Hai Rui was a famous official in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Because he dared to speak out, punish evil and promote good, and worked wholeheartedly for the welfare of the people, he was respected by the people as Hai Qingtian and Nan Baogong, and his reputation has been passed down to this day.
Although Harry was born in a bureaucratic family, his childhood family was not rich. His father died when he was only four years old. He lives in poverty with his mother. My mother is very strong, frugal and well educated. "She works hard to make a living, save money and supervise her studies." Under her personal supervision, Harry began to read books such as University and The Doctrine of the Mean since childhood. Under the guidance and strict requirements of his mother, Harry got a good tutor and cultural education, which made Harry have the idea of serving the country and loving the people very early.
In the third year of Qin Long in Ming Dynasty, namely 1569, Harry was promoted to Youdu, and served as the governor and the governor of providing foodstuff in Yingtian Shifu. That is to say, both sides of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Nanjing, Suzhou and Changzhou, are very rich places. However, after Harry came to power, he found that people's lives were extremely difficult under the oppression of heavy taxes and corrupt officials. If we catch up with the flood that year, half of the fields will be flooded until the winter solstice. Food prices are soaring, and people who don't beg will starve to death. Therefore, Harry decided to combine water control with disaster relief, which is good for now and in the future. Later, it was finally found out that the disaster was caused by the siltation of Wusong River connecting Taihu Lake and the sea. Harry summoned the hungry people and began dredging Wusong River and its tributaries in the winter leisure season. The book also requires that some of the food that should be handed in be left behind to solve the problem of food for the victims. In this way, the enthusiasm of the people was mobilized and the project was completed soon. The locals are very grateful to Harry.
In order to safeguard the interests of farmers, Hai Rui further punished the bully and returned the occupied land. But Jeff, which is good to itself, has the most land in the local area. Xu Jie was afraid that it wouldn't work at all, so he gave it back symbolically. Harry wrote to persuade him to set an example, quit Tian She more, and at the same time advised his son to correct his mistakes. Many Beijing officials interceded for retired Xu Jie, but Harry joined forces with some officials to force Xu Jie to take back half the land. Harry confiscated Xu Jie's two illegitimate children according to law. Other landlords saw this situation and soon returned more occupied land.
Harry also lightened the burden on the people in terms of taxes. At that time, taxes in Jiangnan were very chaotic. Landlords who own land often refuse to pay or pay less, but farmers who own less land have to bear heavy taxes. In fact, the aggravated part is paid by the landlord, and the local officials share it equally with everyone. This undoubtedly increased the burden on the people. Harry organized people to inspect the fields, simplified the tax system and reduced the burden on the people. The landlord class jointly falsely accused him of supporting Japanese pirates. Soon, Harry was dismissed.
When Harry was the governor of Yingtian, he not only loved and cared for the people, but also made profits for them, but he lived a simple and miserable life himself. Wherever you go, you are not allowed to beat drums to welcome guests, and you are not allowed to live in luxury houses. In order to welcome him, he made it a rule that each meal should not exceed San Qian silver in places with high prices and two silver in places with low prices. He stayed at home most of the time and lived only on the little land left by his ancestors. Instead of buying land, he bought a cemetery with the help of others after his mother died and buried her.
A few days before Harry died, he also returned the seven taels of silver sent by the Ministry of War. His wife and son died long ago, and the funeral was taken care of by others. His relics are only eight taels of silver, a piece of coarse cloth and several sets of old clothes. With the help of colleagues, his coffin was transported back to his hometown. When the ship was sailing on the river, people on both sides of the strait came to see him off in tears, the shops closed and the line of seeing him off was hundreds of miles long. Nowadays, in people's minds, Harry has become a symbol of justice, and more than a dozen local operas are singing his story.