Royal Gold Magistrate

Shen Yi never expected Fang Zhengyi to be so straightforward.

Although he has been tempered by the newspaper office for a long time, he has already understood many of Fang Zhengyi's ideas.

However, many concepts are still deeply ingrained, and I still have doubts when I hear such direct words as making people rich.

He opened his mouth and retorted: "My lord, the sage said that governing the people requires loyalty, selflessness, use of the virtuous, and measurement. When you see goodness in others, you have goodness as yourself; when you see faults in others, you have faults as yourself. Is it wrong?"

Fangzheng smiled: "It's wrong but not completely wrong. Since it's a sage's words, of course it makes sense."

"How many officials can be selfless to the world? I can't do it when I ask myself. A method that does not follow human nature is definitely not a good method."

"So what if they are saints? May I ask which one of the ancient saints was not from aristocratic background, and which one was not served by someone? Saints talk about the people, and the people they talk about may not be the people we talk about."

"Those idols of saints are all dead, and their status today is more or less accompanied by various folk stories, coupled with the fact that countless people in the past dynasties have finally formed their statues."

"I believe that newcomers are always better than old ones. If we blindly follow behind the saints, we will never be able to achieve great governance. What we have to do is to surpass the saints."

"It is enough to see the problem and point to the essence."

Shen Yi's face turned pale. He didn't expect Fang Zhengyi to be able to utter such wild words, and dare to say that he surpassed a saint.

Even though Fang Zhengyi's status in his heart is not low, it is inevitable that he felt uneasy, and said loudly: "How can you slander a saint! Isn't it wrong to rule the people with virtue?"

Hearing that there was a bit of anger in his tone, Fangzheng didn't care. He raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed leisurely: "That's right."

"Morality is an excellent thing. Everyone hopes to be surrounded by benevolence and friendliness. Such a world must be beautiful.

But morality is just a ray of candlelight after all. It can illuminate a person's path, but it can't stop the open and dark arrows all over the world. "

"Your opponent may not be a colleague who is blind or has a conflict of interest, but is more likely to be the people under the rule."

"It may take years for a government order to see results. During this period, everyone will curse you, and your opponents will use your weaknesses to attack you."

"How can morality help you at this time? What you can do is to mediate with wisdom, or to persist with your teeth. There is no other way."

Glancing at Shen Yi, seeing him bowing his head and thinking seriously, Fang Zhengyi continued to speak: "Actually, it is a shameful thing for an official to talk about morality at a high level."

"Education, the implication of the rule of virtue is that the people are immoral. But is this really the case? I can't see it all."

"During the most difficult years in Taoyuan County when I was in power, do you know what people said to me the most when they saw me? They said there was no difficulty, and they didn't dare to cause trouble for the county."

Fangzheng had a look of disappointment on his face: "They would rather wrong themselves in order not to cause me trouble, isn't that a virtue?"

"What stupid people, this is kind-hearted stupidity. If they can solve everything by themselves, then why should I, the magistrate of the county, do it? If the people in the world are like this, what do we need the court for?"

"So, the set of things in the book must be combined with reality, otherwise it will be just a bunch of waste paper."

Shen Yi raised his head, eyes full of confusion, and whispered: "Then what should I do?"

"Huh? What else can you do? You can just solve the problem when you encounter a problem, and adapt to the situation. You have to take the initiative to find the problem. It will be much more troublesome if you wait for the problem to explode and then solve it."

"It's been doing this for a long time. You may often feel tired, and instinctively don't want to take care of those bad things, and simply find a cover to cover it, but this is absolutely unfeasible."

"This is just like a conflict between two people. If there is a conflict, a fight will solve the problem on the spot. If you hold back and don't talk about it, you will fight to the death sooner or later. The same is true for things. Small troubles may also be hidden. Bigger crisis."

Shen Yi suddenly stopped, walked up to Fang Zhengyi, and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Fang, Shen Yi has been taught!"

Fangzheng smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I haven't finished yet, with your hard work, I believe you will return to the capital sooner or later."

"Now that you have an official status, you must face your subordinates, and you must live up to both ends."

"That's right, I think it's much simpler than governing the people. There's only one thing, sit tight!"

Shen Yi asked: "What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty is a person who strives hard to govern. You can do things with peace of mind, and you will always be fine if you don't change your mind."

"It doesn't matter how you play around and play with women, as long as you have real talents and learn not to alienate Your Majesty, you will never make mistakes."

"We always pay attention to a political correctness. This is called sitting on the buttocks. If there is a problem at the top, we can save the country with a curve. If you have nothing to do, just rush up like those speech officials."

"If you make the leader unable to step down, the leader will set you up and roast you sooner or later!"

Shen Yi murmured in his heart, and murmured: "It sounds a bit like a traitor..."

Fangzheng's face turned from white to red, feeling that he couldn't hold back his face, and immediately scolded: "What are you talking about! What kind of traitor? If you can help the people's lives better, you are a loyal minister if you benefit the country and the people, and everything else is just a method. Telling you so much is still an elm head!"

"Master! Master!"

In the middle of the lesson, Xie Xian ran from a distance and shouted that Zheng was rushing towards the two of them. When he reached Fangzheng, he said out of breath, "Master, we have already arranged overtime work. Are there any other arrangements in the future?"

Fangzheng stretched out his hand to signal him to be quiet, and then said, "Wait a minute, I'll talk to you after I finish talking to him. Shen Yi, what you have to do is to solve practical problems, and put those imaginary things aside."

"Let me ask you if you are driving an out-of-control carriage, and there are two roads in front of you. There are five people on one road, but this road has been clearly prohibited by law, and the other road is open. Walk. Who do you choose to run into?"

"Ah?" Shen Yi's eyes were full of confusion: "Why do you want to kill someone? Can't I go to the wilderness?"

"..."

A world without trains is really frustrating, Fang Zhengyi suppressed his anger: "You must choose a road, otherwise you will be the one who dies!"

Shen Yi squeezed his chin, thinking: "It's not impossible for me to die...to sacrifice my life for righteousness..."

"..." Fangzheng became angry with embarrassment, "Damn it! I have to choose a path!"

"This... I don't know, Mr. Fang, I can't choose this? Five people broke the law, but it is human life after all, and people who have not made mistakes don't deserve to die." Shen Yi was extremely entangled.

"That's right! There are always moral dilemmas. I want to say, if you keep entangled in these imaginary things, you don't have to do anything in the future! Alright, that's all for today, you go home first."

Shen Yi nodded silently, and then left alone.

Xie Xian leaned forward eagerly, and asked curiously, "Master, who is the right one to kill?"

Fangzheng glanced at him, and said angrily: "I love whoever kills someone! I break the law if I kill anyone! You have already run a newspaper and still ask me this kind of question. Are the officials not fair to the common people? "

"Ah this..."