According to historical records, in December of the first year of Jiayou (1056), the imperial court granted Bao Zheng a new position, Kaifeng Fuyin, that is, bao Zheng was made the mayor of Kaifeng.
This year, Bao Zheng is already 58 years old, and the mayor of Bao is already a veritable "old man of Bao".
Due to his busy official duties, although Bao Zheng was appointed mayor of Kaifeng, he did not officially take office until the following year, in March of the second year of Jiayou (1057).
In July of the third year of Jiayou (1058), because of his outstanding political achievements, Bao Zheng was promoted to the position of Yushi Zhongcheng (equivalent to the current chief procurator of the Supreme Procuratorate), and went to the imperial court to supervise hundreds of officials and fight corruption and promote honesty.
To sum up, from the second year of Jiayou (1057) to the departure of Jiayou in the third year (1058), Bao Zheng's time as the governor of Kaifeng was only one year.
Although it was only a short year, for Bao Zheng, he also did a lot of things.
Of course, these things that Bao Zheng did were both good things that benefited the people and bad things that were used with will.
Let's start with those good things. The first good thing is to cure water.
According to historical records, only 3 months after Bao Zheng's arrival, heavy rain fell in Kaifeng Province, and a major flood broke out.
At that time, the torrential rain turned into a raging flood, like a beast, which instantly flooded countless streets in the capital, and the history said: "Straight to the city, the door is closed, the bad officials and private houses are tens of thousands of districts, and the city is tied to raft people." "
In times of crisis, show the true colors of heroes! In the face of the surging flood, Bao Zheng was not in danger, he commanded Ruoding, while directing the people to fight the flood and save dangers and protect their homes; On the one hand, he ordered people to investigate the reasons for the lack of retreat and the discharge of floods.
Soon, the results of the investigation came out, and the "Biography of Song Shi Bao Zheng" recorded that the Zhongguanshi clan built a garden and pavilion, invaded the Huimin River, so that the river could not be blocked, and the water of the Shijing Division was great, and the salvation was destroyed.
The "lieutenant" here refers to the eunuch. That is to say, the eunuchs, in favor of the emperor, built gardens privately, so that they blocked the river and caused this flood.
Prior to this, there was a lesson from Cao's use, and for these eunuchs, the officials all avoided them, for fear of offending these masters. Even if they knew that these eunuchs had built gardens indiscriminately and blocked the river, the previous Kaifeng Fu Yin had turned a blind eye.
Previously, there was also a flood in the capital. At that time, knowing that the eunuch's garden blocked the river, The Kaifeng Fu Yin did not dare to deal with it, and could only let the river rise and destroy the people's houses.
This inaction of Kaifeng Fuyin made the people of Kaifeng indignant, and everyone believed that the so-called "mayor of the capital" was a soft egg who bullied the soft and feared the hard. Therefore, everyone thinks that this new Lord Bao will not be an exception.
However, it didn't take long for everyone to be surprised to find that this bag adult seemed to be the exception. According to historical records, after learning the reason for the bad flood discharge, Bao Zheng was furious and ordered the demolition of all illegal buildings!
Bao Zheng also repeatedly stressed that as long as it is an illegal building, no matter what kind of imperial relatives and state relatives he is, or what kind of red man of the dynasty, it is all one word - demolition! What happened, it was my own business; The sky is falling, and I alone bear it!
The leaders all spoke like this, and the subordinates immediately rejoiced, and everyone rushed to the illegal buildings. In this demolition process, the eunuchs also knew Bao Zheng's principles of doing things, and could only consider themselves unlucky.
In the end, under bao zheng's governance, the problem of flooding was solved, and Bao Zheng's reputation was also shocked for a time, and the "Biography of Song Shi Bao Zheng" said: "The zhengli dynasty is resolute, the noble eunuchs are afraid of it, and everyone who hears it is ashamed." People laugh at Bao Zheng better than the Yellow River. The childish woman, also known by its name, called 'package to be made'. Kyoshi said, "The joints are not there, there is Yan Luobao. '"
"The joints are not enough, there are Yan Luo Bao old". However, with this sentence, Bao Zheng's position in the hearts of the people needs no words.
The second good thing is the litigation revolution.
Once upon a time, the people complained that they could not enter the court directly, and they needed to hand over the paper to the door number division, and these guards would deliver it inside.
