I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister

The elder replied: "How do we know this? We don't even know that we are cheated. It's better to carry a sedan chair!"

The student asked: "But you can't lift young people anymore. It's not in line with human ethics. It must be stopped!"

The elder replied: "Don't act recklessly! We are all earning young people's money now, and only young people are willing to spend it! The old people are more stingy than the other, saving money for retirement!"

The student asked: "But this is really too hard, how long can you carry it?"

The elder replied: "Human life is worthless. If you can live a day, you can count it as a day. Don't expect anything extravagant!"

Looking at the frustrated students, Lin Beifan smiled and said, "It's against human ethics for young people to sit in sedan chairs! But young people don't sit on airs, and these two elders can only starve to death! So now you still think that the old man Is it wrong to carry sedan chairs for young people? Should it be stopped?"

Everyone looked at each other, speechless, very frustrated.

"Existence is reasonable, reality is so cruel!" Lin Beifan shook his sleeves: "So, now comes the problem! If you are officials, how do you solve the problem of their old age?"

A student raised his hand: "We give him money and food, so that they can rely on themselves!"

Lin Beifan shook his head: "No! There are tens of millions of old people like them, and the court doesn't have so much money and food!"

A student raised his hand: "We can call on the young people of today to give them old age!"

Lin Beifan shook his head again: "No way! Nowadays, young people struggle to support themselves, so why not support others?"

A student raised his hand: "We can provide them with simple jobs!"

Lin Beifan shook his head again: "No way! All the work the court can provide is hard work, more tiring than carrying a sedan chair!"

……

They made a suggestion, but Lin Beifan vetoed it.

Everyone became more and more frustrated, and the corners of their mouths were very bitter: "Is there really no solution?"

Lin Beifan laughed, "The reality is even crueler than you imagined!"

Then, Lin Beifan led the crowd to the door of a rich family, where there was a poor family who were selling their daughters as slaves to serve as maids for the rich family.

Lin Beifan asked with a smile, "What do you think of this situation?"

Everyone became angry again.

"How can you sell your daughter?"

"It's so inhuman to sell your daughter for a little money!"

"Such people are not qualified to be parents!"

……

Lin Beifan asked with a smile, "Then what should I do?"

"They must be stopped. No matter how poor you are, you can't sell your daughter. This is the basic morality of being a human being!"

"How could they do such a thing? Do you know a little bit of etiquette and shame?"

"We must report to the officials, arrest them and educate them well!"

……

Lin Beifan said with a smile: "But, if the daughter is not sold, the family of the poor family may starve to death, even the daughter will starve to death! But if the daughter is sold, the whole family can survive! Then My daughter can survive as a servant girl in a big family! Tell me, what should I do?"

"This..." Everyone was stunned speechless again.

"It shouldn't happen, right?" One student said resentfully.

"If you don't believe me, go and ask!"

After they asked, it was true.

There are about 8 people in that poor family, old and young, two old people who are unable to work and are sick, and there are 4 children under them, who are still young and lack labor.

The most important thing is that the host is disabled and has limited mobility, and the hostess has limited abilities.

It is too difficult for them to make money to feed 8 people.

So there is really no way but to sell the eldest daughter.

The student asked: "No matter how poor you are, you can't sell your daughter!"

The male host: "We don't want to, but if we don't sell it, our family will have nothing to eat!"

The student asked: "She is your flesh and blood, are you willing?"

The male host: "Of course I can't bear it, that's why we found a good family for her! In this good family, he can eat enough and sleep warmly! Moreover, we can meet each other often and take care of each other! We asked our daughter, She agrees!"

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After asking, the students came back frustrated.

Lin Beifan asked: "If you don't sell your daughter, the whole family can't survive! If you sell your daughter, everyone can survive! Moreover, your daughter can live a better life! Now you still think it's wrong to sell your daughter?"

"This..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

"The problem is coming again!" Lin Beifan asked: "If you are officials, how do you solve the problem of these children's lack of support? Let them grow up with their parents at ease and enjoy the family happiness?"

The students put forward one suggestion after another, but they were also rejected by Lin Beifan.

