I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 37: Offline Government Governance

Facing Chen Lei's questioning, Yuan Shu laughed out loud.

"Love drug? Hahahaha, no, no, Mr. Xu just found the path he thought was right. This is his own decision, and no one can force him. Mr. Chen, if you are confused, why don't you give it a try? If you find out that I really am giving everyone love drugs, just expose me and ruin my reputation. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Yuan Shu pointed at Xu De who was busy working.

Chen Lei swallowed.

After thinking about Yuan Shu's confident words, I always felt that Yuan Shu was trying to trick me.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel there is nothing wrong with it.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?
Then, he embarked on the same path as Xu De.

Yuan Shu didn't tell him too many big truths, nor did he use his best words to attack Chen Lei's world view and life view. He just asked him to really try it out.

Anyway, I have nothing to do, so instead of refuting him empty-handedly, I might as well put it into practice and find the flaws in Yuan Shu's ideas through practice, and then refute him and completely overthrow him.

Isn’t this wonderful too?
Chen Lei thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he agreed to Yuan Shu's suggestion and tried it for ten days, looking for Yuan Shu's mistakes in his actions and making well-reasoned rebuttals and oppositions.

What Yuan Shu arranged for him to do was simple.

In the first three days, I worked with everyone to transport supplies to the peasant villages and distribute them to people in need.

During the three days in between, we worked in the fields, helping those who needed to turn the soil.

In the next three days, I helped count the materials in the warehouse, updated the warehouse data in real time, and made it public to all those who donated money, telling them where their donations went.

Last day off.

It is worth mentioning that every three days, the farmer assistance organization will have a small accountability meeting, because when doing things, everyone is divided into several groups of ten, and the accountability meeting is also held within the ten-person groups.

Everyone shared their thoughts and feelings over the past three days, and then the colleagues working together gave each other suggestions, telling them their own suggestions for their teammates and areas for improvement.

Chen Lei also went through the ten days of agricultural assistance work completely.

Then on the eleventh day, Wu Shang, a senior student who lived with Chen Lei, was surprised to see Chen Lei running to the fields with full energy along with a group of students and starting to seriously engage in agricultural assistance activities.

He looks much more cheerful, his eyes are brighter, and his voice is louder than before.

Wu Shang asked Chen Lei in surprise what had happened.

What happened afterwards was roughly the same as what Chen Lei experienced.

Ten days later, Wu Shang also joined the collective action. He was full of energy and spirit, feeling satisfied inside. It seemed that his previous confusion and bewilderment were no longer important.

Yuan Shu was well prepared for this situation. In his opinion, anyone who was willing to experience it personally and then refute him could basically be saved.

You can just bring them into the action and let them find the answers they want in this big group.

After ten days of personal experience and three accountability meetings, Yuan Shu believes that they can basically find the answers they want, and they will make their own judgment whether to join or quit.

Anyone who chooses to join will join, and from then on they will be our fellow travelers, working together to reach the ideal destination of serving the world for all.

As for those who are unwilling to join, it can only be said that they are too selfish, cannot integrate into the collective, and have no team spirit. Even if such people join, there will be problems, so they simply go their separate ways.

What Yuan Shu wants are people with similar ideals. Only when there are more such people and they form a group can they unleash powerful strength and bring about the power of change.

The power of the collective cannot be resisted by an individual.

Not to mention the ideal of "the world belongs to all".

As spring ploughing progressed and the effects of the farmer-assistance campaign became increasingly evident, the number of students who followed Yuan Shu to the countryside to assist farmers exceeded one thousand.

A small number of Ma's disciples and students joined in, and there were also many scholars and students from other places.

In order to encourage more people to join, further publicize the ideas of the agricultural assistance organization, and promote political correctness, Yuan Shu also recalled a famous five-character ancient poem.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he "wrote" it out and made it public.

The title of the poem is "Pity the Peasants".

It is noon and I am hoeing the field. Sweat drips to the ground. Who knows that every grain of rice on the table is the result of hard work?

Once this poem "Ming Peasants" was published, it immediately spread throughout Maoling County.

