Brief introduction of Bao Zheng's life?

Bao Zheng was born in Hefei, Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui) in 1999. In the fifth year of Tiansheng (1027), 29-year-old Bao Zheng Jinshi became the county magistrate of Jianchang (now Yongxiu County, Jiangxi Province), but his parents were too old to leave their hometown. He immediately resigned and went home to accompany his parents until their death, and only after the expiration of filial piety did he regain his official career. He has successively served as Tianchang County Order, Duanzhou County Order, Yushi and Longtengge. During his tenure, he was not afraid of powerful people, upright and upright, strict in law enforcement, honest and clean, and was deeply admired by the people, so he was called "Bao Qingtian".

Bao Zheng was an honest official all his life. The first year of Kangding (1040) is well known in Renduanzhou. A kind of inkstone produced locally, called Duanyan, is solid and delicate in stone, does not lose ink, writes fluently and has outstanding literary talent. Every year is a tribute to the court. Many local officials took this opportunity to collect tribute many times higher than the quota from the people. After Bao Zheng arrived, he made it in strict accordance with the amount. I never took an extra piece, and even when I left office, I didn't have a Guangdong inkstone. The burden on the people has been reduced a lot, and great changes have taken place in life. Later, although the official was the deputy prime minister, he was no different from the people in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he also strictly demanded that future generations should be aboveboard. Don't covet people's money.

In the seventh year of Jiayou (1062), Bao Zheng died in Kaifeng. Before he died, he asked his family to erect a stone tablet engraved with his "lesson of honesty and integrity": "Those officials who have committed abuse and officials of future generations shall not be sent back to their homes, nor shall they be buried in the tomb after death. Not from my ambition, not from my descendants. "

For thousands of years, Bao Zheng's name has become synonymous with honest and upright officials, and his incorruptible and selfless image has been admired and admired by generations.