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Chapter 31: The Way of Being an Official, A Sharp Knife(1/2)

The critical moment?

Fusu had a confused look on his face: "Teacher, is there any difference between this time and other times?"

"Why do you say now is a critical time?"

Chen Ke looked at Fusu and said, "Fusu, where are we now?"

"What are we doing?"

Fusu was a little confused, as if he didn't understand why Chen Ke asked this question.

"Teacher, we are in Penglaizhou and we are drafting the appointment of local officials."

Chen Ke shook his head, looked at Fusu and said, "No, what you said is indeed true, but you did not see the essential content."

"We are in a pilot project and our role is to serve as a "demonstration"."

"What we do, the people behind us will follow what we do. If we ask His Majesty for instructions, then we have established a rule. In the future, the emperor must have a look at the official decisions we make."

"If we break the rules and make our own official positions to save trouble, then even if His Majesty doesn't care, someone will remember it,"

"Even today it's because you are by my side and I am His Majesty's favorite minister, so I can make the decision."

"But if those people want to deceive themselves, why do they care?"

"In the beginning, some of His Majesty's close ministers must have done this, placing their relatives in local official positions."

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]

"Slowly, as time goes by, the positions of these local minor officials, government officials, and even some officials will be filled with the relatives of those high-ranking people in Da Qin."

"In the end, the center of the world will be filled with "corrupt" politics, and the world will no longer be able to become strong."

Chen Ke said quietly, but the words he said made Fusu feel a little scared.

The consequences he said are too serious!

However, when Fusu followed Chen Ke's words and thought about it, he felt that what Chen Ke said was not wrong at all.

Everything must not start from the beginning. Many things have a beginning and a seedling appears. Then things like this will happen one after another in the future.

After it arrived, it washed away like a flood and could no longer be stopped.

Things are like this, people's hearts are like this, we must be on guard against it.

Fusu looked at Chen Ke and said with some solemnity: "Teacher, let's report to His Majesty and ask Him to draw up a plan. Will the others do this?"

Chen Ke looked at Fusu with a look that looked like a fool: "Fusu, I thought your brain was a bit easier before, why are you so stupid now?"

"If we do it, others may not do it this way."

"So we have to establish "rules". What are "rules"?"

Chen Ke sneered: "The 'rules' are the law! They are Qin's laws!"

"That fellow Li Si is currently compiling the Qin Code, but the real Qin Code cannot be revised in a short time."

"Moreover, Qin's laws cannot cover everyone with one law. That is not possible."

"Just like oranges grow in Huainan, they become tangerines, and oranges grow in Huaibei, and they become tangerines. For different groups of people and different things, there must be different Qin laws."

"This is a huge project."

Chen Ke said with emotion while marking the paper in his hand and selecting those who could use it.

Fusu asked cautiously: "Does that have anything to do with what we are talking about?"

Chen Ke blinked: "Since Li Si is too busy in a short time, why not leave the revision of this law to him?"

"Anyway, Prime Minister Li's work has never stopped, and he loves handling government affairs, loves power, and loves work so much."

Listening to Chen Ke describing Li Si's handling of government affairs as "work", Fusu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

What made him laugh even more was when Chen Ke left the job to Li Si without hesitation.

He held his forehead and sighed: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. Teacher, you will definitely leave this matter to my father and Prime Minister Li Si."

Chen Ke chuckled: "Why don't people who can use it use it?"

He seemed to be alluding to something and said: "Whether it is an official, a king, or an ordinary Guizhou leader."

"Profits are always more important than other things - of course, except for blood feuds."

"As an official, you need to know who can help you, so that you can become better, stronger, and rise to the top."

"No matter what hatred you have at this time, as long as you can use his power, you don't have to worry about face or skin, just borrow it."

"As an emperor, you can't just trust anyone. You should love all living beings. The officials in the world and the capital of Guizhou in the world are your people."

"You are their monarch and their emperor."

"This official has contradicted you, but he is very talented in a certain area. Why don't you use him?"

Chen Ke said earnestly: "Another official has a personal enmity with an official you love very much, and the relationship is not good. Don't you want to use this official?"

He said with ulterior motives: "As an emperor, if the hatred among his ministers hinders the use of human resources, then this emperor may be an unqualified emperor."

Fusu sat there, lowering his head silently.

Of course he could hear the meaning behind Chen Ke's words, which were talking about his previous affairs.

Fusu had a good relationship with Meng Tian. His teacher was not only Chunyu Yue, but also Meng Tian.

Meng Tian's relationship with Li Si was not good, or Meng's two brothers had a bad relationship with Li Si, so his relationship with Li Si was also relatively weak.

In other words, in the past two years, he spent more time with Chen Ke, so the relationship with Li Si eased.

Today, on the surface, Chen Ke was talking about using Li Si, but in fact, wasn't he talking about how he was not close to Li Si?

Fusu sat up straight, then bent down and bowed.

"Disciple, thank you teacher for your guidance."

Chen Ke's body, which was originally sitting upright, began to slump again after receiving Fusu's gift.

He yawned and said, "Okay, as long as you understand what the teacher means."

"I just want to tell you what an emperor should really do."

Chen Ke sighed and said: "Even if one day I have enmity with someone, but that person is really capable, you have to use it."

"At worst, I just don't see him more often and don't give him so much love."

Chen Ke chuckled: "Why don't you use something that can be used? If you don't use the free tools, are you just going to watch him get his salary in vain?"

"Of course we have to squeeze his labor force!"

press?

Fusu looked at Chen Ke curiously, with a little curiosity on his face.

"Teacher, why is it called squeezing?"

Chen Ke picked up a certain fruit on the side and placed it in the palm of his hand.

"Human energy is limited. For example, people are like this fruit."

"If we don't work hard, he will just be this fruit."

"But if we put him on a big rock and press it down, his juice will flow out. In the end, all his "powers" will be squeezed out, and he will be useless and dead."

"This is exploitation."

Chen Ke looked at Fusu and said: "Our Majesty is actually a person who is very good at exploiting his ministers, but many people are willing to be exploited by His Majesty."

"Fusu, do you know why?"

After Fusu thought for a moment, he said directly: "Because my father is not stingy with rewards."

Chen Ke nodded: "Everyone who gives something will get something."

"This is why even though His Majesty likes to exploit his subordinates, I am still willing to be exploited by him."

He looked at Fusu and said, "Your personality is different from His Majesty's. His Majesty's personality is fierce and majestic, while yours is more gentle and kind."

"But because of this, there may be people who don't pay much but want more."

"You need to pay more attention to this."

"Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, but if the pot is too big, the food in the pot will be spoiled if you don't pay attention."

"The food can be spoiled, but the hearts of the Guizhou leaders cannot be spoiled."

"Penglaizhou is relatively small now. Even if you make any mistakes in your governance, I, Your Majesty, and Prime Minister Li can still pull it back for you."

"What you need to learn is not the work of some petty officials. These tasks can be left to petty officials to do."

"What you need to do now is what a governor needs to do. This is one of the reasons why I want to divide the local powers."

"Specific policies can be formulated and presented by the people below. You can give a direction. The rest is to judge whether his "strategy" can be used."

"When you become an emperor in the future, all you need to do is find the problem, give directions, and ask the people below to formulate a strategy. You judge whether this strategy can be implemented."

"Only in this way can one become a true "Emperor"."
To be continued...
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