Chapter 728: The Way of Being an Official
Spring always makes people feel sleepy, and under the sunlight of the spring afternoon, it makes people want to have the idea of meeting with Zhou Gong, but in today's Wuwei Academy, this was originally a time when many students were lying on the grass with pillows and books to welcome the spring breeze and sunshine, but many people were standing in unison, surrounding a place with water and water.
Just because there was a man standing in that one place.
This person is the young prime minister of the Tang Dynasty today, Li Ze.
This lone man who occupies a high position and controls the dynasty is young and makes everyone jealous and envious, but he also makes everyone admire and love. It is this person, in less than ten years, with his own strength, to turn the tide of the tide, cut the town internally, suppress the rebellion, resist the Tibetan outside, and resist foreign insults.
Everyone, even those who are resistant to Li Ze, even those who think that Li Ze will inevitably usurp power and seize power in the future, have to admit that without Li Ze, there would be no such thing as now, and without Li Ze, the Tang Dynasty would have been wiped out long ago.
Even if you hate him, deep down, you have to admit that only this person can lead everyone from one victory to another.
Many people's mentality is very complicated, but at least more than ninety percent of the people standing here today look at Li Ze's gaze with reverence and even worship.
Li Ze, who was standing on a boulder, smiled and looked at the students who were about to graduate from Wuwei Academy gathered around, in Wuwei Academy, after at least two years of systematic study, these people will go to various places and become tentacles of his rule over the vast region, and it is through them that they can convey their ideas to the place and to everyone's heart.
Since the digging of Zhang Huichun, Yu Yue and others founded Wuwei Academy, Li Ze has attached great importance to this place. A fence with three piles, a hero with three gangs, and a country needs countless like-minded people to think in one place and work hard in one place in order to make the country prosperous.
Whether it is Zhang Hui or Chun Yuyue, they are roughly the same as themselves in terms of the concept of governing the country, and through the perseverance of Yang Kai's Yixing Society for several years, Li Ze's concept is deeply implanted in the blood of these people, and the people here are the foundation of Li Ze's revival of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
A powerful force that can conquer a country. But education is the foundation of eternal existence.
"Let's all sit down." Li Ze sat casually on top of the boulder, waved his hand, and said, "Gathering the big guys together today is not considered a class, it can be regarded as a small talk!" Speaking of which, my part-time doctor is incompetent, and I have skipped most of the class schedules that Zhang Gong arranged for me, especially since last year, and I have not been here once. Every time I see Zhang Gong, I am trembling, for fear that he will question me, this time I have the courage to come while Zhang Gong is out on business, otherwise I will definitely be sprayed by Zhang Gong with blood. You know, I still get a salary from the doctor of Wuwei Academy! ”
The casual opening remarks drew laughter from the students below. Everyone sat down crowded, looking at Li Ze above intently.
"The spring boudoir is about to start, and most of you here will officially enter the officialdom after the spring boudoir." Li Zedao: "So today, let's talk about what is the way to be an official." ”
Everyone held their breath.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!" Li Ze said with a smile: "This is the motto of our Wuwei Academy, and everyone is familiar with it, but today, I don't want to talk about the way of being an official from such a big direction, today, let's only talk about how to be an official and how to be a person from a small direction!" ”
"Before that, I read a lot of people's articles, everyone has a great ideal of saving the country and the people, and they all talked about what to do if they are herding their own herds, and how to do it as a parent official." Li Ze glanced at the crowd: "But to tell you the truth, I don't like these articles." ”
There was a gasp below, and it was obvious that many people's articles were most likely from this direction.
