1, lack of talents
Harry's talent is not high, he was elected at the age of 35, and his brain is very rigid, which has become the main reason why he can't get along well in officialdom in the future.
At the age of 35, Harry won the provincial examination, and based on his understanding and observation of his hometown, he wrote Managing Li Ce before winning the bid. But when I arrived in Beijing to take the exam, Harry was still a person similar to "Ping Li Ce".
As a result, Harry naturally failed to make the list. Four years later, Harry tried again. At forty, he failed again. Maybe he knew the joints, or maybe he didn't want to waste his time, so he gave up the exam and comforted himself by saying, "A gentleman can make great efforts from his subject and must have a career."
As a juren, he went to the official department as an official, and was assigned to Nanping County, Fujian Province as Oracle Bone Inscriptions. From then on, his official career began.
2. Why are officials not honest and clean?
The Oracle is equivalent to the current director of the county education bureau and the principal of the county public school. Although the official is small, Harry doesn't care. He treats Daming's next generation of "saplings" with great spirit.
But Harry's professionalism is too much for his subordinates. His subordinates are just bookkeepers, with little salary and no hope of promotion. If you can get some money from poor students, you can get some. If you can fish in troubled waters, you can touch it. In short, it is normal to get more and do less.
This was normal in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but Harry insisted on being "abnormal", not only for himself, but also to change his old habits, otherwise it would be various punishments. It can be said that after Harry came, these book collectors never had a good life again.
However, bibliophiles think that Harry is so diligent that it is impossible to say that he will produce good seeds and will soon be promoted to leave, so he will not always curse them in small counties.
Unexpectedly, Harry gave them a big one.
One day, Yushi toured counties and inspected the work of county academies. Nothing special. A group of people went to Yushi to worship and accompany the inspection. If nothing else, the scribes believed in Harry's works, and when the censor came, they couldn't pick out a thorn.
Waiting for the suggestion, everyone bowed and the suggestion was quite satisfactory, but only Harry bowed in front and stood up stiffly, blocking his eyes.
See someone don't worship, suggestion and displeasure, ask. Harry made a big taboo by not worshipping Shangguan, and suddenly let the beadle kneeling on the ground sweat. I don't know what axis Harry is working on, so I buried my head lower. Just pray for God's blessing. I suggest not to be angry with myself.
Who knows that Harry unhurriedly went back to the past: "Taiwan Province is a gift, this hall where teachers teach, don't be wronged."
Meeting officials will certainly benefit subordinates, but in a place where schools and teaching learn from each other, how can scholars bend their knees easily?
The suggestion was speechless and left angrily, but he also felt that Harry was right, so it went away.
However, this word reached the ears of Zheng Xue, a Fujian native, and he was deeply moved. He was promoted to Harry and transferred to Chun 'an county magistrate.
1, "abnormal" official
Although Harry doesn't know why he was promoted, he is always willing to go further. It's just that Harry didn't expect that after he went to Chun 'an County, he was dumbfounded.
When he arrived, the first thing Harry encountered was being asked for money, but this person was not Shangguan, but a group of county officials such as touts, cooks and bearers.
The official salaries of Ming officials were very low, not to mention the "contract workers" who did not have the establishment. The state doesn't have their salaries at all, and they are usually paid by local judges. If it is a "normal" magistrate of a county, it can certainly afford the money, but Harry is "abnormal" and can't afford it.
The Ming History compiled by the Qing Dynasty once commented on the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty: "Since ancient times, official salaries have been thin to nothing."
Gu once lamented that "it is not enough to support his family on his little salary".
It is difficult for Harry to support his family. How to hire them can only be dismissed.
After taking office, Harry stood on his own feet in everything, as always, being strict with himself and not accepting any bribes. However, Harry never thought the Oracle was not much better than the magistrate of a county. In the past, he was just a small official who "swallowed up the humiliation", but now he has officials such as Oracle, county magistrate and governor.
In order to fight against Harry's "incorruptibility", these officials isolated Harry, not only because Harry was poor and could not afford to hire miscellaneous officials to make fun of him.
Harry was indifferent to these things, so he did it himself and no one helped him. It is really difficult for him to "make the old servant self-sufficient" in his spare time, grow vegetables by himself and lead a hard life. Even Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang at that time, was famous for his incorruptibility.
2. "We will contribute to your promotion!"
One day, on Harry's mother's birthday, Harry gritted his teeth and bought a piece of meat. This caused a sensation throughout Zhejiang, and even Hu Zongxian was very surprised when he heard about it. On weekdays, he doesn't gossip with people: "I heard that Hailing was my mother's birthday yesterday, and there are two pounds of meat in the city."
This tone is almost the same as "Did you hear ... yesterday's so-and-so ...".
However, Harry doesn't study as well as Hu Zongxian. But when Hu Zongxian's son was fooling around in Chun 'an, he asked Gong Hu to make an explanation step by step. Now its luggage is full, it must not be Hu Gongzi. ". It not only detained Hu Gongzi, but also confiscated all the property, and immediately told Hu Zongxian that someone was faking it.
In short, Harry, an idiot, used his brain this time and gave Hu Gongzi a sweeping scolding: Keep a low profile when your dad comes. If you make a show here, you are fake! After receiving the news, Hu Zongxian just smiled helplessly and was "innocent" afterwards.
