Yangcheng (AD 753-805) was a native of Xia County, Shaanxi Province. He was smart and studious since he was a child. Since his family was poor and he had no money to buy books, he begged to work as a servant boy in Jixian Yuan and take this opportunity to study hard.
In the fourth year of Jianzhong's reign (AD 783), Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty passed the Jinshi examination in Yangcheng and became an official, Zuo Jianyi. Yangcheng is usually humble and simple, but he hates evil as much as he hates it. At that time, Pei Yanling was the prime minister and forced away the famous prime minister Lu Zhi. All civil and military officials dared not speak out in anger. Yangcheng risked his life to impeach Pei Yanling and seek justice for Lu Zhi.
Tang Dezong was furious after hearing this and demoted Yangcheng to be the governor of Daozhou.
Yangcheng came to Daozhou in the 14th year of Zhenyuan (798 AD) and became the official of Daozhou. After Yangcheng took office, he quickly learned that this harsh government was blasphemous, wasted people and money, and resulted in the separation of many families. Therefore, he risked being dismissed and ordered to stop paying tribute to "dwarfs" (dwarfs) to the court.
When the imperial court sent someone to ask for it, Yangcheng cleverly listed two reasons: First, according to the "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty", paying tribute should be based on the specific local conditions, paying tribute to things that are available, and not paying tribute to things that are not available. Daozhou only has dwarf people and no dwarf slaves, so tribute should not be paid. Secondly, the local people are relatively short. If tribute must be paid, who should be chosen? Therefore, Yangcheng asked the emperor to abolish this harsh rule.
After reading his memorial, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty thought it was very reasonable and abolished this tyrannical rule that violated the laws of nature and destroyed humanity.
When this important news reached Daozhou, everyone helped the old and the young and rushed to tell each other. Not only were they grateful to Yangcheng, but they were also afraid that as time passed, they would forget this good official who made decisions for the people. Therefore, if a boy is born in the family, he will use "Yang" as his name, so that the reverence can be passed down from generation to generation.
It can be seen that in the hearts of most officials, the life and death of ordinary people is not as important as making their superiors happy.
And many of the tributes are local agricultural specialties. ,
In such a productive age, it is not easy to obtain stable tribute.
When disasters such as continuous rain, drought, and hail occur, those officials who have requests for tribute must not first think of the people below.
It’s about the “tributes” that give them a future.
This is definitely not a good thing for the common people.
People often say that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
Being filial to others will please your superiors. This skill that brings disaster to the country and the people has often become a must-have skill for every official. I have to say it's an irony.
Although Zhu Youjian is very talkative, he only lets people buy in private.
As for paying tribute, that's really not necessary.
"Since His Majesty said so, I will arrange for someone to make Jingzhongshan Chinese Toon Scrambled Eggs for Your Majesty," said the commander-in-chief of Jizhou Town. _o_m
"Okay, but my food standard outside is 2 silver coins per meal. Don't exceed it."
Zhu Youjian said with a smile.
Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.
Since ancient times, emperors who have advocated simple rituals and sparse burials can basically lead the dynasty to become prosperous and strong.
Whenever he thinks about how to make money, how to be rich, how to spend money to have fun, the emperor will basically bring the dynasty into a desperate situation. t.
Zhu Youjian set a standard of 2 silver coins per meal for himself, but he was not just setting a standard for himself.
It is also setting standards for officials all over the world. If there is no one in private, forget it. With so many people watching now, if I exceed the limit, wouldn't I tell other officials that they can safely and boldly waste the taxes that the people have worked hard to pay? .
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