Tan (1722 ~ 1796) was born in Nanfeng, Jiangxi Province in the Qing Dynasty. His great-grandfather was kind and generous, but he was backward in the family. He was loyal after three generations of single biography. (175 1) Yes, Jinshi. As the first minister, he was promoted to foreign minister and doctor, and transferred to supervise the imperial history. In order to promote the release of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Xiamen Tongzhi was dismissed for being involved in the foreign firm's bad regulations. When Tan worked in the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, he presided over the overall work of insurance. Gao Zong (Qianlong) later learned about Baoquan Bureau and learned that Tan was selfless, so he was appointed as Yuan Wailang of the Ministry of Punishment. Later, he was released as a Taoist priest and promoted to Henan provincial judge, which rehabilitated many unjust, false and wrong cases. Later, when Ben's father returned to Nanfeng, more than 100 people knelt on the left side of the post road and saw him off with tears, saying, "Since you have come to Guangdong, even if we are hungry and cold, we will never steal our hearts again." After three years of mourning, he was appointed as the provincial judge of Gansu. Most officials in Gansu donate food and silver to students to enrich themselves. This corruption has been going on for a long time. Later, it was revealed that a large number of officials were found out, but Tan was an honest official. Therefore, he was promoted to Shanxi. Shanxi once arranged for rich households to buy copper coins on behalf of the government, and the officials in charge used the means of overcharge and underpayment to extract benefits from them, so countless rich households lost their blood. After learning about this situation, Tan ordered the rich people to hand over the five-year copper purchase to the pawnshop at one time, and the housekeeper would buy the old copper with interest every year, which made the rich people grateful. Soon, he was promoted to the governor and transferred to Anhui. Later, because he rebelled against the powerful minister and Kun, he was falsely accused of "oversight" and demoted to Fujian as a provincial judge. Later, he was sent to Yunnan as a political envoy and was promoted to governor on the spot. At that time, Yunnan was flooded with folk money and grain, so Tan Ming was established.
The Mint bought private money, exchanged 1,000 pieces of official money for 7 Jin of scrap copper, and severely arrested those who stole private money. Since then, Yunnan folk money has gradually decreased. He served as an official in Yunnan for nine years, with social stability, favorable weather and bumper harvest every year. When he went to Beijing to visit the monarch (1790), there was a drought in Yunnan. An elder in Yunnan said, "Did Tan Gong even take the rain away?" Because of hearing loss, he asked for internal use and was appointed as the right assistant minister of punishments. Mao Yi (1795) took the provincial examination in Hubei. Emperor Qianlong knew Tan well and praised him to his ministers many times. Injong (Emperor Jiaqing) also considered himself a talented prime minister. In the first year of Jiaqing (1796), the official department was transferred to Zuo Assistant Minister. He died soon at the age of 75.
Tan Shangzhong looks serious and unsmiling, and everyone who meets him will respect him, but he treats others equally and is extremely peaceful. Doing things is principled and unselfish, and impeaching officials does not shy away from resentment and fear of power. When I was in Fujian, I fought with the governor and the governor many times. In Yunnan, I argued with the governor many times. He often said to them, "Do something, although you plant all kinds of flowers, leave the thorn planting to me, will you?" He has been an official for more than 40 years, honest and clean, and got nothing. He always warned future generations not to indulge, but being able to control himself is the foundation of career success. And personally formulated the "five articles" to restrain subordinates from eating too much and occupying too much, extravagance and waste. He is the author of Collected Works of Ren Fangzhai and Collected Poems of Ren Fangzhai, and his calligraphy is also famous for its antiquity. After his death, he was buried in Huangzhubao, the 45th capital of Nanfeng County. The essayist Tongcheng Ding Yao wrote epitaphs for his relatives.