All the scholars who participated in the agricultural assistance campaign felt that this five-character poem completely hit the nail on the head and was almost the embodiment of their feelings.

Many people who did not participate also saw something different in these short twenty words.

Although this five-character poem has few words, it is profound in meaning and easy to understand, allowing one to understand Yuan Shu's true feelings at a glance.

When Ma Rong learned about this poem and read it, he was highly impressed by it.

He immediately ordered the musicians in his home to compose music for it. The song was a sad and moving one, and soon began to be sung at home. He then stipulated that it must be sung before every meal, and all family members could only eat after listening to it.

Not a single grain of food was allowed to be wasted. If he found out that anyone did so, they would be punished according to the family rules.

The Ma clan members didn’t know what was wrong with Old Ma. His family was so rich that he had no friends, yet he still wanted to save food?
save?

This word seemed to have nothing to do with them, and they had no idea what thrift was. But since Lao Ma had spoken, they could only accept it.

Before eating, I looked at the table full of delicious dishes and listened to a sad and moving song of pity for the farmers. I finished the meal very awkwardly with a strange and indescribable feeling.

The food doesn't smell good anymore.

By early March, the reputation of Yuan Shu and his school of thought became even more famous as the farmer-assistance campaign spread further. There were even rumors that Youfufeng Shen Ke had heard of Yuan Shu's deeds, praised him highly, and expressed his intention to commend him personally.

It was at this time that the Maoling County officials, who had been silent for a long time, finally appeared.

County magistrate Han Jin, along with county officials and clerks, appeared in front of Yuan Shu with a flattering look on their faces. They first praised Yuan Shu's righteous act of helping farmers, and then said that he had been sick for the whole winter due to the bitter cold, and had just gotten better a few days ago, so he hurried to meet Yuan Shu.

A thirty-year-old official behaved extremely humbly towards the eleven-year-old Yuan Shu. Those who didn't know might have thought that Yuan Shu was the Tianshan Tonglao, who was actually older than him.

Looking at the ruddy complexion and plump figure of the county magistrate, Yuan Shu felt that he must not be a good actor. He couldn't even do the costumes and makeup well, so how dare he act in front of him?
Could you please make yourself pale and blue before visiting me?

But Han Jin also has his own difficulties.

When Yuan Shu first started to cause trouble, he was indeed sick, and his illness was quite serious. He had no time to take care of these things. When his condition improved a little, he heard that Yuan Shu and his followers in Zhiliangzhi were helping farmers everywhere, and they had become very famous and were making a lot of moves.

At that time, some subordinates asked Han Jin whether he wanted to do something. Han Jin thought about it and decided to do nothing.

Although Yuan Shu's actions are suspected of exceeding the authority of the government, and his high-profile efforts to help farmers are tantamount to saying that Han Jin, the county magistrate, is incompetent, it is a slap in the face. If not handled properly, it will easily ruin his reputation as a county magistrate and harm his future.

If you were an ordinary person, doing this would mean you are disregarding the county magistrate and overstepping the authority of the government. If the county magistrate is unhappy, he will accuse you of "buying people's hearts", and no one can bear it.

So Yuan Shu’s behavior is actually very politically incorrect.

But then again, certain political rules are effective for civilians and low-level officials, but they make no sense to those at the top of the food chain.

Putting aside everything that Yuan Shu had done and the fame he had built, his background alone was not something Han Jin could shake.

The Yuan family of Runan, with three generations of officials, is a powerful family with deep roots. Their students and former officials are all over the world. They are like giants both locally and in the court. It would be easy for them to kill a small county magistrate like myself, right?
Although he was born into the Yingchuan Han family, he belonged to a side branch and was an unlucky bastard, so his status was not high. Yuan Shu was the legitimate son of the current head of the Yuan family and a strong contender for the next head of the family. He would definitely be a powerful figure at the level of one of the three highest officials in the future.

If I offend him, will the Han family stand up for me?
It's impossible to figure it out with your toes.

