Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 327 Official Justice, Minli

"Oh?" Xu Qing turned his head and looked over, only to see a young censor standing up, but the other censors beside him all pulled him.The censor was also a little hairy, but seeing that Xu Qing had seen him, he didn't back down, but went further: "Master Xu, I heard that Master Xu is a well-educated person, don't you know that the government doesn't compete with the people for profit?" Word?"

Xu Qing asked with a smile: "Then why does this censor think he is fighting for profit, and what does this official say is competing for profit with the people?"

The censor replied: "Master Xu said that lending money to the people is not a matter of profit? The ancient gentleman talked about justice with the people, but not profit with the people. However, the method that Master Xu said is inseparable from the word profit. Can you?"

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "If you don't lend money, how does Yushi think you can give food to the people?"

The censor replied solemnly: "The lower official thinks that Mr. Xu's strategy of taking the rich and helping the poor is a correct solution, but it cannot be borrowed and borrowed. The lower official thinks that persuading the rich to help the people is the way of a gentleman."

"Hahaha" Xu Qing laughed loudly, and returned: "This censor should have no experience as an official close to the people, right? Things must be obtained without hard work. The rich will not benefit from it, and they will just talk about righteousness. Even if they are willing to pay money, they must be dissatisfied, and they will not even contribute sincerely. Doing it would be counterproductive.”

The second great man once said that getting rich first leads to getting rich later, so many people wait for others to get rich first, while they themselves are lazy and play tricks, doing nothing.He thought that by doing this, he would become rich.Ten years later, I suddenly woke up, how come everyone else is rich, but I am not rich?Why is the country progressing, but I am not progressing?So he scolded that the wealth of others is all unkind for the sake of wealth, and the progress of the country is all lies.Such people have two faces and are called Buddhists.

The same is true of Yushi's words.Who wants to let the rich pay for nothing?Since you are willing to pay for nothing, can you compare to others using this to do business?
After hearing Xu Qing's words, Yu Shi was also puzzled. Didn't the book say that the common people are simple and kind people? How could they care so much about benefits.Seeing him like this, Xu Qing said to the governors who rushed over: "You are all officials close to the people. Is it not my fault that the people are difficult to adjust?"

The governors all nodded, and when the censor saw it, he blushed and said, "No, no, righteousness. Benefit. For officials, for the people. Gentleman." But as he spoke, he also felt that what he said was just talk on paper, and he couldn't continue.

Seeing this, Xu Qing said: "The censor's righteous heart is commendable, and his heart is righteous, but he needs to be flexible in doing practical things. Furthermore, what is righteousness? What is benefit? Are righteousness and benefit compatible, can they be both? "

"The theory of the relativity of righteousness and benefit, I think this is not the case. I secretly think that the righteousness of being an official lies in the interests of the people. It is almost every old and young woman and child, regardless of whether they are powerful or right. They should be treated equally. The maximum assimilation of profits is for a win-win situation.”

At the end of Xu Qing's speech, everyone present nodded their heads. The righteousness of being an official lies in the interests of the common people.Yu Shi also showed a look of understanding, and immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for pointing out the maze."

Then, Gao Shilian said, since everyone thinks that the method Mr. Xu said is feasible, let's discuss how to implement it.So everyone took responsibility, Xu Qingdao, if you want the people to return the food honestly, pay taxes and interest money, you must clean up the dirty hands of your own officials.

In the end, Zhongshu Sheng drafted an edict to ask local officials to raise some money, and the imperial court allocated some money, but most of them still used Xu Qing's method of borrowing and lending.This matter was settled, the rest of the matter was simple, and Xu Qing didn't come up with any more ideas.

However, today Xu Qing suddenly realized one thing, this Shang Shusheng should not come here, otherwise he would be too envious of others for pretending to be a circle.Although the censor didn't intend to offend him today, maybe some of these people happened to want to borrow Xu Qing's position.Do you think, if he wants to stand out by doing things honestly, how many people will he have to beat?But as long as he defeats Xu Qing alone, he can make a big splash.

During the break in the middle, Xu Qing borrowed the excuse of going out and never came back.Walking in the Taiji Palace, I accidentally arrived at the Taiye Pool.The Taiye Pool was also covered with ice, so Xu Qing approached and patted along the railing of the Taiye Pool.At this time, there were many court ladies and eunuchs in front of him, and there was a woman in luxurious clothes, but the court ladies and eunuchs had a lot of fear, as if they were queens or something.Xu Qing thought, did I break into the harem?No way, I don't know the way!No, officials can't come to the harem casually, so hurry up.

Unexpectedly, the "Queen" also saw Xu Qing, and called a eunuch to call Xu Qing.Xu Qing had no choice but to lower his head and glanced at the woman from the corner of his eye. She was a middle-aged woman who still had a charm.Xu Qing bowed down, thinking, is this the queen or another concubine, what should I do if I made a mistake, so Xu Qing said: "My subordinate Xu Qing didn't know the road in the middle of the palace, so he accidentally broke into your empress, please forgive me."

The woman snorted and said with a smile: "So you are Xu Qing? It's all right, get up."

Xu Qing thanked Madam, stood up, suddenly his eyes moved, Xu Qing saw something - a sponge!Xu Qing was surprised. It is said that there were no artificial sponges in the Tang Dynasty, but natural sponges still existed.The thing he saw looked very much like a sponge, so he didn't know if it was real, and he didn't know what the sponge was used for.

The woman also saw Xu Qing's eyes, and pointed to the sponge and asked: "Why, Mr. Xu has never seen this thing, giggling, then I'm going to laugh. It is rumored that Mr. Xu knows everything, but now he is here I lost face in front of the palace. I want to talk to the emperor."

Xu Qing took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, do you dare to ask if this thing is a sponge?"

The woman then said: "Let me just say, Mr. Xu doesn't even recognize the sponge. However, Mr. Xu stared at this sponge in this palace, it might be different."

Listening to Xu Qing's tone, he thought to himself, could it be that there were already many people using sponges in the Tang Dynasty?If this is the case, then the menstrual schedule promised to Xun Xue and the others will be ready soon.However, since there is a sponge, why not use it as a menstrual cloth?Somewhat strange.

"Uh, I just don't know, what is this sponge used for?"

"Oh, that's right, I heard that Mr. Xu came from the common people." The woman smiled and said, "There are many rules in this palace. People kneel and kneel. This sponge is for knee protection. But I don't like it." It was tied to the leg, so I took it out, the ministers outside, they like to tie the sponge block to the knee.

Xu Qing came to a sudden, no wonder those people could sit on their knees for so long without leg cramps, Xu Qingyuan thought it was because they were used to it, never thought that there was such a hanger that could be opened.

(End of this chapter)