The higher the official position, the fewer the higher the position. There can be hundreds of county magistrates, but there are only dozens of prefects, only thirteen governors, only three three dukes, and only one emperor.

There are always times when the chief officer and deputy are filled, and at most, the local "official officer" may still have a place.

However, this thing actually has the habit of "transmitting" in many places and eras. Many sons of minor officials will inherit their positions. This habit has also existed in modern times. For example, many old workers in factories will retire early and give their positions to their sons.

Officials also need some elderly people who know the local area to help them manage the local area. As long as they are not very capable, they will generally not destroy this tradition. Moreover, appointing minor officials is a privilege of county magistrates. Only county magistrates and county magistrates are appointed by the state.

In some small counties, if only county magistrates are established, and no county magistrates are established, then there will be no county magistrates and county magistrates, and the power of county magistrates will be further strengthened.

There is also a solution, that is, the civil service system. All officials are included in the scope of "civil servants", formally established, and the "small officials" are allowed to be promoted, and eventually become high-ranking officials, and even join the six ministries to serve.

But this is a bit too advanced for the moment, so Liu Tao didn't do it.

After all, after this system is released, no matter how talented you are, you must start with a clerk. Then you can experience the success and achieve political achievements slowly. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. In order to achieve political achievements in the future, many people have made the local economy mess up.

In this era, I believe that those who are talented should get a higher position. I even think that this is respect for him and that talents can serve you more loyally.

It is said that a scholar dies for his confidant, but he, a time traveler, stands in front of him, what talent does he have? Generally speaking, who knows? A person who does not understand history travels to the Three Kingdoms and sees Guo Jia appearing in front of him in a daze. How do you know that this person is talented?

Then the problem arises. If Guo Jia is actually not talented and gives him the position of military advisor, he takes himself into a pit, and it is a huge pit, and he suddenly loses his family's fortune...

For example, Guo Jia was talented but did not give him a suitable position, so this person directly changed jobs and left. In history, this person defected to Yuan Shao and was later introduced to Cao Cao by Xun Yu. From another perspective, if it were not for the previous drama and ambition, Cao Cao would have amazed Cao Cao, when he asked 'Who can replace him', he was a talent like Xun Yu who recommended Guo Jia, would Cao Cao reuse Guo Jia?

Only when the quantity is applicable, everyone knows it, so it is very difficult to do it. Arrange inappropriate people in inappropriate positions. For a country, the higher the position of this person, the more likely it is to have problems.

So in the future, as long as it is not a fatal mistake, at most, you will change your positions. If you pass the civil service exam, at least there will be a position suitable for him. If the senior management is not good, the grassroots can still consider it!

In the end, it became stable. Even if you didn’t perform well, at least you could adapt. That was it. If you really find the right one and then quickly accumulate political achievements, you will naturally sigh: Fortunately, you have not missed a talent!

From this perspective, Liu Tao actually thinks that the civil service system in later generations is still desirable. It is just that supervision needs to be strengthened. At least, it will be eliminated by simply reducing political achievements.

As for this era, whether the civil service system can be implemented in his generation depends on the subsequent development.

Anyway, it is not suitable for this stage, and it is not suitable for this within 20 years...

After staying in the clouds for a day, Liu Tao still used the railway to return to Jinyang and then started to go south. The rugged along the way made him very uncomfortable. The railway might shake a few times, but it was much better than this.

After a few days of bumpy bumps, Liu Tao even felt that it was necessary to spread the railway across the country. This would not only better mobilize resources from all over the country, but also strengthen the central government's control over the country.

"How do you feel?" After returning to Luoyang, Liu Tao suddenly looked at Jian Yong and asked.

"Your Majesty said, is it a railway?" Jian Yong has been observing these days. Liu Tao's expression was a little unnatural when he started riding in the imperial chariot in Jinyang.

Of course he knew the reason. After all, he tried railway transportation with Liu Tao before and found that this thing was fast and not so shaking. On the way back, he used a carriage, but it was not only much slower, but also shaking violently.

If you don’t know the railway, it doesn’t matter if you get used to it. But after taking the railway transportation, you are not used to it. Suddenly, you feel that the railway may be able to carry out passenger transport. I think many merchants who come and go from north to south should not mind paying some money to ride in the passenger compartment.

"Wouldn't this thing be great if it could be spread across the country?" Liu Tao asked casually.

"Of course it's good, what should I do if I just cross the river?" Jian Yong asked.

"Building a railway bridge... As long as we have sufficient technology, building a suspension bridge across the Yangtze River and the Yellow River should not be a big problem." Liu Tao thought for a while.

Before later generations, before steel and cement were not available, foreign countries established cross-river bridges, using the structure of suspension bridges. The bridges were completely fixed by steel cables to increase load bearing.

Besides, cement is not that difficult to make, so it is not a big problem to do it slowly after exploring it. What is important is that metallurgical technology needs to be further improved, and the output at this stage is obviously insufficient.

However, the railways that communicate between the north and the south can be avoided, but the railways that are in Hebei, Central Plains and Northwest can be done first, especially in the northwest, which is a mountainous and sparsely populated environment, without railways, it is really impossible to develop without railways.

Not to mention, the major strategy of the Silk Road was involved later.

"If the railway is built, there will be a group of laborers now..." The heads of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue came over to ask, but after hearing about the convenience of the railway, Xun Yu immediately stated, "In the Battle of Destruction of Jin and the Battle of Central Plains, we have harvested a large number of prisoners, with a population of more than 50,000."

They are all under Yuan Shao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and Zhang Chao.

In addition, those who surrendered did not surrender, there were indeed 50,000. It was agreed that they would be demoted to common people after working for five years, and then they would be fine to join the army or do anything else.

Originally, it was just to build bridges, roads, dams, etc. in various places, especially the dams in Hefei, which had been destroyed before, and all the inside of Hefei County needed to be renovated.

But that thing doesn't take much time. There is still a month left, and it's almost done. I want to talk about how to arrange it next to maximize the benefits...

Another point is that the officials there have already reported the data on the railway trial operation. I heard that Liu Tao had experienced it once in person, so he naturally thought about it. After looking at it, he calculated it and found that this thing was indeed promising.

It's just the biggest problem. First of all, we need to reduce the cost of railway tracks...
Chapter completed!