A day later, a red cloth was hung on the pillar outside the Shuoxian County Yamen, and this red cloth immediately attracted many people. Because there was no so-called ceremony for the unveiling of the plaque in this era, everyone did not know what this red cloth meant. At first, some people came to take a look, and Chen Fei, the magistrate, immediately came out in an official uniform. Everyone saw Chen Fei, a person wearing a county official uniform, come out, and those ordinary people began to salute and say hello, after all, they are county officials, but they are local parents officials!

"The county order is good!" "You're the new prefectural magistrate!" ……

"Hello folks!" Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei first bowed to everyone, indicating that his county order was still very close to the people.

"The county order can't be made!"

Where those people dared to make Chen Fei bow, they all bowed and returned the salute.

"Folks, do you know what's behind this red cloth?" Chen Fei asked.

"County order, we don't know!" "County Order, what are you doing with this red cloth?" "Yes! Is there anything you are going to do with the prefectural order? If there's anything, just give me a command, and we'll all listen to you! ”

Chen Fei smiled without saying a word, and took the initiative to rip off this piece. As soon as the cloth came down, four words were revealed. And many people didn't know what these words were, so they immediately asked those who were literate.

"Mr. Liu, what is written on this sign?" A man who looked like an old farmer asked a person next to him who seemed to have a decent temperament.

"Servant of the people!"

What is written on this plaque is the words "public servant of the people", and everyone doesn't know what this means. Everyone only knows that the common people mean the common people, but they don't know what it means to be a public servant.

"You believe that the so-called public is the public, and everyone means. And the servant, that is, the servant, and the servant is in the service of the master. As the name suggests, a public servant of the people, that is, a person who provides services to the people. And this plaque also shows that the county government of Shuo County is a person who serves the people. The people in the county government of Shuo County must remember these words, and everyone is a person who serves the people. Chen Fei said.

Everyone glanced at each other, and everyone didn't know what Chen Fei meant. Servants of the people, these words sound fresh. Ever since the people had known about it, they all knew that the government ruled the people, and that the people had to obey the rule of the government and must pay taxes to maintain the existence of the government. The officials in the government are all high, and the officials are the "parents" of the people, and the people, as children, must obey their parents, and there can be no resistance. But now Chen Fei has actually set up a sign of a public servant of the people here, indicating that the government is serving everyone, not the kind of master who is engaged in the above.

This is to turn the relationship between the two sides upside down, the government has changed from a master to a servant, and the people have turned into masters. This immediately made many people a little overwhelmed, and their heads were blank, and this had already begun to subvert their ideas. They are accustomed to being ruled by the government, but now there is an official who says that the officials are servants and are there to serve them, which is unimaginable. This has subverted their worldview and values, so they almost have some thoughts of faith collapse.

"Prefectural Order—"

Someone suddenly fell to his knees, apparently afraid.

Chen Fei immediately stepped forward, took the initiative to help him up, and said, "Get up, don't be so polite, you listen to me explain to you." ”

"Fellow villagers, the salaries of our government officials and the wages of ordinary scribes come from the state treasury, and the wealth in the state treasury comes from the taxes of the people. Therefore, we rely on the people's taxes to survive, so we naturally have to serve the people. All the villagers are our food and clothing parents, if there is no tax paid by the villagers, then there will be no our survival. ”

"As for the past parents, I think it's very inappropriate. The people don't owe anything to our government, how can the people owe our government debts, how can they owe our government favors, so why can our government be powerful and blessed on the people's heads, and be able to claim the king and hegemony in front of the people? On the contrary, we rely on the taxes saved by the people to feed and closing, so that we can live a life of big fish and meat. In fact, we are scraping the people's fat and ointment on the people, so we owe the people a lot! So why can't we serve the people well, and why can we still elevate our status in front of our food and clothing? ”

"Our relationship with the people is not the relationship between parents and children. It's the relationship between fish and water, we are fish, and the people are water. If the fish is out of the water, it will not survive. In other words, if our government has no people, then what is the meaning of our government's existence? Therefore, the people are the basis of our existence, and if there are no people, then there is no need for us to exist! Chen Fei said.

"Good!" "Good! That's great! "Yes! It's great that I've lived for so many years, and it's the first time I've heard the government say that! ”

"yes, yes! Since ancient times, it has been said that loving the people is like a son, but loving the people like a son is also treating yourself as a master and elder, but now the county order you can actually put down your identity and take the initiative to be this 'servant of the people', just by virtue of the county order, you are a real good official. I admire, I rather admire Shuyu! A man who appeared to be a reader said.

"Who are you, sir?" Chen Fei asked.

The person who claimed to be Ning Shuyu immediately said: "Chen County Order, I am the assistant teacher of the county school, maybe Chen County Order doesn't know me." But I've heard of the Chen County Order, Chen County ordered you to rectify the style in the county government a few days ago, and those scribes have also started to do things well! ”

This Ning Shuyu is the assistant teacher of the county school, and the county school is also the school in the county. However, the level of education in this kind of county school is actually very poor, and the school fees are also very expensive. In ancient times, there was actually a practice of public schools, generally there was a school in a county, and the teachers in the school belonged to the people hired by the government, and some people had the opportunity to be lucky to become officials. However, although it is a public school, the tuition fee is also very expensive, and most people cannot afford it.

And since this Ning Shuyu is an assistant teacher of the county school, he can be regarded as a subordinate of Chen Fei, the county order, but Chen Fei has not seen it.