Due to successive years of famine and crop failure, Zheng Banqiao launched an active disaster relief, recruiting hungry people from far and near, repairing damaged houses, digging rivers, replacing their relief with the work of the hungry people, and persuading wealthy families in the city to open granaries to cook porridge to help the hungry people and let them take turns to eat.
All traders who hoarded grain were closed down and ordered to sell grain at a fair price. In litigation, the interests of the poor and the weak are safeguarded, and the wealthy businessmen are suppressed.
When the director who donated money asked for an interview, he immediately sat in the lobby of the yamen and called them in. He glared and cursed, "What does the rich mule have to say?" Or order the chief to take off their crowns and hats, step on them, or grab their hair and stab them in the face, and then drive them out. For a time, the rich gentry were afraid, but the poor survived a lot.
Original text:
Zheng Banqiao, from Ganlong to Ganlong, is called Shandong Weixian. I'm sorry for my age. Banqiao is a large-scale labor service, attracting hungry people from far and near, repairing cities and chiseling ponds, and persuading large cities to open factories to cook porridge and take turns to support them. Do your best to seal Xiaomi's house and blame it for being flat. If there's a lawsuit, you'll have both ends meet.
Guo Jian-Guo-zi-jian diploma bowed to this matter, sat in the lobby and called him in. He cursed in his eyes and said, "What's the point of camel money mule?" Or order the soap soldier to take off his hat and feet, or kick his head out. For a time, the rich were frightened, while the poor lived on it.
Extended data:
Zheng Banqiao was a famous painter and writer in Qing Dynasty, and one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou. Later generations know that he is a scholar, but he is also an enlightened official.
At the age of fifty, he served as the magistrate of Fan County and Wei County in Shandong Province for twelve years. Dissatisfied with the darkness and corruption of officialdom, he offended his boss when seeking help for the victims, so he voluntarily resigned and returned to Yangzhou to sell paintings for a living.
He experienced the ups and downs of his official career and saw through the corruption of officialdom and the darkness of society, so he became more cynical and his mentality changed greatly. By analyzing Zheng Banqiao's poems on Zhu Lan's paintings in different periods, we can think of Zheng Banqiao's life experience and various corruption phenomena in Qing Dynasty through the limited frame images.
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