In the small pavilion in the backyard of Chen Yuyi's residence, Xi Yi and Chen Yuyi sat opposite each other, chatting and drinking.
The wife brought a plate of fish. Chen Yuyi picked up Kuaizi and said, "Luo carp and Yinfang. Shenzheng has been away from Luoyang for many years. Do you still remember the delicacies of your hometown? This steamed fish was bought from the Yin River early in the morning. It is delicious. Shenzheng has a taste." "
Xi Yi looked at the back of Chen Yuyi's wife and couldn't help but asked: "Qu Fei, you have been under Wang Xuanfu for several years and your official position is not low. I often hear people say that Wang Xuanfu's salary is generous, every month I also got a lot of money and food. But why don’t the family hire a servant? And let my sister-in-law do the cooking herself? "
Chen Yuyi said: "There are only a handful of people here who employ child servants. Although I have a lot of money and food, I don't want to spend money on it. Now I hire a maid, food and accommodation are included, and I have to have enough money for a month. No. I need a lot of money for food and accommodation. It’s not that I can’t afford the money, I’m just afraid that they will use my name to commit trouble outside. At that time, if I was implicated, wouldn’t it be an injustice?”
Xi Yi couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "If the servants in the house commit crimes, it would be fine if you didn't cover them up. Why are you still implicated?"
Chen Yuyi sighed: "When we were in Xiangyang, one of the cadres in Staff Chen's family participated in a gambling party, and Staff Chen was suspended from his job for several months. Everyone learned this lesson. Even Xuanfu here does not employ child servants. Don’t you feel uncomfortable hiring someone else?”
Xi Yi said: "You are in an important position, how can you do it without anyone around you to help you?"
Chen Yuyi said with a smile: "Xuanfu Division arranged for me to have ten followers around me. I even have a cook, so how can I be short of someone to take care of me? It's just not a big event. The cooks are all in charge of the government office, so they don't come home."
Xi Yi looked around and said with some emotion: "The environment here is quiet and tidy, and the living here is okay. It's just that there are no pavilions and pavilions, and there are no female prostitutes singing and dancing. Isn't it a little lonely?"
Chen Yuyi didn't answer. He drank a glass of wine with Xi Yi and persuaded Xi Yi to eat some steamed fish.
Putting down Kuaizi, Chen Yuyicai said: "To be honest, we have been involved in politics. We have been with Xuanfu for many years and have gradually adapted to this kind of life. No matter whether it is an official in Xiangyang or Luoyang, there are no singing girls or pavilions at home. I want to hear Play music, watch singing and dancing, and go to restaurants outside. There are few people in the family, and life is quiet. Moreover, under the rule of Xuanfu, there are schools, and children, regardless of gender, must go to school. If you don’t have children, why do you need such a big place? "
Xi Yi was surprised when he heard this: "Do even girls have to go to school?"
Chen Yuyi nodded: "Yes. There is a special school for girls to teach some poetry and female celebrities, and gain knowledge. Don't be ignorant when you grow up and make people laugh."
"Female school?" Xi Yi couldn't help but frown after hearing this. In this era of official families, most women had to go to school. But that was in my own home, and I had never heard of a special school for girls. "If it's a female school, that would make sense."
Chen Yuyi said: "Dagang, you are now involved in politics. But to be honest, I don't envy you. Every month's money and food are paid in full cash here, and they are never in arrears. I get more than you every month." Speaking of doing things, everything here is in order, which makes it much easier to worry about. I go to the yamen every day to do things, and then come home afterwards, read some books by sages, and occasionally write a few poems. I don’t know how happy it is. Everything in the officialdom is very different. No, basically none here."
Xi Yi said: "How can there be such an official in this world?"
Chen Yuyi sighed and said with some emotion: "Yes, there is no such official in the world. But under Xuanfu's rule, it was really like this. A few years ago, Xuanfu talked about how he wanted to manage civil affairs and what he wanted. Such an official, not just me, many people will laugh. Xuanfu thought too well. How can you just do whatever you want to do with things? As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you follow what Xuanfu said How can we do well in political affairs?"
Having said this, Chen Yuyi put down his wine glass and felt a little enlightened. After a while, he said: "However, a few years later, Xuan Fu really did it. In this world, there are many people who can say good things, but how many people can do it? At the beginning, we thought that Xuan Fu was just talking. , don't care much. Now, who dares not to take what Xuanfu said seriously? The most difficult thing is that Xuanfu starts from himself. If he doesn't appoint private people, he should keep his family and cronies away from officialdom. If you are not greedy for money, you will only receive your salary from the government, and you will not take any money from the government. What else can others say? Of course you will do it."
Xi Yi listened as if hearing a myth. There are many officials who are not greedy and do not take advantage of others, but there are very few officials like Wang Xiaolie who are in charge of military and civil affairs and can be so self-disciplined. Even Yue Fei is just not greedy. He distributes money and treasures to his subordinates and strictly controls his relatives. Many of his relatives, including his sons, serve in the military.
Of course, the Song Dynasty encouraged the children of military generals to join the army, which was their first step into the military and was also conducive to military commanders' command.
