This was an era of Confucianism, and Wu Shan undoubtedly adhered to the Confucian philosophy: to choose wise men to govern and to bind officials with virtue and etiquette. It is hoped that officials will be self-benevolent, and that the justice of power will be realized through the moral guidance and transformation of officials.

It is precisely on this basis that, like many orthodox officials, Wu Shan put the important idea of governing the country on the "rule of officials". A moral model official will govern, get rid of all the "unethical officials" and replace them with "virtuous officials".

Although Wu Shan is still far from standing at the top, in the face of the problem of Caoyun's disadvantages, I am afraid that he is still inclined to the inaction of Caoyun Du's imperial history, and is eager to use virtuous officials to fill it.

This can't blame Wu Shan for putting the root of the problem on Hu Zhi. Because Hu Zhi is indeed a member of the Yan Party, and he has only cared about helping the Yan family and his son make money over the years, the loss of maintaining Cao Yun has increased unabated.

A strategy like Guo Pu's proposal to govern Caoyun is certainly desirable, but not to mention whether the imperial court will adopt it, if Wu Zhi does not implement and supervise, then everything will be useless.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Shan obviously thinks that to solve the current shortcomings of Cao Yun, it is necessary to start with the selection of the imperial history of Cao Yun, and cannot hand over the important task of solving the Cao Yun problem to a villain like Wu Zhi.

Lin Haoran was like a bystander, with only ears and no mouth, listening carefully to the conversation between the two bigwigs, and seriously gaining insight and analysis of their words and deeds.

It's just that Wu Shan blames Wu Zhi for blaming the blame and trusting Yu Zhizhi too much, but he has a different opinion. Although the rule of officials seems to be reasonable, people are selfish individuals, so how can people maintain the justice of power?

Of course, there is no absolute right or wrong in this kind of thing, it can only be regarded as a political dispute with Wu Shan.

Like the local governance of Chun'an County. Other officials are afraid that they will still have a vegetarian diet, and even collude with the local squires to continue to oppress the people, but Hai Rui was able to govern Chun'an County properly.

Lin Haoran aspired to become the first assistant, but he did not form his set of governing concepts. At this moment, he did not have a critical attitude, but an attitude of learning, and seriously absorbed the essence from these two big guys.

Although he is already in the officialdom and is already in the third rank of Shuntian Mansion Yin, he is still far away from Guo Pu and Wu Shan. The higher you climb up, the harder it becomes.

Many officials can easily go from the seventh product to the right and the imperial history of the fourth product, but if you want to go to the right deputy capital of the imperial history, or the left capital of the imperial history, it is like ascending to the sky.

Now Guo Pu and Wu Shan were in front of him, but he obviously felt a gap. is not only the gap in official positions, but also a state of mind, a kind of calmness in the six books.

He had a feeling in his heart that one of the two bigwigs in front of him would be promoted to the position of head assistant tomorrow, and they would be able to face everything calmly, and he would not be able to take their place.

Lin Haoran was a little distracted, and reflected, and found that he was not ready to become a six-book scholar at the moment, and lacked some time to sharpen and rinse.

The two continued to communicate as if they were ignorant of Lin Haoran's existence.

"Brother Jing, although I can't replace Wu Zhi now, if there is a suitable opportunity, I will definitely replace Wu Zhi!" Guo Pu saw the disappointment on Wu Shan's face, and immediately made a serious promise.

Wu Shan knew that Guo Puyuan couldn't argue with the Yan family's father and son, and this was already the biggest promise, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for good news for my brother!" ”

The two have been old acquaintances for many years, and they quickly chatted about family life from the official affairs of the court. Guo Pu seemed to be a little interested in Lin Haoran, but Lin Haoran had a unique ability to play sloppy, and did not talk too much about the new trends of the Shuntian Mansion.

Seeing the bright moon hanging, Guo Pu took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

Wu Shan and Lin Haoran sent Guo Pu to the front yard, and watched Guo Pu leave in an inconspicuous sedan chair, until the sedan chair was far away, Wu Shan turned back.

Lin Haoran looked at Wu Shan's slightly depressed back, although he and Guo Pu did not deal with each other, but Wu Shan and Guo Pu were gentlemen's friends, and the two had a taste of sympathy for each other.

By the moonlight and the light, the two walked towards the gazebo.

"I've seen Daddy!"

The mother and daughter of the Wu family greeted them from the corridor, and Wu Qiuyu greeted Wu Shan in a proper manner.

Wu Qiuyu is undoubtedly the standard lady of this era, and attaches great importance to manners and etiquette. Even in the face of his father, he bows in a proper manner, and is not as free and coquettish as ordinary women.

"I just asked the kitchen to cook mung bean candy, you son-in-law try it!" Mother Wu's eyes were full of smiles, and she said enthusiastically.

Lin Haoran saluted Wu's mother and said, "There is a mother-in-law!" ”

Wu Shan faced his daughter and wife, but maintained the demeanor of the head of the family, nodded slightly, and walked towards the gazebo shrouded in moonlight.

Lin Haoran exchanged a look with Wu Qiuyu, and then gave a salute to her mother-in-law, and then hurriedly followed.

Yahuan put down the two bowls of mung bean candy and carefully retreated.

Wu Shan sat in front of the stone table in a very standard sitting position, picked up the bowl of mung bean candy, and ate it with a spoon in a gentle manner, and his demeanor was meticulous.

Lin Haoran didn't like to eat with Wu Shan, he was too uncomfortable, but he had to sit down and focus all his energy on dealing with mung bean candy like Wu Shan.

"If it were you, how would you do a good job of this household book!" Wu Shan didn't know when he had already eaten the mung bean candy in the bowl like a dog had licked it, and asked with his waist straight.

Lin Haoran put down the bowl of mung bean candy that had not been eaten yet, and replied with Wu Shan's gaze very affirmatively: "Obedient!" ”

"The will is unpredictable!" Wu Shan was a little surprised by this answer, but shook his head slightly.

Twenty years have passed, but he has never forgotten. In the past, his mentor Xia Yan submitted a plan to recover the Hetao, and the emperor was a great joy at that time, and just when he was about to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to solve the troubles of Mongolia, the emperor's attitude suddenly changed, and finally his mentor was pushed to the guillotine.

Lin Haoran is no longer the low-key "stupid son-in-law" just now, and has resolutely become the calculating Shuntian Mansion Yin, and said confidently with a serious face: "Father-in-law, the emperor's mind is always the same!" He needed a loyal courtier to help him manage his finances, so that he could build Taoist buildings at any cost he wanted, or buy ambergris as much as he wanted. ”

I have to admit that although Jiajing is not a Ming monarch, he can be regarded as an emperor who is relatively easy to get along with. As long as he follows his wishes, he can often be rewarded, and even entered the cabinet in only six years like Zhang Xuan did.

Wu Shan glanced at Lin Haoran deeply, and found that this son-in-law had extraordinary political foresight, and said with a light sigh: "Daming's finances are already full of holes, how can you still do what you want?" ”

"That's at least as good as Gao Yao did!" Lin Haoran looked at Wu Shan seriously and replied pointedly.

Wu Shan is a smart man, and he knows that Lin Haoran is referring to the Kekou Sect Fan Lumi and supporting the Shengshang to build Taoist buildings, so that he can follow Gao Yao to keep in line, then his position as the head of the household is all right.

It's just that he has a bitter smile on his face, he has never been a person who really covets power, I'm afraid it will be difficult to really become Gao Yao, so he changed the topic again: "Do you have a good plan in your heart?" Can it generate revenue for the treasury without burdening the people? ”