From the third year of Jiayou (1058) as the inspector of imperial history, until the fifth year of Jiayou (1060) as the third envoy (note this official position), Bao Zheng only served as the inspector of imperial history for a short period of two years, but his achievements were remarkable.
In the official history records, during Bao Zheng's supervision of hundreds of officials, a total of 61 middle- and high-ranking officials who violated discipline were impeached and all of them were laid off.
Of course, for Bao Zheng, the results of laying off 61 officials are very average. His greatest skill in life was to lay off three third divisions.
In the official positions of the Northern Song Dynasty, the three envoys were the highest financial officers in the country, known as "counting ministers", which was a very important official position.
Since they are in charge of the state's finances, the three divisions are naturally departments with a lot of oil and water, and most of the officials who work here are rich in oil.
However, in the era of Bao Zheng's life, serving as the third envoy was not a good choice.
After Bao Zheng became the imperial historian, he took aim at the three envoys and drove the three envoys off the stage. Impeaching three ministers of the state in one go, Bao Zheng's move can be regarded as unprecedented and unprecedented.
The first three envoys to be deposed by Bao Zheng was Zhang Guifei's uncle, Zhang Yaozuo.
At that time, Zhang Guifei always wanted to promote her family and wanted Zhang Yaozuo to serve as an envoy of Xuanhui. Later, under the strong opposition of Bao Zheng, Zhang Guifei's plan went bankrupt. Without getting the official position of Xuanhui envoy, Zhang Guifei was not dead hearted, and she continued to take the "pillow side wind" offensive, and finally won an official position for her uncle as a third envoy.
According to historical records, after learning that Zhang Yaozuo had become the third envoy, Bao Zheng was furious, and he played Song Renzong and strongly opposed this appointment. Bao Zheng told the emperor that Zhang Yaozuo, a foreign relative, was a useless embroidery pillow, and it was enough for such a person to govern a county, so how could he manage the country's finances?
In the end, Emperor Renzong of Song finally agreed to Bao Zheng's request, deposed Zhang Yaozuo from his official position as the third envoy, and demoted him to the local government.
Zhang Yaozuo became the first third envoy to be spared by Bao Zheng. The second third envoy who was deposed by Bao Zheng was called Zhang Fangping.
Historical records record that during Zhang Fangping's tenure as the third envoy, a businessman owed a lot of money to the government because of poor management, and Zhang Fangping ordered him to sell the shop to pay off the debt.
Zhang Fangping's behavior was completely in accordance with the law, and there was no drawback, but after the merchants began to sell the shop, Zhang Fangping began to do stupid things.
He went so far as to sneak a crackdown on other bidders, buy merchants' shops at a very low price, and use his authority to fake public welfare.
After learning of this incident, Bao Zheng immediately participated in Zhang Fangping's book, so the emperor dismissed Zhang Fangping from his official position and let him lay off his post and go home.
Zhang Fangping became the second third envoy to be deposed by Bao Zheng.
The third envoy who was deposed by Bao Zheng was the talented son of the Song Dynasty, Song Qi, who "robbed women" with the emperor.
Song Qi has more than enough talent, but his morality is seriously insufficient--his life is corrupt and extravagant, and he is drunk and dreams of death every day. He eats 36 dishes per meal and is not allowed to repeat them; There are 32 maids in the family who serve him too little, and he is still outside looking for flowers and willows, picking flowers and weeds.
In a word, Song Qi is a "three-no-literati": unscrupulous, unscrupulous, and virtuous. For such a person, Bao Zheng did not need to be polite to him.
In this way, Song Qi, who had just become the third secretary's envoy, had not yet sat hot ass (only more than 20 days), and was impeached and laid off by Bao Zheng.
At this point, three three envoys were impeached one after another, and they were all laid off, and Bao Zheng has since left a good name of not fearing power and strict law enforcement.
However, if you taste it carefully, these three people are not.
