Daxianguan

Chapter 753
Zhuge Hong wanted to understand the details, but felt extremely ashamed.He was about to get up and leave, but Chu Xian tried to persuade him to stay: "Not long after you arrived, I have sent someone to prepare the food and drink, so Mr. Zhuge will stay a little longer. You and I are both officials in Jingzhou, so it is rare for us to have such a free time to talk freely." Two, don't waste this opportunity."

Hearing this, Zhuge Hong hesitated for a moment, but sat down again.

He naturally has his arrogance. He tried to compete for the official position before because he knew that Chu Xian would "retire". Now that he knew that this road was impossible, Zhuge Hong had actually given up.

But he just gave up this time, not because he didn't have confidence in himself.

He never thought that he would lose to anyone with his own talents, political views, and methods in the officialdom. Since he had this opportunity, he might as well ask Chu Xian, a world-recognized astonishing talent recognized by the Holy Dynasty, for advice. In this discussion, compare the height and length, and compare the length.

Soon the exquisite wine and dishes came up, the wine was specially provided by Shoufu Pavilion, Xianyun Yulu.The dishes are also rare delicate stir-fries, which only enhance the taste and bring their own aura.

So Chu Xian and Zhuge Hong, the two Taoists, chatted over wine in the living room.

It is naturally the political affairs of the Holy Dynasty.

There is an unwritten rule when talking about political affairs, that is, talk less about the status quo. After all, many things should not be talked about nonsense, especially the higher the level, the more cautious the speech should be.

But things in the past can be used for comment.

During the 5000-year Tang Dynasty, there are too many things to talk about and express their own opinions. After a glass of wine, Zhuge Hong and Chu Xian have already talked a lot, and many of them are heroes who see the same thing, but There are also times when opinions are contrary.

At this time, it is natural to fight for a right or wrong.

Zhuge Hong is very pretentious, he climbed up from the bottom all the way, no matter whether he is an official or a practitioner, so a person like him is very assertive, under normal circumstances, he will definitely stick to his own point of view, and often Ability to overwhelm others and persuade others.

But this time, the discussion with Chu Xian on the promotion of officials was only a few rounds before being refuted silently by Chu Xian.

Zhuge Hong believes that the current promotion of officials has drawbacks. Relatively speaking, it is not as good as the system of selection and promotion of officials implemented by the Holy Dynasty more than 300 years ago.

"At that time, when recommending talented people, we only looked at personal achievements, such as the increase or decrease of taxes and silver in various places. It was an important consideration indicator. If you don't get promoted, it will be difficult to get promoted. Although this is beneficial, in my opinion, the disadvantages are even greater. As an official, it is impossible to completely balance the lower levels. There will always be people who will be dissatisfied with you. If you don't know how to ingratiate yourself with a good official, you may ruin the future of a good official. Similarly, some officials don't know how to curry favor with superior officials. I wrote a reform law, hoping to restore the official promotion system 300 years ago. In my opinion, the old system should be restored and continued to be used. The magic law can last forever.”

These are Zhuge Hong's words, and also his point of view, and may even be expressed out of feeling. After all, Zhuge Hong started from the bottom, and he must have suffered similar hardships.

Chu Xian listened, but smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and we must pay attention to adapting measures to local conditions and time conditions. For generations to come, it’s just a matter of governing according to different situations. If you want to improve the livelihood of the people in each state, the method you mentioned is naturally the best, but now that the people’s livelihood is strong and the people are rich in the Holy Dynasty, of course you can’t use the method of stimulating taxation. It is an inevitable trend to consider many aspects, especially as an official, you have to balance your subordinates and respect your superiors, if you can't even do this, then your ability must be limited, so why promote it?"

Chu Xian's refutation can be said to be well-founded, and Zhuge Hong was speechless directly.

At this time, Chu Xian said again: "You can't just look at the disadvantages when doing things. What should be lost is still lost. This is also reflected in Taoism, and it is also the way of gain and loss."

When Zhuge Hong heard the words, he immediately felt enlightened, thought carefully, and continued to speak, but at this moment he was already asking for advice.The two chatted freely, and it was late at night when Zhuge Hong took the initiative to leave. This time, Chu Xian didn't stop him.

After arriving at the door, Zhuge Hong thought for a while, and bowed to Chu Xian: "During this period of time, Zhuge's family has secretly fueled the flames and said some disrespectful words to adults. It is to enter the Shoufu Pavilion, to do good deeds for the people of the world, to realize one's own ambition, but before some haste, leading to go astray, and talking with Master Chu today, only to rein in the precipice, from now on will not be like this again."

Chu Xian smiled: "Master Zhuge is unparalleled in talent and learning, and he is not inferior to me. If there is a chance, Chu Xian will definitely recommend Master Zhuge."

