Looking at the people below who were a little confused, Wang Xiaolie also felt helpless. When he told Chen Qiudao and others, they were also like this. They had no idea why Wang Xiaolie said this, why he said it, and what was the use of it.

Wang Xiaolie originally thought that this was a simple problem of understanding. After realizing, it is not difficult to change one's thoughts and practices. However, this is not the case. It is extremely difficult to get everyone to recognize oneself and change one's thoughts.

Is there any way? There is no way. The only way is to speak clearly and then let them slowly accept it through practice.

After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaolie said: "Or you can say it this way. From top to bottom, the government is like the sky, majestic and strict, and must not be offended. What the government has to do comes from the people. The people's hearts are like the ground, from the bottom up.

When you go up, you are kind and tolerant, observing everything. Heaven and earth merge, and what is born in the middle is the imperial court, which is the government. The imperial court is facing the heaven above and the people below, and it is born with the characteristics of God. Our court and our government are not just

The place that manages secular affairs is still the temple. In the temple, God should live. Sometimes, I really hope that this world is governed by gods and there won't be so many messy things. But we are not gods, we are just ordinary people.

We are just human beings. My feeling is that under the law of heaven, we cannot see the shadow of God. We have no choice but to put on a suit of clothes and pretend that we are gods. Just like children, without adults, part of their human beings

We have to put on adult clothes, learn to look like adults, and do adult things. But most of the time, children are very simple. When they put on adult clothes, they really think that they are adults and work hard to learn.

We so-called adults, when we put on official uniforms, we think that we are really officials, and we act arrogant and domineering."

Having said this, Wang Xiaolie shook his head helplessly.

In fact, children are not necessarily innocent. If the conditions are right, they will be just like adults. Wang Xiaolie remembers a piece of news. There was a child in school who was appreciated by the teacher, corrupted, and suppressed others. For several years, his methods were no worse than those of adults.

.It’s just that children have less knowledge, which makes people think they are simple.

Looking at everyone, Wang Xiaolie said: "No one who is an official wants to be so tired. They all want to work easily. If something happens, the responsibility will not fall on them. How is this possible? Being an official is just pretending.

If you are a god, why wouldn't it be tiring for a mortal to pretend to be a god? So, you come up with all kinds of ways to make it easy to be an official without having to take responsibility. This is not possible."

"Being an official is not easy. Not only do you have to do things well, but you also have to be of good character and not allow others to find fault with you. There are only a few such people in the world, and it is even more difficult to select them to be an official. In fact,

As for the officials, although there are some with high moral character, most of them are mediocre and incompetent people. They receive salary but do not do what officials should do. I have thought about it for a long time and there is basically no way to prevent this situation from happening. The only way

What we do is that it is difficult to be an official, but if you make a mistake, it is easy to be dismissed."

Incompetence of officials has been a big problem at all times and in all countries. In order to solve this problem, many people have thought of many ways. But in the end, no one can solve it. As long as the power of appointing officials is still in the hands of officials, this problem cannot be solved.

Some people always say that a good system can ensure that officials are competent. There is even a popular saying for a while that if the system is good enough, it would be just as good if a dog were to be an official. How is this possible? This statement is just a lie.

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To solve the problem of officials, there must be effective supervision by the people. Without the supervision of the people, everything is just empty talk.

Wang Xiaolie said: "What kind of person can be an official? Needless to say, Jinshi, you can be an official before, and you can be an official in the future. Moreover, it is not easy to pass the Jinshi exam. You should be a bigger official and be promoted faster than others. But

It is not enough to be a Jinshi. In addition to Jinshi, the previous method was to be an official. If you have a father, a brother, a relative, or even someone who is just a master of a high official, you can be an official. This is not possible. It is so indiscriminate.

, how can we ensure that they are good officials? From now on, no favors will be allowed. Except for Jinshi, you must enter the school and become an official after you graduate. You are the first batch of people to enter such a school. After you graduate, you will be

official."

Having said this, the people below finally said "hmm" in unison. No wonder everyone felt that it was not difficult to enter this school. Not only officials from the south could do it, but also rural tribute scholars, and some other personnel would not refuse as long as they were literate.

Wang Xiaolie said: "It is not too difficult to recruit people for such a school. However, it is not easy to study. If you waste your time, it will only be a few years in school. If you fail to study, you will find another way out, or become an official.

"If you can't be an official, you can still be a clerk if you can read."

Having said this, Wang Xiaolie looked around at everyone. Then he said: "To ensure that officials are competent, the most critical point is people's supervision. Without people's supervision, no system is useful. How can we let the people supervise? People's supervision

How to be effective and how not to be disturbed is another big question. As I said before, officials are mortals who put on official uniforms and do the things of gods. How can mortals be gods? They can only act according to their own understanding.

A god. Officials must clearly understand that they are playing the role of a god and are not a god. Don't pretend to be a god and take it seriously. Therefore, when the people supervise an official, he wears official uniform and takes off his clothes when acting as a god.

After you get off the public service, you are still an ordinary person. An ordinary person does not need to be watched for everything. This must be gradually formed into a habit through practice."

Seeing that the people below were a little confused, Wang Xiaolie did not explain. At this time, no matter how he explained, others could not understand. He said: "How can the people supervise officials? To be honest, I have thought about it, but I haven't come up with a solution. In short,

If an official does something and someone says it's wrong, then it's considered supervision, right? We can't let the common people break into the government office and tell them that this method doesn't work or that method doesn't work. How about teaching the officials a lesson? Not to mention that officials themselves have two basic skills.

Responsibilities are accountable to superiors and to the people. The people can supervise, so why do we need officials? Let the people take turns to be officials. Therefore, there must be specialized agencies to supervise for the people."

Having said this, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but sigh and said: "When it comes to supervising for the people, I shuddered when I thought about it. In the end, people's supervision will return to officials, is it still people's supervision? I thought about it for a long time

, it is true that the people cannot directly supervise, and can only be done by officials or other people. In comparison, officials are still reliable. Then, we can only set up officials to supervise for the people."

In later generations, people thought of many ways to supervise officials. There were inspection agencies, journalists known as the "uncrowned kings", and various private institutions. In the end, they were of no use. If even the best officials cannot be controlled,

Live, anything else is useful, it's just a dream.

"If officials wearing official uniforms play the role of gods in the government, then these officials who supervise the people are really pure people. They look at the gods they play with human eyes. Look at them

Whether the performance is good or not, whether the performance is real or not, use human eyes to evaluate God. Their evaluation determines whether the official will stay or go."

"It's like we are watching a play in the theater. If the actor on the stage performs well, we clap our hands and shout "good job". If the performance is not good, everyone will leave the stage and let him go. But on this big stage in the world, there is no way

So direct, we can only use such an indirect method to let these officials respond on behalf of the people. These are special officials, officials outside the administrative system. It is even more difficult for such officials to be accurate.
Chapter completed!