Tang Dezong warned the honest prime minister Lu Zhen that it was okay to accept small things
Since ancient times, Ming Jun has long been eager to get honest and loyal ministers, such as Bao Zheng, Hai Rui, Ji Xiaolan, etc., their stories have been widely circulated, and even made into TV series "Young Bao Qingtian", "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan" and so on.
In fact, there is also a Qing official Lu Zhen, who was framed for a short time, but he has always been trusted by the imperial court, and his incorruptibility is not inferior to other famous ministers. Even once, Tang Dezong said to Lu Zhen, "Aiqing, how greedy are you", which shows his integrity.
Determined to reform and take the lead in being honest: Lu Zhen was a junior at the age of eighteen, and although he did not have a prominent family background, he was known for his uprightness and not obsession with money. In the early days of his tenure as the chief secretary of Weinan County, he established a good image of officialdom and boosted the confidence of officialdom.
The Old Tang Dynasty Book "The Biography of Lu Zhen" records that Zhang Yi, the assassin of Shouzhou, admired his talent very much, and wanted to give him one million yuan as a month's food for his mother when he parted, but he insisted on not accepting it and only received a bunch of tea as a reward.
This quality of not pursuing money has won people's respect and praise.
When Tang Dezong ascended the throne in the first year of Jianzhong, he admired Lu Zhen's talent and appointed him as a scholar of Hanlin. In the fourth year of Jianzhong, Zhu Zhu rebelled, and Dezong fled to Mukden. During this period, the machine was complicated, and Lu Zhen went all out to assist Dezong, and he was relied on as an important minister, and was called "the inner minister" by the people at that time.
From the main book to the internal minister, Lu Zhen's official position has risen step by step, which has attracted a lot of attention. In the year of his mother's death, the Quartet gave him millions of money for the funeral, but Lu Zhen took nothing but accepted the gift from his old friend, and insisted on reporting it first and then accepting it.
His incorruptibility seemed out of place in the court at that time, because the Tang Dynasty was in a chaotic situation of division of feudal towns at that time, and the ** style in the palace was even more prevalent.
In the eighth year of Zhenyuan, Lu Zhen was appointed prime minister, but he did not change this situation after he became prime minister. On the one hand, he insists on advocating honesty and punishing corruption, and on the other hand, he is also strict with himself, and he does not accept any gifts he gives, no matter how big or small.
Many people are dissatisfied with him because of this, feeling that he is fame and fame and unsociable. It is recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian" that when Lu Zhen was the internal minister, he frequently gave gifts, but he refused, and the ** who were rejected for these gifts privately complained that he was not close to people, and even reflected it to the emperor Tang Dezong, and the emperor also felt that Lu Zhen was too cautious.
Tang Dezong issued a secret edict to the minister Lu Zhen, telling him that no matter how big or small the finances were, he should refuse politely. Lu Zhen was deeply saddened and emphasized the importance of preventing small things, pointing out that if you are greedy for small gains, you will cause big losses, and if you are greedy from the beginning, there will be a time for regret.
He opposes ** behavior, believing that once this precedent is set, it will be out of control, starting with a small gift and gradually developing into a serious problem, including bribery**, etc.
He appealed to everyone not to see is believing, not to be driven by desire, and not to have personal relationships. He also revealed the corruption of Tang Dezong and its negative impact on the imperial court, which led to the local ** expropriation and expropriation, resulting in the hardship of the people.
It turned out that Bai Juyi once used "Ten Songs of Qin Zhongyin" to depict the tragic situation of the people cannibalism during the drought in the south of the Yangtze River. And Lu Zhen pointed out to the emperor in the imperial court with "Fengtian Asks for Removal of Qionglin, Daying Note Erku" that no one has done this since ancient times, which has caused great harm to the country.
Lu Zhen's exhortation finally prompted Tang Dezong to order the removal of the plaques of "Qionglin" and "Daying", which boosted the confidence of officialdom. At the same time, he also encouraged Dezong to build up confidence and not follow the crowd in the face of turbulent situations.
He advocated that chaos could be transformed into each other, and that the monarch should uphold etiquette, maintain integrity, and put social welfare first. In 783 AD, Tang Dezong sent troops to quell the rebellion, but because the soldiers did not have enough to eat and launched a mutiny, Tang Dezong fled to Mukden for refuge.
