Chapter 296 My Heart Is So Bitter

Lin Beifan turned around and said with a smile, “Master Yao, what’s the matter?”

Yao Zheng bowed again, frowned, and said, “Master Jijiu, please forgive me for being dull, some of you can’t understand what you taught just now about the way of being an official, please give me some advice!”

Lin Beifan nodded: “I see! It’s time for dinner, how about going back to the mansion with me, drinking and eating food, and talking about this?”

Yao Zheng thought of the fine wine from Lin Beifan’s family. The wine worms had already been hooked out, and he said: “It’s better to obey your orders than to be respectful!”

After about an incense stick, they had already returned to the Lin Mansion.

A banquet was set up in the middle of the study, and the two continued to discuss the way to be an official while drinking and eating.

“Master Yao, if you have any questions, you can ask!” Lin Beifan said.

“Thank you Lord Jijiu for giving me this opportunity! Today, Xiaguan accompanied Jijiu to patrol the streets and learned how to be an official! Through those three examples, I learned a lot and understood a lot! It’s just…”

Yao Zheng frowned again: “There are so many thoughts, I don’t know where to start!”

Lin Beifan nodded: “So that’s the case, then I will sort it out for you!”

“Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for your enlightenment, and I will listen to you!”

Lin Beifan put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: “The first thing I want to teach students about being an official is the way of standing! The so-called way of standing is the foothold of being an official. What are we serving as officials! After much deliberation, officials can actually sum it up in four words: for the country and the people!”

Yao Zheng nodded immediately: “Master Jijiu is right!”

“For the country and the people, the people are the foundation, and there is a country with the people, so I let them start from the people first! We often say that the people are suffering, and we all know that the people are suffering, but in fact, the people are worse than we imagined… Be bitter!”

Lin Beifan took a sip of his wine and continued: “So, I want them to go deep into the grassroots and understand the sufferings of the people! Master Yao, let me ask you, the 50-year-old elders who know their destiny can still carry sedan chairs to make money when they are old, what do you say? Is it bitter?”

Yao Zheng nodded heavily: “Bitter!”

“Master Yao, let me ask you, poor families can only sell their daughters as slaves to support the whole family. Do you think it is hard?”

Yao Zheng nodded again: “Bitter!”

“Master Yao, let me ask you again, young people with sound hands and feet can only end up begging on the street as beggars. Do you think it is hard?”

“This…” Yao Zheng glanced at Lin Beifan, and said, “Master Jijiu, I don’t think he is a bitter man! He has hands and feet, is light and healthy, and can do a job to support himself, but he likes leisure and hates work.” , it just deserves it!”

Lin Beifan smiled and shook his head: “Master Yao, you only look at his appearance, but you can’t think of his heart! Although he doesn’t suffer from the hardships of life, he suffers from the hardships of his heart! Because he can’t see any hope, no hope of turning over , full of ambition but unable to display it, so I can only paralyze myself!”

Lin Beifan glanced at the old man next to him: “This kind of suffering is also called the suffering of being unrecognized for talents, the suffering of being depressed and unsuccessful! Master Yao, you should have a deep understanding!”

“So that’s how it is!” Yao Zheng took a sip of his wine, recalling the past, with a bit of bitterness: “It’s really bitter!”

“So, I will let them understand the sentiments of the people! As long as I think of the scenes I saw today in my future official career, I will have a little more compassion in my heart, and I will be satisfied if I can favor the common people a little bit!”

“Master Jijiu’s words are very true, I will offer you a toast!”

The two clinked glasses and drank in one gulp.

Lin Beifan continued: “The second way of being an official that I want to teach students is the dialectical way! The so-called dialectical way is to look at problems dialectically, to see the good side, and also to see the bad side! When you see the phenomenon, you must also see the essence!”

“For example, the matter of elders carrying sedan chairs for young people!”

“Those who have read the books of Confucius and Mencius know that it is wrong to do this. The elders should not carry the sedan chair for the young, and the young cannot sit on the sedan chair carried by the elders, otherwise it is against human ethics!”

“But, let’s look at it from another angle!”

“Did the elder do something wrong? He is not wrong. He can only do these hard jobs in order to survive and eat! If he doesn’t do it, he can only starve to death!”

“Did the young man do something wrong? He is also right, because he paid the money, and he should enjoy the service he deserves! If he doesn’t sit, the two elders may starve to death!”

“Everyone is right…” Lin Beifan spread his hands and asked, “Could it be our way of Confucius and Mencius, is it wrong?”

“This…” Yao Zheng was speechless and unable to answer.

“Actually, that’s true!” Lin Beifan said with a smile: “Confucius and Mencius taught us to respect the old and love the young. If we don’t respect the old and love the young, the old and the young will be out of order, and all human relationships will be destroyed. The world will be in chaos!”

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Yao Zheng nodded slightly: “Yes!”

“Since everyone is right, who is wrong?” Lin Beifan asked again.

“This…” Yao Zheng was at a loss for words again, unable to answer.

