There are always some people in history who will be famous for eternity, and the history of youth will last forever, and after thousands of years, they will still be admired and worshiped by future generations, and after tea and dinner, we will also relish the stories of loyal subjects who are honest and honest and upright.
For example, the "Great Qing Official" Hai Rui, who throughout his life of reading the Scriptures, selflessly loving the people, discerning and acting, frugal and honest, and fighting corruption and obeying the law, was supported by the people; he was in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when officials of all sizes in the DPRK and the central government were engaged in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and many officials of all sizes in the DPRK and the central government did some tricks for their own interests, corrupted the law, camped dogs, and did some tricks on chickens and dogs.
However, in such an environment, Hai Rui is still honest and incorruptible, and he is a high-ranking official, with a wealth of money, and he has always been diligent and thrifty and lives like ordinary people.
There was also a prime minister named Zhang Jian, who also led by example like Hai Rui, self-restraint, he was frugal enough not to buy new clothes for himself for many years, and then the emperor secretly burned a hole in the prime minister's clothes, and a year later found that the hole was still there, and ordered: open the national treasury.
Born rich, but thrifty and thrifty
Zhang Jian was born relatively wealthy and was a family of officials and eunuchs, so Zhang Jian did not worry about eating and wearing since he was a child. The prince of this eunuch family was also different from the sons of other official families at that time, he was approachable and did not bully others, and was able to treat the servants of the family and the common people with courtesy.
In addition, Zhang Jian has been very fond of reading since he was a child, and after ten years of hard study in the cold window, he also passed the first place in the examination of the jinshi of that year. He is very modest even with his prominent family and rich knowledge, never taking the initiative to show off, usually food, clothing, housing and transportation are also very simple, Zhang Jian also won the respect and recognition of the people around him with this excellent quality.
Encounter "Bole" by chance and keep the original intention
After that, one day Liao Shengzong went on a safari in the yunzhong area, and according to the custom, wherever the emperor went, the local officials should prepare in advance to wash the dust for the emperor's arrival and contribute local specialties, or cherish things that could make the emperor happy. But local officials thought that the local specialties were too general, and that the emperor was familiar with them not enough to impress the emperor.
Later, one of the officials mentioned Zhang Jian, believing that this person had high moral character and extraordinary temperament, and always had his own unique views on state affairs, so he believed that if this person was recommended to Liao Shengzong, Liao Shengzong would inevitably like it.
After this official consulted with Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian was also very happy and Zhang Jian met with Liao Shengzong, and the final result was as expected, Zhang Jian was favored and appreciated by Liao Shengzong, and successively appointed Zhang Jian as the inspector of yushi and the position of Langqing outside the simen.
Zhang Jian returned home to guard filial piety for three years because of the death of his father, but after three years he still held the position of rebbe langzhong. During Zhang Jian's tenure as an official, he handled his work conscientiously and diligently, and won the trust and love of the Liao Shengzong.
Zhang Jian, an official who was just and did not seek personal gain, was also different from some ministers in the court who used their power for personal gain, and some ministers did not like Zhang Jian, so there were courtiers who slandered and slandered Zhang Jian in front of Liao Shengzong, but no matter how Much Liao Shengzong chose to believe Zhang Jian.
Gradually, the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee naturally did not slander Zhang Jian again without interest, and Zhang Jian, who was deeply loved and favored by the emperor, never used this invisible right to bully others, and still maintained the original intention of serving the country and the people and benefiting the people of one side. Zhang Jian is also very sympathetic to the people, and has repeatedly walked in the streets and alleys in civilian clothes to observe the most authentic living conditions of the people through himself.
In addition, Zhang Jian also has strict requirements for himself, although he has a lot of income, but he eats and wears very simple and is no different from the ordinary people with better family conditions.
In addition to the normal official clothes, Zhang Jian's other clothes are basically coarse cloth, without any sense of luxury, Zhang Jian demanded this from himself, and so did the other family members in his family. Zhang Jian used the frugal remaining Feng Lu to donate to some people whose families were surrounded by walls and had no food.
