corrupt officials(tān guān wū lì)

corrupt officials

Corrupt officials, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ā NGU ā NW ū L ì, meaning corrupt officials. From Yuanyang quilt.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth fold of Yuanyang quilt written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "one should be a corrupt official, and it is allowed to cut off before hearing."

Analysis of Idioms

Slandered officials and corrupt officials

Antonym: honesty and selflessness

Idiom usage

As the subject, object, attribute; refers to corrupt officials

Examples

If there are really corrupt officials, monks who break the precepts, and immoral Taoists, they will be allowed to attack. The 17th chapter of biography of Pingyao by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty

Idiom story

Yang Guozhong

In the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong was a relative and powerful minister. Puzhou Yongle (today's Shanxi yongji'nan) people. Wu Zetian was the nephew of Zhang Yizhi, the Minister of the stream, and the cousin of Yang Guifei. His original name was Zhao, and Xuanzong changed it to Guozhong. At the beginning of Tianbao, Yang Guifei was in favor. Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu Jianqiong wanted to become an internal aid. Yang Zhao took money and bribed her to Beijing. Yang's sisters recommended her to Xuanzong and moved to supervise the censor. Prime Minister Li Linfu colluded with him to harm the prince and frame up political enemies. He was good at spying on the likes and dislikes of Xuanzong, and won his favor. In the 11th year of Tianbao (752), Li Linfu died, Yang Guozhong was the prime minister, and he was also the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs. His parents were powerful and powerful, and Taiwan provincial officials were not used by others. He was in charge of the selection of officials, in order to please the people, regardless of the wise and the foolish, all the senior officials were replaced; he also destroyed the system, summoned the electors, the Ministry of officials and the provincial officials to sing the names and annotate the officials, and abandoned the law of "three notes, three singing" and "under door review". The rewards and bribes are numerous, and life is extremely luxurious and decadent. After ten and thirteen years of Tianbao's instigation, Tang sent troops to attack Nanzhao twice, and all the troops were destroyed. Instead, he played on the book. He competed with Anlushan for favor. Anlu mountain was ambitious, that is, in the name of killing Yang Guozhong to rebel against Tang Dynasty. Yang Guozhong advised Xuanzong to order Ge Shuhan to go out of the pass, but he was defeated. He also advised Xuanzong to enter Sichuan and drive to Mawei post (now the west of Shaanxi is prosperous and the west of Pingxi) where he was killed by the soldiers.

Li Linfu

Tang Xuanzong was a traitor. From the royal family. At first, he was a court bodyguard. Li official, Yushi Zhongcheng, Minister of the Ministry of punishment and the Ministry of officials. He was promoted to be the servant of Huangmen because of his attachment to Wu huifei, the favorite imperial concubine of Xuanzong. In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), he paid homage to the Ministry of rites and tongzhongshu. He bribed his concubines and eunuchs, found out the news of Xuanzong, catered to his intention, and gained trust and power. He was afraid of being insidious and insidious. He would try to exclude the officials who were famous and valued by Xuanzong. On the surface, they were sweet words, but on the back, they were plotting against each other. At that time, he was called "honey in his mouth, sword in his belly". Zhang Jiuling, Pei Yaoqing and Li Shizhi, who were also prime ministers, were all excluded by him. He tried his best to make up for Du's writing, and was demoted as Xiaying order by him. The court officials were threatened by it, and from then on the road of admonishment was cut off. He strongly supported Xuanzong's abolishment of Prince Ying and advised the establishment of shouwangmao, the son of Wu huifei, but Xuanzong established zhongwangyu (later renamed Heng, namely suzong). He was afraid that the prince's accession to the throne would be detrimental to himself, and he repeatedly launched big prison to shake the prince. He instigated Yang Guozhong to investigate and kill the prince's relatives and his subordinates, which involved hundreds of families. He has been in the position of Prime Minister for a long time. Since Zhang Jiuling's resignation, he has been in charge of the government. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), Zhao Fengzhang, the prefect of Xianning, wanted to expose more than 20 counts of Li Linfu's crime. He ordered the censor to arrest and kill Li Linfu with evil words. After his death, Guozhong instigated an Lushan to falsely accuse Li Linfu of conspiring against the Tibetan general Abu Si, and Xuanzong chased Li Linfu to become a crown prince without his family property. Li Linfu was responsible for the political corruption in his 19th and late years.

