Zhou Xin is from Nanhai, Guangdong. At first, it was named Zhou Zhixin. Because Ming often called it "Xin" alone, he named it, and because he used his own new words. During the Hongwu period, he studied in imperial academy and served as the judge of Dali Temple. He is famous for being good at escaping from prison, and he is called "cold face and cold iron". He was killed by the Ming Dynasty, because he was sought after by powerful people, and later he was named the city god of Hangzhou.

biography

Zhou Xin, a native of Nanhai County in Ming Dynasty, lived in Gaoyi Yangcheng. His family is poor in reading. After graduating from college, he became a judge of Dali Temple, famous for being good at hearing cold cases. After Judy acceded to the throne, she served as an imperial adviser and traveled to Fujian, Beijing and Zhejiang. He hates evil, is impartial, honest and frank, and dares to speak out. Many dignitaries are afraid of him and call him a "ruthless iron man".

In the process of investigating officials' management and handling of cases, Zhou Xin is smart and capable. There are many legends. On the way to Zhejiang, Zhou Xin He Yi and his party suddenly met many flies hovering in front of the horse. The occupation made Zhou Xin keenly aware of different situations, and immediately sent followers to follow their flight direction for detailed investigation. As a result, a rotting corpse with knife marks was found in the grass. After careful investigation, Zhou Xin found a key and a wooden seal on the deceased. This seal was the seal of the popular brand name at that time, so Zhou Xin speculated that the deceased was killed by robbers. After arriving at his post, he immediately sent someone to look for the same stamp as this one, and soon found it in a cloth shop. After trial, he killed people, disguised as a businessman and embezzled the property of the deceased. Once, in order to know the situation, he went there. He was arrested and imprisoned for deliberately touching the county magistrate. In prison, he learned the truth that the county magistrate accepted bribes from "prisoners", thus impeaching and punishing corrupt officials. This matter has been circulated as a beautiful topic for some time. When he visited Beijing, he saw many prisoners die in prison. Because they waited too long for the punishment to be approved, he called on the Beijing government office or the governor's suggestion to deal with the emperor so that many prisoners could live completely. Because Zhou Xin's reputation for loving the people spread far and wide, when he transferred to Zhejiang, he said, "I must be born." Here you are, Fruit Snow. "Zhou Xin heard that Ye Zongren, the magistrate of Qiantang County, was honest and honest and loyal to the people. He went incognito to investigate, and what he heard in Qiantang County was the praise of the people. Later, when Ye Zongren went out to visit relatives, he found that Ye Zongren's family was very humble, except for a bag of dried whitebait packed in bamboo tubes. This made Zhou Xin very moved. The next day, he specially invited Ye Zongren to mourn his incorruptibility. Ye Zongren is very grateful to Zhou Xin for his love, his diligence and his love for the people. He is called "Qiantang-Qing Ye".

Although Zhou Xin is a famous official, he lives a simple life and never accepts ill-gotten gains. The story of "Zhou Xin hangs a goose" is widely circulated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces: someone gave him a roasted goose, but his family couldn't refuse it, so they had to keep it. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Zhou Xin hung the roast goose high in a conspicuous place at home. If someone gives a gift in the future, he will point to the roast goose and say, just stick to it. No one dared to give him a gift after that. Under the influence and control of Zhou Xin, his family is hardworking and self-reliant. When Zhou Xin was not an official, his wife sewed at home for a living; After becoming an official, his wife still wears it. "I went to the same official's wife's house for dinner, and Jingbu was like a family's wife. All women are ashamed to dress up. "

Zhou Xin strictly enforces the law and is not afraid of dignitaries. The secret service Royal Guards ordered Ji Gang to send 1000 families to Zhejiang for "business". The spy's minions openly accept bribes and instruct people around them. Zhou Xin was not afraid of his hard background and was determined to punish him, but he slipped away. Soon, Zhou Xin went to Beijing and met a fugitive on the way. Zhou Xin, who hated evil, immediately arrested him. Unexpectedly, the spy's minions escaped again and cried in front of his master Ji Gang. Therefore, once influential Chen was accused of being framed. Although Zhou Xin was tortured to pieces in prison, he remained indomitable. When he was brought before the emperor, he still defended loudly and said, "Why should I avoid rape and eliminate evil, and at the same time, I should add crime?" Chengzu, who had not observed it for some time, ordered him to be executed and dismembered in the city. Seeing death as death, he shouted: "Life is a straight minister, and death is a straight ghost!" "

Later, Ji Gang's crime was punished and Zhou Xin was rehabilitated. The founder of the Ming Dynasty made him a city god in Zhejiang. People in Zhejiang miss him, and when compiling Zhejiang Tongzhi, he was listed as a biography of a famous minister. He also built a temple in Hangzhou to worship him. Out of admiration for his integrity and loyalty, Yangcheng people not only sacrificed him to Xiangxian Temple, but also renamed the street where his former residence was located as Yangzhong Street.