Autumn Leizhou Peninsula is sometimes still the middle of summer weather, this day is sunny, the sky is blue and blue, there is no trace of clouds, the sun sprinkles on the turquoise lotus pond of Qingduan Garden, the morning is the most suitable time to watch the lotus, a lotus washed out the lead, standing proudly. In my mind came up with Zhou Dunyi's famous sentence through the ages: "Give the only love lotus out of the mud without staining, Mao Qing Lian without demon, straight through the middle, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilion pure plant, can be viewed from a distance and can not be blasphemed." Isn't this the true portrayal of Chen Yao's lack of fame and fortune and self-improvement?
Chen Yao said: "The four characters of 'indifferent tranquility' are practiced by the body. It is not to accept the valley of money, but to use a dollar to anoint the people with the people's stomach. "Throughout his life, he was willing to live in a humble position, did not take the position of an official to be self-interested, and was almost harsh on himself." Zi Zi Shi Gu Tian Zhi Gui as an inspector, more than twenty years of being outside, did not try to extend the staff, the case of Mu Xu self-appointment, father and son separated by thousands of miles, there is no communication, one or two servants, the official kitchen only into the melon and vegetables, all of them can not bear the unbearable, and The emperor is at the end of his life. The Kangxi Emperor highly praised: "Seeing the Emperor and observing his demeanor and remarks, he is really a Clean Official." It grows on the seashore, is not a family family, has no protégés and is old, and the world is called its Qing. How can it be so unless it is practiced? It is auspicious for the country to have such people. It is advisable to add excellence to clean up the exercises. "Chen Ying is indifferent and quiet, self-denying and serving the public, and has a noble character of putting the world first. How similar it is to the lotus flower that "does not vine or branch, the fragrance is far away and clear".
This year marks the 360th anniversary of Chen Yao's birth, and I have visited The Qingduan Garden more than once, this time for the newly completed Exhibition Hall of Chen Yao's Honest Government Historical Sites. Walking by the lotus pond, through the red pillar rim tile and the stele gallery where famous calligraphy at home and abroad is gathered, you will see the exhibition hall. The appearance of the red tone is mainly classical and solemn, and the slightly modern design makes people feel extraordinary. At this time, the number of people who came to visit and study gradually increased, or they came to visit the name, or the unit organized to study.
Facing the gate is a large statue of Chen Yaogong, I looked up at Chen Yaogong, and looked out the door with his majestic and kind gaze, which should be the direction of the sea, known as "a dragon and smoke around" The tide-proof seawall is not far in front. I think that in those years, Chen Yu poured half a life's effort into building the Oriental Seawall and protecting the fertile fields of the Eastern Ocean from the sea tide. Beginning in the twenty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1684), he repeatedly advocated the construction of the Oriental Seawall in his hometown, "With a scholar, for the sake of nothing, he learned to raise money for the construction of the floating butcher family." In September last year, he issued more than 200 zhang on the shore, hired to build it, and set a salary of 2,000 yuan or 1,500 yuan per shore. In January, the employment money has not yet been paid, and the shore of more than two hundred zhang has been built four or five feet high. But the amount of money raised is limited, even those who have more leaders dare not diverge. ("Book of Honorable Piety of Shangliu Fu"), but the construction of the embankment was unsuccessful because the local officials did not pay attention to it. It was not until thirty years later, in 1715, that his recital "Title Repairing the Leiyang Embankment" was approved by the Kangxi Emperor, and this wish was fulfilled. In order to successfully complete the embankment repair project, Chen Yao, who was on the fujian patrol, donated the 5,000 taels of silver he had accumulated over the years to build the Oriental Seawall for the benefit of Sangzi and the yinze of the hundreds of years.
The Exhibition Hall of Chen Yao's Honest Government Historical Sites is a two-story frame structure with a construction area of 1400 square meters, and the main halls in the museum are Guanchao Pavilion (Electronic Education Film and Television Hall), The Aftertaste Hall (Historical Style Hall) and Baijia Hall (Achievement Exhibition Hall), forming a three-dimensional display effect of three-dimensional integrity historical sites combining traditional pictures and modern audio and video. At nearly noon, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit and study, and some units also organized party members to read out the oath of joining the party in front of Chen Yao's statue; Chen Yao's motto of "knowing the country but not the camp family, knowing the compassionate people but not loving the body" and "officials taking a penny in vain is no different from millions of gold" made the visitors moved unceasingly. The culture of honest government is an important part of advanced culture, and under the current situation of fighting corruption and advocating clean government, the completion of the exhibition hall of Chen Yao's historical relics of honest government has stimulated the enthusiasm of the whole society to participate in the education on honest government, and is of great practical significance to creating a good social atmosphere of "taking pride in honesty and being ashamed of greed."