Chapter 17: The Frog Theory
As soon as he walked into the signing room and saw the pile of official documents, Yang Ling didn't feel a sigh of relief, although he still felt a headache, but his heart was not so anxious. According to the custom of his reincarnation, he had always died again for no apparent reason, the longest of which was no more than two months, and now it has been a month since he came to this world.
The only difference from the past is that this is the poorest life he was reincarnated, and the girl who cried so much after waking up that he was so pitiful that he came to ancient times, in his limited life, he just wanted to leave the young lady as much as possible to leave some poor money to settle down, neither ambitious, nor dreaming of getting the favor of many beauties, just two months of life, he couldn't afford it.
Now there are forty taels of silver in the family all of a sudden, and the farmer in this place can be regarded as a great fortune, leaving this money for the young lady, if he leaves one day, he will be regarded as having nothing to worry about, so when he sees this thick paper, the psychological pressure is not so great.
I was not in a hurry or impatient, and my heart was much clearer when I dealt with things, I drank two cups of tea, and reviewed six or seven copies of copywriting, and put aside the filtered ones that needed to be handled by Lord Min personally, and he picked up another copy, and found that this one was a yellowed post, and it looked like it was not written now, could it be that who submitted the previous copywriting by mistake?
Yang Ling picked up the post curiously, only to see that the top was scribbled and altered, obviously not without effort, but the pen was beautifully written, and he himself was also fond of writing calligraphy, but he couldn't write such a beautiful fly-headed letter, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
I opened the post and read it carefully, only to see that it was written: "Today's maladministration is the biggest and urgent, and it is said that the minister is not in office, the knight is too indiscriminate, the work is too annoying, the dedication is insatiable, and the exile has not returned." The sky has changed, and the rate is due to this. The establishment of the husband's internal servants, at the beginning of the country, there were customized, now there are more than ten people in a prison, and six or seven generations are involved in one thing, or distributed in the feudal counties, enjoying the king's service, or the general of the frontier, the power of the general, invoking the evil, offering KitKat, Si Qian Gu is extrajudicial to take wealth, tribute and things are bribes, the murderer sees the original, and the person who does the trouble escapes, which cannot be enumerated"
Yang Ling sighed, seeing that the content of this post is basically discussing the national policy, how can such a post appear in the official document of a county order, Yang Ling is fascinated, and someone next to him laughs and said: "Yang Xiucai, are you still dealing with official documents?" ”
Yang Ling looked up and saw that there was a white-faced and slightly bearded fifty-year-old man in front of him, judging from his official robe, but he was a small official from the eighth grade, and he was not an official, it was the county Cheng Huang Qiyin who had stayed in this county for many years.
Yang Ling hurriedly stood up and bowed his hand and said, "It turned out to be Huang Xiancheng, the student was rude."
Huang Qiyin waved his hand, sat on the chair next to him, smiled and picked up the stickers he stacked on the table and looked at them a few times, and said with a smile: "Li Zixing, Deng Changen?" Oh, these are all important ministers in the court during the Xianzong period, it seems that it should be a note drafted by an adult, where did Yang Gongzi get it? “
Without waiting for Yang Ling to answer, he pointed his finger at the table, hurriedly browsed the content, and raised his head and asked, "What does Yang Xiucai think of what he said?" ”
Yang Ling first saw a draft of a note in the official document during the reign of Xianzong, that is, nearly twenty years ago, and then saw Huang Xiancheng, who never showed up without paying or asking about the case, suddenly appeared, and he had already expected a little reason in his heart, and saw that his deep eyes were staring at him, which seemed to be inquiring and a little eager, and that kind of eager desire was like a child who wanted to be praised by the teacher.
Yang Ling has done insurance work for six or seven years, all kinds of people have seen a lot, and he is also the best at figuring out the psychology of others, as soon as he saw the meaning inadvertently revealed in his eyes, he didn't feel that his heart moved, and a bold idea suddenly popped up: "First of all, Huang Xiancheng, who did not show up for many years, said what a certain adult's draft of the year, looking at the content of the post was derogatory to the important ministers of the court at that time, could it be that this post was written by him, and he was convicted of the court for this, and degraded again and again. So that he was reduced to this difficult post to be a small official who did not enter the stream?