However, Harry obviously didn't take it as an impulse, and later he offended a passing senior official in the same way. Jin Gyeong, an ancient imperial envoy, went to Chun 'an and asked for generous hospitality, but Harry was unmoved. Also under the banner of "following the Hu Zongxian policy", we don't give special treatment to Mr. Chen.
He was angry in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He left Chun 'an County with a smile and said, "Go according to the Constitution." But afterwards, he repeatedly looked for opportunities to find trouble with Harry, and even found Yuan Chunzhi, a salt inspector, to blame Harry.
When the subordinates heard about it, they persuaded Harry to give in and bribed them in exchange for forgiveness.
Harry said in his early years: "Do what you can in the world, and don't be responsible for the law, so don't move!" It is not shameful to be the best in the world and only accept the responsibility of Shangguan! Anke himself is a ravine! "
Swear allegiance to the death, dirty bribery, how can you beg for mercy because of trumped-up charges? Therefore, the promotion opportunity he had obtained by virtue of his outstanding achievements was cancelled and demoted.
At the same time, Harry's name of "honest official" is "famous".
Later, as soon as the news of Harry's transfer was clear, he would be recommended by local squires and corrupt officials. Everyone donated money and materials just to let Harry find another place, which led to Harry going to many places in a few years.
1, wholeheartedly for the people, will eventually enter Beijing.
In the forty-first year of Jiajing, Harry was transferred to Xingguo County Order. Here, Harry did a great thing. He "used violence against violence", cleared up land, confiscated many landlords who illegally occupied people's land, and included many land hidden by everyone in official information and tax collection list. People are very happy about this and call Harry "the sky".
But Harry, a local strongman, was offended and everyone United again. If someone has money, Harry will look good. Zhu Heng, who can help Harry to be reinstated as magistrate of a county, stood up again, taking Qingtian's affairs as a recognition achievement, and found an official in charge of the Ministry of Housing for Harry.
The local magistrate of a county with seven grades has become a master with six grades in the central department. It seems that it has only been upgraded by one grade, but from the local level to the central level, it can be said that it is "reaching the sky in one step", and it is conceivable how much contribution Zhu Heng has made.
However, in the history books, Harry didn't get very close to Zhu Heng. Others are interested in interests and relationships, and Harry only has eyes for people. I know Tian Weimin, whether the imperial court awards or not is its business. Awards have a better chance to serve the people. If not, we will continue to serve the people wholeheartedly.
In the eyes of the people, Harry is a "blue sky" and a good official. However, in the Ming Dynasty, there was no pandering, no party, no corruption and bribery, and the situation was weak. How to move forward and how to better "serve the people". This is in sharp contrast with Harry, who believes that the future is the future, and now is the present. Now he can't serve the people wholeheartedly, and he won't in the future.
In Harry's eyes, right and wrong are clear and unambiguous, which is also the main reason for his ups and downs in officialdom.
2. "Make a big death"
Harry was disappointed. After he came to Beijing, he witnessed the depression of political affairs in Jiajing Dynasty: "... Su Di was reluctant to become a minister in his later years."
I can't stop when I see it. Harry began his historic feat: "generously speaking, this is the first thing in the world, honesty and respect, being a minister ... in the meantime, I criticized the scales and turned my back, while Kan Kan said more than a thousand words, saying that there was no hidden meaning of crime."
In this historic book "Curse the Emperor", words such as "the man who built the world has not been straight to your majesty for a long time" and "your majesty is indifferent to the feelings of your country and country" come to the fore. Which emperor hasn't seen it and flew into a rage?
Harry didn't have any special reaction. After the lecture, he continued to talk and laugh with others, but when he got home, he said goodbye to his wife, dismissed all his servants, bought a coffin and died at home.
After Emperor Jiajing knew everything, he was surprisingly consistent with Hu Zongxian's reaction, with respect and sigh. For decades, the tide of respecting the country has collapsed, and some people have generously served the country; Sighing that he is so straightforward, why did the court keep him? He said in a weak voice, "I am the first to be embarrassed that this person can compare with others."
Harry wants to be a matchmaker, but Jiajing doesn't want to be a fatuous Zhou Wang who kills loyal ministers. He boasted that he was better than Zhou Wang, but he couldn't swallow this tone and put Harry in prison.
In the forty-five years of Jiajing, Jiajing died, and the ministers of the DPRK and China showed their magical powers in the turbulent struggle to win a place for the new dynasty.
When the jailer heard about it, he happily bought good food and wine for Harry. Harry has been humble and impressed with them since he went to prison. Now that the new king is about to ascend to the throne, it is bound to grant amnesty to the whole world, and the jailer is sincerely happy for him.
Harry, on the other hand, mistakenly thought it was a decapitated meal, but he heard that the jailer was not trying to kill his head. Instead, after the death of the emperor, the jailer saw a picture that he would never forget: Mr. Hai, whom he admired, "was so scared that he threw up his meal and fell to the ground crying all night."
A monarch can be a monarch, a minister cannot be a minister, and right and wrong cannot be unknown. This is the acme of Harry's qualified courtiers in this feudal era.
Harry's brain damage, one-track mind, passion for doing things, lack of discipline and skills, blind efforts, lofty and withdrawn, all of which are taboos in officialdom and will inevitably be disgusted by officialdom people. Can you get rid of the black and white "cage" of officialdom?
An upright and perfect official. People can say that he is not suitable for officialdom, but no one can say that he is not a good official. It's not that person's fault that a person who is serious about serving the government and serving the people can't use it in the end. The fault lies in the twisted world.
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