Do you really think they are stupid when they want to make everyone willing to work hard for something that is not beneficial?
Therefore, since ancient times, why are there so few honest officials and why are they so difficult to become? It is because an upright official only cares about his own reputation and really serves the country and the people, but does not care about the people around him, and it is easy to attract resentment and curses from the people around him.
After all, an upright official himself has a good reputation, but the people below him and those around him do not benefit. How can he convince the public and unite people's hearts?
Even if you are an emperor, you must support your cronies and make use of capable ministers rather than upright officials.
Honest officials have a good reputation, but they cannot become the mainstream in official circles.
Throughout the ages, upright officials are like water chestnuts, while corrupt officials are like grains of sand in the Yellow River, innumerable. This is the truth.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
We are not sages, how can we be without fault?
No one can guarantee that he will not make mistakes in his life, and that his family will not make mistakes in his life. Once the whole dynasty is full of honest officials, then they will be unlucky. If they make a slight mistake, their family will be destroyed. It is better to have a dynasty full of corrupt officials, and the officials will protect each other and keep peace. Same dust.
This is the thinking of corrupt officials. As long as the whole court is filled with their own people, even if something goes wrong, it doesn't matter. Someone will naturally rescue them.
Jia Zheng's incompatibility with the officialdom caused dissent in everyone's minds.
The concierges, security guards, staff, servants, etc. who followed Jia Zheng all the way from the capital to take up the post thought in their hearts: "The master has been cleared up, but we have suffered a lot.
The loan shark we borrowed from gangsters at high interest rates is about to expire.
I'm afraid that if we wait another half month, we won't be able to come up with enough money to repay the debt.
All the new clothes I bought before have to be pawned.
Now the debt collectors are here to force us to pay back the money. What should we do?
Alas, the master is really ignorant and hateful.
Obviously those people are sending money to the master all day long.
Seeing all the money in vain, it was placed at the gate, but the master refused to accept it.
Just looking at it and not being able to have it is really hateful. Isn’t this forcing us to go to a dead end? "
The slaves in the Rongguo Mansion were also scared, and they discussed: "You guys haven't spent any money on this.
Those of us are the ones who are most unjust.
When we people heard that the master was going to work in this province, the elders and followers at home had a falling out, and everyone wanted to come over and make a fortune. Butler Lai asked us to bid for the money, whoever would pay. Whoever has the most money will get this opportunity.
Later, we took out the money from the bottom of the box to marry a wife and bribed Mr. Lai, the housekeeper. After spending a certain amount of money, we had the opportunity to follow the master when he went out. We opened this door and followed the master all the way. Came to this place.
But we have been here for more than a month and haven’t seen even half of the money.
That's my wife's hard-earned money for marrying my daughter-in-law. I have saved half of my life's wealth, but I invested all of it. Now that the master is an upright official, he has caused us a lot of trouble!
Come to think of it, we people and such an upright master may not be able to get our money back.
A few of us will go there together tomorrow and ask for leave together. "
Everyone was talking a lot, thinking that Jia Zheng was mean and ungrateful and didn't take care of his own people.
You are an upright official, you are great, you are noble!
But they have to eat, live, and have wives!
For this foreign appointment, these people paid a lot of money to come here.
Seeing that they have lost all their money and can't make a penny, who is willing to follow Jia Zheng to do things! .
Even if it's the imperial army, if you don't pay the troops, there will definitely be a mutiny.
Not to mention, Jia Zheng's side.
An honest official is amazing, respected and feared!
After all, people are not clay Bodhisattvas in temples. They need food, clothing, housing, transportation, a wife and children, none of which is necessary.
Silver and money to spend?
Jia Zheng can be an upright official, do not love money, and seek a good reputation, but these people cannot.
So, everyone was invited together on the next day, and went to Jia Zheng's office together. They all went to ask for leave, made up various reasons, and gave up their jobs directly.
Jia Zheng was puzzled when he saw so many people coming to make trouble. He didn't know what was going on, so he asked: "Before, you insisted on coming with me. You were the one who said you were coming, but now you have gathered together." You are causing trouble here and saying that you want to leave me, but you can come and go as you please. In this case, my temple is small, and since you dislike my place here and feel that I owe you, then you can all ask yourself Just do it. I won’t stop you.”
Those who followed Suihe cursed angrily and left with complaints.
There are only some family members left who cannot leave Jia Zheng's side.
Due to different reasons, these people could not leave Rongguo Mansion at all. In other words, the deeds of betrayal and the like were still in Jia Zheng's hands. Even if they wanted to leave, they could not escape.
If you run away, you will be caught.
Therefore, these people had no choice but to find Jia Zheng and gathered together to discuss privately: "They are free agents and can leave and come and go as they please.
But we have a bond of sale, and we are domestic slaves of the Rongguo Mansion, slaves who will never be able to stand up for several lifetimes.
Tell me, they are gone, what should we do?
With the master's temperament, he will definitely not be corrupt, so he will definitely not have money to reward us, so that we can get some benefits from it.
But the usury borrowed cannot be repaid.
Those people are ruthless people who kill without blinking an eye, and we cannot afford to offend them.
Please tell me quickly, we need to come up with a solution as soon as possible. "
Among these people was a servant named Li Shier who was in charge of the door.
This person is a domestic slave of Rongguo Mansion, and he is also a rather smart little man.
Seeing that everyone had no backbone, Li Shier took the opportunity to take over everyone's leadership and said, "You incompetent people, why are you panicking!
I see that those people can't hold their temper, and they are also number one, but after all, the master has been a bit meaner, and now they are all hungry and running away.
But don't worry.
As long as you listen to me and do what I say, but look at the skills of your tenth master, you will definitely have to do it according to my method.
When the time comes, all you need to do is be united with me and work together to make money.
At that time, it will not be difficult for everyone to get some money from this place to go home and use.
If you don't listen to my orders, don't follow me, and don't want to follow my plan, then I won't care about it. Anyway, I borrow less money, and I will die behind you anyway, so I will just watch you. The first to die is to see who can outlast whom. "
