"When I met your teacher Qin Xiao, he was already a ceremonial guard."
In the dark bedroom, Bai Jing lit a cigarette, and the shining candlelight instantly illuminated his face as thick as a rock.
He looked at Le Yu, turned his back, turned his back to Le Yu without any worries, took a deep breath, and blew out the smoke ring that was still vaguely visible in the darkness.
"I was just a disciple at that time, and my contact person died, that is, my father had just died, so I was assigned to Qin Xiao's subordinate. I have met you before, but you will definitely not remember me."
In the Liwei, there are three levels: disciple, walking, and Junzuo. The disciples are in single-line contact with walking, which is equivalent to walking's subordinates. For example, Shi Huaifeng is Qin Leyin's subordinate.
And walking is not equal. Walking like worshiping prison, which can connect with Jun Zuo, naturally has a higher status than Qin Leyin.
But no matter what, most of the Liwei people are strangers to each other. This is also the best way for the Huiyao Siwei to hide their companions - the best way to protect secrets is not to let you know the secrets.
In this way, even if someone is caught, his contacts will be affected at most, and higher-level people will be able to respond during this period.
Le Yu thought for a while and said, "Paper delivery person?"
Bai Jing was slightly startled and said with a smile, "That's one of my identities."
When Qin Leyin was young, he followed Qin Xiao to Yanjing alone to receive a copy of Neisser's Heart and learn espionage knowledge. At that time, he was able to threaten his father not to hurt his younger brothers and sisters, so he came to Yanjing to study with confidence. He has a deep scheming mind.
No need to mention it.
After Le Yu recalled it for a moment, he discovered that Qin Leyin had an impression of the prison visit he had taken when he was young.
"My father is still a well-known figure in Yanjing, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get ahead in the Liwei. On the surface, the family business is financed by hiring relatives. As soon as he died, those relatives joined forces to forge IOUs and the like.
Come to my house and share the property."
Bai Jing looked around, shook the cigarette ashes into the palm of his hand, and continued: "I don't care about the old man's property. It's just that my father died, and those scumbag relatives said that pig belly is shit, so I was naturally angry.
Very.”
"When we first met, Qin Xiao noticed that I looked ugly and asked me what happened."
"Then he used the power of the ritual guards to help you settle the matter?"
The famous scene in Le Yu's mind came to mind: "The prisoner was ostracized by his relatives and said, "Don't regret it, and then the guard showed up and slapped him in the face."
"No, Li Wei will not help you solve family problems." Bai Jing smiled and said: "He asked about my family situation, and then suggested that I contribute money to support the poorest relatives in the family, letting me hint to them that I am willing to take care of them.
I want everyone to get rich together, but I can’t stand those white-eyed wolves who continue to take advantage of my family.”
"I did what he said, and the next day, those poor relatives who had been favored by me guarded the door for me and drove away all the white-eyed wolves who came to divide the family property. The white-eyed wolves could not scold and scold, but they did not dare to fight.
——They already have a small amount of savings, so naturally they are not willing to struggle with their relatives who are so poor that they are barefoot."
"Then I drove away those white-eyed wolves and tried my best to support these poor relatives to make a living in my family. They were grateful to me. Although part of the family property was lost to those white-eyed wolves, I also successfully inherited my father's wealth and the family
It’s also more stable.”
Le Yu nodded: "The rich upper class united with the poor lower class to attack the middle class with ulterior motives. It was a very cunning but effective conspiracy.
His plan in Xuanzhu County is actually very similar to the method of worshiping the prison - the president of the Silver Blood Society unites with the bottom Bai Ye to destroy the Silver Blood Society.
But the prerequisite for doing this is that the upper management is willing to pay certain benefits and is willing to trust the lower class. But many times, people are always unwilling to pay benefits, let alone trust others.
"A cunning conspiracy?" Bai Yu said with a smile: "When I told Qin Xiao the result, he said that this is called 'good people are rewarded'."
Le Yu blinked and shrugged: "I don't know if Qin Xiao taught you this theory, but in Liwei, his theory was once popular - because he used his success to support his own theory.
Made the most beautiful footnote."
"I don't know much about Qin Xiao. Most of them I know from other seniors."
