Chapter 2 Right and wrong are hard to tell apart(3/3)
Wu Jie nodded and supported his idea: "That's right! We as Taoists should do good things for the world. Your revenge is just a personal matter; but rectifying the official administration of Yanling County and bringing benefits to the people are not
It’s something that happens to thousands of people! Being able to do two things at the same time is great, very good!”
"We have almost collected the information from Yanling County. There is still one relevant person to deal with."
"who?"
"The inspection censor back then.
I had already reported to him the collusion among Yanling County officials, deceiving the superiors and the inferiors, and corruption and bending the law. It was supposed that he should investigate and then tell the court how to deal with the corrupt officials... But he did not do this, even if he got me
He didn't respond to the news of his disappearance." Yi Ti sighed, "I'm going to find him and ask him why."
"...My original choice was not wrong." Facing the white-clothed ghost who came riding the dark wind at night, the old retired censor with white hair and beard did not show any fear at all, "You are dead, you are indeed a member of the country.
The loss is also your personal misfortune.
But if your original exposure was really successful, more people would be harmed!"
"Some things must be done." Yi Ti said coldly, "When a person is injured and the wound becomes pus, it must be incised and drained.
If you just cover the wound blindly, the result will most likely be that the wound will fester and you will die without treatment."
"You are the victim, so naturally you feel this way.
But I don't think so." The old censor showed no intention of giving in. "Over the years, Yanling County has remained peaceful, and the people's lives have not been very bad.
You only see those people's corruption and bending the law, but you don't see their ability to govern the country... In my opinion, corrupt officials are not terrible. As long as they have the ability and can manage the place well, they can be corrupt. What's the big deal!
"
"As a royal censor, is this how you treat the great trust of the imperial court and your majesty's trust?"
"Of course! I am the censor. I want to see with my own eyes, listen with my own ears, and think with my own head! It is a fact that they took bribes and perverted the law; it is also a fact that they killed you.
If we follow the laws of the imperial court, all the people involved will have to die." The old censor snorted coldly, looking nonchalant, "But if we kill them, where can we find a group of capable people to continue getting things done?"
Yi Ti frowned.
"I don't regret my original choice. If you want to kill me, I have nothing to say." Speaking of the issue of death, the old censor sighed deeply, finally showing a bit of weakness, but then he
He became determined again, "But I definitely don't think what I did at the beginning was wrong.
For a country, for the people of Yanling County, it doesn’t matter whether you, Yi Ti, live or die, and it doesn’t matter whether those officials are corrupt and bend the law. What matters is that the country can be stable and the people can be happy."
"For these reasons, I can ignore my conscience, turn a blind eye to the evidence you spent your life to collect, or turn a blind eye to your death." The old censor's face was still as cold as when Yi Ti reported it to him.
, "I believe that my choice is correct!"
"Yi Ti, I admit that I am not a good person.
Chapter completed!