Let the messenger "do things", is it necessary to "mean the meaning", give some money? Of course, more money and less money are all meanings, and the servants will not be afraid of this, but "sincerity of heart is the spirit", the more they give, the faster they pass.
Under this rule, those who have money can sue; Those who have no money can only look at the door and sigh. In the end, the people of the Song Dynasty simply made up a sentence of "the eight-character yamen open to the south, and there is no reason and no money to come in" to satirize it.
None of the previous Kaifeng governors, including Kou Zhun and Fan Zhongyun, thought that this rule was inappropriate, but now that Bao Zheng had come, this rule had to be changed!
Bao Zheng clearly knew that this rule had hundreds of harms and no benefits, and the people had to spend money to buy roads once they filed a complaint. If The Kaifeng government is clean and honest, it may cost less money; But if you encounter an insatiable official, countless pieces of silver are sent in, but there is no chance of interrogation, which makes the people feel bad.
During his tenure as the Governor of Kaifeng, Bao Zheng ordered that a two-sided drum should be set up at the gate of the palace, and if the people wanted to file a complaint, they could directly beat the drum to sound the injustice, and no one could stop it. As soon as the drum sounded, no matter what the big master was doing, whether you were eating or taking a bath, you must go to the court to try the case at the first time.
In the history of the legal system, this small change by Bao Zheng can be called a feat. Because this change opens a fast track for the wrongdoers, so that the people's complaints can reach the judge's case as soon as possible. This system will also be a big blow to those unscrupulous bureaucrats and tycoons. Gone are the days when newspapers were bought and hidden.
Through the drama "The Case of Gongmei", we can know how dark the former Kaifeng Fuyin was; how deeply these reforms have won the hearts of the people.
Before the reform, officials out of the need for interests, there will be a situation where officials and officials will protect each other, and they will strictly guard against death, bully the small with the big, and use the resources in their hands to oppress the people, for example, hide the people's complaint paper and stifle their litigation claims. Therefore, in order to sue that negative Chen Shimei, Qin Xianglian would work so hard, and without even having a chance to see Bao Zheng's side, she was blasted out by the officials of those Si Yamen.
After the reform, if Qin Xianglian wanted to sue Chen Shimei, she only needed to beat the drum at the gate of the yamen to complain about the injustice, and no one dared to stop it, and The Kaifeng Fu Yin must also be promoted to the court at the first time to handle the case.
Moreover, through this incident, we can also understand why everyone calls Bao Zheng "Bao Qingtian". Why did everyone think of Bao Zheng for the first time when they mentioned Kaifeng Fuyin.
You must know that the successive Kaifeng Fu Yin of the Song Dynasty were all well-known figures - Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, etc., but why did no one call them "Kou Qingtian, Fan Qingtian, Ouyang Qingtian, Sima Qingtian"?
This is probably the reason for this.
Now that the good things are done, it's time to say bad things.
Although Bao Zheng is a fair and self-disciplined person, Bao Zheng is also a person, and he will also be swayed by feelings and do some absurd things. For example, firefighting.
According to the Southern Song Dynasty scholar Zeng Minxing's "Solo Awakening Magazine", once, a fire broke out in Kaifeng, and Bao Zheng, who was the governor of Kaifeng Province, immediately organized personnel to extinguish the fire.
After Bao Zheng arrived at the scene, he looked at the blazing fire that had spread to dozens of shops, and he was worried and anxious. At this moment, someone came to the shrine and said, "Please, if you want to put out the fire now, do you want to go to Sweetwater Lane to get water, or do you want to go to Bitterwater Lane to get water?" Please make it clear to adults. "
Upon hearing this, Bao Zheng was angry, and now that the fire is about to be put out, what sweet water and bitter water are there? Enraged, Bao Zheng decided that this person was playing with himself, and he ordered that the person be arrested, and without saying a word, he beheaded him and showed it to the public.
After witnessing all this, the other officials were terrified of Bao Zheng, and everyone worked desperately, and in a very short time, they put out the fire.
So, is Bao Zheng's act of casually killing people really correct?
In the Song Dynasty, "Sweet Water Lane" and "Bitter Water Lane" were real place names. What this man meant was, "Ask your lord, wherever we go to get water." As a result, Bao Zheng couldn't help but say something, and he beheaded him and showed him to the public.
Ten thousand steps back, even if this person is really flirting with Bao Zheng, he will not die, and the most he can do is to beat the board.
It can be seen that although Bao Zheng is called "Bao Qingtian", he will also be emotional. Although this person is famous for his integrity and self-discipline, there are also times when he is "confused".
