Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading

Chapter 731 Simple boy, he succeeded in throwing the blame

A few days ago, Chen Luo had received a letter from Cheng Nansong, recommending him a great scholar: Chen Xiliang.

Chen Xiliang, courtesy name Gongbi, together with Song Ci and Cheng Nansong, studied at Buren College in Lingzhou in his early years. According to what Cheng Nansong said in his letter, the three of them met in the high mountains on the way to study, and together they worshiped under Mr. Sushui, the old mountain leader of Buren College.

Among the three, Chen Xiliang was the oldest, but the least talented.

Decades ago, Chen Xiliang had entered the realm of searching and was in the position of deputy prime minister. At that time, the Dharma Prime Minister Di Renjie was about to become a saint. He planned to recommend Chen Xiliang to succeed the Dharma Prime Minister. .

Afterwards, Mr. Sushui and Chen Xiliang had a long talk all night. After sunrise, Mr. Sushui returned to the church, while Chen Xiliang handed in his resignation letter, resigned and went back to Qingshenfu Buren Academy to start preaching and teaching again. This once became an undiscussed anecdote in the bias.

I have never seen a teacher favoring a student, but I have never seen someone like Mr. Su Shui obstructing the student's future.

But in the letter, Cheng Nansong revealed the truth about Mr. Su Shui's blocking of Di Xiang and Chen Xiliang's resignation—

What Chen Xiliang's holy way seeks is "no punishment"!

The aristocratic family broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people!

Legalism is an important part of Confucianism. It was founded by Xunzi and carried forward by Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, and Han Feizi. Among them, Shang Jun was the first to propose "there is no punishment".

But in the end, due to the backlash of human luck, Lord Shang ended up dead.

But Chen Xiliang, the holy way of practice, is exactly Shangjun's way of "no punishment".

Cheng Nansong told Chen Luo that Chen Xiliang's talent was not good. Mr. Sushui once said that he could reach the second rank at most in his life, but by chance, Chen Xiliang got half of the "Lixin log" of Shangjun back then. This half of "Lixin log" There is a half-volume "Shang Jun Shu" engraved on it that has been lost for a long time!

Perhaps it is because Shang Jun's way fits too well with Chen Xiliang, who is not favored, with half a volume of "Shang Jun Shu", he has made rapid progress in Legalism, breaking through realms one after another, until he broke through to the realm of seeking, and became a Confucianist at that time. Big spotlight.

But Chen Xiliang succeeded in "Shang Jun Shu", and failed in "Shang Jun Shu".

If he continues on this holy path, he is destined to end up in the same fate as Lord Shang!

Therefore, Mr. Su Shui made a move.

He blocked Chen Xiliang's chances of being promoted to minister of law, and then asked Chen Xiliang to return to the academy, stay away from officialdom, and look for a way to crack it.

However, not only did Chen Xiliang fail to find a way to break it, but his mood was damaged, he retreated again and again on the holy way, and fell from the seeking state to the second-rank state.

That's why Cheng Nansong wrote to Chen Luo. He thought that perhaps Chen Luo could help his ill-fated senior brother find the direction of the holy way again.

Before that, Chen Luo was thinking about when to spare a day or two to go to Buren Academy, meet this Mr. Chen, and invite him to come out of the mountain. He only knew about Chen Gongbi in this world from Cheng Nansong, but the Chen Gongbi in Blue Star's history was someone Chen Luo admired.

Unexpectedly, the other party delivered it to the door by himself.

Not only that, but also brought two great gods!

Chen Luo's eyes fell on the two young men behind Chen Gongbi.

If you read correctly, these are two pieces of blue sky...

"You are polite, sir." Chen Luo hurriedly saluted Chen Xiliang and the two pieces of blue sky, greeted them to sit down, ordered the servants to serve tea, and then asked knowingly, "I heard that Cheng Xiang and Song Sheng mentioned sir, and I wanted to pay a visit. , but I am bound up with official business and cannot travel far. I am very happy to see you and your two disciples today. I don’t know why you are here today?”

Looking at Chen Luo's enthusiastic face, Chen Xiliang was also slightly taken aback.

Martial arts master Chen Luo, this is a character whose ears can hear cocoons in the past two years. I also know that the other party is young, but when we met for the first time today, I realized that the other party is too young.

