In the Song Dynasty, someone got a piece of jade and gave it to Zi Han, the powerful minister of the dynasty. Zi Han didn't accept it. The person who sent the jade said, "Show it to the jade master and say it's a treasure before you dare to contribute." Zi Han said: "Your baby is this jade, and mine is' not greedy'; If I accept your jade, won't you and my treasure be gone? Everyone still keeps their own baby! "

Hearing this, the man knelt down and kowtowed and said, "It is really unsafe for me, a small common people, to hide such a precious treasure. For my own safety, I dedicate it to you! " "Zi Han found a place to stay in this city, introduced a company that processes and buys jade to help him polish it, sold it for a good price, and then let him go home with money as a boss.

2. (English, Swiss) Harry (name)

A generation of honest officials-Harry

Hai Rui (15 14- 1587), born in Qiongshan (present-day Haikou), Hainan, was named Ruxian, whose real name was Feng Gang, a famous Hui politician in Ming Dynasty. He was widely read and learned since childhood, and was promoted in the 28th year of Jiajing (1550). Won the hearts of the people. Jiajing served as the director of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Housing for forty-five years. He wrote a letter criticizing Sejong for his superstitious witchcraft, luxurious life and disregard for state affairs, and was persecuted and imprisoned. Sejong was released after his death. In the third year of Qin Long (1569), he was promoted to the right capital. As always, he punished corrupt officials, cracked down on powerful people, dredged rivers, built water conservancy projects and carried out one project after another. He was removed from his post and lived in seclusion 16 years. In the 13th year of Wanli (65,438+0585), he was re-employed. He has successively served as the right assistant minister of Nanjing official department and the right consultant of Nanjing Right Bookstore, and advocated severely punishing corrupt officials and prohibiting private bribery. He died in Nanjing two years later.

Haiduan was an honest official all his life and won the respect and love of the people. It is said that when they heard the sad news of his death, the local people lost their loved ones and felt extremely sad. When his coffin was transported back to his hometown from Nanjing waterway, the two sides of the Yangtze River were crowded with people to see him off. Many people even painted portraits of their homes. His legendary story is widely circulated among the people. After processing, the scribes have compiled famous case-solving novels "Hai Gong Da Hong Pao" and "Hai Gong Xiao Hong Pao", or adapted them into plays "Hai Rui", "Hai Rui dismissed from office" and "Hai Rui Shang Shu". Harry, like Bao Zheng in Song Dynasty, is a model of clean government and a symbol of justice in the history of China.

3. Bao Zheng was appointed as Yingzhou. As we all know, all states use public funds for transactions, resulting in accumulated losses of more than 100,000 yuan each year, and Bao Zheng's performances were all cancelled.

Bao Zheng was resolute in the imperial court, and you became a eunuch to restrain him. People who have heard of Bao Zheng are afraid of him. People laughed at Bao Zheng with a clearer voice than the Yellow River, and children and women also knew his name and called him Bao. The capital said that he said, "If you can't achieve unity, you will have a terrible life." The previous system stipulated that anyone who complained should not go directly to the official court. Bao Zheng opened the front door of the government office, so that people who have complaints can go directly to him. Make small officials dare not deceive the chief executive. North Korean officials and powerful families built private gardens and pavilions and occupied Huimin River, thus blocking the river. When the capital was flooded, Bao Zheng destroyed all the garden pavilions. Some people lied about their fields with land vouchers. Bao Zheng put them to a rigorous test and impeached those who cheated.

When Bao Zheng was working in the Third Division, all the items supplied by each library were distributed to other counties, which made the people bear a heavy burden and were deeply troubled. Bao Zheng has set up a monopoly market to conduct fair trade, so that people will not be troubled. The official who owed public funds and money was detained, fled at the first opportunity, arrested his wife and children, and Bao Zheng was released.

Bao Zheng is rigorous and upright, and he is very disgusted with the harsh wind of officials. He is committed to establishing a sincere and tolerant government. Although he takes evil as his enemy, he does not pursue government affairs with sincerity and forgiveness. He doesn't agree with others at will, and he doesn't pretend to please others. There are no private letters at ordinary times, and the news of relatives and old friends has been cut off. Although his official position is very high, his meals and daily necessities are the same as when he was a civilian. He once said: "Future generations are officials."

4.

Fang Xiaoru (1357- 1402) was born in Ninghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang. His study is called Xunzhi and Shugai, so it is called the world.

Fang Xiaoru was smart and studious since he was a child, and was called "Xiao Hanzi (Xiao Hanyu)" by his fellow villagers. When I grew up, I worshipped Song Lian, a great scholar, as a teacher, and was highly respected by my peers. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382), Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Fang Xiaoru because of the recommendation of Wu Shen and Yang Shu, college students of Dongge. See Fang Xiaoru dignified and knowledgeable, praise it as rare. However, Mao advocated ruling the country by force and controlling officials and people by severe punishment, so he didn't reuse Fang Xiaoru. Nevertheless, Mao still intends to let Fang Xiaoru assist his descendants in the future, so he appointed Fang Xiaoru as the satrap professor in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. Later, Wen Chun, the son of Mao, was hired as the teacher of the Prince, and the word "Zheng Xue" was given to the Prince as a gift to learn.

Tao Yuanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Tang Dynasty, Fang Dynasty, Di Dynasty and Song Dynasty.

Bao Zheng in the Northern Song Dynasty

Yue Fei, Xin Qiji, Lu You and Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yu Qian and Hai Rui in Ming Dynasty

Liu Yong and Lin Zexu in Qing Dynasty