Apart from being the first honest official, what role did Harry play in history?

Harry was 72 when he returned to imperial officialdom for the last time.

At this age, in the eyes of people at that time, most of the body was buried underground. What can be done?

However, Kazakhstan used practical actions to explain that life is not a toss, but why are you still alive?

When the emperor gave the order, he went north without hesitation. This is the end of the twelfth year of Wanli (1584). Before that, he lived at home for 16 years, and he was more eager to return to officialdom and shine in his job than anyone else.

Harry's new position is right assistant minister of Nanjing official department. As Shangshu has not yet arrived, he is actually in charge of the Nanjing official department. Appropriate second-class officials.

Time has turned my head white, but I still haven't smoothed my inner edges and corners. There is still no room for a grain of sand in Harry's eyes. He was extremely dissatisfied with the unhealthy atmosphere in Nanjing officialdom and issued the Notice of Banning Leather. Due to various restrictions, the implementation effect is not good.

Harry tried his best to help Emperor Wanli directly and scold him? All ministers are greedy people? . He offered a memorial to the Ming Dynasty's fundamental law, Daming Law, saying that this law has been abandoned for too long. Although officials are good, everyone is fishing, and there is no risk in fishing with peace of mind. Greed is too strong, and licorice and homesickness can't be curbed. It is necessary to take strong medicine.

The founding emperor of this dynasty had laws and regulations there, and corruption was over 80%. Hanging without discussion, and peeling grass. The significance of warning must touch the soul. It is said that an official held a church meeting at home and invited a troupe to perform. Harry would punish him with a stick.

Officials, large and small, are restless. They lined up to impeach Harry, stressing that it was a struggle between two fronts and it was necessary to take him down. This one? Fall into the sea? Huge, shocked the emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli personally made two conclusions:

1. Regarding whether to change Harry's post, he said that although Harry's remarks? Have a good regime? ,? How pedantic is the writing? But as an old comrade, you can still forgive.

Second, regarding whether to transfer from his current post, he agreed with the suggestion of the official department, but he did things in a wrong way and could not get the support of the majority of officials. It is not appropriate to hold an important position, but it is more appropriate to return to a virtual position like Du Yushi. His exact words were:? Although the authorities are afraid that they are not good at anything, they are used to improve elegant customs and encourage the atmosphere. ?

Do you see it? At present, the most popular comment on Hai Rui actually comes from Emperor Wanli. It is said that Harry is pedantic and ridiculous. He is an honest official, but not a competent minister. His work level is limited. Just give him the honor of a moral model.

The question is, is Harry really just China's Don Quixote? His courage is commendable and ridiculous. Is it possible that he was deliberately discredited because he touched the interests of too many people?

0 1

Harry has experienced three ups and downs in his life.

Number one? Up? Directly promoted from Fujian's county instruction to Zhejiang Chun 'an county instruction. In other words, a small court official who never does as the Romans do, took four years to become a seven-product official. Although Harry was 45 years old and his sideburns were white that year, for him, this progress was quite fast. Because Harry has a low education, he is just a small person. Are you online? There are many people who like dogs, and Jinshi walks all over the street? In the 1990 s, if he hadn't been lucky enough to catch up with the new policy of reducing talents in the early years of Jiajing, I'm afraid grass-roots civil servants would have retired long ago. Although he later scolded Emperor Jiajing to death.

Many people say that Harry's promotion came from? Jie Jie? The reputation of. ? Mr. penholder Well, the superior officials went to Gong Xue to inspect the work, and Harry's left and right deputies kowtowed to meet them. Only Harry stood in the middle and bowed.

Others said that Harry was promoted because a senior official in Fujian supported him. Honest people will always be favored by fate.

Sort of, but there is still a basic flaw. Harry himself did a good job in studying Oracle Bone Inscriptions's post. He reiterated that colleges should train students? Awesome spirit? Booked more than 60 teaching contracts in one breath, rectified school spirit and discipline, and paid close attention to teaching quality. Quite strict with instructors and students, so-called? What about the sea? . The results are still very conspicuous.

In the appointment of Chun 'an county magistrate, what Harry did was more popular. There are two things that are said the most:

First, the son of the Governor of Hu Zongxian toured Chun 'an at public expense, dominating and humiliating the director of the hostel. Harry asked the chief to arrest him, hang him and confiscate the large amount of cash he had with him.

After that, Harry wrote to the governor. First, under the banner of Hu, he repeated the spirit of Hu Zongxian's speech, such as being honest and upright, not engaging in nepotism, not doing things that bend the law, and really flattering the governor's adult; Then, with a stroke of his pen, he said that someone had faked Hu Gongzi and ruined your reputation. Now, the case has been arrested, please punish yourself.

