On January 30th, Nan Yi hurried to the county government office after having breakfast.
He took out the appointment letter sent to Chengyou Bookstore yesterday, and was soon led to the attic room where the county magistrate's office was located.
After the maid made tea for Nan Yi and left, Chu Kuangsheng took a sip from the tea cup and said, "Junior brother, there is no need to be cautious. Since there are no outsiders, just call me senior brother."
Nan Yi sat in the guest seat and said, "Nan Yi has met Senior Brother Chu."
In fact, Nan Yi is not cautious. But after all, the person facing him was a county guard, so he still had to have a correct attitude, or at least look respectful.
"Your annual examination article is indeed good, and I like it quite well. The aristocratic families in the county control the people's livelihood and economy, and occupy official positions, as if they only care about their own interests." Chu Kuangsheng sighed, "Assessing merit and reputation can actually prevent officials from doing so. Corruption. But most of the officials in the county come from aristocratic families. They sit there and sit back and watch, so that their families can continue to grow and easily control the lifeblood of the people's livelihood and economy."
Nan Yi remained silent and listened silently.
At this moment, he didn't even understand why Chu Kuangsheng was looking for him.
Fortunately, Chu Kuangsheng didn't talk nonsense.
"It's okay to control the people's livelihood economy. If we can put the people first and make concessions that benefit the people, it's not impossible. But the aristocratic family is greedy and never cares about the people when they amass wealth."
"I originally wanted to bring justice and peace to the country, and work on it slowly. However, Emperor Li is impatient, but he wants us to introduce the method of steam, revolutionize various industries, and build factories within a month."
"Junior Brother Nan, in your opinion, if the major families are given the opportunity to expand their power, what choice will they make?"
When asked by Chu Kuangsheng, Nan Yi could only say: "Human nature is selfish. Before this, the inheritance of craftsmen was based on blood, and they adhered to hundreds of industries, so they would not give the rich family a chance to get involved. However, with the introduction of steam technology and the innovation of all industries, The major aristocratic families will not let good opportunities pass by, and must find ways to enter various industries."
"As my senior brother Qilinzi said, craftsmen, either proactively or under compulsion, must merge with aristocratic families and evolve into industrial merchants."
Chu Kuangsheng said solemnly: "In my opinion, there is no difference between aristocratic families and industrial and commercial businesses. The key is how to make them control their hands and not take away the last money and food from the people, or even spit out more as much as possible. If you have more money and food, you can feed the people back."
Nan Yi didn't answer this.
Theoretically, in order to ensure that people's interests and economic lifeline are not encroached too much, the Dali government must supervise the capital market. But most of the officials in this world are monks, and most of them come from aristocratic families.
Corruption among officials is indeed rarer than in Nan Yi's previous life. However, adhering to the rule of inaction and not loving action will naturally make the power of each family more and more powerful.
In fact, in Nan Yi's view, Chu Kuangsheng himself was the largest aristocratic family in Chu County. It's just that as a county governor and using Chu County as his dojo, he had to care about the people of Chu County.
Other monks, on the other hand, only use the property of one family and one family name as their dojo, so they despise people's livelihood.
However, Nan Yi remained silent, but Chu Kuangsheng took the initiative and asked: "Junior Brother Nan, what do you think of officials from aristocratic families?"
Nan Yi pursed his lips and replied: "The salary is the salary, the people anoint the people, the people are easy to abuse, but the heaven is hard to bully."
"It's well said. It's easy to bully the people, but it's hard to bully the heavens." Chu Kuangsheng praised, "However, it is related to people's livelihood and all industries. I can't do anything lightly, so I want to ask my junior brother to come forward and walk on my behalf to supervise all industries during the introduction of heretics. , do what you advise."
Nan Yi had already guessed Chu Kuangsheng's intention today.
Hearing Chu Kuangsheng's invitation, he was speechless: Why should he move lightly? It was clearly a chess game between monks. Chu Kuangsheng did not dare to lift the chessboard, so he wanted to use Nan Yi as a sword to beat all the officials.
Nan Yi was naturally unwilling to do this.
All the officials in the family were monks. Although he had already offended many people when he wrote about Luo Tuo Xiangzi, and Nan Yi didn't take it seriously, he couldn't continue to take the initiative to enmity with the officials.
Nan Yi sighed and said, "Senior brother, please forgive me. Yi's knowledge is still shallow and he must put his studies first."
Chu Kuangsheng thought for a while and said, "Junior brother, maybe I don't know. As monks, we study for the purpose of governing, and then supplement it with spiritual practice. It is a good thing to devote oneself to learning, but in the end, we still need to have an official body to cultivate our Qi. .”
Nan Yi sighed again: "Yi is not from a rural background. He only knows a few things about war on paper, so how can he dare to really spread the rumors and act smart. I personally think that since I am young, I shouldn't aim too high. I should concentrate on mastering the knowledge taught by the academy. Put 'paper' first, and then look for opportunities to 'talk' in the future."
Chu Kuangsheng's expression remained unchanged, just staring at Nan Yi.
