Everyone knows that in history, there was indeed a person who was bao Zheng.
It's just that the real Bao Adult, not only does not have a black face, but also
He is a handsome scholar who is white and clean
。
Although Bao Zheng did not play in the TV series, "day breaks the sun, night breaks the yin", but he has indeed broken many cases, absolutely worthy of wisdom and determination, iron-faced selflessness.
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Bao Zheng was born in a family of scholars, and at the age of 28, he passed the entrance examination.
The imperial court originally wanted to arrange for him to go to Jianchang County (Yongxiu, Jiangxi) to be a zhi county, but Bao Zheng was not worried about his elderly parents and asked the imperial court to let him serve near his hometown in Hefei.
Therefore, the imperial court sent him to supervise taxes in Hezhou, which is now Anhui and County.
Although it is not very far from home, Bao Zheng's parents still do not want to be separated from their son.
In ancient times, filial piety was the first, and Bao Zheng simply resigned from his official position and single-mindedly served his father and mother at home.
A few years later, Bao's father and mother died one after another, and Bao Zheng built a drafting room in front of the tombs of his parents, and after the mourning period expired, he still hesitated to leave.
His father and fellow villagers came to persuade him, and it was not until 1037 that Bao Zheng returned to the capital, and the imperial court made him Tianchangzhi County.
Shortly after taking office, Bao Zheng encountered a strange thing.
On this day, a farmer hurried to the county court, and as soon as he came in, he cried and begged the county master to arrest the murderer. Originally
The tongue of his cattle was cut off by whomever.
Once the cow's tongue was cut, it could not eat or drink, and could only wait for death.
It's not a small thing.
In ancient times, cattle cultivation was an important productive force, and successive dynasties explicitly prohibited the slaughter of cattle, and during the Song Dynasty, the law stipulated that cattle killers for no reason should stay in prison for a year, even if you are the owner of the cattle.
Who exactly killed this?
Bao Zheng asked him: "You come to file a complaint, do others know?" The farmer replied, "Didn't tell anyone." ”
Bao Zheng asked again: "Do the neighbors know about the cow's tongue being cut off?" "They don't know yet."
Bao Zheng thought about it a little, let the farmer come closer, and whispered to him:
"When you go back, you quietly kill the cow and then secretly sell it."
The farmer obeyed Bao Zheng's instructions, and when he returned home, he killed the cattle overnight, and then pulled the beef to the market far from home to sell before it was dark.
Two days later, a man came to Yamen and reported to the peasant that he had violated the law by killing cattle privately, and asked the government to severely punish him.
Who knows, upon hearing this person's intentions, Bao Zheng directly drank, "Why did you cut off other people's cattle tongues and come here to sue others?" ”
The whistleblower was so frightened that his legs were weak and he knelt on the ground to beg for forgiveness.
It turned out that the person who cut the bull's tongue was this person. He once quarreled with the farmer over trivial matters, and the two formed a vendetta. This man, with a grudge in his heart, secretly cut off the tongue of the cow, and falsely accused the farmer of killing the cattle privately, hoping to harm the farmer again.
In fact, as early as when the farmer reported the case, Bao Zheng knew that this must be the work of the enemy, so he made this plan.
The "Cow Tongue Case" really happened and is recorded in the "History of Song".
After 5 years as Tianchangzhi County, Bao Zheng was transferred to Duanzhou as the prefect.
This time, Bao Zheng did another thing that made countless people admire.
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Duanzhou is rich in Yantai, and from the Tang Dynasty, Duanyan was a tribute to the imperial court and extremely valuable.
Wei Zheng, a heavy minister of Emperor Taizong of Tang, had a duan yan that he was reluctant to use in ordinary times, and only when he wrote the chapter did he carefully hold it out and use it.
Before Wei Zheng died, he also instructed his family,
Be sure to use this square end stone to accompany yourself to the funeral.
This shows how precious the end stone is.
In the Song Dynasty, duan yan was more and more exquisitely made, but the workers who made the bricks were very hard, and they risked their lives to dig the stones, day and night, and still could not meet the requirements of tribute.