This is Harry's ability to make the governor swallow flies, but he dare not get angry on the spot.

Second, the left deputy envoy was ordered to rectify the salt law. When Beijing officials went to the local area, it was inevitable that they would eat and get cards. However, imperial envoys also flaunted frugality and pursued fame and fortune. Before he left, he specially sent a notice saying, "Our hospital? It's plain. I don't like meeting. All food and drink should be simple, not extravagant. .

This gave Harry a chance to openly resist the exploitation of this place by Beijing officials. Yan Duyuan received an invitation from Harry before he arrived in Chun 'an. At the end of the post, the original text of the notice was extracted, and then we went on to say, but we found that where you go south, there are banquets everywhere. Every banquet costs three or four hundred taels of silver, as well as offerings such as golden flowers and gold satin, and even urinals are made of silver. Finally, kindly remind Lord Yan to resist the flattery of these local officials with ulterior motives so as not to be defiled by them, Barabara said.

From these two things, we can completely see Harry's work style. He advocated rectifying official management and reversing unhealthy practices. With measures and bans, will it become a dead letter, or will officials at all levels have flexible ways? County officials and people are staring at it. Yes, Harry, you set an example. You spent only forty taels of silver on two business trips to Beijing, only one fiftieth of your predecessor's. But this is your accomplishment, not your ability. Being able to control others, especially senior officials, is the skill.

Yes, Hu Zongxian, an infant, a powerful man, and an emissary in Yan Song who is now in power, dare not offend anyone. But I, Harry, have offended them. So what? Moreover, it is not a skill to offend them. The point is that if you offend them, they can't help you. This is the real skill.

Therefore, Harry is really not a pedantic and honest official. His struggle against the hidden rules of officialdom is actually very clever, which not only adheres to the principle, but also protects himself.

After three years as a magistrate of a county, the official department is going to promote Hai Rui as a judge in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

02

Harry's first time? Fall? It happened at this time. During the proposed promotion, he was countered. Luo Zhi was accused of impeaching him. As a result, he was transferred from Zhejiang to Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province.

Strictly speaking, this is a flat tone, right? Fall? . However, because there was an expectation of promotion there, and Xingguo was more backward and isolated than Chun 'an, it was quietly demoted.

Yes, someone is planning something. All kinds of evidence show that Chen Qing is behind the scenes and is suspected of retaliation. However, as mentioned above, Harry's fighting skills are excellent, and the degree of revenge this time can only be regarded as minor injuries. Lord Yan, no matter how powerful he is, you can't take him away, exile him, or exile him, even though he wants to.

For Harry, being the first place is just a change of place. What's the big deal? He doesn't corrupt or take bribes. He grows his own vegetables everywhere. What's the difference between coastal areas and inland areas?

Therefore, Harry didn't feel persecuted at all.

As long as he is not fired, he will do well.

When I arrived in Xingguo and got off the bus, I started to get serious. In view of the serious situation that large local households concealed the land, he ordered to re-measure the land and approve the imperial tax. However, the powerful families tried their best to block it, secretly tried their best to buy off the staff and cheat, which made the work go very smoothly.

He also promoted judicial justice, as always, the big tiger action. Two nephews of Zhang Ao, a retired senior official and former minister of the Ministry of War, looted in Xingguo, but the defendant was acquitted after his release. Harry tried the case again, but a bunch of officials interceded and taught him to do so. Harry resisted great pressure and punished them, and the local people applauded.

With more and more glorious deeds, Harry's reputation has climbed all the way.

03

After working in Xingguo for more than a year, Harry ushered in his second life? Up? . According to the promotion order of the official department, he did a good job and was promoted to the head of the household department, with a grade of six.

There are also two opinions about his promotion:

One is that after the fall of Yan Song, the imperial officialdom generally felt that, wow, Harry is not afraid of offending Yan Song's super messenger, and he is a real lonely hero who deserves a promotion.

The other is the squire of Xingguo and even Jiangxi, who released Harry through the operation of power. A gift? Leave the country. You don't spend money to get through the joints, we'll chip in to give you flowers. Our temple is too small for you to dig deep. Please be promoted to Beijing.

Anyway, Harry is. Passive? Promotion.

Only one year later, forty-five years after Jiajing (1566), Harry started to make a scene again.

Yes, he is on that famous road? Scold the emperor for being sparse? That is, "truth is the best in the world."

Since he embarked on this road, there have been many misunderstandings. This misunderstanding includes two aspects:

First, later generations misread Harry as a typical middle-aged man. It is rare to be neither greasy nor obscene, but it is almost pedantic to be an old cynic without fear of sacrifice. That's right. Harry's admonition book broke a lot of news, including the private life of Emperor Jiajing. It is indeed unprecedented to scold the emperor like this.