No wonder Junior Brother Cheng is so worried, after all, he is still a child.

Looking at Chen Luo's youthful face, and listening to Chen Luo's immature but pretending to be mature words, Chen Xiliang couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

Those old guys couldn't solve the legalist problem by themselves, so they pushed such a kid up to take the blame?

No matter how heroic he is, it is also a battle with sharp swords and sharp guns. This is the officialdom, and it is a place where you can wrestle even if you walk on a flat road.

At his age, no matter how smart he is, how much thought can he have? How much resistance is there to deal with those conspiracy calculations?

You just pushed him to the position of Faxiang, and then ignored each of them?

It has long been heard that his parents died since he was a child, and only his elder sister has entered the Taoist door and closed the life and death gate. Although the bamboo forest of the master's school is strong, the bamboo sage is far away, and several senior brothers guard the bamboo forest, and no one is by his side.

This child is lonely and unaccompanied!

Chen Xiliang had read all the records about Chen Luo by Sima Daru of the Spring and Autumn Hall in detail on the way here.

What a good boy, who has gone through so many dangers, made so many contributions to our human race, and still smiles so sincerely!

Okay, you don't care about him, the old man will take care of it!

Thinking of this, Chen Xiliang quickly showed a kind smile, and said softly: "The old man was invited by my junior brother Nansong to help Zhuguo take charge of the bias."

"Although the old man has not made any achievements, he still knows a little about the relationships and personnel in various places, and he must be able to help a little."

"In addition..." Chen Xiliang turned his head, looked at Kuang Zhong and Hai Rui, and said to Chen Luo, "The two villains have passed the imperial examination a few years ago, and now they have reached the age of becoming an official. The old man wants them to be on the sidelines Become an official and exercise some time."

"Great." Although he had already guessed the purpose of the other party's visit, Chen Luo still slapped his thigh cooperatively and said, "Qingqing Zijin, you care about my heart, but for the sake of you, I have been thinking about it until now! I have to be Mr. Biyi Worry-free everywhere!"

Listening to Chen Luona's excited nonsense, Chen Xiliang shook his head with a smile, and even Hai Rui and Kuang Zhong showed a smile.

Unexpectedly, the dignified Master Zhuguo is so cute.

"To be honest, I'm having a headache and want to consult my husband." Chen Luo said directly in the spirit of "leading the team well".

Before Chen Xiliang took a sip of hot tea, he quickly put down his teacup and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Luo hurriedly brought the roster he had just written, handed it to Chen Xiliang, and said, "Mr. Chen knows about the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Chen Xiliang squeezed his beard and nodded: "Of course."

In fact, Chen Xiliang originally wanted to investigate Chen Luo, but after watching "The Injustice of Dou E" and "The Metropolitan Procuratorate", he decided to come directly to meet Chen Luo.

Seeing Chen Xiliang's expression of admiration, Chen Luo hurriedly continued, "It's easy for me to set up this procuratorate, but it's a headache for me to recruit candidates."

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for turning the case around. If it uses inhumane people, I'm afraid it will cause even greater grievances. But I really can't find so many people..."

Hearing Chen Luo's distress, not only Chen Xiliang, but also Kuang Zhong and Hai Rui laughed.

Chen Xiliang put down his teacup and said: "Zhu Guo has good considerations. The procuratorate is very good, but if someone with a heart is playing a game of vacating cages and changing birds, and filling them with people, then Zhu Guo is making wedding dresses for people." .”

"Based on my understanding of those aristocratic and holy clans, they won't come up and seize key positions, they will only infiltrate slowly, and spend ten, twenty, or thirty years to ease the situation through various methods such as assistance, marriage, and bribery. Take the initiative slowly."

"Then what should I do?" Chen Luo didn't bother to use his brain at this time, and sat directly beside Chen Xiliang, and asked with his mouth open.

Hearing Chen Luo's "helpless" question, Chen Xiliang couldn't help sighing secretly that he came in time, otherwise the child would have stepped into a trap.

"The first step, of course, is to use the right people. Grassroots officials can first select from the people who have been in office in the past three years. This group of people has just entered the official career and their temperament is uncertain. It is also the most dangerous period when they are facing corruption. If there is a problem, it is worth focusing on training."

