Hearing Fan Chunren's words, Sima Guang couldn't help laughing: "There are no ones who don't want to be an official. The officials in Xixia seem to be very responsible and are dismissed from office at every turn. However, I have visited some middle and lower-level officials. They not only recognize this method, but even like it quite well."

Fan Chunren said in surprise: "Why is this?"

Sima Guang smiled and said, "Actually, I'm very puzzled, but after I visited, I realized why they are not only willing to be, but also enjoy it."

Fan Chunren looked at Sima Guang, hoping to hear an explanation.

“…In fact, the reason is very simple, because it is easy to be an official.

This relaxation does not mean that you don’t have to work. Compared with the officials of the Song Dynasty, the officials of the Western Xia were very busy.

There is no so-called official here. Everyone is considered an official, and everyone actually has to pass an exam called civil servant to enter the officialdom.

The imperial examination in Xixia is just an admission system. After they want to become officials, they have to take civil servant exams and need to conduct induction training.

It sounds like a cumbersome, but it works very well after joining the company.

Many of the officials were former officials of the Song Dynasty. They were very satisfied with the official habits of the Xixia world because they would not be removed from the hat for no reason as long as they did their duties well. These were all rules to ask for, rather than being dominated by many unspoken rules.

They don’t need to use all their energy to flatter their superiors, as long as they do things well, they may be promoted.

This is a very pragmatic officialdom, and officials can do a lot of things for the people. This kind of happiness is not something that officials of the Song Dynasty can understand."

Fan Chunren became even more confused: "When there are too many things, how can I have time to study, gather, and understand the joy of mountains and rivers? What does such an official mean?"

Sima Guang smiled and shook his head and said, "I thought so at first, but when I saw them joining it, I was curious, so I asked to join it.

When I joined, I was doing something to build a water conservancy project in a county. The county had been drought for ten years and hundreds of thousands of people in the county had to escape famine all year round. Even when the year was good, I had to go out to make a living to barely survive.

The magistrate of this county is a young man named Wen Hongshou. The young man is in his twenties. Although he is young, he is very motivated.

There is a big river on the back of the entire county, but the county is blocked by a big mountain. I could hear the sound of the river flowing, but I could only stare at it. Therefore, the only way is to dig a canal on the mountain and introduce the water into the county.

But this project is really too difficult and a bit whimsical.

At that time, I followed the investigation. After reading it, I felt that the people above would never be able to approve such a whimsical plan. Even if it was approved, it would definitely be impossible to complete it.

But what surprised me later was that not only was this proposal approved, but also allocated a lot of money and food.

But even if there is enough money and food, I don’t think it can be completed, because this kind of project is no less difficult than building the Great Wall. How could a county alone rely on a young magistrate have such a great appeal?

But this young man brought a group of young people younger than him to the villages everywhere to promote and to draw out the possible bright future in the county with the farmers in the future if there is water.

At that time, I planned to make a joke because how could these farmers cooperate? In the Song Dynasty, whoever faced these labors would be able to escape.

This county was actually from Shaanxi Sixth Road before, which belongs to the Song Dynasty. How could it be that the farmers would become diligent after changing their nationality?"

But strangely, this young man really organized a lot of people, and the number was as many as tens of thousands!

After the actual construction started, I realized that the farmers here paid for their work. Not only did they not need to bring their own dry food, but they also had money to receive. This was what surprised me.

In the Song Dynasty, farmers not only had to pay taxes, but also had to bring their own dry food to serve labor. In the Western Xia Dynasty, they could eat white porridge and big white steamed buns, and sometimes meat could be eaten.

Of course these are just off-topics. What I want to say is that as an official, when the gurgling water flowed into the dry land during the project he participated in, and when the farmers jumped into the turbid water and cried loudly, the natural sense of pride and accomplishment might be the reason why they were willing to be miserable officials.

They often mention what Ouyang Bian said, saying that when an official is a ruler for the people, he must serve the people, come from the people, and then go to the people, and all the words centered on the needs of the people, truly expressing that the Western Xia court is really a court that serves the people.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, although it is said that loving the people, when people's livelihood is in decline, the upper-level officials are in the romance of love... "

Speaking of this, Sima Guang's eyes were filled with tears.

"... Actually, sometimes I don't know what I am insisting on. You just doubted whether I voted for Xixia. In fact, I really realized what I thought about. Xixia is really for the people, and the Song Dynasty is just for the benefit of a small number of people. If Xixia can merge with the Song Dynasty, then the people of the Song Dynasty can also live such a good life, which seems good.

However, after all, our Sima family has received the favor of the emperor in the world, and our Sima Jun has also received the favor of the emperor for three generations. If I voted for Xixia like this, I would indeed not be able to pass such a hurdle in my heart.

But every time I think of the wailings of the people of the Song Dynasty, I find it difficult to fall asleep. In the Xixia people, especially the people from the sixth place in Shaanxi, singing and dancing after working, I have a thought that if the people of the Song Dynasty can do this, then it will be worth it if I die."

Fan Chunren looked at Sima Guang in surprise. What he saw was a great soul crying in front of him. This was a great soul who was compassionate, but the conflict between loyalty and mercy made it difficult for him to fall asleep every night.

Fan Chunren thought to himself, if he had encountered such inner entanglement, how should he solve it?

Fan Chunren was desperate to find that like Sima Guang, he seemed to be difficult to face such a problem.

His Fan family was even more grateful to the emperor. If Fan Chunren wanted to join Xia, then the first problem he had to solve was his father's reputation.

His father Fan Zhongyan was born and died for the Song Dynasty, but as Fan Zhongyan's son, he betrayed the country, which makes people feel sorry for him.

"... Actually, I admire Ouyang Bian very much. His father is Ouyang Xiu, but he dares to do these things regardless of everything. I often wonder, if it were me, would I dare?"

Sima Guang said with slightest.

Fan Chunren was hit hard.
Chapter completed!