Chapter Forty-Six: The Rain Strikes the Golden Lotus
After a moment of joy, Xu En's face immediately became solemn again, and he said: "If the prime minister wants to re-implement the reform of the law reform across the country, there is great resistance, and it is also necessary to be able to have one or two local pilot projects first, set an example for other places, and accumulate more reform experience." Although the official www.biquge.info is sparse and talented, he dares to work hard and act vigorously and resolutely, which is understood by the public minister and is also in line with the minister's style of doing things. Therefore, the public has high hopes for Xu, and entrusts Xu to carry out reforms in Qinghe County and take the lead in demonstrating, so as to establish an example for Tianxia Prefecture and County! Xu is so trusted by the prime minister, do you dare not to repay? ”
Wu Song thought to himself: It's okay to carry out law reform in Qinghe County, but it's not necessary to smear the liver and brain, right? This Cai Jing is the No. 1 traitor in the Northern Song Dynasty, he must be using you!
Of course, he didn't say those words. At this moment, it is useless to say it, Xu En obviously can't believe it. After all, Xu En is not a time-traveler, it is impossible to see the trend of future history and the historical records of later generations, and it is normal to not be able to see the true faces of Cai Jing and Song Huizong.
I saw that Xu En's expression became solemn again, and said: "However, although Xu did not hesitate to repay the prime minister and the emperor with death, and was determined to implement the reform of Qinghe County to the end, but it was frozen three feet, not a day's cold, and Qinghe County was really too deep!" Zhangjiabao is rampant, the local forces are intertwined, and what is even more intolerable is that corruption is rampant in the yamen, bullying the superiors and subordinates, under such circumstances, how can it be possible to carry out the reform of the law? ! Therefore, this official clearly knows that for hundreds of years, Qinghe County has been governed by the imperial court and the local government, but whoever comes to Qinghe County as an official will choose to compromise and collude with the local rich profiteers, corrupt officials and corrupt officials to maintain balance. However, in order to implement the reform and deepen the reform, the official is to break this balance and truly and completely control Qinghe County in the hands of the imperial court officials, so that everyone knows that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister! Qinghe County is also the land of my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is by no means an extralegal place for corrupt officials, rich and profiteers, to prey on the common people and hollow out the imperial court! ”
Wu Song said suddenly: "It turns out that the lord severely dealt with those corrupt officials in the yamen for this reason!" ”
In his heart, he really admired Xu En. Although Xu En was deceived by the traitor Cai Jing and the great dusk monarch Song Huizong, but putting this aside, Xu En was honest and honest, painstaking and lonely, which is indeed very rare in this chaotic world.
At this time, Xu En's face was serious, indeed revealing a mighty righteousness, and said to Wu Song: "Not bad! The Prime Minister once personally mentioned to his official that Wang Wengong's character and ability are first-class in ancient and modern times, but the reason why the reform of the law was successful and failed was because it failed to eliminate all the evil, resulting in corrupt officials and corrupt officials and those with vested interests who could come back at any time and overthrow the reform. Therefore, if this official wants to reform the law in Qinghe County, he must first thoroughly clarify the rule of officials, and never give them any chance to make a comeback! Qinghe County must and can only be completely controlled by the imperial court, and must not be allowed to be carried out by these local corrupt officials and local gentry! ”
Wu Song said sincerely: "My lord is wise! That's how it should be! ”
In his previous life, as an ordinary clerk, although Wu Song did not understand politics very well, if he wanted to reform, he must fight corruption and punish corruption, so that he could order and prohibit it and implement all the measures of reform. This is a very obvious truth.
If anyone says that they want to reform, but allows officials to be corrupt and unkind to the rich, then such a reform will inevitably fail, and it will even become an excuse to cover up corruption, which will only lead to more serious problems!
Knowing that Wu Song is not the kind of person who brags, it is rare for Wu Song to praise a person, especially his boss. Therefore, Wu Song's words came from the heart, and Xu En also felt it, so he was naturally very happy. But he didn't have a smile on his face, looked at Wu Song squarely, and said: "Wu Song, since you can understand the painstaking efforts of this official to severely punish corruption, then, do you already understand the painstaking efforts of this official to promote and reuse you so unusually?" ”
Yes, why did Xu En promote and reuse Wu Song like this? From the first day I saw him, I promoted him to the yamen as a catcher; Before he could catch it for a day, he tried his best to let Wu Song be the acting head, and the speed of promotion and reuse was indeed very inconsistent with long-term feelings.
Although, in his previous life, Wu Song had also seen many "exceptionally promoted" officials from the news, including some female officials, and their promotion speed was amazing, but it was often because they or all of them were "above people". And Wu Song, obviously just a "migrant worker" who just entered the city from the countryside, has only a short and ugly brother in the family, has no background, and has never given a gift of a dollar to the magistrate!
So, why did Xu En promote and reuse him so quickly and unconventionally?
Although Wu Song is not politically savvy and does not like to engage in interpersonal struggles, this does not mean that he does not understand anything and has low emotional intelligence. By now, of course, he had understood that Xu En appreciated and promoted himself so much.
There is no love in the world for no reason, and Wu Song will not reduce his gratitude to Xu En because he promoted himself because of other painstaking efforts. On the contrary, if Xu En looked sanctimonious and said that he promoted Wu Song completely because he loved Wu Song, and did not have the slightest intention of using Wu Song, then Wu Song would not dare to believe it.
After explaining the words, everyone's hearts were open. Wu Song hugged his fist at Xu En, and did the gift of the heroes of the rivers and lakes instead of the courtesy of the subordinates of the yamen, and said solemnly: "Lord Zhixian, not to mention that you have great kindness to Brother Wu Song and Wu Song himself, that is, because of the feelings of the adults for the country and the people, Wu Song must also be loyal to his duties and help each other!" ”
He didn't say anything like a knife in the ribs and a smeared liver and brain. After all, although he was already inclined to believe that Xu En was a real Qing official, what Xu En followed was, after all, the biggest faint monarch and the biggest traitor!
If Xu En always insists on being a clean official in the future, then Wu Song will always support him, but if Xu En finally colludes with the traitorous ministers, then Wu Song will not follow him all the way to the dark.
Manly heroes, speaking counts. Therefore, Wu Song will not promise indiscriminately, and his words are actually reserved.
However, Xu En knew that a person like Wu Song would never say anything, and what he said would definitely be done. With Wu Song's words, he was already very relieved, and said, "Okay! Wu Song, this official really didn't look at the wrong person! In the future, this official will definitely treat you with all sincerity, and we will work together to push forward the reform of Qinghe County to the end, report to the imperial court, and set an example for the reform of all parts of the country. In the future, I will definitely recommend you to the prime minister and the imperial court, and ask for a fame and official position for you. Don't say that a small acting capital, as long as you can serve the country loyally and establish meritorious deeds, it is not impossible to surpass this official in the future! ”
Wu Song said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you are not an official, the important thing is to be able to really change the law and reform and do something practical for the fathers and villagers of Qinghe County!" ”