In fact
The imperial court did not expropriate many brick platforms every year
It was those local officials who increased the number of tributes by dozens of times at once, which made it so difficult for the workers.
When Bao Zheng learned of the situation, he immediately issued an order that it should be levied strictly in accordance with the amount required by the imperial court, and no one should ask the workers for a good hand, and those who violated the law would be severely punished.
As soon as the news came out, the people of Duanzhou clapped their hands and said that they were fast.
In 1973, Hefei reorganized the Bao's tomb group and found that whether it was the Bao Zheng tomb or the Bao's descendants' tomb, there was only one ordinary yantai in it, and there was no duan yan.
seemingly
It is indeed true that Bao Zheng "does not hold a stone to return".
Bao Zheng himself is a literati, how can he not like Duan Yan? However, it is rare that he can restrain his selfish desires.
In 1050, Bao Zheng served as an advisor, and it was in this year that an incident occurred in the capital
"The Case of the True and False Prince"
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It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, on the streets of the capital, people rushed to a place to gather, only to see a man standing in the middle of the crowd, saying loudly that his name was Leng Qing, yes
A prince who has fallen into exile
Since ancient times, the people have liked to listen to gossip, not to mention this is still a rare royal lace news, so in a short time, this news spread throughout the capital.
At that time, the prefect of Kaifeng Province was Qian Mingyi, and he sent someone to arrest Leng Qing, who knew that as soon as Leng Qing went to the court, he saw Qian Mingyi sitting in the hall, and immediately drank: You dare not get up!
Qian Mingyi was shocked and actually stood up.
It was only after the interrogation that it was learned that
Leng Qing's mother, Wang Shi, was once a palace maid, who was released because of a fire in the inner court, and later married a doctor named Leng Xu and gave birth to a son, That is, Leng Qing.
When Leng Qing became an adult, he once wandered around the Lushan Mountains and often told others that he was a prince.
A local monk named Quan Dao brought Leng Qing into Beijing, hoping to make him "recognize his ancestors and return to the sect."
Leng Qing also showed Qian Mingyi the keepsake: one
Embroidery hug belly
It is said that this is an object that Song Renzong gave to Leng Qing's mother.
At the end of the trial, Qian Mingyi really did not know what to do, and simply sentenced in a confused way: Leng Qing had a mental problem, and he was good at talking nonsense, and was ordered to be sent to Ruzhou for management.
Not only was Leng Qing dissatisfied with Qian Mingyi's verdict, but even the officials in the government did not agree.
The stakes are high, and it's already making waves in the courtroom.
Some officials believe that Leng Qing should be exiled to Jiangnan, while others think it is inappropriate, "If what Leng Qing said is true, he should not be exiled, and if what he said is false, he should be killed." ”
The point is,
Even Song Renzong himself could not remember whether he had ever been fortunate to have a palace maid surnamed Wang
。 There was really no way, so he handed the case to Bao Zheng and asked for an investigation.
After Receiving the order, Bao Zheng visited everywhere and finally found out: It turned out that Leng Qing's mother was indeed a palace girl, but after getting married, she first gave birth to a daughter, and then gave birth to Leng Qing. Obviously, Leng Qing could not be a royal bone blood.
In the end, Leng Qing and the monk Quan Dao were sentenced to death, and Qian Mingyi, the prefect of Kaifeng Province, was also demoted.
Bao Zheng later took charge of Kaifeng Province, and both the royal nobles and the officials of the DPRK and China converged a lot, for fear of being caught by Bao Zheng.
The people said,
It is more difficult to make Bao Zheng smile than to make the water of the Yellow River clear.
There are also people who say that there are only two people who can't clear up relations by giving money, one is the King of Yan Luo, and the other is Old Man Bao.
For this reason, people sometimes feel that Bao Zheng is not humane.
For example, once, Bao Zheng's uncle occupied other people's land property, and the county and township were afraid of offending Bao Zheng and did not dare to deal with this matter, so they simply sued Bao Zheng directly.