However, like previous attempts, Comrade Harry is very particular about his speaking skills. Don't just notice that he cursed the emperor in his study, but also see that his writing is simple and honest. As soon as he started, he said that Emperor Jiajing's talent dumped Emperor China for a few blocks, as long as the emperor was a little bit? Cheer up? After a while, I caught up with Yao Shun.

Good words and bad words take turns, and between the lines are loyal hymns. This is why Emperor Jiajing finally could not bear to kill Harry. He reread it again and again, then flew into a rage and scolded Harry. After a while, my reason came back, saying that Harry did better than others, but I can't be Shang Zhouwang!

Harry's understanding definitely exceeds our prejudice against him, and he can be called a master of words.

Second, people misunderstood at that time. Harry was famous at that time, at least in the circle of Beijing officials. With their intelligence as officials, they can't understand Harry's omission. Scold the emperor? There is another point besides scolding officials? . However, all the officials, large and small, who have read it, are selective in memory processing, and they don't even have the courage to face problems like Emperor Jiajing.

Harry strongly condemned the numbness and bribery of officials. He reprimanded the officials, and the emperor was keen to repair them. You also encouraged them to join in, offered Tiantao herbs, congratulated them, searched for incense and treasure, and did many bad things. In his words? Your majesty's mistakes, the mistakes of ministers, none of which are for your majesty's name? . When the emperor got lost, you didn't give him a compass, but followed him to make more smoke. This is not a crime of deceiving the monarch. What is it?

Harry also revealed to Emperor Jiajing all kinds of behaviors of officials, such as graft and graft, saying that after Yan Song was confiscated, the bureaucracy did not improve, but became more greedy, not conscientious and self-righteous.

At least the emperor gave one? It's not Shang Zhouwang, is it? However, none of the senior imperial bureaucrats seriously compared the problems revealed by Harry, asked themselves and answered them and made a profound review. Instead, they used Harry? Scold the emperor? Simple inducement and intentional misreading can cover up the collective bribery and dereliction of duty of the bureaucratic system and divert the target. This is the most terrible place for imperial bureaucrats to fall.

Harry is portrayed as an eccentric and pedantic official with limited ability. Gao Gong, Zhang and other bureaucrats are the initiators. The tragedy of his life also laid the groundwork here? How hard is it to wake everyone when they are pretending to sleep? What is it to fight the whole bureaucracy with one person, not Don Quixote?

04

Harry carried the coffin to drain water, but finally saved his life.

There is no doubt that he experienced the second time? Fall? , was thrown into prison. Emperor Jiajing never hesitated to kill, but Harry waited in prison for a year, but he waited for the emperor's death.

After the death of the old emperor, the loyal ministers were released from prison and reinstated, but they all held some empty posts with high power and light power.

05

Harry is not feeling well. The meaning of his life is to do practical things, not to be a moral model worthy of tribute.

So, he waited a third time? Up? . Unlike the previous two promotions promoted by unknown forces, this time, Harry really won by himself.

According to the usual practice, when Qin Long visited Beijing for three years (1569), all officials who wore four or more red robes had to identify themselves. In the letter, Harry said: Since your Majesty pardoned my death and promoted me, no one among all civil servants will demand to repay your kindness more urgently than I do. Then, he humbly claimed that he was ignorant; Then, he said that his current position is just to look at the documents submitted to the emperor and send them intact after reading them. I have neither economic responsibility nor determination to control the overall situation, but I might as well simply dismiss me if I don't even call such a position.

Listen, Harry's power is here. He is really too calculating, otherwise it will be a matter of minutes to gain his own interests with his understanding of officialdom struggle skills.

He asked for dismissal, and Yin threatened the personnel officer. He gave the official department a difficult problem: if we really removed a prestigious loyal minister who was famous for remonstrating, it would be intolerable by public opinion; Dare not depose him, can only assign him an official position in charge of practical work.

Harry succeeded. In the summer of that year, he promoted his reform measures in the south of the Yangtze River, taking the right capital as prime minister, grain depot prefect and military governor.

During his tenure in Jiangnan, Hai Rui grasped the main contradictions related to the economic and social development of Jiangnan, such as proper taxation, military construction of water conservancy, aggression and bullying by powerful countries, folk customs and official admonition. The purpose is to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, and solve them fundamentally, so as to vigorously develop water conservancy, limit the withdrawal of township officials from the fields, and begin to use whipping to eliminate the official style and get rid of the free value of the store. Most of these measures were abolished with the end of his short term, but it can't be said that Harry must be the pioneer of reform in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Among them, he was one of the earliest officials in China at that time, and Zhang promoted it on this basis.

