The Life of the Characters in Zheng Hong's Works

Zheng Hong is the grandson of Ji Zheng, the west guard. At first, he was a rural miser. He is fair and the people praise him for loving the people as a son. When Wu Lun, the prefect of the county, routinely advised people to be farmers in the countryside in spring, Sang was really exhausted. When he met Zheng Hongshi, he was deeply moved by his deeds and asked the county magistrate Du You to appoint Zheng Hong as Xiaolian.

Zheng Hong was promoted four times in a row, and in the first year of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) (AD 76), he was appointed as the official secretary. According to the Records of Zheng Hongchuan in the Later Han Dynasty, according to the official system before the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shang could not become a county magistrate before the expiration of his term of office. It is believed that although the authority of the business is heavy and respected, the salary is too small, and it can only be changed to a county magistrate after the expiration of its term of office. His salary is only four to six hundred stone, so that few people are interested in signing up for the exam. Therefore, Zheng Hong wrote to Liu Wei, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, asking the emperor to make him a county magistrate after his term of office expired. Liu Da, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, adopted Zheng Hong's suggestion. Many suggestions made by Zheng Hong before and after this were beneficial to Wang Zheng. These suggestions were written on bamboo slips and silk and collected in the Nangong where the emperor lived. Soon, Zheng Hong became the national phase of the plain country (now southwest of Shandong Plain). In this way, Zheng Hong became a government official guarding one side.

Zheng Hong's position in the plain is honest and upright. After he took office, he reduced rent and interest rates, reduced taxes, visited incognito during the busy farming season, investigated the sufferings of the people and helped poor farmers. If the drought is serious, ask for rain with the car in person. On one occasion, Zheng Hong visited the people privately and met a group of white deer driving by. He was particularly surprised and asked his follower Huang Guo: "Is the appearance of Bailuyuan auspicious or fierce?" Huang bowed to him and congratulated him, saying, "In the past, the flags of the three ministers all had deer patterns, and you will definitely become the prime minister of North Korea." Zheng Hong just smiled.

Six years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (8 1 year), Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty intended to restore the system of salt and iron official camp. Zheng Zhong, a senior farmer, strongly opposed it, and his words were fierce. He was impeached by others until he was dismissed from office. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded eight years ago (AD 83), and Zheng Hong was promoted to senior sinong. At that time, the grain and other products transported to Luoyang by seven counties in the south had to be transported to Dongye (now Quanzhou) first, and then transported northward by Hailu Road. The tragedies of storms and rainstorms at sea, waves and Gao Tao risks, sinking of ships and death of people often occur. Zheng Hong asked the imperial court to dig a mountain road between Lingling (now Lingling, Hunan) and Guiyang (now Binxian), which was safe and saved a lot of manpower. Zheng Hong worked for two years, saving 300 million yuan for the court. Drought in the world, frontier warning. The people are short of food, but the national treasury is enriched. He also invited some local governments to exempt tribute products, reduce civilian officials and alleviate people's hunger, all of which were adopted by Zhang.

In the first year of Yuanhe (AD 84), Qiu Deng Biao resigned due to illness and succeeded to the throne, and was promoted from Si Nong to Qiu. At the same time, he also recommended the general, the former prefect, the Fifth Lun, as Sikong, and his position was under Zheng Hong. The Fifth Lun is very kind to Zheng Hong. Therefore, every morning, Zheng Hong salutes the fifth round, which makes the fifth round very uneasy. When Emperor Zhang asked him why, he ordered them to be separated by mica screens to avoid embarrassment.

Qiu, who came from Pingyuan, was upright and outspoken and won the hearts of the people. In the winter of the second year of Yuanhe (AD 85), the southern Xiongnu attacked the northern Xiongnu, killed the livestock captured by the northern Xiongnu and retreated. Meng Yun, the satrap of Wuwei, said: "The Northern Xiongnu was reconciled with the Han Dynasty, and this time the Southern Xiongnu plundered the Northern Xiongnu. If we sit idly by and don't ask, the northern Xiongnu will think that we are playing tricks on them on purpose, so it is possible to violate the frontier fortress. It is best to let the southern Xiongnu return the plundered people and livestock to the northern Xiongnu to dispel their hostility. Zhang Han called hundreds of officials for discussion. Most ministers said that the Northern Xiongnu was cunning. If we let the southern Xiongnu return the people and things of the northern Xiongnu, the northern Xiongnu will be arrogant. This is conniving at traitors, and you must never promise this. However, Situ Yuhuan strongly supported Yuan An's proposition, that is, he agreed with Meng Yunxin that envoys should be sent to let the southern Xiongnu return the population and livestock of the northern Xiongnu. Zheng Hong and Wu Lun both opposed Yuhuan's idea. He shouted to Yuhuan: "Anyone who advocates the return is not a disloyal and unfilial person!" Yuhuan and others returned the favor. The court meeting broke up in discord. Therefore, as a captain, it is impolite for Li Si to impeach Zheng Hong and others. Zheng Hong, etc. All handed in the national seal and asked for punishment. Emperor Zhang wrote a letter saying: "One thing can't be decided after repeated discussion, just because everyone has different opinions. However, on major issues, we need to brainstorm. Loyalty, honesty, gentleness and honesty should be the true qualities of ministers, but if we don't talk, it will never be a blessing to the country. What crime did you commit? Please put on your clothes and make a plan. "

In the third year of Yuanhe (AD 86), Zheng Hong saw his consort Dou Xian's autocratic power, which became more and more powerful, and finally endangered the court. Therefore, he often wrote to the emperor asking for disposal. Because of the face of Empress Dou, Emperor Zhang only listened and did not impose sanctions. In the first year of Zhanghe (AD 87), Zheng Hong wrote to the emperor, saying that Zhang Lin, a senior minister, was attached to Dou Xian, and his behavior was disorderly and his evil deeds were obvious. At the same time, the impeachment of Luoyang made Yang Guang take bribes and bend the law, and he did whatever he wanted, so he should not be ordered by Luoyang again. Yang Guang is a public figure in Dou Xian. Hearing this, he immediately went to Dou Xian for help. Dou Xian was furious when he learned that he immediately went to the palace for impeachment, saying that he had leaked state secrets and lost Qiu's identity. When Zhang asked what happened, Dou Xian briefly described the paper presented, and after the paper was presented to the emperor, as Dou Xian said. Although he gained the trust of the emperor, Emperor Zhang had doubts about it, so he wrote a letter to punish him and confiscated Qiu's seal. At this time, Zheng knew that he had been betrayed, so he waited until Ting Wei was disposed of. At this time, the emperor ordered the pardon of Zheng Hong. Zheng Hong asked to resign and return to the battlefield, but the emperor refused him. The framed anger and the shame of not being trusted made Zheng Hong sick, bedridden and dying. On his deathbed, he also wrote a letter to Tell the Truth, stating Dou's evil deeds of taking bribes and bending the law, killing people and deceiving officials. He wrote: "Dou Xian's crime goes up to heaven and down to the ground, and all the people in the world hate it." After reading the letter, Liu Da woke up and immediately sent a doctor to treat Zheng Hong, but when the palace arrived, Zheng Hong was already dead. According to his will, Zheng Hong's wife and children returned everything given by the court. They were buried in the cloth, made coffins out of ordinary wood, and returned home without pomp.