"This old man does not shy away from relatives. If Zhu Guo agrees, Kuang Zhong and Hai Rui can be involved in this work. They are upright and selfless."

Chen Luo nodded quickly.

I wish for it.

Chen Luo cupped his hands towards Kuang Zhong and Hai Rui, and they quickly returned the salute. Then Chen Luo looked at Chen Xiliang again: "What about the second step?"

"The second step is naturally to initially build an effective official structure, but here we need fifth-rank officials, fourth-rank officials, and even third-rank officials."

"Over the past few years, many officials in the biased offices have sent back with seals because they were dissatisfied or offended the aristocratic and holy families. These people, I have contacts."

"The old man thought that they could all be called back. It just so happens that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is newly established, so there is no need to add additional posts. How does Zhu Guo think?"

Chen Luo's eyes lit up.

That's right, if you weren't upright, how could you be disappointed, how could you be excluded, and how could you leave?

If this group of people were allowed to come back and be responsible for overturning unjust cases and arresting corrupt officials, it would be a great pleasure.

"Yeah." Chen Luo nodded again, as expected of the person recommended by Lao Cheng, it's reliable!

"The third step is to improve the legal system." Seeing Chen Luo's appearance, Chen Xiliang was even more open-minded, knowing everything he said, "I think that all officials should declare their property. We can start the trial with the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"Then, systems such as cross-changing of guards, evidence-based orders, and lifelong accountability must be established first."

When it came to the end, Chen Xiliang was silent for a moment, and said, "There is one last thing that requires Prime Minister Zhu's approval."

"What's up?"

Chen Xiliang said: "A high salary keeps people honest!"

"Officials are human beings, and they also have wives and children. If too much emphasis is placed on honesty and purity, it will inevitably make people embarrassed."

Chen Luo nodded when he heard the words, and couldn't help but glance at Hai Rui who was standing behind Chen Xiliang.

In the period of history in Chen Luo's memory, if it is said that officials have less salary, the Ming Dynasty is the most; but if it is said that officials are more greedy, Ming Dynasty is also in the top three. And it's still aboveboard, and it's greedy to list names.

"I can raise the salary, but I can pay it, but this breaks the rules. But the court salary has its own system, and it is not good to increase it without authorization." Chen Luo thought for a while, and said, "Let's do it. The bias is to cooperate with "Da Xuan Min Bao". "People's Legal System Daily", I give up a part of it to the bias department, which is regarded as the authorization fee. The welfare of the officials of the bias department should be allocated from this part."

Chen Xiliang was startled when he heard the words, and looked at Chen Luo with some surprise.

Although he knew that the "People's Legal News" hadn't been published yet, but just relying on Chen Luo's reputation and those legal stories, he knew that this newspaper was another gold mine.

One ingredient!

Chen Xiliang looked at Chen Luo. This time, he felt more and more the sincerity of the child in front of him. It's just that, being so unintentional, it's better to remind him.

"President Zhu, the old man thinks that this amount should not be given all at once, otherwise it will inevitably attract people's envy. You can cooperate with some officials' incorruptible deeds, and then reward them with great fanfare, so as to silence everyone's mouths."

Chen Luo thought about it, and it made sense.

It's just that he originally thought of giving one share, but finally gave three shares.

But Chen Xiliang said so, so let's listen to his old man.

"Mr. Chen, you have served as the deputy prime minister of the bias department, and you are suitable in terms of qualifications and abilities. The prime minister wants to appoint you as the first governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What do you think?"

"Shake the Pot"!

Chen Xiliang frowned slightly: "The old man has not entered the officialdom for many years, so he hastily took on this important task, I am afraid that the court..."

"I'll take care of the court affairs!" Chen Luo waved his hand and said confidently.

Isn't it just to let His Majesty show his face a few more times, and get a few more seals!

trifle!

Chen Xiliang hesitated for a moment, then looked at Chen Luo again.

Forget it, since the Procuratorate has just been established, there must be many ghosts and ghosts.

Let the old man, this old bone, stand in the way for you!

"Since this is the case, the old man should be respectful rather than obedient. Within three days, the old man will prepare the detailed rules of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and report to Zhu Guo."

"Well..." Chen Luo nodded, and said seriously, "Today is a bit late, and tomorrow I will grant the seal to Mr.

