During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous upright official named Yang Zhen.

One year, he lived in Jingzhou as an official, and found that Wang Mi had outstanding talents, so he recommended Wang Mi to Classical as the magistrate of Changyi County. A few years later, he was transferred to Changyi. Wang Mi went to the suburbs to meet her teacher, settle down and take care of her.

In the evening, Wang Mi visited Yang Zhen's official residence. When he saw that there was no stranger in the house, he immediately took out ten catties of gold from his pocket and put it on Yang Zhen's desk. He said: "It is rare for a teacher to come, so I prepared a small gift to repay the kindness of cultivation!" "

"No, no!" When Yang Zhen saw it, he repeatedly waved his hand and refused. He didn't expect Wang Mi to do this, so he said earnestly, "I recommend you to take such a heavy responsibility only because I know you have real talent and learning, but you don't know me very well."

Wang Mi asked for it, but he still wanted to fight for it, so he said softly, "Anyway, it's dark, and no one outside knows."

Yang Zhen is even more angry. He said seriously, "how can outsiders not know that you sent me gold?" Even if no one knows, it's heaven knows, I know, you know! If you think no one knows, it is very bad to forgive yourself. "

Hearing this, Wang Mi was so ashamed that she had to pick up the gold and apologize.

Zhuge Liang, who is incorruptible in politics

Zhuge Liang has made great contributions to the world and has the power to pour the world. However, he has not been polluted all his life, and he is honest and self-disciplined. His moral integrity is touching.

Zhuge Liang said in another letter with Li Yan: "He gave me 800 thousand, and now he is penniless and my concubine has no clothes." In other words, he has no savings at home and his wife doesn't even have a decent change of clothes.

Zhuge Liang wrote in the article "From the Table to the Lord": "Serving the first emperor at the beginning is an official. Involuntary students. Today, there are 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of wasteland in Chengdu. The children have enough food and clothes. As for the minister's position outside the country, there is no other scheduling. Take food and clothing, learn to be an official, don't treat students differently, and grow up. If on the day I die, I don't want to make more money in it, but I want to win money outside, so as to be negative to your majesty. " This is actually a declaration of Zhuge Liang's family property. According to the official salary system in the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, "800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of barren land" is a very low figure. Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had a brother-in-law named Yin Shi. His home was more than 4,700 hectares, 45 times more than Zhuge Liang's. "Children have plenty of food and clothing" means that Zhuge Liang's family is engaged in farming activities such as planting and sericulture under the leadership of Huang, which can ensure food and clothing. As for their own food, clothing, housing and transportation, they naturally rely on official salaries to maintain. And "don't treat students differently, grow up by seniority" obviously means that there is no other livelihood, no business and no other income to get rich.

Zhuge Liang made a will when he was critically ill: he was buried in Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong after his death, and his funeral was frugal. This mountain is the grave, and only one coffin can be put in the grave. You can't put any funerary objects in the coffin. He only wears ordinary clothes. This is the last requirement of a generation of celebrities.

"There is no silk inside, and there is no one like you to win money outside." Zhuge Liang realized his ideal of honesty and self-discipline with his life's actions, and his honesty and self-discipline played a positive role in Shu officials. History shows that most of the officials he appointed are diligent in political affairs, honest and self-disciplined. For example, the famous Jiang Wei, the house is very simple and there is no extra money at home; Deng Zhi not only lived frugally, but also gave birth selflessly. Even his wife was "inevitably hungry and cold" and died "with no money left at home".

Qing Zi Lian's Hu Zhi and Hu Weiwei.

During the Three Kingdoms period and the early Western Jin Dynasty, both Hu Zhi and Hu Wei were famous for their incorruptibility.

When Cao Cao was in power, Hu Zhi was just a humble little official. In the future, his official position was prominent, not by flattery, nor by bribery, but by his integrity and hard work. When Wei Wendi Cao Pi was in power, he appointed Hu Zhi as the prefect of Dongguan. He has been in Dongguan for nine years and is politically clean and harmonious. Later, he served as a secretariat in Jingzhou, and his political achievements were still outstanding. In the place where he works, a rich situation of "extensive cultivation and grain storage for two years" has been formed. In 250 AD, Hu Zhi died of illness. "There is nothing left at home, only clothes and books." The court thought that he had been an honest official all his life, was sympathetic to the people's feelings, and specially issued a letter to praise his honesty and morality, and "gave money to his family."

