Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 159 The source of the chaos lies in the Tingwei Mansion! (seeking subscription)
There was silence for a while.

Ji Heng seemed to have thought of something, slowly stood up straight, bowed to Du He and said, "Some things still need to be explained, this time targeting the Yan officials and iron officials is not out of selfishness, nor is it out of retaliation, but It is related to the majesty of the Shaofu, we must be strict and cautious."

"Difficult to reach."

"The mouth of defending the people is better than defending Sichuan."

"The government's indifference for a few days has caused complaints from the lower levels, but it is related to the final result, so we can only pretend not to know."

"Nowadays, local grievances are increasing day by day. In order to ensure that the final court will not be affected, and even use this to win the hearts of the people, we cannot give any suspicion of tongue-in-cheek."

"Salt officials and iron officials are indeed not responsible."

"But they are destined to become the target of public criticism because they bear the official positions of salt officials and iron officials."

"The imperial court cannot lose the big because of small things."

"Just be dismissed from office and avoid the limelight a little bit. When the situation subsides in the future, I will be promoted as compensation."

"It never hurts to be cautious."

"The imperial court can only appear as a benefactor this time, and cannot easily get into trouble."

Du He laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhong. If I don't know your plan, I may have some complaints, but now that I have understood the relevant situation, how can I be ignorant? And what Mr. Zhong said is not wrong. , Salt officials and iron officials have indeed dereliction of duty."

"There is nothing wrong with dismissal."

"Mr. Zhong can act boldly."

"Thank you." Ji Heng arched his hands and heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, Du He is in charge of the Shaofu, if he insists on protecting him, he might not be able to take it down.

Now that Du He let go, he felt relieved.

immediately.

Ji Heng looked at Meng Yi, pondered for a while, and said seriously: "You have the ability to be a court captain, but you haven't demonstrated it."

"Perhaps you have doubts."

"But that's exactly where you are."

aside.

Zhang Cang looked slightly different.

He looked at Ji Heng, then at Meng Yi, seemed to realize something, and nodded in agreement.

Fu Su frowned slightly.

He didn't understand the meaning of Ji Heng's words.

Du He glanced at Meng Yi calmly, and quickly withdrew his gaze, as if he didn't care about this matter.

Ji Heng cut to the chase and said: "After all, I 'offended' you, so I said a few more words to you, you are indeed in the position of Ting Wei, but you did not sit in the position of Ting Wei because of your own demonstrated ability. , but your family background of the Montessori Prime Minister Qin, and your brother's prestige, it doesn't have much to do with yourself."

"The courtiers respect you, not you."

"It's the respected word 'Mongolian'!"

heard.

Meng Yi's face was sullen.

But he just kept a cold face and didn't refute anything.

Ji Heng said indifferently: "You may be dissatisfied in your heart, or you may be unhappy."

"But that's the truth."

"You haven't proven your abilities to the world."

"Since taking charge of Tingwei Mansion, you have only been working step by step."

"Strict self-discipline and impartial law enforcement are naturally right."

"But isn't this the duty of Tingwei? However, Tingwei's Mansion is in charge of the laws and regulations of the world. You are only familiar with the laws and regulations, and you are familiar with the laws and regulations, but you lack nuanced insights and forward-looking awareness."

"It's actually deadly."

"It's extremely incompetent for an official who is in charge of the laws and regulations."

"It is also irresponsible to the people of the world."

"The law is allowed to lag behind, because the world is changing all the time, and there are always some unexpected situations happening, so it is normal for the law to have gaps and insufficiencies, but as an official in charge of laws and regulations, one cannot lose the ability to see the subtleties because of the lack of laws .”

"Preventing problems before they happen, and stopping the situation before it gets worse, this is also the function of the Ting Wei Mansion."

"And you have not shown the corresponding ability."

"You've lost your job!"

"Of course it's not just your dereliction of duty."

"It's the entire Tingwei Mansion."

"The status of Ting Wei Mansion has been continuously improved over the years, but it has gradually become superficial. It has long since lost its previous aggressiveness, sense of responsibility, and the idea of ​​perfecting and supplementing the law. It has become mediocre. Such an official office is extremely threatening. It's worse, because Tingwei Mansion represents the law."

"but now"

"The officials of Ting Wei's Mansion have become the law."

Meng Yi's face suddenly changed.

Ji Heng snorted coldly, and said indifferently, "I'm not trying to scare you."

"This is the current situation of Daqin."

"Great Qin established the country by law, many officials are familiar with the law, and many officials in Tingwei's mansion, who are familiar with it, feel that they are the incarnation of the law, and they are the rules that govern the world. What they learn is completely divorced from reality and has no humanity. gone."

"For the shipwreck in Huai County this time."

"If I hadn't proposed legislation, how many people in Tingwei Mansion would have thought of legislation?"

Meng Yi's face froze.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

nobody.

At least he didn't hear it.

Ji Heng sneered and said: "You realize it, the officials of Tingwei's Mansion, when something happened, the first reaction was not to make amends to the law, but to deal with the matter as soon as possible, and continue to maintain the already outdated law. The existence of these emergencies completely exposes their pedantic and old-fashioned ways, and they will only deal with them in a disciplined manner."

