Chapter 599 Inescapable Responsibility
Chapter 599 Inescapable Responsibility
If we get rid of these corrupt officials in advance, we can resolve these public grievances in advance.
Then could our Dali Dynasty have existed longer and longer?
Third, the officials below are local tyrants, and what they say is more effective than what you, the official, say.
This is a very dangerous thing, and it is easy for government orders to be blocked and commands to be taken down.
The decrees you issued are yours, but people still do as they please and regard themselves as superior.
The existence of these privileges is the first stumbling block on your road to creating a prosperous era as an official.
It should have been removed in advance.
These people must be put on the head with the Monkey King's golden hoop to let them know that there are some things they can do and some things they cannot do.
The threshold for citizens to sue officials must be lowered so that ordinary people have a place to redress their grievances and seek justice.
The ruler is the boat; the common people are the water.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Rather than trying to block it, it is better to dredge it.
The thoughts of ordinary people at the bottom are actually very simple. They just want to have a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear, and to live like human beings.
They will not deliberately stir up trouble or rebel unless they are oppressed to a certain extent.
The reason why many people rebelled was because they were forced to take this path because they had no other way out.
If one can have a good life with a wife, children and a warm bed, who would be willing to take up a knife and start a revolution?
To be disrespectful, ordinary people don’t care who is the emperor.
They may not even know which emperor is on the throne.
When we entered the city a few days ago, we all took out our tokens.
As a result, the people guarding the city gate said that they had never heard of the King of the East China Sea and did not know any prince.
Of course, it may also be that we have been on the road recently and have become thinner due to hunger, so we don’t look as majestic and decent as before.
So, they thought we were people who came out from nowhere and came here specifically to eat and drink for free.
In the end, the city gate was opened by force.
You see, even the information from the guards at the city gates is so blocked, let alone ordinary people who know nothing.
In addition, many ordinary people are illiterate, so they believe whatever the local county magistrate says and promotes.
They never doubted whether this order was issued by you, the official, because they had heard that the highest official was the county magistrate.
In their eyes, the county magistrate is the sky above their heads and the person who has the power to decide their life and death.
What's more, life is already difficult for ordinary people, and they have no time to think about anything else.
They only care about the rain this year, the grain harvest, and whether their family can survive hunger.
Also, can the chickens, ducks, and geese at home lay more eggs so that they can sell them for more money?
And whether we can survive this flood and plague this year.
But wherever there is rebellion, from what I have seen and heard these days.
You can basically conclude without thinking that it is most likely not the fault of the people, but that there is something wrong with these officials.
It is these bastards who are not behaving like human beings and have forced ordinary people to take up arms against the enemy.
It’s not that ordinary people are too cunning and deliberately want to rebel. After all, rebellion will result in death.
As long as you can live a good life, who would be willing to live on the edge of a knife?
In this case, you just need to kill these local corrupt officials and give the people an explanation. That's for sure.
How honest and kind can a person be who can make a good place miserable for the people? Just kill him and be done with it.
I guarantee that they are not wronged at all. People like this deserve to have their entire clan wiped out and then go to hell.
Fourth, since you, the official, have accepted the mission of coming down to earth to gain experience and overcome tribulations.
Then it is your responsibility as the official to ensure that the people and all the subjects in your territory live a good life.
This is a responsibility you cannot escape.
It's just like my responsibility and mission, Shen Ruyi, is to assist you, the official, in creating a prosperous era that belongs to you alone.
Everyone has his or her own mission, and those who are blessed by nature should do good deeds.
If those who are blessed by nature do not enforce justice on their behalf, then all their experience will be in vain.
If you are a follower of God's way, you should follow God's way. This is your mission.
Just like I am humane, I should try my best to do humane things to the utmost.
So, to sum up, I think the rule of 30 lashes for citizens suing officials should be abolished long ago.
We have to allow others to have questions and to appeal.
You can't stop others from talking just because you're afraid of problems. That doesn't make sense.
Look at the prosperous times since ancient times. There is no era without freedom of speech, where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.
The bigger and more open your heart is, the wider the influence of this prosperous era will be.
Simply covering your ears and stealing the bell will not solve any real problems.
For example, I have always known that I was impeached by other ministers every few days.
I have the ability to make them shut up. After all, I have a lot of their little secrets that they cannot tell anyone else.
If I wanted to, threatening them a few times would definitely work and make them shut up.
But I didn't do anything. Why? It was all for the sake of freedom of speech.
Let them impeach me if they want. Life is all about them impeaching me today and me impeaching them tomorrow.
It's good to interact with each other, and everyone can have more fun as a side dish.
They impeached me. If I really did something wrong, I will try my best to correct it.
If I have done nothing wrong, they can impeach me if they want. It is they who are tired, not me.
I can't hear or see, so I just do it casually. It doesn't affect my ability to eat three bowls of rice at every meal.
Why should I be in such a hurry, right? Just take it as a joke and forget it.
You see, I am very open-minded about this matter. I don’t care at all. I will just live my life as usual.
I'm not angry either.
The fact that I can be impeached by others every day just shows that I am powerful and awesome. Have you ever seen a weak person being impeached all day long, right?
Why didn't they impeach Li Si or Wang Wu but chose me instead? It shows that I am important and I have touched their sore spot.
It made them mad, hahahaha.
What's more, I always feel that the reason they impeached me was not because I did something wrong, but because I did something right.
I invisibly affected their vital interests, so they jumped out and made a fuss.
You see, I'm different from them. I only raid people's houses and don't engage in verbal fights.
Look at these people, they can do nothing but talk battles.
Unlike me, I have always been used to convincing people with martial virtue, and I don't waste time and I just do it for real.
Of course, I have to thank you for your wisdom for where I am today.
Without your open-mindedness, generosity, tolerance and appreciation, I, Shen Ruyi, would not be where I am today.
Shen Ruyi wrote several pages of letter paper in a rambling manner, and at the end he did not forget to retaliate against other colleagues.
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