The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2493 Gap

Jingguo Cabinet, Zuo Xiangge.

The new cabinet has been successfully built. It is located just northeast of the palace and covers an area far larger than any other official office.

The Zuoxiang Pavilion occupies the largest space in the cabinet, and the side hall of the Zuoxiang Pavilion has become the place where the Zuoxiang handles daily affairs.

In the side hall, more than a dozen Zuo Xiangge officials stood in front of the desk. Behind the desk, Fang Yun was looking at a document, which was about the Qingguo family of seven.

"What do you think?" Fang Yun put down the paperwork and scanned the crowd.

Li Zhixiao raised his head and said: "Prime Minister, in my opinion, the other party has an expert. This method is obviously imitated by our Jingguo through the "Min Bao" to launch... the public opinion war you mentioned. This matter must be calmed down. For you The blow to Wen Ming is secondary. Finding excuses for the other party to stop innovation or even shake Jingguo is the real big problem. "

Fang Yun was noncommittal.

Xu Changgeng echoed: "I agree with Zhixiao. Some words, just like what you said in the Jingguo court, even we scholars do not have real reason and morality, and most of our words and deeds are influenced by Emotional impact. The opponent's tactics this time have aroused the anger of many people. Whatever you do when you are angry is wrong. So, we have to choose the smallest mistake now."

"What is the smallest mistake?" Fang Yun asked.

Xu Changgeng glanced at Li Zhixiao and hesitated.

Li Zhixiao said decisively: "Admitting a mistake is the smallest mistake."

Fang Yun looked at the two people with a half-smile but not a smile, glanced at the other officials, and finally asked: "Dong Yueqian, you seem to have something to say?"

Dong Yueqian nodded heavily.

Fang Yun said: "But it doesn't matter."

Dong Yueqian said angrily: "We were right, why should we admit our mistakes?"

The other officials were stunned. Some officials looked at Dong Yueqian as if he were a fool, as if to say that such a person could hold an important position. It was an insult to the officials of Jingguo. They couldn't understand why Fang Yun was so important.

Fang Yun nodded slightly and said, "Well said!"

The officials looked embarrassed and looked at Fang Yun in disbelief. These words were not what a qualified bureaucrat should say.

Fang Yun showed a kind smile and said: "The court of a country has huge inertia, uh... well, the power of habit. This power is driven from within and is difficult to suddenly stop or change. Can you recognize and admit your mistakes? It’s already very good, although you are just looking for it It is an excuse to shirk responsibility, but it is better than not admitting our mistakes. But as Dong Yueqian said, we are right, why should we admit our mistakes? Yes, everything in this world cannot be measured by right and wrong, but as long as we are right. If you admit your mistakes, right and wrong will become the criterion.”

The officials frowned and thought.

Fang Yun continued: "We can make up for their deaths, we can sympathize, we can regret, but we did not invade Qingguo, we did not maliciously kill their people, we did not actively provoke any form of confrontation, or even , we are just fighting back, not to mention seven people are killed, even if seven million people are killed, we are not wrong! It is Qingguo who is wrong, and Qingjun is wrong! If we admit our mistake, it means that our innovation is wrong! Yes! I’m right, I won’t admit my mistake.”

The side hall fell into silence.

Later, Fang Yun said: "Back then, we people in Jingguo also had time when we were unable to eat because we were blocked by the enemy. We were also hungry, we were in pain, and we were also resentful. However, we in Jingguo have never regarded people who were starved to death as We use weapons to attack the enemy, because this is caused by our incompetence, which is our shame. What we have to do is to continue to develop the country and continue to do what we should do. We do not cover up these mistakes or even crimes, but we cannot let them. Those people starved to death in vain! We strive to develop weapons to protect the country, we must work hard to grow food to feed people, and we must do our best to ensure that no one will starve to death in the future, especially the seven members of the Qingguo family. I personally express my deep condolences for the death of Jingguo, but as the left prime minister of Jingguo, I will never stop the pace of innovation! If this happens in our Jingguo, the monarch and the cabinet must collectively admit their mistakes instead of Feeling smug about finding an opportunity to attack your opponent.”

"In addition, the incident in Qingguo also gave us lessons and inspiration. I am planning to establish several new departments in the Ministry of Household Affairs, including the Food Emergency Department, the Disaster Emergency Department, the War Emergency Department, etc., mainly to prevent emergencies and deal with them. In emergencies, the Food Emergency Department needs to establish a new subordinate agency, which can Donations are accepted, but all money is taken from the people and used for the people. The whereabouts of all money and food are announced to the outside world and are subject to supervision by anyone. Any official who misappropriates or embezzles the food and money of the Emergency Department will be severely punished. There is no cap. Our Fang family will start by donating one million taels of silver."

"yes!"

All the officials glanced at Fang Yun and exited the side hall with deep admiration.

Walking far away, Li Zhixiao patted Dong Yueqian's shoulder and said: "Yueqian, I admit my mistake to you. We used to think that honest people are too stupid and easy to bully, but now we realize that many times, we are just too smart. , It’s too calculating, but it ignores the real interests and righteousness. You are stupid, but you are not affected by any other factors and can see the essence at a glance.”

Xu Changgeng said: "Yes, Old Dong is much better than us this time."

The other officials nodded slightly, Dong Yueqian laughed and said nothing.

Xu Changgeng said: "Zhixiao, let's discuss it and publish an article on the forum. It's not a counterattack, nor a statement, but just to express the attitude of our Zuo Xiangge."

"Okay!"

That night, Xu Changgeng published an article on the forum. In addition to the name automatically marked by the forum at the end of the article, he also added his official position of Zuo Xiangge.

The article started with a normal explanation of the ins and outs of the matter. Later, Xu Changgeng quoted Fang Yun's words throughout the article.

Finally, Xu Changgeng expressed his own views.

"A family committing suicide because they can't eat should not be a reason to stop reform at any time and in any place, but a reason to continue reform. This kind of thing happening in any country is a shame for the entire national management agency, and should not be a political achievement for anyone. When a normal country encounters this kind of thing, it should investigate whether the officials in the place where the deceased lived have been corrupt and should review why the local managers failed to let them live. As an official of Jing, I said the above words. As an ordinary scholar, I want to say that a family of seven in Qing died, and the whole country of Qing used this as an excuse to attack and insult the left prime minister of our Jing country, while the left prime minister of our Jing country used this as an excuse for reform and established a new emergency department to ensure that this kind of thing will not happen in our Jing country. Perhaps, this is the difference between being a person and being an official. To put it bluntly, looking back at the way the two countries handled this matter, I have an illusion that it seems that we are the people of Jing who died."

When this article came out, it was like a mountain entering the sea, setting off a huge wave.

A large number of people in Qing were angry and attacked the officials of the left prime minister of Jing country and Fang Yun crazily.

However, this also sounded the clarion call for a counterattack against Qing. Scholars from various countries accused Qing based on Fang Yun and the content of this article.

Later, tens of thousands of people responded in unison with the same sentence.

"Fang Yun established the Emergency Department because of this matter. What did the king and officials of your Qing do?"

When the number of replies exceeded 100,000, fewer and fewer people from Qing attacked Fang Yun and Jing.

Finally, Zhang Poyue responded to this sentence.

"Of course, they were busy attacking Fang Yun on the discussion list."