Chapter 69: The Power Vacuum
Faced with Zhang Yuelu's strong order, Zhang Wenyue had to act according to his orders.
Not to mention that the second deputy mansion is mainly higher than the ordinary deputy mansion master, in terms of family relationship, Zhang Yuelu has been recognized by the Heavenly Master as the leader of the third generation of the Zhang family. This is not an empty word, nor is it an empty name, but it is real, and Zhang Jicheng and other Zhang family masters have also recognized it.
Now that the controversy stage has passed, it has become a decision, Zhang Wenyue, as Zhang Yuelu's contemporary, opposes Zhang Yuelu, in fact, it has become an authority against the Heavenly Master, and Dazong will not speak for him, and the consequences are very serious.
[In view of the general environment,
More critically, Zhang Yuelu has a reason.
So Zhang Wenyue ordered his subordinates to arrest the people involved in the case, including those who did not act within the provincial government.
After doing this, Zhang Yuelu presided over a meeting in the Eastern Capital Mansion, which went down to the deacon level, and many deputy mansion masters also participated in the deliberations remotely through the "Zimu Mirror". Zhang Yuelu did not directly mention the Lin Yin case in the deliberations, but only talked about one issue.
There is no vacuum of power.
Once it retreats and creates a vacuum, other forces will immediately fill this part of the vacuum, so as to seize the corresponding power.
To put it more clearly, if the person in charge does not take care of things, someone else will take care of it.
Specifically, why are there beggars in major towns? Because many things that should have been handled by the government yamen, the government yamen did not care, so the beggar gang developed and grew, and a series of things such as cleaning ditches, carrying corpses, guarding Yizhuang, patrolling the night watch, etc., all became the errands of the beggar gang. At the same time, the beggars were able to grow and become a gray existence between secret associations and normal associations, and then monopolized some special industries, and even developed into local tyrants.
In the New World, the people of the Holy Court were indifferent, so part of the void was filled by an illegal association called the "mafia", which administered "justice" for the people, and its leader became a clergyman-like being, known as Your Excellency.
To this end, Zhang Yuelu also gave an example. A person was seized by someone else, and he went to report to the official, but the yamen was just perfunctory and did not care about things. At this time, his clan stood up for him, administered justice for him, and reclaimed the land through armed fighting. Do you say that this person approves of the clan rules? Or do you approve the decrees of the government?
Power comes from below.
If the people below recognize the clan but not the government, then the government will be hollowed out, and the clan will hold this part of the power.
Over time, the clan grew, and then the gentry and sages mastered the power at the bottom, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside.
This part of the power was snatched away by the gentry? Or did the government give up on its own initiative?
So there is no vacuum of power, and if you quit, there will inevitably be other forces to fill the void.
In the same way, the same is true of the soil for the survival of so-called secret associations.
If you really want to cure the problem of secret associations and gentry clans, which seem to be very difficult to solve, it is very simple to say, that is, to establish an effective system, manage the things that should be managed, and not let there be a vacuum of power, so that there is naturally no room for the existence of secret associations and gentry clans.
This leads to another issue, the integration of power and responsibility. The premise of holding power is to assume responsibility, and there is no such thing as only holding power without assuming corresponding responsibility.
Zhang Yuelu pointed out that many Taoist priests in the Taoist government now have this kind of thinking, not only to hold great power, but also to slide over when they encounter things, and do not want to admit it
Take responsibility. There is power without responsibility, there is responsibility without power, big power and small responsibility, so can power be stable? In the end, it is the foundation of the Daomen that is damaged.
It was only at this time that Zhang Yuelu pointed out Lin Yin's case.
This case reflects a fundamental problem, inaction.
The top is perfunctory, and the bottom copes with things. One perfunctory, one coping. The façade is decorated, but the problem is not solved, and there are also problems such as collusion and collusion of interests, which ultimately leads to small problems that become big problems and are ultimately irreparable.
This is the way things should be
Is it?
Zhang Yuelu also talked about the script, which is now very popular in the rivers and lakes, one is happy and enmity, and the other is chivalrous and righteous, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, robbing the rich and helping the poor, which is very popular. Why is Chivalry popular with ordinary people? In other words, why do ordinary people pin their hopes on these so-called chivalrous warriors? What is the current situation reflected in this chivalrous spirit?
After the Lin Yin case, how many people were on Lin Yin's side? Why is that?
Shouldn't it be food for thought?
Now that things have happened, people can't be resurrected from death, and there is no way to get back, but why is it still business as usual? It seems that so many people have died without a little touch, is it so insensitive?
Zhang Yuelu asked a lot of questions in a row, including many deputy mansion masters, but no one gave answers. It's not that they don't know the answer, but they can't answer it, do they want to admit it directly?
Zhang Yuelu doesn't want to be limited to Lin Yin's case, if it is only limited to Lin Yin's case, then it is no different from a headache doctor's head and foot pain, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and similar things will still happen in the future.
She wants this case as an opportunity to further rectify the lazy atmosphere that exists within the provincial government.