Influenced by his father's Hu nature, Hu Weiwei had the ambition to inherit and carry forward his father's virtue of incorruptibility when he was young. One year, Hu Weiwei went from Luoyang to visit his father who was a secretariat in Jingzhou. Because Hu Zhi was an honest official, his family was not rich, so that when Hu Weiwei visited his father, there were no horses and chariots and no servants to accompany him. He is the only one riding a donkey. While staying in the inn on the way, Hu Wei cut wood, cooked food and set the donkeys. After learning that he was the son of Jingzhou secretariat Hu Zhi, people living in the inn were surprised and admired. After staying in Jingzhou for a few days, Hu Weiwei said goodbye to his father. Hu Zhi wants to take something to express his father's mind. After tossing and turning, he finally dug out a silk from home. He said to his son, "son, although my father is a government official, I only eat bread all my life." Take this silk, even if my father gave it to you on the way. " Unexpectedly, Hu Weiwei not only didn't appreciate it, but blamed his father: "People say that you are honest and clean, and you are not a corrupt official. Then I don't know where this silk came from? " Hu was stunned first, and then explained, "I saved this." Hu Wei was reassured.

Later, Hu Wei was appointed as the secretariat of Xuzhou and Qingzhou. Like his father, he was honest and self-disciplined, self-denying, serving as an official and benefiting one party.

The Jin emperor was very moved to hear that Hu and his son were honest officials. He immediately summoned Hu Weiwei and praised his father and son's incorruptible behavior. During this period, Sima Yan asked Hu Weiwei, "Who is more honest than your father?" Hu Weiwei replied, "I am not as good as my father." Emperor Wu of Song asked again, "Why?" Hu Weiwei replied, "My father is honest and doesn't want to be known. I am afraid that others will not know, so I am far behind my father! "

In the first year of Taikang (AD 280), Hu Weiwei died. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was an honest official, and the court specially named him General Town East.

Rebecca cleverly guards against "greedy internal help"

Wang Yan was a minister in the Western Jin Dynasty, ranking third. He is not a corrupt official himself. But his wife Guo is a greedy person. Rebecca knows that "a good wife and a good husband are less disasters." A virtuous wife can not only educate her husband and children, but also make a fortune. On the contrary, greedy wives often push their husbands to the road of crime. Therefore, Rebecca thought of many ways to curb this "greedy help".

First of all, Rebecca never said the word "money" in his life. He wants to show his indifferent attitude and gradually transform his greed of "helping others". One day, his wife wanted to test him, and asked the servant to enclose the bed with money so that he could not get out of bed. However, after Wang Yan woke up in the morning, he still didn't say the word "money", but told his servant to "take these things away".

Secondly, with the help of external factors, the greed of "greedy internal help" is strongly shocked. At that time, Li Yang, the secretariat of Youzhou, was a famous knight in Kyoto in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Guo family was very jealous of him. Rebecca made full use of this external force. Whenever Guo had wild thoughts about money, Rebecca advised her: "Not only I said you can't do this, but Li Yang also saidno." After hearing this, Guo really converged.

Although the above two methods are not very wise and effective, they are both civil and military, both soft and hard, and Wang Yan has good intentions. It is precisely because of curbing his wife's greed as much as possible that Wang Cai, who is in troubled times, will not be dragged down by his greedy wife and can save himself in the turbid officialdom.

Taomu jiaozi

Tao Kan, a native of Xunyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was a very successful official in the Jin Dynasty.

Tao Kan lost his father when he was young, and his family was very poor. His mother, James, supported him to learn textile, and James also taught him to be a good person.

