Li Shier just smiled and hurriedly replied: "This... I don't dare to say such disrespectful words and things in front of the master.
But since the master has pressed the question to this point today, if I don't tell it, it will be disloyal and a slave without conscience, and I will be called a disloyal and unjust villain. If I tell everything, I also know that the master will have another chance. You want to get angry and punish me, but I am loyal and a loyal slave. How can I pretend to be deaf and mute because I am afraid that the master will punish me?
Master, I am absolutely loyal, I believe you can understand me. "
Jia Zheng looked at Li Shi'er in front of him and calmed down his temper. Instead, he felt that this Li Shi'er was a very loyal slave with a rich conscience, so he smiled and said: "What you said, slave, is quite good." . However, others dare not say this to me, but you have the guts. However, don’t worry, as long as you speak truthfully about this matter, I will not punish you for this matter. "... net
Li Shier said: "Actually, I don't know something. Those scribes and yamen servants all bought their official positions with money. Selling their officials and titles has been common throughout the ages. Who in this Liangdao yamen didn't spend a lot of money to get in?" Eat royal food.
They spent money, so they naturally wanted to get their money back. How could they possibly do so because they relied on the little salary money distributed by the imperial court? Even if it is enough, how many years will it take to get back the money?
The yamen servants and scribes in this yamen don’t want to make a fortune? After all, they have a family to support.
It's just that since I took office, I haven't seen that I have contributed to the country's major issues or made any achievements. Instead, I have aroused the dissatisfaction of many people and made some unpleasant gossip. "
Jia Zheng was quite surprised when he heard this. He was an honest and upright official. How could he be gossiped about? He looked at Li Shier in surprise and asked, "I have never done anything that violates the law. Why are there such gossips about me among the people? Tell me, what kind of gossips are there?"
Li Shi'er smiled slightly and said: "The common people are saying privately that whenever there is a new lord in the court, the more beneficial the announcements are, the more they want to make money from the people. Money, grabbing wealth from people's pockets.
The prefectures and counties were afraid, so they sent a lot of money to the gentlemen, fearing that they would be unlucky and that the whole family would be unlucky.
Whenever it was time to collect grain, the yamen would tell them to do what the master said, tell the people that the new master was different from the previous ones, and tell them your laws. , it shows that the master is an upright official and will not ask for money from the people or officials below.
Just saying this, those villagers were willing to spend a few money and ended things early as usual. Now that the master said no money, they were afraid. They were afraid that the master had said no money, but he was secretly making more money than anyone else. It was amazing, they were even more scared!
So not only did those people not have a good word to say about the master, but they said that the master must be a corrupt official, allowing the state government masters to make more money and exploit him even harder.
Some people even said that what the price was before, now that this master has taken office, the price will rise. For a while, the people were panicked and gossiped a lot about the master.
Because the adults above know the master's identity, they don't dare to embarrass the master. For the sake of harmony in the officialdom, and those who know the current affairs are heroes, they pretend to be in harmony with the superiors and subordinates. However, the officials below and the adults above do not think so. Yes, it only lasts a few years, and there is no future at hand. How can we survive? "
When Jia Zheng heard this, his face changed slightly and he rebuked: "Surely this is nonsense. Am I really so ignorant of current affairs? If there is really harmony between the superiors and the subordinates, are you asking me to fight with those people?" Corrupt officials are working together, do you want to be a corrupt official if you eat Nakha?"
When Li Shier saw Jia Zheng getting angry, he also replied: "Master, don't be angry. It's not the words of the slaves, but the gossip of the people below. I say this out of loyalty." . If the master is still unwilling to listen to a few good words, when the time comes for the master to live here without success or fame, the master will say that the slave has no conscience and will not tell you anything.
I told the master that I didn't remind him of this incident. "
Upon hearing this, Jia Zheng's face once again showed a hint of deep thought and said, "In your opinion, what should I do, sir?"
At this moment, Jia Zheng seems to have realized the tangle of Jia Yucun in the past. When trying Xue Pan, he felt powerless. Is he weighing the pros and cons, clinging to the powerful, deliberately misjudged the murder case, or is he upright, offending the powerful, fighting to the end, and becoming a member of society? Fringe little guy.
For a moment, Jia Zheng was extremely entangled in his heart. He couldn't help but ask himself: "Is it a mistake to be an upright official in the eyes of the people?"
Jia Zheng is a high-ranking official, but he is not a low-level official.
The lower-level officials are the current bosses and have to deal with those people every day.
What Jia Zheng conveyed here would not look the same below.
As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
Even the authority of the emperor could not reach the countryside.
No matter how good the above idea is, once it is implemented, won't we still have to rely on these grassroots officials?
It is impossible for the emperor to come down and serve as such a small county magistrate!
Even if the emperor really comes, is it possible that there are so many county magistrates in the world who can find the emperor?
Therefore, although Jia Zheng was not wrong, in the eyes of Li Shier and others, it was an extremely stupid act.
There is no benefit. Who among the officials below is willing to do things for Jia Zheng?
It's hard to say that because of Jia Zheng's upright and honest behavior, these people were afraid that they would encounter Jia Zheng's butcher's knife, so they secretly stumbled over him, and they were not necessarily disgusted by Jia Zheng.
If the superiors and subordinates are in harmony, they must go along with the flow and live in harmony. Otherwise, as a high official, there is really no way to achieve anything in ancient society.
Li Shier's eyes lit up when he saw Jia Zheng being moved by his clever words, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, in fact, this matter has been discussed, and there is nothing else.
Nowadays, the master is in the prime of life both mentally and physically. There are also ladies taking care of the family. The old lady is also physically strong. Everyone feels that the master can just take care of himself.
If the master keeps asking for money from his family, I'm afraid that within a year, even the master's family's money will be used to supplement the income, and there will be complaints from people big and small.
The wives in the family will complain privately to the master, saying that the master is working as a foreign official. Not only does he not send some money to the family for food and clothing for the wives throughout the year, but he also keeps asking for money from the family. , to subsidize this, he naturally obtained private money in other places, hid the money for his own use, and used it to support his little wife, making him no longer a human being inside and outside.
If something happens to me in the future, who will be willing to help me and say a few words to you?
Those people hated the master so much that they wished he would die early.
Once the master is in trouble, even if he wants to solve it at that time, he cannot solve it, and it is too late to regret. "