"I didn't even think about making changes in the past."

"Ting Wei's Mansion is rotten."

"It's rotten from the root."

"I have long forgotten Shang Yang's exhortations that governing the world is not the same, and the country is not the same as the ancients."

"I once told the eldest son that the collapse of the Great Qin legal system has been going on for a long time. Perhaps many people in the court thought that it was the four nobles of King Qin Zhao and Lu Buwei who started it, but the law is like the river. The direct manifestation of severe floods is the increase and decrease of water volume, but the root cause must not be in the river."

"It's at the source."

"The source of the law is in Tingwei Mansion!"

"The first crime of the collapse of the Great Qin's legal system lies in the Tingwei Mansion."

"There is a problem at the source, and no matter how we rescue it, we are doomed to fail."

"Now you know why the crime was committed against the Tingwei Mansion."

"The officials in Ting Wei's Mansion are all guilty."

"It should be punished!"

"You should be questioned, you should be convicted!"

Ji Heng's eyes were cold, but no one argued.

Meng Yi was ashamed and annoyed.

Ji Heng's words can be said to have lifted the fig leaf of Tingwei's mansion in public, and completely exposed the corruption of Tingwei's mansion, so straightforward and bloody.

He was also a little unbearable for a while.

There was dead silence.

Fusu, Zhang Cang and others didn't say anything.

All looked serious.

"The source of the chaos lies in the Tingwei's Mansion?" Zhang Cang pondered a few times in his mind. This point of view was still very novel, but he agreed with it.

Because when you think about it, it really is.

The officials of Tingwei's Mansion have been a bit stern and docile in recent years, and they have become more dogmatic. The laws of Qin, from Qin State to Qin Dynasty, did have changes, but the changes were not large.

However, the world has changed drastically.

The law has not kept pace with the times, which is indeed a serious dereliction of duty.

It's not even dereliction of duty.

But malfeasance.

Looking at Meng Yi's sweaty head, Ji Heng shook his head lightly, and said: "Now the officials of Tingwei's Mansion regard themselves as the incarnation of the law, completely divorced from reality, and don't consider reality at all, let alone change. It is only natural for the world to regard Qin as a tyrant."

"Because the Daqin officials who studied law lost their humanity."

"They regard themselves as the embodiment of fairness and integrity, and they are even more hysterical about defending the so-called law, because it is their pathetic dignity and face."

"It's right to uphold the law."

"But the law to be upheld should be the law that guides the world to be good."

"Not laws that prevent the world from doing good."

"If it is for the so-called justice of the law, it will ignore the original intention of the law. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Isn't this forcing the people to rebel against the government?"

"If the law is unfair, there will be mob anger."

"Because the people complain!"

Ji Heng Shiran sat back in his seat, resting his chin with one hand, and continued: "The officials in the court now think that the lower levels are not thinking of the court, but the lower levels think that the government is not benevolent and unfair."

"Is this the incompetence of the top, or the ignorance of the bottom?"

"Both make sense and neither makes sense."

"Because the foothold is different."

"Based on the people."

"******, the humble are the smartest."

"Based on the ruling and opposition parties."

"The powerful are the wisest, and the lowly are the stupidest."

"But throughout the ages, if you want long-term peace and stability, you often have to base yourself on the people."

"The more you get away from grassroots practice, the more stupid you are, because you don't know what the people need or what the people want. The more you do grassroots practice, the smarter you are. The smartness and stupidity here are not the so-called intelligence, but the simplest. ability to do things.”

"Whether it's Meng Yi or the eldest son."

"You are very different in my eyes, because your knowledge structure is similar, and your living background is similar, so you are destined to think about things from roughly the same angle, so it is difficult to complement each other."

"Isn't this a blessing for the country?"

"Meng Yi, your talent should not be rotten in the Tingwei Mansion, but when you go to the place for a walk, when you understand the actual situation in the place, and when you come back from the place, the position of the Tingwei Mansion still belongs to you. Only you can truly grow into a pillar of the country, and you can completely get rid of your brother's influence on you."

"Wait until then."

"You are truly qualified to be a Ting Wei."

"The prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must start from the army."

"That's the way you're going."

"Now you don't have the ability to become a courtier. There are too many officials like you in the court, and they can't make up for each other. What's the use of perseverance? It's just a group of mediocre people occupying high positions."

Ji Heng shook his head.

Anyway, he has already offended Meng Yi.

It was also rare for him to put on airs and poke Meng Yi to the end with a stick.

With no grassroots experience and no dealings with the grassroots, Meng Yi's talents are completely rootless and can't be used at all. He seems to be upright, but in fact he is helping others.

Meng Yi's expression changed.

finally.

He bowed respectfully to Ji Heng, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you Mr. Zhong for your guidance, Meng Yi has been taught, and Meng Yi's position as court lieutenant is indeed not worthy of the name."

"I would like to follow Mr. Zhong's suggestion."

Ji Heng nodded.

He withdrew his gaze, and looked around calmly. When he glanced at Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang looked very happy, as if he was very happy, and seemed to want to hear Ji Heng's advice to him.

But Ji Heng swept it directly.

(End of this chapter)