Does Li Shangyin's "Don't ask the ordinary people and ask the ghosts and gods" really read ghosts and gods instead of ordinary people?

The rule of Wenjing can be said to be one of the prosperous times in the history of China. During the period of the rule of Wenjing, people's lives were greatly improved, and it was the existence of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty that started the rule of Wenjing, which made great contributions to the development of the Han Dynasty. However, at that time, a poet wrote such a sentence, that is, don't ask the ordinary people to ask ghosts and gods. This sentence is obviously ironic for a monarch's incompetence, but it is similar to Chinese.

In fact, ghosts and gods here refer to ghosts and monsters, that is, ordinary people who are not in the society. Before going to court every time, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty would go to the people to ask about the sufferings of the people and visit the problems in their lives on the spot. Only then could he issue policies and prescribe the right medicine, which was the best way to solve these problems. At that time, people were very contemptuous of these people at the bottom, calling them ghosts and gods. Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty asked about ghosts and gods like these ordinary people.

It is precisely because Emperor Wen of Han asked these ghosts and gods in this way that his governance can be comprehensive and he can create a precedent for the governance of cultural scenes. It was because of his benevolent policies that the Han Dynasty continued to grow and develop in that era. If Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty did not care about the people at the bottom, then he would not know how the people at the bottom lived and how it was possible to bring corresponding policies to people. The rule of Wenjing was brought about by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty asking the people at the bottom.

Now our country has established a similar system. It is precisely because the government cares about the people at dawn that this country will become more and more prosperous.