The vast bamboo forest, the slowly flowing spring water, and the sound of the flute coming from nowhere, made Runzhi and Qing'er and his party walk on horseback on this mountain road, but they also walked very slowly.

Fortunately, the bamboo forest on the roadside is beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the scenery is very elegant, but it is also pleasing to the eye.

The weather in Guangdong in March, the sun is shining, the spring flowers are blooming, and between the mountains at the junction of Fujian and Fujian, Runzhi and Qing'er and their party are also very interesting.

It is said that the mountains in this area belong to one of the largest mountain ranges in the south called "Wuyi Mountain Range", and it is the most famous scenic spot except for the Qinling Mountains in the central and southern parts of the country and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the south.

This Wuyi Mountains, from Wuyi Mountain Mansion in Fujian Province in the east to Sanming Mansion in Fujian Province in the west, spanning hundreds of kilometers in length, is a unique scenic place worthy of the name of famous China that is suitable for summer resort-style play.

It is said that many rich people in China are noble, most of them have been to the whole territory of the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian, starting from the end of Sanming in Fujian Province in the west, along the stone stairs of this mountain range, and are proud of the end of Wuyishan City one by one, there are thousands of small and exquisite pavilions of all kinds on the way, all of which are summer resorts.

"This Ma Qingyun is also very funny, I look at this person's usual enthusiasm for work is quite high, people are still very obedient, although they are indecent words by actors dressed as women, but this person should admit that he has not covered up too much, and he is willing to do his best to cooperate with the work, do his best to reflect on himself, and reform himself, so I think although this person's mouth is really too big this time, as long as he corrects it seriously, it is also an important sword for us."

Runzhi said.

"Shang Fang Sword, what do you mean? Don't you want to use this Ma Qingyun to improve your position again? You're already under one person and above ten thousand, and I think it's too unlikely. Of course, I can't say if the reason why you got your current position is because people have been planning behind the scenes."

"Hee-hee-hee-hee······"

"You think too much, you know, my current position is almost actually one person under ten thousand people. Power doesn't really appeal to me anymore. What I want this person to do most is actually to ask Ma Qingyun to write out all the important deeds of my official career, write a biography that will be circulated all over the world, and make it public to all the people in the world who want to be an official. ”

Runzhi said with a look of disdain.

"I know what you mean, but haven't you heard of it, as the so-called people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and there is a saying that the gun shoots the first bird, so it's better not to be too high-profile, after all, autobiography is a thing, it's good to be happy, and you don't have to let everyone in the world know about it. In fact, what you need to pay attention to at the moment is such a sentence, which is called a companion is like a companion tiger. It's so easy for you to get power, but you get it, but you can't lose it easily, otherwise you will definitely leave yourself with unknown troubles. Because many things are definitely not arbitrary, maybe the emperor will often symbolically ask you if you want to do it, or allow you to leave on your own, but if you really decide to advance and retreat at will, then in fact, you will poke yourself in a hornet's nest! ”

Qing'er was naturally very surprised when she heard what Runzhi said.

Maybe it's because I'm worried that Runzhi doesn't understand some things enough, so I said this to Runzhi.

"Of course I know what you mean, where is the reason why I want to decide at will whether to hold or not to serve, then our entire civil service system, won't there be a big problem, if everyone resigns, then what should we do? What's more, the emperor gave me this opportunity to hold such an important position, which is a great kindness to me, if I refuse at will, then I will have the grace of the emperor's knowledge, if Long Yan is angry, then I just can't eat and run around. ”

"Hee-hee-hee-hee······"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid you won't even have a chance to run around without eating. In fact, in many cases, a person does not have the opportunity to decide his own destiny independently, and what really determines his own destiny is not only his own efforts, but also many factors. To say that because you arbitrarily decided not to hold an important position, it brought you trouble, for example, let the emperor who recommended you to be an official position lose face, and give you some criticism and education, this is not light, even if Long Yan is angry and makes you ashes, it is your own fault. ”

After all, Qing'er grew up in the eunuch's house since she was a child, and she is also the first to know about officialdom, so Runzhi is also very sincerely admired.

Runzhi listened to it, and felt that he was not as suitable as Qing'er to serve as an official appointed by the emperor, and it seemed that it was much more appropriate for Qing'er to take the position.

Runzhi sometimes listens to some of the unspoken rules of officialdom that Qing'er said, and he feels that he is still good at doing theoretical research, or leading troops to fight, or concentrating on adjudicating cases, but he has not learned much about the skills and experience of how to protect oneself in officialdom.

What Runzhi thought in his heart was that in the future, maybe these things that came into contact with other officials and superiors would be handed over to Qing'er to handle, which would be a good thing.

It's just that "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", even if a woman is talented, all other bureaucrats, including Emperor Yongzheng, will never allow a woman with a three-inch golden lotus to hold an important position.

In their eyes, women are a secondary role that always seems to be a support for men's careers.

This has been the case since ancient times.

But even so, women play an extremely important and subtle role in men's country.

For example, in order to win the favor of Daji, the king of Shang went from a wise king to the head of the tyrants of the ages; King Zhou You died in order to make the beauty smile; Tang Xuanzong gave up his principles of governing the country because of Yang Guifei, and indulged his desires, and appointed a large number of incompetent people surnamed Yang to important positions at will, causing political chaos and civil turmoil, and finally brewed into the world chaos of the Anshi Rebellion; Tang Taizong was too re-Wu Zetian, and finally the world almost returned to the Wu family, fortunately, the Tang courtiers were very infatuated and loyal to the Li family, and the people of the Tang Dynasty were very grateful for the two rare Tang Dynasty prosperity in a hundred years, which allowed the Tang Dynasty to continue to maintain for hundreds of years.

