Chapter 579: Heart-to-heart
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In this era, the imperial court was only responsible for the distribution of the big and small officials standing in the court. In fact, it is not right to say this, the imperial court paid their salaries in the form of food and eup. In principle, the income of the officials who are released from the outside world is only set by a certain number of levels, and then they have to collect and support themselves in the localities, which can be described as self-responsibility in disguise.
was appointed as the governor of a place, the court did not assign him subordinates, and the officials at all levels under him had to be recruited by themselves, which was called Zhengbi, of course, the court lacked people, that was called Ju Maocai or filial piety.
So there is such a phenomenon, whoever conquers himself, who has to take care of his own future, since he eats the high-level, drinks the high-level, and the future development is also tied to the superior, then, of course, there is both prosperity and loss, so they are loyal only to the person who conquers their own superior, and definitely not the higher, or the unreachable emperor, because in principle, the bosses of those bosses and even the emperor have nothing to do with his job.
So this time, Zhao Xing completely broke off with Yuan Shao, and everyone didn't feel awkward.
But Zhao Xing was forced to die and had to fantasize about Yuan Shao's comeback, and Xin Xing, who he was loyal to, seemed to be a little dirty in terms of character.
As if seeing the contempt and dissatisfaction of the two people in their hearts, Zhao Xing straightened his waist and defended himself sonorously: "When I studied the poetry and books of sages, I had the ambition of ruling the world and making profits for the people, so I agreed to the conquest of the benefactor Xin Xing Taishou and became his subordinate Si Cao. ”
Then poured himself a glass again, this time he didn't give in to the two of them, he killed them directly, and then put the wine glass on the table, and said with a heavy expression: "But, since I came out, what have I done for the people?" Speaking of this, I couldn't help but have red circles in my eyes, and my voice became choked: "The world is in chaos, I can't do anything, the yellow turban abuses and poisons the people, I can't do anything, the warlords are reckless, I can't do anything, for my own selfishness, shouting the slogan of righteousness, attacking each other, the people are dead and wounded, and I can't do anything, watching those high-ranking colleagues, and even the gentry and wealthy families ignore the people's hunger, regardless of the people's wives and wives, they still sing, dance, drink, are still greedy, extravagant, corrupt and degenerate, and continue to knock the bones and suck the marrow of the people in order to accumulate money, I still can't do anything, is that what I'm here for? ”
The more I talked, the more excited I became, the more sad I became, and finally I couldn't help crying.
Gao Gan and Fu Zhu looked at Zhao Xing, who was crying bitterly, and the expressions of the two of them became more and more gloomy.
Everyone came from a young age, who did not have the idea of serving the country and saving the people when they were young, and who did not want to make a vigorous career for the country and the people.
But as the years go by, there are some things that you can't do if you want to, or some things that you just can't do.
Gao Gan sat here and sighed and was ashamed.
Zhao Xing's inability to show his ambition to love the people in his heart is indeed excusable, because he is humble and contemptuous. But what about yourself? He has become the governor of a state, and he can be under his own governance, sympathize with the people, and restore his vitality.
But did you do it yourself? In fact, you should ask yourself, did you do it yourself?
Didn't do it yourself.
Why didn't it be done?
Because I don't have the time, I don't have the energy, I don't have all kinds of excuses.
Do you really not have the time and energy to do so? No, it's because I'm afraid of offending those big families, I'm afraid of offending colleagues at all levels, I'm afraid that my uncle will be angry, anyway, it's all kinds of fears.
Thinking of this, with a face full of shame, he looked at Fu Zhi, at this time, Fu Zhu also covered his face with a wine glass, and looked at Gao Gan with a face of shame, and between his eyes, he was so panicked that he avoided it like a thief.
Zhao Xing, who had been crying for a while, had cried enough at this time, so he smeared a handful on his face with his sleeve, and then let out a sigh, and then straightened his waist.
"The last time I went to Qinghe to meet Lu Peng, his advisor Xu Jie told me many things, among them, he told me about the ideal world that his lord Lu Peng wanted to achieve."
Gao Gan and Fu Zhu leaned out together, and listened carefully to what Lu Peng wanted to do, how to do it, and how he wanted to govern the world, this is very important, in this era, the male lord chooses his subordinates, in fact, the heroes and talents from all over the world are choosing followers.
In this era, the sentence that scholars have always pursued but can never do is truly realized: "Good ministers choose the master to serve, and good birds choose trees to rest." "The kind of goal that is close to idealization between the monarch and the subject.
Zhao Xing narrowed his eyes, and a kind of intoxication slowly appeared on his face: "The peasants no longer pay taxes and get subsidies, the public people get the corresponding remuneration for participating in the work, education is no longer the patent of the clan, the people can also get free education and get happy and wise, the officials are called public servants, not from above to be powerful, but to serve the people with trembling, the people are wronged by the law, not by virtue of the preferences of the superiors, businessmen gather wealth for the circulation of things, and farmers and craftsmen produce to increase social wealth." The government levies reasonable taxes, not to fatten the officials and emperors, but to build schools, so that children like you in the world can have a book, in order to renovate the roads of the whole world so that people can travel conveniently, in order to build water conservancy, so that people have land to plant, work, new clothes to wear, and an ideal world to eat, that is the Datong world of the ancient emperor Yao Shun, that is the world that all the Confucian scholars in the world strive for. ”
Zhao Xing finished speaking, but Fu Zhu and Gao Gan didn't feel it yet, they were still listening, and they had actually entered a drunken reverie.
Isn't Lu Peng's prospect what all people of insight who are dedicated to serving the people want? Isn't it what everyone has been striving for in the words of the saints?
After a long time, Zhao Xing squinted his eyes again and spoke: "However, in the past few hundred years, this world has only existed in the articles of the saints educating us, and none of us have seen it, and no one has a way to realize this ideal world. ”
Zhao Xingmeng opened his eyes: "However, since I came to Youzhou, I suddenly found that the goal that Lu Peng wants to achieve is not a fool's dream at all, they are achieving this goal step by step." ”
Gao Gan and Fu Zhu pondered for a while, from what everyone has learned from visiting these days, and then comparing it with the ideal of Lu Peng that Zhao Xing said just now, isn't Lu Peng really realizing his ideal now?
"Therefore, I am not afraid that the two of you will despise me for not being able to serve the master to the end, I have decided to be loyal to Lu Peng in this life, and to die for the ideal society that my lord Lu Peng has set for us."
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