"Qin Xiao didn't have a leader. He was just a Tianji orphan at first. It happened that the branch of the Four Guards in Tianji District was uprooted. He encountered difficulties and was on the verge of death."
"Xing Xing entrusted him to deliver the information, so he traveled thousands of miles to Yanjing. Along the way, he worked as a day laborer, a beggar, and was even almost abducted by human traffickers, but in the end he successfully delivered the information to the Four Guards."
"Although the information has long since expired with the passage of time, his hard work has still been recognized by the four guards - at least the recognition of the Liwei Junzuo. Junzuo asked Qin Xiao why he was willing to help a stranger travel thousands of miles to deliver a piece of information
, how do you think he answered?"
Le Yu said: "Because this is a promise between men?"
Bai Jing shook his head: "He said, 'Because that person seems to have a good background, and he will definitely get benefits from doing this good deed. In the worst case, he will come to Yanjing to beg for food.'"
"Sounds realistic."
"After all, he is just an orphan."
The butt of Baiji's cigarette was extinguished. Le Yu opened the drawer of the bedside table and took out a cup that he had never used before. Baiji thanked him, poured down the ash and cigarette butt, and started to smoke a second one:
"Then Jun Zuo made him his disciple."
"He studied, grew up in Yanjing, and even entered the Royal Academy. At that time, the old man thought that he, a little beggar with a Tianji accent, would definitely be ostracized by the people of Yanjing, but unexpectedly, he had a good reputation among his classmates.
, and even served as the chief of the Guards Department - it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a popular figure in Yanjing at that time."
"After he became an officer of the imperial court, he successfully completed many secret tasks of the ritual guards and became a Yanjing Walker as quickly as possible - you also know that Yanjing Walker is different from walking in the outer area, just like me
You can contact Jun Zuo, but you can't."
Le Yu expressed his understanding: "You are so awesome, I am so envious of you. I really hope that one day I can achieve as great an achievement as walking in hell, I am more than Xin Xin."
"Thank you." Bai Yuyun calmly accepted Le Yu's weird exaggeration: "Among the four guards at that time, Qin Xiao was considered a special figure. You also know that the officials in the imperial court are divided into factions, and their interests are deeply intertwined.
, sometimes one team lasts a lifetime, and Qin Xiao joined one of the factions through the Four Guards."
"Generally, junior officials in Yanjing either act in a low-key manner to accumulate qualifications, or act in a high-profile manner to seek credit and fight, but Qin Xiao is neither, or he is both."
Le Yu was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
"He made friends in a high-profile way, but never interfered in court affairs." Bai Yu said with a smile: "Do you remember the first stop you took when you came to Yanjing, the same boat ferry? More than ten years ago, although it was also a ferry fishing village, there were many nearby places.
It's very desolate, surrounded by mud, but there's no rainy scene like you see in Fishtown."
"What Qin Xiao likes to do most is to bring up some trivial matters about people's livelihood, and then investigate the hobbies of officials in the competent departments and deliberately cater to them to achieve his goals."
"For example, if he wanted to develop Tongchuan Ferry, he would first need access to it. This matter must be handled by the Transportation Department of the Ministry of Industry. So he deliberately approached and made friends with the Director of the Transportation Department, and when he was happy, he mentioned this small matter. It was originally on the agenda.
The Director of the Department of Transportation will naturally agree to the items on the list."
"When the road was completed, Qin Xiao encouraged the villagers to voluntarily make a banner and carve a road monument to praise the achievements of the Director of the Transportation Department. Qin Xiao also took the Director of the Transportation Department to ferry him on the same boat. All the people he met were grateful and knelt down to express their gratitude.
."
"The Director of the Transportation Department has face, so his relationship with Qin Xiao will naturally be better."
"That's it. When the princes in the imperial court were attacking each other over the Tianji District issue, Qin Xiao quietly made friends with the officials in the office. He has a good appearance, is smooth in dealing with things, and has classmates and connections with the four guards. What he is asked to do is also his duty.
Small matters related to people's livelihood within the scope were put on hold only because cooperation with other departments did not go smoothly. With Qin Xiao as the 'lubricant', the old rusty machine of Yanjing started to operate like gears again."
"At the same time, Qin Xiao also weaved a huge network of relationships for himself, and many difficult tasks fell into his hands. He only needed to find friends to drink and get the information he wanted. And he gradually came into the eyes of the court ministers.