The list goes on and on.

Of course, Runzhi knew in his heart that although Qing'er seemed to be experienced, there were many strategies on how to protect herself.

In fact, such officials can do their part well, but they will not have much achievement, so they are more suitable for serving as grass-roots officials.

Runzhi knew that above the bustling court, this kind of conformist officials would not contribute too much of a wonderful plan to govern the country and secure the country.

But it would be very useful to have these conformist officials carry out certain decisions, or to have these people in charge of such trivial matters as supervising the attendance of statistical officials, organizing banquets between officials, or organizing activities like kicking and jujuing, then it would be perfectly competent.

There are almost no useless people in this world, as long as they are placed in the right place, all people can contribute unexpectedly huge value to society. ------ the blood is looking for books

The two of them rode on white horses, and slowly walked from south to north along a relatively wide and smooth mountain road.

This place is different from the old town of Lijiang, there is no kind of romantic and elegant scenery of the old town of Lijiang, there are large green mountains, trees grow very luxuriantly, green bryophytes, large ferns, and countless unknown birds, mostly behind the dense branches and leaves, from time to time to make some very crisp sounds.

When walking naturally on these mountain roads, Runzhi and his party can always faintly hear that there seems to be a hazy and looming bell not far away, which is very crisp and pleasant, which makes people feel refreshed.

"This bell sounds quite mysterious, not like the bell of an ordinary temple, I think there must be a reason for this, let's go and see it, after all, as the parents of the people, it is human nature to be very concerned about this place."

"I heard that in this mountain, there are many temples, and many monks and nuns are distributed in these countless temples, but if it is a temple, then its bell is almost similar to other temples, and the bell of this house sounds much stronger and more powerful, but it is not deeper than other temples in general, and it is more rich in a unique charm."

Runzhi and his party walked while talking, and the sky gradually darkened.

In the jungle ahead, countless lights faintly appeared.

"Maybe that's the Mountain Forest Inn we contacted before, and it's better for us to go over and have a look," Runzhi said.

Everyone followed Runzhi, and they all came to this place where a huge light was emitted.

Facing them were a pair of large bells, hanging on either side of the door, and through the open gate, made of huge stones, one could see a huge stone sculpture of a python carved in stone, in the middle of a huge fountain in the middle of the lake.

Inside the boulder, there are indeed pavilions and pavilions, and everything is available, which can be described as a fairyland on earth.

Most of these pavilions are built in some wide areas, which minimizes the damage to the local mountain forests and trees.

"Wow, what a tall building, it's even more magnificent than the palace room that the emperor gave to my father to live in, it's really surprising, could it be that this is the emperor's palace?"

Everyone followed Runzhi to the outside of this stone city and began to talk about it gradually.

"As far as I know, this is the palace that was planned to be prepared for Emperor Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the poor thing is that this Emperor Chongzhen is too unlucky, and before he came here to escape the summer, he defeated Li Zicheng, and finally died under his own fire, which is a pity."

Cheng Hanyun answered Runzhi's questions from behind.

Cheng Hanyun saw that Runzhi seemed to be very interested in this, so he continued:

"Actually, it's a coincidence, because this place is very remote, and it is often a matter of people who have been degraded to the county to serve as assassins, or people who have been sent to be the governor of the subject state of Annam, or those who have hired people from the county to grow grain at a low price, and then take advantage of the famine year to sell it on a large scale, so they need to pass through here. These speculators, including those who smuggle gold and ivory treasures, are people who do not hesitate to take risks for the sake of petty profits, which is why they need to pass through these places. Those speculative merchants are naturally very hateful, but without them in the mountains, many sources of information will gradually be lost in the mountains."

Runzhi seemed to have thought of something, so he said:

"I see, it looks like we have to overcome these difficulties"

"By the way, one thing needs to be explained, in fact, this temple is not only a palace, but also a huge commercial center, and almost everything in it is available."

Haozi looked at the many beautiful scenery around him, but he was also intoxicated.

"Why don't I tell you a story?" , Haozi proposed.

"Tell me"

Runzhi replied.

Haozi then said:

"During the Great Song Dynasty, there was a newly appointed magistrate, because before taking office, he did not know much about these specific affairs. But the first thing this person comes into contact with is actually some old head catchers, and these head catchers are all at the age of retirement, and it is time to replenish the blood of fresh new members."

Haozi continued, only to hear him continue:

"At the beginning of this prefectural order, I just thought that although there were more old members, the reliability coefficient of handling things was relatively large. In this way, we are preparing to change the previous rules for the personnel of various organizational departments of the county government, and directly leave the important posts of some departments to the previous term. If this is really done, then it will be unfair to those who participate at the grassroots level, so that those who are interested in participating in the leadership election of the department and department "will be really selected".

Runzhi asked:

"And then?"

In fact, this is the reason that has brought great trouble to this person, because it is inappropriate to leave the important headhunters directly to the old members, and all the members of the next session should be given a fair chance to compete. Of course, in fact, it is precisely because the magistrate did not notice this that those who are interested in participating in the election want to urgently transfer this person away, or influence this person in various ways, just to make the magistrate understand that he must pay strict attention to his words and deeds in the future. ”