I Am a Corrupt Official, But They Say I Am a Loyal Minister!

Lin Beifan turned around and said with a smile, "Master Yao, what's the matter?"

Yao Zheng bowed again, frowned and said, "Sir Jijiu, the way of being an official you taught just now, please forgive the stupidity of the official, some of them don't understand, please give me more advice!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "I see! It's dinner time, why don't you go back to the mansion with this official and talk about it while drinking and eating?"

Yao Zheng remembered the fine wine from Lin Beifan's house, the wine bugs had already been hooked out, and he said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey!"

After about a stick of incense, they had returned to the Lin Mansion.

A table of banquets was set up in the study, and the two continued to discuss the way of being an official while drinking and eating.

"Master Yao, if you have any questions, you can ask!" Lin Beifan said.

"Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for giving Xiaguan this opportunity! Today, Xiaguan accompanied Jijiu to patrol the streets and learn how to be an official! Through those three examples, I learned a lot and understood a lot! It's just..."

Yao Zheng frowned again: "There are so many things, I don't know where to start!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "So that's the case, then this official will sort it out for you!"

"Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for your teaching, and the lower official is all ears!"

Lin Beifan put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "The first thing this officer wants to teach students is the way of standing! The so-called way of standing is the foothold of being an official. What are we being an official for! This official thought about it, but in fact, it can be summed up in four words: for the country and the people!"

Yao Zheng nodded immediately: "Master Jijiu is right!"

"For the country and the people, the people are the foundation, and there is a country without the people, so this official first let them start from the people! We often say that the people are hard, we all know that the people are hard, but in fact the people are more than we imagined... To suffer!"

Lin Beifan took a sip of wine and continued: "So, this official is to let them go to the grassroots level and understand the suffering of the people! Master Yao, let me ask you, a 50-year-old elder who knows the destiny and still makes money by carrying a sedan chair, you Are you saying it's hard?"

Yao Zheng nodded heavily: "Bitter!"

"Master Yao, let me ask you, poor families can only sell women as slaves to support their families, do you think it is hard?"

Yao Zheng nodded again: "Bitter!"

"Master Yao, let me ask you again, young people with healthy hands and feet can only be beggars begging on the street in the end, do you think it is hard?"

"This..." Yao Zheng glanced at Lin Beifan and said, "Master Jijiu, the lower official thinks that he is not bitter! He has hands and feet, a light body and a healthy body, and he can do a job to support himself. It's just what it deserves!"

Lin Beifan smiled and shook his head: "Master Yao, you can only look at his surface, but you can't think of his heart! Although he doesn't suffer from the hardships of life, he suffers from the hardships in his heart! Because he can't see any hope, and he can't see how he will turn around. Hope is full of ambition but unable to display it, so I can only numb myself!"

Lin Beifan glanced at the old man next to him: "This kind of suffering is also called the suffering of underappreciated talents, the suffering of depression and unwillingness! Master Yao, you should have a deep understanding!"

"So it is!" Yao Zheng took a sip of wine, recalling the past, with a hint of bitterness: "It's really bitter!"

"So, this official let them experience the people's feelings! As long as in the future as an official, I think of the scenes I saw today, and I feel a little more compassion in my heart, and if I can favor the people a little bit, this official will be satisfied!"

"Master Jijiu said very well, the lower official toasts you!"

The two clinked glasses and drank it all in one go.

Lin Beifan continued: "The second way of being an official that this official wants to teach students is the dialectical way! The so-called dialectical way is to look at the problem dialectically, to see the good side, but also the bad side. When you see the phenomenon, you must also see the essence!”

"For example, the elders carry the sedan chairs for the young people!"

"We who have read the book of Confucius and Mencius know that this is wrong. The elders should not carry the sedan chairs for the young people, and the young people cannot sit in the sedan chairs carried by the elders, otherwise it is against human ethics!"

"But let's look at it from another angle!"

"Did the elder do something wrong? He is not wrong. In order to survive, he can only do these hard labors to eat! If he doesn't do it, he can only starve to death!"

"Did the young man do something wrong? He was also right, because he paid, and when he paid, he deserved the service! If he didn't sit, the two elders might starve to death!"

"Everyone is right..." Lin Beifan spread his hands and asked, "Could it be our way of Confucius and Mencius, wrong?"

"This..." Yao Zheng was speechless, unable to answer.

"Actually, that's true!" Lin Beifan laughed. "Confucius and Mencius taught us to respect the old and love the young. If we didn't respect the old and love the young, the old and young would be disordered, and everyone would be lost, and the world would have been in chaos!"

Yao Zheng nodded slightly: "Yes!"

"Since everyone is right, who is wrong?" Lin Beifan asked again.

"This..." Yao Zheng was at a loss for words again, unable to answer.

