In ancient times, it was a very normal thing for officials to embezzle. As the emperor, he naturally hoped that officials would be honest.
However, during the Tang Dynasty period, there was a prime minister who was too honest to be so poor that he couldn't stand it anymore. The emperor even said that he was a little greedy. And such a clean prime minister is Lu Zhi .
Lu Zhi is an official
Lu Zhi’s hometown is Suzhou . He has been a prominent family in the local area since the Three Kingdoms period. However, by his generation, the Lu family had become a poor family.
Although the Lu family has declined, it is not as good as letting Lu Zhi go out to sell straw sandals. After all, Lu Zhi's father Lu Kan has also served as the county magistrate. Therefore, Lu Zhi had the opportunity to study, and he also regarded studying as a way to revive his family since he was a child.
It should be noted here that even though the imperial examination system of in the Tang Dynasty had already emerged, it was not perfect. The biggest problem here is that does not "stupid the name" , which means not to cover up the name. Just imagine, what would happen if the candidate’s name on the test paper was directly missed outside during the college entrance examination?
Therefore, the imperial examination system during the Tang Dynasty left enough operational space for examiners and the review team, so that there were cases where Li Shangyin and Li Dacaizi who did not want to be named were not discarded. He was not discouraged in the exam many times, but later he passed the case after placing a relationship.
This is why talented men of the Tang Dynasty like to write poetry in Chang'an . After all, only by being famous can we leave an impression on the "Calling Director". If the "Calling Director" becomes his fan of poetry, wouldn't the top scorer take the exam by himself?
In this context, Lu Zhi was under the guise of his ancestors and was 18 years old. However, this does not mean that Lu Zhi was a useless talent who relied entirely on his connections. On the contrary, in the fourth year of Jian'an (783 AD), the Jingyuan Army launched a mutiny, and most of the edicts were drafted by Lu Zhi.
able to stabilize the situation under that situation means that even if Lu Zhi is not top-notch, he is quite "stable".
The honest Lu Zhi
In addition, Lu Zhi was also quite honest. In the seventh year of Zhenyuan (791 AD), Lu Zhi was dismissed from office. The reason for his dismissal was that he provoked Dou Shen, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
Dou Shen doesn't say what his ability is, he is greedy for a lot of money, so he is also jealous and hates Lu Zhi, who is famous for his integrity. For this reason, Lu Zhi repeatedly reported Dou Shen to Tang Dezong Li Shi (kuò) and , and the two men's corruption was formed.
Li Shi sent a guard to see him and found that Lu Zhi had no money to see a doctor, so he had been holding on at home. Li Shi, who received the report from the guard, didn't believe it, so he ran to Lu Zhi's house and found that Lu Zhi not only had no money to see a doctor, but his house was also in rags. Seeing this scene, Li Shi also joked that Lu Zhi was a little greedy.
Tang Dezong Li Shi likes honest officials very much, so he has always favored Lu Zhi in "Dou Lu's Battle" .
In the second year Lu Zhi was dismissed from office, Dou Shen was also dismissed. Lu Zhi not only restored his post, but also took Dou Shen's position and became the new prime minister of the Tang Dynasty .
779 AD , at that time Anshi Rebellion had 16 years passed. At this time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was in jeopardy and internal contradictions were becoming increasingly intensified.
As a relatively stable official, Lu Zhi worked hard to govern. Although he had not made any reversal reforms for the Tang Dynasty, it also alleviated the internal conflicts of the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent, which was considered to have renewed a life for the Tang Dynasty.
Lu Zhi was removed from
Although Lu Zhi's integrity is one of his major advantages, he himself has shortcomings that he does not know his expression.
Because Lu Zhi's personality is too upright, he pointed out Li Shi's mistakes in front of Li Shi many times in the court, which gradually aroused Li Shi's dislike.
Although Li Shi likes honest officials very much, Lu Zhi repeatedly made Li Shi unable to come to Taiwan in front of the ministers, and also made Li Shi gradually begin to favor Pei Yanling and others who are good at flattery.
Just like Lu Zhi and Dou Shen at the beginning, Lu Zhi has started fighting with Pei Yanling and others in the court. However, unlike last time, Tang Dezong Li Shi began to hate him now, so Lu Zhi, who had just been prime minister for two years, was dismissed again and demoted to the crown prince's guest.
The guest of the prince is a third-rank official, and is an official of the prince. His main responsibility is to teach the prince's etiquette and be responsible for advising the prince.
It is worth mentioning that The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was also a third-rank official position. However, compared with first-rank official positions such as Taishi, Taifu , as well as the prince guests of the same level, the power is much greater.
Therefore, although Lu Zhi's level seems to have not been promoted or dropped, he is actually a marginal character in the court. After
, Pei Yanling falsely accused Lu Zhi again, asking Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty Li Shi to almost kill Lu Zhi. Fortunately, many ministers in the court advised Li Shi to take back his life. However, this time, Lu Zhi could not even make the Prince's guest and was directly idle at home. For more than ten years after
, Lu Zhi has been studying medical skills at home and has also written a book called "Lu's Collection of Prescriptions" .
etc. After the death of Emperor Dezong of Tang, Li Shi, Tang Shunzong, After Li Song ascended the throne, he wanted Lu Zhi to come back to become an official, but before the edict was delivered to Lu Zhi, he died of illness.
