Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 477 Under Heaven ([-])

Looking at the people below who were at a loss, Wang Xiaolie also felt helpless.When talking to Chen Qiudao and others, they were also like this. They didn't know why Wang Xiaolie said this, why he said it, and what was the use of it.

Wang Xiaolie originally thought that this was a simple problem of understanding.Realized that it is not difficult to change your thinking and practice.However, this is not the case.If you want everyone to recognize yourself and change your mind, it is already difficult.

any idea?There is no way.It can only be said clearly, and then through practice, let them slowly recognize it.

After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaolie said: "Or it can be said this way. From top to bottom, the government is like the sky. From above, it is merciful and lenient, and everything is observed. Heaven and earth blend together, and what is born in the middle is the imperial court, that is, the government. The court faces the sky above, and the people below. The place that manages secular affairs is still the temple. In the temple, the gods should live. Sometimes, I really hope that this world is governed by gods, and there will be no such messy things. But we are not gods, we are just ordinary It’s just people. My feeling is that under the law of heaven, we can’t see the shadow of God. There is no way, we can only put on clothes and pretend that we are God. Just like children, without adults, a part of them I had no choice but to put on the clothes of adults, imitate the appearance of adults, and do the things of adults. It’s just that most of the time, children are very simple. When they put on the clothes of adults, they really think that they are adults and work hard to learn. Those of us so-called adults, when we put on official uniforms, we think we are really officials, and we become domineering."

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie shook his head helplessly.

In fact, children are not necessarily innocent, and if the conditions are right, they will be just like adults.Wang Xiaolie remembers a news that there was a child in the school who was appreciated by the teacher, corrupted and oppressed others for a whole year, and his methods were no less than adults.It's just that children have less knowledge, which makes people think they are simple.

Looking at the crowd, Wang Xiaolie said: "No one wants to be so tired as an official. They all want to work easily, and if something happens, the responsibility will not fall on their own head. How is it possible? Being an official is just pretending. I am a god, so how can mortals not be tired of pretending to be gods? So, I came up with various ways to make it easy to be an official and not have to bear the responsibility. This is not acceptable."

"It's not easy to be an official. Not only do you have to do things well, but you also have to be good-natured, so that you can't let people find fault. There are few such people in the world, and it is even more difficult to pick them out to be an official. Actually As for the officials at the top, although there are high-minded ones, most of them are mediocre and incompetent. They take their salaries, but they don’t do what officials should do. I have thought about it for a long time, and there is basically no way to prevent this from happening. The only way What I did was to make it difficult to become an official, but easy to dismiss if I made a mistake.”

In ancient and modern China and abroad, the incompetence of officials is a big problem.In order to solve this problem, many people have thought of many ways.But in the end, no one can solve it.As long as the power to appoint officials is still in the hands of officials, this problem cannot be solved.

It is always said that a good system can ensure that officials are competent.There was even a popular saying for a while that the system is good enough, and it is just as good to put a dog on it to be an official.how can that be possible?This statement is nothing but deceit.

To solve the problem of officials, there must be effective supervision by the people.Without people's supervision, everything is just empty talk.

Wang Xiaolie said: "What kind of person can be an official? Needless to say, Jinshi, he could be an official before, and he can be in the future. Moreover, it is not easy for Jinshi to pass the exam. He should be a bigger official and get promoted faster than others. But Only Jinshi is not enough. Apart from Jinshi, the previous method is to be kind. There are fathers, brothers, relatives, and even some who just follow a high-ranking official as their masters. They can be an official with kindness. This is not acceptable. Such abuse , how can we guarantee that they are good officials? From now on, no kindness will be given to them. Except Jinshi, they must be admitted to the school, and they will come out to be officials after they have completed their studies. You are the first batch of people to enter such a school. official."

Having said that, the people below finally said "hmm" in unison.No wonder everyone feels that getting into this school is not difficult.Not only officials who go south, but also rural tribute Jinshi, and some other personnel, as long as they can read and write, will not refuse.

Wang Xiaolie said: "For a school like this, it's not too difficult to recruit people. But it's not easy to learn well. If you waste your time, you'll only be in school for a few years. If you can't study well, find another way out, or become an official. If you can't be an official, you can always be an official if you can read and write."

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie looked around at the crowd.Cai Dao: "The most important thing to ensure that officials are competent is people's supervision. Without people's supervision, any system is useless. How to let the people supervise, how effective the people's supervision is, and how not to be interfered is another big problem. .As I said earlier, an official is a mortal who puts on an official uniform and does the work of a god. How can a mortal be a god? He can only act as a god according to his own understanding. Officials must clearly know that they are acting as a god. The appearance of a god, you are not a god. Don't pretend to be a god. You should take it for real. So when the people supervise officials, it is time for him to wear official uniforms and act as a god. After taking off the official uniforms, he is still an ordinary person. An ordinary person, You don’t have to be stared at everything. This point needs to be practiced and gradually form a habit.”

Seeing that the people below were all at a loss, Wang Xiaolie did not explain.At this time, no matter how you explain it, others cannot understand it.He said: "How do the people supervise the officials? To be honest, I have thought about it, but I haven't come up with a solution. I can't let the officials do something. If someone says something is wrong, it can be regarded as supervision, right? You can't let the people break into the yamen without incident. If you say that this method will not work and that method will not work, should you teach the officials a lesson? Not to mention that officials themselves have two basic responsibilities, which are to be responsible to their superiors and to the people. The people can supervise them, so why do we need officials? Let the people take turns to be officials Alright. So, there must be a special organization to supervise for the people."

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie could not help but sigh.Dao: "When I think about supervision for the people, I shudder when I think about it. People's supervision finally comes back to the officials. Is it still the people's supervision? After thinking for a long time, the people really cannot directly supervise, only officials or Who else will do it. In comparison, officials are reliable. Then, we can only appoint officials to supervise for the people."

In later generations, people thought of many ways to supervise officials.There are inspection agencies, journalists known as "uncrowned kings", and various non-governmental organizations, but in the end they are of no use.If you can't even control the best officials, the others will be useful, which is nothing but a dream.

"If it is said that officials wearing official uniforms play the role of gods in the government, then these officials who replace the supervision of the people are really pure people. They look at those gods with human eyes. Look at them Whether the acting is good or not, whether the acting is real or not, judge God with human eyes. Their evaluation determines whether officials will stay or not.”

"It's like we are watching a play in the Goulan. When the actors on the stage perform well, we clap our hands and shout well. If the performance is not good, everyone has to leave the stage and let him go down. It's just that there is no way on this big stage in the world. So direct, we can only use such an indirect method. Let these officials respond instead of the people. This is a special official, an official outside the administrative system. Such an official is even more difficult to do. To be accurate In order to represent the people, it is not enough to only have the heart, but also to have enough technical difficulties."

(End of this chapter)