As soon as he thought of this, Yang Ling pondered his intentions and said pretendly: "The younger generation is ashamed, I don't know the detailed deeds of these important ministers of the court during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, so I really can't comment."
Huang Qiyin shook his head and said: "Alas, it's all old things, it's nothing to do today, I'm just chatting with you here, I can get out of your mouth and into my ears, it's not a discussion, you just comment on the content on this post."
Yang Ling's mind was spinning rapidly, and he secretly speculated: "If my guess is true, this unfortunate old man must have been offended by the Son of Heaven because of this post, so that he was belittled again and again. It is estimated that he will not have much to live, so it is okay to have the courage to talk about it, and if you want him to help, you will naturally have to praise it, but if you don't have your own unique opinion, you will inevitably be despised by him."
While estimating in his heart, he carefully looked at the content of the post, Yang Ling said: "That is the case, then the student will be bold and wild, if it is not right, please don't laugh at Huang County."
Huang Qiyinpi said with a smile: "It's okay, you and I are colleagues, but please speak freely, no need to scruples."
Yang Ling snorted and said: "The beginning of this article is to say that the imperial court was bloated and overstaffed at that time, and asked the imperial court to streamline the cadres of various ministries, what was said was to the point, and the advice provided was also a wise move, but."
Huang Qiyin first heard his eight-character comment that 'the institution is bloated and people are superficial', and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he clapped his hands and applauded: "Wonderful, incisive!" Just these eight words will explain the matter in one word, Yang Gongzi is really amazing, just what? ”。
Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Yes, this dynasty doesn't have such a term, no wonder he heard it with great novelty, but he doesn't need to be so excited that his face is red, right?" Is it because I found a soulmate? Yang Ling smiled secretly in his heart and continued: "It's just that this adult is too scholarly."
A trace of displeasure flashed across Huang Qiyin's face, and he asked unconvinced: "How can you see it?" ”
Seeing his expression, Yang Ling had a spectrum in his heart, so he first praised it and then pressed: "This adult is resolute and resolute, regardless of personal gains and losses, he is eager to set things right, and he can see between the lines of the Zheng Dynasty Gang, but although he has a warm heart, things are simpler." ”
He thought about the maladministration of the later generations of streamlining and simplifying institutions, and thought slowly: "From the student's point of view, although the officials of the various ministries of the government are said to be bloated, it is unrealistic for this lord to hope that under the emperor's order, he will be able to rectify the discipline and streamline the organization by thunderous means.
My lord, do you think that the emperor has made an order, and someone must do it, right? The whole country responded as one, and all the foreign envoys were recalled, and the imperial court lost its eyes and ears, and the officials immediately streamlined themselves without buffer, and many things inevitably came to a standstill. “
He smiled bitterly and pointed to the document in front of him and said: "For example, students, all of a sudden let me be responsible for money, food, taxes, criminal litigation and so many other things, I am very busy, not to mention that it takes a long time to be familiar with the process, there is no experienced senior to guide me to take many detours, at least I will be bound here and unable to move, so the specific affairs have to be handed over to others to do, how do you ensure that these people can be loyal to their duties?" ”
Huang Qiyin's face became very ugly, but he silently took out the cigarette stick from his sleeve and shook it to fill it with tobacco, looking a little excited.
Yang Ling said: "These are not difficult, just like the first birth of a baby, the mother has experienced a lot of pain, and the moon is bright." The difficulty is how many officials are there in the country? These officials are intertwined, I don't know how many relationships they have, and together they support the operation of this huge country, and many branches will be cut off at once, and how many people will be revolted?
Although this force cannot be seen or touched, it must be extremely terrifying, and it is the interests of officials across the country that will be offended, including those officials who are in important positions and will not be dismissed, and they will inevitably think that the more official positions he has, the more choices he will have, and the less official positions, it will not be so easy to do things, and there will be many less feasible ways to become officials, not to mention his intertwined relationships, how can he be willing to abandon them.
