What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Zhang Nanxian, a generation of Qing officials, in the turbid world but not stained with mud, sympathetic to the people, because the government did not trust the resignation of the official to go home, halfway encountered bandits robbed, the result of the bandits opened his luggage, instead of robbing things, but kneeling to send him thirty miles.
Photo of Zhang Nanxian (top right corner)
In the early years, Song Meiling and others came to Zhejiang to play, spent more than 10,000 yuan, and wanted to go to him for reimbursement, but Zhang Nanxian refused without mercy. Not only that, Zhang Nanxian even made a wide public announcement, exposing this matter when he spoke on Chiang Kai-shek's stage, which made Chiang Kai-shek lose face and made Soong Meiling hold a grudge in his heart.
In order to take revenge, Song Meiling sent people to Hangzhou to investigate Zhang Nanxian's financial problems, and then visited his home in an attempt to find evidence. As a result, after Zhang Nanxian knew her purpose, he pointed to his own spirit card and said that he had already set up a spiritual position for himself, and he had only worked for the welfare of the people all his life, and he was not greedy for money, and once there was a half-point difference, he would immediately cut himself to show his loyalty to the country and the people.
After Song Meiling heard these words, her five tastes were mixed. As the first lady, she has already experienced various temperings in society, and her heart has long been cold and cold, and after listening to Zhang Nanxian's words, she unconsciously tearfully fell into two lines and was moved. Seeing the situation, Song Meiling's subordinates casually pulled some side talk and left with Song Meiling.
Resignation
However, after Song Meiling left, Zhang Nanxian was deeply saddened by the suspicion of corruption from above, and decided to resign and go home. When he left Hangzhou, all the people of Hangzhou came to bid him farewell, and there were clear water and mirrors in front of the door to show their appreciation and affirmation of the clean style of his sleeves.
On the way home by boat, Zhang Nan first encountered dozens of bandits, each armed with weapons, asking him to hand over his luggage. Although Zhang Nanxian repeatedly said that he did not have any money in his luggage, he was always questioned by bandits, saying that the minister who was an official in the DPRK and China had no money. To this end, the bandits also made a bet with Zhang Nanxian, saying that if they did not find money in their luggage, they would kneel down and send him thirty miles of waterway, and if they found it, they would kill him.
After the bandit finished speaking, he opened the luggage and checked it repeatedly, and only twenty pieces of money were found, and all the others were clothes and books, and he was surprised at first. Therefore, the leader of the bandits led the bandits to jump into the water together and knelt on the beach to send Zhang Nan off first.
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After 1949, Zhang Nanxian successively held important positions such as the National People's Congress, and died at the age of 95.