For Mojia village, the villagers'' meeting was held recently, and all materials have been prepared.
"Dangdang!"
With the call of summoning, villagers soon gathered in Mozi square.
When the villagers saw that there were two more positions behind Merton on the podium, they were not surprised. The arrival of dignitaries in Mojia village today had already spread all over the village.
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were officially made in these two positions. After all, Li Shimin was the prince and was originally the successor elected by Li Shimin. Li Shimin naturally let Li Chengqian sit in on such a novel way of governance as the Mojia village villagers'' meeting. Although Li Tai was favored, he was not allowed to stay aside to look after Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang.
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian looked at the backbone of Mojia village on the podium in front of them and couldn''t help nodding. Although the sparrows in Mojia village are small and have five internal organs, they do have a bit of weather.
"This year, Mojia village has paid 100000 wages, 67000 taxes, and material expenses..." as the first speech of the village head, Li Yi announced the expenditure of the whole village to the public.
A series of huge figures made Li Shimin thoroughly understand the real potential of Mojia village. The salary alone was 100000-3000 yuan, which was evenly distributed to each person. That was at least six yuan, nearly 500 yuan per month. In Datang, the salary of 500 yuan per month was very little. The income of six yuan was much more than that of farming.
Not to mention the 60000 yuan of taxes paid to the imperial court, which is much lower than last year, but considering the crisis of Mojia village this year, it is already valuable.
Sure enough, Li Yi said: "the total annual expenditure of 50000 treasury bonds takes up the 50000 Guan deposit of Qianchou dealers, plus the money donated by you, the actual loss is about 130000 Guan. Li, as the village head, is to blame. He specially submits his resignation to the young master and asks the young master for approval."
The villagers were in an uproar. At the moment, the crisis in Mojia village has passed. No one expected that Li Yi would take the initiative to submit his resignation. Li Shimin also looked at Merton with great interest and wondered how he would deal with it.
Merton frowned and pondered a little: "Uncle Li! There are many problems in the crisis of Mojia village, and the main responsibility is not you."
Li Yi insisted: "as the village head, I can''t shirk my responsibility for whatever reason."
Li Shimin could not help nodding and glancing at Li Yigao. Li Yi is indeed to blame in this matter.
Merton nodded: "in that case, I''ll punish Uncle Li for a year''s salary. As for his resignation, I think the villagers have more say than me. Then please ask all the villagers to vote by secret ballot to decide whether Uncle Li will go or stay."
"Secret ballot!"
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian looked at each other, and their hearts moved. It was the first time they heard about this way of holding an official position that the villagers decided the fate of the village head.
In the past, most of the officials of any imperial court were appointed directly by the imperial court and the superior, but there was never a saying that the lower level decided the upper level. However, Li Shimin, as an eternal emperor, immediately thought of the benefits of this method. In this way, if the village head is unpopular or has a bad reputation, the people can directly drive him out of office, In this way, how can the village head not do his duty.
"Sure enough, there are some ways!" Li Shimin was very interested. It has been normal for officials to deceive the lower level and the upper level since ancient times. The implementation of this law is decided by the people. How dare officials bully the people.
However, at the thought of what Merton just said about a small country and few people, I can''t help shaking my head bitterly. This method is indeed good, but it''s really like what Merton said. I''m afraid it''s really a policy to govern the village.
"Voting begins!"
With Han Zheng''s loud drink, representatives of thousands of families in Mojia village came to the ballot box in front of Han Zheng.
Soon, thousands of votes were counted. After Han Zheng carefully checked them, he said loudly: "the number of the villagers'' meeting was 1110 and 1110 people voted, of which 826 supported Li Yi, 174 opposed and 10 abstained. The resignation of Li Yi is invalid!"
"Thank you for your trust. I deserve it." Li Yi was moved. He didn''t expect so many people to support him.
Merton said softly, "Uncle Li takes the credit of Mojia village in his eyes. How can he not understand it? I hope Uncle Li will continue to take on the important task."
"I will live up to your expectations!" Li Yi arched his hands.
Li Chengqian shook his head in disapproval. In this way, it seems fair, but there is another disadvantage. That is, if a strong man is in office, he can be re elected all the time. I''m afraid it''s not in the interests of the imperial court.
Li Shimin also noticed this and couldn''t help showing a thoughtful look.
Merton suddenly got up and said, "at the meeting last year, I once urged Uncle Li to be the village head for one year. Now one year later, since the villagers support Uncle Li, I hereby announce the appointment of Li Yi as the village head of Mojia village."
"Thank you, young master!" Li Yi bowed.
Merton continued: "according to the rules of Mojia village, the term of office of the village head of Mojia village is three years. It is re elected every three years, up to two terms. The maximum age during the term of office shall not exceed 60. Li Yi is the first village head of Mojia village!"
"Village rules!"
"The term of office is three years and can be renewed once."
"The maximum age is no more than 60."
It suddenly occurred to Li Chengqian that Merton had already figured out the countermeasures. The tenure system and age limit went hand in hand, and the hidden danger of the elected village head was immediately eliminated.
"Wonderful!"
As soon as Li Shimin''s eyes brighten, he is like a court. Most of them are iron throne and flowing prime minister. The biggest reason is to avoid the prime minister''s power threatening the imperial power. As an emperor, he often needs to use the prime minister and guard against the prime minister. Once the prime minister''s reputation is too high, he will even suppress it.
However, if the term of office system and age limit are set, the prime minister will automatically rotate when it expires. In this way, it can also preserve the name of kings and ministers and avoid the prime minister''s excessive power. The prime minister can plan carefully during his term of office without worrying about the loss of his status and avoiding the death of his government.
"Stones from other mountains can attack jade. Today, I really didn''t go there in vain!" Li Shimin took a deep breath.
Merton then said, "next, we will commend some representatives of the younger generation, tie Ping, Yu Er, Mo Da..."
As for the later villagers'' meeting, Li Shimin did not stop paying attention, but bowed his head and meditated. For a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and frowned.
It was not until the end of the villagers'' meeting that Li Shimin suddenly woke up.
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"Go back to the palace!"
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Shimin ended today''s inspection. He had only planned to spend one morning in Mojia village, but unconsciously, a day had passed.
, entrance of Mojia Village
"Father emperor!" Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi looked at the deep Mohist village and said reluctantly.
"Your Highness can come often in the future. The Mojia village will certainly welcome you!" Merton said. If they don''t have Li Shimin next time, I''m afraid Princess Changle will follow. I don''t know what''s going on. Recently, it''s more and more difficult for him to meet princess Changle.
Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi got on the carriage.
"The ink technique in Mojia village is really magical. Brother Mo, I''ll discuss it another day!" Li Tai said excitedly. Today''s trip opened his eyes and made him more interested in ink technique. For example, the greenhouse seems to be related to his local chronicles, which gave him a lot of new ideas.
"My honor!" Murton bowed. It seems that Li Tai has gone farther and farther on the road of learning.
Li Chengqian also arched his hands and stepped on the carriage.
"The policy of governing the village is really good!" Li Shimin gave a perfunctory praise under Merton''s expectation, stepped on the carriage and left.
"Congratulations, your majesty!"
Merton was not disappointed. He looked happy. Li Shimin didn''t give him a good face. It was a very high evaluation to have good words.
The carriage drove all the way east along the six lanes. Soon it reached the intersection, turned and sped all the way to Chang''an city.
Through the glass of the new carriage, Li Shimin looked at the faraway Mojia village and thought about today''s experience. He felt like entering a paradise. Everything in Mojia village was unique, but people couldn''t help indulging in it.
"It is worthy of being the first village in the world."
Li Shimin smiled.