Xi Yi thought for a while and asked, "Can Xuan Fu really do it?"
Chen Yuyi smiled and said: "Everyone thought that Xuan Fu could not do it, but he did it. What else can be said? Under Xuan Fu's rule, the avoidance law was strictly enforced. As long as someone knowingly violated the avoidance law and Those who do not take the initiative to report will never be hired once verified. In the beginning, there are always people who feel that they have done it without anyone noticing, and no one knows. After a year or two, there is no more. The key is that If someone commits a crime, no matter who the offender is, even if it is Xuanfu's close confidant, the law will be strictly enforced without any exceptions. So here, as long as the law is broken, no one will ask for help. Because begging is of no use. It just drags those who beg into the water. In a few years, everyone will get used to it."
Xi Yi said: "It doesn't sound difficult either."
Chen Yuyi laughed after hearing this: "Isn't it difficult? When you participate in politics, you hold the power and decide everything with one word. Can you really be fair and just and make people speechless? Xuanfu can do it. No matter what the crime is. Everyone must obey the law. So why didn't Xuan Fu use cronies? Gradually we will understand. Once there are cronies, there will be no justice in official affairs. Without justice, many of Xuan Fu's words will become nonsense. .”
As Xi Yi listened, he felt that it was no longer a human story. Is there really such a person in the world? What is he doing for living?
After a while, Xi Dao asked: "That night at the Jie Feng Banquet, I asked too intensely, and Xuan Fu seemed very unhappy. Is there anything -"
Chen Yuyi waved his hand: "It's nothing. Don't take it to heart, just pretend that you haven't asked."
"Is it okay?" Xi Yi looked at Chen Yuyi and asked hurriedly.
Chen Yuyi said: "Of course. When Xuanfu talks about Confucianism, he always emphasizes that the Analects of Confucius said that my Tao is consistent, and Zengzi explains that it is just loyalty and forgiveness. With the two words of loyalty and forgiveness, Xuanfu has always demanded of himself. If you want others to be loyal, you must forgive yourself. You must forgive yourself. If you don't forgive me, don't mention the word loyalty. That night, what Xuan Fu said actually meant the same thing. It just sounded a bit appalling."
"It's just loyalty and forgiveness——" Xi Yi read this sentence silently, feeling a little confused.
Chen Yuyi said: "When people talk about Confucianism, they are nothing more than the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Principles, the good and evil of human nature, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. When Xuanfu talks about Confucianism, he repeatedly emphasizes that everything is composed of you and me. Confucius said, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. For example, if you want your ministers to be loyal, you must do what you should do and forgive, so that you can expect your ministers to be loyal. Rather than me being a minister of the Song Dynasty, I must be loyal to you."
Xi Yi looked at Chen Yuyi with a look of disbelief on his face.
Is this the original meaning of Confucianism? of course. It's just that in the process of development, they were cut into various genres. Especially after the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was in an orthodox position most of the time, and restrictions on superiors were increasingly ignored. Wang Xiaolie mentioned it and really did it.
Looking at Xi Yi, Chen Yuyi said earnestly: "Xuanfu often asked people, do you belong to the power, or does the power belong to you. For a long time, I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. As time went by, I slowly realized it. Officials have power. Yes, this power belongs to part of the entire political power, not to the officials themselves. Officials only have this power because they wear official uniforms. So Xuanfu said that the world is a stage, and officials are the characters on the stage. One suit Official uniforms are costumes. When an actor acts on the stage, he or she plays the role well. When an official is an official, he or she should be a good official. How to be a good official depends on what the official requires, not what you are like as a person. Whether an official is good or not has little to do with people. In Xuanfu's world, the world is the world of mortals, and being an official is the practice in the dojo. It's just that my qualifications are dull and I can't enter this dojo."
Seeing Xi Yi's deep thought, Chen Yuyi felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Chen Yuyi can be sure that Wang Xiaolie will not care about what happened that night. The reason is of course because of the reasons mentioned above. Wang Xiaolie said it very straightforwardly. From the time they met in Xiangyang to now, Chen Yuyi knew that Wang Xiaolie was not a person who meant what he said. But it’s not just because of the above reasons that Wang Xiaolie doesn’t care? of course not. Wang Xiaolie kept saying that he didn’t know what Tao was. So what I say is not right, but just the most appropriate at a certain time. If the imperial court could do anything to Wang Xiaolie because of that night, it would definitely not be careless.
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After all, Wang Xiaolie looked down on the imperial court. He looked down upon Xi Yi, who was involved in politics, looked down on the prime minister Taiwei in the court, and looked down on Zhao Gou. Regardless of whether I have objections or not, what can you do to me? I heard that I had objections, but I could only pretend that I didn't.
After a few years with Wang Xiaolie, Chen Yuyi was no longer in Xiangyang. Many things have different opinions. At this time, not to mention that Wang Xiaolie looked down on the imperial court, but Chen Yuyi also looked down on him a little.
The competition between Wang Xiaolie and Wang Xiaolie is far beyond the question of whether there is any objection. At this time, asking Wang Xiaolie if he had any objections would only make people laugh.
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