Bao Zheng (999- 1062), born in Hefei, Luzhou (Hefei, Anhui), was a scholar in Tiansheng for five years in the Northern Song Dynasty (1027).
After entering the Jinshi, because his parents are old, he can't bear to go far away to be an official. It was not until his parents died one after another and his filial piety was completed that he was persuaded by his relatives and friends to become an official. During this period, he was famous for his filial piety in the countryside for ten years.
Song served as the magistrate of Tianchang (Anhui Tianchang) for four years (1037), with considerable political achievements. After taking office, he was transferred to Zhiduan Prefecture (Zhaoqing, Guangdong). After returning to Beijing, he was appointed as the censor and changed to a "speech officer". Officials who misbehave or violate the law may be impeached. In order to punish corrupt officials, in August of the fourth year of Qing Dynasty (1044), he issued begging officials to Renzong who didn't take bribes, thinking that honesty was a model for people and stolen goods were "thieves". Bao Zheng wrote to Wang Kui seven times, exposing his "heart like a snake and scorpion" and harming the people. And severely criticized Song Ting's official appointment system. From the second year of your life (1050) to the third year of your life, Bao Zheng Zhijian Institute impeached Zhang Yaozuo, a consort, three times, trying to find out the extraordinary fraud case of the devil Leng Qing pretending to be a prince, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties.
During his tenure as a judge and deputy minister of the Third Division, Bao Zheng served as a transit ambassador in JD.COM, Shaanxi and Hebei. Everywhere he went, he took it as his duty to reduce the burden on the people, get rid of disadvantages and develop production, and put forward the economic thought of "benefiting the people and the country" Many times, for the sake of state affairs, the emperor said something that he didn't like to hear, criticized the minister's power, and asked him to stop the favor given by the emperor to the cronies and bureaucrats, and everything was changed to the normal channels of the competent departments. He wrote three memorials from Wei Zhi to Emperor Taizong, and dedicated them to Song Renzong, as his motto, always be vigilant and concentrate on state affairs. I asked Renzong to be humble and trainable, to distinguish right from wrong, not to engage in "preconceptions", but to cherish talents, remove harshness, prohibit punishment, prohibit heresy, and not to build at will, and so on, which was adopted and implemented by the court.
In December of the first year of Jiayou (1056), the imperial court appointed Bao Zheng as Kaifeng Prefecture in Quan Zhi. He officially took office in March of the following year and left office in June of three years, only one year before and after. However, in this short period of time, Kaifeng, which is known as intractable, was managed in an orderly manner. Dare to punish the illegal acts of dignitaries, resolutely curb the arrogance of Kaifeng officials, and promptly punish those who falsely accuse unruly people.
Because Bao Zheng was strict in law enforcement, impartial and fearless in Kaifeng, the eunuchs had to restrain themselves, and they were afraid when they heard Bao Zheng's name. All ages, women and children know Bao Zheng's name and affectionately call him "Porter". There is a saying in Kaifeng that "if you can't reach the joints, there will be Yamaraja to support the elderly." . "Yamaraja metaphor Bao Zheng impartial.
In the sixth year of Song Jiayou (106 1), he was an official to a Council secretary and died in May of the following year. "The government and people in Beijing are all sad, and the streets are full of sighs. The imperial court presented a letter to the official department, and fifteen volumes of Playing Musical Instruments were handed down from generation to generation.
Note: The above is taken from History of Northern Song Dynasty.