Chapter 30 Section 14 Someone wants to take down Hai Rui

Maybe it was because he was getting old, Hai Rui finally felt discouraged.Disappointment and despair are different. At the end of life, despair means denying one's life's efforts.He finally found that he couldn't change the world.In his letter to his old friend Liang Yunlong in Hainan, he said: "There are four out of seventy years, and it is not the time to be an official. Besides, that's all the world's affairs, so what's the point if you don't go!" The ambition of his life has finally faded away, and he can now basically judge his life as a failure. In this life, he suffered unbearable hardships, endured unimaginable pressure, and gave up many joys in life.He squeezed his living life into a stubborn rock, but he failed to become the mainstay that turned the tide - the flood easily washed him from one corner to another.

He submitted his resignation one after another, hoping to get rid of the dirty officialdom as soon as possible.The emperor refused again and again.The emperor appreciated Hai Rui's character, admired Hai Rui's courage, and praised Hai Rui's integrity.He didn't want to bear the infamy of banishing honest officials.It is the honor of the court and the honor of the emperor to have such an upright official who can leave his name through the ages in his own time. Since he couldn't ask to go, Hai Rui had no choice but to be his right capital censor.As long as he does it, he will not be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day.No matter when, he can't learn to be perfunctory or superficial.

Originally, Youdu Yushi was only a title of honor in name, but traditionally, the Yushitai in Nanjing did not care about the actual facts, and actually "has nothing to do with the Yushi".The entire Nanjing Yushitai didn't even go to work very often, and Youdu Yushi often didn't see each other every month. However, Hai Rui didn't see it that way.He believes that the duty of the censor is to inspect discipline, and he should naturally set an example for all officials. In this regard, there should be no difference between the Nanjing censor and the Beijing censor.After taking office, the first thing is to rectify discipline and require all censors to go to work.

Hai Rui went to Yushi Yamen early every day, and anyone who was late for work would be fined immediately.In fact, the censors have no business to do, and they have to sit in the hall every day. Nanjing Yushi is used to lax discipline, and breaking the law and discipline is common.Once Hai Rui finds out, he will definitely be punished severely.The family of Yushi Chen Hailou went to the market to buy rice with official red tickets, and only paid half of the price.This is actually a custom in the local official circles. When Hai Rui learned about it, he beat his family members thirty times, put on a shackle, and placed them at the gate of the yamen for public display.

On the occasion of a censor's birthday, he had a big banquet at home and invited a kabuki troupe to sing for a day.Hai Rui found out the rules set by the Taizu: "The censor is the watch of all officials, and the banquet is not allowed." He mercilessly pushed the censor to the ground and beat him with the stick. In fact, Hai Rui also knew that there was no need to be so strict and harsh.He also knows that this will attract people's resentment, disgust, and hatred. What he wants is people's disgust, disgust, and hatred.He wants people to know that although you squeeze me into such a idle job, I can still make you uncomfortable!The older he is, the more ostracized he is, the more vicious, over-the-top, and presumptuous his officials are.There is an inexplicable emotion in it.

The censors in Nanjing were unbearable.Although the impeachment of Hai Rui was a very risky move, they had to do it.In April of the fourteenth year of Wanli (AD 1586), Yushi Fanghuan impeached Hai Rui: "It is said that he has no good demeanor in his official position, but only cheats to praise others, and every word and action is ridiculed by scholars. The punishment of real grass will inspire the emperor's desire to kill." The emperor's reply: "When Rui was in Shimiao, he was outspoken and dared to advise, and he had the wind of wearing scales and breaking thresholds; he kept his promises and kept himself, and there was a festival of drinking ice. Although the authorities may not be the director, they use it to suppress elegance and vulgarity, and encourage Declining wind, it is not useless. He ordered this official to continue to work."

The emperor finally spoke his mind.It turns out that honest officials are not suitable to "be in charge of the authorities" and participate in the actual operation of power.But they are suitable for "using it to suppress elegance and vulgarity and encourage decadence", that is to say, to be a facade of officialdom, to decorate the court, and to let everyone learn its spirit. Spirit can be used to write in books, recorded in history, and inspire people, but it cannot be applied to practice. In fact, this is the common fate of ancient and upright officials.An upright official is just a fig leaf for officialdom, a pot of plastic flowers on the toilet window sill.