Because of the suggestions they put forward, the idea is very good, but it is not feasible.

Then, Lin Beifan led the crowd to a young beggar with healthy hands and feet.

"What do you think of this situation?"

The students are outraged!

Before, they met two elderly people and a poor family. Due to various reasons, their lives were difficult, but they still chose to work to support themselves, which is very admirable.

 …  

As a result, this young man with sound hands and feet became a beggar.

A student said angrily: "You have hands and feet, why are you begging for money along the street?"

The young beggar was dumbfounded: "I have hands and feet, but I have no money!"

The student continued angrily: "Work hard and you will make money!"

The young beggar let out a chuckle: "You can make money by working hard? This kind of talk is a lie! Look at those farmers who have been living in the farmland all their lives, and their waists are bent. Have they ever made a fortune? How about you?" Look at those laborers, they have done so much hard work and dirty work all their lives, they are so tired that they don’t look like human beings, have their lives ever been better?”

"You!" Everyone was speechless.

"So, I'm thinking about it now! When I'm hungry, I go to ask for food, and when I'm thirsty, I go to find water to drink! I usually have a lot of leisure time, I can bask in the sun, enjoy the beautiful scenery on the street, and see beautiful women. Just do whatever you want, what a great life! Life is short for 50 years, suffering is a lifetime, tiredness is also a lifetime, why don't I choose to be happy for a lifetime?"

"It's wrong for you to do this..."

"What's wrong?" The young beggar crossed his legs: "I don't steal, I don't rob, and I don't commit crimes. What can you do to me? You are all scholars, don't study for a lifetime, use your brain to read. Stupid! Haha!"

The students returned frustrated once again.

Lin Beifan smiled slightly: "That beggar is right. Hard work doesn't necessarily make you money, but you can live comfortably if you don't work hard. I'm so moved! If it were you, how would you choose?"

Everyone looked at each other without answering.

"Then the question comes again, if you are officials, how do you get them to move?"

The students still can't think of a solution, they don't want to work anymore, they just lie down and die, what can you do?

Unless you put a knife on his neck, but how long can this kind of thing be done?

"Okay, that's the end of today's class, you go back, go back and think about the problems you encountered today, and if you think about it, you will know how to be an official!"

"Yes, Lord Jijiu, the students are leaving!" The students waved their hands and bid farewell.

Lin Beifan also turned and left.

"Master Jijiu, please stop!" Yao Zheng shouted and chased after Bu.

Chapter 296 My Heart Is So Bitter

Lin Beifan turned around and said with a smile, "Master Yao, what's the matter?"

Yao Zheng bowed again, frowned and said: "Master Jijiu, please forgive me for being dull, some of you don't understand the way you taught me just now, please give me some advice!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "I see! It's time for dinner, why don't you go back to the mansion with me, and talk about it while drinking and eating?"

Yao Zheng thought of Lin Beifan's fine wine, the wine worms had already been hooked out, and he said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!"

After about a stick of incense, they had already returned to the Lin Mansion.

A banquet was set up in the middle of the study, and the two continued to discuss how to be an official while drinking and eating.

"Master Yao, if you have any questions, you can ask!" Lin Beifan said.

"Thank you Lord Jijiu for giving me this opportunity! Today, Xiaguan accompanied Jijiu to patrol the streets to learn how to be an official! Through those three examples, I learned a lot and understood a lot! It's just..."

Yao Zheng frowned again: "There are so many thoughts, I don't know where to start!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "So that's the case, then I will sort it out for you!"

"Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for your enlightenment, and I will listen with all your ears!"

Lin Beifan put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: "The first thing I want to teach students about being an official is the way of standing! The so-called way of standing is the foothold of being an official. What are we serving as officials! Officials thought about it, but in fact it can be summed up in four words: for the country and the people!"

Yao Zheng nodded immediately: "Master Jijiu is right!"

"For the country and the people, the people are the foundation, and there is a country with the people, so I let them start from the people first! We often say that the people are suffering, and we all know that the people are suffering, but in fact, the people are worse than we imagined... Bitter!"

