After looking at Chen Yuyi who was sitting under the window drinking, his wife Zhou said, "You are not a person who loves alcohol. Why are you drinking there forever today?"

Chen Yuyi sighed: "Today, Senator Wang returned to Xiangyang, observed that there was wine there, and said a lot of words. The obedient meaning is that the political affairs of Xiangyang will be very different from those in the past. I thought that doing this would be too many changes in the court's politics, and it was a little annoying."

Zhou said, "I heard that the king observed that today, the salary of officials will be greater than before. Now the world is unstable and there is no money in his hands, which always makes people feel uneasy. You shouldn't say this for the sake of your salary."

Chen Yuyi nodded: "Yes, I have paid extra for everyone. From next month, my monthly salary will be 120 yuan. Xiangyang has always paid real money, and there is no discount, and this amount is quite large. We only live here with our children, and we can't spend it."

Zhou said: "You have been working under Wangguan for more than a year. You have paid enough salary and not very busy. What else are you not satisfied with? Forget the time we ran around the past two years?"

Chen Yuyi said: "A few days ago, Ji Shen was in Yuezhou and was transferred to the Chief Censor of the Censor. He had old friends with me and sent a letter, saying that the emperor now appreciated my poems very much. Some emperor valued it. Ji Shen advised me not to pass the time in Xiangyang, and should go to Yuezhou as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Zhou didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fu Zhirou, whose courtesy name is Ji Shen, was Fu Bi's grandson. He was from Luoyang and was a fellow villager with Chen Yuyi. Chen Yuyi became famous when he was young and was known as "Si Jun" among the eight masters of Luoyang. He was friendly with Fu Zhirou when he was young. Now Fu Zhirou is following Zhao Gou and is highly valued. He has become an important official in the court for several years. He heard that Chen Yuyi was still working for Wang Xiaoli in Xiangyang, and felt that he had no future, so he asked him to come to Zhao Gou as soon as possible.

Chen Yuyi was called "Shi Jun". His poems were famous all over the world. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, a poem about ink plum blossoms was praised by Emperor Daojun and was promoted. However, later the political arena in the court changed and was demoted to Chenliu to the Chenliu Supervisor. In this era, Chen Yuyi should be the best poet in the world. However, Wang Xiaoliu did not value the way of poetry and did not look up to him.

After drinking a glass of wine, Chen Yuyi said, "I listen to the meaning of the observation, pity the people and think about the people in everything. This is right. But once you go beyond the rules, you will inevitably treat the scholars and officials. After all, you still rely on scholars to govern the world. How can you treat them harshly?"

Zhou said: "Why do you say that? You are a scholar. You found the king's observation sect in Xiangyang and immediately arranged to be an official. The salary is generous and you have always treated you with great courtesy. Why do you say that observation is harsh on scholars?"

Chen Yuyi said: "What do you know about your wife? The meaning of observation is that those who are good at being an official will be valued. However, they are no longer the same as before. They either take the imperial examinations or enter the officialdom. Instead, they have to set up schools, and if they have good studies, they will be admitted to the next-level school, and finally they will become officials after passing the imperial examinations. In addition to the imperial examinations, officials are all taken from here. In this way, aren't scholars the same as the people?"

Zhou thought for a while and said, "Did you scholars have different things from the people before? You are a family of officials, with few literary names and a Jinshi in your twenties. Before you became a Jinshi, you were just a child of officials who knew poetry and prose. Once you were demoted, you would not have any preferential treatment. The Jin people went south and wandered around, so what was the difference between them and the people?"

Chen Yuyi shook his head: "You have lived in Xiangyang for more than a year, how did you think about things like this?"

As he said that, he poured another glass of wine. After drinking, he looked at the moonlight outside the window.

In fact, this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly, and can only be understood but not expressed in words. Today, when Chen Yuyi heard Wang Xiaolie's words, he could feel that Wang Xiaolie's view of scholars was not good. It was not that he looked down on scholars, but that he no longer valued scholars like the court in the past.

