Although Feiqian lit up the technology tree on the surface ships, Feiqian could not light up everyone's hearts.
Dirty places are still dirty, and dark places are still dark.
This kind of thing is just like Pei Yuan.
Zhuge Jin lowered his head, walked quietly from the corridor, and then went to the hall to pay his respects.
Previously, Zhuge Jin was responsible for refugee matters related to Wuguan in Lantian and Liaohua. Now that the number of refugees in Jingzhou is gradually decreasing, Zhuge Jin was transferred back from Wuguan.
"Have you found everything?"
Fei Qian asked calmly.
Zhuge Jin nodded slightly and then presented the relevant information.
In the Three Kingdoms game, each general has a loyalty value, and these loyalty values will fluctuate based on specific merits and positions. Over time, a low loyalty value will cause officials to defect.
If there is a system, look through it at any time, and then sort it out. Pay attention to the important people, and dismiss the unimportant cats and dogs first to avoid being broken up.
But the question is, what should we do if there is no such system?
Just like it is now.
Pei Yuan pretended to be Xiu Mu and asked for leave from the Shenlu Court.
This is normal.
In the Han Dynasty, there was a standard system for officials to take a break, and Feiqian also has it here. Although there are some 007 officials in Feiqian official houses, they are basically unmarried, and they live and eat in official houses. It is mainly convenient. In addition,
On the one hand, it can be regarded as eating from the public house. You don't pay for it yourself, and you have full-time servants to serve you. It is worry-free and comfortable, but most officials will still go home.
Therefore, when Pei Yuan asked for leave, no one had any suspicion.
You can rest in a rented or purchased personal residence, or you can go back to your family's hometown. You can even take a few more days if you feel that the time is too short and you don't live enough after arriving at your family's hometown, which is somewhat similar to the annual leave in later generations.
After all, in the Han Dynasty, officials had this benefit. They could take a bath every five days and go home to visit relatives. The importance of filial piety to parents was linked to personal judgment during the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. If some officials dared to do so during holidays
Taking the initiative to "work overtime" to please the leader leads to the neglect of family ties. Not only will this person not be recognized by his boss, but he will also be criticized for not observing filial piety.
In other words, if Dayu had passed through the house three times without entering, he would have been criticized in the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Pei Yuan left Chang'an, saying that he was going back to Hedong. Naturally, no one would question him, and he was given a criminal prosecution. And with the criminal prosecution, Pei Yuan left Tongguan smoothly.
Because Pei Yuan's procedures for leaving Tongguan were normal, there was no negligence on the part of the personnel at Tongguan's guard post.
As soon as he left Tongguan, Pei Yuan did not go to Hedong, but went straight to Heluo, and then followed the queue sent by Fei Qian to Xu County, pretending that he had other official business, and those in the envoy queue did not have any instant messaging tools
You can check with the third assistant in Guanzhong. He thinks that Pei Yuan has other important business to go to Xu County and won't ask any more questions.
As for the Heluo Yang family and the officials on Cao Cao's side, Pei Yuan came with the Fei Qian envoys. They seemed to be together and acted together, so of course they were in the same place.
, naturally there will be no special inspection on Pei Yuan...
When the Shenlu Yuan discovered at Dianmao that Pei Yuan had not arrived for many days, and then found Hedong, and Hedong sent back the news, Pei Yuan had already arrived in Xu County and disappeared outside Fei Qian's immediate control.
This technique is actually simple and common, and there is nothing magical about the whole process.
But Fei Qian noticed something unusual from it.
During the process of Zhuge Jin's investigation of the entire Pei Yuan incident, some officials showed an attitude towards Pei Yuan's defection that they did not think this matter was very serious.
Especially among ordinary officials in the middle and lower classes.
After all, there is a Dongmen Hanging Festival that is a model for the world. Does it have a good reputation...
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially the system of prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty, the dual monarch bureaucratic structure has emerged. The monarch chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their monarch. If the governor of one place does not do well, he will take up his position in another place.
There are also many.
In other words, in the feeling of some officials, Pei Yuan's escape is not actually a big deal. After all, isn't it just an act of "job hopping"?
Job hopping...
Well, to a certain extent, it is indeed job-hopping. Pei Yuan thought of himself as a horse, and then he felt unhappy eating in a manger, so he changed his place to eat.
In fact, the word job hopping originally refers to the transference of love in the relationship between men and women. Especially referring to romantic women, "It is said that the pipa is not hugged. It is like eating and drinking when a horse is moved, and then it is said in words.