Nan Yi faced Chu Kuangsheng's gaze, pretending to be innocent.
After all, no matter what, he was just a young man who had just entered the academy to study. How could there be any reason to become an official right after entering school? It doesn't make sense.
Chu Kuangsheng thought for a moment and suddenly said: "It's really not appropriate to delay junior brother's studies. It's better to do this. If junior brother is willing to go, I will specially ask someone to refine a pot of Wuxiangyuan Dan, a total of 24 pills, and give them to junior brother as a gift. Compensation for delaying junior brother’s studies.”
Nan Yi fell into deep thought.
24 phaseless source pills, corresponding to 6 years of Taoism, can save him from struggling for 6 years. But it has only been 6 years. Even if he really refines it, he will not be able to directly cultivate his Qi and get started in a short while.
If it were before awakening the "Emperor Sword", Nan Yi might not be able to make up his mind. But now that he has asked Yan Qingyun to go out and teach martial arts, he will not be easily impressed by his six years of Taoism.
Chu Kuangsheng saw Nan Yi's thoughts.
When Nan Yi was about to decline, he said calmly: "If junior brother is really dedicated to learning, I will support him. However, junior brother may consider joining me to inspect the emerging factories at the end of February to see the changes in the industry. , to bring you some insights. At that time, I will also give you 3 phaseless source pills."
Chu Kuangsheng's tone softened, seeming to be less enthusiastic and slightly colder. But Nan Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it.
The two of them were not familiar with each other, it was just their first meeting, and Chu Kuangsheng was still the governor of a county. The warmer his tone, the more wary Nan Yi becomes.
On the contrary, when Chu Kuangsheng's tone seemed to be routine and he changed the request and only asked Nan Yi to accompany him on the inspection tour, Nan Yi felt relieved.
He thought for a moment and realized that he could not continue to tease the governor, so he said: "Thanks to my senior brother for not giving up, I am willing to listen to Yi's humble opinion and sincerely invite you. Although Yi is not talented, I will accompany you and express my humble opinion."
From then on, Chu Kuangsheng had no intention of talking to Nan Yi anymore. After briefly chatting about the introduction of steam, he picked up the teacup and sipped it gently.
When Nan Yi saw this, he resigned and left the county government.
He knew that today he had completely rejected Chu Kuangsheng's solicitation and lost the opportunity to become Chu Kuangsheng's staff and even the sword in Chu Kuangsheng's hand.
But he doesn't care.
Having already been an official in his previous life, even if it was just a low-level official, Nan Yi has no interest in working in the officialdom in this life.
Even if it is still unavoidable to have an official to assist in cultivation in the future, it will only be a sinecure and do nothing to govern, rather than being a knife for others.
Nan Yi understood clearly that on the road to immortality, cultivation is the only foundation. If you are limited to the officialdom, you will abandon the basics and pursue the weak, and fall into the inferior position.
Of course, the reason why Nan Yi dared to reject Chu Kuangsheng was because his guide was Tao Zhiming.
As a fallen monk, Tao Zhiming is undoubtedly the strongest in Nantian City.
Nan Yi had just "dongzhen" spied on Chu Kuangsheng.
Although Chu Kuangsheng's nine major skills were all perfect, and he was only one step away from the Xuan level, it was still far inferior to Tao Zhiming's skills which could not be analyzed and were guaranteed to be at the Xuan level.
Originally, Nan Yi did not dare to boldly rely on Tao Zhiming as his backer.
But the day before yesterday, Tao Zhiming mistakenly believed that Nan Yi could not create internal skills and would be troubled by disasters due to his innate supernatural powers, so he actually said that he would bear nine fatal disasters for Nan Yi.
While being moved, Nan Yi also fully understood: the person who leads the way is a half-way master.
With Tao Zhiming as his backer, although Nan Yi would not be arrogant and domineering, he still dared to reject Chu Kuangsheng and was determined not to use him as a weapon.
Nan Yi left the county government and hurried to Chengyou Bookstore to do today's "literary copying" homework.
As expected by Nan Yi, after he told Tao Zhiming what happened today, Tao Zhiming just waved his hand very casually and said:
"Don't worry about him. Read your book and practice your way with peace of mind. Since you have created a martial artist to secretly preach and gather martial arts luck to increase your spirituality, as long as you keep your mind and heart, you may not need to enter the officialdom to practice in the future."
Nan Yi nodded.
This was also the reason why he refused 24 phaseless source pills today.
However, after hearing what Tao Zhiming said, Nan Yi couldn't help but whisper: "Senior Brother Tao, you are wrong. I was teaching martial arts, not teaching."
"Whether you teach martial arts or teach, there is no big difference." Tao Zhiming said lazily, "If the government needs you, the demon sect can also practice the right way; if the government wants to suppress you, practicing alone is also a missionary."
Tao Zhiming's tone was filled with carelessness and ridicule.
Nan Yi said nothing.
But Nan Yi buried Tao Zhiming's words deeply in his heart.
There has always been a doubt in his mind: Why did Tao Zhiming take the initiative to fall into this situation? What kind of changes does he want to make on his own path after his second transformation?
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