Lin Beifan took a sip of his wine and continued: "So, I want them to go deep into the grassroots and understand the sufferings of the people! Master Yao, let me ask you, the 50-year-old elders who know their destiny can still carry sedan chairs to make money when they are old, what do you say? Is it bitter?"

Yao Zheng nodded heavily: "Bitter!"

"Lord Yao, let me ask you, poor families can only sell their daughters as slaves to support the whole family. Do you think it is hard?"

Yao Zheng nodded again: "Bitter!"

"Master Yao, let me ask you again, young people with able-bodied hands and feet can only end up begging on the street as beggars, do you think it is hard?"

"This..." Yao Zheng glanced at Lin Beifan, and said, "Master Jijiu, I don't think he is a bitter man! He has hands and feet, is light and healthy, and can do a job to support himself, but he likes leisure and hates work." , it just deserves it!”

Lin Beifan smiled and shook his head: "Master Yao, you only look at his appearance, but you can't think of his heart! Although he doesn't suffer from the hardships of life, he suffers from the hardships of his heart! Because he can't see any hope, no hope of turning over , full of ambition but unable to display it, so I can only paralyze myself!"

Lin Beifan glanced at the old man next to him: "This kind of suffering is also called the suffering of being unrecognized for talents, the suffering of being depressed and unsuccessful! Master Yao, you should have a deep understanding!"

"So that's how it is!" Yao Zheng took a sip of wine, recalling all the past, with a bit of bitterness: "It's really bitter!"

"So, I will let them understand the sentiments of the people! As long as I think of the scenes I saw today in my future official career, I will have a little more compassion in my heart, and I will be satisfied if I can favor the common people a little bit!"

"What Master Jijiu said is very true, I will offer you a toast!"

The two clinked glasses and drank it all in one go.

Lin Beifan went on to say: "This official wants to teach students the second way of being an official, which is the dialectical way! The so-called dialectical way is to look at problems dialectically, see the good side, and also see the bad side! When you see the phenomenon, you must also see the essence!"

"For example, the elder carries the sedan chair for the young!"

"Those who have read the books of Confucius and Mencius know that it is wrong to do this. The elders should not carry the sedan chair for the young people, and the young people cannot sit on the sedan chair carried by the elders, otherwise it is against human ethics and morality!"

"But let's look at it from another angle!"

"Did the elder do something wrong? He is not wrong. He can only do these hard jobs in order to survive and eat! If he doesn't do it, he can only starve to death!"

"Did the young man do something wrong? He is also right, because he paid the money, and he should enjoy the service he deserves! If he doesn't sit down, the two elders may starve to death!"

"Everyone is right..." Lin Beifan spread his hands and asked, "Could it be our way of Confucius and Mencius, is it wrong?"

"This..." Yao Zheng was at a loss for words and could not answer.

"Actually, that's true!" Lin Beifan said with a smile: "Confucius and Mencius taught us to respect the old and love the young. If we don't respect the old and love the young, the old and the young will be out of order, and all human relationships will be destroyed, and the world will be in chaos long ago!"

Yao Zheng nodded slightly: "Yes!"

"Since everyone is right, who is wrong?" Lin Beifan asked again.

"This..." Yao Zheng was at a loss for words again, unable to answer.

"Actually, no one is wrong, it's just that the starting point is different! In order to educate the world, Confucius and Mencius proposed the virtue of respecting the old and loving the young! In order to survive, the two old men had no choice but to put on airs for the young man! The young man paid the money. , naturally you should enjoy the service you deserve!"

"Selling girls into slavery and young people begging are the same principle!"

"So..." Lin Beifan said with a smile: "What I want to tell the students is that many things are not black and white, and there is no standard answer at all! It is better to have no books than to believe in books! Many things must be combined with reality. Think! In this way, when you become an official, you will be calm and calm, consider everything, put yourself in the shoes of the common people, and will not govern indiscriminately!"

"I've been taught, I've been taught..." Yao Zheng toasted Lin Beifan again.

"This official wants to teach the students the third way to be an official, which is the way of choice! The so-called way of choice is what should be done and how to solve problems when they arise!"