Shen Yi never expected that Fang Zhengyi could speak so straightforwardly.
Although he has been trained by the newspaper office for a long time, he already understands many of Fang Zhengyi's ideas.
However, many concepts are still deeply ingrained, and I still have doubts after hearing such straightforward words about bringing people wealth.
He opened his mouth and retorted: "My lord, the sage said that to govern the people, one needs loyalty, love, selflessness, virtuousness, and tolerance. When you see good in others, treat yourself as good, and when you see others' faults, treat them as you have yourself. To govern the people with virtue, be selfless to the world, Is it wrong?"
Fang Zheng suddenly smiled: "It's wrong, but not completely wrong. Since it's a sage's words, of course it makes sense."
"How many officials can be selfless to the world? I ask myself that it is impossible. Methods that do not follow human nature are definitely not good methods."
"So what if they are saints? Let me ask you which of the ancient saints was not from a noble family, and which one was not served by someone? Saints talk about the people, but the people they talk about are not necessarily the people we call them."
"Those saints and idols have long since passed away. Their status today is partly due to various folk stories, and countless people throughout the dynasties finally formed their statues."
"I believe that new people are always better than old people. If we blindly follow the saints, we will never be able to achieve great governance. What we have to do is to surpass the saints."
“When you see a problem, it’s enough to get to the essence.”
Shen Yi's face turned pale. He didn't expect that Fang Zhengyi could speak arrogantly to such an extent and even dared to claim to be superior to a saint.
Even though Fang Zhengyi's status in his heart was not low, he could not help but feel dissatisfied and said loudly: "How can you slander a saint! Isn't it wrong to govern the people with virtue?"
Hearing the anger in his tone, Fang Zheng didn't care at all. He raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, sighing leisurely: "That's right."
"Morality is a wonderful thing. Everyone wants to be surrounded by kindness and kindness. Such a world must be beautiful.
But moral integrity is just a ray of candlelight after all. It can illuminate the road in front of a person, but it cannot stop the world's open and secret arrows. "
"Your opponent may not be a colleague who has seen through it or has a conflict of interest, but is more likely to rule the common people."
"A government order may take several years to see results. During this period, everyone is scolding you, and your opponents will take advantage of your weaknesses to attack you."
"How can morality help you at this time? All you can do is rely on wisdom to mediate, or grit your teeth and persist. There is no other way."
After glancing at Shen Yi and seeing that he was thinking seriously with his head down, Fang Zhengyi continued: "In fact, it is shameful for an official to talk about morality from a high position."
"Education and rule by virtue imply that the people are immoral. But is this really the case? I don't think so."
"During the most difficult years when I was in power in Taoyuan County, do you know what the people said most to me when they saw me? They said there were no difficulties and they did not dare to cause trouble to the county."
Fang Zheng had a look of sadness on his face: "They would rather wrong themselves in order not to cause me any trouble. Isn't this virtue?"
"What stupid people, this is kind-hearted stupidity. If they can solve everything by themselves, then what do they need me as the county magistrate to do? If the people all over the world are like this, then why do they need the court?"
"So, the set of things in the book must be combined with reality, otherwise it will be just a piece of waste paper."
Shen Yi raised his head, his eyes full of confusion, and whispered: "Then what should I do?"
"Huh? What else can you do? Just solve the problem when you encounter it. Act accordingly. You have to take the initiative to discover the problem. It will be much more troublesome if you wait for the problem to break out and then solve it."
"You've been doing this for a long time. You may often feel tired and instinctively don't want to care about those bad things, so you simply find a lid to cover it up, but this is absolutely impossible."
"This is just like a conflict between two people. If there is a conflict, the problem will be solved on the spot. If you hold it in and don't talk about it, sooner or later, you will fight to the death. The same thing is true. If you hide it, small troubles may also arise. It becomes a big crisis.”
Shen Yi suddenly stopped, walked up to Fang Zhengyi, and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Fang, Shen Yi has learned a lesson!"
Fang Zhengyi smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I haven't finished talking yet. With your hard work, I believe you will return to the capital sooner or later."
"Now that we have an official status, we must also confront those above us, and we must not let down both ends."
"That's right. I think it's much simpler than governing the people. There's only one thing to do. Sit tight!"
Shen Yi asked: "What do you mean by this?"
"Your Majesty is a person who works hard to govern. If you do things with peace of mind and don't have any twisted thoughts, you will be fine."
"No matter how you play around or flirt with women, as long as you have real talent and learning and don't deviate from His Majesty, you will never make a mistake."
"We always adhere to political correctness. This means sitting tight. If there are problems at the top, you can save the country by bending the curve. If nothing happens, just rush forward like those officials."
"If you don't let the leader come to Taiwan, he will put you on a rack sooner or later!"
Shen Yi murmured in his heart, "Why does it sound a bit like a traitor..."
Fang Zheng's face turned from white to red, and he felt that he could not hold back his face, and he immediately shouted angrily: "What are you talking about! What kind of traitor are you talking about? Those who can help the people's lives become better, and benefit the country and the people are loyal ministers, and everything else is just a method. After telling you so much, why are you still so stupid!"
"Master! Master!"
Halfway through the lesson, Xie Xian ran and shouted from a distance towards the two of them. When he reached Fang Zheng, he panted and said, "Master, we have arranged to work overtime. Are there any other arrangements later?"
Fang Zheng stretched out his hand to signal him to be quiet, and then said, "Wait a moment, I'll talk to you after I finish talking to him. Shen Yi, what you have to do is to solve the actual problem, and put aside those imaginary things."
"Let me ask you, if you are driving an out-of-control carriage, there are two roads in front of you. There are five people on one road, but the law has explicitly prohibited people from going on this road. The other road is open, and there is a common man walking normally. Walking. Who do you choose to kill?"
"Ah?" Shen Yi's eyes were full of confusion: "Why do you want to kill someone? Can't I just go to the wilderness?"
"..."
The world without trains is really terrible. Fang Zhengyi suppressed his anger and said: "You must choose a way, otherwise you will be the one who dies!"
Shen Yi pinched his chin and thought: "If I die... it's not impossible to sacrifice my life for righteousness..."
"..." Fang Zhengyi became angry, "Damn it! You have to choose a path!"
"I...I don't know, Mr. Fang, there's no choice, right? Five people broke the law, but after all, it's human life, but people who didn't make mistakes don't deserve to die either." Shen Yi was extremely entangled.
"That's right! Moral dilemmas are always there. I want to say that if you keep worrying about these false things, you won't have to do anything in the future! Okay, that's it for today. You can go home first."
Shen Yi nodded silently, and then left alone.
Xie Xian came forward eagerly and asked curiously, "Master, who is the right person to hit and kill?"
Fang Zheng glanced at him and said angrily: "Whoever I want to kill will be killed! Whoever I kill will break the law! You have already set up a newspaper and you still ask me this kind of question. Can't an official still make peace with the common people?" "
"Ah this..."