When he grew up, Tao Kan became a small official in charge of fishing, known as "Fish-beam Officer". Once, he loved his mother very much and sent someone to send her a can of dried fish to show his filial piety. Who knows that Zhan was ungrateful when he saw it? She asked the messenger to take the things back intact and took a letter. In the letter, Zhan criticized his son and said, "You are an errand boy. It is unfilial of you to give me things from the government. You will make me worry about you! "

Tao Kan listened to his mother's instruction and regretted it very much. He never dared to take anything from the government again. Later, Tao Kan became a very successful politician and strategist. Tao Kan's achievements can't be separated from his mother's inculcation.

Gold is hard to change.

When Li Taihou was the imperial examiner in the Ming Dynasty, he presided over the imperial examination in Fujian for one year. One night, a lover sent him a package of gold to make an accommodation, which was immediately rejected by Li Taihou. Li Taihou also wrote a revealing poem about refusing gifts: "The source of righteousness and benefits is quite true, and gold can't buy a corrupt Confucian heart. Mo Yan, who is ignorant at night, should know that Gankun has ghosts and gods. "

(of officials) maintain integrity.

Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty was an honest official, and the story of "being uncorrupted" happened to him. On one occasion, he was going to Beijing on business, and a colleague advised him: "You should bring local products, such as silk handkerchief, mushrooms and incense, instead of giving them to your boss. This is also a personal feeling!" After listening to it, Yu Qian wrote a poem: "Silk mushrooms are fragrant and harmful to the people." The wind and sleeves will go to heaven, so as not to say short words. "This is the origin of the idiom" remain uncorrupted ".

Harry took office.

The court appointed Hai Rui as the magistrate of Chun 'an. When he took office, he didn't take a sedan chair or a boat. He only wore an ordinary scholar coat, rode a mule, took an extremely young man to Hai 'an, quietly entered the boundary of Chun 'an County, and walked along a path in the tea garden stream.

In addition, there is a rich man named Feng in Chayuanxi. Fiona Fang has been his farm for ten years. He is also the sworn brother of Feng Xiancheng, the official of Chun 'an County. He usually bullies others, and the locals call him "Feng Peeling" behind his back. He went to the county seat and was afraid to pass by his house.

One day, Feng Pi and Feng Xiancheng were drinking and guessing boxing in nave when they suddenly heard something outside. He came out with a straight face. I saw seven or eight family members arguing with a poor scholar riding a mule. Feng stood on the steps and shouted, "Bah! How dare the blind crow make noise in front of the uncle! " Immediately ordered the mob: "Pull this bastard down quickly and the mule will be confiscated!" " "

The mobs swarmed at each other, so they pushed Harry off the back of the mule and took it away. When Master Hai saw them robbing during the day, he was so angry that he ran forward and asked, "Are you being unreasonable? Why did you rob my mule for no reason? " Feng peeled and sneered: "Hey, don't you get it? Of course, your mule will be confiscated when it passes my house! " Master Hai also smiled: "Since Pangu created the world, there have been 18,000 roads and 36,000 paths, which one has not been walked out by ordinary people? Land has title deed and land has title certificate. This road belongs to your family. Take out your certificate and have a look! " Feng Pipi was asked speechless. He put the board on his face and shouted, "Someone is coming! Zhangzui! " With a shout, four or five thugs rushed up to tie Harry.

Master Hai stopped and said, "Slow down! If I don't steal or rob, why do you tie me up? You are neither an official nor an official. Why should you slap my mouth? " Feng Peeped and smiled: "Well, you think I can't cure you? Somebody, please ask Brother Xian Cheng to come out! " At this point, Feng Xiancheng was drunk in the main hall, full of oil. On hearing the invitation, he quickly adjusted his clothes and waddled out. He began to speak in a bureaucratic tone: "Who dares to make a noise here and disturb the drinking in the county?" Somebody, take him down! "

Harry was dragged into the nave with people and things. Feng Xiancheng shouted: "Feng Ye's house is here, and the road ahead is Feng Ye's. If you go his way, his family should take your mule. You are noisy and disturbing people. You must be a fugitive. Come and look at his luggage! "

Who took the burden of Haian's back? Too many cooks opened it and found the official uniforms, hats and boots of the county magistrate neatly inside. Everyone was taken aback. Feng Xiancheng gasped with fear when he saw it. He thought, "Where did this poor scholar get the official uniform? It is said that the court will fill a magistrate recently. Is it him? " The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and his nose was sweaty. At this time, Harry took out official documents and seals from his pocket and showed them in front of Feng Xiancheng. Feng Xiancheng and Feng skinned them, knelt down and kowtowed again and again: "Forgive me, forgive me!"

