The Song Dynasty had a characteristic that was different from the previous Han and Tang dynasties and the subsequent Ming and Qing Dynasties, that is, the literati and officials had a broad understanding of the world. The world is not a world for one person, but a world for everyone. This sentence, or a similar meaning, has more than one

People have said it.

Wang Yucheng of the Northern Song Dynasty said that the world is not the world of one person, but the world of all people. If the principles are followed, the people will support them; if they lose their way, the people will leave. Once the people leave, who will follow the world?

Zhu Xi wrote an annotation for Mencius and said: "The world is the world, and the world belongs to all the people in the world. It is not the private property of one person."

In this era of history, when the Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated peace, and Zhao Gou had the intention of bending his knees to accept the Jin Dynasty's imperial edict, Yushi Fangting actually reported it. It said that the world is the one, the world of China, the world of the ancestors, the ministers, the ten thousand surnames, and the three armies.

The world is not your Majesty’s world.

In other words, among the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty, it is a widely accepted understanding that the world is public rather than private. This is because of the understanding of history after the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, and the understanding of reality that the Song Dynasty was unfavorable to foreign wars, and

It gave rise to this concept among intellectuals.

The throne of the Song Dynasty was different from other dynasties. When the dynasty was established, it was Zhao Kuangyin who usurped the throne from the Later Zhou Dynasty and gained the country unfairly. Most emperors were aware of this. Whether they spoke or acted, they were not as confident as the emperors of other dynasties.

Even Zhao Gou, when prices skyrocketed and lower-level officials struggled to survive, as soon as the government stabilized, he immediately added ten guan of tea soup money to the salary of lower-level officials every month. How can officials not be paid if they want to do their jobs well?

To say that Zhu Yuanzhang was strict in managing officials, we must first understand that Zhu Yuanzhang set very low salaries for officials, so he was called mean and unkind.

As a superior, you must learn self-discipline. The stricter the self-discipline, the easier it will be to manage your subordinates. Thinking that I am the one in power, I want to be unrestrained, do whatever I want, and everyone else will comply. How is this possible?

How can there be so many fools in the world? What if there are not enough fools? The next best thing is to use treacherous ministers. So some people particularly like treacherous ministers and bastards, thinking that this is a good minister. You are the one who is stupid,

Or is this world stupid?

Corruption cannot be controlled by severe punishments and laws, but by the self-discipline of the superiors. Historically, this issue has been well summarized, the world is for the public. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang cannot control corruption no matter how severe the punishment is.

Over the years, Wang Xiaolie has understood a truth. It is impossible for a political power not to be able to pay out the salaries of officials. And the salaries of officials who can support it will never be low. If it cannot be paid out, it means that the money has not reached the political power.

into someone else's pocket.

It is precisely because Wang Xiaolie has always been self-disciplined that he can demand self-discipline from officials and have enough money to give officials relatively high salaries.

Looking at everyone's appearance, Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "I have to make it clear that giving you a relatively generous salary is not for you to become an official just for salary. This is the responsibility of a political power. If you don't give it,

We give you money to do things, why should we talk to you about our ideals? We must have ideals, but those in higher positions cannot ask those in lower positions to have ideals. If the government makes money and does not give it to officials, then who should it be given to?"

"As an official in the government, salary should not be your concern. What you have to consider is how to get things done, how to carry out the orders from above, how to make the people's lives better and better, and how to make the country better and better.

Be strong. Believe that if you do a good job, you will be promoted when you should be promoted, and when you should get more salary, you will get more. Believe that this kind of thing happens naturally, and there is no need to argue with others."

"Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about government affairs. Confucius said to him: Lord, minister, father, father, son. When we step on this stage and play a role, we must do our best to play the role well. As a king, play it well.

A king should work hard to do what he should do. A minister should work hard to do what he should do. Only when both parties do a good job can the play continue. If you don't do what you should do while wearing a costume, your

No matter how good the costumes are, the play is no longer a play. You work as officials under me and work hard, but I don’t pay you. You put the money into your own pockets and into my seven aunts and eight aunts.

