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The little emperor's face sank like water, and Zhang Whale gave Lin Yanchao frequent looks.

Lin Yanchao knew what to expect, and first saluted the little emperor and said, "Speaker Lin Yanchao to meet Your Majesty." ”

The little emperor drooped his face and snorted: "This sea pen holder is stubborn, full of roundabout words, stubborn and inflexible, how can it be entrusted with facts?" And the fact that you recommended him to me to start a righteous school is really unknown. I want to cure you for the crime of negligence, and the pen and paper are prepared for you, so you should write a letter to the palace asking for the guilt! ”

Although the little emperor's tone was not good, his mood did not fluctuate, and he even made eye contact with Zhang Whale while talking.

Lin Yanchao hung his head and listened to the little emperor's 'stern words', and then glanced at the small table.

This four-legged small table is about a foot high, this is the palace banquet table, because the palace banquet is all sitting on the ground, squatting here to write a guilty fold, the taste is not very good.

"Lin Qing's family, don't you want me to write it?"

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged." ”

Seeing Lin Yanchao shouting and shouting grievances, the little emperor frowned and said, "I said that you are still wrong?" How did you do this? ”

On the huge central pole hall, the bronze crane quietly puffed out smoke.

The little emperor got up from his carved lacquered Nine Dragons throne and came to Lin Yanchao with his hands in his hands.

Lin Yanchao organized his words and said: "Your Majesty, it is good that the ministers are guilty of negligence, but Hai Rui is not stubborn and inflexible, but shrewd and cunning. ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao's words, the little emperor and Zhang Whale all spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

The little emperor was stunned, and said to Lin Yanchao: "What did you just say, tell me again." ”

Lin Yanchao said honestly: "Chen Dao Hai Rui is shrewd and cunning. ”

The little emperor was puzzled when he heard Lin Yanchao's words, there were many people in the officialdom who praised Hai Rui, and there were also many people who scolded Hai Rui. But Hai Rui said that he was old-fashioned and inflexible, but it was not many to say that Hai Rui was shrewd and cunning.

"How shrewd and cunning Hai Rui is, can you tell me about it?"

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, since Jiajing, the imperial court has elected officials who are famous and well-born, and even if they have political achievements, they will not be able to rank more than five officials. And Hai Rui was forty years old Shi Brown, starting from the county school teachings, with his straightforward way of life, offended the officialdom, but His Majesty almost ordered him to be a three-grade waiter, relying on offending people, the more the official is bigger, this kind of sleek way of official advancement, the ministers want to learn one or two from him. ”

After Lin Yanchao finished speaking, the little emperor and Zhang Whale were all smiling.

The little emperor heard it and felt that Lin Yanchao was interesting.

The little emperor walked to the imperial case, picked up a stack of pieces of music and said: "Don't talk nonsense to me, since I summoned Hai Rui to Beijing, there have been endless pieces of impeachment against him, and some of them have impeached Hai Rui for 'selling honesty and honesty to clear his name, and selling straight to get into office', saying that he is an honest official, all for others to see, and is deceiving the world and stealing his name." ”

Others reported that he had a loss of personal morality, saying that he had married nine wives and concubines, and that one wife and one concubine died almost at the same time when he was an official in Nanjing. Are these things true or false? Yu Hai Rui's private morality, before you recommended him, did you inspect it in detail in Beijing? Is your understanding of Hai Jui hearsay? ”

Lin Yanchao also had to sigh that it was difficult to be in the emperor's place. Some people know too little, their eyes are black, and they don't know how to choose.

And the emperor knows too much, everyone has their own opinions, and they don't know who to listen to. No wonder when Zhang Juzheng was leaving, he persuaded the little emperor not to believe the words of the civil officials in the chapter.

