Yang Yikui asked Gong Daqi: "Recently, there have been many plaques with the words 'clear, cautious, and diligent' in the yamen, do you know where this official proverb comes from?" ”

Zuo Bu's political envoy Gong Daqi was born in two lists, and he read poetry and books, so he didn't know the reason.

Although Gong Daqi understood the source, he didn't want to show off his knowledge in front of the governor, so he said with a smile: "I'm old, I can't remember it for a while, isn't it from the Three Kingdoms?" ”

Yang Yikui stroked his palms and said with a smile: "Exactly, exactly." ”

"Li Bing, the grandson of Li Tong, the former general of Wei, saw Sima Yi when he saw three officials resigning to Sima Yi. Sima Yi told them that officials should be clean, cautious, and diligent, so why not cure the world.

The three of them received the order, and Sima Yi asked again: "You must have to make a trade-off, which of the three is more important?" ”

Someone replied, "Purity." ”

Sima Yi asked Li Bing, and Li Bing replied: "The way of purity and prudence is made by necessity, and it must be a last resort, and prudence is great." Those who are clear do not need to be careful, and those who are cautious will clear themselves. The benevolent must be brave, and the brave do not have to be benevolent. ”

Li Bingshi said that prudence is the most important, because a person who is honest and honest is not necessarily cautious, but a person who is prudent as an official must be honest. Just as the benevolent must have courage, but the brave are not necessarily benevolent.

Gong Daqi nodded and said: "Futai, what you said is extremely true, I don't know what you mean?" ”

Yang Yikui said: "Before the official governor of Henan, he went to the Yuanfu Puzhou Mansion to pay a visit, and listened to him comment on the characters. He also said that this is the word 'clear and prudent and diligent'. At that time, I said that there are too few officials today who can do these three words. ”

Puzhou Gongshi smiled and said to me, Lin Zonghai went to Henan as an official, and asked me to pay more attention. At that time, the official asked, does the Duke of Puzhou want me to take care of one or two? ”

"At that time, the public of Puzhou heard the words, and then said that this person is extremely cautious as an official, how can he take care of you, just advise you, be careful that he turns Henan officialdom upside down."

Gong Daqi said with a smile when he heard this: "Lin Zonghai is only a five-grade official, and such an official can't be counted on ten fingers in Henan, so how can he set off a big thing." Yuan Fuyan is exaggerating. ”

Yang Yikui said: "This official also thinks the same, how can a person who is cautious as an official make waves in the officialdom, and how can an official who sets waves be called cautious?" But the matter of killing the palace servants with a cane, and the fact that the prefect of Guide was questioned by Qin this time, made me aware of it. ”

Gong Daqi nodded and said, "What can Zhongcheng detect?" ”

Yang Yikui said: "From the perspective of Benfu, Lin Zonghai was born in Hanlin, and he was Sanyuan and No. 1, in the past, Hanlin was mostly degraded officials, but this time Benfu seems to have the intention of letting the Son of Heaven let him go to the place for training." You must know that in the Song Dynasty, the prime ministers were all selected from the state department. ”

"Although this dynasty is not prosperous, Lin Zonghai's learning of deeds is to advocate experience, and he will know after doing. Ben Fu saw that Lin Zonghai had so many things during his tenure, drove away the former prefect to seize power, and killed the government to gain popularity, where is this the appearance of a degraded official. Lin Zonghai is clearly bent on making political achievements during his tenure in order to practice his learning. If he can really get his work, the Son of Heaven will transfer him back to Beijing to use it. ”

Gong Daqi listened to Yang Yikui's analysis, and suddenly felt that there was really a possibility of seven or eight points: "Then what does Zhongcheng think I should wait?" ”

Yang Yikui stroked his beard and said: "If Lin Zonghai is true and works for the benefit of one party, this is the luck of the people, the luck of the saints, and the luck of us as officials." At this time, you and I should not drag him by the hind legs, but should whip the fast ox. What was Lin Zonghai originally in charge of in Guide? ”

Gong Daqi said: "In charge of river engineering." ”

"The matter of river work is difficult," Yang Yikui said, "Lin Zonghai can really build a good embankment that will not be bad for a hundred years in Guide Mansion, then Benfu will protect him from the Holy Lord." However, if anything goes wrong with the river worker, Benfu will also hold him responsible, truthfully report to the saint, and dismiss his official. ”

Gong Daqi nodded and said: "Yes, there was a big flood in Guide last year, and if the embankment bursts again this year, it will be a real disaster." Since Zhongcheng intends to whip the fast cow, then the division should also do its best to cooperate. If Lin Zonghai really builds a good embankment that will not be bad for a hundred years, the company will also guarantee him a 'Zhuo Wei' to the saint. ”

After saying Yang Yikui, Gong Daqi and the others laughed in unison.

Gong Daqi said: "By the way, Zhongcheng, the lower officials heard a news from the Ministry of Officials, such as the lack of the prefect of De, the Ministry of Officials should have elected an official candidate within ten days, but this time the alternate officials were unwilling to return to the prefect of Germany." So that there was no one to send the officials for a while. ”

Yang Yikuiqi said: "This belongs to the prefect of Germany, although it is difficult to rush to the complex, but this is a shortage along the river, and after serving for the prefect for three years, he will be promoted to the first level." Why are officials reluctant to go? ”

Gong Daqi said: "It's not that there are so many things in Guide Mansion, last year the Yellow River burst its banks, at the beginning of the year thieves besieged, the former prefect was robbed of office and imprisoned, and now the saint, Qincha, Henan are all staring at Guide Mansion, a slight mistake must be a black yarn hat is not guaranteed, such a place that is easy to lose office, who wants to come?" ”

Yang Yikui said with a smile: "Lin Zonghai wants to make political achievements in Guide, but the officials regard this place as a daunting path, and everyone does not want to come, you say it's ridiculous!" ”

They both laughed.

Gong Daqi chatted with Yang Yikui for a while before returning to the Political Division.

Gong Daqi returned to the yamen, walked to the inner courtyard, saw three young people, saw Gong Daqi and said together: "I've seen my grandfather." ”

Gong Daqi saw the three of them, nodded and said, "It turned out to be the three of you, why don't you study in the public security?" It's time to Kaifeng. ”

After speaking, he pointed to the young man led by him and said, "Zongdao, you are their brother, and you will not be restrained." ”

This is called the young man of Zongdao: "Grandpa, as the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. ”

Another young man on the side said: "Yes, grandfather, at present, among the public security officers, they are no longer interested in looking for chapters and sentences, and they are buried in this set of old papers." Everyone is willing to do everything to practice what they know in the book. ”

Hearing this, Gong Daqi said: "How is it the study of merit?" This is the second time that the old man has heard it today, has the study of merit flourished in public security to this extent? ”

These three young people are the three brothers Yuan Zongdao, Yuan Hongdao, and Yuan Zhongdao.

And Gong Daqi, the political envoy of Henan Zuobu, is the grandfather of the three.

Yuan Zongdao said with a smile: "Back to my grandfather, in the public security, we scholars are not called merit, but forestry." At present, the scholars in the streets and alleys, in addition to the four books and five classics, almost everyone has a book of forestry in their hands. ”

From Yuan Zongdao's words, it can be seen how much the public security scholars love Lin Xue.

This is also what Lin Yanchao did not expect, after he was admonished, the imperial court suppressed Lin Xue and sent Lin Xue's disciples to prison. Now although Lin Yanchao has been rehabilitated, he has left Beijing and is depressed for a while in Beijing.

But unexpectedly, Lin Xue was there, and Huguang Public Security, which was thousands of miles away, flourished.