Chapter 70 For the sake of the people, what does it matter to eat soft rice?
"Brother Chen Fei, what are you thinking about now?" Li Wanrou asked.
Chen Fei said helplessly: "I'm thinking, I became the county magistrate this time, so should I serve the people, or should I live a good life?" If you have a good life, then I don't have to worry about anything, and I can rest assured that another part of the court's fortune will be fine. But doing things for the people, helping the people to be the masters, and leading the people to get rid of poverty and become rich, not to mention the difficulty in this, but if I fail, then I will be miserable. ”
Chen Fei now understands the pain of the vast majority of officials. The vast majority of officials do not want to do things for the people, but also want to make some achievements. But they are also a person, with seven emotions and six desires, and they are also people who have to rely on their wages to support their families. Doing things for the people sounds easy. But once you do something, you have to take the corresponding responsibility. Once you do something wrong, then the responsibility you have to bear at that time is to lose your official position, and then you and your family will be reduced to a situation where you have no means of living.
People are selfish, on the one hand, they do things for the people, and they can't bring a better life to themselves. On the other hand, as long as they don't do things, do less, and don't do well, they can maintain their income and maintain their social status, so they will choose to do less instead. People are inert, and now Chen Fei has achieved the identity of a county commander, so once he does something, once he does something wrong, it means that he will lose his position, so what should he do when the time comes? Chen Fei also has to think about his own life, so if he doesn't want to do things from his heart. After all, sacrificing for some people who are not related to oneself and taking a huge risk to serve them is something that no one can easily do. Maybe many people say that if they change their mouths, they will definitely serve the people, but they really get to the position of officials, maybe they are not as good as those officials!
"Wanrou, you know what? In fact, my biggest ideal is to have a job that can be fed, a job with a certain status, and a certain channel for upward development, which is my best idea. And being an official is the best choice, and all three can be satisfied. But now that I see what the people expect from me, I really can't bear to do that. Back then, I was also a common man, but now that I am truly an official, what should I do if I am still the same as those mediocre officials? If I do things for them and for their welfare, if I do something wrong, then I am afraid that I will end up unsustainable. Chen Fei said.
Li Wanrou immediately asked: "Brother, this is what you said, don't people destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves?" ”
"Sort of!" Chen Fei replied.
Chen Fei now knows that he is facing a multiple-choice question with those officials in his previous life, and even the vast majority of officials in this time and space. Is it to take a huge risk to feed the people and do things for the benefit of the people, or to live a dull life, and then stay up enough to be promoted, and the rest of your life will pass. Although the former has made achievements, it is relatively quick to be promoted. But what follows is that once you fail, the final result will be to be kicked out of the officialdom, and everyone will have no food and clothing. The latter may be slow to be promoted, and the vast majority of them will not be able to become high-ranking officials in their lifetime, but the benefits are also obvious, at least the officials can eat this dinner forever, and they don't have to worry about losing their jobs if they don't have to worry about anything. As an official who loses his job, that is the matter is very serious. An official has no skills to make a living, especially a scholar in ancient times, who has no other skills to earn a living except to be an official. So in order to keep their hard-won jobs, they will do whatever it takes. And what not to do is good, that is, it is a common thing.
"Brother, I think you should still do things for the people. If you do things for the people, even if you are disgraced, I will not look down on you! I believe that as long as you do things for the people, even if you lose your official position because of this, even if you have no future because of this, you will not be fine. At the very least, I will look up to you, and even Aunt Wanchun will look up to you! Li Wanrou said.
"Princess Wanchun?" Chen Fei suddenly became a little interesting.
"Brother Chen Fei, just like this, you can do things for the people with confidence, if something happens at that time, even if you are dismissed from office at that time, and you marry Aunt Wanchun at that time, relying on Aunt Wanchun's Tang Muyi, aren't you not afraid of starving to death?" Li Wanrou said.
"Poof-" When Chen Fei heard this, he suddenly breathlessly erupted.
Li Wanrou's statement is very good and powerful, and she actually said that if Chen Fei has no official position in the future, he can marry Princess Wanchun, so that he is not afraid of starving to death. And this method is indeed a method, after all, the princess of the Tang Dynasty has Tang Muyi, and Princess Wanchun's Tang Muyi has more than 1,000 households, and the annual income is converted into the currency of later generations, and there are millions. So as long as you marry this Princess Wanchun, you think that you will be able to get millions every year in the future, this will definitely be earned, and you don't have to worry about having no income to enjoy life.
However, this kind of rice is completely eating soft rice! As a man, Chen Fei naturally couldn't eat soft rice with peace of mind. Although Princess Wanchun still has some interest in herself, it does not mean that Chen Fei can accept it with peace of mind when eating soft rice. As a man, he is a person who wants to save face. And if you eat soft rice, you will be looked down upon in this era, so Chen Fei has never thought of this.
"Brother Chen Fei, as long as you are for the benefit of the people, Aunt Wanchun will not despise you. So even if you are only a white body at that time, Aunt Wanchun will marry you! So you can still have a good life, so what are you anxious about? Now that you have a way out, why don't you do something for the people, and even if you fail, you can live well. If you have a way out, why look ahead? In this way, why should you eat soft rice for the sake of the people? Li Wanrou said.
Chen Fei patted Li Wanrou's little head and said, "It seems that I, a person who is much older than you, didn't even see it!" Others are disgraced for the sake of the people, so for the sake of the people's happy life, I will eat soft rice, so what's the matter! ”
Chen Fei was really a little speechless, he actually wanted to eat soft rice for the sake of the people, which was too incredible.