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Hai Rui's wife and concubine, these ministers don't know, these things may exist, or someone deliberately tries to find out the dark, and His Majesty can't make rash judgments before he finds out." ”

The little emperor nodded and said, "That's it." I didn't wronged you, you didn't know Hai Rui's person, you didn't notice his official integrity, and you dared to recommend it to me, you can't escape the crime of negligence in recommending people. ”

Zhang Whale gave Lin Yanchao another look, telling him not to argue with the little emperor again, and immediately admit his mistake in front of the palace.

Lin Yanchao saw Zhang Whale's eyes, so he lowered his head.

was the little emperor, and Zhang Whale thought that Lin Yanchao was going to be soft when the palace was soft.

Lin Yanchao suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, do you dare to know the study of deeds?" ”

Lin Yanchao had a respectful and humble smile on his face, but the tone in which he said this was extremely sincere, making you seem to think of the insurance seller or real estate agent in later generations.

The little emperor and Zhang Whale were stunned.

The little emperor said angrily and funny: "Lin Qingjia, what do you mean by this? You are a meritorious publication, and I have ordered the Qianqing Palace Steward to buy it for you in every issue. ”

Lin Yanchao immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the minister wants to recommend Hai Rui as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, what does the matter of the governor's righteousness have to do with his personal morality?" Wei Wuzhi recommended Chen Ping to Han Gaozu, and Han Gaozu said that Chen Ping had stolen his sister-in-law and received money, and his character was worrisome. Wei Wuzhi said to Gao Zu that the minister recommended his talent to His Majesty, not his virtue. ”

"Your Majesty, the science is honest, but the study of deeds is only in the word merit. His Majesty asked the minister how Hai Rui behaved, but the minister didn't know, and the minister only knew that he could do things. ”

The idea in Lin Yanchao's words is that today's black cat and white cat are good cats if they can catch mice', but the ancients just didn't eat you.

The little emperor also had a good understanding of Lin Yanchao's deeds, and retorted: "The study of merit also emphasizes righteousness and profit, and it is necessary to combine righteousness with benefit, and how to do merit without benevolence." If you don't discern the integrity of officials, how can people who have no virtue dare to use him for official merit? and how dare you use him to rule over the people? ”

Lin Yanchao asked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, if there is a magistrate who is honest and honest, but nothing is beneficial to the people, can he be called a good official?" ”

The little emperor said: "I'm afraid it's not a good official." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, according to the study of merit, the ethics of those who live in officials are nothing more than small righteousness and small merits, and the merit of saving the people and helping the world is great merit." The common people under His Majesty's rule do not care whether the officials eat fish or not, but only care whether there is fish in their bowls; The people don't care about the wives and concubines of the officials, they only care about whether they can sleep with their wives every night. ”

Therefore, the benefit of the people is the great benefit of the world. The righteousness of the officials lies in taking the interests of the people as their interests, and the unity of righteousness and interests is the merit. ”

When Lin Yanchao said this, the little emperor high-fived and said, "Well said." ”

Lin Yanchao continued: "Therefore, there are many people in the world who are honest and honest, but most of them are inactive, and they only know empty talk about their lives in office, and nothing is beneficial to the people, isn't this a misguided country?" These people are green grass for ten thousand years, and they can only be proud of the wind and snow, not pillars. But why Hai Rui is the most famous, because of his ability, Hai Rui dared to destroy the powerful in office, appease the people, clear the acres of land, and even govern water conservancy. ”

"The minister has seen Hai Rui's official resume, and when he was the governor of Yingtian, he asked Wu Song and Bai Mao to flow into the sea. The water of Taihu Lake enters the sea with the Wusong River, the treatment of the Wusong River is difficult, ancient and modern are difficult, since the beginning of the country, the imperial court has spent millions of taels, and countless forces have been unable to dredge. However, after Hai Rui was appointed as the governor of Yingtian, he built a dam and a sluice port, so that the water of Taihu Lake was mainly Huangpu and Wusong was a tributary. If Hai Rui is not a capable minister, who else can be a capable minister? ”