Song Ren, who has always been cheating others, never thought that he would one day be pitted by others openly.

He finally understood why Yu Guang suddenly changed the topic bluntly, just to lower his guard.

This is the means of ministers, that is, officials, and Beijing officials.

Song Ren was recruited, but he couldn't do anything about it, because the other party was an official, a big official.

He could say that he didn't have the heart to hear these decrees, but Yu Guang said it himself.

But so what?

One is a seven-grade patrol according to the imperial history, patrolling on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the other is a non-grade, just a showman, who said what works, at a glance.

Song Ren can inform the county, because he borrowed the people's grievances, because the county is a magistrate and a petty official.

He can also not give Huang Zhifu face and leave the banquet with a scolding, because Yu Guang will protect him.

But when this backer turned the gun to get Song Ren, Song Ren had no choice, he would be like Xiaocui and Cheng Shi'an, and let others slaughter him.

Helpless and sad.

In fact, Song Ren understood what Yu Guang said, but he was unwilling to accept it.

Xiaocui's lawsuit was indeed won, but what was the result?

The five family members of Chai Mansion were sentenced to imprisonment, and the housekeeper of Chai Mansion was also sentenced to prison, but the initiator Chai Dafu was only beaten with a board on his buttocks, and then he was sent back to the house by the officials.

He Jingwen, it's just that he hasn't been in pain for a year, and there is not even a word of condemnation in the notice.

Yu Guang said that there is no way for He Jingwen to be corrupt, if he is not greedy, other corrupt officials will engage him.

When turbidity becomes a norm, innocence becomes a sin.

So Song Ren understood, but he felt inexplicable.

Many things in this world are like this, and things that should be inexplicable have gradually become habitual.

Officials are corrupt, it's a sin, yes, because it's the people who are miserable, this matter should be inexplicable, but everyone is greedy, and it has become a habit, even Yu Guang feels that He Jingwen is not greedy, it is an inexplicable thing.

Yu Guang also said that He Jingwen's political achievements are the best among all the counties in Nanzhili, the people of Jiangdu County, and the county with the fewest accidents.

As an official, he should be the master of the people, with good political performance, the people live and work in peace and contentment, shouldn't it be a thing to be accustomed to, but in Yu Guang's eyes, this has become an inexplicable thing that is worth showing off.

What made Song Ren even more unacceptable was that the people made a mistake, and the thick Daming law was thrown on his face, and the people knelt on the ground and confessed their sins and obeyed the law.

The sentence of imprisonment is the punishment of the board, and the punishment of the board is the board.

The family and the officials made a mistake, and the thick Da Ming Law was thrown in his face, they were very confused, looking at the Da Ming Law on the ground, what do you mean, don't make trouble, I have to quickly find my father or find the head of the family to settle the matter.

It's very inexplicable, and the Da Ming Law seems to only bind the common people, and has no meaning for the privileged.

It's just so inexplicable, and then everyone gradually gets used to it, and the inexplicable things become accustomed to it.

Until one day, the family and officials finally understood the meaning of the existence of the Great Ming Law, that is, they can use this thick law to oppress the people, I made a mistake, the Great Ming Law can't control me, but if I want to squeeze you, I hold the Great Ming Law in my hand.

Inexplicable things have become accustomed again.

Song Ren can't accept it, he really can't accept it, this is contrary to what he wants to do.

When the expression on his face showed a kind of helplessness and grief and indignation, Yu Guang was stunned and smiled awkwardly, "Foolish brother is joking with you, if you have no official or position, it is indeed a big sin to listen to the holy will, but if you have an official and a half-position, and you are still in charge of this matter, then the holy will is related to you, how can you suffer from sin." ”

"Huang Youdao's banquet is actually the official's examination for you, you performed well, and the official is very satisfied, so there is great news for you."

Yu Guang had a smile on his face, stroked his beard, and moved his body, after the sense of ritual that should have been done.

He arched his hand towards the north, and said with a straight face: "Song Ren, recommended by this official, Your Majesty has agreed to your participation in the matter of this Nanzhili patrol, and obey the dispatch of this official. ”

Yu Guang, who deliberately said these words in a deep voice, secretly glanced at Song Ren with his afterglow.

He thought that Song Ren would be so excited and moved when he heard that he had an official position, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Yu Guang thought about several scenarios, and what modest words to use after he was thanked.

But he never thought that Song Ren, who had heard this, just sat in his place, his expression was not sad or happy, and he was very calm.

It's Yu Guang's turn not to be calm, you are grateful, although it is not a holy decree, but it is also specially sealed by the saint, the emperor's grace is vast, why don't you express it?

In fact, Song Ren was not really calm, but he was stunned, he felt like he was riding a roller coaster, and his mood went up and down.

This Nima, it's too exciting, I just had a big crime of killing my head, why did I suddenly say that I was an official again.

Yu Guang coughed embarrassedly and reminded: "Brother Xian, Brother Song Xian, thank you quickly." ”

Song Ren nodded indiscriminately, "Oh, thank you, Lord Yu." ”

"It's not to thank me, it's to thank the saint."

"Oh, thank you, Holy Lord."

Yu Guang was anxious, "Don't just say, kneel and kowtow!" ”

Song Ren touched his head, he didn't understand a little, what about the saint resting for 108,000 miles, this point is estimated to be sleeping with the concubine, I kneel and kowtow He can see it?

Formalism is unacceptable.

Song Ren, he didn't kneel, and he didn't thank him, it's not that he doesn't understand etiquette, and he doesn't pretend to be B, but it's very contradictory.

Before meeting Carpenter Li, when he met a simple old farmer, and when he saw the people of Jiangdu County, Song Ren wanted to be an official and wanted this group of people to live a good life.

