(AD 630-700), Huai Ying, a native of Taiyuan (now southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty, entered his official career by taking an examination of Ming Jing, a branch of the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty. After entering politics, he experienced two eras: Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian. At the beginning, he was appointed as an imperial minister in Cheng Dali. He has served as the secretariat of Ningzhou and Yuzhou, and the assistant minister of local officials. Di is an official, as Lao Tzu said, "saints are fickle in their hearts, and people are fickle in their hearts." In order to save the innocent, he dared to defy the will of the monarch and always maintained the true colors of being close to the people and not afraid of power. He always lived above the temple, worried about the country and the people, and was called "the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty" by later generations. He was appointed Cheng Dali in charge of criminal law. After any one year, he handled more than 65,438+07,000 cases left by his predecessor, and none of them appealed for rehabilitation. This shows that his fairness in handling affairs can be seen. Later generations have compiled many wonderful legends based on this, and even some people in the Netherlands have compiled a book "The Trial Legend of Renjie in Datang Empire".
6. Chen Xiliang
The word meticulous brushwork was born in Qingshen, Meizhou (now Sichuan) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and its ancestral home was Jingzhao (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi). He has been an official for more than 30 years, starting with a scholar. He has served as a magistrate, magistrate, magistrate, transshipment history and other local officials. He also served in Kaifeng government and the imperial court of the capital. No matter whether he is an official in the local or the capital, Chen Xiliang hates evil and doesn't consider personal fate. He praised the common people and frightened the princes and nobles. Later, he died of overwork at the age of 64. Su Shi, a famous writer, claimed that he never erected a tombstone for others, but he admired Chen Xiliang and worried that Chen Xiliang's deeds would be handed down to future generations, so he made an exception and wrote Biography of Chen Gongbi. ?
7. Bao Zheng
(999- 1062), a native of Hefei, Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), was the most famous honest official in history. Since he was a teenager, he has been determined to make contributions to the country, and "do his best to die". The starting point of Bao Zheng's official career was the magistrate of a county, and later he served as a magistrate, a transfer ambassador and other local administrative officials. He has served as a senior official in charge of state finance, such as the Minister of Supervision and the Deputy Minister of Housing. As a diplomatic envoy in Liao country; The most famous thing is that he worked as a bachelor in Tianzhangge and Longtuge, so later people called him Bao, Bao and Bao Bachelor. Although he served as the magistrate in Kaifeng for just over a year, after his death, Kaifeng people built a Baogong Temple next to the Kaifeng government office building to commemorate and worship him. Bao Zheng lived a clean life and never paid attention to ostentation and extravagance. Even when he became a high official, he still wore the same clothes as when he was dressed in cloth. I hate corruption. I told Injong in the play Begging Without Bribery that "incorruptibility is the appearance of the people". Greedy people are thieves of the people. "He has been strict with himself all his life. Ren Duanzhou, the magistrate, rectified the bureaucracy and cracked down on corruption, which was well received by the people. When leaving office, he politely refused, "I won't return until I send the inkstone"; He was selfless all his life, did not avoid powerful people, and enforced the law like a mountain. It is strongly advocated that all illegal acts of the royal family and eunuchs be brought to justice. It is the main content that Bao Zheng was highly praised and praised by the people before and after his death. Bao Zheng was famous at that time and later generations, especially after his death, as a typical image of an honest official, he was greatly exaggerated by different genres of literary works, making it magical. With the development of international cultural exchange, Bao Zheng, a historical figure and artistic image, has won the world reputation. Although the image of Bao Zheng in historical materials is very different from that in works of art, Bao Zheng's life can not only be appreciated by the feudal supreme ruler, but also be supported and loved by the lower class in dire straits. As an honest official, it is really typical. There is a story in Two Surprise Moments. When Zhu was a county magistrate in Chong 'an County, Fujian Province, one day he received a case that a king sued Da for encroaching on his ancestral grave. The ancients attached importance to Feng Shui, and Zhu was a master of Feng Shui. At that time, many rich people occupied Wang Hao's grave, so Zhu decided to check it out for himself. When you see this grave, it is really a treasure house. The eldest son pleaded, "This was originally a newly built grave in my family. Look, my Lord, the soil is still wet. How can it be his ancestral grave? " Wang argued, "Although the tomb is new and newly built, it has old soil under it, but it belongs to my family after all." Zhu dug with a shovel, and sure enough, he dug up a tombstone with the names of the king's ancestors listed on it. Zhu Jianzhi was furious and set up a monument according to it. Hard evidence is like a mountain. It must be that the surname covets the good feng shui of Wang Zu's grave and maliciously occupies it. So the eldest son was convicted of occupying farmland and gave the cemetery to the king. Zhu was very proud when he closed the case. He thought, "I'm not the person who will do these good things?" Unexpectedly, the truth is another matter: it turned out that Wang knew that Zhu had always targeted the rich and hated them for bullying the people, so he carved the bluestone into words, secretly buried it in the graveyard of Daxing's family, and then complained. Zhu was really taken in. Bao Zheng was also a famous official in Song Dynasty, and an anecdote about him was recorded in Meng Qian's Bi Tan. When Bao Zheng opened the government, someone broke the law and should be punished by law. The man bribed a small official to help him avoid the pain of this meal. The little official took the money and agreed with him: just shout out the grievances when the court is in session, and leave the rest to me. During the trial, the man really cried and cried, and he could tell. Pretending to be impatient, the beadle shouted angrily, "Isn't it just a crutch? Bitter is bitter. Why bother? " Bao Zheng was furious when he saw that the petty official was so overbearing. He blamed him for it, but he was lenient in breaking the law. Although the petty official was beaten, he got the money. The criminal paid the money to avoid a beating. Everyone won, but Bao Zheng lost.