“Actually, no one is wrong, it’s just that the starting point is different! In order to educate the world, Confucius and Mencius proposed the virtue of respecting the old and loving the young! In order to survive, the two old men had no choice but to put on airs for the young man! The young man paid the money. , naturally you should enjoy the service you deserve!”

“Selling women into slavery and young people begging are the same principle!”

“So…” Lin Beifan said with a smile: “What I want to tell the students is that many things are not black and white, and there is no standard answer at all! It is better to have no books than to believe in books! Many things must be combined with reality. Think! In this way, when you become an official, you will be calm and calm, consider everything, put yourself in the shoes of the common people, and will not govern indiscriminately!”

“I’ve been taught, I’ve been taught…” Yao Zheng toasted Lin Beifan again.

“This official wants to teach the students the third way to be an official, which is the way of choice! The so-called way of choice is what should be done, and how to solve problems when they arise!”

“It’s like selling a girl into slavery!”

Lin Beifan said with a smile: “Some people who have cultivated virtue can’t accept selling women as slaves! Moreover, this matter is indeed moral. It is gray in the law and is not supported by the law! But if you don’t do this, the other party’s family will I will starve to death!”

“As a law enforcement officer, what should I do at this time, and what should I choose?”

Yao Zheng frowned and remained silent.

“To be honest, it’s really hard to do!” Lin Beifan shook his head, “If you defend the majesty of the law, then the family of 8 will starve to death! If you don’t, you will be worthy of the official status on you.” Are you ready?”

Yao Zheng cupped his hands and humbly asked for advice: “Master Jijiu, please teach me what to do at this time!”

Lin Beifan shook his head: “There is no practical solution, the only way is for the people not to raise officials and not investigate, and treat it as invisible!”

“Oh, it’s difficult!” Yao Zheng sighed deeply.  …

“The fourth way of being an official that I want to teach students is the way of seeking! The so-called way of seeking is what I want to pursue as an official, what goals I want to achieve, and what problems I want to solve. This is the ultimate goal of our officials. Pursue!”

“Master Yao, what do you think is our ultimate pursuit of being an official?” Lin Beifan asked.

Yao Zheng frowned: “For the country and the people?”

“This is the starting point, the starting point, what I’m asking is the ending point!” Lin Beifan said.

Yao Zheng smiled wryly: “Please excuse my stupidity, I can’t figure it out!”

“Actually, the answer is already obvious!”

Lin Beifan said with a smile: “As long as the elders don’t have to come out to carry the sedan chair, they can live at home and have children and grandchildren! Poor families no longer need to sell their daughters into slavery, and any family can afford to raise their own children and enjoy their family! Young people don’t have to worry about society anymore. Full of despair, you can get everything you want if you work hard!”

“It boils down to 12 words: old people have something to depend on, little to support, and work to get something!”

“As long as these three points are achieved…” Lin Beifan smiled complacently: “The country will be peaceful and the people will be safe, the country will be rich and the people will be strong, and the world will be peaceful!”

“You’re so right!” Yao Zheng slapped his thigh and said excitedly, “I’ve been thinking about a problem that I haven’t figured out all my life, let Master Jijiu wake you up with one sentence! Isn’t the ultimate pursuit of being an official just to be old? Is there something to rely on, something to support, and something to work for? As long as these three points are achieved, how can the world not be peaceful?”

Immediately picked up a glass of wine: “Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for your guidance, and I will offer you a glass!”

Lin Beifan said loudly: “Do it!”

After drinking three cups in a row, everyone felt at ease!

Only then did he express the pride in his chest!

Yao Zheng frowned again, and said with a wry smile: “This is indeed the ultimate pursuit of being an official! But to achieve these three points is really very difficult and almost impossible!”

Lin Beifan nodded with deep sympathy, and sighed: “It is indeed very difficult! Look at me, in order to realize this ambition, I fought against corrupt officials and courtiers alone in the court, and I even did not hesitate to join forces with others. How much grievance, how much suffering, Master Yao, do you know?”

Recalling the past, there was unspeakable pain in my heart, and I couldn’t help drinking a little wine to drown my sorrows.

Yao Zheng looked at Lin Beifan drinking the court wine, and looked at the table full of shameful delicacies, and said, “Master Jijiu, you said that you are in a difficult situation, I can understand it! But you said that you have been wronged and suffered, please Forgive me for not agreeing!”

“Master Yao, what you see is only on the surface. How many people can see the pain in my heart?” Lin Beifan patted his chest and said bitterly.

Yao Zheng opened his eyes wide: “Is it very bitter? I see that you eat it very well!”

“I’m talking about my heart, not my mouth!” Lin Beifan’s face was full of incomprehensible pain: “My heart is really too bitter, even fine wine can’t quench the pain in my heart! At that time, I just wanted to be so drunk and dreamy!”

“Master Jijiu, you think so beautifully, and sometimes the lower officials think so too! But I’m not as thick-skinned as you, so I dare not say it!” Yao Zheng said enviously.

Lin Beifan protested: “Stop talking nonsense, drink!”.