Chapter 386: Politics

With a whoosh, Anna drilled into Gao De's arm.

Gao De, who had several days of "child-rearing" experience, also very smoothly picked up the little girl with one hand.

Anna wrapped her arms around Gao De's neck, looking high-spirited, as if excited because she hadn't seen Gao De for too long.

But if you observe carefully, you can see a trace of cute cunning unique to children in her extremely clean eyes.

"How is it, are you used to living in Phoenix? The conditions here are not comparable to the outside world, and..." Gao De paused and smiled: "It is also colder than the outside world."

More than just a little... Miss Aisha thought to herself, while responding hurriedly: "Being able to have such a stable environment, so that Anna and I don't have to be frightened all day, I am already satisfied."

She actually wanted to ask clearly what "King of the Northern Realm" was about and why Gao De appeared here.

But one is that she felt that asking such questions had no boundaries, and the other is that Su Su Su Nai Fa was still standing on the side.

This is a "fifth-circle mage," even if she is young and good-looking, Miss Aisha is full of awe for her.

"Won't you invite us in to sit?" Gao De smiled.

Miss Aisha then came back to her senses and hurriedly led the two into the room.

However, naturally, there was no tea or other drinks to entertain them.

Gao De sat down at the stone table and let Anna sit on his lap.

Anna was like a docile little cat, obediently nestled in his arms, but her eyes were rolling around...

"How do you feel about this place?" Then, he didn't care about the many psychological activities in Miss Aisha's heart and asked directly.

"How do I feel about this place..." Gao De's question was obviously beyond Miss Aisha's expectations, so she was stunned for a moment before answering hesitantly: "It is completely different from the Northern Realm in my impression, very full of vitality..."

"Do you think there are any problems with Phoenix at the moment," Gao De interrupted Miss Aisha's politeness and said directly: "From the perspective of a ruler."

Gao De asked very directly, and Miss Aisha didn't "pretend" to be polite anymore. She thought seriously and cautiously said: "In my opinion, the biggest problem with Phoenix at the moment is that the speed of development is too fast, and the management level cannot keep up."

"As far as I know, the system of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe has always been the War Mother system, and then many elders discuss matters together. This system is actually somewhat primitive, and no one possesses real city management ability and experience..."

"This was not a big problem before. After all, most of the people in the city were Enduring Zhenbing tribe people before, and the whole structure was still close to the tribal system. This extensive management level was enough."

"But now Phoenix is developing so fast, and more and more other tribes are integrating, which makes it gradually transform from a tribe into a city, or even a small country. This requirement for Phoenix's management level is also increasing..."

After Miss Aisha finished speaking, she carefully glanced at Su Su Su Nai Fa, who had been silent, and seeing that the other party didn't show any dissatisfaction, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then in your opinion, to make the management level keep up with Phoenix's development speed, are there any suitable methods?" Gao De asked again.

Miss Aisha was suddenly lost in thought.

This question is not easy to answer because it needs to be combined with the actual situation of the Northern Realm.

And the reality is that a clever woman cannot cook without rice.

Just like if you want to find a pure girl in a brothel, that is simply unrealistic.

The Northern Realm is also like this.

The tribal system has been inherited for so many years, so where can you find people with city or even national management talent?

"As far as it looks now, the best method is to absorb the tribal leaders of the many tribes that have newly joined Phoenix, let them join Phoenix's management system, and let them pick suitable people from their tribes, so as to form a temporary sufficient official team, and solve the current problems first." After thinking for a long time, Miss Aisha opened her mouth.

This method naturally has many shortcomings, but it is undoubtedly the most suitable method for Phoenix at the moment.

At least in Miss Aisha's opinion, it is so.

"If," Gao De paused and said slowly: "I divide the various aspects of a city that need to be managed into various departments."

"Then select from the entire Phoenix, including the Enduring Zhenbing tribe and the people of other tribes who have newly joined Phoenix, let them enter the City Hall, enter these departments, and serve as so-called officials..."

"Hmm, in Phoenix, they will be called civil servants, what do you think?"

Miss Aisha was stunned, and after a long while, she widened her eyes, "You mean, open selection, everyone has the possibility to serve as an official civil servant? Including civilians?"

