After thinking again and again, Wang Xiaolie said: "I have thought about it again and again these days. There should be rules for political affairs, otherwise the officials below often don't know what to do. But there is a principle that complex things cannot be simplified. . As soon as it is simplified, all kinds of monsters and monsters come out. Officials can do poorly, but they cannot be allowed to do poorly by the superiors. If they do not do well, they can learn and eliminate it, but once the superiors give permission, it will no longer work."
Chen Qiudao frowned: "I wonder what Xuan Fu means? You have to explain it clearly to the people below, so that they can stop doing things randomly."
Wang Xiaolie said: "The general principle is that officials at the state level have great power, and of course their ability requirements are also high. Basically, magistrates are required to be able to handle political affairs independently, unless there are particularly important cross-state affairs. Handle it yourself. The county level is under the jurisdiction of the state, so the relative ability can be lowered. How to handle it alone. In fact, everything in the world, including human affairs, has laws. It’s just that this law is generally a statistical law. .”
Chen Qiudao smiled bitterly: "My subordinates don't understand statistics very well."
Wang Xiaolie said sincerely: "Commander, if you don't understand statistics, you should work hard to learn it. It's not like you don't have a teacher. Can you always ask? In the past, I was not very proficient in statistics. I only knew a few. It was superficial. However, when I figured out that society is governed by statistical laws, I worked hard. Now, I can’t say that I am very proficient, but I understand some basic knowledge.”
Statistics is very magical, so magical that humans can use it proficiently, but still can’t understand the principles.
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People don’t actually know what the principle is when a thing exhibits statistical regularity. Ordinarily, based on people's assumed independence, the latter should not be affected by the former. But in fact, particles in the microscopic world and human society in the macroscopic world are all affected by statistical laws. Thinking that you have escaped from the statistical laws is just an illusion after all, but in the end you find that you have not escaped.
People only need to recognize and apply the statistical laws of the material world, but the statistical laws of society are far from it. It is often difficult for people to recognize it and rarely use it.
In other words, statistical laws are very similar to human society. For statistical laws, everyone is important and everyone is unimportant. Once everyone is counted, the statistical rules will be more accurate. And some people don't actually do statistics, and they won't affect the statistical laws. Some people even count him, and the statistical rules will become even more confusing. Regarding statistical laws, most people are pessimistic about our social status.
Everyone seems very important, but upon closer inspection they seem inconsequential. Perhaps, this is the case for human society.
Who is Zhao Gou? For more than a thousand years, there has been a vast amount of research data. Many people think they have the answer, but how is it actually possible? To be precise, at the most critical moment for the Chinese nation, he plucked the string and gave the Lord the upper hand. But why did he do this? There is no convincing answer.
Can Yue Fei's Northern Expedition succeed? All kinds of analysis are basically unreliable. Yue Fei commanded an army of 100,000. As long as he won and reoccupied the Central Plains, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty would be very good. Even if they cannot win, the situation of seeking peace will be better.
Yue Fei's army was deliberately cultivated by Zhao Gou and was a regular army of the Song Dynasty. According to the plan, Liu Guangshi's army should have been annexed and transformed, so that the scattered and independent armies could be integrated into a whole. But at a critical moment, Zhao Gou changed his mind. This change of heart can be seen as a precursor.
In this era, Zhao Gou's attitude was a very important factor, so important that even Wang Xiaolie, who knew the result, was extremely cautious. Even though there is a lot of information, it can be attributed to Zhao Gou's debauchery and immorality, and some to Zhao Gou's greed for life and fear of death. Various reasons can be summarized. But there was no reason that convinced Wang Xiaolie. Because Zhao Gou's position was too important, Wang Xiaolie had to pay attention to it.
Seeing Wang Xiaolie's solemn words, Chen Qiudao handed over his hand and said, "Follow Xuanfu's instructions, I will study again."
Wang Xiaolie sighed: "It turns out that this matter is not only our own business, but also related to how we govern. It is often said that ministers use the Dao to influence the king, but no one has made it clear what this Dao is. I also said I don’t understand, but I know how to touch and contact, so as to learn. How to do it? Use statistical knowledge to know in detail what the world is like and how to do it. In other words, I think statistical knowledge is what we seek. Method is the art of seeking the Tao.”
Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi were surprised. They raised their hands together and said, "I would like Xuanfu to explain in detail."
Wang Xiaolie said: "One of the six arts of a gentleman is music. In ancient times, people were not as complicated as we are, with a piano and a harp. Music is not only pleasant to the ear, but also pure to the soul. In our era, it is purely entertainment. It’s useful. Not only do you have to listen with your ears, but you also have to watch the girl dance with your eyes. From this, we can see how powerful things have become in the world. Times have changed, and when we talk about music, we can no longer just play the harp."