When traveling with a guest, it is said that he will go to this place to suit that place."
Pei Yuan's move naturally has some "traitor" meaning, or is similar to the role of "traitor", but for other officials, especially ordinary grassroots officials, many people think that Pei Yuan's move is not a big deal.
"It is reported that the Chief of the Legal Academy and the Minister of Dali Temple are here!"
Fei Qian thought for a while and then ordered.
Not long after, Wei Duan came in a hurry.
In the past two days, Pei Yuan left without saying goodbye. Wei Duan became so anxious that the corners of his mouth were almost ulcerated, and his hair was falling out in strands. This is the hair of a middle-aged man. If one hair falls, it means one less hair...
Although it is said that Pei Yuan was not recruited by Wei Duan when he entered the Council of Laws, but at least he worked under Wei Duan. How could he be accused of lax supervision and poor control? If this is taken advantage of, then
Isn't it more unjust than Dou E to be stripped of her official position?
"I am humble enough to meet my lord!" When Wei Duan saw Fei Qian, he did not dare to slack off at all and paid homage to him upright.
"Sit." Fei Qian pointed to the seat next to him.
Wei Duan met Zhuge Jin again and then sat on one side, feeling uneasy on pins and needles. He glanced at Fei Qian from time to time, then lowered his head, and then glanced again after a while, then lowered his head.
After a while, Sima Yi also came.
Sima Yi glanced at Wei Duan slightly and knew what was going on. After paying homage to Fei Qian, he also sat aside silently.
Fei Qian asked Zhuge Jin to recount Pei Yuan's story.
"This matter..." Fei Qian looked at Wei Duan and then at Sima Yi, "I wonder what you two think?"
Wei Duan hurriedly spoke first: "My lord, I think it is a humble duty. The Tai hexagram in "Yi" says, "The superiors and the inferiors will be of the same mind," and the Fu hexagram says, "If there is no friendship between the superiors and the inferiors, there will be no country in the world."
Therefore, it is the way of the official. The emotions above reach the bottom, and the emotions below reach the top. The upper and lower are integrated, so it is called "Tai"..."
As Wei Duan spoke, he secretly looked at Fei Qian's expression. Seeing that Fei Qian didn't seem to have any special expression, he swallowed some saliva slightly and continued, "The feelings below are too congested to be heard from above. Up and down."
Therefore, there are intervals. Therefore, if you communicate with each other, you will be harmonious. If you do not communicate with each other, you will be harmonious. This has been the case since ancient times. The humble position is empty and sparse, and the talent is humble. The master is promoted to the grassland and the staff is prepared to participate in the law. The talent is limited but the law is infinite. The heart
If you are powerful but unable to catch something, you will always feel ashamed..."
"Now there is a son of the Pei family who leaves without saying goodbye, in vain for the kindness of his lord, and abandons the feelings of his colleagues. This is a great loss of human feelings. I think that those who are unkind in everything are rarely treacherous! This is like Wei's prescription.
, As the son of a guard, he serves the king of Qi. Although he cares about his mother, he never returns home. If his mother does not love him, how can he love the king? Such traitors should be punished severely and spread throughout the world to serve as a warning!"
Wei Duan said it categorically and in one go, obviously he had planned it for a long time.
Fei Qian smiled secretly in his heart.
Wei Duan first explained the responsibilities of officials, then expressed his loyalty, and finally condemned Pei Yuan's affairs and drew a clear line. Isn't it smooth?
Is there anything wrong with what I said? Of course there is nothing wrong.
But what about actually?
Explaining the responsibilities of officials also limited the scope of responsibility. Wei Duan said that the main responsibility of officials is to "upload and distribute", and pulled out the I Ching as a banner, as if to express his approval from ancient times, on the surface
It sounds like there is really no problem...
Isn't it just that the duties of officials are limited to "uploading and issuing orders"?
hehe.
If the function of an official is only to serve as a loudspeaker, or a microphone, then it is better to just buy a loudspeaker and connect it to the fields. When something happens, just give him a few feeds.
What do officials do? Mark on the document where this is copied and where that is copied? The postman can do this, so what do these officials who are responsible for "uploading and distributing" do?
The meaning of Wei Duan's second paragraph may sound like he is self-effacing and expresses his limited abilities, but in fact it means that his affairs are very heavy, and regarding the matter of Pei Yuan, he "doesn't know what he can do"...
