McCain first clean government fish

Feudal political power rests in the hands of landlords, bureaucrats or corrupt, bribery, or extortion, extortion. "Dry in the Crown only for the money" is really revealed sharply, but even in the filthy dark official, the dynasties always there will be some honest integrity, abstinence of the person "出淤泥而不染", is known as the people "clean government." Song of Bao Zheng, Ming Hai, is one of the few well-known history of "clean government." They were marked not only the legacy, lasts, but also well-known in the folk, the subject of admiration. Changshu's history, there have been a man praise the "clean government", he is the fish Ming Kan.

McCain word hope straight fish and native Wuxian. Also the Yuan Dynasty, when the fish was a fire at home, unfortunately, have been around the destroyed possessions. In order to live, fish, fish McCain's grandfather just celebrate with the whole family moved to settle in Changshu, fish McCain was born in Changshu. Young fish McCain lost his father and mother had each other, struggling to survive. McCain for ignorance of the fish's mother put up with hardships is very filial. McCain also fish and neighbors live in harmony, always eager to do things for the villagers, others with sincerity, generosity, courtesy, and thus have drawn praise.

Yongle two years, the fish capital of the examination on McCain, comprehensive examinations of the Scholars. He has worked as a Board of Punishments principal, principal and Industry, was promoted to the Board of Punishments doctor, and later transferred to the prefect of Kaifeng. Kaifeng is a historical city, city of the Central Plains, Northern Song Dynasty, Bao Zheng was in this official government, because of impartiality and integrity, outspoken and, by the people known as the "blue sky." Bao's name can be said that women and children in China and known, popular, many sitting on Bao, settle a lawsuit to bring the stories are legendary. Centuries has been widely circulated, deep impact. Wear fish upright man, strict self-discipline, became prefect of Kaifeng, the swayed by personal considerations, fear of power, law enforcement difficult, work justice, by the people's support, said he was "re-Bao Shi."

Circulating a feudal society, folk song: "Three clear prefect, thousands of silver snowflakes," which means that even if the graft does not corrupt "clean" the prefect, can groan when the one hundred and two thousand years held the money ; can fish either McCain really is just an ordinary prefect, but did not take, uncorrupted of "clean government." When the death of his mother he was leaving back home when things did not take away a little Kaifeng, portable brought, only one of Zhuxiang own use, but the box is only eight ounces of silver as salary, which is the only remaining District eighty-two silver law, a return to his hometown of Changshu Take out donated school scholars to study Palace.

Others outside the official savings are often substantial for many years, retiring is a rewarding experience once retired, homecoming, wide home land, to show off the village, and the fish return home McCain is penniless, penniless, a home immediately into a dilemma, only difficult to survive. Cracks in walls of the houses, leaking roofs, he was also unable to repair. Rainy days, heavy rain outside the house under the rain, the rain stopped outside the house but also tick quite a while, leave out the cold rain soaked the bed Yong Son, and books book sheets, can not sleep, the couple hold an umbrella in the house sat together late at night; encounter this situation, the wife inevitably to the mouth of complaints detract from the prefect of Kaifeng, a fourth grade bureaucrats, how will the poor to this stage, the fish had to be patient comfort his wife, McCain. Living in poverty, Duandun stop cooking is common. Shangwang wheat cheap rice is expensive, in order to save the family often buy wheat porridge to eat, once in bed sick fish McCain, because there are no servants serve at home, he can sit up in bed with the system on the shelf two grass rope. His wife to his side on the wheat porridge, joked: "clean government, wheat porridge to eat it up!" He sat up on the pull rope body, eating wheat porridge, but also to seize the rope slowly lie down. Even had such a hard life, the fish is still just natural wear contented, cents-day complaints. Changshu city, there was money to retired officials Xin Wan consistent with fortune, is very frugal, life is too rich for the day when the poor too; so people put the two compared, compiled a two folk song, "Money, not love Xin Fu, poor McCain does not love money fish ", and" clean government to eat wheat porridge, "the people have become his brother's wife.

McCain poor life after the death of the fish, their name is listed as a Xiangxian Temple, ritual incense by later generations. The late Ming Dynasty, the famous writer, who Shizhen Taicang, outside in the North reportedly pondering the county where the fish Kan Chee tomb, extreme emotion, wrote a poem entitled "Fish Kaifeng tomb," the poem: "Fish Houzhi Xiong County, and greed Officials wash against the track. the Fu-year-old return and his wife still ......" dishes such as fish McCain honest officials in the feudal era is indeed rare. To the end of the Ming Chongzhen years, there Xunan Shi Zhen called Road Changshu to fly, when he heard the fish deeply admire McCain's deeds, pay homage Zhongyong in the tomb, the tomb made after the child, came to pay homage to the tomb of the fish Kan, and wrote "The first fish cemetery clean government" seven words, ordered the stand carved in stone on the tomb of the fish Kan.

"First clean government," McCain is when the fish is no puppet of.