The ancients liked to borrow the character of the lotus to describe a good character. Officials should be like the lotus, clear-headed, not spreading bad ideas, and not colluding with people in troubled times. When his own incorruptible quality pervades everywhere, he is called a clean and elegant gentleman everywhere.
Honest officials are respected.
Zhao Guanghan in the Western Han Dynasty showed a high sense of responsibility when he was an official. He often stays up all night dealing with government affairs. He is smart, efficient and kind, and everyone in his official position loves him very much. As a Mirror, Zhao Guanghan was described in this way: Jing Zhao was honest and said it was unacceptable. This is the truest evaluation of Zhao Guanghan. However, due to his official integrity, he inevitably collided with some arrogant royalty, and finally Zhao Guanghan failed to escape the fate of being punished, which is a pity.
Xu Yougong, the minister of the Tang Dynasty, had many conflicts with Wu Zetian for the sake of the right path and inner thoughts. He tried his best to prevent the occurrence of unjust cases, always stood in a fair position and tried his best to defend the integrity of the law. He once said: "I am in Dali and my life is at stake. How can I come to the palace to comply with the emperor's doubts? " Under the attack of evil forces, he persisted in fighting and even betrayed the death penalty fearlessly three or four times. He rehabilitated the unjust case and saved thousands of lives. If the stories of the above two people are very touching, then the story of Wang Shiqi, the protagonist of this article, will certainly arouse greater inner fluctuations.
Wang Shiqi was a famous general and strategist in Ming Dynasty. His most admirable story is that when he first entered Korea, the enemy Liu Ge led an attack and failed, and the army taxi shook pneumatically. Just when his regiment lost, Wang Shiqi seized the opportunity to turn the tide and led the army to turn the tide at a critical moment and won the war. This is an extremely brave act, because the enemy is very strong, and Wang Shiqi only led half of the number of the other side, but he greeted the enemy with the idea that war is to rush to death, which is victory.
In addition to being brave in every battle, he is determined to do his best when dealing with other things. He was once known as a "gifted scholar" in the cloud, with great courage and was appreciated by the court. Wang Shiqi was clean when he was an official. At that time, people gave Wang Shiqi such an evaluation: "I only saw old clothes and old boots." It can be seen that he is poor. He was so poor when he died that he didn't even have money to buy a coffin. In the end, it can only be buried in the straw mat. But it is such an honest but poor official who found a lot of gold, silver and jewels in his grave more than 300 years later. Why?
Born in a bad environment, my father became the only role model.
In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Wang Shiqi was born. This period has been the decline of the Ming dynasty, and the glory of the past no longer exists. The king of a country, regardless of government affairs, only concentrates on the panacea of how to live forever. People in Li Can can't even afford to eat, and officials don't help the government. They loaf around every day, and traitors and thieves are more rampant. In the harsh environment, pirates are not to be outdone, and there is a tendency to explode at any time.
Wang Shiqi's father is a North Korean official. Unlike most officials, his father wants to reverse this situation. Wang Shiqi's father has always been honest and kind, caring for the people, solving various problems and making his official place quiet and peaceful. Wang Shiqi has been influenced by his father's upright character since he was a child, and he will become an upright official like his father in the future.
The people are grateful for their great achievements.
When he grew up, Wang Shiqi became an official of North Korea as he wished. He first took charge of Nanjing, was the head of the Ministry of War, and then took charge of Chongqing, becoming the prefect. When he was in power, Yang Yinglong rose up against him. He behaved badly, forcibly suppressed many officials in Bozhou, where he lived, and killed innocent local civilians. The court soon sent Wang Shiqi to govern. When Wang Shiqi arrived there, he calmed the hearts of civilians, suppressed the rebellion and restored local peace. The local people praised him many times, so he was promoted to an official position and became an assistant governor.
In the declining Ming Dynasty, more crises are still lurking. Sure enough, a few years after Wang Shiqi put down the Yang Yinglong incident, the coastal pirates couldn't bear to provoke a fight. These pirates often stir up trouble and bring trouble to local residents. When Wang Shiqi heard this, he felt anxious. He volunteered to fight the enemy. Even if the enemy is strong, he will try his best to fight.
In the early days of fighting against the Japanese pirates, due to the treachery and cunning of the enemy, Wang Shiqi fell into a routine failure many times, forming a stalemate in fighting against the Japanese pirates. According to records, Wang Shiqi fought the enemy at sea five times. When times were bad, he was caught in many places. Wang Shiqi chased all the way. When the enemy attacked the city wall, Wang Shiqi's troops were already very scarce. At this critical moment, Wang Shiqi got angry, and he caught Zhong Jun. When enemy Liu Ge saw that this situation was not good, his mentality collapsed. Wang Shiqi took this opportunity to make a final resistance with the enemy. He tried his best to turn the tide and win.
After Wang Shiqi won the battle, people all over the world were very grateful. They said, "Father and son have four Jinshi, one supervisor and three supervisors." It is a symbol of the royal family. Because of his father's four sons, Wang has three Jinshi, and his father has four, so he is called four Jinshi. Wang Shiqi and Wang Shichang are both governors, so they become three governors. Linhai people thanked many Li people who had been hurt by the enemy and gave him ten umbrellas, which represented all the people, so they became "national umbrellas". Wang Shiqi's family hung this umbrella outside the door, which is a sign of his honesty as an official, reminding Zisi to be honest and clean at all times. This umbrella has also become a famous symbol, so Wang Shiqi's hutong is called "Ten Umbrella Hutong".
Diligent and honest, hastily buried
In the thirty-fifth year of Wang Shiqi's official career, the disease he had accumulated all the year round broke out, and no matter how he was treated, his condition could not be reversed. At the age of 67, Wang Shiqi passed away, and his death was very regrettable. Although he was famous in his official career and received various royal rewards, he never took it for himself, but used it to support the poor people. In his later years, Wang Shiqi ran out of some silver left by illness. After his death, he couldn't even afford to buy a coffin. When he was buried, he was just wrapped in straw mats and was very sad.
The tomb reappears, and there is a hole in the sky.
Time flies. After Wang Shiqi was buried for 300 years, people have made new discoveries about his grave. 1954, in a place near the sea in Zhejiang, a citizen was carrying stones on the mountain. Unexpectedly, he came across a few pieces of gold, which surprised him. The story soon spread in the village, and everyone came to rob the money, even the outsiders were alarmed. Archaeologists thought it might be the remains of a tomb, so they came to study it. When it was opened, there were thousands of gold and silver treasures in the tomb, worth billions of dollars, dazzling, and the owner of this tomb was Wang Shiqi who was buried with straw mats.
It turned out that Wang Shiqi's careless burial made Emperor Chongzhen feel very sad. Wang Shiqi's incorruptible conduct deeply touched him. He built a new mausoleum for Wang Shiqi with a large amount of gold, silver and jewels, which was an infinite honor given by the emperor to his loyal ministers. This behavior of the king of a country has also been recognized by the people, and the people saved by Wang Shiqi finally put down their hearts.