The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 932 Obstruction

The county government office is the office of the county's civil servants. Officials such as the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief registrar, and dianshi all have their own independent residences.

Nearly a hundred officials gathered in the county magistrate's house, occupying most of the yard.

Many high-ranking officials such as County Magistrate Tao Dingnian, Captou Lu Hong, and Yuan Jun Wen Gu stood at the door, while those without rank stood outside.

Ninety percent of the officials in Ning'an County gathered here!

"The acting county magistrate actually interrogated the chief registrar on the spot. This rule cannot be broken!"

"If Master Shen is found guilty, the Left Prime Minister will definitely be angry, and we will all be implicated!"

"That's right. If Chief Lian Shen goes to trial as he says and decides as he says, will we still have a foothold in Ning'an County?"

"Yes, we must not let Magistrate Fang succeed!"

"By the way, I have a friend in the workshop who told me that Fang Yun is planning to implement some kind of performance appraisal. He is not implementing it in the workshop, but in reality he wants to reform the civil service system and get an A in the civil service subject!"

"What performance review?"

"I don't know the specifics, but he has come up with new tricks based on the evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel. The main thing is to limit the power of officials, and use special evaluation methods to evaluate officials, so as to decide who is promoted and whose position remains unchanged. , and... some officials may be dismissed!"

"That's unreasonable! Is this the world of Jingguo or the world of Fang Yun? Then how will the workshop workers react?"

"Some people complain, but some people praise it. Overall...it should do more harm than good!"

"We must not let him succeed in his reform! He got a good grade, but it is us officials who will suffer!"

Some young officials were silent after hearing this, because after entering the yamen, they found that no matter how outstanding their abilities were, even if they had a certain background, they could not compete with those old officials or people with greater backgrounds. People are blocked.

If the people above were the pillars, these young officials would not have any complaints. But the problem is that among those officials, not even 30% are qualified in government affairs. Many people don't even read "Wenbao" and don't understand the latest developments of the human race. They are already far behind ordinary scholars.

This kind of decadent group has aroused the resentment of ambitious people among officials. However, the yamen is a place that values ​​seniority, background, and unreasonableness. They are determined to govern a county well, but they have no room to use their talents and can only slow down. Being arrogant and complicit has become a corrupt and powerful old thing in the eyes of future generations.

Even if they are from the same leftist party, these officials are still dissatisfied with the old officials of the same party.

Their attitude toward luck keeps changing.

A capable official! This is the unanimous evaluation of Fang Yun by the young officials. No matter how much the opposition between Zuo Xiang and Fang Yun goes, they cannot change their views on Fang Yun.

Seeing the continuous improvement of the judicial system, the booming development of industrial technology, the large number of visits from agricultural officials, and the unprecedented medical conference held in a county, every young official felt that Ning'an County was radiating unprecedented vitality.

This is a phenomenon that has never happened before when a left prime minister governed Michigan.

Documents can lie, memorials can lie, and even the contents of "Wen Bao" can lie. However, the changes in Ning'an County will not lie, and the people will not lie.

These young officials still followed the trend and opposed Fang Yun during the day, but returned to their homes at night and persisted in studying Fang Yun's poems and articles, studying Fang Yun's works in "The Holy Way", and organizing and recording Fang Yun's innovations.

The more they learn, the more they admire Fang Yun.

The young officials glanced at Tao Dingnian and others and couldn't help but feel disgusted. An old guy like Shen Ming would die without mercy. Fang Yun did nothing wrong!

Attacking Fang Yun for Shen Ming is the most ridiculous thing in the world.

However, they cannot object and have no power to object, so they can only remain silent.

Tao Dingnian looked gloomy, folded his hands on his lower abdomen, and spoke in a low but clear voice.

"Everyone has understood what happened today. Although Magistrate Fang has achieved merit and peace, he is proud of his achievements and is obsessed with power. Mencius said: The ruler treats his ministers like his hands and feet, and his ministers regard him as his heart and soul; his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses. , then the ministers will treat the king like a fellow countryman; the king will treat the ministers like dirt, and the ministers will treat the king like a bandit! Everyone, can you follow the teachings of Yasheng?"

An official shouted loudly: "Of course! We Confucian people have never feared the power of the king. Although the king, the king, and the ministers are supreme, if the king is not the king, then we will not be the king!"

"Confucius once said: Serve the king with the Tao, and stop if you can't do it. The king tells his ministers to die and the ministers have to die. That's something in the drama. We scholars don't believe it! If the king is unrighteous, we don't have to serve him. This is how we should treat the county magistrate. The worst we can do is not be this official anymore!”

"A disloyal minister should die. That is the philosophy of the Legalists. What does it have to do with us and other miscellaneous families?"

"Today, Fang Yun treats Shen Ming like a weed in the soil, then we will treat Fang Yun like an enemy!"

"right!"

Everyone responded with a roar.

County Court Lord Wen Gu said: "In that case, I suggest that we go to the county government hall to petition for Shen Ming's life. If Fang Yun does not agree, we will all leave the county tomorrow and go to the capital together to beat drums and cry out for grievances, stained with blood. Imperial City!”

"Mr. Wen Yuan said it well! Without us, I would like to see how others can manage a county?"

Some young officials gritted their teeth. The departure of these officials will inevitably cause chaos in Ning'an City. Officials who can force their luck will hardly get a B grade in any subject, let alone an A grade. But it is the people of Ning'an County who will suffer!

The departure of these officials is likely to cause Ning'an County's recent great development to fall short.

Ning'an County's take-off will most likely be interrupted by these bastards!

However, they did not speak, otherwise they would be attacked by a group.

"Let's go!"

"Walk!"

Nearly a hundred officials went to the main hall of the county government.

Fang Yun sat upright on the square chair, looking at Shen Ming who was awakened by the splash of cold water, with a smile on his face.

"Master Shen, if you cooperate with the county and explain the matter clearly, the county will consider a lighter sentence."

"Bah!" Shen Ming no longer had any scruples. Now that Fang Yun had escorted him to the lobby, the two sides were completely at odds.

"It seems that Master Shen's mind is a little unclear." Fang Yun said slowly.

"In one day at most, Mr. Zuo Xiang will send someone to rescue me!"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "I hope the leftist prime minister will send someone to rescue you. Well, you are not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry. Now my staff and private soldiers are going everywhere to ask for witnesses. It won't take long, what you did Those things will come to light.”

Shen Ming sneered and said: "Fang Yun, Fang Yun, I know you are a capable official, but you are also a stupid official without a brain! Don't say that I am not wrong at all, even if there is a problem, Quan Ning'an... No, There’s not a single person in the state who dares to say no to me.”

"No!" Ao Huang said from the side.

The officials on both sides couldn't help but lower their heads, and the Legalist juren who were taking notes also lowered their heads and smiled, and then faithfully recorded what Ao Huang said.

A look of embarrassment flashed across Shen Ming's face, and then he said: "Fang Yun, I am indeed just a junior registrar. At other times, you could crush me to death with just one finger, but now is the imperial examination! If you forcefully interrogate me, I, the officials in Mizhou, can definitely destroy your civil affairs department! If your civil service department is destroyed, Master Zuo Xiang will definitely have an excuse to prevent you from serving as an official in Jingguo, and Zongsheng can also prevent you from serving in the Holy Court!"

Shen Ming finally revealed his ultimate goal of destroying Fang Yunli's first department.

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