After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu arrived, they had already put forward their own purposes, or their own focus.
Forced by the situation, Qi Xuansu focused on the issue of secret associations, including the soil for the survival of secret societies that he talked about.
Zhang Yuelu's environment is not so urgent and more relaxed, so she took a step further on the basis of Qi Xuansu and proposed to improve the atmosphere and clean up the hearts of the world.
There is no difference between the two, Qi Xuansu is faced with specific problems, naturally he can't talk about the relatively empty atmosphere problem, he can only choose to solve the problem in front of him, and even have to make some compromises. Among them, it is mainly embodied in the word "broken", Qi Xuansu wants to break the original power structure of Borneo, establish a new balance, and form a confrontational situation. This purpose is actually one of his swords, to be used against the enemy, not his fundamental purpose.
Zhang Yuelu is freer and the environment is more relaxed, so he can stand in a higher position and talk about some grander propositions. Because Lingnan is next to Wuzhou and is the Zhang family's sphere of influence, Zhang Yuelu came to Lingnan with the support of the Heavenly Master, and she herself has broken the power structure of Lingnan and established a new balance of power, and it can even be said that she has no enemies here, so she doesn't have to work hard in this regard, she can express her heart directly.
After the deliberations ended, someone said in private that they had heard that Zhang Yuelu was domineering, and today is considered to be insightful, obviously he is the second deputy lord of the mansion, but he talks and acts like a real person in charge of the mansion, and the future will not be easy.
Some people say that now she is only the second deputy head of the mansion, at most three years, and she can get through it
goes, if she is allowed to be a great palm teacher, I am afraid that she will have to return to the era of the five generations of great palm teaching, and the current good days will be gone forever.
Some people also say that if you have to choose one of the four shows of the Daomen, anyone can do it, as long as it is not Zhang Yuelu.
However, this statement has been opposed by others, as long as it is not Zhang Yuelu, then how can Zhengyi agree? If you want to win, you have to do at least both.
At this time, a candidate floated up.
He is a man of the whole truth, but he can take care of the righteousness.
Qi Xuansu.
He is not as strict and radical as Zhang Yuelu, and using him to replace Zhang Yuelu can not only have a good life, but also take into account the interests of Zhengyi.
From this point of view, Qi Xuansu's role is much better than that of Yao Pei, who can only represent the Quanzhen Dao, and it is much better than Zhang Yuelu, who does not let the big guys have a good life. As for the small national teacher, if he wants to engage in the hereditary style of the Li family, he can't tolerate it.
For most people, who is taught by the big palm to do it is not to do it, and a Qi Xuansu without a foundation is better and easy to handle. The Zhang and Li families, which have a strong foundation and are too strong, may not be a good choice.
This reflects a kind of mentality of people in the Daomen.
How to do it in personal interest with the Tao
to strike a balance between interests.
Personal interests usually harm the interests of the Daomen, but if there is no Daomen, then the personal interests cannot be guaranteed.
In the past many years, the three divisions have also struggled with this problem, so the image of the three divisions is very complicated, they have both actions to protect the interests of the Daomen and actions to damage the interests of the Daomen, and it is difficult to summarize them with a simple "good" or "bad". They are like the signs of the Daomen, yin and yang, black and white.
One can imagine a picture of the faces of the Third Division, half bathed in light and splendor, and half hidden in the shadows of darkness.
It's just that now, the Third Division has entered its "old age", and their time is running out, which will break the balance they have maintained for a long time. Is it for the sake of the posthumous name, and the interests of the Daomen are the most important? Or is it for the sake of the real family, and the personal interests are the priority? In short, it can't be balanced anymore, and there should be a choice.
Now it seems that the three divisions still focus on the interests of the Daomen. In their later years, they invariably began to solve some problems and carry out some improvement measures. For example, the Fenglinzhou problem, the Borneo problem, and the atmosphere of the Daomen are proof of Zhang Yuelu's promotion and reuse.
However, it cannot be said that this is the final choice of the third division, and it will not be exhausted until the last moment.
Judging from the seven generations of successors, Cihang Zhenren has little hope, no one in the Zhang family has to provoke the beam, and it makes sense for the Heavenly Master to focus on the interests of the Daomen when the Zhang family has been clearly out of the dispute between the seven generations. Because even if you compete for personal interests, you can't compete for others, and if you don't have profit, you want fame, so it's better to occupy the moral high ground and push Zhang Yuelu, who advocates reform, up.
On the other hand, both the Quanzhen Dao and the Taiping Dao have hopes of winning the battle of the seven generations, and may be more focused on personal interests, after all, the influence of a Great Master Sect is too great.
After the discussion was over, Zhang Yuelu asked Xu Kou, who was born in Qingluanwei, to take charge of the case. She doesn't want to be limited to Lin Yin's case, it doesn't mean that she doesn't care about this case. The case still has to be investigated, and it must be investigated to the end.
At this moment, her prayer basket lit up.
There is only one person who can contact Zhang Yuelu through the scriptures, and that is Qi Xuansu.