According to historical records, the reason for Bao Zheng's impeachment of Zhang Yaozuo was two words: foreign relatives. In fact, if this relationship is abandoned, Zhang Yaozuo can be a capable ruler of the country. He could rely on his own ability to obtain the official position of the Third Division.
Before becoming the Third Envoy, Zhang Yaozuo served as a county commander in Xipu County. Due to the small number of people in Xipu County, the villagers quarreled every day because of the problem of land ownership, and even a large-scale armed struggle occurred, and several county orders did not solve this problem.
After Zhang Yaozuo took office, he immediately conducted a detailed investigation and redivided the boundaries of the fields, completely solving this problem. In this alone, Zhang Yaozuo is enough to enter the ranks of noh.
After dividing the fields, Zhang Yaozuo also set up township rules and educated the people, patiently telling the villagers of Xipu County: "The villagers in the township should understand each other and support each other. Why fight for a little bit of? Why don't you talk well, and hurt each other's harmony?"
In the end, under the bitter persuasion of Zhang Yaozuo, the people of Xipu County developed a strong and generous wind of mutual understanding and mutual support.
Compared with those officials who have no virtue and can only shout empty slogans, or those who have virtue but cannot handle things at all, Zhang Yaozuo is much stronger, and he can fully perform the official position of the three envoys and become a capable minister who governs the country.
However, just because of the "foreign relative" relationship, Bao Zheng bit him to death and eventually dismissed him. Look at Zhang Fangping again.
Although Zhang Fangping was greedy for money, disregarded law and discipline, used his power, and guarded himself as a thief, he was impeached and laid off by Bao Zheng, and it was only a matter of time before he was punished.
However, the historical Zhang Fangping was also a capable ruler of the country, and one person once commented that Zhang Fangping had the virtue of Kong Rong in the Three Kingdoms period and the wisdom of Zhuge Liang.
Ordinary people give Zhang Fangping such an evaluation, we can completely dismiss it. However, this person's evaluation, we can not ignore.
Because this person is ——— Su Shi, who has been telling the truth and telling the truth all his life.
Assuming that Su Shi's evaluation is correct, is it too harsh for Bao Zheng to deal with Zhang Fangping in this way? After all, who didn't make mistakes when they were younger? If Bao Zheng gave Zhang Fangping a chance to reform himself and become a man again, would it be better?
Finally, song qi.
If it is said that the first two three envoys of Bao Zheng's impeachment, one is to prevent trouble before it happens, and the other is to defend the law, all of which are excusable, then what is the reason for Bao Zheng's impeachment of Song Qi? Is it because he is morally corrupt and lives a luxurious life?
The problem was that, according to the time, the problem of moral style was not serious enough to reach the legal level, and Song Qi was impeached and laid off without breaking the law.
You know, this kind of impeachment reason is undoubtedly to distinguish whether a person is good or bad by whether he eats, drinks, and gambles. However, history has proved countless times that whether a person has the ability or not, whether he is a good person or not, is not completely proportional to his wealth and status. The outwardly well-dressed Lord may also have a belly full of male thieves and female prostitutes; The rich generations who are superficially clumsy can also be good people who are worried about the country and the people.
Taking a step back ten thousand steps, if officials were measured by moral standards, there would be no such names as Guan Zhong, Kou Zhun, and Zhang Juzheng.
Although Bao Zheng impeached three three envoys, he did not feel guilty, after all, he believed that "the honest one, the people's watch; The greedy, the thief of the people also".
In Bao Zheng's eyes, a clean and honest good official is an example for the people and can win the hearts and minds of the people for the country; A corrupt official is an enemy of the people and must be eliminated.
In the Song Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, Bao Zheng clearly put forward the official standard of "anti-corruption and clean government", which is so powerful that it is no wonder that the people call Bao Zheng "the first Qing official in ancient China". For this title, Bao Zheng is well deserved and well-deserved.