Chapter 86, Hebang Renaissance City (First Order Request!!!)
Sitting in the Alliance Parliament Hall, Gu Hang looked around.
This place is built quite realistically. The round dome has many complex reliefs, which seem to have religious connotations. The image of the emperor can be seen everywhere. Moreover, it seems to be telling a grand story about how the ancestors worked hard to establish an alliance in the ruins.
There is a small hole with a glass cover on the top, through which sunlight shines. Even on sunny days, it will still be bright even if the lights are not turned on.
Under the dome is a long table, where the alliance members usually hold meetings.
Above the long table, on a platform with five steps, there is a throne-like chair.
According to the design concept, that should be the seat exclusively for the Governor.
Back then, when the alliance was revived, the governor should have sat in that high position, watching the congressmen below discuss and solve various problems in the reconstruction process of the Wrathful Owl Star. One proposal after another was put forward, one problem after another was solved, and one plan after another was implemented...
Those should have been glorious times.
Until now, there are still many people on the Angry Owl Star who miss that time - especially after experiencing the subsequent second generation of governors.
Gu Hang didn't know much about the deeds of that generation of governor, and he didn't think that he was the successor of his will. But this didn't prevent him from doing something similar in the same place.
He sat down on it, and there was new information in Gu Hang's system.
[You have occupied the city: Renaissance City. ]
[Fuxing City Monthly Fixed Income: 68 Points of Gift]
Gu Hang was originally happy to see the occupation and Fuxing City being included in the system statistics.
When he first took office as governor a few months ago, he had been looking forward to this news, but he never saw it. Today, he finally got what he wanted.
However, after seeing the number 68, Gu Hang frowned deeply.
This is too low!
It’s ridiculously low!
The Governor's Camp that he built from scratch, plus the Abandoned Cave Society that was in a state of tatters when it was conquered, can provide him with 61 points of grace in total.
To reach that number, the two camps combined have a population of just over 10,000. How come Fuxing City, with a population of nearly one million, has only this few?
Then, he saw a series of negative effects under Renaissance City in this integrated internal affairs interface.
【City shutdown: Greatly reduced city income. 】
[Anarchy: Greatly reduces city income.]
In addition to [Anarchy], there are several other states that significantly reduce the city's income, including: [Uneasy People], [Extremely Low Average Living Standard], [Hungry City], [Low Management Level], [Poor Infrastructure], [Low Population Quality], [Low Public Order], [Rebels], ...
There are also several entries that reduce income by a moderate amount: [disordered market], [trade disruption], [extensive development], [post-war chaos], [martial law], [administrative chaos], [grassroots out of control], [cult heresy]...
I won’t mention those who have seen a slight reduction in income, it’s still a lot anyway.
Gu Hang was speechless.
With so many negative effects, it doesn't seem surprising that the gift income has plummeted to the bottom...
However, Gu Hang quickly adjusted his mentality.
He had not completely anticipated this situation.
His previous thought was that even if he took the city by military means, he would still need to go through governance before the system would recognize that the city belonged to him.
The same idea is probably true of the large number of negative effects that are now piled up, which greatly reduces the benefits.
Likewise, we can think about this matter in a positive way.
These clear negative effects clearly pointed out to Gu Hang the problems that needed to be solved.
Just take them down one by one and it will be fine.
In his opinion, these debuffs of Fuxing City can be roughly divided into two categories: development issues and management issues.
The former cannot be achieved overnight. It requires productivity to be raised and trade routes to be restored so that people can have enough food and clothing, have the energy to transform cities and achieve a better standard of living.
As for management problems, some of them are deep-rooted and will also take time to deal with. But at least some of them can be solved immediately.
For example, the biggest debuff: [City Shutdown].
Factories and shops were closed, and city residents did not even dare to go out on the streets due to military control, fear and anxiety.
Unable to work, insufficient food supplies... these were exactly what Gu Hang was going to deal with right away.
He needed to immediately establish an administrative system, no matter how rudimentary it was, but at least effective, to deal with the problem of the city's shutdown.
It will be a completely new administration.
He had hesitated before whether to do so, but the death of old Hodgson completely extinguished that idea.
If there was an old man who supported him wholeheartedly and had prestige in the alliance to assist him, he might have taken over the original administrative system of Fuxing City and slowly carried out reforms.
But now?
Forget it.
If we continue to use the old administrative system, there will inevitably be constraints.
The war has been won, so why should we get involved with Renaissance City and the existing system of the Alliance Government?
Moreover, what good was there in the original system of the Union Government? The Governor-General in the past had insufficient control and needed to coordinate various parties and factions and compromise with each other.
However, Gu Hang doesn't need it.
At least not yet.
He does not need to set up a parliamentary system to bring together all factions, industries, people who hold power and have a say in order to get things done.
He decided to abandon the original system, overturn it and completely rebuild a highly centralized political power and system to implement his will with high efficiency.
He would keep the name of "Alliance", which was a necessary political name to conquer and rule the settlements outside Renaissance City. But other than that, he didn't plan to leave much else behind.
He will abolish the parliament completely and replace it with a coalition government. The government will have multiple departments under its jurisdiction, and the civil servants will be the leaders. In the future, the civil servants will be introduced to make decisions and guide the development of the city.
The old system will be swept away; the once high-ranking officials and rentiers will be liquidated; the entire class of factory owners will be wiped out in one go, and replaced by government-owned collective factories...
After the old interest groups are eliminated, the positions and interests they vacate will become the interests of the newcomers.
The new interest groups grew out of the new system and emerged with the help of the Governor. In turn, they will be the Governor's strongest supporters.
This process will be a revolution that may seem cruel to some people.
There were footsteps at the door. Gu Hang ended his thoughts, looked up and saw a slightly thin girl in a gray-blue shirt walking in.
Ossena is here.
(End of this chapter)
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