For those who are familiar with history, let me tell you that honest and corrupt officials, as well as extremely corrupt officials like the gentry, will not adapt to the pedantic foolish loyalty.

I remember He Shen said something like this, which roughly means that if a loyal minister is too loyal, he will be killed by a treacherous minister, and if a treacherous minister is too treacherous, he will be killed by the emperor. I am just a jester. Honest officials are not officials who are not corrupt as we call them now, but officials who are honest and upright, that is, officials who care about the people.

It’s not that an upright official cannot adapt to pedantry and foolish loyalty, but that an official who always puts the people first is an upright and good official