Yang Zhen
Yang Zhen
Yang Zhen (?)? He was born in Hongnong Huayin (now Huayin City, Shaanxi Province). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was the son of hermit Yang Bao.
Yang Zhen was born in Hongnong. When he was young, he studied Ouyang Shangshu under the guidance of Taichang Huanyu. He is well versed in classics and widely read. He is known as "Confucius Yang Boqi in Guanxi". He should not have lived for ten years. When he was 50 years old, he was recruited by the great general Deng Jia. He was born in maocai. He served as the governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Donglai, and made outstanding achievements. In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (117), he was granted the title of imperial servant and moved to Taichang. Yongning first year (120 years), as situ. In the second year of Yanguang (123), he served as a Taiwei. Yang Zhen was an upright official who did not yield to high power. He repeatedly spoke frankly about the current political problems, and was hated by fan Feng, the official of Zhongchang.
In the third year of Yanguang (124), he was dismissed, repatriated to his hometown and killed himself by drinking poison. After succeeding to the throne, Emperor Shun was able to rehabilitate Zhaoxue.
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Life of the characters
Living in seclusion
Yang Xi, the eighth ancestor of Yang Zhen, was the Marquis of Chiquan in the Han Dynasty. His father Yang Bao studied Ouyang Shangshu.
Yang Zhen was eager to learn when he was young. He followed Taichang Huanyu to study Ouyang Shangshu. He was well versed in classics, read extensively and focused on exploration. Confucian scholars at that time praised him and said, "Confucius Yang Boqi in Guanxi." Yang Zhen lived in Hucheng, and he should not be employed by prefectures for decades. Many people think that he is old and should go out to be an official. Yang Zhen's ambition to be an official is more resolute. Later, a crested sparrow took three fish and flew to the front of the lecture hall. The speaker took the fish and said, "snake is the symbol of the Qing Dynasty's clothes. Third, it means that Mr. Sun will be promoted from now on. "
The evening is golden
Yang Zhen didn't work in prefectures until he was 50 years old. General Deng Ji heard that Yang Zhen was a sage, so he promoted him to maocai. After four promotions, he became governor of Jingzhou and governor of Donglai.
When he went to the county and passed by Changyi, Wang MI, the maocai of Jingzhou, who was once elected by him, was the county magistrate of Changyi. He went to see Yang Zhen and gave him ten jin in the evening. Yang Zhen said, "old friends know you. Why don't you know old friends?" "It's late at night and no one will know," Wang said Yang Zhen said: "heaven knows, God knows, I know, you know, how to say no one knows." Wang Mi left in shame.
Fair and honest
Later, Yang Zhen was transferred to Zhuozhou Prefecture. He was fair and honest during his term of office and did not accept private requests. Some of his old friends or elders want him to arrange the property for their descendants. Yang Zhen said, "it's not very good for future generations to call them the descendants of innocent officials."
Taking office in the DPRK
In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (117), Yang Zhen was appointed to the imperial court as a servant, and was promoted to Taichang. In the past, most of the doctoral candidates were not worthy of the name. Yang Zhen recommended Chen Liuren, Yang Lun and others, who were proficient in classics, to teach their studies, and they were praised by the Confucian scholars.
Keep abreast of current affairs
In the first year of Yongning (120 years), Yang Zhen succeeded Liu Kai and was promoted to situ.
In the second year of Yongning (121), Empress Dowager Deng died, and Emperor an began to pamper some empresses. Wang Sheng, the nanny of an Di, has made great contributions to raising an Di, relying on his kindness and lawlessness. His daughter, Bo Rong, went out of the palace and was corrupt.
Yang zhenshangshu said: "I heard that since ancient times, the monarch's administration was mainly to select the virtuous and talented people to govern the country, and the management was mainly to punish and remove the acts of violating the law and discipline. Therefore, in the era of Tang Yao and Yushun, the virtuous and virtuous people were all officials in the court, while the evil people were exiled and imprisoned. The people of the world were convinced, and the country was prosperous. In today's world, the nine virtues of loyalty, faithfulness, respect, firmness, softness, harmony, firmness, chastity and obedience advocated by the ancients have not been carried forward, but according to the lucky villains are full of inside and outside the imperial court. A mu Wang Sheng was born in a humble family. He was able to support the emperor because of a golden opportunity. In spite of her hard work in raising her majesty, Her Majesty's reward for her wealth and glory has far exceeded her credit. However, her insatiable psychology could not be satisfied. She often communicated with courtiers, accepted bribes, asked for help, and disrupted her death. As a result, the reputation of the imperial court was damaged, just like the sun and the moon covered with dust. The book of songs also alleges that the treacherous and resourceful women's participation in politics is the root of national mourning. In the past, Zheng Zhuang Gong gave in to his mother's wishes and allowed his younger brother Shu Duan to be arrogant and illegal. As a result, Shu Duan was ready to rebel, so Zheng Zhuang Gong had to kill his younger brother by violence. The spring and Autumn Annals held a derogatory attitude towards this matter, believing that it was immoral for Zheng zhuanggong to "punish without teaching". Since ancient times, treacherous women and villains are very difficult to get along with, close to them, they will play and indulge; alienate them, they will feel resentment. In the book of changes, it is said that "nothing can be done to fulfill one's wish, but one can only do housework at home", which means that a treacherous woman can't do anything about politics. Therefore, we should quickly send her out of the palace, let her live outside, and at the same time block the communication between her daughter and the palace, so as to maintain the kindness and virtue, which is good for your majesty and your mother. Your majesty, please give up the personal relationship that hinders the overall situation, cut off the benevolence and gentleness that is harmful to the country, concentrate on the daily administration, use the power of honoring nobility cautiously, reduce the following tributes, and reduce the taxes and levies of the common people, so that all the "Heming scholars" with both morality and ability can gather around your majesty and contribute to the imperial court; let the scholar officials who are in the imperial court not be punished They should not be dissatisfied with the feudal states by imposing excessive taxes, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment without complaining about the court. Isn't it a wonderful thing to follow the rule of governing the country of the wise emperor first, and to compete with the wise and great philosopher king? " Emperor an presented the memorial to Wang Sheng and others, and they all hated it.