This suggestion is simply the enemy of the officials of the whole country, and there are fewer official positions, how can scholars get ahead? Then the scholars were also offended, what about the landlords and gentry who had a close relationship behind them? It will inevitably lead to fierce opposition and even the shaking of the country's foundation, and even if the emperor adopts this suggestion, he will change his mind because of many difficulties and the opposition of thousands of officials. Although this idea is for the country and the people, it is not in accordance with the law, and if it is done in a hurry, it will harm the country and the people."
Huang Qiyin is in the bureau, where can Yang Ling see it from newspapers and magazines, I don't know how many generations of governance experience have been summed up, and the problem analyzed by the article on the streamlining of institutions of advanced systems at home and abroad.
Thinking about the fact that he was young and vigorous at the beginning, seeing that the bureaucracy [***] and the organization were huge and bloated, he made a statement to the emperor with enthusiasm, and the emperor really adopted it, and soon dismissed a large number of officials, belittled the national teachers, and reduced the number of more than 500 officials, and wanted to implement it throughout the country.
However, in just over half a month, he was demoted out of Jingcheng, and the belittled Li Zixing, Deng Changen and others were reinstated again, and they were excluded everywhere, and they were degraded again and again.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, Li Zixing and others were asked for their crimes, thinking that they could see the sky again, but they did not expect that many officials who had been attacked by Li and Deng and the party would be reinstated, but they seemed to have been forgotten alone, and they had written several times to their colleagues and did not see the following, so the crux of the problem was actually here.
He was conceited to serve the country and the people, but he ended up like this, cynical, depressed all his life, and he didn't expect to be broken by a young man who was not even a weak crown, it turned out that he had offended all the officials.
As soon as he figured out the joints, Rao is a cold day, Huang Xiancheng was still sweating, he smiled sadly, and said in a lamented voice: "Do you just sit back and let this situation go on, and in the end, like the maggots of the country, the fat of the people will be full of beetles?" ”
Yang Ling sighed: "It is not impossible to change, but it is indeed not a one-time effort, the decree must not only be unified, but also coherent, not abolished because of people, the specific implementation can be from top to bottom, from point to point, starting from the capital, and starting with only some irrelevant departments and officials, the momentum should be small and not big, and the action should be slow and not urgent."
In this way, it takes thirty or fifty years of hard work to achieve stable results, and then it is necessary to determine the customization of officials in the law, so that they are not afraid of repetition, although it has been a long time, it is the only feasible way, but it is the only feasible way, but it is used for thirty or fifty years to seek the foundation of the world, although it is not the credit of one person at one time, but it is the benefit of the people of all generations. ”
Yang Ling brought out his frog theory again and said, "Have you ever heard of a fable? Pour water into the pot, put a frog in it, and then light a fire underneath to boil the water, the water temperature is slowly heated, because the speed is slow, so the frog will not be aware of it, so it will not be in a hurry to resist jumping out of the pot. When it reached the point where the water was too hot to bear, it was too late to jump out of the pot, and it was no longer able to struggle out.
Students don't know if the frog will jump out of the water because of the heat. The Lord used it to describe the world, but the students felt that it was very vivid. The implementation of the country's major policies will affect the overall situation, so too drastic changes should be carried out cautiously and slowly, and when the results gradually bear fruit, even if the opponents find that the general trend is at that time, they will not be able to resist."
Huang Xiancheng was stunned for a long time, smiled hoarsely, stood up and bowed deeply, and said: "Listen to your words, it is better to read for ten years, Huang has been taught", and then turned around, leaning forward, as if he was twenty years old all of a sudden, and paced out with difficulty.
Yang Ling hurriedly stood up and grabbed two steps to block his way, and said deeply: "Huang Lao, the student is just talking on paper and boasting, not in the bureau, only have these words, if you really want to be in it, that is a black eye, you see I just can't handle the documents in this county, what to talk about, speaking of which, the student must sincerely ask Mr. Huang to teach."
At this time, he called Huang Lao and did not call him an official title, which was really claiming to be a student. Huang Xiancheng's face was cloudy, and he looked at him for a long time, Yang Ling was very respectful, his hands were clenched into fists, and he couldn't afford it. Just kidding, after talking nonsense for a long time, I just want to ask someone who understands to guide me, how can I let him go like this?
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