It is said that Zhuang Yougongdian Zhejiang test, this is a fat difference. The Qing Dynasty Hanlin Courtyard is known as Red Hanlin and Black Hanlin. The red one is that he can go to the Zhejiang test and the south of the lake to test; the black one is in the Hanlin Courtyard every day, and the person who grinds ink and points ink all day long.
Zhejiang is a rich place, and opening a branch here is a bit like opening a warehouse to take coins. Zhuang Yougong went, the scholar did not come to send money, but the local leaders did come, "inspectors to give gold", saying that they wanted to express the local respect for the gold of the old master of learning and politics. Zhuang Yougong dressed up and looked at him: his heart was not collared, and he respected each other. I have come to take talents for the country, not for myself.
Zhuang Gong resigned sternly, and the inspector muttered in his heart, but his face did not change color. After Zhuang Gong finished his studies and politics, he returned to Beijing, brought back the list of students and finally decided, and the inspector personally came to send him off: Zhuang Gong, your official morality will surely flow for hundreds of years. We have no respect for the land, and to send something to you again is also an insult to your innocence. Give you a hat to avoid the north wind. Zhuang Gong smiled, this can be there, "Leave the second crown and receive it." ”
Crossing the Qiantang River and crossing tiantai mountain, Zhuang Gong returned to Beijing to answer the order and quickly reached the boundary of Jinmen. Once just after going to sleep, Zhuang Gong took out the hat sent by the Zhejiang Inspector and played with it, this hat is really good-looking and well-made. Next to it, there is a casual cavity: Do you know how much the thing on your hat is worth? "Crown top real coral also, worth thousands of gold."
Duke Zhuang scolded Sui, "Why don't you sue me earlier?" "Come, prepare the horse. From whichever way you come, you return from. Zhuang Gongfeng ate and slept in the open, wind and rain, "Chi made more than a thousand miles back." "What is this thousand-mile road?" There is a road in the light and the wind, a road in the wind and a clear atmosphere, and a road in the high wind and bright festival.
The fast wind of a thousand miles highlights the purity of Zhuang Gong's soul, and also reflects the dirtyness of Zhe Fu's heart. Speaking of which, zhejiang fu cannot be blamed entirely. This guy is also acting in the common sense. The official field directly sends money, or there are three ways, one is to take gold to send gold, undisguised. There are two kinds of disguised, one is to buy the pearl, the ugliness inside and outside the beauty, the mooncake is not worth much, the mooncake box is worth thousands of gold; one is ugly inside the United States and the outside, and the sack of sackcloth hides gold.
The wind is not tight, the first is the most; the wind is getting tighter, and there are more than the second and third kinds. The third, in particular, is often used handily. The hat is not valuable, but the top of the hat is embedded with pearls. This tests the official morality and personality of the recipient. If the official morality is poor, I pretend to be stupid, I pretend not to know the goods, and the family is full of goods; the character and official morality are good, no matter what disguise the bribe giver uses, what local specialties, and what personal expenses, as long as it is a bribe, all are rejected.
I want to propose a new proverb for Zhuang Gong: a thousand miles to return the yarn hat, the etiquette is light and the personality is heavy.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Author Liu Chenglong
Editor: Tang Huazhen
Process Editor Wu Yue