What is even more infuriating is that Even if Bao Zheng committed a crime, Zeng Minxing, who wrote this story, even defended Bao Zheng.
"Alone Awakening Magazine" records that the reason why Bao Zheng killed people directly without asking the reason was because this person was a "rogue". At that time, a group of rogue people got together and wanted to deliberately flirt with Bao Zheng, so there was such a room.
If it were to be explained in this way, the case would make sense. After all, Song Dynasty law stipulates that anyone who deliberately obstructs the fight of a fire will be sentenced to capital punishment.
Even in today's society, everyone is fighting fires, even if you don't help, you still hinder fire fighting on the side, which can only be severely punished. Because if you are not severely punished, you are conniving at crime and harming the interests of the people.
Of course, although Zeng Minxing explained that the person who spoke was a "scoundrel", so Bao Zheng killed him. However, if you look closely at this incident, you can also see a lot of doubts.
For example, as the Yin of Kaifeng Province, Bao Zheng must have been protected by the key, how did a small rogue break through the layers of guards and rush to Bao Zheng's body?
It seems that when Zeng Minxing wrote about this incident, he also included personal feelings in it, so he said that this person was a rogue, and avoided the fact that Bao Zheng was arrogant and wantonly killing people.
In summary, even if it is a pack of green sky, there are times when there is no green sky. Of course, whenever a person makes a mistake, Bao Zheng makes a mistake once or twice, and we can understand it. However, if the scheme of the villain leads to the insecurity of the late festival, it is a bit unspeakable.
Shen Kuo, a famous scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty, recorded such a troublesome affair as Bao Zheng in his "Mengxi Pen Talk".
This mess is called "being sold."
Bao Zheng is an official, known as a clear-sighted person, but in Shen Kuo's pen, we see a different Bao Zheng.
During Bao Zheng's tenure as the governor of Kaifeng, a large sum of money committed an offence and was sentenced to cane. Big money has money and wants to spend money to get rid of crime, but Bao Zheng doesn't love money.
Seeing that Bao Zheng had no intention of accommodation, Da qian found the small official in charge of beating himself with a staff. He gave the young official a lot of money, hoping to be accommodating and protect himself from the criminal law, and at the very least asked him to be lighter.
After the young official received the money, his eyes rolled and he said, "You are at ease." Tomorrow, when Lord Bao announces the closure of the case, he will let me torture you. When the time comes, you will just scream and be wronged, and the rest will be left to me. "
The next day, after the trial, as the small official said, after Bao Zheng announced the result of the punishment, he asked the small official to use the large amount of punishment.
The big money immediately acted according to the plan of the small official, shouting "wronged, wronged", screaming and screaming continuously. As soon as the big money shouted injustice, the little official immediately said: "The old man has already closed the case, the sentence is accurate, you just need to be beaten honestly, why say more useless words?"
The little official's words have some taste of patting their asses, he told the big money, Lord Bao has closed the case, naturally there will be no mistakes, what use can you shout wrong again?
You know, ordinary officials like such flattering words, but Bao Zheng is not an ordinary official, and after hearing these slap-in-the-face words, he is not happy and angry, and he thinks that the small officials privately comment on this case are suspected of exceeding their authority and slander.
Therefore, Bao Zheng ordered the use of torture to stop, dragged this small official down and beat more than a dozen boards, in addition, in order to refute the comments that the punishment was accurate, he instead released the large amount of acquittal!
Historians believe that the reason why Bao Zheng did this was to suppress the arrogance of his subordinates, not to let them be arrogant and arrogant, and to comment on the results of the punishment at will, so as to safeguard judicial fairness. But the problem was that when Bao Zheng did this, he fell into the trap of this little official. The petty officer used a bitter plan to let the large amount of money go unpunished and escaped the punishment of the law. Bao Zheng has been kept in the dark, and he has not yet known that he has been sold.
In fact, in real history, the reason why Bao Zheng became famous was not because he decided the case, but because he was outspoken and impeached.
According to historical records, after leaving Kaifeng Province to serve as the inspector of imperial history, Bao Zheng has always been selfless and upright, supervising hundreds of officials and impeaching his subjects. At that time, as long as it was a minister who was "targeted" by him, there was basically no "good fruit" to eat.
For this reason, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were afraid of him, avoided Bao Zheng, and gave him a very appropriate elegant name -- "Bao Bomb" --