Gonggong Wei was very concerned about the weal and woe of the masses, and often said to the people around him that he must not prey on the people, and he must remember that he is also a member of the masses. He often said that if we flaunt our might to the masses just because we have a little power, then we don't even want our roots.

He said that if a person does not have roots and forgets his roots, then no matter how great his income is, he will not be able to return to his hometown, and he will be sorry for his ancestors. Such a person can't be reused in our imperial army, even if he is left in the palace, he will be scolded.

—Excerpt from "Ah, my good father-in-law! The author of the Admiralty Maritime Yamen Clerk's Office prepared a copy of Ma Liang

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On the third day of the ninth month of the 42nd year of Wanli, Gonggong Wei went to the southern capital to ask for a meeting with Gonggong Liu of the Inner Garrison Department, which meant to win the weapons and equipment support of the Inner Garrison Hall for the Ming Imperial Army.

Gonggong Liu instructed the reception staff of the inner garrison hall to say that Gonggong Wei's life must be arranged. However, Father-in-law Wei did not accept the almost extravagant hospitality of the Inner Garrison Hall that night. He said to the reception staff that if you have to get these big fish and meat, he would rather starve to death than eat them.

The person in charge of the reception ran out of ideas, so he went to ask Chen Fu, the supervisor of the Inner Garrison Hall. Chen Fu's father-in-law also made a mistake after hearing about this, but he was very familiar with Wei's father-in-law, and knew that Wei's father-in-law was not pretentious, so after thinking about it again, he ordered someone to go to the Confucius Temple to buy wontons and send them to Wei's father-in-law.

Wonton is very ordinary, originally a northern snack, originated in the Western Han Dynasty called the cake called the wonton, and later in the Tang Dynasty divided into wonton and dumplings. Southerners especially like to eat wontons, which are very delicious with thin skin and meat filling. The wontons of Confucius Temple are even more famous, and when Gonggong Wei saw this, he smiled happily, and shouted left and right: "Ah want chili oil!" ”

Everyone didn't know what chili oil was, so Father-in-law Wei gave up and ate the bowl of wontons. Seeing this, the reception staff of the internal garrison often used wontons to entertain Grandpa Wei.

Later, I don't know how this matter got into the ears of the inner garrison Liu Gonggong, Liu Gonggong was very angry, and criticized Chen Gonggong and them, saying that Wei Gonggong was the imperial commander of Jiangnan Town, and he was also the admiral eunuch in charge of the maritime industry. Father-in-law Liu asked the reception staff to arrange a meal for Father-in-law Wei.

The next day, the relevant personnel arranged bird's nest, shark fin and bear paw to entertain Grandpa Wei. When Gonggong Wei saw it, he was not happy at that time, and criticized them with a cold face: "We are all close to the emperor to raise relatives, and we are all sent by the emperor to work outside the palace, we should always save money for the emperor, and try to honor the emperor with the extra money, so that we are the duty of domestic slaves." ”

He also said: "Every penny we use now is the people's fat and people's ointment, how can you be so extravagant and wasteful, just say that this table of wine and food, I'm afraid that ordinary people will eat for half a year." ”

Father-in-law Wei was very angry and rebuked the relevant personnel for not using public money to get these precious things to entertain him.

The relevant personnel had to explain that this was Gonggong Liu's arrangement, and they were just following orders, hoping that Gonggong Wei would not embarrass them.

After hearing this, Father-in-law Wei had no choice but to sigh and said helplessly: "Since it is Father-in-law Liu's arrangement, it is not easy for our family to brush off Father-in-law Liu's kindness, and it is inconvenient to embarrass you... That's good, I'll eat this meal, but we'll pay for the money ourselves. ”

At that time, the people present were all moved when they heard what Grandpa Wei said. Later, for several days in a row, although Father-in-law Wei ate the bird's nest bear's paw every meal, he ordered someone to record it in the account. When he left Nandu, his father-in-law specially asked someone to take the money and settle the account with the internal garrison hall.

It is said that after the inner guard Liu Gonggong knew about this, he sighed to the left and right: "Gonggong Wei has the style of a sage at a young age, which is really the blessing of my emperor and my inner court." ”

——Excerpt from the collection of bittersweet essays "My Good Boss" in the 46th year of Wanli, the author was Zhang Hua, then the commander of the maritime yamen.

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On that day, after his father-in-law was busy with the affairs of the United Fleet during the day, he thought that he was about to go to Dongfan and would not be in the SAR for some days, so he had to inspect the work of the SAR before leaving, so as to ensure that everything in the SAR would continue to be as usual during his absence, especially the living standards of the common people.

So, my father-in-law came to Lixia Village, which was more than 20 miles away from the maritime yamen, to inspect. Li Zheng of Lixia Village was very moved to see that his father-in-law came to work in the village so late, so he asked someone to go to the town and knock on the door of the restaurant to order some wine and food to be delivered.

When my father-in-law heard this, he hurriedly stopped him, saying that he was going to bother other people's restaurants to do so late, and besides, he came here for work, not for food and drink.

The big man nodded again and again, but said that he must get some food to entertain his father-in-law no matter what. The father-in-law saw that the villagers were indeed sincere, so he smiled and said that there was no need to get any wine and food, so the big guys started to catch some chickens and ducks in the village, boiled some hot water, scalded the feathers, and then boiled in the pot.

In this way, the father-in-law and his entourage, under the leadership of Pangbao and others, carried torches to catch chickens and ducks everywhere in Lixia Village, and they were very busy, and they were really approachable and good father-in-law who mingled with the masses.

After eating, I especially remember that my father-in-law said to Da Dabao in a serious tone: "Dabao, although your village is subordinate to our special zone, we still know how much income the villagers have. It is not easy for the villagers to raise some chickens and ducks, and our family can't eat them for nothing, so let's leave some money for them. ”

After speaking, the public announced that Ruan Dacheng, the clerk who came with him, handed over the two strings of copper coins to Da Da Bao and ordered him to hand them over to the villagers the next day.

"Father-in-law, how can this work? It's just a few chickens and a few ducks, and it's not a matter of course for the people to honor you! "Da Bao was very excited and refused to ask for it.

The public announced that he should sit down, and said not without reproach: "What is it natural for the people to respect us?" Our family is not the parents of the people, why do we want them to be honored? This is not true, don't say it in the future. You must remember that our family is not only the slave of His Majesty, but also the servant of the people! Our family has spent this life serving His Majesty and the people! ”

Da Dabao didn't dare to fight anymore, and finally took the two strings of copper coins, turning a banquet that should have been entertained by them into a banquet that was supposed to be entertained by their father-in-law.

——Excerpt from "My Good Godfather", a collection of bittersweet essays in the 46th year of Wanli Wanli, written by Zhao Baole, then deputy director of the Investment Promotion Committee of the Maritime Special Economic Zone. (Said to be illiterate)

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