"On the herding side, are you treating the common people as cattle and sheep? For parents? Before you took office, you erected yourself much higher than ordinary people, and I think this kind of high stand is absolutely unacceptable. Erlu is the fat of the people, and the officials are supported by the people. The people are the food and clothing parents of the officials, not the other way around. An official should think about how to benefit the people, how to make the people rich, and how to make the people under your rule live with dignity, not just live. ”
"In short, I believe that officials should be servants, loyal people, and pioneers. Who is it for? For the common people. For whom to be loyal, for the people. For whom, of course, is also for the common people. Wei Zheng, the sage of this dynasty, once said that the people are water, the officials are the boat, and the water can carry the boat and also capsize the boat. But for generations, many of us have only said this and not done it. Therefore, there was a great riot 20 years ago, there was a division of Fanzhen, and the country did not become a country, and now there is a pseudo-Liang of the Zhu family living in Chang'an, called a lonely widow. If we don't firmly remember these lessons, one day, we who seem to be full of flowers, how can we not fall to that point? ”
"You are about to become officials, and most of you will start from the most basic officials, I hope that after you put on your official robes, you must firmly remember that you should not be a two-faced person, do not be diligent and love the people in front of your boss, but you are fierce and evil in front of the people. Don't have a sense of superiority in power, a sense of pride in status, and always remember that you are just the leader who leads the people to a good life. ”
"When you become an official, you must be responsible and dare to do things. Officials who just want to be an official and don't want to do things, you can't do it for long, such a person, if I find one, I will deal with one, and I will never be soft. As an official, failure is a mistake. As long as you really want to do something, even if you make mistakes because of it, it can be forgiven. I'm afraid that you will not do anything because of your corpse. Under my rule, it is absolutely forbidden for corpses to be mixed with vegetarian meals, and if you want to be promoted by seniority, don't even think about it. ”
"Of course, if you want to do things, you must also be based on reality, and don't be ambitious. Don't have a bear petal stick, big eyes and a small belly. If you are a county magistrate, when the people under your rule can't even eat enough, when the family goes out and even has to change their pants, you talk about how much tax you have to pay to the court, that's nonsense, if you do it as soon as you go, I can't think of any other way for you to do it, you can only snatch away the pants that these people don't have enough to wear, what else can you do? If you go to such a place, you just let your appointment, let the people go out and have pants to wear, and that's the credit. Let the common people barely be able to fill their bellies, that is a great credit. ”
"As an official, it doesn't have to be in my mentality to be successful. Now many of our places are still very poor, there are no roads, no water conservancy, no water, poor and white, but doing these things, but it is thankless, in a short period of time, it is difficult to see the results, it is difficult to transform into political achievements that can be seen at a glance, but these things, if you don't do it, I won't do it, who will do it? I have no objection to you doing some visible and tangible achievements, but I also hope that you can think about the long-term and future generations, do more paving work, and lay a solid foundation for future generations. Don't care about temporary fame, as long as you really do something, over time, he will eventually appear, and these things are the merit monuments of your life. ”
"Those who are officials want to be promoted, this is undeniable, let alone concealed, only when officials become bigger, can they master more resources and do more things for the people. It's a good thing to want to be promoted, but you can't be promoted by unscrupulous means. Under my rule, there is only one way for you to be promoted, and that is to make real results. As you may have already learned, we have detailed rules and methods for evaluating officials, a supervision system all over the world, and countless people are our eyes and ears. As long as you are a really good and capable official, you can naturally be promoted. Or sometimes it will be slower, it will be less than you hope, but it will never bury you. ”
"A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in the right way! Everyone loves money, I am no exception, I am not afraid that you have money, and I am not afraid that you will use money, I am not afraid that you will go out of the horse and luxury car, wear silk brocade, and eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but I am afraid that your money will come from the wrong way, corruption, and clever snatchers, and the final way out can only be the guillotine. If your money comes from the right and bright, then I also encourage you to use it boldly, so that those who raise horses and build cars can make money, and wear silk brocade, which will make our mulberry farmers and weavers worry-free, and eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, so that our hunters and fishermen can sell their hard-earned things at a good price, why not? ”
Obviously, the way of being an official that Li Ze is discussing today is completely different from the way they imagine being an official, if an ordinary person talks here, they will definitely snort, but Li Ze is talking here, I am afraid that it will represent an attitude of the imperial court towards officials in the future, and it will become a national policy, which is the fundamental difference.