"Actually, no one is wrong, it's just a different starting point! Confucius and Mencius proposed the virtue of respecting the old and loving the young in order to educate the world! In order to survive, the two old men could only put their faces down and put on airs for the young people! The young people paid the money. , of course you should enjoy the service you deserve!"

"Selling women as slaves, young people begging, the same is true!"

"So..." Lin Beifan said with a smile: "What this official wants to tell the students is that many things are not black and white, and there is no standard answer at all! It is better to believe in the book than to have no book! Many things need to be combined with reality. Come and think! In this way, when you become an official, you will be calm and composed, take care of everything, put yourself in the shoes of the common people, and will not govern indiscriminately!"

"I've been taught, I've been taught..." Yao Zheng gave Lin Beifan another cup.

"This official wants to teach students the third way of being an official, which is the way of choice! The so-called way of choice is what to do and how to solve problems when they arise!"

"It's like selling women as slaves!"

Lin Beifan said with a smile: "Some virtuous people can't accept selling women as slaves! And this matter is indeed moral, it is gray in the law, and it is not supported by the law! But if you don't do this, the other party's family will be old. I'll starve to death as a child!"

"As a law enforcement officer, what should I do at this time and how should I choose?"

Yao Zheng frowned and said nothing.

"To be honest, it's really hard to do!" Lin Beifan tutted his head and shook his head: "If you defend the majesty of the law, then the family of 8 will have to starve to death! If you don't do this, you will be worthy of the body on your body. Official uniform?"

Yao Xin cupped his hands and asked for advice: "Master Jijiu, how to do it at this time, please teach me!"

Lin Beifan shook his head: "There is no practical way, the only way is to ignore the people and the officials, and treat them as invisible!"

"Oh, it's difficult!" Yao Zheng sighed deeply

"The fourth way this official wants to teach students is the way of seeking! The so-called way of seeking is what I want to pursue as an official, what goals I want to achieve, and what problems to solve. This is the ultimate goal of our officialdom. Pursue!"

"Master Yao, what do you think our ultimate pursuit of being an official is?" Lin Beifan asked.

Yao Zheng frowned: "For the country and the people?"

"This is the foothold, the starting point, and what I'm asking now is the end point!" Lin Beifan said.

Yao Zheng smiled bitterly: "Please forgive me for being stupid, I don't understand!"

"Actually, the answer is already obvious!"

Lin Beifan said with a smile: "As long as the elders don't have to go out to carry the sedan chair, they can retire at home and have children and grandchildren to support their knees! Poor people no longer need to sell women as slaves, and any family can support their own children and enjoy their family! Society is full of despair, and you have to work hard to get everything you want!"

"It can be summed up in 12 words: the old is dependent, the young is supported, and the labor is rewarded!"

"As long as these three points are fulfilled..." Lin Beifan smiled complacently: "The country must be prosperous and the people are safe, the country will be prosperous and the people will be strong, and the world will be peaceful!"

"That's right!" Yao Zheng slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "I have been thinking about a problem that I haven't figured out all my life, so let you wake up with a word, Master Jijiu! The ultimate pursuit of being an official is not to always be there. Is it possible to depend on, support for less, and earn income from labor? As long as these three points are fulfilled, how can the world not be peaceful?”

Immediately brought up a glass of wine: "Thank you for the guidance, Master Jijiu, and I will give you a drink!"

Lin Beifan exclaimed: "Go!"

After drinking three glasses in a row, everyone felt at ease!

Only to express the pride in the chest!

Yao Zheng frowned again and smiled bitterly: "This is indeed the ultimate pursuit of an official! But to achieve these three points, it is really very difficult, almost impossible!"

Lin Beifan nodded with deep sympathy and sighed: "It's really very difficult! Look at me, in order to achieve this ambition, I have to fight corrupt officials and court officials in the court by myself, even at the same time. It's really hard for me! I don’t know how much grievances I have suffered, how much suffering I have suffered, Master Yao, do you know?”

Recalling the past, there is an indescribable pain in my heart, and I can't help but drink a little wine and use it to drown my sorrows.

Yao Zheng looked at Lin Beifan drinking the fine wine of the court, and at the table full of precious and shy delicacy, said: "Master Jijiu, you say that you are in a difficult situation, this official can understand! But you say that you have suffered grievances and suffering, Please forgive me if I don't agree with you!"

"Master Yao, what you see is only the surface. How many people can see the pain in this official's heart?" Lin Beifan patted his chest and said sadly.

Yao Zheng's eyes widened: "Is it bitter? I see that you are clearly eating well!"

"I'm talking about my heart, not my mouth!" Lin Beifan's face was full of incomprehensible pain: "My heart is really bitter, even fine wine can't quench the bitterness in my heart! Sometimes, I just want to be so drunk and dream to die!"

"Master Jijiu, what you think is really beautiful, and sometimes the lower officials think so too! But you are not as thick-skinned as you, so dare not say it!" Yao Zheng said with admiration.

Lin Beifan slapped the table: "Stop nonsense, drink!".