Later, Master Hai changed Feng Xiancheng's position and severely hit Feng 40. The people around the tea garden were very happy and said, "Master Hai gave the people a grievance before he took office. It is really Christina! "

Xu Wenchang sends birthday couplets.

This is a beautiful day with bright spring. In the countryside of Wuxian county, a suburb of Suzhou, wheat is yellow, plants are green, and flowers are everywhere on both sides of the road. Xu Wenchang. Walking leisurely with measured steps, I saw men and women on the roadside with angry faces and some still wiping their tears. Xu Wenchang was surprised and asked, "Folks, what's the problem?" "It's no use telling you!" "Let's talk about the factory. At this time, an old man saw Xu Wenchang's sincerity and said, "On the third day of May, Xu Zhi asked our villagers to celebrate his birthday. Nowadays, the people are fighting for food even if they don't pick up the green and yellow. Where can they get the money? "

"It's strange to ask the villagers to celebrate the birthday of the magistrate!" Xu Wenchang in the mind such a thought, immediately know that this must be a corrupt official. After a little meditation, he went on to say, "Don't worry, your grandfather Xu County and I Xu Wenchang are cousins. Since you are asked to give gifts, I will write a birthday couplet for you. Won't it be a gift? "

Xu Qian, a magistrate of Wuxian county, was also born in the three exams. He has heard a lot about Xu Wenchang. On his birthday, he was overjoyed to see the villagers present the couplets written by Xu Wenchang, and was busy spreading them out. Although still concerned, at first glance, Xu Qian's face was also out of breath. I saw Shoulian say:

To live, you need gold, silver and copper coins, regardless of north and south;

The people are dying, the rice is not ripe, the wheat is not yellow, and there is no sorghum. If the green and yellow are not picked up, what can I send?

The antithesis of this couplet is neat. Although it is written in vernacular, it has profound meaning. Xu Qian was stabbed and was very angry. He shouted, "How dare you satirize this official!" "Suddenly said, and left a brand, to the village chief to catch Xu Wenchang. Just then, a scholar-like man strolled into the court, only to see him holding hands and saying to the angry Xu, "My Lord invited me, and I'm here, so there's no need to arrest him. Lord Xu invited me to meet him. what do you think? "

Xu Qian, who is a bit of a scholar, specially wrote an article on couplets. He said, "Since you are good at couplets, I have a pair of couplets. Can you answer it? " Xu Qian thought that if there was a strange connection that Xu Wenchang could not match, he could attack him in class. So Xu Qian went on to say, "If you don't deserve it, don't blame this official for being unkind!"

Knowing Xu Qian's mind, Xu Wenchang said slowly, "Real gold is not afraid of fire, so please give it to you!"

Xu Qian suddenly out of such a top allied:

Yunsuo Mountain, which peak dares to come out?

Pun intended, a little threatening. Xu Wenchang also don't care, looked up at the day outside, a long time speechless. Xu Qian decided that he didn't deserve it, so he shouted: "A fanatic dares to pretend to be Xu Wenchang and won't take it for me!" The officials were about to start work when Xu Wenchang burst out laughing and said seriously, "Wait a minute!"

"Why haven't you contacted for a long time?" Xu Qian is aggressive. I don't want Xu Wenchang to point to the sky and say, "I didn't come out earlier. You really don't understand? "

Xu Qian was stunned and said, "Then say it quickly!"

The sun shines through the hole wall, and this bachelor is rare!

Xu Qian was dumbfounded at the news.