"If they have this ability, why can't they?" Gao De asked back.

"Moreover, in the Northern Realm, at most there is a distinction between mages and ordinary people, but there is no distinction between nobles and civilians," he reminded: "In the Northern Realm, there has never been such a thing as nobles."

"But..." Miss Aisha was "but" for a long time, and finally couldn't think of what "but" was.

Her experience told her that what Gao De said was "unreasonable."

As an excellent royal child (formerly), Miss Aisha had systematically received education in national government management and national systems.

She had a sufficiently full understanding of the many countries on the Nolan continent, including the two most powerful countries, the Jin Quehua Dynasty and the Holy Empire.

Besides that, she even had a certain understanding of the national system of the Mihir Dynasty on another continent.

So, no matter what form Gao De is prepared to manage Phoenix, she shouldn't be surprised, and she could even offer a little suggestion.

The normal situation is like this.

But the words spoken from Gao De's mouth were something she had never heard of, and even never thought of.

The management system of Phoenix that Gao De described was completely a new thing, a fundamental subversion.

What is fundamental?

Just like the Jin Quehua Dynasty and the Holy Empire, one is a monarchical dynasty, and the other is a parliamentary country. They look like two completely different national systems.

But this is actually the view of laymen.

The essence is that the basic logic of their operation is the same:

The monarch or parliament, that is, the highest ruling class, issues political decrees, and then the ministers who receive the decrees begin to implement the decrees.

And the process of implementing these decrees is carried out by the ministers themselves, and there is no unified standard.

Between ministers, except for private agreements or interest relationships, they are actually not related at all on the surface.

The reason for this situation is that ministers are appointed by the monarch or parliament, but the minister's team is formed by the minister himself.

In this regard, ministers have extremely high autonomy.

Of course, in order to prevent ministers from abusing this autonomy, the appointment of candidates for some important positions needs to be reported to the monarch for approval.

But most positions, especially positions serving ministers directly and low-level positions, are appointed directly by ministers.

Undoubtedly, these ministers will inevitably use a large number of cronies, family members, and even members of vassal families, centering on themselves, to form a huge "political" interest group.

The price behind this extreme autonomy is that the "salary" of these teams is also the responsibility of the nobles themselves, not issued by the state.

Of course, compared to the huge benefits that political parties can obtain, these "salaries" are really not worth mentioning.

Power and wealth, the two are not separated in the first place. With power, wealth is like bees smelling nectar, and it surrounds itself.

It's just that this also determines that if you want to become a minister and hold power, you must first be of noble birth, or already a high-circle mage, with the financial resources and prestige to recruit a group of followers.

And a result that will inevitably appear under this system is: the longer the country lasts, the more fixed the class will be.

The important positions of those countries, the so-called "minister" positions, will be firmly held in the hands of nobles, and grassroots civilians basically have no hope of breaking through the shackles of this system.

This bottom-level political system logic has continued since the establishment of the first human dynasty, the Jin Quehua Dynasty.

No matter how the era changes, no matter how much trouble the country causes because of this system, it has not changed in the slightest.

——It cannot be changed, and no one has thought of changing it.

This seems to have become the default truth.

However, now Gao De wants to create a completely new political system that is undoubtedly completely different from any country in the world.

According to Gao De, in Phoenix, in the future, not only "ministers" but even the "teams" of "ministers" will be recruited by the City Hall and paid salaries.

In this case, it should no longer be called the minister's team; they all belong to Gao De and Su Su Su Nai Fa's team, just with different sizes of power.

That is to say, if a minister does not do well, Gao De can directly appoint a new minister, or directly promote someone from below.

This was unimaginable before.

Under the old system, if you want to remove a minister, it is not just moving a minister, but the entire "team" reshuffling and forming.

Moreover, the change of ministers often leads to drastic changes in policy direction, and team replacement is the core link of power transition.

This undoubtedly directly breaks the restriction that only nobles and high-circle mages can serve as ministers and possess power.

Undoubtedly, this kind of system is impossible to implement smoothly in any country.

Because nobles and high-circle mages are the "foundation" of a country, and this system is the foundation of nobles.

