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1. Huang Ba, Yangxia, Huaiyang (now Taikang, Henan) during the Western Han Dynasty Since there was no imperial examination system in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to alleviate financial difficulties and assigned officials to those who contributed property to the country. Huang Ba exchanged grain for a soldier. After entering politics, he abides by the law and is based on integrity; he understands the sentiments of the people and focuses on encouraging farmers and mulberry farmers. In particular, Huang Ba advocated benevolent government and opposed torture when deciding cases; he insisted on handling suspicious cases leniently; he advocated leniency on the outside and transparency on the inside, education first, and focusing on prevention before they happened. Therefore, Huang Ba was an official and the people Support, the court is satisfied, and the subordinates are pleased. As a result, Huang Ba rose from a minor official with a salary of two hundred shi a year to the prime minister of the imperial court. Among them, his political achievements as the prefect of Yingchuan County, a large county at that time, were the most outstanding. Previously, Yingchuan County was a place where powerful landowners dominated one area and the people were displaced. After he took office, he took drastic measures, extended kindness, resettled the refugees, paid attention to farming and mulberry trees, and implemented education. After several years of careful management, peace and stability emerged in Yingchuan. In the Qingming Dynasty, officials governed during the Qingming Dynasty, production developed, and there was a peaceful scene of "people in the fields give way to the countryside and roads do not pick up relics." Therefore, the emperor issued an edict praising Huang Ba as the best among good officials.
2. Tang Bin, whose courtesy name was Kong Bo, also known as Jingxian and later Qian'an, was born in Suizhou, Baonan (today's Sui County). His main political achievements were in the Kangxi Dynasty, ranging from official positions to cabinet bachelor, governor of Jiangning, and minister of the Ministry of Rites. During Tang Bin's life as an official, in addition to writing books and developing Neo-Confucianism, almost all his energy was focused on the management of river affairs and water transportation, and he also paid attention to reducing the burden on the people, providing disaster relief, promoting benefits and eliminating harm, thus always serving the people. Practicing the Confucian "people-oriented" thought of "cultivating one's moral character, regulating one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world", he has made certain contributions to changing the situation from "everywhere is barren and the population is sparse" to "the prosperous age breeds people and never adds wealth" , he was an honest and upright official. When he died, he only left his salary of eight taels of silver, not even enough money to buy a coffin. He was truly an upright official of his generation.
3. Yu Chenglong, whose courtesy name was Beiming, was born in Laibao Village, Xiaxi Township, our county in 1617. In the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1661), 45-year-old Yu Chenglong served as the county magistrate of Luocheng, Guangxi as a deputy Banggong student, and later moved to the posts of prefect, prefect, governor, and governor of Liangjiang. During his more than 20 years of official career, he cared about the sufferings of the people, dared to ask for orders for the people, lived a simple life, and was honest and diligent in government. He was deeply loved by the people and praised by Emperor Kangxi. He was cited as "outstanding" three times and became a model of honest officials in the early Qing Dynasty. . In the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), Yu Chenglong died of illness while serving as governor of Liangjiang. People in the south of the Yangtze River "wept in the streets and went to the market to paint portraits and worship him." Kangxi personally wrote an inscription calling him "the most honest official in the world". As a feudal official, Yu Chenglong's ideology, morality, and life creed certainly have historical limitations, but his deeds of integrity and caring for the people still have important reference and educational significance today.