There are so many things about Wei Duan, indeed there are many. All the laws seem to come from the Shenluyuan, large and small, and the various legal clauses and items. If we have to carefully consider and consider slowly, I am afraid it may not be possible for decades.
It can be done.
However, since it may not be completed in decades, it seems that one day more and one day less is not that important. It does not mean that we have to stare at every word of the laws and regulations day and night, at least in these few days.
, Wei Duan is not that busy. The reason why he is said to be busy is just because he is afraid of taking responsibility.
Wei Duan's summary at the end is even more interesting...
On the surface, it sounds like condemnation and contempt for Pei Yuan. In fact, he attributes this behavior to "violating human feelings", and then he is afraid that Fei Qian will feel unhappy, so he compares Pei Yuan to a prescription and expresses that he is like Pei Qian.
Even if Cao Cao accepts a "treacherous villain" like Yuan, he will be like the prescription that killed Duke Huan of Qi, and there will be no good fruits in the end.
Regarding the implicit meaning of Wei Duan's words, Fei Qian did not comment immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Sima Yi and asked, "What do you think Zhongda thinks?"
Sima Yi nodded slightly and said, "Everything in the world must have its cause, and the reason must be solid. If you see the halo of the moon, it will be windy, if you see the moist stone, it will be rainy. This is an inference based on things, and it can be said that everything is changing from the same."
Now Pei's son has his consequences, and it may be possible to pursue them to clarify his crime... However, due to my humble opinion, if I don't investigate the cause, I will lose my sheep."
"Nowadays, there are many people who live in the world under false names. Although their mouths are familiar with the words of Kong Lao, their hearts have not followed the journey of Yiqi. If people with good reputations are gathered together in one place, their words will not be achieved, and their opinions will not be achieved.
It is used to make friends in private, thinking that it is Yan Meng. However, what you want to do may be too much, or you may say too harshly, or you may say that you will be responsible for others, and you will instruct others to salivate and mourn for it yourself."
"Therefore, even though he has an unparalleled reputation, his virtues cannot be known. As an official, virtue and ability should be valued equally. Those who are capable but not virtuous will bring trouble to the world even if they are used for a short time. Those who are virtuous and incompetent will still use them, but it will not help.
Ye. Now we are trying to gain the ability, but how can we gain the virtue? Filial piety, brotherhood, separation from relatives, and talented people who don’t know how to read are the obstacles today.”
"In the case of Pei's son Yuan, we should use this matter to verify both his virtue and ability. Whether he has fulfilled his duties and whether his virtue has fulfilled the emperor's kindness, if there is no hindrance, he should leave it alone. If there is any shortcoming, he should speak up.
So, don’t let others use it as an example!”
Sima Yi's remarks seem to sound better than Wei Duan's.
In other words, it goes further than what Wei Duan said.
Probably because Sima Yi was not Pei Yuan's direct superior, he would not shy away from talking about such things.
So was what Sima Yi said completely from Fei Qian’s standpoint?
Obviously, it's not.
After all, the position of Sima Yi's buttocks is different from that of Fei Qian, so after putting aside those things on Sima Yi's surface, what is exposed is also remarkable.
Wei Duan was from Chang'an, and he was older. No one else would think there was any problem when he became the dean of the Council of Laws. However, Sima Yi was different from Wei Duan. Sima Yi was younger, at least better than many people who claimed to be "learned".
Everyone who is a scholar must be young, and in many cases, being young is a sin.
Fei Qian asked Sima Yi to serve as Minister of Dali Temple. Although there is no so-called "three ministers and nine ministers" under Fei Qian, and there is no such hierarchy, but if this position is recognized according to the common practice before the Han Dynasty, it will also It is almost the same as Jiuqing, and the Sima family is not a Guanzhong surname, and it is not a prominent family in the Han Dynasty.
Sima Wenxian really became famous only after all the members of Sima Yi's family became officials in history.
Nowadays, the name of the next Sima Hui and Mr. Shui Jing is not enough to support his position. Naturally, Sima Yi is currently facing a lot of criticism. He smiles in front of him and stabs his back a lot.
So Sima Yi’s suggestion is simply to check!
Not only Pei Yuan must be investigated, but other officials must also be investigated!
Moreover, Fei Qian felt that Sima Yi's suggestion even had a deeper meaning, but Fei Qian could not fully think of it at the moment.