, qualified to participate in the highest-level political games.”
Although it was very simple to say "going to jail", Le Yu seemed to be able to see a vigorous and well-rounded young official through these words - investigating hobbies, catering to others, and coordinating the overall situation. It was simple to say, but there were so many grievances and supercilious looks in it.
How can outsiders like them know?
How can a person like Le Yu, who can't keep eye pus in his eyes, avoid or kill someone he hates when he sees him, how can he still 'investigate and cater to his hobbies'?
So there’s no one Qin Xiao hates?
How could it not be.
Therefore, being able to turn someone you hate into your friend is a really powerful skill.
"Jun Zuo was surprised by Qin Xiao's work ability, because among the four guards, fame, efficiency, and popularity can only have at most two at the same time."
"If you are famous and efficient, your popularity will not be good. If you are famous and popular, your efficiency will never be high. If your efficiency is high and your popularity is good, your fame will never be great. But Qin Xiao broke this common sense, and the senior officials of Siwei naturally also
I wonder if he has any spy secrets."
"Qin Xiao is not self-conscious. He wrote a pamphlet and briefly described his method and theory. Hongle, do you know what the core views of his theory are?"
Le Yu calmly stated: "Good people will be rewarded."
Bai Jing nodded: "Like everyone else, when I saw the first sentence at the beginning, I thought Qin Xiao was fooling us. But after reading Qin Xiao's explanation, many people - at least I was shaken
."
"He said that people are eager to be recognized and treated well."
"He said that the highest form of selfishness is when others think you are selfless."
"He said that court officials who had food, clothing, warmth, and wives in their arms had no pressure to survive, so they were more eager to gain recognition and admiration, so officials pursued power. But in addition, political achievements were also a reflection of their abilities, so he encouraged officials to cooperate
Doing practical things and doing good things, and allowing officials to receive real-time feedback of gratitude can give officials a sense of moral satisfaction and thereby shorten the relationship between the two parties."
"He said that the reason why everyone talks so much about benevolence, righteousness and morality is not because they don't believe it, but because they believe it but dare not pursue it. Because everyone knows how despicable they are and how noble benevolence, righteousness and morality are, and what he does is to let everyone know
Benevolence, justice and morality are not illusory things. As long as everyone puts in a little effort, they will find that they can be a good person and receive 'ample rewards'."
"He said that when everyone read "Hui Yao Fu" and listened to "Shuo Lie Zhuan", they all had their thoughts and thoughts, thinking that one day they would become an unparalleled national warrior and make great achievements and be famous for generations. However, this little thought will always be
Let fame and fortune wear away a little, wasted time wears away a little, and the unpredictability of the world wears away a little more, wear it away again and again, and the warm blood will turn into cold blood, but the cold blood will sometimes be rekindled."
"He said that people's hearts are good, so good people will be rewarded."
"As long as we can make good use of the kindness of human nature, we can reap all the benefits and even reach the level of elegance one day."
After a moment of silence, Le Yu asked: "Then do you believe it?"
When the second cigarette burned to the end, Bai Jing lit another one:
"Some people believe it, some people don't believe it, but Qin Xiao's example is before us. The four guards judge heroes by merit. Whether we believe it or not, we will try to follow it."
"It's hard for you to imagine the atmosphere at that time... Not only the Four Guards, but even the entire Yanjing City has become like a spring breeze. Although there are still many unresolved conflicts, and although there are still many disputes over interests, everyone seems to have lost a lot of hostility and fighting.
It’s also calmed down.”
"It was also at this time that the late emperor formed his own team and began to tentatively carry out small-scale reforms."
"For a time, everyone thought Qin Xiao's theory was correct, and even called him 'the most selfless selfish person'."
Le Yu raised her eyebrows slightly: "All beautiful stories, the most fearful thing is that there is a but at the end."
"But," the voice of worshiping the prisoner sounded as if it came from more than ten years ago, appearing heavy and ethereal: "Fifteen years ago, something happened."
"A civil uprising broke out in Tianji District, and officials were killed in rebellion."
"When the news reached Yanjing, the late emperor summoned the cabinet for emergency discussions to discuss whether..."
