Chapter 1516 The Problem of the Millennium Empire (Second update, please subscribe)

"Something's going to happen!"

An article in the newspaper made Fang Zhanbo frown. As the assistant minister of the empire, he did not call to question why the newspaper published such "inappropriate" news.

The Empire has a press law that clearly states what can and cannot be published. This piece of news may seem inappropriate, but it actually complies with the press law. Moreover, public opinion itself has the duty of supervision.

The moment he saw the news, Fang Zhanbo walked out of the official residence.

"To the palace."

I must go see His Majesty before anything goes wrong.

After the car drove out of the official residence street, large and small sun and moon flags covered the sky in front of the shops on both sides of the street, passing in front of Fang Zhanbo's eyes, and the national anthem played on the loudspeakers echoed in the street.

In addition to this news, the newspapers also reported the news that the imperial army had conquered "Fort Grant", a great victory in which more than 100,000 enemies were killed or captured. Facing the victory, the surging crowd held small flags and took to the streets, cheering and jumping, facing the flying ribbons.

The car was driving in the crowd. Several excited young people rushed to his car and shouted:

"Long live the Imperial Legion!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

Fang Zhanbo, who was in a state of confusion, ignored the noise outside the car and directly ordered the driver:

"Open quickly! Get through."

The car rushed forward, almost knocking over several young people who were approaching. Along the way, there were scenes of ecstatic celebration everywhere. Although the imperial citizens were bearing heavier military service and taxes, they showed more and more enthusiasm for the war.

In the face of such enthusiasm, the news seemed insignificant, and he seriously thought about how to deal with this matter now.

"Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!"

The car has driven onto Suzaku Avenue, and soon the red imperial palace comes into view.

When Fang Zhanbo walked into the imperial study, he saw His Majesty writing something there.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

After bowing his head, Fang Zhanbo did not hear the emperor's voice, he just kept bowing.

After a moment, Emperor Zhu spoke.

“It took five months to walk 20 miles!”

Five months, this is the time that the "late license plate" spent on the "road". When seeing this news, Emperor Zhu couldn't even believe his eyes. He certainly knew that there was no "next-day delivery" in this era.

But it takes five months from the time a license plate is applied to the time it is mailed to a military family member. Even more extreme is that...

"The death notice arrived earlier than the license plate. This is no longer unbelievable, it's outrageous! Outrageous!"

Emperor Zhu slapped his brush hard, stared at Fang Zhanbo and asked.

"Go, ask those good-for-nothings in the Vehicle Administration Bureau what they do for a living, and ask them if they are tired of living!"

Although Emperor Zhu had no power to kill them, he did not mind sending these officers to the front line. Killing was illegal, but it was not impossible to let them go to the front line to feel the dedication of the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered a thorough investigation of this matter and will certainly give an explanation to the world. Please calm down, Your Majesty."

Fang Zhanbo, who still bowed his head, ignored the anger of His Majesty. After all, the empire has laws, His Majesty can be angry, but even as an emperor, he needs to obey the law.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that a special investigation team be set up to investigate this matter and military affairs, and that officials involved be punished accordingly based on the results of the investigation. If there is any violation of the law, the prosecutor will prosecute them."

"Investigate, investigate thoroughly, no matter how deep it goes, we must investigate thoroughly!"

Taking a deep breath, although Emperor Zhu's face looked very ugly, he also knew that there was not much he could do about this matter.

"What did this incident expose? It didn't hurt the feelings of the military families, but it exposed the bureaucratic style of the empire! The bureaucratic style of the empire's bureaucracy!"

Emperor Zhu Da emphasized this.

"The most powerful fortress is destroyed from within, and the empire was destroyed by the officialdom! The officialdom's conservative tendency of not seeking merit but avoiding mistakes is actually contrary to the interests of the empire. The interests of the empire cannot tolerate conservatism. Once the officialdom is rampant in the imperial political arena, the empire will not only lose its enterprising spirit, but will also degenerate from being proactive to being conservative and stable. The core of the empire will become stability, and the core of stability is to maintain internal repression. The empire will quickly decline. This is because the officialdom is unable to adapt and is naturally resistant to any changes. The officialdom is astonishingly incompetent and perfunctory in dealing with emergencies - this is the license plate..."

Without even investigating, Emperor Zhu could guess the reasons given by the DMV - they would say something like, because the size of the army suddenly expanded, too many license plates needed to be produced, so the production capacity could not keep up. Of course, they would also say that because metal supply was prioritized, the suppliers of license plates did not have enough metal for production.

In fact, this is the biggest characteristic of the officialdom. They resist change. Even when faced with change, they will remain unchanged. They are like parasites. By changing themselves and disguising themselves, they successfully merge with the host and become indistinguishable from each other. They reproduce wantonly in the host and absorb the host. This is itself a survival philosophy in the officialdom. It is also a conservative survival wisdom of seeking benefits and avoiding harm.

"It fully demonstrates their incompetence and their perfunctory mentality. They only seek to keep things peaceful and to live a peaceful life. They are unable to resolve those micro-conflicts, which to some extent has continuously intensified the frequency and scale of micro-conflicts. This is also the fundamental reason for the empire's turbulence and decline. They want to seek stability, and they have no motivation to carry out such large-scale and in-depth reforms. However, little do they know that it is this idea of ​​theirs that has destroyed stability. For the sake of stability, they have given up progress. For the sake of stability, they dare not change. For the sake of stability, they always want to make big things small and small things nothing. For the sake of stability, in the end... they single-handedly destroyed stability and destroyed the empire."

When listening to His Majesty explaining the dangers of the official Liao idea, Fang Zhanbo realized for the first time that their harm was so great. In fact, as a traditional bureaucrat, Fang Zhanbo still tends to be stable. After all, since the Han Dynasty, the core of the rule of successive dynasties has been to maintain stability, to maintain the long-term peace and stability of the empire with stability, even if it has never been achieved. This is also the foundation of common politics.

But who would have thought that the ones who destroyed stability were the bureaucrats who were bent on seeking stability. This may be the most absurd joke in the world, but even so, the elite officials of the empire have never realized this problem.

"Your Majesty is wise. If it weren't for your insight, I would still be stuck in old habits without knowing it. I am guilty."

Staring at Fang Zhanbo, Emperor Zhu said.

"Fang Qingjia, the Ming officialdom cannot tolerate such mediocre officials, nor such parasites! Therefore, we must not only thoroughly investigate this matter, but also shave those parasites out of the officialdom!"

After saying this, Emperor Zhu seemed to be in a heavy mood. Perhaps he could point out the harm of officials' ideas, but how to solve this problem fundamentally?

At this moment, Emperor Zhu was also lost in thought. It is difficult to conquer the world, and governing the country... is even more difficult!

It is even more difficult to build a thousand-year empire!

(End of this chapter)