Bo Rong, the daughter of Wang Sheng, a nursing mother, colludes with Liu GUI, the distant cousin of Liu Hu, the late Marquis of Chaoyang City. Liu GUI takes Bo Rong as his wife in order to gain popularity. As a result, Emperor an let Liu GUI inherit the title of Liu Hu and serve as an official. Yang Zhen strongly objected to this and wrote to Emperor an again: "I heard that emperor Gaozu had made an appointment with other officials in the past when he was in power. He was not a meritorious official and was not allowed to be a marquis. In the succession of the title, since ancient times, the father died, the son succeeded, the brother died and the brother died, in order to prevent others from usurping the title. Liu GUI, Liu Hu's distant cousin, was granted the title of marquis by the imperial edict. Liu Wei, Liu Hu's brother, is still alive. Why not let Liu Wei take the title of his brother Liu Hu instead of Liu GUI? I heard that the emperor only granted meritorious officials, and the princes won titles by virtue. Liu GUI didn't have any merit or virtue. He just took his place to serve his mother's daughter and became a marquis. This was neither in line with the old system set by Emperor Gaozu nor in line with morality. As a result, there was a lot of civil and military discussion in the Manchu Dynasty, which puzzled the people. Please take history as a mirror and act according to the rules that emperors should follow, so as to win the hearts of the people and make the world peaceful. " Emperor an did not take his advice.
In the second year of Yanguang (123), Yang Zhen succeeded Liu Kai and was promoted to Taiwei. Emperor an's uncle dahonglu gengbao recommended Li Yun's elder brother to Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen didn't accept it. Geng Bao asked Yang Zhen in person and said, "Li Changshi is close to your majesty. Your majesty wants you to recommend his brother. Geng Bao is just conveying your Majesty's opinions." Yang Zhen said: "if the imperial court wants to make the Sanfu elected, there should be an order from the minister." So he refused him, and Geng Bao hated him. Yan Xian, the elder brother of the empress zhijinwu, also recommended his relatives and friends to Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen did not accept them. After hearing this, Professor Liu recommended the two men immediately, and they were promoted within ten days. As a result, Yang Zhen was even more resentful.
At that time, Emperor an ordered envoys to build houses for the lactating mother Wang Sheng. Fan Feng, Zhou Guang and Xie Yun, who served in the imperial court, agitated and disturbed the imperial court. Yang Zhen once again went to Shangshu and said, "I heard that after nine years of cultivation, there must be three years of reserves. Therefore, when Emperor Yao was hit by floods, the people still had food and clothing, so they would not suffer from hunger. The minister thought that the disaster is happening now, and it is expanding day by day. The people's reserves are empty, and they can't be self-sufficient. In addition, locusts are infested, the Qiang people are plundering, the border is disturbed by earthquakes, the war is going on year by year, the army and horses are hard to supply food and grass, and the Treasury in charge of the Chief Secretary of agriculture is short. I'm afraid it's hard for the country to settle down. I just saw your Majesty's edict to build a mansion for my mother in the gate of Tianjin. The two squares were combined into one, and the streets were occupied. The carving and decoration were extremely exquisite. In the middle of summer, the vegetation is flourishing and the agricultural production is very busy. In the case of serious natural disasters, empty state treasury and busy agriculture, it is not very inappropriate to use a lot of manpower, financial resources and material resources to open mountains and take stones and build houses? In particular, the construction of dozens of Yamen offices by using craftsmen, Zuo school and other officials to compete with each other has cost more than 100 million yuan, which is extremely expensive. The brothers Zhou Guang and Xie Yun are neither important relatives of the emperor nor members of the royal family. They only depend on the lucky and treacherous people around the emperor. They share power with fan Feng, Wang Yong and others. They entrust the ministers all over the prefecture and shake their power. When the prime minister's government wants to recruit talents, it depends on their eyes. Almost all the people recruited are incompetent people who buy officials by offering bribes, Even some people who were imprisoned for corruption and bribery and were not allowed to be officials in the past, as well as some liberties and reckless people, gained the position of high-ranking officials again through bribery. As a result, there was confusion between black and white, and there was public outcry in the world. They all said that upper class status was bought with money, which made the imperial court draw innumerable satire and abuse. I once heard the teacher say: "if the state expropriates too many taxes and servitudes from the people, the people will complain when their wealth is exhausted and rebel when their strength is exhausted. How can the court rely on the people? " Therefore, Confucius said, "the people are not happy
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