Sun Shuai 'ao, the first upright official in the history of China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu acted as Yin (equivalent to the Prime Minister). It is famous for its talent and incorruptibility. Sun Shuai was a model of being an official in ancient times.
During Sun Shuai's tenure as prime minister, he was proud of his spring breeze, was not complacent when he was promoted and reinstated, and did not regret or sigh when he lost power. As a prime minister, Sun Shuaiquan is below one person and above ten thousand people, but he is flashy and simple in food and clothing. His wife and children don't care about clothes and silks, and even horses don't eat millet.
According to the history book "Everything is done by Han Fei-zi, the foreign reserve tells the left", he rode a wooden crib, drove an old horse, ate coarse rice cakes and vegetable soup, wore a goat fur jacket in winter and coarse kudzu clothes in summer, and was hungry all year round.
In 594 AD, in Chu Zhuangwang for about 20 years, Sun Shuai died of gangrene at the age of 38. As a prime minister, his family was so poor that he didn't even prepare a coffin. It is said that after his death, his widow and son Sun An moved out of the government and lived in the suburbs. My son is in rags, mainly farming, making a living by collecting firewood and earning his own living.
2. Zhang Tang.
Zhang Tang was a famous cruel official in the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. He was appreciated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for resisting Empress Chen, Huainan and Hengshan.
Of course, so Zhang Tang's experience, nature is very tragic. In the second year of Ding Yuan, that is, in the sixth year when Zhang Tang served as an ancient consultant, Zhang Tang himself was reported on charges of collusion between government and business, abuse of power for personal gain, disclosure of state secrets and sabotage of economic reform.
As a result, Zhang Tang was forced to commit suicide. After Zhang Tang's death, the family's property did not exceed 500 gold, which was given by the salary and the emperor, and there was no other industry.
His brother and son wanted a heavy funeral, but his mother objected. Zhang Tang's mother said: My son, as the minister of the son of heaven, was framed by a villain and died. Why did he have to be reburied?
Finally, an ox cart with a thin coffin buried Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang is an honest official.
3. Ba Huang.
Ba Huang was in charge of the three dynasties of Emperor Wudi, Emperor Zhaodi and Emperor Xuandi. Historian Ban Gu commented: "Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the number of officials governing the people has been the first."
Ba Huang advocates benevolent governance, opposes torture, insists on lenient treatment of suspicious cases, advocates lenient treatment of crimes, puts education first and focuses on nip in the bud. In order to understand the people's situation, Ba Huang often sends officials to visit privately, and goes deep into the people as a civilian to care about their sufferings.
Therefore, Ba Huang is an official who is supported by the people, satisfied by the court and convinced by his subordinates.
4. Di Renjie.
In 676 AD, Di Renjie was appointed as Cheng Dali. He is honest and clean, and he is not good at law enforcement. Because of his cleverness and familiarity with laws and regulations, a large number of backlog cases involving 1.7 million people were pronounced within one year, and none of them were misjudged, which became a sacred case for the ruling and opposition parties and the people.
Subsequently, Di Renjie was appointed as a consultant by Tang Gaozong, who was responsible for hearing the case. Di's talent and fame gradually gained the appreciation and trust of Wu Zetian.
Di Renjie, who is well-known at home and abroad as a "Chinese detective", is actually an outstanding politician. It can be said that after Emperor Taizong and before Xuanzong, only Di was a politician. As a loyal minister, he was loyal to the monarch and loved the people all his life, cautious and strict with himself. He is the most trusted minister of Wu Zetian.
5. Xu Yougong.
Xu Yougong is the most famous official who specializes in handling cases in the Tang Dynasty, and he is also a rare honest official who abides by the law and upholds justice to the death.
Although Xu Yougong served as a full-time trial judge for a long time, he went down in history because he dared to strictly abide by the law and hit his face, rehabilitated hundreds of unjust cases and saved more than 10,000 lives.
The History of the New Tang Dynasty praised him as "unparalleled in a thousand years". There are many examples about Xu Yougong's integrity and law-abiding. Before and after he became a judge, he handled six or seven hundred major cases and saved tens of thousands of people. He is neither selfish nor influenced by the selfish desires of the monarch. It is precisely because he is an honest official that he can stand proudly in all kinds of false accusations.
Justice, loyalty, selflessness, talent and courage are the main reasons why Xu Yougong became the best judge in ancient times, so he was praised by people at that time as a good official since ancient times.
6. Bao Zheng.
Bao Zheng is a household name in the Chinese world, even people who haven't read books know it. Bao Zheng, a straight man in Longtuge, is a symbol of law enforcement in people's minds.
According to official records, Bao Zheng opened the front door when he was in charge of Kaifeng. People with grievances can go directly to the court to complain. Clerks are dying, and corrupt officials and local ruffians, who have always bullied the weak and feared the strong, have stopped.
Bao Zheng is honest, upright and upright, independent and powerful, fair and wise, and dares to redress grievances for the people. Therefore, he is called "Bao Qingtian" and "Bao Gong", and there is a saying in Beijing that "Yamaraja will protect its old age if it can't reach unity". Bao Gong is more selfless than Ye Yan. Later generations regarded him as a god, regarded him as the reincarnation of Kuixing, and was also called "Bao Qingtian" because of his black face image.
7. Harry.
Harry was born in 15 14 and died in 1587 at the age of 73. Harry lived through Zheng De, Jiajing, Qin Long and Wanli Dynasties. Harry was the most dazzling and individual official in ancient China.
I'm afraid all China knows Harry's incorruptibility. Harry's incorruptibility is world-famous, absolutely true, crystal clear and clear.
In his later years, Harry held a high position. He was a right-wing adviser, equivalent to the current minister of supervision. But when Harry died, there was no funeral expenses. It is said that his colleagues went to preside over Harry's funeral. When they saw Harry's tent and tattered bamboo utensils made of gingerbread, they could not help crying for it and pooled their money to handle Harry's funeral. Being an official can be said to be confident.
And Harry has stuck to his integrity all his life. When he was a magistrate of a county, all the dishes at the dinner table were grown by himself, and wine and meat were rarely eaten.
It is said that once, Harry bought two pounds of pork for his mother's birthday, and instantly became a circle of friends. Harry became an online celebrity overnight. At that time, Governor Hu Zongxian couldn't help making a fuss, and sent a message to a circle of friends, saying, Do you know that Harry bought meat? He bought two Jin of pork, two Jin. Yan Song got 32 likes. It shows how clean Harry is.