"The matter of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I will leave it to you, sir."

Chen Xiliang got up and saluted, "Gong Bi will do his best."

Chen Luo: ヽ(￣▽￣)

The dumping was successful!

Seeing Chen Luo's relaxed look, Chen Xiliang sighed in his heart: This child seems to be omnipotent on the surface, but in fact there is still a sense of anxiety and tension hidden in his heart!

…

Just when Daxuan set off a legalist upsurge in the whole territory because of Chen Luo's appointment as Minister of Law and the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a small incident also happened in Nanhuang.

The Tiger Clan's offspring, the Lion Clan, rebelled.

It is not appropriate to say that it is a rebellion. The main reason is that Shi Wei, the young master of the Lion Clan, beheaded the envoy of the Tiger Clan, and then brought his 800 Blue Lion Guards and three Great Sages of the Lion Clan to fight against the Winged Tiger who came to ask for responsibility. There was a fierce battle.

As a result of the battle, more than half of the 800 green lion guards died in battle, all three great sages of the lion clan died in battle, and Shi Wei, the young master of the lion clan, was captured alive by the winged tiger.

It is rumored that Shi Qi, the ancestor demon of the Lion Clan, tried to make a move, but was suppressed by Feng Bugui.

Weihu Mountain.

"Your Majesty, my son did not intend to rebel!" Shi Li, the patriarch of the Lion Clan, stood in the hall, saluted respectfully, and said with grief and indignation, "The Yihu lineage has suddenly increased the share of my clan's handover recently. My son can't be angry. The envoy reasoned. Unexpectedly, the envoy wanted to take my grandson as a hostage, and my son had no choice but to kill him."

"Your Majesty, please be careful."

Feng Nanzhi sat upright on the soft bed, listened to Shi Li's narration, frowned slightly, and said: "The document submitted by the Yihu Department said that you have raised troops?"

Shi Li was stunned for a moment, and said, "That's my son's personal guards, and the three guardian saints."

"That's the time to raise troops!" Feng Nanzhi said coldly, "Go back, and replace your son with a clear mind as the young master."

"Next time, the lion tribe will change to a clear-headed lion king."

Shi Li opened his mouth and was about to turn around when Feng Nanzhi suddenly looked impatient and said, "Come here."

The figure of the secret guard immediately appeared in the hall.

"Accompany the Lion King to the Yihu Department. If Shi Wei is still alive, let him take him away."

Shi Li was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Feng Nanzhi in surprise.

"Don't thank you yet?" the secret guard said coldly.

Only then did Shi Li come to his senses, and quickly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he followed the secret guard out of the hall.

Seeing Shi Li's back going away, Feng Nanzhi frowned slightly, patted his abdomen gently with one hand, and muttered to himself: "The wind does not return... What are you doing?"

…

Zhongjing, Anguo Gongfu.

"Sir, this is the humble house." The carriage stopped, and Chen Luo came out of the carriage, along with Chen Xiliang and the little boy.

When talking at the Biyi place before, Chen Luocai learned that Chen Xiliang and the others were still living in the inn, so he took the initiative to invite them to stay in the Anguo mansion temporarily. Chen Xiliang thought that the official residence of the Metropolitan Procuratorate would be arranged in a few days anyway, so he agreed. But Kuang Zhong and Hai Rui were driven by him to find a house to live in.

After all, they are about to join the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they will not be assigned to the official residence according to their grades, and everything depends on themselves.

So Chen Luo watched the two pieces of blue sky drift away like this...

Looking at the money Chen Xiliang gave them, it is estimated that they will find a farmer outside the city to share the rent.

Welcome to college graduation season.

Led Chen Xiliang into the Duke's Mansion, arranged for Lu Tong to arrange guest rooms and dinner, the little boy was taken to play by the gourd girls, and Chen Luo and Chen Xiliang sat in the flower hall and continued to chat about the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"By the way, sir, there is something I don't understand." Chen Luo seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked.

Chen Xiliang smiled faintly: "Please tell Zhu Guo."

Chen Luo considered his language for a while, and then said: "Before I heard Cheng Xiang say that the punishment cannot be punished by the family, and the law does not punish the saints. The reason is that their luck is entangled with the luck of the human race. If you deal with the saints of the family Clan, but will be backlashed by the fate of the human race, and Lord Shang will also die under the backlash."

