reviewing the official team.

The administration of officials in the Tang Kingdom was on the right track from the very beginning. He did not pursue the harsh torture and cruel laws implemented by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, nor did he copy the system of raising honesty and money in the Qing Dynasty. It is more efficient, more honest, and more suitable for the vigorous Datang Kingdom.

Britain's bureaucracy has its own cleverness. The tens of thousands of civil servants are generally of high quality, and the efficiency of colonizing the world is far better than that of France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and other old colonial powers. It has been recognized by the world.

However, the shortcomings of the British bureaucrats 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 commonplace, and the inertial thinking of muddling along has become the mainstream.

This is also the main reason why British society has become increasingly conservative since the middle of the 19th century. Industry and commerce have not thought about making progress, and the academic and technological circles are conservative and rigid. They have gradually fallen behind the development of the times and have almost become synonymous with "old stubborn".

There is a bad side, and naturally there is a good side.

British electors are under the supervision of the whole people. Voters naturally have a sense of whether they are doing well during their term of office. Every new government wants to do something. This also makes the rigid social atmosphere of the British Empire a bit more vibrant.

The official administration of the Tang Kingdom has absorbed beneficial nutrients, that is, it has established the distinction between electors and officials, and it can achieve such good results, mainly because it holds three trump cards.

In layman's terms;

Electors include the cabinet, members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, governors and deputy governors of various provinces and cities, and major officials of various departments, independent prosecutors, district trial judges, etc., all need to be elected at the national, provincial, city and county levels, with a fixed term And accept the supervision of parliament and voters.

Officials are civil servants, including deputy officials of various departments in the country, provinces and cities (note: senior officials, deputy mayors, deputy county heads, and deputy mayors are not included), such as the deputy minister of the Ministry of the Interior, who are served by experienced officials , no matter how the interior minister is rotated, the deputy minister has no major faults during his term of office, and he will only change positions and will not be dismissed.

The rank of deputy minister of the Kingdom Government is the ceiling of the official ranks.

The only exception

They are officials in the royal family secretariat. They belong to the inner court and are internal ministers in nature. They can be understood as domestic servants of the royal family. Their salary, appointment and dismissal are completely determined by the inner court and have nothing to do with the royal government.

Thus

There is a clear line between the election officials and the post officials, which check and balance each other and supervise each other.

For example, after the new electoral officer takes office, if he wants to make a big name, make a big splash, attract attention in the short term, but damage the long-term interests of the region, then the official will definitely oppose it strongly and obstruct the implementation in various ways.

The truth is simple

You have really been in the limelight in the past two years, you have had enough fun, and you have accumulated enough political capital to run for the mayor, or even a high-ranking official, and you can run for a member of Congress, but who will take care of the mess left by exhaustion?
Officials, unless they have reached the top level of the municipal or provincial government departments, usually serve in the local area for a long time. They must consider how to live in the future. This is the conflicting point of interest between the two parties.

The first trump card is the role of democratic supervision in British government. Whether a high-ranking official or mayor is doing well is left to the parliament and voters to evaluate.

The second trump card is the high salary maintenance system, and the third trump card is the exit audit system.

The exit audit system covers elected officials and officials who have reached a certain level. It truly achieves the publicity of officials before taking office, the whole process of supervision after taking office, and the whole process of auditing after leaving office, which has played an excellent role in practical application.

In addition to these three trump cards, Datang 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, and establishing a correct outlook on life and values. grassroots civil servants.

These new forces are knowledgeable, motivated, enthusiastic, and responsible, and they are fresh blood urgently needed by grassroots government agencies.

seriously
The Tang Kingdom is not a British-style constitutional monarchy system, but more similar to the Prussian constitutional monarchy system, which means that the election system is not perfect, and the parliament and the main officials of the country are decided by His Majesty the King, which is basically a decoration.

Because it was in the early days of the founding of the country, the disadvantages of the dictatorship of the monarchy had not yet been revealed. On the contrary, it condensed military and political power in one body, which was conducive to the rapid implementation of economic policies and military mobilization, and there were many benefits.

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

Hearing His Majesty's question about this matter, Secretary Liu Xianjun replied with a smile;
"Your Majesty, this is the report submitted by the newly established Minister of Colonial Affairs, Dong Jie, regarding the application for appropriation of supplies and funds for the development of the east and west towns of New Guinea and the arrangement for personnel transfer."

"Oh, the Colonial Department's action is very fast! The imperial meeting has just been passed, and the relevant measures have followed closely. It seems that it has been prepared for a long time!"

"Qi Zou Your Majesty, the government is now very active in handling government affairs from ministers of all ministries to grassroots officials. The development of the kingdom is a scene of prosperity. I congratulate the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty and congratulate Your Majesty."

"Well, the enthusiasm is commendable." Li Cha nodded in response.

Datang Kingdom officials have high salaries, high status, good benefits, and perfect system constraints, so they are generally diligent and hardworking, so they have a good reputation and are a respected specific social group.

The Royal Government has never treated these officials badly, they were actually just doing what they were supposed to do.

However, in today's world where officials are generally corrupt, there is no blackest, only darker ones, the official team of the Tang Kingdom seems to be a clear stream, and it becomes more and more outstanding.

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

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

"Donggang" has a world-class encircling good port. The inland valley is flat and wide. The annual rainfall is about 1100 mm, which is equivalent to the level of northern Jiangsu. It is neither dry nor flooded. The temperature difference between the four seasons is small, comfortable and pleasant.

It is only 370 nautical miles away from Darwin, the northernmost city in Australia in the south, and it is the best transit port for the proposed development of the Central Pacific Rim route.

The other is located at the top of the southwest of New Guinea Island, which 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 primitive, there are only some terrible primitive cannibal tribes on the island, so the construction of the town has to start from scratch.

in the early stages of construction

It is the complete net investment of the Datang Kingdom government. The budget and materials applied by the Colonial Department, as well as the corresponding personnel and weaponry, should be as detailed as possible and well-prepared.

Because there are no reliable supply points within 1500 kilometers of the surrounding area, the town of Darwin in Australia is just a small town of more than [-] people, and there is not even a dock, let alone supplies.

In the initial stage of reclamation, the transport fleet will bring necessary equipment for the construction of the wharf, materials such as I-shaped steel beams, rebar and cement, equipment for building brick kilns, gasoline for burning the jungle, and kerosene for lighting , animal power such as cattle and horses, herbs to prevent tropical diseases, various construction tools and machines, tents, materials needed for construction, enough canned food and grain, and all other imaginable materials.

Building two large port towns on a blank base required a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

Fortunately, the trees and rocks needed for the construction of towns can be obtained locally. The transportation team unloads the materials after arriving at the destination, and the next step is to continue sailing to the northwest. After arriving at the southern port of China, they can carry a large number of Chinese who are preparing to emigrate and return , they are the main labor force in building new towns.

Thus

In a short period of time, these two new towns will have tens of thousands of young and strong laborers, reclaim land and turn them into good fields, raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, and vigorously build towns. Began to take on the heavy responsibility of immigration transit.

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Only the Tang Kingdom, backed by the land of China, has an endless source of labor, has hardworking and simple Chinese immigrants, and has first-class ocean-going navigation capabilities in today's era, can it maximize the development of New Guinea.

There is no way to change the country.

(End of this chapter)