Chen Gong, a new scholar, also made clear his direction and wanted to do something to consolidate his practice.
If you want to benefit the people in Xuzhou, the aristocratic family is an unavoidable obstacle. It is impossible for him not to understand the truths that Chu Nan understands. But in the past, the way to think about problems was to stand on the side of the aristocratic family. But now, Chu Nan's four words
Let him make a breakthrough and at the same time establish his own direction and establish a destiny for the people!
If he wants to make a living for the people, he has no choice but to peel off the skin of the aristocratic family. This is why he and Chu Nan agree. In the past, Chen Gong would never have allowed Lu Bu and Chu Nan to take action against the aristocratic family.
After deciding on the future direction, Chen Gong stood up and said goodbye. He had just entered the realm of Confucianism and needed to figure out his own path. "You accepted Gongtai as your teacher?" After Chen Gong left, Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan and said
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"I was lucky enough to say a few words last night, and Mr. Zhu Gongtai broke through the realm of Confucianism." Chu Nan simply told what happened last night. "A Confucian?" Lu Bu looked back at the direction Chen Gong left, and said to himself: "
No wonder I feel that today's Gongtai Qi is a little different from the past. What did you say?'
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry on the unique knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations." Chu Nan said with a smile.
Lu Bu tasted it and said: "Not bad."
"It seems reasonable, but what's the secret of these four sentences? Can Gongtai become a great Confucian?"
Haha~
Chu Nan withdrew his expectations. He shouldn't expect his father-in-law to react to these four sentences. He looked at Lu Bu and said, "Father-in-law, I have something to say. Mr. Gongtai was here just now, so it's hard for me to talk to my father-in-law.'
"Tell me." Lu Bu nodded. Without Chen Gong, he didn't put on such airs in front of Chu Nan. He sat cross-legged on the table and looked at Chu Nan.
"Father-in-law needs to establish a personal identity and serve the world." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu and said seriously.
"What is personality?" Lu Bu wondered why his son-in-law always had some incomprehensible words coming out of his mouth.
"This is what kind of person my father-in-law is in the eyes of others." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu and said solemnly.
Lu Bu's face suddenly turned dark.
"Is this son-in-law itchy?'
The most important thing in the world is reputation, but this thing obviously has no connection with Lu Bu.
Chu Nan suddenly felt a chill on his spine and coughed lightly and said: "Father-in-law, you see, Liu Bei's character is benevolence and righteousness. Although he is down and out, he is treated as a distinguished guest by all the princes wherever he goes.
This is the advantage of a benevolent and righteous persona, but such a persona also has its disadvantages. Once it is established, it cannot deviate in any way. As long as a good person does one wrong thing, he is no longer a good person.
Lu Bu frowned and looked at Chu Nan, thinking carefully.
"It seems to make some sense.
"Why do we need to create a character?" Lu Bu frowned and looked at Chu Nan.
"For the future, in order to have talented people come to join my father-in-law, I will forgive my son-in-law for saying it bluntly. My father-in-law's reputation has been ruined now. Even if I use profit to attract people to join me, those who come with profit will scatter after using profit. My father-in-law can use profit to recruit talents."
, but to retain talents, it is necessary for the father-in-law to have something that can attract talents. No matter how depressed Liu Bei is, Guan Zhang, Jian Yong, Sun Quan and others have never abandoned him, whether it is true or false, but this is what attracts talents.
One of the means
"Isn't this a lie?" Lu Bu frowned.
"I dare to ask my father-in-law, if you lie to save someone, is it good or evil?" Chu Nan asked.
"It's a kind act." Lu Bu nodded matter-of-factly.
"Lies can also be divided into good and evil. My father-in-law established his character in order to recruit more talents and create a prosperous world together. If it is not for his own selfishness, it might be considered evil?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.
"It shouldn't count." Lu Bu shook his head.
“I always felt like something was wrong.
"So, the father-in-law needs to establish a personality in order to attract more talents to be used by the father-in-law. If he can use white lies to achieve his goal, why not?" Chu Nan said with a smile.
It seems...there is some truth.
Lu Bu nodded silently, looked at Chu Nan and said, "How do Ziyan think I should set up my character?"
"My father-in-law killed Ding Yuan, and there was a court edict. The purpose of killing Dong Zhuo was to kill the traitors in the country. Therefore, my father-in-law should be regarded as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He is only loyal to the emperor and to the people. Even if he is misunderstood by the world, he does not bother to explain." Chu Nan thought.
Lu Bu nodded. He didn't object to this persona. He seemed to be such a person.
"Therefore, you must not do anything that conflicts with your father-in-law's personality." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu and said.
Lu Bu's shortcoming is that he only sees immediate benefits and cannot see long-term benefits. This problem is related to personal experience and cannot be changed in a short time. Moreover, if he really brings it up, Lu Bu will probably get angry and won't listen. It's better to immediately
Personal design, set a standard for Lu Bu, and all actions should be based on personal design. This can subtly change Lu Bu's way of thinking.
The reason why people can only see immediate benefits is that they have no long-term naturalization and no own standards and frameworks. Once this standard and framework are established, when others touch this framework and bottom line, they will naturally notice it.
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Lu Bu's bottom line in the past was probably only his family. Apart from his family, Lu Bu had the character of Xiao Fu Zian. This character appears in the princes. It is not unprecedented, but it will never go far.
