Officer Relocation

A sense of community is good for society and good for China; it is not good for administration.

China is like a body; every aspect must find harmony and motion to work as a whole. The majority of the empire's citizens live beyond the walls of urban centres, in outlying villages and provinces, which are overseen by local officials.

These officials, however, are stringently disallowed from serving in their native region, and so must move to unfamiliar provinces. In doing so, they are freed of familial biases that may impede their judgement during particularly fractious situations.