Prime Minister Lu's gaze turned to the other root cause of the Anshi Rebellion - the division of feudal towns and excessive local power. He once protected Tang Dezong with great difficulty, witnessed the scene of Tang Dezong's hasty escape, and knew the threat of local power to **.
Therefore, he was determined to improve the efficiency of management, weaken local powers, and strengthen the government in order to break the unhealthy tendencies. Tang Dezong respected and trusted Prime Minister Lu very much, he called him "Lu Jiu" according to the ranking, and when Lu Zhen transferred to Liangzhou with him, he ordered the whole army to look for Prime Minister Lu, and promised to reward him with a thousand taels after finding him.
Prime Minister Lu was grateful for the emperor's favor and served the emperor even more wholeheartedly. Therefore, after Prime Minister Lu became the prime minister, he naturally wanted to put an end to the possibility of rebellion again, and his eyes were always on the problem of feudal town division and excessive local power, hoping to break the unhealthy atmosphere and protect the unity and stability of the country by improving management efficiency, weakening local power, and strengthening **.
The Tang Dynasty set up feudal towns for border security, and Tang Xuanzong gradually strengthened the military and financial power of the feudal towns, which led to the temperance of important northern towns such as An Lushan and Shi Siming and others collecting taxes and appointing generals, as if they had become independent kingdoms.
Lu Zhen was a staunch supporter of the great unification politics of centralization and the centralization of power by the emperor, and he emphasized the need to ensure that Guanzhong was weakened, and advocated the gradual weakening of the power of the feudal towns and the reconstruction of the situation of great unification.
He believes that only by starting from the centralization of power can we truly alleviate the problems of land annexation, scattered household registration, and the exile of the people. Faced with the serious problem of land annexation in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Zhen conformed to the situation and put forward the idea of restricting land annexation and reducing rent prices, and advocated reducing taxes to let the people live in peace and happiness, while avoiding local behavior.
Lu Zhen's "people-oriented" financial thinking has been well received by the people.
Breaking nepotism and meritocracy is our belief. We firmly believe that honesty is the cornerstone of fiscal work, and adhere to the people-centered thinking, and now we have cleared the chaos of officialdom.
However, to restore prosperity, it is still necessary to discover the talents and let them develop their strengths. Lu Zhen once emphasized that he was eager to seek talents and was good at selecting and using talents. He believes that clear rewards and punishments are the core of the talent system, which can stimulate the enthusiasm of talents and promote their growth and development.
Talent is not mysterious, it's about our ability to spot, attract and make good use of them.
Lu Zhen, in the eighth year of Zhenyuan (792 AD), presided over the Jinshi examination, which was the only time in his life that he presided over the Jinshi examination. This history has now become a good story in the history of literature, he appoints people on the basis of merit, not only pays attention to exam results, but also pays more attention to discovering talents, and has promoted Han Yu, Ouyang Zhan, Li Guan and others who have failed three times in a row.
During Han Yu's tenure as the superintendent of the imperial history, he spoke out and dared to admonish, repeatedly admonished the imperial court, and became a generation of loyal ministers, which was inseparable from Lu Zhen's promotion back then. Lu Zhen believes that the fundamental defect of the current system in employing people lies in the fact that human rights are in the hands of individuals rather than relying on the system, and this is likely to cause people to use the recommendation of officialdom as a tool for exchanging interests above the court.
To this end, he proposed a series of systems, such as using various means to prevent the formation of parties for personal gain, the person who recommended others must also be held responsible, and if the person being recommended is derelict in his duties, the person who recommends him will also be punished.
At the same time, he also emphasized that when evaluating talents, we should not only look at what he says, but also look at his behavior. To this end, Lu Zhen also put forward the "Eight Strategies for Examination and Examination", including depending on the abundance of household registration, the cultivation of land to audit the essence of the book, the length of the endowment to be honest and honest, the annoyance of the nationality to be simple to be audited, the prisoner system to be judged by the surplus and deficiency, the existence of traitors and thieves to be forbidden, the election of the public and the widowed, and the rise and fall of schools to be audited and taught.
