#历史故事 #
Dou Ziwen's impartiality and wisdom were deeply supported by the Chu people, and historical records recorded one of his affairs as an official who was honest, fair in his dealings, did not favor personal feelings, and even destroyed his relatives in righteousness. He had a cousin who was under the command of Ziwen as a forbidden state, and he had no fear of acting recklessly. Once, when he bought something without giving money, he also beat people, and happened to be bumped by the official in charge of justice and immediately arrested.
This dou brother was very arrogant: "Tell you, I am Ling Yin's brother, you arrested me, beware that I can't eat and walk around." Of course, his original words at that time were definitely not this sentence, because the origin of the idiom "can't eat and walk" is a sentence of the Qing Dynasty novelist Mr. Cao Xueqin in the 23rd time of "Dream of the Red Chamber", which means that these buns "cannot be taken into the garden, let people know, I will 'can't eat and go around."" The original meaning of the original words is the same as this, nakedly threatening.
In the Chu state, the official in charge of justice was called Ting Li, and when this Ting Li heard that this prisoner turned out to be Ling Yin's brother, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly accompanied him and laughed and let him go. Then he personally ran to Ziwen's house and told Ziwen to pass. He thought that this time the horse's ass was crisp, and the result was that Ziwen was very unhappy after hearing it, and then he told TingLi a famous saying that has been passed down through the ages:
"Whoever establishes the court will violate the law of the land by violating the king's decree." Those who hold the law, are soft but not scratchy, rigid but not broken, and now abandon the law and betray the order and release the law, are for reasoning and wrongdoing, harboring injustice, and I have the intention of selfishness. He Tingli refuted the faye. I am in power to lead the people, the people or the people, and I am not exempt from the law. The imam wu tribe has violated the law very clearly, and it is my unjust heart that makes Tingli release it because of my heart. Holding the authority of a nation, and with private hearings, it is not righteous to live with me, and it is not as if I die. ”
This passage can be found in the historical book "Saying Garden". The meaning is very easy to understand, Ziwen said, "The state sets up criminal prison officers, that is, to investigate and punish those who violate the national law according to law." As a prison officer, you should enforce the law fairly, soft but not curved, rigid and not broken. But now you have renounced the laws of the land and released the prisoners without permission, which is called injustice.
I am in a high position and should be an example for the people, even my people, if they break the law, they cannot escape the punishment of the law of the land. You are doing this to please me, but to make the people think that I am an unjust person, that there is no principle in dealing with people, and that it is better for me to die than to do so. ”
Then, Ziwen personally sent his people to the prison officer and insisted that the prison officer punish his people according to law.
This matter reached the ears of King Chu Cheng, and King Chu Cheng was really very emotional: it was really his own blessing to have such a fair and honest Ling Yin on his own.
According to historical records, after King Cheng of Chu learned of this incident, he ran to see Ziwen without even wearing shoes, and he said to Ziwen, "Ling Yin, not young and ignorant, improper use of people, please forgive me." ”
As a result of this incident, the court man slapped the horse's ass directly on the horse's leg, and the consequence was serious: he was dismissed from his post with accountability. Ziwen's cousin was punished according to law. In the hearts of the common people, he left behind the tall image of Ziwen's justice and proximity to the people.
Once, Ziwen accompanied King Chu Cheng on a parade and looked at his beautiful rivers and mountains, and King Chu Cheng was very proud: "The solidity of the beautiful mountains and rivers, the treasure of this Chu kingdom!"
After hearing this, Dou Ziwen said to King Cheng of Chu: "The most precious thing about a country is the virtue of the monarch, not the danger of the terrain. I think that in those years, when the King of Shang was in power, the Shang Dynasty had Mengmen in the east, Taihang in the west, Changshan in the north, and the Yellow River in the south, and the terrain was extremely dangerous, but the administration was not benevolent, and the harem was favored, which brought great disasters to the country.
The king of Lu was proud of his achievements, spending huge sums of money to build deer platforms, build wine ponds, set up meat forests, extravagant and eroded, and extremely luxurious. In addition, the king himself was self-conscious, did not listen to advice, killed loyal subjects, and lost the hearts of the people. Because of this, King Wu of Zhou only united eleven small countries in the west to attack the King of Sui, and as a result, the King of Zhou set himself on fire and the Shang Dynasty perished.
Therefore, the king, please remember that the rule of the country lies in the virtue of the monarch, not in the dangers of the terrain. If the monarch does not speak of virtue, even the people in a boat will become enemies. ”
People in the same boat can also become enemies, much like the idiom of the same roommate. King Cheng of Chu agreed very much after hearing this, and he was very satisfied with his Ling Yin.
Seeing that King Chu Cheng was happy, Dou Ziwen continued: "Wei Chen believes that if the king is weak and the subject is strong, it will bring disaster to the country. At present, we want to talk about governing the country with benevolence and virtue, first of all, we must appease the people, and we must do some practical things for the people, but the national treasury is empty and the financial resources are insufficient, while the families of the ministers have strong financial resources and a luxurious life. Wei Chen believed that officials above the level of mortals should dedicate more than half of their family property to the state to help the country tide over the difficulties. ”
Ziwen also believes that a large part of the fact that the country is now poor and weak is that officials at all levels have not done their best for the country. At that time, after more than ten years of rebellion in the Chu state, the national strength was greatly reduced, the central government was lacking in finance, the rich and powerful families were rich and oily, and the lives of the common people were extremely difficult.
As Ling Yin, he needed to formulate many policies for the benefit of the country and the people, including those conducive to the development of production, and the implementation of these policies required funds. On the basis of a detailed analysis of the situation in various countries, he keenly saw the serious hidden dangers existing in the weak and the strong, and believed that this situation should first be reversed by weakening the financial resources of various powerful and powerful families.
King Cheng of Chu adopted this suggestion and ordered it to be implemented at all levels. Ziwen, on the other hand, took the lead in demonstrating and donating all the family's belongings, leaving only a little bit necessary for life. This is what has been praised by posterity for thousands of years, "Dou Ziwen self-destruction of his home, in order to alleviate the difficulties of the country", such a feat, to this day, is also very valuable, this is a kind of small family for everyone's noble virtues. It is precisely because Dou Ziwen, as the ling yin of the hall, resolutely donated all his family wealth in the case of difficulties in the country, and won a piece of praise from all over the Chu state, including the Ruo'ao family, and all the rich and prestigious families also responded positively, and the group of ministers were satisfied and sincere, donating money and materials, and soon, the treasury of the Chu state was filled.
The young King Cheng of Chu sighed endlessly: This is not just a matter of donating money and grain for everyone's concern for the safety and security of the country, but has become a kind of national spirit. And it is precisely because of Ziwen's leadership that the chu state has such a spirit, a spirit of selfless dedication to the country, and under the guidance of this spirit, why does the chu state not prosper?
King Cheng of Chu secretly encouraged himself: We must govern the country well. At the same time, he also had more respect for Ziwen. The state of Chu, under the leadership of King Cheng of Chu, who had Ziwen's dedicated assistance, grew stronger and stronger day by day.