Qin Xiao was asked again and couldn't answer.
Qin Xiao himself could not count the number of corrupt officials he killed during the founding of the Zhou Dynasty.
Too much.
Xu Mo asked again: "Let me ask you again, why do you keep killing corrupt officials after killing them?"
Qin Xiao simply shut up.
After he became emperor, rectifying the administration of officials and prohibiting corruption were the top priorities.
But even under Qin Xiao's high-pressure tactics, the corrupt officials still couldn't be killed.
Even though he enacted all kinds of heinous tortures.
The idea of trying to deter officials from corruption.
But the effect is not good.
Qin Xiao also wanted to ask, why?
Xu Mo said: "Didn't the emperors of all dynasties also use corrupt officials to do things? Why didn't they use them very skillfully?"
"The current situation of the Holy Emperor is not good!"
"He can't understand such an obvious truth."
Xu Mo said, shaking his head.
Qin Xiao was speechless.
That's right.
Almost all the wise emperors in the past dynasties appointed corrupt officials.
Why?
Because, with the fatal handle of corrupt officials, corrupt officials are despised by the world.
On the contrary, he must hold the emperor's thigh firmly.
Under this similar exchange of interests.
Corrupt officials are greedy for money and power.
But he was very loyal to the emperor.
After all, the emperor can give them what they want.
But honest officials are different.
As the saying goes, if you have no desires, you will be strong.
They believed in their loyalty and fulfilled their duties. Even if they faced the emperor, they were not afraid at all. If the emperor made a mistake, they would still advise him.
Even if the emperor is angry to death, there is nothing he can do against these people.
Otherwise, we will lose the support of the people.
As the number of honest officials increased, the emperor's mood deteriorated.
More importantly, corrupt officials are often more capable than honest officials.
On the contrary, there are many honest officials who speak the truth clearly but act rigidly.
Corrupt Official is not only easy to use, but also worry-free when used.
If a corrupt official dares to ignore the emperor, he will be dragged out and executed, which will make people happy.
Xu Mo's words can be said to hit the depths of the soul.
Qin Xiao thought over and over again. Xu Mo's words can't be completely correct.
Since ancient times, the source of the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family has been corrupt officials.
Re-employing corrupt officials is still very dangerous.
It's better to kill the insurance that comes.
For a moment, the field was silent.
Xu Mo's views still echoed in everyone's hearts for a long time, making people feel a little heavy.
Just when Qin Xiao and others were thinking silently.
Xu Mo said something unexpected again: "I can actually see that you hate corrupt officials very much."
"But you don't understand why corrupt officials appear?"
"Most officials do not set out to be corrupt officials from the beginning. I believe you also understand that no one is born with the honor of being a corrupt official."
Qin Xiao's brows raised. He remained silent but still hated corrupt officials.
Xu Mo sighed, this old man has a very stubborn mind.
"When everyone was taking the exams to obtain the official title, all they thought about was to be a good official with a clean reputation and a good reputation."
"But when you enter the officialdom, you are in a big dye vat, and you can't help yourself."
Speaking of this, Xu Mo asked Qin Xiao: "Then how did they become such corrupt officials step by step?"
Xu Mo had no intention of letting Qin Xiao answer.
"Because, for the vast majority of them, because the salary from the imperial court is too low, they can't even afford food and clothing."
"If you are not greedy, if you don't have enough to eat, you will be responsible for yourself and your family will be hungry."
Looking at the past dynasties, the salaries of officials in the Zhou Dynasty were very low.
Qin Xiao has hated corrupt officials since he was a child.
Naturally, I feel that an upright official only needs to have food to eat, but if he is given too much salary, he will be easily corrupted.
Little did he know that officials in officialdom had more places to spend money.
Unless you are born rich and have no worries about money, becoming an official is just to realize your ambition and become famous.
Most officials, after becoming clean and honest, are often too poor to take the blame, and their lives are even poorer than those of ordinary people.
Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years and more than twenty years. No one wants this result.
However, Xu Mo didn't say that.
This old man is too protective of the current emperor, and he will definitely get angry at him when he hears this.
So Xu Mo gave an example from the previous dynasty.
"Old man, you should have heard of so-and-so from the previous dynasty!"
"When he was a child, his family was poor, so he studied hard."
"I have to work hard during the day, and only have time to read at night."
"His family was too poor to buy an oil lamp, so he cut a hole in the wall and studied diligently with the light coming from the next door."
"Later, this person took the imperial examination and went to high school. He was promoted step by step and reached the high position of a feudal lord."
"This person is ambitious and determined, but in the end he still couldn't be an upright official and became a famous corrupt official."
"When he was studying and first entering the officialdom, he also wanted to be clean and to serve the country with his talent and learning!"
"It wasn't like that in the end. It ended tragically."
Xu Mo couldn't stop feeling sorry.
"There are also people who first enter officialdom and want to benefit the people."
"But the more honest he is, the more his peers will exclude and alienate him."
"If I don't get along with others, I won't last long as an official."
"Since it took so long to become this official, I don't want to go back to the past."
"They just started drifting with the crowd and drifted away from there. There was no way to turn back."
Xu Mo then asked Qin Xiao: "You don't need to say more, you should know how many such people there are, right?"
After a moment of silence, Qin Xiao said: "But they are still corrupt officials."
Xu Mo nodded: "That's right, but those emperors still reuse them."
Qin Xiao said displeasedly: "Even so, not all corrupt officials will be reused by the emperor."
"At least the emperor of Zhou Dynasty will not re-appoint corrupt officials."
Qin Xiao specially emphasized himself.
No matter what Xu Mo said made sense, the old emperor still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
This has been his belief and principle for most of his life.
Xu Mo finally saw that this old man was a stubborn old man, so he continued:
"In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether he is greedy or not. What matters is what he did."
"If a corrupt official can help local people live a good life with plenty of food and clothing, then he is a good official."
"If an upright official can only watch when he sees that the people don't have enough to eat, what's the use?"
"Given such a corrupt official or an honest official, which one are you going to choose?"
Qin Xiao was in trouble for a while.
It’s really hard to choose.
It seemed that the stubborn old man's ideas had been shaken.
Xu Mo picked up Li Fu's resume and said, "Let's talk about Li Fu for now. Let's not talk about whether he can benefit the local people as soon as he takes office."
"But he has money in his hands. At least he can bring the gold and silver jewelry business there. At least some local people can have a job and boost the economy of Panmen County. Isn't this a good thing that benefits the people?"
"Why do I say that Li Fu should not exploit the people? It's because he doesn't have the need."