"But I don't understand what is the essence of this."

"Why is it considered that the luck of the human race is being hurt as long as the holy family is punished? Can't the human race correct themselves?"

"My bamboo forest has an enmity with the Fang family. My master, senior brother, senior sister, and even me have all attacked the Fang family. Why is there no problem?"

Listening to Chen Luo's continuous questions, Chen Xiliang first smiled, then sighed again.

"Has Cheng Xiang told Zhu Guo that the main body of the luck of the human race is the luck of the holy clan of the aristocratic family?"

Chen Luo nodded.

Chen Xiliang continued: "How does the luck of the human race come from?"

"There are sages who walked out of the Wanli Avenue, ascended to heaven and became holy, connected with the way of heaven with the holy way, and came here."

"The so-called Heavenly Dao's bell, to put it bluntly, is to see who has the most connections to the Heavenly Dao, and whoever connects to the Heavenly Dao has the most luck."

"There are more monster races than witch races, so the monster races have become the protagonists of heaven; I have more human races than monster races, so now I dominate Kyushu."

"To put it simply, the luck of the human race is the luck of the heavens they took from the way of heaven, which was absorbed by our human race and then transformed. The imperial court is the easiest way to increase luck."

"So you can understand?"

Chen Luo nodded: "Understood, it is equivalent to the saint getting the first sum of money from Tiandao. Then I, the human race, will manage it, and finally get the total amount."

"If you make a profit, you will be a prosperous dynasty; if you lose money, you will be in turmoil. Right?"

Chen Xiliang was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's right, that's what it means."

"Using your analogy, the saints of the noble family are the continuation of the blood of the saints, and to some extent, they are the owners of the money."

"If the owner is damaged, it will naturally have to make up for it. The way to make up for it is to take back the money that was released by myself, but the money that was released has already been turned into various properties. If they are taken back, they will rely on these properties for food. people will suffer.”

"In this way, backlash is born."

After listening to Chen Xiliang's answer, Chen Luo finally understood that, in the end, there was a lack of financial isolation.

"You ask why you have an enmity with the Fang family and nothing happened, but I wait for the law enforcement to be backlashed?"

"It's very simple. Take the Fang family as an example. As long as the Fang family's holy way is still there, even if the Fang family dies, it's not called damage. Someone will inherit it."

"The law is different. The law is appointed by the imperial court and promulgated to the world, with the will of all people."

"Using the law to punish the holy family of the family is tantamount to denying the holy family of the family with the will of all people, and it is nothing more than negating how much."

"In this way, the aristocratic family's luck will naturally be damaged."

"That's why the aristocratic and holy clan are more willing to punish their disciples themselves than to be punished by the court."

Chen Luo frowned slightly: "It's not even for individuals?"

"As long as you are not expelled from the family tree and have the blood of saints and semi-saints on your body, you are one with the family. If you are prosperous, you will be prosperous, and if you are damaged, you will be damaged."

Chen Luo let out a long breath: "Understood."

Chen Xiliang nodded with a smile: "It's this hurdle that stuck the old man's Jiazi years."

"Many legalist semi-sages end up with the concept of 'human race first', crossing the natural barrier of this law, and canonize the place immediately; but the old man is taking the road of 'no punishment', and there is no way around it!"

Chen Luo smiled softly: "There will be a way~www.wuxiamtl.com~ From the source, everything is because of the power of the heaven, so let's work hard from the power of the heaven.

This, as a Daoist, is what I am best at.

Thinking of this, Chen Luo was about to say a few more words of comfort to Chen Xiliang, but suddenly his expression changed and he was stunned.

"Zhu Guo, what's the matter with you?" Chen Xiliang also noticed Chen Luo's strangeness and asked with concern.

Chen Luo waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just thought of something." After finishing speaking, he stood up, "Mr. Chen, I have some private matters in practice to deal with first, so I won't accompany you."

Chen Xiliang hastily waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, you can practice on your own."

"Yeah!" Chen Luo cupped his hands, hurriedly ran back to the study, sat cross-legged in meditation, and his mind fell into the sea of ​​spirit and soul.

Just now, it seemed that something rushed into the flower forest of my dream!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.