In my uncle’s pocket, what I said before is all nonsense!”

"The Master said, My Tao is consistent. Zeng Zi said Wei. When others asked Zeng Zi what he meant, Zeng Zi said that it is just loyalty and forgiveness. One loyalty and one forgiveness, one without the other, is the Tao. These two words cannot be said separately. Once separated, loyalty

It is not loyalty, and forgiveness is not forgiveness. It does not mean that you are a king and I am a minister, and I want to be loyal to you. It also does not mean that I am a king and you are a minister, and I want to forgive you. It is to promise in one thing.

Loyalty means being loyal to others. Even if things don't go as planned, others will know that you tried your best and won't blame you. This is forgiveness. Loyalty and forgiveness must be combined together. If they are separated, it is not Tao. If you are purely loyal, you will treat others as fools.

?When we talk about filial piety, we still have the kindness of my parents who gave birth to me and raised me. Why do we talk about loyalty? The basis is that the king is the king, not just in name, but in fact, and the appearance and appearance are the same. If the king is only in name

, it’s like wearing a costume when performing in an opera, but you don’t say what the character should say or do what the character should do, so why should you be loyal?”

Seeing the silence below, Wang Xiaolie did not dwell on this topic.

"I have sent you around during this period just to make you understand that the people in the place under my rule live better than other places. The combat effectiveness of the army under my command is stronger than that of other armies. If the people are prosperous and the country is strong,

That’s why I am qualified to say such things here.”

"This school is going to teach you some basic knowledge. You have not learned this knowledge before, so you have to come to school to learn it. What is important is what you learned from school. Not that you entered this school.

, after you come out, you will have an additional status and be more noble. It doesn’t make sense. What is taught here is some knowledge that is necessary for politics. For example, many people are not familiar with arithmetic before, which is not good. An official must understand arithmetic.

Know some statistics.”

"Our world is very strange. There are the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and there are rivers and lakes on the ground. Everything is clear. But when we study carefully and look for their boundaries, we find that we cannot find them. We must set a boundary artificially.

. This point I call the existence of degrees and no boundaries. The sun, the moon, mountains and rivers, and degrees exist naturally, and everything is so clear. But there are no boundaries, they are set by man. How could this be? I don’t know.”

"The real world is not so clear-cut. Especially in a complex society composed of people, it is even more difficult to find boundaries. The simplest thing is that there are men and women in the world. It seems that the boundaries are clear enough, right? But there are not men.

People who are not women, or people who are both men and women, they are born that way. Therefore, an official must understand statistics in order to understand society and govern it better."

Having said this, Wang Xiaolie took a sip of water to moisten his throat. Then he said: "Finally, let's talk about the teaching methods. The basic knowledge just mentioned is of course classes. But in this school, the most important content is not classes, but

Learn to be an official. How to learn? According to our experience, we use cases. In practice, we will tell you how officials handle some good and bad things. With the teacher's comments, we can let everyone know how officials do things.

of."

"Mastering a large number of cases, analyzing them, and making comments will be of great use not only in school, but also in the future. This is a very big feature of our officials here. When you handle official business, it must be recorded and cannot be changed without permission.

These official affairs may be selected as cases at any time. Where you succeed, let everyone learn from it. Where you fail, let everyone try to avoid it. The more you learn in this way, the easier it will be to handle official affairs. Don't do it just because you may be used as a case.

If it becomes widely known, we will secretly modify it to make it look better. If we find out, we will remove it from the public, which makes no sense."

"The roles in the government include officials, clerks, errands, servants, and so on. Officials' salaries are much higher than others because they have heavy responsibilities and high requirements. Therefore, the number of officials cannot be very large. Since there are not many, it is difficult to find out

It’s easy. When you are an official under me, you must be prepared to be investigated at any time. Being investigated is not because you have done a bad job or there are problems that need to be dealt with, but because this is the daily responsibility of the supervisors. If they don’t investigate you, they have to

What for?"

"I have said so much, you should understand what my officials are like. Finally, I wish you can learn this knowledge in school, manage politics well at work, and make your own achievements."
Chapter completed!