Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

According to legend, there once was a man named Zheng Suxian in a village in the north of Xian County (now a county under Cangzhou City, Hebei Province).

One day, Zheng Suxian had a dream while sleeping. In his dream, he came to the underworld and happened to see King Yama examining and recording the imprisoned ghosts one by one.

At this time, an old lady came to the main hall.

Zheng Suxian took a look and realized that he knew this person. She was an ordinary old woman from a neighboring village.

However, what surprised him was that King Yama immediately changed his serious and majestic demeanor to an amiable one. He stepped down from his seat, greeted the old lady, and asked his subordinates to bring hot tea. Give her something to drink.

Later, King Yama ordered his subordinate officials to quickly find a pure land for her to be reborn, so that she could be reincarnated in a good place.

Driven by curiosity, Zheng Suxian secretly asked the underworld official next to her: "This is an ordinary old peasant woman. What merits does she have that makes King Yama value her so much?"

The official from the underworld said: "Although this person is an ordinary old lady, she has never thought of benefiting herself at the expense of others."

Zheng Suxian couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "Rare! Rare!"

The official then said: "That's right, so King Yama also respects her very much!

You must know that self-interest is unavoidable even for wise men and scholar-bureaucrats, not to mention that she is just an ordinary old peasant woman? !

Generally speaking, people who have self-interest will definitely try their best to harm others. This will lead to all kinds of conspiracies and conspiracies, and all kinds of rumors, false accusations, and unjust, false and wrongful convictions. They will even make people infamous for thousands of years and spread poison all over the world!

This is all caused by people's selfishness.

An ordinary rural woman like the old lady can actually control her selfishness. Even if those Confucian scholars who read and lecture stood in front of her, many people would feel ashamed.

Therefore, when King Yama sees such a person, he will also respect her extraordinarily. Is there anything surprising about this? ! "

Zheng Suxian has always been a very scheming person. After hearing these words of the underworld official, he couldn't help but feel shocked and immediately woke up from his dream.

In the haze, Zheng Suxian suddenly remembered that when he arrived at the Yama Hall in his dream, before the old lady went to the temple, he saw an official wearing official uniforms and an official hat on his head, with his head held high. Come into the temple.

The official proudly claimed that he was a very honest official during his lifetime. No matter where he went, he would only drink a glass of water at most and never take benefits from anyone privately. Therefore, he felt clear in front of ghosts and gods.

King Yama smiled slightly and said sarcastically: "The purpose of setting up official positions in the imperial court is to manage the affairs of the people!

Even the post officials who manage the post stations and the lower-level officials who open and close the river gates should know what they should do and what they should not do.

If, as you said, a good official is just not taking benefits privately and not paying for money, then if you put a puppet in the lobby and it doesn't even need to drink a glass of water, let alone collect bribes, then isn't this puppet even better? Better than you? "

The official argued again: "Although I have no merit, I have no sin, so I can still be regarded as a good official!"

King Yama said: "No matter what you do, you only think about protecting yourself! For example, in the cases you participated in, you did not take a stand in order to avoid suspicion. Didn't you let down the people's expectations of you?

For another example, if you are required to handle some matters, but you ignore the easy ones and avoid the hard ones, wouldn’t this be a failure of the country’s trust in you?

What does the "Three Years Performance Appraisal" recorded in "Shang Shu Shun Dian" say? No merit is a sin! "

When the official heard this, he immediately looked ashamed, his sharpness suddenly weakened, his expression became awkward, and he no longer held his head high and was as complacent as he had been when he came up.

King Yama slowly raised his head, looked at him and smiled: "I just blame you for being a bit domineering. To be fair, you can be regarded as a good official of the third or fourth class. You will not lose your official hat and tie after reincarnation. , I can still be a scholar-official in my next life.”

After saying this, King Yama immediately ordered his men to send the official to King Chakravartin to allow him to enter reincarnation.

Through the two things he saw in the underworld in his dream, Zheng Suxian figured out a truth: no matter who he is, as long as he has some selfish thoughts deep in his heart, ghosts and gods can see through it!

Even a virtuous person cannot avoid being blamed even if he has a selfish thought.

"The Book of Songs: Daya" says: The presence of the prime minister in your room is worthy of the leakage of the house! The meaning is: Even when you are alone indoors, you must be worthy of God! Therefore, a gentleman must be respectful before taking action; he must be honest before speaking.

A gentleman beware of independence! This is true!