Ancient and modern clean story ｜ Li Gang's birthday

The culture of integrity is an important part of the advanced socialist culture. It plays an important role in leading and standardizing people's consciousness, behaviors, and has been strongly advocated and respected by the Communists of the Communist Party of China and the general public. "Selection of ancient and modern integrity stories" selected a representative clean cultural story from ancient times to the present, focusing on the typical examples of contemporary leading cadres, the integrity of the Communist Party, and governing the people. Wisdom and cleanliness.

The story told this issue is "Li Gang's Birthday".

Li Gang's birthday

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Gang was a prime minister in the court, with a righteousness, and his two sleeves. On weekdays, he is a cup of tea to treat guests and never receive gifts. It is no exception to make birthdays every year. This has become the family style of the grandfather. Some people do not know his temper, bring gifts to the door, and have been taught by him, returning the gift, and it is uninterested.

That year, Li Gang was dismissed and returned to his hometown in the four capitals of Shawu County. One day, he led his wife and children to visit the old father -in -law who hadn't seen him for many years, passing by Heping. This is a loess road, potholes, and it was difficult to walk. In addition, it was just raining, and the road was muddy and smooth. Li Gang seemed to be walking in the mud field, and he stepped on a few feet. The yellow mud water splashed with one, and the spots were dotted. The white gown became a flower gown. At this time, a white bearded man returned from his daughter's house. He passed by, accidentally fell, and poured all the rice grains of half a basket of white flowers into the mud water. Li Gang walked over and reached out to help him, but he sat in the mud. The old man cursed: "Master Guan, Master Guan! Where did you get the money of ordinary people? Why not repair this enemies!" At this time, people could not recognize Li Ganglai, and some said, "If it was Li Xiangye can know that there is such a harmful road in the village, and he will definitely send someone to repair it. "The old man went on to say," Li Xiangye is a Qing official, not bad; Better! "Li Gang was froze in his heart, and said to the old man," Li Gang knows that this road is difficult to go, and sooner or later he will come to build the road.

Having said that he held up the old man with both hands and moved him step by step.

That night, Li Gang turned around and couldn't sleep. He always thought about the slippery mud road and the old man who fell in the mud. His wife guessed his mind, "Local officials knew that the road was difficult and the people suffered, but no one cares about it; why do you not be an official now, why do you suffer this heart?"

Li Gang sighed and said, "Today I said to the old man, Li Gang knew that it was difficult to go, and sooner or later he would come to build the road.

This was originally talking about it, and I wanted to comfort the old man. But when it comes to it, if it is not counted, isn't this deceiving the people? "The wife said," The master said too, but how can you repair the road without money? "Yeah, Li Gang returned from the officer, only brought a few boxes of old clothes, a few books, no gold, no silver, really couldn't get money to build the road. Do you send it to the people? Increased their burden. Li Xiangye worried about this for a few days and couldn't do it.

After another 10 days, Li Gang's birthday, his wife reminded him to arrange arrangements early. Speaking of the word "birthday", Li Gang was lighted up, and suddenly filmed twice on his wife's shoulder, saying, "Birthday, birthday, great!" The wife has a way. " : "Master, do you say, where is the money?" Li Gang couldn't answer, hurriedly approached the case, picked up the pen, wrote a lot of letters in one breath, and immediately asked his family to give his family to Shaowu County. Local officials, gentry and wealthy households invited them to come to "gather together" on his birthday.

When he was doing birthday in Beijing in previous years, Li Gang also had the habit of sending a letter in advance. It was to avoid relatives and friends with gifts. He specially wrote the twelve words of the letter in the letter: "The owner is clearing the tea. Gifts. "This time I wrote a very different from previous years. I only wrote six words" Master Clear Tea ". When people saw this letter, they couldn't help wondering: It was the old grandfather who was negligent and forgot to write "Don't bring gifts"? They thought about it carefully and started to guess a little mystery. They thought to them: Probably the old grandfather left to return to the hometown. Essence Alas, this is also the human nature. As a result, the guests gave up their hearts and prepared a lot of gifts. On the day of the grandfather's birthday, they played and came to the door.

On this day, Li Fu was like a scene of a happy event. Lao Xiangye was wearing a neat new clothes and sat on the big back chair in the middle hall. When he saw the visiting guest offers gifts, he was happy to slap the silver beard and nod with a smile. Only half a day of time, the hall was filled with various gifts: pearls, jade, antiques, famous paintings, and Shan Haiqizhen. After the guests congratulated the Lao Xiangye, they gave their respective gift lists to the old housekeeper. Each person drank a cup of Shawu's native tea, and then resigned. Li Gang sent the guests to the door, just a few words: "Thank you for your love, make blessings for the people, and merit." The guests did not know what the grandfather said, but it was inconvenient to ask.

When the guests left, Li Gang asked his wife to help the old housekeeper in person, order gifts, pack it well. The next day, a few reliable family members were called to sell all the gifts to the city. Objective, start today. Li Gang instructed the housekeeper to write the names, quantities and values ​​of the gifts and gifts, and sticked them on the streets one by one, posted on the street, and public. The people in Shili and Eight Township heard that the grandfather borrowed his birthday and raised the way. He did not take the scores, and he felt his virtue and participated in the construction. Within a few months, a flat slate road was paved, which was later Heping Street. Li Gang comes from the picture from the Internet

Introduction to the protagonist

Li Gang (1083-1140), the word Bo Ji, the Minister of Song Dynasty, the Shawu from the Shawu in Fujian, and the junior in the political and the years. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Ren Taichang Shaoqing. In the first year of Jingkang (1126), when the Jin Bing was opened in the first time of Kaifeng, he tried to stop the Qin Zong moved to the capital, and served as a pro -camp of the bank with Shang Shuyou, united the military and civilians, repelled the Jin Bing, and soon was rejected by Geng Nanzhong. The next year Gao Zong was ascended and used as prime minister. Later, he served as Huaguang Xuanfu and other duties, and he was sparse many times. He is the author of "Liangxi Collection", "Jingkang Biography Records" and so on.

Source: Taiyuan Cultural Museum

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