Now, in addition to smashing Xuzhou cakes and redistributing them, Lu Bu also has to wash away his past stigma. Only in this way can he continue to move forward.
"Will this cleanse my past reputation?" Lu Bu would not say this to outsiders. Even if he knew that his reputation was not good, he would never say it to his face, but as for his son-in-law, he could just say it to his own family.
"People live in the present, and most people only care about the present. As for the past, as long as it has nothing to do with themselves, who will talk about it every day, and people's words are scary, but they can also be controlled, but the process will be very slow.
"My son-in-law only hopes that his father-in-law can always remain a loyal minister and serve the country and the people." Chu Nan smiled and said, "I will leave the rest to my son-in-law."
Chu Nan cannot come up with any shocking plan, but there is a lot of experience that future generations can learn from on how to control public opinion, but this needs to be done step by step and slowly.
Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan, and after a moment, nodded and said, "Just follow what Ziyan said.
He actually felt that being a Xuzhou shepherd was already a good thing, and it was useless to have this persona. But seeing Chu Nan running around making suggestions for him, Lu Bu couldn't bear to brush off his good intentions.
Chu Nan understood Lu Bu's thoughts at this moment and sighed in his heart. Maybe the wife was right what she said at the time. I don't know if Lu Bu is elegant or not, but he is indeed easy-going. It's just that this easy-going and gentleness can only be enjoyed by people he considers to be his own.
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"You and Lingqi haven't returned home for ten months, so please stay and have dinner together tonight." Lu Bu stood up.
"Yeah." Chu Nan nodded. He still has something to do next. He will go to the government office tomorrow to take up his post. He has not been the county magistrate for a day yet, and now he has directly become the magistrate. It is better to find someone to temporarily act as the magistrate and get familiar with it first.
Learn about the rules of officialdom, and then follow Chen Gongxue to learn Confucian governance, collect luck, and cultivate more talents.
Time soon arrived in the evening, and Mrs. Yan was obviously very happy to know that her daughter and son-in-law were staying for dinner. Not many daughters could come back often after getting married. They had no children, and they only had this daughter. Naturally, they did not want their daughter to marry far away. Now
Her daughter was still around when she got married, and her son-in-law seemed to be quite capable and had become her husband's right-hand man. Mrs. Yan felt a little emotional that her daughter was really right to escape from the marriage.
Early the next morning, the rising sun covered Xiapi City with a layer of red. There were already pedestrians walking on the streets, and traveling merchants walking through the streets and alleys carrying loads of goods shouted from time to time.
His wife stayed in Lu Mansion and told her mother and daughter about her experiences during this period. Chu Nan went to the government office early in the morning, not to take over as the prefect, but to be his county magistrate.
He didn't even understand the rules of the officialdom, and he was probably confused when he became the prefect directly, so he let someone temporarily take over the post of prefect, and Chu Nan continued to be his own county magistrate. This was the consensus of Lu Bu and Chen Gong.
Of course, the prefect's seal was not handed over and remained in Chu Nan's hands. With this seal in his hand, the luck of a county will be gathered into the prefect's seal. Although the acting prefect will also get some luck, the bulk of it will be on his side.
When I officially take over as the prefect, this luck will be my own.
The Taishou Seal can suppress the luck in March. After April, I will be promoted to the Taishou, so I just need to take it out. Now it is better to enjoy the luck of the county magistrate first.
County magistrate's official seal
Talent: Fate +20
Because it has been used, there is no sealed luck. There are still hundreds of thousands of luck in it, but Chu Nan does not dare to use it indiscriminately. Once the luck is exhausted, who knows what bad things will happen.
A county's luck should not be limited to this. Chu Nan should figure out the usage of this official seal when he is familiar with the officialdom.
"Zi Yan's mission this time has made great contributions to Marquis Wen." In the government office, Chu Nan first went to arrange the acting prefect. After all, he was working for him, so he had to be polite and let him work hard.
Okay, but I saw Zhang Hong already waiting in the government office. When he saw Chu Nan, he greeted him with a smile.
With Xuzhou Mu already in place, there was naturally no need for him to continue to exist as the governor of Xuzhou. Lu Bu asked him to temporarily act as the governor of Xiapi. When Chu Nanjue was able to take over the position of governor, he would be transferred.
After all, Zhang Hong is not one of his own. He is sitting on the side of a wealthy family. It is only a matter of time that he will be gradually marginalized in the future. "I have given you too much praise, but you are just doing your duty." Chu Nan replied with a smile,
If he hadn't been able to hear his inner voice, Chu Nan would have really thought that he really wanted to get close to her. The old man in the officialdom was different, and his ability to speak duplicity was extremely proficient.
"Zi Yan is a handsome young man. When I first entered the government office, I saw that Zi Yan's future would be limitless. Now it is true as I said. I will prepare a banquet in the mansion tonight to celebrate Zi Yan's promotion. Zi Yan must not refuse.
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"This...wouldn't it cost the envoy a lot of money?" Chu Nan felt a little embarrassed.
"They are all famous people in Xiapi. Now that Ziyan is serving as the magistrate of Xiapi, being on good terms with them will also facilitate Ziyan's future governance." Zhang Hong said with a smile.
"So, thank you so much, envoy." Chu Nan nodded and smiled.