If you move their foundation, it is possible for them to join hands to overturn you first.

But after thinking about it, Miss Aisha realized that Gao De's thoughts were not whimsical, and it was precisely only on the soil of the Northern Realm that there was a chance to take root and sprout.

Because there are no nobles in the Northern Realm, and there is awe for the War Mother and Gao De that is close to personal worship.

In this case, no matter what system and policy Su Su Su Nai Fa and Gao De want to implement, they will not be opposed.

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 ruler.

But for Phoenix, at least for the current Phoenix, this is not a problem—currently, the Northern Realm does not have a currency system, let alone issuing so-called salaries.

However, it is not without problems.

"Given the conditions of the Northern Realm, it is impossible to pick out enough suitable people to serve as civil servants." Miss Aisha, who had entered the "deliberation" state, temporarily forgot the difference in status and discussed seriously with Gao De.

"Therefore, Phoenix has currently formed three departments: the Ministry of Agriculture, which is concerned with food, the Public Security Bureau, and the Ministry of Education."

"Ministry of Education?"

"Responsible for education. I want to promote universal education in Phoenix. I don't say everyone can become a talent, but at least let reading, writing, and arithmetic become the basic skills of Northern Realm people, and those who are relatively excellent can further their studies."

"As long as everyone can read and write, no matter how many civil servants I want to recruit, I can actually find a large number of suitable personnel at any time. By then, it will not be the City Hall that lacks talent, but talent that lacks positions."

"And this system will conversely promote the popularization of universal education."

"Because currently, most Northern Realm people cannot correctly recognize the importance of receiving education, and only out of awe and conviction for me and Su Su Su Nai Fa are they willing to send their children to school."

"Talking to them about principles, they actually find it very difficult to understand and accept, but as long as they know that receiving education and studying hard will give them the opportunity to enter the City Hall as civil servants, bring about an improvement in status, and even obtain generous rewards after the currency system is established in the future, then..."

"Then they will face and attach importance to education, and even take the initiative to tell their children about the importance of receiving education." Miss Aisha took the words.

What a terrible "conspiracy"... Anna, who was sitting on Gao De's lap and was not very keen on learning, listened to the conversation between her sister and "Brother Gao De," her eyes blinking, only feeling "goosebumps."

"Do you think it's feasible?" Gao De looked at Miss Aisha with burning eyes and asked.

"Feasible!" Miss Aisha nodded heavily.

This system sounds shocking at first, but as long as you think about it seriously, you can think of the advantages it possesses after it is truly realized.

Whether it is the quality of policy execution or the speed of execution, it can be improved by leaps and bounds.

In a situation where everyone has the opportunity to become a "civil servant," the entire "country" will also present a positive and upward style, with infinite vitality.

Under the premise that any official can be removed at any time, behaviors such as corruption, oppression of civilians, and violation of law and discipline will also be significantly reduced.

The monarch's ruling power will also reach a peak...

In short, just thinking about it, Miss Aisha could list a bunch of advantages.

"Just as you said, the current Phoenix is seriously lacking in management talent, and you, as far as I know, as the princess of the Duchy of Xidian, before the Duchy of Xidian was destroyed by the Duchy of Efuja, had rich governing experience and was quite recognized by the people of the Duchy of Xidian..." Gao De finally revealed the purpose of his visit:

"This is exactly the talent that Phoenix is most lacking at the moment, so I want to hire you as the person in charge of the new department about to be formed in the City Hall: Office Director, concurrently serving as Deputy Minister of Education, are you willing?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 387 =====

"Just as you said, Phoenix currently lacks management talent severely, and you, as far as I know, as a princess of the Saint Xi En Duchy, had rich governing experience before the Saint Xi En Duchy was destroyed by the E-Fu-Jia Duchy, and were quite recognized by the people of the Saint Xi En Duchy." Gao De finally revealed the purpose of his trip:

"This is exactly the talent Phoenix is most in need of right now, so I would like to hire you as the head of the new department about to be established in the City Hall: the Office, that is, the Office Director, concurrently serving as the Deputy Minister of the Education Department. Are you willing?"

(End of this chapter)