Lv Haifeng
In other words, in the long river of Our Chinese history, there have been many shining figures. Among them, there is an ordinary citizen who has also stepped into the official history of the Ming Dynasty and become a shining figure. So, what's going on here? Who is he? He is Zheng Shili.
First of all, let's first understand the basic situation of Zheng Shili. He is a good word, Ninghai people. Brother Shi Yuan, who was just straight and talented, was made an envoy by Hu Guang, a jinshi officer. Jing and Xiang pawns took advantage of the chaos to plunder women, and the officials did not dare to ask, and Shi Yuan made a statement to the generals, and they also plundered. An Lu has been unjustly imprisoned, the Imperial History Platform has been put on the line, and Shi Yuan has played his injustice and obtained white. Will examine the school Qiangu book, empty printing of things. Whoever is the lord of the seal is dead, and the second is one hundred, and the far side is far away. Shi Yuan also sits in prison. Emperor Fang was furious and thought that he was deceitful, and Yu Shi did not dare to advise. Shi Li sighed, "I don't know, but I am guilty of the empty seal." Sincerely, if you are a saint, would you rather have enlightenment? "There will be a change of stars to ask for advice. Shi Li said, "Okay." Then read the commandment: "Whoever falsely speaks privately is guilty." Shi Li said, "I will say what I want, and kill the ears of the innocent for the Son of Heaven." My brother is not the master sealer, and he should be out. It is necessary for my brother's staff to speak, that is, to die and not to hate. ”???
So, if this passage is translated into modern language, what does it mean in general? That is to say, although Zheng Shili is an ordinary person, he is talented and learned, and he is very upright. It was also because of one of his letters that opened the prelude to the Ming Dynasty's anti-corruption campaign. ?????? It turned out that during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, people from all over the world sent to the household department to review the accounts, and they would carry an "empty seal book", and even, later, it became an unwritten rule, which was known to the whole court and even the ordinary people of Pingtou, but only Zhu Yuanzhang did not know. Even if an upright official wanted to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Yuanzhang had a bad temper and was afraid of being suspected of being a fellow party member by Zhu Yuanzhang, they also adopted the principle of "hanging on high and without concern to oneself."
Therefore, it was under such circumstances that this upright and brave ordinary citizen Zheng Shili stood up, and he took advantage of the opportunity that the commoners at that time could also write letters directly to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and expounded the corrupt phenomenon of "empty seal books" with a clear understanding. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry after hearing this, and he immediately conducted a thorough investigation of this "empty seal case." Of course, this outspoken ordinary citizen Zheng Shili did not end up with a good end, because Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, so he was also assigned. However, for Zheng Shili, this may be the best ending, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry at that time.
However, no matter what, Zheng Shili left a shining moment in the long river of history, which warmed many people for a while! For this reason, when revising the history of the Ming Dynasty, he also entered the temple of history of the "History of Ming". (Lv Haifeng)