Cai Jing

（1047～1126）

The character is long. Xinghua army Xianyou (now Fujian) people. Xining three years (1070) Jinshi and, first for local officials, later Zhongshu Sheren, change LongTuge to wait for system, know Kaifeng house. In the first year of Shaosheng (1094), zhezong was in charge of the government, and Cai Jing was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs. He helped the prime minister Zhang Dun to implement the new law again. When Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty ascended the throne, Cai Jing was impeached and took over his post and lived in Hangzhou. Tong Guan, a eunuch sent by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, came to Hangzhou to seek for ingenious painting and calligraphy. Cai Jing colluded with Tong Guan and was able to use it again. In the first year of Chongning (1102), he took the opportunity to exclude Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu, the prime ministers, and later became the Supreme Master. Cai Jing is good at flattering and serving as Prime Minister four times for 17 years. Together with eunuchs such as Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng and Li Yan, as well as powerful officials such as Wang Jian, Gao Qiu and Zhu Zhe, he controlled the government and exhausted the wealth of the whole country for them to spend. In the first year of Jingkang (1126), after emperor qinzong ascended the throne, Cai Jing was demoted to Lingnan and died in Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan Province) on the way.

Liu Jin

Eunuch in Ming Dynasty. My family name is tan. He is from Xingping, Shaanxi Province. Jingtai years since the palace, according to the eunuch Liu used to change the surname Liu. In the time of emperor Xiaozong, he chose to serve the crown prince. After Wu Zong ascended the throne, he was in favor with eight people, such as Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang, Wei bin, Qiu Ju, Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong. In October of the first year of Zhengde (1506), the officials of the foreign court, led by Liu Jian and Xie Qian, wanted to coerce the emperor and make Wu zongsha Wang Yue and others become the eunuchs of Si Li. In June of three years, Liu Jin was promoted to the eunuch of Si Li Bing Bi and controlled the government. Liu Jin guided Wuzong's game day by day, making him lazy in politics. Under Wu zongchong's leadership, Liu Jin wantonly attacked the opposition bureaucrats. He defined more than 50 people, including Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Han Wenhe, Cao Mengyang and Wang Shouren, as "treacherous parties", and deeply accepted Jiao Fang, a cabinet minister. Zhang Cai, a Shaanxi bureaucrat, was regarded as the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, which restricted the foreign court. He also arbitrarily increased the number of rural examination places in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, in order to give priority to Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai. In order to strengthen the monitoring of the eunuch system, Liu Jin established a professional factory, whose power was above the East and West factories. With the help of his pen, he brought caozuo back to his private home to comment and answer. If a secretary plays a memorial, he must vote for him first and then for the general secretary. At that time, Jin was known as "emperor Liu" or "standing emperor". As a result of corruption, officials must offer generous gifts. He also took advantage of the opportunity of buying more Huangzhuang and Huangdian to expand his own farmland, which only occupies no less than 1000 hectares near Tianjin. Liu Jin's arbitrary power aroused the resentment of the people, and also caused the dissatisfaction of the inner court and the outer court. In April of the fifth year of Zhengde reign, King Zhu Yizhen of Anhua rebelled in the name of removing Liu Jin. Emperor Wuzong ordered the censor Yang Yiqing and eunuch Zhang Yong to be the governor and supervise the army to attack. When the August incident subsided, Zhang Yong played Liu Jin's unruly deeds with a clear plan. Liu Jin was arrested and put to death.

