Since Qin Shi Huang established the feudal imperial system, all dynasties have existed, and they have developed from shallow to deep, and the situation of each dynasty is different from each dynasty, and the development is different. "Three years of Qing Prefect, 100,000 snowflake silver" is actually very reasonable. Why did the ancient people do everything they could to study, get meritorious names, and become officials? In fact, many of them are also to support their families and earn some silver to support their own lives. In successive dynasties, there have been laws to punish corruption, so it is clear that corruption is not feasible, so there are "unspoken rules" that everyone has agreed to mature.
Unspoken rules were relatively rare during the Song Dynasty, especially during the Northern Song Dynasty, why? Because at that time, the country was relatively rich, and the economy of the Song Dynasty was quite developed, many officials were very rich, and the commerce of the Song Dynasty was relatively open, which also led to the fact that there were more rich people at that time. You can have a lot of money through legal means, and naturally you will not go to the big picture to make money. Bao Zheng is an iron-faced and selfless official who is honest and honest, and the iron-faced selfless Bao Zheng is well-deserved, but for the official to be honest, this matter does not dare to guarantee absolute, because Bao Zheng was born in a good era, and there is no need to corrupt in that era, so, relatively speaking, he is relatively clean.
Di Renjie, who also has the name of a divine detective with Bao Zheng, is not necessarily so. First of all, to explain that Di Renjie's image of a detective is only his folk image, because it is not his historical image, in history he is an outstanding politician, and it is precisely because of his existence that the Li Tang royal family of the Tang Dynasty was restored, but at that time it was the time of Wu Zhou, a minister who was bent on restoring the Tang Dynasty, but he could get the appreciation of Wu Zetian at that time, in addition to political means, he would not be corrupt, the use of unspoken rules was also indispensable, and it was difficult to have such a powerful fund as preparation for the Tang Dynasty. In fact, many ministers will use unspoken rules while he has merit, such as Zhang Juzheng, it is undeniable that he is a generation of bright faces, but it cannot be denied that he uses unspoken rules to make profits. The "unspoken rules" thing was the most serious thing to develop in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Although the unspoken rules are very serious, are there any people who are not affected by the unspoken rules? The answer is yes. The more famous one is Hai Rui in the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Tang Dynasty, there was also a Zaifu who was a clean official, named Lu Zhen.
Lu Yan was born in 154 AD, that is, the thirteenth year of Tang Xuanzong's Tianbao, the Lu Yan family, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was also a noble family in Jiangnan, but by The time of Lu Zhen, it was already a family road. Because Lu Yan was the ninth son of his father Lu Kan, Lu Yan was also known as "Lu Jiu". When he was young, his mother Wei Shi taught Lu Zhen to grow, and he also worked very hard, studying the Confucian classics assiduously, and at the age of eighteen, Lu Zhen passed the jinshi examination.
However, Lu Yan's position as an official was also relatively bumpy, first serving as a county lieutenant in Huazhou, but he was soon dismissed. At that time, Shouzhou Assassin Zhang Yi was very famous, so Lu Yan went to visit, and as a result, the two of them saw each other and talked for three days and three nights, becoming friends for a long time. When Lu Yan left, Zhang Yi insisted on sending Lu Yan millions of dollars, but Lu Yan resolutely refused to accept it, and finally it was difficult to accept it, and only a bunch of tea leaves were received. At this time, his incorruptible nature was revealed. Later, he was appointed as the chief of Weinan County, and was later promoted to inspector of imperial history.
Later, when Tang Dezong ascended the throne, Lu Zhen's talents were cashed out, and some criteria for Tang Dezong were put forward, and after adding Lu Zhen was already very famous, so after that, he began to be official and prosperous, from the initial Hanlin scholar, to later, when there was a mutiny, Lu Zhen loyally followed him, all the documents started early, it was Lu Yan who was carrying out, although at that time, Lu Zhen did not have the position of prime minister, but he was also called "Internal Minister", in order to repay Tang Dezong's kindness, Lu Zhen was also scrupulously dutiful. I often think of Tang Dezong's blunt criticism.
Soon after returning to Chang'an, he was appointed prime minister. When he was the prime minister, he made great efforts to govern, actively resolved many contradictions in society, and directly advised Tang Dezong. During his reign, Lu Yan was virtuous in nature, strict in self-discipline, taking the world as his own responsibility, attaching importance to the world's life, and opposing wanton expropriation and tyranny. Moreover, he rarely formed parties for personal gain, had very little friendship with local officials, and was always spotless. At this time, even Tang Dezong felt that he was too incorruptible, and you could not accept bribes or anything, but you could still receive a little bit of small gifts.
In this way, the people who were subjected to the emperor were eventually framed and deposed, but Lu Yan did not idle when he returned to his hometown, and worked hard to specialize in medical skills and serve the common people, and finally ended his life in 805 AD, when he was only fifty-two years old.