Music is the language of the universe, and it is far more than just entertaining people's bodies and minds. It's just that time has changed and it has become more and more vulgar, so this effect can no longer be seen. I can’t say whether this is good or bad, because the more people like it, the more people will listen to it. Only when it reaches the masses can it be true art.
Don't listen to music critics who say this is elegant and that is vulgar. In fact, most music critics can't tell what is elegant and what is vulgar.
True elegance, whether playing the piano or playing the zither, singing, roaring, or yelling wildly. When a sound comes out, the heaven and earth move. Even if there is your echo above the nine heavens, there is also your voice below the nine springs. You haven't heard it, just because you haven't heard it.
When Wang Xiaolie traveled to this world, his thoughts naturally changed. I used to be a staunch materialist and a staunch atheist, and I never even thought about why. Maybe China’s education is just like this. But now that I have traveled through time, how can I still be firm in my materialistic thoughts?
Perhaps, somewhere, there is a pair of eyes that have been looking at me. Everything about me, my actions and thoughts, are so clear in that place.
In such a life, what Wang Xiaolie pursues is, of course, not only to stop the Jin army and seek peace for the country and the people. What he pursues should be the way to govern the country based on the premise of "Tao". In other words, this is the way of heaven.
Wang Xiaolie felt that things that people couldn't find and couldn't understand were right in front of him. If he stretched out his hand, he might be able to touch it, so why would he be willing to give up? This is not knowledge learned before. Everything you learned before can be forgotten and picked up at any time. Wang Xiaolie can give up any doctrine or trend of thought. Because I don’t pursue those things, nor do I put myself below them, nor am I their student.
What are those eyes? It’s not the emperor, it’s not heaven, it’s not Buddha, everything in the past is nothing, at least it belongs to you now. Sometimes, Wang Xiaolie even felt that many religions were born precisely because he felt those eyes and thought he knew what they were without knowing what they were.
After a moment of silence, Wang Xiaolie said: "We must re-understand the world according to social laws, govern the world, and educate the world. The most important thing in politics is education. Only when governance is done can education be achieved. Only when the governors themselves conform to the content of education can education be achieved. It cannot be How can we educate someone who talks about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but in reality is a man who steals and prostitutes women? We can’t ask officials to put justice first, but in fact, we are flattering ourselves. How can we do that? We say we must put benevolence and righteousness first, but in fact we don’t flatter Amin in the officialdom. If you can’t stand it, who are you kidding? So, you have to make a clear distinction between how to be an official and how to be a human being.”
Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi were both honest and modest officials, and they were proud of this. After listening to Wang Xiaolie's words, I was convinced.
Wang Xiaolie said: "People in the world often regard officials as their parents, and they are accustomed to it. I don't think so. Officials can only be fathers, and they are not qualified to be mothers. It is often said that the thread in the hands of a loving mother is the clothes on the body of a wanderer. How can it be called a loving mother? What about Hui Guan Fa Ru Lu? Since an official's duty is to manage, being a loving mother is not suitable most of the time. If there is a father, there must be a mother, then life is complete. Since there is a father, there should be a mother. Where can I find this mother? I hope In this way, this matter is left to Qufei. A few years ago in Xiangyang, a group of officials were convened and asked to collect public opinions and investigate the gains and losses of the government. Qufei gathered these people and gave them more training so that they could do their jobs steadfastly. What are you doing? Compile a local chronicle in each place to remember folk anecdotes and the disputes of officials, separate from the official local chronicles that mainly record the words and deeds of officials. In addition, you compile a special magazine to record the affairs of various places for people to Commentary and chatting. It is not easy to indicate official positions in magazines and to show officials in power, so just give it another name. You can think of the name of the magazine. The place in it is called Zixu Kingdom, Wu Youxiang, and so on. When officials govern, some are good and some are bad. You can't block the people's mouths and let others speak and comment. But for officials, you can also hide the name of the place to look good. Only when you have done this well can you be considered a mother. This system must be consistent with Officials are separated, but they are still officials. This is like a family with healthy parents, not just a family."
After finishing speaking, he said to Chen Qiudao: "Using these contents, plus the government's audit department, we will summarize the rules. With the heaven and earth as the mountains, and the summarized rules as the strings, we will play a beautiful song. The movement comes. In this era, I hope it can become a good song."
If someone can really compose a piece of music with the feeling of understanding government affairs, then it can be called elegant music. Whether this elegant sound can move the world and spread throughout the world depends on whether these officials pay attention.
