"Isn't that just a corrupt official? It sounds good, what can make others live well if you live well, but the origin of your good life is not to exploit the people first? ”

Yu Ji pouted, "Of course, I'm just talking about things, although I dislike you a little, but you single-handedly developed Luoyang's economy, and you also paid out of your own pocket to relieve people's food, which is absolutely recognized, but the world is so big, how many like you can there be?" Most corrupt officials will only enrich themselves. ”

She suddenly laughed again, stood up and leaned against Diao Chan, rubbing like a kitten,

"So I agree more with Sister Diao Chan's side, after all, a clean official, whether he acts or not, at least will not bring harm to the people."

"It can't be said that an incompetent clean official may be more harmful than a greedy and capable official."

Fang Yi lowered his head and pondered, still continuing to uphold his own opinion.

"I prefer to give examples to talk about things, just like the road to be built between the two main cities of Luoyang County and Nanyang County, and it is planned for two years, there can be two people in charge of this matter, one is an incompetent official, and the other is a greedy official, if you want me to choose, I will choose the greedy official."

"Why? If he asked an incompetent Qing official to build this road, he might have all kinds of forks, and even hesitate to delay the construction period, and it would take three or four years to complete it; If he had allowed the greedy officials to cultivate, he might have made a lot of profits, but he would have successfully completed his studies in two years. ”

"Let's not talk about how much additional budget will be spent in this intermediate construction period, let's just say that the time wasted, delayed for an extra year or two, many things are enough to change, and the loss is immeasurable, big or small."

"Besides, a truly talented person devotes himself to serving the government and the people and makes a lot of contributions, then he should not be poor, otherwise it will be a shame for today's court and system. Therefore, my policy towards the people in the county is to work more and get more according to work, and this is what I recognize. ”

"The county lord's words are also quite biased,"

Jia Xu, who had been dealing with official business and was silent, suddenly interjected and said,

When we analyze the pros and cons of greedy officials and incompetent officials, our thinking has entered a misunderstanding, greedy and wicked people, incompetent and misguided people, it is difficult to determine who is small and who is big, but these two have always been in the middle, good and honest officials, bad and incompetent corrupt officials, the latter needless to say, pure pests, but why don't we pursue the honest officials, and entangle the middle two? This question has been a fallacy from the beginning, and these two bizarre opposites should not exist at all. ”

"No, no, no, an honest and capable official, that's too idealistic, there are so many big and small officials in the world, and the two in the middle are often the norm,"

Fang Yi shook his head, "I have heard a sentence, this world is not black and white, but a delicate gray, honest and capable officials are definitely the best, but any argument that is not discussed in the current environment is nonsense, whether it is Han, Qin, Tang, or the various separatist heroes, they all belong to the category of feudal society after all, so whether they are capable or incompetent, as well as honest and greedy, they must be comprehensively considered from the interests of the people and the court." ”

"If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, then it is natural to go to the best choice in an all-round way, but we are now in a troubled era, it is a world of great strife, and what a regime needs more is stability, so the ability of officials is relatively more important, as long as the local order can be basically guaranteed, and it will not be affected by war or peasant uprisings, then the various policies and guidelines under local jurisdiction will be implemented efficiently, and it will be easier to gain a firm foothold in this troubled era."

After hearing this, the three of them pondered, and after a while, Yu Ji added seriously: "But the amount of corruption is also very important, throughout history, the punishment of corruption and perversion of the law has never stopped, and there must be a reason for this." ”

"Indeed, on this point, since the county lord likes to reason with examples, then I will also interject a few more words,"

Jia Xu also raised his head and waved his dark purple long sleeves, "First of all, from the background of the current era, what we need more is definitely capable officials, I agree with the county lord, and what Yu Ji said is also very important, it just so happened that there were similar examples in our county some time ago." In a county, there are two officials, one can increase the local monthly tax by 100,000 taels of silver, and the other can increase it by 200,000 taels. ”

"Naturally, it's the 200,000 taels."

"No, from the perspective of ability alone, these two people are acceptable, it's nothing more than a matter of ability,"

Jia Xu said with a smile, "However, these two people are corrupt officials. The official who can increase the local tax revenue by 100,000 taels is only 10,000 taels a month, and ensures the social order you are talking about; And the 200,000 taels, the embezzlement in a single month is more than 80,000 taels, and the connivance of his subordinates to bully and dominate the market has caused a lot of public anger, now which of the two do you think is better? ”

Without waiting for Fang Yi to answer, he continued: "Maybe you think that in the end, the tax is still the difference between 90,000 taels and 120,000 taels, and you will still choose the latter, but the degree of corruption has been close to the degree of contribution, and it has seriously affected the people's atmosphere, so that our credibility has greatly weakened. ”

"In this way, this degree is very important, and the regulation of this degree is the fundamental way to solve the problem."

Fang Yi nodded, "Is it better to be a greedy and capable official, or is it better to be an incompetent clean official?" Focusing on the officials will only be verbose talk. ”

"The most important thing is the system, the system of effective governance, the system of eliminating corruption, the system of rewarding and punishing officials, and only these can really set an exemplary standard in troubled times."

"I didn't expect you little bastard to figure out this kind of problem,"

Yu Ji looked at Fang Yi with a little more recognition in her eyes, "I thought you would only be flamboyant, it seems that I still underestimate you." ”

"No, I wouldn't glam my tongue when the knife was on my neck last night, would that work?"

Fang Yi pursed his lips and complained.

"Okay, about the reform of the bureaucratic system, it takes a long time, and it will be very difficult for us to do it, so it is better to give feedback to the Han court, I guess those old guys are happy to think about these ......"

"I'll do it."

Diao Chan, who was just listening carefully at the beginning, said coldly.

"No, no, you're not doing well, it's too cumbersome, and I have other things for you......"

"I have no problem, I will visit the officials in Luoyang County and the counties and townships one by one, collect public opinions, and let Mr. Jia Xu review with you after the first draft of the system is available,"

Diao Chan's often dim eyes rarely have a glimmer of hope, "If you give feedback to the big man, it is nothing more than self-deception, forgive everyone knows, they will never dare to change on a large scale, and in the end it will only sink into the sea, there is no more suitable place in the world than this Luoyang County, which has just been reborn in Nirvana, please give me this opportunity!" ”