Introduction: In the ancient feudal society, there were many corrupt officials in the past dynasties, it can be said that there are ten officials and nine greedy, although the corrupt officials are greedy, but the imperial court is also turning a blind eye, as long as it is not that kind of huge greed, the imperial court will not be too calculating.
The most famous corrupt official in history is Hezhen, and although Hezhen is greedy, he is not greedy for any money, and he claims to have three non-greedy:
"The first is that the money for disaster relief is not greedy, the second is that the money for the examination is not greedy, and the third is that it cannot be done without greed."
It is precisely because these three are not greedy, and because He yan is also a capable minister in the Qianlong period, many major events in the DPRK and China are simply inseparable from him, which makes him live all the way
Jiaqing for three years.
When the water is clear, there is no fish, and most of the emperors in ancient times understood this truth, which is human nature.
Human nature is inherently greedy.
People
Hate corrupt officials,
The number of Qing officials in the past dynasties is too small, and there are only a few truly well-known Qing officials, such as Bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty and Hai Rui of the Ming Dynasty, which are all models of Qing officials.
But in history, Bao Zheng was clean and honest, but the Song Dynasty officials' Feng Lu itself was not low, and Bao Zheng relied on it
Self-inflicted
You can live a very moist life, there is no need for corruption.
But in the Tang Dynasty there was one
Stripped bare
The prime minister, he was so incorruptible that even the emperor could not look down, the emperor saw that he was too poor, once issued a secret decree, making the prime minister greedy.
So who is this incorruptible prime minister? He is
Middle And Tang Dynasty
The famous Qing official Lu Yan.
In later generations, in the historical and cultural circles, some people have said such a sentence:
"If you don't know Lu Zhen, you can't call yourself a cultured person."
Lu Yan is a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and his ancestors were once famous and prestigious, and they were also brilliant for a long time, but
The rich do not pass on to the Generations.
In Lu Yan's father's generation, his family became
Down and out
His father died early shortly after his birth, making the Lu family even worse.
Although Lu Yan did not have a father, her mother did not relax her teaching for her son, and her mother hoped that her son would be able to make a difference in the future.
Revive ancestral fame.
Lu Yan grew up under the guidance of his mother
Strict self-discipline,
Although his family was poor, his family had a lot of books, which did not hinder Lu Yan from learning culture in the slightest.
After ten years
Cold window hard reading,
Lu Yan became a cultured and ambitious young man, but because his family was too poor and because he did not have money to dredge up relations, lu Yan could not show what he had learned.
Until Tang Dezong succeeded to the throne, 11 scholars were sent in various places
Selection of talents,
When Lu Yan heard that scholars from the imperial court had come to select talents from all over the country, he seized this opportunity to take the initiative to find scholars
Duty.
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A bit of an assessment
Later, scholars discovered that Lu Yan was a talent, so the scholars reported what Lu Zhen wrote to Tang Dezong Li Shi.
Li Shi saw lu Yan's proposal:
Three disciplines, four endowments, five arts, six virtues, and eight counts
At that time, he was greatly praised, so he promoted Lu Zhen to be a Hanlin scholar.
Lu Yan endured for ten years, and finally had the opportunity to become an official, his heart was very excited, and he was also grateful to the scholar and Tang Dezong, and he swore in his heart:
"To be a good official who is as clean as water to repay the emperor's favor."
In the fourth year of Jianzhong, as the Jingyuan army committed rebellion, Lu Yan vowed to follow Tang Dezong to Shaanxi for refuge, and Tang Dezong saw that he was loyal, so he promoted him to the rank of
Kao Gong Shi Lang Zhong.
After following Emperor Dezong of Tang and Li Shi several times, the emperor eventually fled to Liang Prefecture, and the emperor became more and more appreciative of Lu Zhen, and finally made him a prince
The position of Prime Minister.
Lu Yan faced
Internal and external troubles
The situation put forward many good words for Tang Dezong and became a famous politician during the Tang Dezong period.
After Lu Yan became prime minister, once on the way to escape, Lu Zhen and Tang Dezong
Unfortunately scattered,
Tang Dezong looked at the Nengchen beside him and disappeared, and for a moment he actually cried on the Dao, and said that whoever could find Lu Zhen would be rewarded with thousands of gold.
After several escapes, Lu Yan and Tang Dezong finally successfully returned to the capital, but after Lu Yan returned to Beijing, his mother did
Death due to illness,
At that time, many people came to offer heavy gifts and condolences in order to curry favor with Lu Zhen.
Lu Zhen was bent on being a clean official, and in the face of the heavy gifts sent by others, he all refused one by one, and Tang Dezong looked at Lu Zhen
Too poor,
And he never takes any gifts, which makes it difficult for him to deal with bureaucrats.
Tang Dezong had no choice but to send eunuchs to pass on the secret message, asking Lu Zhen
How many greedy points,
Otherwise, it would be difficult to coexist with colleagues in the imperial court.
Conclusion: After Lu Zhen received the secret instructions, in the early dynasty, he publicly advised the emperor to maintain his integrity at all times, because Lu Zhen repeatedly advised Tang Dezong to lose face, and eventually demoted him to the land of Chungju, and did not use him again until after Lu Zhen died of illness.