Seeing the confused expressions of the people below and his mouth going dry as he talked, Wang Xiaolie also felt a little boring. Looking up at the sky, the layers of clouds have changed at some point and become one piece after another. It blocks the sun but is not dense.
Taking a sip of tea, Wang Xiaolie continued: "What kind of people become officials? In other words, what standards should officials meet? This question first depends on what officials are like. Different bosses have different requirements. For For me, the government is inherited from the original temple, and governs the world according to the will of God. Now we don’t know where God is, what should we do? Since God’s vision is our people’s vision, and God’s hearing is our people’s hearing, The people then play the role of heaven. Officials in the government govern all the people in the world under the will of heaven."
"Today's government offices are of course not temples, and there are no gods worshiped in them. Therefore, our officials, when they put on official uniforms and work inside, they are playing the gods. The requirements of the officials are whether you can act like this god or not. Whether you act real or not. What kind of person you are has little to do with it. When you go to school, what you learn is the ability of the god you play. Once you learn it, you can play this god. . In the future, whether the performance is good or not depends on the individual. If the performance is not good, someone else will perform it."
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie pressed the table, looked at everyone, and said in a serious tone: "What I said earlier is that when you become an official, don't think that you are so great. Instead, you must understand that you are just a good actor. That’s all.”
"I said that officials are actors, not the actual role, because the requirements of this role are very high. We are mortals, not saints or sages, let alone gods. It is basically impossible to be like that. So. The requirements for officials are when you wear official uniforms. When you come home and take off your official uniforms, you are still an ordinary person. You can eat whatever you want and play whatever you want. As long as you don't break the law, you won't do it because of it. If you are an official, there will be higher demands on you."
Hearing this, someone below laughed. This is the first time I heard that once you take off your official uniform, you are free from restrictions.
Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course, putting on and taking off official uniforms is just a metaphor. Because many times, you don't necessarily wear official uniforms when working. Taking off and putting on clothes all day long is too cumbersome. . We will discuss what to do in the future."
"Officials are the core of the court, and everything must be done by officials. What to do and how to do it comes from public opinion. For us, public opinion is the will of God before. It's not that we don't follow God's will, but because we don't know how to know God's will. Or to put it another way, the sky used to be heaven, but now the will of the people is earth. God's will is unknowable, so the knowable will of earth will replace heaven's will. If heaven is the father and the earth is the mother, but now the father can't be found, then the will of heaven is replaced by the knowable will of the earth. Mother gives the orders.”
"What is public opinion? Some people may think that you won't know just by asking the people. Of course that won't work. People in the world have so many opinions on a matter, who do they listen to? Some people say that the one with the greater number has the final say. Everyone. Raise your hands, the minority obeys the majority. To be honest, we have not had this tradition since ancient times, and this approach does not meet the requirements. I have talked about the relationship between individuals and collectives before. A collective is composed of individuals, but The collective has its own independent will. The independent will of the collective, plus the will of the individual, can form public opinion. Raise your hands, I am asking about the individual will, what about the collective will? The minority obeys the majority, and does not talk about the will of the minority. Being ignored, and more importantly, the collective will has not been expressed. Therefore, knowing public opinion is a science and must be done by specialized people. Now we do not have a suitable candidate, so this position will be filled by me for the time being. Next, I will establish a special yamen to do this."
"What are the requirements for such an official? Think about it, what kind of person will be regarded as a god by the people? But after all, we are all mortals and cannot be as free as gods. So, there are a few Officials must meet the conditions. What I am saying now are only the most basic ones, and I will slowly modify them with practice in the future to make them as reasonable as possible."
"The first is the law of avoidance. For officials, there is no reason to avoid relatives, and there is no right to destroy relatives. Regarding your relatives and friends, you must avoid them. When taking office, officials must take the initiative to report whether there is anything they want to avoid. If they do not report, If you are found out in the future, you should be considered unfit to continue to be an official. The recusal I require is more stringent than the current court recusal law. To put it simply, an official’s official duties should not intersect with his or her social relationships. If the official duties involve relatives and friends , officials must recuse themselves.”
"The second rule is to seek truth from facts. Whether it is handling government affairs or reporting to superiors, no falsification is allowed. The facts are what they are. It is not allowed to cover up wrongdoings or deceive superiors and subordinates for any reason. No matter it is for one's own personal gain. , or for official business, concealment or modification of facts is not allowed. The reason is actually very simple. There is no need to talk about private matters. If you are too selfish, you are not suitable to be an official. For the sake of official business, deceiving superiors and concealing facts shows that you do not trust your superiors. Believe in the fairness of superiors. What will happen if a regime loses mutual trust? This is not possible. If you cannot seek truth from facts, you are also not suitable to be an official. Some people may think that if you seek truth from facts in everything, can you get things done? Ask like this People who don’t know how to be officials are better off not being officials.”
"If any of the above two is violated, you will be dismissed from office immediately and there is no room for negotiation. Others, such as corruption and bribery, misappropriation of public funds, or mishandling things, will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. It doesn't mean that you don't care, and it doesn't mean that you don't care. It’s not important, but because different punishments must be adopted according to the severity of the circumstances. To be clear, being dismissed from office to serve the people is not a punishment, but that you are not qualified to be an official. If you are not dismissed to serve the people, you may face jail. This is a disaster. We must make this point clear and don’t take any chances.”
"If there are such requirements for officials, not just anyone can be an official. I thought about it again and again, and among all the people in the world, there are not many people who are suitable for being officials. If you want to select suitable talents, you must We must be willing to accept that once existing officials commit crimes, they must be dismissed when it is time to be dismissed. If you are soft-hearted, it will not only ruin the atmosphere of the officialdom, but these unsuitable people will occupy the positions. What should the suitable people do? Officialdom is not about social interactions. Friends, when you become a colleague, you are not willing to replace others. Instead, you have to select the right person and sit in the right position."
"The requirements for officials are high, and the remuneration must also be high. The most basic principle is that officials are selected from thousands of people and should have high incomes. The current official salary, the middle position is roughly that of the county magistrate. According to current calculations, it is about Thirty kuan a month is less than four hundred kuan a year. This income is quite high, but I think it is still a bit low. Starting from this month, the county magistrate will adjust it to five kuan a month, and other officials will follow this ratio. Salary increase. Similarly, the salary of staff below the officials has also been raised from this month. Now the lowest salary among the staff is three-foot-long guaranty, and the middle position is about five-foot-long guaranty. The adjustment is to the lowest five-foot guarantor, and the middle one is eight-foot gaol. Through."
"I don't like to say that high salary supports integrity. Why? Because it seems that if the salary is high, you will not be greedy. How can there be such a truth in the world? Greed is not enough. No matter how much salary you have, you can't satisfy greed. You should be greedy. They will be corrupt. The reason why the salary is high is because officials have high requirements. Since they are selected outstanding talents, how can they not be treated well? To ensure that officials are not corrupt, we rely on strict supervision. Anyone who breaks the law must be punished!"
The people below couldn't help but look at each other in shock after hearing this. Of course everyone would like to improve their treatment. But who would like to be dismissed at every turn?
