Many of the officials of the Qing Dynasty were scholars. Now who remembers Zeng Guofan fought many battles, but many people remember Zeng Guofan's family letters and articles. It is Zeng Guofan's art of viewing people, which has also been annotated by the academic community as a contemporary study and is sold well in society.
There is also Lin Zexu, everyone knows that Humen sells cigarettes because it is related to Chinese history, but they don't know that Lin Zexu is also a scholar-type official in the late Qing Dynasty. Lin Zexu's life motto is also very shocking.
Lin Zexu has ten aphorisms, and although more than a hundred years have passed, it still seems that they are still true aphorisms. For the corrupt officials in contemporary China, they should study it seriously.
The first is: if you don't have a good intention, Feng Shui will not help. Corrupt officials now generally believe in feng shui, not only to build their own houses, but also to look at feng shui, even if they build a house, they also need to look at feng shui. There are also corrupt officials who need to ask Mr. Feng Shui for advice on how to place their desks, and ask Mr. Feng Shui if they can be promoted. In fact, if you don't have a good intention, how good feng shui will benefit you?
The second is: Parents are not filial, and it is useless to serve God. I remember a corrupt official in Hainan who took bribes of a lot of money, and the brothers gave their parents 90 yuan a month for living expenses, but he was unwilling to pay out of his pocket. Some mahjong tables win or lose tens of thousands, but give their parents a hundred yuan but have to weigh it. Such corrupt officials who are not filial to their parents are not filial to their parents, even if they worship God every day, and they will not do any good.
The third is: Brotherhood is not in harmony, and it is useless to make friends. Corrupt officials are generally communicators, and they have a lot of friends, and they have a lot of friends who cross the bank, and they have a lot of rich friends. But for his own brother, he is ruthless. I can't take care of the brotherhood, but I make friends all over the world, so that each friend is tied to a rope for himself, and one day, when he needs a friend, there is no one.
The fourth is: misconduct, study is useless. The office of the corrupt officials is dressed like a study, and some of the corrupt officials do read a lot of books. But reading books does not affect bribery, nor does it affect bribery in the study. Reading Bao Gongbiography and collecting money at the same time is very unbeneficial.
The fifth is: perverse and clever are useless. Corrupt officials are smart people, many of them are smart people who graduated from prestigious universities, and some are even the top students in the local college entrance examination. At that time, when he was doing things, he was arrogant and domineering, crazy and bold to accumulate money. What good is it for such a corrupt official to be smart?
The sixth is: the heart is arrogant, and erudition is useless. Corrupt officials are probably arrogant people, high-minded people, and people who don't take people seriously. After an accident, a corrupt official said: When he was mayor, he didn't take the secretary seriously, and when he was secretary, he didn't take the mayor seriously. As a result, something happened to me. Such corrupt officials, even if they are very knowledgeable, are not of any benefit.
The seventh rule is: bad luck, vain seeking no benefit. The biggest failure of corrupt officials is to ask for something in vain, and if they can't reach it, they have to fight for it. People need luck, and if they don't have luck, they will put themselves to death if they encounter a chance scramble. There was a corrupt official who competed for the position of deputy provincial level and was willing to spend hundreds of millions, but he was deceived by a broker. In the end, it was removed, so what good is such a vain request?
The eighth article is: Mistaking money from others, giving is useless. The reason why a corrupt official is a corrupt official is to take money in vain. In particular, the money borrowed and included in the pocket is the greatest devain. It is actually meaningless for such a corrupt official to get money, to give alms, to sponsor, to build roads, to build bridges, and to donate money to his hometown to buy fame. It is not beneficial to himself, and when the gods see the vain charity, they will still subtract the longevity of the corrupt official.
The ninth is: medicine is useless at all costs. Corrupt officials do not hesitate to be vigorous, like Lai Xiaomin, who has built a group of harems, such a lack of vitality, even if he drinks deer blood every day, it is useless, even if he eats the ginseng in the world, it is not beneficial. The essence and blood of a person is certain, and if it is used up a long time ago, the person will be finished a long time ago. The same is true of the late Qing Dynasty Chinese New Year's Eve, which did not hear babies crying.
Article 10 is: Lewdness and wanton lust are useless. Corrupt officials who are found often have a problem of lewdness and wantonness. Such a person will not be of any benefit even if he is silently gloomy. Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty said that "corrupt officials lose their lives", which is also the truth.
Lin Zexu is also a person who reads poetry and books, and his ten pieces of advice to corrupt officials were available in the late Qing Dynasty, but when corrupt officials read Lin Zexu's ten pieces of advice, they may be deeply touched, or they may turn a deaf ear. However, these ten pieces of advice are still a little interesting, and it is beneficial for corrupt officials to read them.