In comparison, although Wei Duan is older than Sima Yi, the extra salt he eats is not that important!
hehe……
Fei Qian smiled slightly.
Therefore, it is simply nonsense for officials to rely on so-called moral character to regulate their behavior. The "rituals" Fei Qian mentioned before are all false unless they are implemented in practice.
Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust are the "Five Constants" of Confucianism. Confucius proposed "benevolence, righteousness, propriety", Mencius extended it to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom", Dong Zhongshu expanded it to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust", expressing these five Xiang is the most basic standard of daily behavior for all Confucian students and gentry disciples who study scriptures. It means that "impermanence" is the minimum moral code for life advocated by Confucianism.
But it is a pity that this so-called "most basic" and "minimum" moral code...
Confucian disciples, those who study the scriptures, keep making "Five Constant Changes" their motto. When students become officials, they often follow their butt instead of their head.
It would be interesting if this kind of problem became "normal", even a "normal" recognized by the ruling class.
Everyone knows that a person's head cannot grow on his butt, but when it comes to those whose heads are determined by their butts, who control the mouth of the court, who are usually sanctimonious officials who actually follow their butts, what they do is often... It will make people sigh...
Fei Qian feels that if the moral level of the entire society is not high enough, appealing to interests is better than appealing to morality.
But sometimes, talking about interests may not necessarily have good results.
The Song Dynasty was the most typical example of "sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats". Even the emperor said so himself and did so. The royal family really shared benefits with the officials and scholar-bureaucrats. Therefore, to a certain extent, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty maintained the Song Dynasty. To rule is actually to safeguard their own interests.
Regardless of whether the political system of the Song Dynasty was good or not, when the Song Dynasty fell, not everyone recognized this "common interest". For the 328 Jinshi of Song Lizong and Song Duzong who entered the Yuan Dynasty, Statistics on their subsequent whereabouts show that since the outbreak of the Song-Mongolian War, 71 people were martyred, accounting for 21.65%; 174 people went into hiding in the Yuan Dynasty, accounting for 53.05%; 83 people surrendered or served as officials in the Yuan Dynasty, accounting for 25.3%.
It shows that even if they preach all day long, they have indeed achieved a community of interests, but the actual effect is still average. In fact, the number of scholar-officials in the Song Dynasty who were willing to stand up and resist was not more than a quarter, and even most of them chose to hang high.
, indicating that it has nothing to do with something.
By the Ming Dynasty, things were even worse.
The Ming Dynasty tried its best to return power to the royal vassals. The requirements for officials were very high from the beginning, and the punishment system for corrupt officials was also very severe. Morality, especially the character of officials, was respected by everyone in the court.
Officials are required to be self-denial, serve their duties and be willing to live in poverty when their salaries are very low.
But what about the effect?
If you think about it, you will know that how could such a requirement of the Ming Dynasty be achieved under the social background of that time?
Improperly setting moral standards at a level that most people cannot reach will only lead to hypocrites everywhere and will actually lower the actual moral level.
If a society promotes altruism and practices altruism, it is the best society.
When the entire society has a high moral level, everyone is for oneself, and I am for everyone, the ultimate society advocated by Big Beard is probably like this. This kind of society is also the advanced model pursued by human beings.
When the moral level is not enough, then if what is promoted is egoism and what is practiced is egoism, everyone knows that everyone in society is egoist, so a complete restriction mechanism must be established to achieve social cooperation and establish strict power checks and balances and monitoring
The mechanism is complete, always on guard, and everyone is treated as the worst villain to guard against. To a certain extent, such a society, as long as the laws are well maintained, the operation will not be too bad.
The most troublesome social model is one that promotes altruism but practices egoism. This results in the entire society being filled with sophisticated egoistic hypocrites, especially at the official level, which is even more troublesome. Social monitoring and checks and balances
The mechanism has not yet been established, morality is on the lips, and conscience is only on the surface. The result is that as Li Zhi said, "Yang is Taoism, Yin is wealth, the clothes are elegant, and the behavior is like a dog." Officials in the Ming Dynasty were generally like this
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It’s not that the officials in the Song Dynasty were better than those in the Ming Dynasty, or that the officials in the Ming Dynasty were all rubbish, but looking at the two types of hypocrites and true villains, most people may be willing to accept the true villain.
And hate hypocrites.
So for Fei Qian now, when facing things like Pei Yuan, who should he listen to? What should he do next?
The key is which direction does Feiqian need to point?