This "Eight Strategies for Examination Courses" embodies Lu Zhen's concept of fair, fair and open selection of talents, and has an important impact on the development of the selection system in ancient China.
Prime Minister Lu's political performance inspection is mainly based on eight dimensions, such as population, farming, taxes, prisoners, criminal incidents, and education, and is known as the "prime minister of saving the time" in the Middle and Tang dynasties, and is highly appreciated by later generations.
Su Shi spoke highly of him as "a talented king, learning to be an emperor", and believed that if Tang Dezong adopted his advice, then the situation of Zhenguan's rule could be reproduced.
When Ouyang Xiu wrote the New Tang Dynasty Book, he also expressed deep admiration for his political discourse and advice, believing that his remarks were full of benevolence and righteousness and could be used as an example for future generations. In general, Prime Minister Lu's political performance inspection is mainly based on eight dimensions, and he is known as the "Prime Minister of Saving Time" and is highly praised.
Although Prime Minister Lu's drastic reform has been questioned and excluded by many people, he has firmly promoted the reform, and although he has violated the interests of some people, he still insists on his position.
However, the hesitant Dejong eventually removed him from the post of prime minister. Prime Minister Lu was appointed prime minister in the eighth year of Jeongwon, but he was deposed in December of the tenth year of Jeongwon, and was again demoted to Chungju in the second year.
During his ten years in Chungju, he often closed his door and fell from the peak, but he did not argue for himself, but only hoped to avoid rumors, collect ancient and modern famous recipes, and contribute to the people of Chungju during the epidemic period.
In his later years, he completed the fifty volumes of "Lu's Collection of Prescriptions" to treat the people. When Dezong died and Tang Shunzong ascended the throne, he immediately ordered the recall of Prime Minister Lu, but before the edict arrived, he died of illness at the age of 42.
Although Lu Zhen has only been in power for two years, he is respected as a model prime minister because of his honest and honest conduct. He never pursued power and devoted himself to the country, and when he was demoted to Zhongzhou, Li Jifu, the assassin of Zhongzhou, was also moved by his noble sentiments and treated him with the courtesy of a prime minister.
Lu Zhen devoted his life to the prosperity of the country and the nation, and he integrated his concept of loyalty, patriotism and honesty into the "Lu Family Motto", which fully reflects his life of honesty and integrity.
1. Lu Zhen: The Source of Fiscal Thought As an important figure in Chinese history, Lu Zhen's fiscal thought has always attracted much attention. His "people-oriented" fiscal thinking reflects both his concern for the well-being of the people and his deep understanding of national finance.
Lu Zhen's "people-oriented" financial thinking stems from his understanding of human nature. He believes that human nature is good, and only through respect and protection of people can social stability and development be achieved.
Therefore, he advocated a tax system to achieve a fair distribution of wealth, so that the people can share in the fruits of the country's development, so as to strengthen the cohesion of the country. Lu Zhen's financial thinking also reflects his long-term vision.
He believes that the country's finances should have a certain amount of reserves in case they are needed. This reserve can not only cope with emergencies such as natural disasters, but also support the long-term development of the country.
Therefore, he advocated ensuring the stability and development of the country through moderate fiscal reserves. In general, Lu Zhen's financial thinking is based on the understanding of human nature and the long-term development of the country, which has far-reaching enlightenment significance.
His ideas still have important reference value for today's financial work. 2. Lu Zhen: A Famous Minister in the Tang Dezong Period Lu Zhen was a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, and his administrative ideas and personality charm have always been highly respected by people.
His idea of "being calm and realistic, and determined to seek governance" not only reflects his pragmatic spirit, but also reflects his deep understanding of national governance. During his tenure as prime minister, Lu Zhen actively promoted reforms and strived to improve the country's economic and social conditions.
His reform proposals, including tax cuts, disarmament, and reducing the people's burdens, were supported and approved by Tang Dezong. These reform measures have played a positive role in improving the country's economic and social conditions.
In addition, Lu Zhen's personality charm is also highly appreciated. He was known for his integrity, and throughout his life, he adhered to integrity and did not accept gifts of any kind. This noble character of his has played an important role in safeguarding social justice and establishing a good political image.
In general, Lu Zhen was a famous minister with far-reaching influence, and his administrative ideas and personality charm still have important enlightenment significance for today's society and politics.