In Wang Xiaoli's plan, scholars are just one of the talents, and perhaps the most important ones. But as long as people from other backgrounds are truly capable, their status will not be lower than scholars. If they are from Jinshi, they must first be trained to become officials. Only by passing the training can they become officials. If they fail, they can only do other writings and cannot have real power.

From these words, Chen Yuyi could feel that in Wang Xiaoli's mind, scholars no longer had the same status as before.

Seeing that her husband didn't speak, she sat there and drank with wine. Zhou said: "At the beginning of this year, the Jin army crossed the river, and the officials were chased and fled to the sea, and all the officials dispersed. Since the king observed Xiangyang, there have been several wars, and Xiangyang was not affected at all. Officials, you must think clearly, don't do stupid things! Finally, you can rest assured and don't live such a displaced life!"

"I don't want to do it either!" Chen Yuyi sighed helplessly. "A few months ago, Observer was going to be at the Military Construction Command and told me to take care of it. However, I was really not clear about the affairs in the army and was not satisfied with Observer, so I transferred Senator Wang back to Xiangyang. Today I said, let me do supervision and make up for the vacancy of the Transportation Command. No matter what else, I just follow the supervision officials."

Zhou said: "Isn't this a good thing? Supervisors are noble officials. In the past, they were nobler than others in the capital."

Chen Yuyi said: "This supervisory official, who is investing in the observation, has too many things to do, and it is not the supervision of the past."

Speaking of this, Chen Yuyi turned around and said, "The monitoring in his eyes is so different from what we think of monitoring. I will tell you and you will know."

After saying that, Chen Yuyi pointed and told his wife one by one.

"The officials who observe the observation are different from those of the previous officials. In the future, the government must issue laws and govern affairs according to laws and regulations. Only when there are unclear things from laws and regulations, the officials will decide. According to observation, no matter how detailed the laws are issued, they cannot fully include all the things in the world. The most important thing for officials is to make these unclear things and decide for themselves."

Zhou said: "Isn't this a good thing? If this happens, officials will have less things to do."

Chen Yuyi smiled bitterly: "In the past, one official was the lord of a yamen. As long as it did not violate the court's law, it would do whatever it wanted. Generally, government affairs can be arranged by the officials to do it without doing everything by themselves. Now it is different. The officials under his command have their responsibilities, while the officials have their responsibilities, and they will be completely separated. If the officials do not do it themselves, even if they are lazy, they will be punished!"

Wang Xiaoli means that most government affairs have regulations, and the regulations are recognized by the above. The regulations are handled by various functional yamen, and there is no need to ask the chief official for his opinion. If the reality is inconsistent or unclear, it will be judged by the supervisor. The most important thing for the chief official is this judgment behavior. Supervision requires monitoring all the behaviors of the officer. How to monitor this unclear behavior?

In Wang Xiaoli's previous life, people often argued whether man ruled or rule of law. Most people believe that rule of law is advanced and rule of man is backward. It should be mainly ruled by man, and it should be mainly ruled by rule of law, or even directly it should be ruled by rule of law.

It is wrong to think so. In life, there are countless things in countless ways. People form society, and the things in society are even more numerous. People and society are actually impossible to be completely stipulated by laws and regulations. In theory, a society ruled by law does not actually require officials, but only some civil servants like machinery.

Which rule of law and which rule of man is actually determined by the regime according to its own ruling concept. Typically, for example, in the United States, if a person does not have a lawyer, he actually doesn’t even know what the rule of law is. In some small dictatorships, everything is determined by the ruling.

A normal society should have both the rule of law and the rule of man. Moreover, this moderation is not fixed, but is constantly changing with the changes in society. Many people believe that the rule of law should be, one is because it is influenced by social public opinion, and the other has a bad impression of officials.

If an official fails, the problem of unqualifiedness should be dealt with. If the rule of law is not in place, the rule of law should be strengthened. This is the correct attitude.

The most important thing about the role of officials in the regime is to make decisions when there are no provisions on laws and regulations. If an official makes a wrong decision, he must bear the corresponding consequences. Instead, as long as there are no provisions on regulations, officials do not have to bear the consequences. Supervision of officials is a very important part. Chen Yuyi is worried that he has this power and has very high requirements for supervisory officials.
Chapter completed!