The Ming and Qing dynasties were the active period of the group of shoguns (commonly known as shiye), from the governor and inspector to the chief official of the prefecture and county, and there was almost no one who did not hire a master. The most prestigious person in the ranks of the masters is the Shaoxing master, who is known to women and children. One of the most representative first-class figures is Wang Huizu, a native of Xiaoshan County, Shaoxing Province, Zhejiang Province during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods.
Wang Huizu, the character Huan Zeng, the number of Longzhuang, is the most influential and legendary generation of famous curtains in the Qing Dynasty. There are three main reasons why later generations regard him as an official model: First, Wang Huizu assisted many officials in his lifetime, always upright and honest, good at deciding difficult cases, whether it is moral character or professional ability, he is outstanding in his peers. Second, during his political career, he wrote many classic official works, and in the late Qing Dynasty, almost everyone had a copy of "George's Medicine" and "Xuezhi Hypothesis" written by Mr. Wang Longzhuang. Third, he first went from the curtain, then became an official, and finally resigned from the government and returned to his hometown to become a famous Confucian, and his life course met the three immortal standards of Confucianism of "virtue, meritorious service, and speech", which can be called an example for officials and masters.
Wang Huizu was knowledgeable and helped successive masters deal with many difficult problems. During the Qianlong period, a copper coin called "Kuanyong Tongbao" was popular in the coastal provinces. This copper coin was not officially minted by the Qing Dynasty, so the Qianlong Emperor ordered a strict investigation of the source of this money. Who knew that no one in the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu even knew the origin of this money.
At that time, Wang Huizu was working as a master at the Tailiang Storage Daotai Yamen in Susongchang Town. After he learned of this, he drafted a memorandum in place of Zhuang Yougong, the governor of Jiangsu, pointing out that the "Kuanyong Tongbao" was a Japanese copper coin flowing in from the southeast merchants when they traded with Japan. This incident made Wang Huizu famous for a while. During his retirement from the curtain, Wang Huizu mainly served as a criminal master. He has a good reputation for enforcing the law incorruptiblely, loving the people and saving trouble.
In handling prison proceedings, Wang Huizu paid great attention to investigating the truth of the case, and the trial of cases always used skill to win, insisting on not moving the suspects to death. The Confucian legal idea of "introducing the scriptures to prison" was carried forward by Wang Huizu. He often tried to exonerate innocent people at trials, and even used the death penalty sparingly for excusable repeat offenders. According to his book "George's Medicine", Wang Huizu was a famous master for twenty-six years, and only six people were sentenced to death. The Qing Dynasty officials went corrupt in the late Qianlong period. Wang Huizu personally experienced the era of political clarity in the early Qianlong period and deeply resented the corruption of officials.
While composing the curtain, he participated in the imperial examination, and at the same time summarized the shogunate, trying to change the bad atmosphere in the official field. The most precious thing is that Wang Huizu, whether from the curtain or as an official himself, always adhered to the principle of fair and honest handling of affairs. With his familiarity with the laws of the Great Qing Dynasty, if he favoritism and fraud like other masters and xu officials, he would certainly do it without leaks. However, Wang Huizu, the master of criminal fame, bravely became the conscience of the industry, and for the sake of judicial justice, he did not hesitate to offend his colleagues and even the master. Once, Wang Huizu discovered the suspicious points of the case, re-verified it, and found out the truth. However, the verdict he drafted was repeatedly rejected by the owner of the curtain, because the owner of the curtain was worried that the reversal of the case would affect his performance appraisal. However, Wang Huizu argued on the basis of reason, preferring to resign from the post of criminal master and insist on overturning the case, and finally forced the owner to accept the opinion of overturning the case.
Because of this incident, the people of the time gave him a nickname called "Wang Qiqi". Wang Huizu traveled cautiously and never participated in banquets. He was frugal, often used old paper to work, oil lamps only left a wick, and in winter there was no fire. But he paid great attention to safeguarding the interests of the people. After unremitting efforts, Wang Huizu finally passed the imperial examination and completed the transformation from a close friend to an official. This is not an easy task in the master's line. Most masters have been only other people's staff members all their lives.
Unfortunately, the government when Wang Huizu became an official was far less clear than when he first entered the shogunate, but Wang Huizu was not corroded by the general environment, and he was still clean and self-sufficient, diligent and loving the people. When serving as NingyuanZhi County, Wang Huizu discovered that Ningyuan County was selling Huai salt. Huai salt is not only often out of stock, but the price is also eight times higher than that of Cantonese salt in Guangdong. Local people were forced to buy private salt from Guangdong for their livelihood. When the imperial court sent troops to inspect, Wang Huizu risked being questioned, and while asking for the people's lives, he ordered the abolition of the ban on zero salt. Fortunately, the governor Bi Yuan praised his righteous deeds and survived this pass.
The Qing Dynasty scholar Hong Liangji praised: "Ji Jun lived a life, at home as a filial piety, into the curtain as a celebrity, serving as a bureaucrat, after returning to the li to become a mellow Confucian", his evaluation represented the views of all walks of life on Wang Huizu at that time. The ancients most admired the way of dealing with the world of "wisdom and circle". Wang Huizu was a straightforward man, dared to argue according to reason, and was a typical person with good conduct. During his entry into the curtain, he paid attention to the methods and methods of doing things, paying attention to the combination of the law of reason, and the yuantong wisdom technique was a must. At the same time, Wang Huizu also left a valuable ideological wealth for future generations. Future generations can take Mr. Longzhuang as a model and learn from his wisdom in doing things for others, and it is very good.
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