During this period, Harry's personal reputation reached its peak, but his political career was basically destroyed.

06

In just eight months, Harry was removed from office. This is his third time? Fall? .

There is a simple reason. When Harry took office in Jiangnan, he wanted to implement the policy of restraining powerful people. The records of the Xu Jie family's previous dynasties were the most powerful. Almost half of Suzhou's fields were occupied by them, and people's grievances were also the deepest. Harry can't pretend to turn a blind eye, so he is going to cut him open and ask his family to withdraw from half the field. Harry also said politely that he wanted Xu Jie to leave the stadium in order to keep his family safe after a hundred years.

Xu Jie won't do it. But for Harry, it's not resistance at all. He never shows mercy, no matter how big your face is, I will push forward my work as usual. However, there is someone behind this big tiger, Xu Jie, and he is still on the stage.

The cabinet minister Zhang came out to platform for his teacher Xu Jie. Don't be afraid of all kinds of comforting teachers. Are they all fellow villagers? The most unfair? There are all kinds of little tricks, so I won't go into details. In a word, Zhang tried his best to obstruct Harry's administration from the perspective of repaying kindness. With Zhang's support, Xu Jie was not afraid of Harry, but was safe and sound under the strong impact of Harry, and continued to play the role of a tumbler.

What's more, there is more than one Xu Jie in Jiangnan, and there are many small Xu Jie. Rich people are not afraid of officials, but they are afraid of being honest, especially those who are merciless. As soon as Harry's new position came out, the rich people in Jiangnan trembled, and the sedan chair for twenty-four people was changed to four. The scarlet door is painted black, and all kinds of clothes are low-key to avoid exposure. See Xu Jie's situation now, right away? In the same boat? I would give anything to get rid of Harry.

Li Ke acted as the spokesman of interest groups in this matter. He impeached Harry, saying that Harry was a scholar-bureaucrat, selling his name indiscriminately and being a good regime. A few big hats, whether they fit or not, should be buckled first.

It has always been only the official fish and the people. Now it is good to have an official fish scholar-bureaucrat. What if Harry came across from North Korea?

After the middle of Ming Dynasty, collusion and annexation of land by officials and gentry became a social problem. In fact, the apparently wealthy Jiangnan area has a huge Gini coefficient and there are great social instability factors. Later, Zhang said that he carried out the reform himself. At this rate, I'm afraid the story of the last years of the Yuan Dynasty will repeat itself.

Harry was accused of cracking down on strongmen and maintaining social stability?

But in fact, it doesn't matter what the charges are, and it doesn't matter who impeaches them. Importantly, greedy bureaucrats gathered and opened fire on Harry.

Various forces, including cabinet ministers, are consciously or unconsciously linked together. No one wants to really control corruption and regard Harry, who works alone, as a heresy. Under the joint attack and containment of officials at all levels and many local forces, a real honest official and reform minister was forced to leave politics because he had no place to stand.

When Harry resigned from office, the cabinet was composed of Gao Gong and Zhang, and their attitude towards Harry's resignation was unprecedented. In order to expel Harry, Gao Gong, who is also a senior official of the official department, asked Emperor Qin Long to remove Harry from his post as governor of Nanjing Grain Storage Capital, which made Harry feel ashamed and forced him to resign and go home.

Harry used to be able to beat and scold all the way to promotion, even if he pointed at the noses of all bureaucrats. Now, things are different.

The real reason why he was dismissed from office is that he sincerely abolished bureaucracy and tried his best to reduce the burden on the people, which aroused the fear and dissatisfaction of bureaucrats and the rich.

In response to Dai Fengxiang's accusation, Hai Rui said that after he dismissed from office, he was promoted in Jiangnan. Vertical suspension? I feel very disappointed.

He said:? Such a world, such a career! From then on, the depths of the mountain and the secrets of the forest are not the same kind of people. ?

07

Harry's gone. He's gone 16 years.

When Zhang was liquidated after his death, Emperor Wanli remembered him, a once famous loyal minister.

However, the 72-year-old Harry's comeback can only be regarded as a pawn for Wanli and the entire imperial bureaucracy to flaunt clean government. Harry is getting old. He couldn't get through all this before he started, but he still wanted to realize his unfinished business. He is willing to be a pawn.

So, not surprisingly, he became the target of public criticism again. So, there is a scene at the beginning of the article. This time, it doesn't matter? Up and down? , but? End? .

Two years later, Harry died and even the money for his funeral was taken away by others. Nanjing citizens went on strike, and Shili Long Street saw them off.

A pedantic and honest official, but never recovered. No one wants to admit that he may be a reformer comparable to Zhang.