Rebecca cleverly guards against "greedy internal help"

Wang Yan was a minister in the Western Jin Dynasty, ranking third. He is not a corrupt official himself. But his wife Guo is a greedy person. Rebecca knows that "a good wife and a good husband are less disasters." A virtuous wife can not only educate her husband and children, but also make a fortune. On the contrary, greedy wives often push their husbands to the road of crime. Therefore, Rebecca thought of many ways to curb this "greedy help".

First of all, Rebecca never said the word "money" in his life. He wants to show his indifferent attitude and gradually transform his greed of "helping others". One day, his wife wanted to test him, and asked the servant to enclose the bed with money so that he could not get out of bed. However, after Wang Yan woke up in the morning, he still didn't say the word "money", but told his servant to "take these things away".

Secondly, with the help of external factors, the greed of "greedy internal help" is strongly shocked. At that time, Li Yang, the secretariat of Youzhou, was a famous knight in Kyoto in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Guo family was very jealous of him. Rebecca made full use of this external force. Whenever Guo had wild thoughts about money, Rebecca advised her: "Not only I said you can't do this, but Li Yang also saidno." After hearing this, Guo really converged.

Although the above two methods are not very wise and effective, they are both civil and military, both soft and hard, and Wang Yan has good intentions. It is precisely because of curbing his wife's greed as much as possible that Wang Cai, who is in troubled times, will not be dragged down by his greedy wife and can save himself in the turbid officialdom.

Taomu jiaozi

Tao Kan, a native of Xunyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was a very successful official in the Jin Dynasty.

Tao Kan lost his father when he was young, and his family was very poor. His mother, James, supported him to learn textile, and James also taught him to be a good person.

When he grew up, Tao Kan became a small official in charge of fishing, known as "Fish-beam Officer". Once, he loved his mother very much and sent someone to send her a can of dried fish to show his filial piety. Who knows that Zhan was ungrateful when he saw it? She asked the messenger to take the things back intact and took a letter. In the letter, Zhan criticized his son and said, "You are an errand boy. It is unfilial of you to give me things from the government. You will make me worry about you! "

Tao Kan listened to his mother's instruction and regretted it very much. He never dared to take anything from the government again. Later, Tao Kan became a very successful politician and strategist. Tao Kan's achievements can't be separated from his mother's inculcation.

Zheng Banqiao Qiaoyan greedy magistrate.

"My official Zhai listened to Xiao's lies,

Doubt is the voice of people's sufferings.

Some small officials in Caozhou County,

A branch and a leaf are always related to love. "

Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, was appointed as the magistrate in Weixian County, Shandong Province. Zeng Zeng painted four bamboos for the magistrate in Yangzhou, and sincerely wrote his sincere desire to care about the sufferings of the people. He has been a magistrate of a county for decades, never pocketing his own money or buttering up and bribing his boss. Can be said to be upright and honest, remain uncorrupted.

Legend has it that when he was a magistrate in Fan County, one year in early summer, the magistrate came to inspect. This county magistrate is a famous "gourmet" and is very particular about eating. Wherever he goes, he must ask his permission before he can eat.

On this day, the chef asked Zheng Banqiao what dishes to entertain the magistrate, and Zheng Banqiao wrote down "four dishes and one soup"-"four dishes" means "green dragon lying on the beach, white skin and white flour fan, one green mixed with two white, and crispy goose eggs". One soup is "Wan Li ship moored at the door of Dongwu". Zheng Banqiao also meet notice, let it go to see the county magistrate.

When the magistrate saw the presented menu, he was filled with joy, thinking that although there were not many samples, they were all fresh and delicious, so he ordered people to go down and do it.

JiuFan served, magistrate eyebrows a wrinkly, face from sunny to cloudy. It turns out that "Qinglong Yanyue Banner" is cucumber with sesame sauce, "white flour fan" is sour and vinegar sauce, "one green mixed with two white" is chives mixed with tofu, "fried goose eggs" is fried soybean grains, and "Wan Li boating" is a bowl of egg soup floating on it.

He looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't get chopsticks. However, Zheng Banqiao kept making concessions, which made the magistrate severely attacked and had to give up.