Since I'm going to die anyway, the only choice is to lie down and let others make fun of me. You can do whatever you want, I'll just pretend that I don't exist.

Then it will provide you with convenience when you need it.

If he behaves better this way, he hopes Yuan Shu will come to his senses and realize how much he has paid to flatter him. If he gets a little benefit from it in the future, it will be enough for him to become rich and glorious.

So in the past few months, Yuan Shu was like slapping him in the face with a big slap, and he would stretch out his right cheek after being slapped on the left cheek. He was even worried that Yuan Shu's hand would be hurt, so he held Yuan Shu's hand with heartache and asked if it hurt.

Yuan Shu didn't realize this connection at first, but after Yuan Feng's letter, he realized it.

If he did this on a small scale, it would be fine, but if he did it on a large scale and in a high profile, it would be a great insult to the magistrate of Maoling County.

However, this county magistrate was actually very politically savvy. He saw opportunities in the crisis and the possibility of achieving a personal class leap by clinging to the Yuan family. So he endured for several months and only came out in the spring, leaving Yuan Shu enough room to cause trouble.

This guy is quite interesting.

After thinking it through, Yuan Shu became a little interested in Han Jin, but this guy's acting skills were not very good and still needed to be honed.

"Is this true? County Magistrate Han has just recovered from a serious illness, but he is still personally leading the spring ploughing. Is his health okay?"

Faced with Han Jin's expectant eyes that were almost solidified, Yuan Shu gave a reply that made him ecstatic. Just a few words made Han Jin realize that Yuan Shu was someone who understood him.

His efforts and forbearance were not in vain!
Be patient!
Your connotation is wealth!
So Han Jin suppressed his joy and said hurriedly: "Official duties are important, and health is secondary. If spring plowing is delayed, resulting in reduced grain production and people starving, then it will really be Han's fault."

Well, that’s true. If Yuan Shu hadn’t seen so many starving people with his own eyes, he might have actually believed it.

But no matter what, he was still useful at the moment, so Yuan Shu was a little polite to him and talked to him about spring ploughing.

Before this, Yuan Shu had also inquired about this guy a little and learned that he had never paid attention to the spring ploughing matters since he took office. He had left everything to his subordinates to handle and he did not ask about it at all.

On the day when the spring ploughing ceremony began, he showed up just to go through the motions and then disappeared, leaving all the work to his subordinates without any concern.

He had no reputation for taking bribes, and had no connections with local powerful landlords. He was an honest official, but he just didn't do his job. He ate and slept like a modern fat house, and the most thing he did every day was thinking about what to eat for the next meal. He could be said to be a model of lazy governance, worthy of being called Sun Liancheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Despite this, he also had his own set of rhetoric, saying that he was governing the county with the Huang-Lao method, emphasizing tranquility and inaction, not disturbing the people and letting them handle their own affairs.

Then I closed the door and went to sleep with peace of mind.

But being quiet and doing nothing doesn't mean being a hands-off boss. There is a big difference between not disturbing someone and ignoring them, right?
After he did this, the bunch of insects under him followed suit and behaved badly collectively.

When encountering good things, they do not fight or grab them. When encountering troubles, they are even more cautious and try to avoid them if possible. If they cannot avoid them, they will just put it off. The main purpose is to create a sense of relaxation, and the offline governance of the government is thoroughly implemented in Maoling.

The premise for Cao Shen to pursue a policy of tranquility and inaction was that a series of policies were being implemented in an orderly manner, and everyone was doing things step by step, in a down-to-earth manner, doing what should be done, and not doing anything else. Only then could one achieve a policy of tranquility and inaction.

Who the hell are you trying to scam here?
Yuan Shu actually really wanted to slap this guy hard a few times.

But as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. If he wants to really get things done, the name of the government is indispensable. So he suppressed his anger and assigned the task to Han Jin with a forced smile.

Let him quickly take those useless subordinates of his who have been lying around and get moving, take care of the spring farming affairs, follow up on any needs of the farmers, do everything that can be done, and let them join his action to help farmers.

Stop with your crappy reality show!
(End of this chapter)