Therefore, Zhang Jian's reputation among the people is also very good, and the people also have great respect for this high-ranking official, and before Liao Shengzong died of a serious illness, he also instructed his crown prince Liao Xingzong to respect Zhang Jian, not to easily listen to the rumors that other ministers of the DPRK framed Zhang Jian, and if they encountered difficulties in governing the country, they could also consult Zhang Jian.
The former emperor died and was still reused
With the entrustment of Emperor Xian, after Emperor Xingzong of Liao ascended the throne, he also maintained great importance to this old minister Zhang Jian, who at that time was still young and was not as good as his father Liao Shengzong, but during his reign, the country was still able to maintain relative stability, mainly because of Zhang Jian's assistance.
Zhang Jian was also able to help Liao Xingzong deal with some things that he did not deal with properly, in a certain year, theft in China was very frequent, the number of people harmed was large, and those theft crimes were rarely caught at that time, which also made the people in the country panic, and this matter also attracted the attention of Liao Xingzong.
Although Emperor Xingzong of Liao ordered that those who were guilty of theft be severely punished to deter others who wanted to commit crimes, he mistakenly arrested eight suspects and killed them by mistake that time.
After finally finding the real culprit, the eight wrongly killed family members were very distressed and demanded justice, which also caused civil discussion for a while. At that time, Liao Xingzong did not know how to be good for a while, and finally Zhang Jian suggested that Liao Xingzong take out a part of his private property and privately give the families of the eight people who were wrongly killed as compensation to appease the people.
In the end, Zhang Jian's method really worked. Emperor Xingzong of Liao also verified zhang Jian's talent as previously described by emperors in many things, but he also wanted to verify whether Zhang Jian was really as frugal as the courtiers said.
Finally, according to his observation, he found that whether he was in the daily court or he privately called Zhang Jian to the palace, Zhang Jian was wearing the same clothes, Liao Xingzong was shocked and puzzled, after all, the position of the prime minister was undoubtedly not lacking in Feng Lu, there should also be a lot of luxurious clothes, but Zhang Jian's clothes were very simple.
Liao Xingzong had never seen such a frugal courtier, so he held a skeptical attitude and wanted to see if Zhang Jian was deliberately putting on a show, so he ordered someone to secretly burn a hole in Zhang Jian's clothes in a conversation with Zhang Jian, the purpose of which was to see if Zhang Jian really only had this formal dress to wear, and whether he was really reluctant to change it when there was a small gap in his clothes.
In order to better verify, Liao Xingzong also did not inform Zhang Jian of this matter, and only a year later did he observe the clothes that Zhang Jian was wearing, and found that the holes that he had sent to silently burn on Zhang Jian's clothes were still there, and this fact did make Liao Xingzong believe in Zhang Jian's virtues of frugality.
Later, Liao Xingzong also specifically asked Zhang Jian whether he knew why he did not change the hole in his clothes, and Zhang Jian sincerely said that he had been wearing this dress for decades, and believed that the broken hole in the clothes did not affect the warm effect of his clothes, so he did not change.
Liao Xingzong was very touched after hearing this, and deeply felt that it was a great fortune to have this prime minister in his country, but he also thought that as the prime minister of a country, he should not wear torn clothes, so he ordered someone to open the national treasury and let Zhang Jian personally select a good satin custom dress, although Zhang Jian did not have the intention of changing new clothes, but the emperor's order could not be violated, Zhang Jian randomly picked a few pieces of satin, and then thanked the emperor for returning home.
brief summary:
As can be seen from the above, LiaoXingzong, the emperor, secretly burned a hole in the clothes of the prime minister, in order to verify whether Zhang Jian, the prime minister, was really thrifty rather than a show, and a year later, through observation, it was found that the burned hole in Zhang Jian's clothes was still there, which really made the emperor believe in Zhang Jian's character, and in view of the fact that he damaged Zhang Jian's clothes, he specially ordered someone to open the treasury to reward this minister with a few pieces of good satin.
Successive dynasties and dynasties have a minister who sincerely serves the country and the people, is diligent and thrifty, and leads by example, which is a great fortune for the country. It is Zhang Jian's thriftiness and thriftiness, simple and unpretentious, that makes Zhang Jian's image immortal after thousands of years and has become an example in our hearts.