If he is not an official, he will not be able to modify the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not be able to do what he wants to do, so that justice can exist in the public court, and there will be fewer innocent and pitiful people like Xiaocui among the people.

But after seeing Carpenter Li, after hearing some words, he flinched a little.

It's not that Song Ren didn't understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, but after understanding it, he was cold and confused, he only knew that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were lost, not lost in the officialdom, but lost in the "way of the world" in their eyes.

It is the people who make up this "way of the world", and the only thing that the lost group of courtiers have done is to make this "way of the world" more and more damned.

Carpenter Li told Song Ren that when there was a big flood in Yuzhou that year, he and his villagers became homeless people, and they were hungry, gnawing tree bark, eating dry grass, and eating Guanyin soil with a belly as big as a drum, and the magistrate ordered the city gate to be closed, and they were not allowed to enter the city, so they could only lie on the official road, hungry, crying and begging.

The magistrate stood on the city wall with a group of officials and watched like this, as if he was watching a joke.

The imperial court sent an official from the Ministry of Rites, An Min, how can An Min, also stand on the city wall, watch, and say something in his mouth that they don't understand, and he can't understand a word.

The food for disaster relief was distributed, one meal a day, and a few people pushed the cart one after another to push one big wooden barrel after another outside the city gate, inside the wooden barrel, saying that it was white porridge, but Li Da said that he knew for the first time that the white porridge was still gray.

It was all gray and muddy water, with barely a few grains of rice visible, and some sand and gravel mixed in.

What are the courtiers doing in the council hall? They all gasped in unison, wow, there is such a thing as Guanyin soil, it is terrifying.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the official food is mixed with sand and gravel, and the courtiers still gasp, can they eat it? What a tooth, appalling.

The courtiers always pretended that they didn't know what this world was like, they were furious, angry, and then said in a righteous and strict way that they wanted to make this world better, and said loudly to the ears of the people, this matter has been known to the official, and the official will definitely deal with it, deal with it well, and will definitely give you an explanation, you can rest assured, you just need to continue to live in a down-to-earth manner, rest assured, rest assured, rest assured, rest assured, useless things said three times.

This is the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, the status quo of most officials of the Ming Dynasty.

It's not that Song Ren doesn't want to be an official, but he doesn't dare, he doesn't want to let himself be "assimilated", become another He Jingwen, and become an innocent crime.

Many boys who were once beaten by their father with seven wolves swore that when I had a child, I would never beat him, but as a result, when he did have a child, he beat him worse than his father.

Before participating in the imperial examination, many ambitious scholars also vowed to become a good official, a clean official, and petition for the people, but as a result, they were more greedy than anyone else, and they were better at bullying the people than anyone else.

Song Ren was really afraid, afraid that when he had power in his hands, he would not forget his original intention and become what he hated the most.

Therefore, he went to business to make money, and he hid in the Beishan Tea House, unwilling to hug Yu Guang's thigh.

But it backfired, and the chosen intersection still appeared in front of him.

Song Ren's thoughts are far from the content of Yu Guang's brain supplement, but in some places they are surprisingly similar.

Seeing that Song Ren had not thanked him for a long time, Yu Guang's face was full of doubt, two points of dissatisfaction, and one point of shock: "You, don't want to be an official?" ”

Qin Lao, who had always been a bystander and a tea-making technician, was also very puzzled, and his cloudy eyes kept looking at Song Ren.

They all think that people who study are not studying just to be officials, and if you don't want to be an official, how can you go to the test to gain fame.

Yu Guang thought so, so he advocated that in the report to the emperor, he recommended Song Ren, and he was sure that the emperor would definitely nod and agree to this kind of trivial matter.

Qin Zhengyuan also thought so, so he was willing to help Yu Guang and accept Huang Youdao's invitation to the banquet.

So none of them understood why Song Ren didn't show what they imagined, didn't weep with gratitude, didn't kneel and kowtow.

Isn't it, suspicious of small officials?

Yu Guang thought that with Song Ren's talent, a secretary from the Jiupin Metropolitan Procuratorate, it seemed that he was indeed a little condescending.

He just wanted to explain and comfort him, but Song Ren suddenly spoke.

"Lord Yu, you were ordered to patrol Nanzhili and check the matter of taxes and silver, for the sake of the saints and the people."

Yu Guang bowed slightly, and suddenly showed a smile, he had been an official for several years, and he guessed Song Ren's worries from just one question.

Yu Guang said in a righteous voice: "For the saints, for the Ming Dynasty, but also for the people." ”

Song Ren asked again: "Then He Jingwen, an official like him, is corrupt and modest, why do you still want to protect him and trade with him?" ”

Yu Guang laughed, laughing loudly, but there was no mockery.

He patted Song Ren on the shoulder and said: "You haven't entered the officialdom yet, I don't know how to be an official, many things, you can't just look at the surface, it's like this tea, with a piece of tea dregs, you twist it up, throw it away, but if the whole bowl is tea dregs, all the brains are poured out, isn't it dying of thirst, Nanzhili is rotten, rotten, the family officials collude, you have me, I have you, the saint can be completely removed, and then, where do the people of Nanzhili exist, who cares about them, and the new batch of officials can ensure that they will not continue to follow the path of their predecessors? ”

"I can only take Xu Zhi slowly, protect a He Jingwen first, start with him, and thoroughly investigate the entire Nanzhili."

"This official assures you that the sins he committed will be liquidated sooner or later, at least, he can only be a magistrate in his life."

Song Ren took a deep breath, got up, and knelt down on one knee: "Xiaguan, take the order." ”