Being innocent and doing things frankly, this is a requirement from ancient times to the present, and corruption has always been a thorn in the flesh of the imperial court, not pulling out unhappy, in feudal society, corrupt officials are also the moths of the state, the emperor is eager to pull them out quickly, but there is such a person, the emperor actually begged to let him be greedy, what is going on?
How incorruptible can a clean official be? I am afraid that many people will think of Bao Zheng, who has a clean wind on his sleeves, and has never been corrupt for decades, but in addition to the fact that this is related to Bao Zheng's conduct, there is also a point that during the Song Dynasty, the official's Feng Lu was really high, and Bao Zheng could not commit corruption, and this official was really incorruptible to the extent that it was excessive.
The Tang Dynasty has a famous Phase Lu Zhen, the Lu clan was also a famous and prestigious family in Jiangnan, but when Lu Zhen was born, the family had already fallen in the middle of the road, his father also died young, Lu Zhen grew up with his widowed mother Wei Shi, and Wei's tutoring was very strict, especially in terms of ethics, it was very high, and Lu Zhen also received this kind of education from a young age.
Tang Dezong succeeded to the throne and sent people to various places to select talents, but Lu Yan found one of the emissaries, persuading him to use the "five techniques" to observe customs and customs, the "eight counts" to examine local political achievements, the "three disciplines" to select outstanding talents, the "four endowments" to manage taxes and finances, and the "six virtues" to fix the tired people, and later this matter reached Tang Dezong's ears.
Tang Dezong was very curious about the idea that the people below actually had such an idea, and directly promoted Lu Zhen to become a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and in the several turmoils of the Tang Dynasty after that, Lu Zhen also accompanied Tang Dezong to flee around, and on the way to escape, his official position rose again and again, and all the edicts were drafted by Lu Zhen, and Tang Dezong was more and more dependent on him.
Lu Yan also had real materials, every time he drafted the edict, he could always consider it very comprehensively, and the big and small political affairs could be handled properly, and he was regarded by Tang Dezong as his right and left hands, so that in a certain escape, because Lu Zhen accidentally lost his way out of the team, Tang Dezong cried and went to find Lu Zhen through a reward order.
Lu Zhen seemed to have become a red man in Tang Dezong's eyes, naturally there were people who came to seduce him, and all kinds of gifts were indispensable, but for these gifts Lu Zhen had never accepted. After his mother's death, Lu Yan returned to the funeral and could only live in the Fengle Temple, and the gifts that local officials came to visit and receive were completely rejected.
Lu Yan's life was so poor that the emperor was a little distressed about his confidants, and secretly sent eunuchs to send him a message: If you are begging, how much greed you can't do, even if you don't want money, it doesn't matter if you don't want those boots and clothes. However, Lu Zhen still went his own way, and was later deposed because he offended Tang Dezong.