Liu has been thinking about this question lately.

Because many county magistrates have served as officials, although they have not been corrupt or bribed, they have not done anything, and even because they have not sought merit but have no fault, many local problems have missed the best time to deal with them, which has become more serious, and the lives of the people have become more unsustainable.

Other officials, although they were corrupt and took bribes, really did something for the benefit of the country and the people.

The former kind of officials do not dare to be corrupt, but they also just want to mess around. The latter kind of officials may feel guilty for receiving black money, so they compensate the people somewhat.

In practical terms, the latter type of official is more beneficial to the people.

But morally speaking, the latter kind of officials are corrupt after all, and the former kind of officials have not done anything illegal after all.

So, who's right and who's wrong?

Liu Xiangshi couldn't be sure, because his heart was wavering.

But Li Xuan'er explained: "There are many officials like Cao Xianzun in the official government, who are corrupt and bribery, and also do some political achievements. Master Liu, as the people, what we want is a good official who can be the master of the people. This good official must be good at the root, if the root is crooked, then the good deeds he does will be useless. Why do we say that such officials must be arrested and severely punished? Because what such officials are doing is a wrong example. If this kind of official becomes the norm, then our Great Song Dynasty will be over. If the officials all do this, the main task is to seek personal gain, and the side business is to do things for the people, then how terrible is this? Besides, the kind of official you are talking about who is a vegetarian eater is not doing anything in his position, which is in itself illegal!"

Liu Xiangshi said: "In other words, the worst thing is that people like Cao Xianzun have a bad example, so they must be arrested?"

Li Xuan'er said: "We must first figure out the causal relationship. What you are entangled with and don't understand is that Cao Xianzun has really done a lot of things that are beneficial to the people, except for cooperating with the Iron Head Gang, he is a good functional, right? But you have to make it clear that Xianzun's ability to make the people live a good life does not come from his corruption. Many people will make a mistake about cause and effect, and some people actually think that only with greed can they have ability, and only with greed can they be motivated. In fact, it is a big mistake, throughout the ages, how many good officials who have really been the masters of the people are precisely because they can control their greed and selfish desires that they are willing to seek well-being for the people, and are even willing to sacrifice their lives to be the masters of the people. ”

Master Liu nodded to indicate that he understood.

This time, even Ying Sheng and Yu Hou understood. Corruption and bribery are breaking the law, which is different from doing things for the people.

And most importantly, among the corrupt officials, more often do nothing for the people. Moreover, if it is allowed to develop, it is very likely that it will develop to the point of being out of control in the end.

The three of them thanked Li Xuan'er together.

Li Xuan'er smiled a little embarrassedly, in fact, he had only heard Chen Letian slightly mention some questions about official governance.

She only knew a little bit about it, and it could even be said that she didn't know much about it.

But she is good at thinking, and she is not afraid to speak out and discuss with everyone, so she is not humble to say it.

I didn't expect that what I said was quite reasonable.

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On the other side, the county lord and the commander led the soldiers, and finally rested.

It's about to embark on the last twenty miles.

Before going on the road, the commander gave a speech to all the villagers.

Probably the content is that this time is different from the past, in the past, wherever our officers and soldiers went, the iron-headed gangs and bandits fled from the wind, and even if there were death squads, it was only to stop us from pursuing, not to fight us. But this time it was completely different, we came to the camp of the Iron Head like a god from the sky, because we had a map, a clear location map, so we were able to come so quickly.

Before the Iron Heads could react, they would be able to reach the front of the camp.

Therefore, the current Iron Head Gang has become a caged beast. What we have to do is to encircle and annihilate it.

for there is no way for them to escape. Read a book for a long time

However, because there is no way to escape, there is no way back for them.

So, they will definitely make a last stand.

And this time, we can no longer take it as lightly as before. As the saying goes, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the bandits who are in a hurry, we must take it seriously.

We are righteous people, and we cannot afford to lose to bandits.

Of course, we are outnumbered and we are not going to lose.

But what I hope is that we can all move forward bravely, and can we win this battle more beautifully?

The villagers responded in unison, can you can!

Thousands of people shouted out at the same time, and the momentum was very strong.

In addition, the commander asked the county lord to speak in the finale

The county lord thought about it and felt that there was nothing to say, so he put out a sentence: I hope you will join me and fight bravely to kill the enemy, even if I die in battle, I am worthy of this life!

When a civil official says such a thing, it has the meaning that a strong man will never return.

For the first time, the township warriors were accompanied to the battlefield by the county honor, and they had enough confidence in their hearts, but now the county honor has put on an attitude of 'everyone dies together', and they are even more full of dedication to defending the country and dying for the people.

The last twenty miles begin.

The commander instructed the captains to give orders to go down, not to go fast, but to go slowly. In these twenty miles, I tried to keep my spirits up and prepare for the final battle.

The lieutenants received an order and told the soldiers below that they should review every move and style in their usual training in the past twenty miles. When facing bandits, there should be only one thing on your mind, and that is to stab, slash, chop... and other attack moves during training. Don't think about anything else.

Most of the villagers were not veterans of a hundred battles, and they knew that what they were about to face was probably a difficult battle, and their palms couldn't help but sweat.

However, as early as during the training, the commanders and captains told them that it was normal to be nervous, and even the generals of the Northern Army and the Southern Army would be nervous before the battle, which was a normal phenomenon.

As long as we can deal with this tension with a normal heart, try to restrain our cranky hearts, and let ourselves focus on our feet and focus on the present, we can calm the tension.

Therefore, the villagers worked hard to restrain their nervousness while walking.

The commander made the commander look at the soldiers, but he was quite satisfied.

Winning this battle is a sure win, although your own side is not a strong soldier, but the opponent is a rabble. Therefore, the strength of one's own side is several times that of the enemy, so that the balance of victory and defeat is inevitably completely tilted in favor of one's side.

This war, which can only be regarded as a battle, may be able to give these soldiers under his command a lot of progress.

This is the most pleasing thing for the commander. And the only thing he is happy about.

If the soldiers under his command do not improve, it will be meaningless for him to be a commander.

Although twenty miles was not far, the large army did not go fast.

Half an hour had passed, and according to the scout's report, there were still about three miles to go. The Iron Head Gang Cottage is ready to fight.

Commander Liao said to the county lord: "My lord, the ironhead gang bandits know that they can no longer escape from afar as before, and this time they can only choose to defend the village." ”