Bao Zheng listened, this is obviously his own uncle bullying, and this kind of thing must be more than just the uncle doing it, if you don't suppress it, other relatives will definitely be more rampant.
Therefore, Bao Zheng directly summoned his uncle to the lobby for interrogation, and after inquiring about the situation, he asked the servants to beat his uncle fiercely, demanding that he immediately return the people's fields and apologize to the people.
This matter quickly spread throughout the streets, some people think that the uncle is an elder, even if he makes a mistake, he will return the field property, so why beat him? There are also those who think"
The nephew justifiably beat his uncle
", should fight!
The people must have liked Bao Zheng very much, but the relatives of the Bao family complained bitterly, and almost all of them broke off contact with Bao Zheng.
In fact, although he was highly respected by the emperor and loved by the people, Bao Zheng always had a regret in his heart.
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Bao Zheng's regrets are related to his heirs.
In the early years, Bao Zheng had married his wife Li Shi, but Li Shi died not long after he married in. Therefore, Bao Zheng remarried Dong Shi, who bore him a son and named him Bao Qi.
As Bao Zheng's eldest son, Bao Qi was given the title of Taizhu of Taichang Temple by Emperor Renzong of Song at a young age, but unfortunately, Bao Qi died of illness the following year after he became a relative, leaving only his wife Cui Shi and son Bao Wenfu.
Who knows, within a few years, Bao Wenfu also died prematurely.
Bao Zheng lost his eldest son and eldest grandson one after another, and his heart was like a knife, and he could not let go of his heart for a long time.
However, Bao Zheng and his wife are enlightened people, and the old couple does not want Cui to be widowed at a young age, and has repeatedly advised her to remarry, but Cui has decided not to comply, insisting on staying in the Bao family and taking care of the two old people.
When Bao Zheng was 60 years old, his family held a banquet to wish him a birthday.
Bao Zheng thought of his son and grandson who died prematurely, and his heart was sad. Suddenly, daughter-in-law Cui Shi walked up to the church carrying a baby boy.
Just as everyone was secretly guessing, Cui Shi knelt on the ground and said
"Daddy, there are people in the Bao family, this is your son!"
Bao Zheng was surprised.
It turned out that Bao Zheng had a concubine room before, surnamed Sun, sun had a bad temper, Bao Zheng did not like her, and simply sent her back to her mother's house.
Who knows, before leaving, Sun Shi was already pregnant, and after Cui Shi learned of this matter, he carried Bao Gong and his wife on his back and privately sent money and gifts to Sun's family. Later, sun gave birth to a baby boy, and Cui secretly raised the child in his room, named the eldest sister-in-law, which was actually the adoptive mother.
After The Bao Gong and his wife knew the ins and outs of the matter, they couldn't help but be happy.
Bao Zheng finally had a big regret in his heart.
In 1062, Bao Zheng died suddenly at the age of 64.
Emperor Renzong of Song ordered him to leave the dynasty one day and personally go to the Bao family to mourn.
When Song Renzong came to the Lingtang, he saw that the Bao family's decorations were extremely frugal, and the Bao Shou in front of the ling was still just a 5-year-old doll, dressed like ordinary people, Song Renzong's nose was sour, and he immediately gave the Bao family a lot of property, and also sealed the bao silk as tai zhu of the Taichang Temple.
Later, Bao Shou followed his family to escort Bao Gong's coffin back to his hometown of Hefei. Under the teachings of the eldest sister-in-law Cui Shi, Bao Shou knew the book and made every move exactly like Bao Gong.
When Bao Shou grew up, like his father Bao Zheng, he worked seriously, loved and hated clearly, and the people also loved him very much.
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Today, a stone stele is still preserved in Kaifeng, on which is engraved the name of the official who once served as the governor of Kaifeng, and Bao Zheng's name is naturally also on it.
However, as long as the people of later generations saw his name, they could not help but touch it with their hands, and for a long time, they carved
The place with Bao Zheng's name turned out to be a pit.
Those who love the people, the people love, those who respect the people, the people always respect.
Bao Zheng is still revered after a thousand years, perhaps because in any era, "fairness and honesty" is the greatest expectation of officials!