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"Be an official and benefit the party." This sentence is already familiar to everyone, but this sentence specifically says who?
The person who won this honor was Hu Ze, a famous upright official in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was known for his integrity and diligence for the people. After his death, he was worshipped by the locals in temples and worshipped by the people in eastern Zhejiang as Emperor Hu Gong and became a deity.
The Hu Ze statue at the Old Longjing Scenic Spot in Hangzhou (data picture)
As an official for 47 years, he served as the emperor of the Three Dynasties
Hu Ze, original name Hu Toilet, with the word Zizheng, was born in Huku Village, Yongkang County, Wuzhou (now Huku Village, Gushan Town, Yongkang City, Zhejiang).
The Hu family abides by the ancestral motto that "being a person is more enjoyable than reading, and most important is teaching children" and attaches great importance to education. This made Hu Ze familiar with the history of the classics when he was a child, "be bold and talented", and advocate the Confucian culture of "righteousness and righteousness".
Duan Gong 2 years (989), 27-year-old Hu Ze was admitted to Jinshi, the chief examiner was Chen Yaosou from Sichuan.
When Song Taizong reviewed the list of scholars, he estimated that the name Hu toilet was not very good. Yubi removed the word "factory" from the word "toilet" and gave it the name Ze.
Hu Ze has served as an official for 47 years. He has served as the prefect of Xunzhou, Muzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Chenzhou and other 10 prefectures of Song Taizong, Song Zhenzong, and Song Renzong. In the DPRK, he has served as a member of Shangshuhuhubu, a member of the Ministry of Rites, a servant of the Ministry of Industry, a servant of the Ministry of War, and an envoy of the third division of the right. .
rectified copper mines, perfected the law
Dazhongxiangfu 4 years (1011), Hu Ze became a member of the Tuntian Yuanwailang, in charge of the Jiangnan Road Yintongchang Qianqian Supervisor. This position is very important. From mining to casting money, you have to manage it. There is also a lot of oil and water.
When inspecting Chizhou Yongfeng Supervisor, one of the four major coin-making bases in the country, Hu Ze discovered that the management of the copper mine is chaotic and frequent mining accidents; the officials who manage Yongfeng Supervisor embezzled and concealed copper.
Hu Ze was investigating this. The Yongfeng Supervisor was frightened, and took a lot of money to bribe Hu Ze, and used various methods to pressure Hu Ze, trying to use both soft and hard methods to make Hu Ze give up.
Hu Ze not only sternly refused on the spot, but also continued to conduct in-depth investigations and evidence collection, and held accountability of the leader. At the same time, he standardized the management of copper mines and improved the laws.
After Hu Ze's rectification, the officials of Yongfeng Supervisor who acted in abusive manner have converged a lot, and the officialdom is also positive.
The country and the people fight for benefits, he resolutely safeguards the interests of the people
In the third year of Tiansheng (1025), Hu Ze became the prefect of Fuzhou, and encountered a thorny big problem: the country and the people fight for benefits , Where should he stand?
Fuzhou is near the sea, and there is a large beach before the Song Dynasty. After entering the Song Dynasty, the government converted the tidal flats into farmland and leased it to local farmers for farming in the name of official farmland.
After Song Taizong came to power, in order to show his benevolence and righteousness, he generously gave these official farmland to the farming farmers, and only paid a small amount of land tax every year.
When Hu Ze took office in Fuzhou, the court was just short of money, so he started the idea of these former official farms and prepared to collect land rent from the farmers. The farmers expressed their dissatisfaction.
One side is the issue of national interest and the other side is the issue of the survival of the people. Hu chose to stand on the side of the people. He fought hard against the court, and the court had no choice but to give up.
But the imperial court was not reconciled, and wanted to take the Guanzhuang Tian back and sell it again. It is better to make money than no money.
Hu Ze went to the descent three times and asked the court to dispel this idea. In his memorial, he said that the parents of the people’s sufferings should be the masters of them. If they cannot be the masters, the parents of the officials “can be abolished”.
met such a master who "eats inside and outside",The court had to completely dispel the idea.
built the Qiantang River seawall to pave the way for Su Shi to manage the West Lake.
In April of Tiansheng 4th year (1026), Hu Ze moved to Hangzhou to take office.
Hangzhou’s Qiantang River at high tide is now a magnificent landscape, but at that time Hangzhou was suffering from the tide and many people wandered on the streets without food and clothing.
After Hu Ze took office, he brought an assistant who was familiar with water affairs to survey the embankments and seawalls along the banks of the Qiantang River, trying to rectify the tide.
Soon, Hu Ze ignited the first fire ruling Hangzhou-building the Qiantang River seawall.
Hu Ze's renovation project, decades later, laid a solid foundation for another Hangzhou official, Su Dongpo, to treat the water system around Hangzhou and the West Lake flood.
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[Special thanks]
Mr. Hu Chuanhuai, an expert on culture and history in Pengxi County, Sichuan.