Yan Song

(1480～1567)

In the Ming Dynasty, there were powerful officials. The word only in the middle, a word JieXi. Jiangxi Fenyi people. Hongzhi eighteen years (1505) Jinshi, changed to Hanlin academy Shuji Shi, granted editing, rotary sick leave home, read eight years, poetry Junjie, fame began. In the tenth year of Zhengde (1515), it was ordered to return to the dynasty. In the seventh year of Jiajing (1528), he was ordered to sacrifice to Gaoxian mausoleum and return home to speak auspicious words. Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty was happy and moved him to be the Minister of the Ministry of rites in Nanjing to seek and change the Minister of the Ministry of rites. Twelve years, to celebrate the longevity festival to the capital. At that time, Tingyi rebuilt the history of the Song Dynasty, so he stayed in Beijing to preside over it with the title of free speech secretary and Bachelor of the Imperial Academy in Hyde Park, England. He was good at serving the emperor. He worshiped the Qing Ci and got the favor of the emperor. Twenty one years ago, he was a great scholar of wuyingdian. After entering zhiwenyuan Pavilion, he was still in charge of the Ministry of rites. After that, he went to Xiyuan, where he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs. He was the Grand Master of Jinshen hall, the Shaofu and the crown prince, the Shaoshi and the Grand Master of huagaidian. Yan Song had no other talent, but he was obsessed with politics, stealing power and neglecting profits. He had been specialized in national politics for nearly 20 years. The scholar bureaucrats looked sideways and held their breath. The unworthy ran to their door, and there was an endless stream of bribers. He provoked Shizong, harmed others to become his own private, and vigorously eliminated dissidents. He also swallowed up the military pay, abandoned the border defense, recruited power and bribes, and engaged in corruption wantonly, which intensified the social contradictions at that time. In his later years, he was gradually alienated by Shizong. He was dismissed from office in 1941 and his family was stripped in 1944. He has 40 volumes of qianshantang collection.

Wei Zhongxian

Eunuch in Ming Dynasty. Suning (now Suning, Hebei) people. Wanli lost all his money by gambling, and changed his name to Li Jinzhong. Because the middle official Wei Dynasty got to know the Hakka Family of Rujia, the eldest grandson of the emperor, they colluded with each other deeply. Guangzong's death, the emperor's eldest grandson ascended the throne as Xizong, granted the Hakka as Fengsheng's wife, Jinzhong also cherished himself, promoted the salary department to the Secretary of rites, BingBi eunuch, restored the Wei surname, and granted the name Zhongxian. After Zhongxian gained power, he first took his bachelor Shen? As an external aid, and then introduced private Wei Guangwei into the cabinet. Besides the Donglin Party, the bureaucrat factions in the court took refuge in their own door and formed the eunuch party. In the third year of Tianqi (1623), he was also in charge of the affairs of Dongchang. Yang Lian, a member of the Donglin Party, was the first to challenge him and impeached him for 24 major crimes. Zhongxian hated the Donglin Party members with his teeth. He killed Wan Yao, a doctor of the Ministry of industry, and successively dismissed Ye Xianggao, a scholar of the University, Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Gao Panlong, the censor of zuodu, Chen Yuting, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and Wei Da. He also served in the central cabinet and six ministries We have friends everywhere. Five years later, Wei Zhongxian arrested six people, including Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and Wei Dazhong, and led them to Xiong Tingbi's case for execution. The next year, he killed seven Donglin Party members, including Gao Panlong and Zhou Qiyuan. At the same time, Gu Bingqian, the eunuch party, was ordered to revise the important code of the three dynasties. He tried his best to slander Donglin Party members and upright courtiers by turning over the three cases of Li attack, Hong Wan and Yi Gong. He also ordered the demolition of academies across the country, banned lecturing and suppressed speech. In the seventh year, Xizong died, and his younger brother, Zhu Youjian, King Xin, ascended the throne for mingsizong. When Si zongsu knew the evils of Zhongxian and ascended the throne, Qian Jiazheng, a Gongsheng in Jiaxing, impeached Zhongxian for 10 major crimes, so he relegated Zhongxian to Fengyang and ordered him to be arrested. Zhongxian went to Fucheng and committed suicide.

He Lin

In Qing Dynasty, Qianlong was a powerful official. Manchuria is a red flag people. Niu Hulu's family, the word Zhi Zhai. In 1769, he took the post of third-class light truck captain. He was praised by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty for his cleverness, eloquence and handsome appearance. He successively served as an outstanding official, and later was promoted to military aircraft minister. He held this important position for 24 years. He also held a variety of civil and military official positions, and was granted first-class official titles. He's smart, he's quick, he's able,

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