After Emperor Huan of Han killed Liang Ji, the people rejoiced and looked forward to a Ming lord who could bring good life to the country. To govern the country, we must first govern the officials, and to govern the people, we must first govern the **. Soon after Taiwei Huang Qiong took office, he raised a number of misbehaving filthy officials, which was unanimously praised by the people. In order to further rectify the political style, Huang Qiong appointed Fan Pang as the leader of the ** inspection team and asked him to inspect various places.
Fan Fan has hated ** since he was a child, and he is still upright when he grows up, with the ambition of clarifying the rule of the world. Therefore, some county magistrates and county magistrates heard that Fan Fan was coming to inspect, and they all took the initiative to resign to avoid being investigated. Even so, Fan Pan still found some clues to the problem through the inspection, and more than 20 department-level cadres.
Shang Shu, who was in the ** audit, suspected that Fan Fan was mixed with personal grievances, thinking that the national situation was very good, how could there be so many **dirty officials?When questioned, Fan Fan said unwaveringly: "The officials I have ** all deserve it. If there is a mistake, I am willing to die to apologize!Since the court meeting is about to begin, you are too urgent, I will report a batch first, and there are some uncleared ones, and we will carry out ** after investigation and verification. Faced with such a firm answer, Shang Shu was speechless, so he had no choice but to present Fan Fan's recital.
Not only is he meticulous in terms of upright style and discipline, Fan Fan has also performed well in selecting and employing people, and has always insisted on having both ability and political integrity, and putting morality first. Once, Fan Fan's nephew was favored by Tang Heng, a regular attendant in the middle, and Tang Heng wrote a letter of recommendation to Fan Fan's superior, wanting to promote his nephew. However, Fan felt that his nephew was of poor character and unfit for an official position, so he rejected the promotion request, and ultimately did not let the nephew succeed.
The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it;Walk above men, and the crowd will not. Because Fan Fan blocked the path of many people's promotion, he attracted a lot of resentment in the county and was accused of being a "Fan Party". But what we need to be clear is that the background of Fan Fan's era is the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were deep contradictions between eunuchs and scholars, and he was arrested after a political turmoil. In that era, it was not easy for people who insisted on integrity and asked for the lives of the people, but Fan Fan, as an outstanding representative of the ancient incorruptible officials, has always been respected by later generations.
Su Shi burst into tears when he read "The Biography of Fan Fan" when he was young, and asked his mother if he could follow Fan Fan's example. The mother replied, "If you can be like Fan Fan, why can't I be Fan Fan's mother?"This conversation became a legend. In the history of China, there has always been a lack of people who are upright and ask for their lives for the people, and this is the backbone and hope of our nation.
Reference: "Zizhi Tongjian".