Haifu is a real master, the first minister of the three dynasties. Only one inch of heart is the master, and a hundred strategies can only calm the people.
In the ancient dynasties of our country, there were not only corrupt officials with full wickedness, but also honest officials with two-sleeved breeze, but in terms of their number, there were more corrupt officials and traitorous officials. To say that there were more honest officials, it was not impossible, but the number was very large. few. But as long as there is such an upright official, the people will have confidence in the official court, because they believe that upright officials must be for the people and will bring them hope.
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In my country's and Ming Dynasty , there was such an absolute upright official who can not be ignored. His whole life has experienced the rule of four emperors of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to have crossed four In this era, he was the famous upright official of the Ming Dynasty- Hai Rui.
Hai Rui's life can be said to have been completed with cleanliness and light, so how did his life go? How did he keep his integrity throughout his life? Today, let us walk into the world of the upright official Hai Rui and understand his life.
Hai Rui’s origin
Hai Rui was born in a typical scholarly family. He has an ancestor, Hai Yu, who was once the commander of Guangzhou Guardian during the founding period of the Ming Dynasty. This uncle has been in the Juren, and one of them has even been a supervisor in the court, which can be said to be quite powerful.
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However, Hai Rui's father was almost meaningless. He was just a dying, but he was born in a family where he was an official from generation to generation, which also had an important influence on Hai Rui when he was a child.
Speaking of Hai Rui's family situation, it is actually not very good. In addition, Shanghai Rui's father died when he was four years old, so he and his mother are the only ones left in the family. But Hai Rui’s mother Xie is a very strong woman. Not only did she raise Hai Rui alone, she also sent him to a private school.Learn the classic culture of Confucian .
Hai Rui, who has been influenced by a good culture since he was a child, also aspires to be a good official when he grows up, and he named himself "Gang Feng", which means to remind himself to be like a mountain. Upright and resolute.
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When Hai Rui was studying, it was the period when Wang Shouren 's doctrine was flourishing. Therefore, Wang Shouren's idealistic theories such as "the unity of knowledge and action" also had an impact on Hai Rui. So as to guide his later life.
failed the list and switched to teaching
When Hai Rui was thirty-five years old, he participated in the juren examination, so in the second year of the capital examination, he wrote to the imperial court "Ping Li Ce", to the imperial court He introduced his governance strategy, but did not attract the attention of the court, so this year Hai Rui fell out of the rankings.
Later, Hai Rui failed the exam twice, so he decided to give up the imperial examination and go to Fujian to be a teacher. Hai Rui's teaching also has some opinions of his own. He believes that scholars should attach importance to their own identity and should not kneel to others casually, etc.
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After a few years, Hai Rui received help from the nobles and was finally appointed as the prefect of Chun'an at the age of forty-four, starting his journey as an official.
After taking office, Hai Rui saw that the rich in Chun'an possessed hundreds of acres of land without paying taxes, while those poor farmers had no income for a year and had to work hard for heavy taxes. Seeing this scene, Hai Rui decided to reduce taxes and re-measure the land, which reduced the burden on farmers. Many farmers who fled because of heavy taxes also returned to Chun'an from other places and started working again.
Hai Rui's frugality
It is said that Hai Rui is a clean official and lives frugal. So what kind of frugality is it? It can be seen from the story between him and Hu Zongxian .
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Hu Zongxian was the governor of Zhejiang at that time,Once his son came to play in Chun'an County, which is under Hai Rui's jurisdiction, and even if he played, he even embezzled public funds privately to abuse and squeeze the local officials at will. Such a move certainly caused Hai Rui's dissatisfaction. Regardless of whether this was Hu Zongxian's son or not, he immediately arrested him and tortured him, and confiscated all his money.
At this time, many people think that Hai Rui is going to die, and offended Governor Hu Zongxian's son. How could it be better? Unexpectedly, Hai Rui actually wrote a letter to Hu Zongxian himself. He first complimented Hu Zongxian and said about how clean he is usually.
Then the conversation turned, saying that recently someone dared to pretend to be your son, came to my Chun'an County to eat, drink, and travel at public expense. Hai Rui would never believe him. Finally, he said that he had already arrested this person, and now he was waiting for Governor Hu to come and post it himself.
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I have to say that Hai Rui's move is really high. It not only saved himself, but made Hu Zongxian nothing to do with him, but also taught Hu Zongxian's son a meal, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. And the angry Hu Zongxian also had nothing to do with Hai Rui, and in the end he didn't do anything to him.
Letter to jail
Arrived Jiajing Forty-three years, Hai Rui was promoted to the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households and went to the capital to take office. At that time, Emperor Jiajing had reached his later years in his life. He had been ignoring state affairs for more than 20 years, and he had been thinking about seeking longevity all day long. The direct result of such a fate is of course the chaos within the imperial court, the borders are also constantly fighting, and the people are miserable.
Hai Rui, who came to the capital to see this phenomenon, naturally couldn't bear this situation, so he bought a coffin at home to show his determination, and then wrote a copy of " 治安解" to the Emperor Jiajing. ".
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Hai Rui severely criticized the Emperor Jiajing in this sparse, and it can even be said that he was teaching him how to be an emperor. The Emperor Jiajing was naturally very angry when he saw it, and immediately ordered Hai Rui to be taken. Grab it,For fear of being run away by him.
But at this time, the eunuch Huang Jin said to the side that this Hai Jui has always had a silly name. Before he wrote the letter, he had already said goodbye to his wife, sent his servants away, and bought a coffin to keep at home.
After the Emperor Jiajing heard this, he understood Hai Rui's determination, and read "Public Security Shu" several times. He sighed and said that this person can be compared with to compare with span12span, but I am not the king of . span12span ah. Afterwards, people arrested Hai Rui, but Emperor Jiajing was still a sensible emperor. He read Hai Rui's "Shu An Shu" many times, but in the end he did not kill him.
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One year later, Emperor Jiajing passed away and Emperor Longqing succeeded. He not only pardoned Hai Rui, but also promoted him to the official position of Shang Baocheng, which is to manage the emperor's jade seal and seal. .
Conclusion:
Later Hai Rui also served Wanli emperor, and finally died in the autumn of the fifteenth year of Wanli on his way to take office in Nanjing, and when he died, it was already seventy-three. Years old.
And his whole life was indeed spent upholding integrity, and even after his death, he did not leave any money. He was impoverished and moving, and Hai Rui was also honored by people as "Haiqingtian". Miss forever.
