When he returned to his residence that day, Wang Xiaolie drank a little wine and took a rest early. The life of a newlywed is rich and colorful, and naturally cannot be compared with ordinary times.
When he arrived at the government office the next day and processed some official documents, Wang Xiaolie specially selected official documents about the security of the city to read. After looking at it for a while, I had a rough idea.
For places like the Garden Department, some people who fled have recently moved in. These people also have few assets and no livelihood, which gives Henan Prefecture a huge headache. Although Henan Prefecture, as the headquarters of the Xuanfu Division, spent a lot of money to provide porridge and clothes nearby, it could not solve the root cause.
Putting down the official document, Wang Xiaolie stood up and looked out the window.
It's already early winter, the wind is picking up, and the weather is obviously getting colder. The soldiers are busy repairing the fire road, and the official hall is about to start lighting a fire.
The leaves on the trees have fallen and become bare. Only a few pine trees still maintain their green color. The branches of a piece of peony planted were cut off, leaving only a small stump on the ground. It is said that it will grow well next year.
Looking at the scenery in early winter, Wang Xiaolie thought about how to deal with the security in the city.
Wang Xiaolie once said that officials should understand some statistics and learn to use statistical methods to deal with social affairs. Now that I think about it, this is right.
What are the various affairs in society like? To put it simply, although things in society are done by people one by one, they show statistical patterns. Why is this happening? Wang Xiaolie couldn't explain clearly.
How can things in this world be explained clearly? Human beings still know too little and don’t know too much.
Human beings will measure things in the world, form definitions, form various theories, and communicate with each other. When measuring, people will get a measured value to approximate the true value. Human beings will never know what the real value is. All we know is the measured value. At this time, how to treat this measurement value becomes a problem. In other words, it is a problem considered by Western civilization.
This is what they call rationality. There is a measured value and a real value. Which one is the original way of the world?
The Chinese preach. The characteristic of Tao is that I understand the existence of Tao, but I don’t know what this Tao looks like. Just like when we measure an object, measuring the temperature will yield a value, but this value is always an approximation. The more precise the method used, the closer it is to the real value. But the object is here, I know there must be a real temperature value, but I can't measure it, I can only make an infinite approximation.
The definitions, formulas, principles, etc. based on these measurements are all approximations. It's just that some approximations are more accurate, some are rougher, and some are pure nonsense. What we don't know is what their relationship is in nature.
To say that China is a civilization different from the West is because we recognize the existence of Tao but not the existence of pure reason. Although some people talk about pure rationality, they don’t know the origin of pure rationality.
Fundamentally, as we know now, the world is quantized. On the other hand, each of these quanta shows a certain regularity, which is in line with the laws of statistics. Why? have no idea.
The same goes for society. It is composed of individuals, but sociologically, it shows certain social laws. What is most fundamental, is it the individuals who make up society or the laws of sociology? In other words, which one of the two is more important and fundamental?
Wang Xiaolie believes that social laws are more important and fundamental. However, this does not mean that individual people are not important. No matter what science it is, avoid making such either/or judgments. Under certain circumstances, a single person is more important than social law.
What do officials do? It is a person who grasps the laws of society, controls the laws of society, uses the laws of society, and makes judgments. The governance ability of officials depends on whether they can do this and do this well.
The public security in Luoyang City must comply with this law.
Therefore, when Wang Xiaolie saw gamblers fighting in the street, he could not just go to improve public order, or even ban gambling and crack down on pornography. Simply put, since gambling is an activity that many people enjoy, there is no need to ban it completely. It’s about taking control and not letting gambling activities affect your normal life.
Regarding public security in Luoyang, what Wang Xiaolie needs to know more is what lives there, what kind of social environment it creates, and what difficulties the people who live there face. Start by solving people's difficulties and fundamentally solve the public security problem.
Just when Wang Xiaolie was thinking about how to solve the security problem in Luoyang, in a pavilion in the backyard of Tan's Restaurant near the Garden Department, Cao Tongzhang leaned on a wooden couch and watched the singing girls dancing in front of him.
It was a bit cold today, and the singer was wearing very little clothes, so she was shivering from the cold when she danced. There was a pipa player next to her, her fingers were red, and her cheeks were flushed with cold. I have to stay calm and play the pipa lively and melodiously.
After the dance, Cao Tongdan waved his hand: "You go down. The dance is not very good, and it is a waste of my money."
Several singers said yes. They lined up in a row and bowed, then resigned. Cao Tongzhang said to Meng Xun who was on the side: "It is said that the prosperity of Luoyang city is not inferior to that of other places, but now I see that it is nothing more than that. I can't dance well, I just tremble there."
Meng Xun smiled and shook his head: "You can't say that outside of a member of the Communist Party of China. In Luoyang City, you spend one penny to enjoy everything, and ten dollars to enjoy it. The best singers are naturally in places like Linglong Pavilion and Deyue Tower. Tsk, tut. , the singers there can be anything you want. Those who like to listen to music, some of them are the best singers. If you like dancing, there are the best dancers there. Even if you don’t like it, you just like to watch the girls posing. There are also women with the best figures in the world there. However, the prices there are quite expensive. It’s not like here, where just a few mediocre-looking people come here to make a living.”
Cao Tongzhang said: "Since there is such a good place, why doesn't my brother invite me?"
Meng Xun gave Cao Tongzhang a meaningful look and said, "Because what my brother is doing is not serious business, it is better not to go to places like that."
Cao Tongzhang said: "Why is it not a serious business? Gambling is also officially allowed."
Meng Xun said: "But gambling like my brother and using various methods are not allowed by the government. These days, you have seen all the officials and non-officials around you. What do you think?"
Cao Tongzhang said: "These shops around are all newly opened, and the members outside the party don't have much money. For such a small amount of money, I ruined my identity, but I don't think it's worth it. On the other hand, Cheng Yuanwai, who lives in the Li's Inn and plays around every day, Except for member Sun, I wonder what their financial resources are?"
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Meng Xun said: "I can't figure out the details of these two people. I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort."
Cao Tongzhang said: "Brother, spend the next few days to get to know their background. It is best to start with such foreign officials if they have a lot of money."
Meng Xun nodded: "Okay! Wait for my news!"
After hearing this, Cao Tongzhang said happily: "Drink tea, drink tea! Straight lady, why is it so popular in the capital to drink loose tea? It's a lot less fun than Dian."
Meng Xun said: "It's because the Xuanfu Division likes to drink it, so official entertainment is replaced by loose tea. The common people will naturally learn from it."
"Hey -" Cao Tongzhang shook his head repeatedly, but he drank the tea with relish.