Hearing this, Zhuge Hong's eyes lit up, but he didn't ask any more, because a person like Chu Xian would definitely do the same thing since he said it, and if he asked again, it would seem that he was too anxious.

At that moment Zhuge Hong bowed to thank him, and then drifted away.

Of course, Chu Xian has heard about Zhuge Hong. He is not a bad person, and he is also highly talented. It is just because of Zhuge's family that they act too hastily. It's good to keep things open and aboveboard.

But if the Zhuge family did something out of the ordinary, Chu Xian would not let it go. Although the Zhuge family is a family of veteran officials, it once stood out from the crowd like the Yang family and had infinite glory. Unfortunately, where is there a family that lasts for a long time in this world?

Even the Yang family is going downhill now. After Yang Zhenqing, who else can support the glory of the Yang family?
Difficult.

The Zhuge family just declined a few hundred years earlier, which is normal.

This time Chu Xian came back in a hurry, except for visiting Grand Master Xiao Yu, he didn't go to see anyone else, but he was not in a hurry, Chu Xian would attend the court meeting tomorrow, and he would see everyone by then.

And this time Chu Xian brought back eight Taoist immortals including Immortal Qinghe.

Although there are not many people, they are all masters from a hundred years ago. This time, they can also strengthen the power of the Immortal Dynasty. These eight Taoist Immortals are now arranged, and it is better to leave this matter to the Ministry of Officials.

……

morning meeting.

There are obviously many officials who came to participate today, and many of them have already heard the news that Chu Xian is back.

In fact, Chu Xian left with the reason of 'retreating' at first, but originally he only wanted to leave for a few months, but never thought that this trip would last for ten months.

As an official at the Shoufu Pavilion level, he naturally pays too much attention, and there is no impenetrable wall in this world. Although it is said that Chu Xian is retreating and comprehending exercises, in fact, many people already know that Chu Xian Xian is under the spell of a witch, and goes out to find a way to break it.

It's like the Zhuge family found out the truth.

So it's no secret.

Chu Xian's current official position is the Minister of the Household Department, the third rank, and there are many matters under the jurisdiction of the Household Department. Take over the original authority.

Thinking about it, there are really a lot of things to do. Relatively speaking, it is very "leisure" in the territory of the Wu tribe, and there is no official business to occupy Chu Xian's time.

At this time, Chu Xian looked up at the starry sky, and thought in his heart that as long as he fulfilled his wish and became a first-rank great immortal official, he would retire from the officialdom, take the whole family, or live in seclusion in the downtown area, or travel around the world. After all, his current lifespan is only more than 100 years. It is really impossible to guarantee whether the life-eating curse spirit can be expelled, and even from the current point of view, the curse spirit in his body cannot be expelled at all.

And since the three curse spirits in the body reached a balance, they have been dormant and dormant, and have not reappeared, so if they want to force the life-eating curse spirit to spit out their own lifespan, it may be as difficult as reaching the sky.

So from this point of view, I really don't have much time.

Once I am busy with government affairs, I seldom have time to practice. Although I am only one step away from Fei Yuxian, I don't know how much effort and time it will take to take this step. The most troublesome thing is that with the immortal spell spirit, it is equivalent to Sealed his cultivation base, so he could fulfill his wish as soon as possible, and spend the rest of his time with his family, this was what Chu Xian thought.

Chu Xian also did not expect that he would start thinking about retreating so early, thinking about retiring from the rivers and lakes.

On the way to the court meeting, Chu Xian was very thoughtful. In front of the door, seeing Cui Huanzhi and Kong Qian standing there, Chu Xian was obviously waiting for him, so he immediately took two steps quickly.

Cui Huanzhi and Kong Qian were both taken aback when they saw Chu Xian's appearance.

However, because Chu Xian was under the spell, many people already knew about it, so they also knew that it must be because of the spell that Chu Xian became like this.

Kong Qian, an old pusher, is very upright. Seeing Chu Xian's appearance is much older now, but his aura is stronger, so he knew that Chu Xian must have been a blessing in disguise, so he said directly: "The gang of Zhuge's family talk nonsense all day long. Ba Dao, I thought you really had a short life, but looking at it now, you must be fine."

Cui Huanzhi also asked, "How is the situation now?"

Chu Xian smiled and told the general situation to reassure the two elders, but to be honest, the three of them are standing together at this moment, it may seem that Chu Xian's grade is about the same as Kong Qian's.

"This time, Zhuge's family looks a little too ugly. The rumors about you are basically spread by them, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Shoufu Pavilion will not support Zhuge Hong, and the Zhuge family is just wasting their efforts. It’s all about humiliating yourself.” Cui Huanzhi saw the problem very thoroughly, and directly stated the essence of this matter at this moment.

(End of this chapter)