Eunuch Wei is very concerned about the suffering of the masses. He is a saying to people around him that you must not be a good person. Remember that you are also a member of the masses. He often said that if we show off our power to the masses, then wouldn’t we even want our own roots?

He also said that if a person has no roots and forgets his roots, no matter how great his future is, he will not be able to return to his hometown. I am sorry to his ancestors. Such people cannot be valued in our imperial army, even if they are placed in the palace, they will be scolded.

Excerpted from "Ah, my good father-in-law!" The author of the Admiral Maritime Office is preparing to copy Ma Liang

On the third day of the 19th month of the 42nd year of Wanli, Eunuch Wei went to Nandu to ask for the Empress Liu of the Inner Guard Hall, which meant to seek support from the Weapon and Equipment of the Inner Guard Hall for the Ming Dynasty.

Eunuch Liu instructed the reception staff of the inner garrison hall to arrange the life of Eunuch Wei. However, Eunuch Wei refused to accept any of the almost luxurious receptions of the inner garrison hall that night. He told the reception staff that if you insist on making these big fish and meat, he would rather starve to death than eat them.

The staff in charge of the reception had no idea and went to ask the supervisor of the inner garrison hall, Eunuch Chen Fu. Eunuch Chen Fu also had trouble after hearing about this, but he was very familiar with Eunuch Wei and knew that Eunuch Wei was not artificial. So after thinking about it, he ordered someone to go to Confucius Temple to buy wontons for Eunuch Wei to deliver.

Wontons are very ordinary. They were originally a northern snack. They originated from the Western Han Dynasty and called pancakes. Later, they were divided into wontons and dumplings in the Tang Dynasty. Southerners especially like to eat wontons with thin skin and meat filling, which is very delicious. The wontons in Confucius Temple are even more famous. After seeing this, Eunuch Wei smiled and shouted left and right: "You want spicy oil!"

Everyone didn't know what spicy oil was, so Eunuch Wei gave up and ate all the bowl of wontons. Seeing this, the guards often used wontons to entertain Eunuch Wei.

Later, I don’t know how this incident came to the ears of the inner garrison Eunuch Liu. Eunuch Liu was very angry and criticized Eunuch Chen and the others, saying that Eunuch Wei was the imperial guardian of Jiangnan and the admiral and eunuch responsible for maritime affairs. Emperor Yu was very heavy in the palace, so how could he eat wontons alone every day? Eunuch Liu asked the reception staff to arrange the meals for Eunuch Wei.

The relevant personnel arranged bird's nest, shark fin and bear paw the next day to entertain Eunuch Wei. When Eunuch Wei saw it, he was unhappy at the time and criticized them with a cold face: "We are all close to the emperor and raise our parents, and we are all sent by the emperor to work outside the palace. We should save money for the emperor at that time and respect the extra money as much as possible. This is the duty of us servants."

He also said: "Every cent we use now is the people's fat and paste for the people. How can you waste such extravagance? Just say that this table of wine and food is probably something that ordinary people will have to eat for the first half of a year."

Eunuch Wei was very angry and scolded the relevant personnel for not using public funds to make these precious things to entertain him.

The relevant personnel had to explain that this was the arrangement of Eunuch Liu. They just took the order and hoped that Eunuch Wei would not make things difficult for them.

After hearing this, Eunuch Wei had to sigh and said helplessly: "Since it was Eunuch Liu's arrangement, our family would not be able to ignore Eunuch Liu's kindness, and it would not be difficult for you to do this. I will eat this food, but we will pay the money for it myself."

At that time, the people present were moved when they heard Eunuch Wei's words. Later, for several consecutive days, although Eunuch Wei ate the bird's nest and bear's paw every meal, he ordered people to keep it in the account. When he left Nandu, his father-in-law specially asked someone to take money and settle the account with the inner garrison hall.

It is said that after Eunuch Liu, the inner garrison, sighed to his left and right: "Eunuch Wei is young and has the style of a wise man. It is really a blessing for my emperor and a blessing for my inner court."

Excerpted from the collection of "My Good Boss" of the Special Administrative Region's 46th Year of Wanli, "My Good Boss", the author was Zhang Hua, the then admiral's maritime yamen.

That day, after finishing the joint fleet formation affairs during the day, my father-in-law thought that he was about to go to the Eastern Frontier and would be away from the Special Zone for some days. Therefore, before leaving, he would have to inspect the work of the Special Zone to ensure that in the days when he was away, everything in the Special Zone could be the same, especially the lives of the people should continue to improve.

So, my father-in-law came to Lixia Village, more than 20 miles away from the maritime yamen for inspection. The clan of Lixia Village, Pang Dabao, was very moved to see that his father-in-law came to work in the village so late, so he asked someone to knock on the door of the restaurant in the town to order some wine and food to deliver.

When my father-in-law heard this, he hurriedly stopped him and said that he would go to trouble other people's restaurants to do something so late. Besides, he came here for work, not for food and drink.

Pang Dabao nodded repeatedly when he heard this, but said that he had to make some food to entertain his father-in-law no matter what. Seeing that Pang Dabao and the villagers were really sincere, the father-in-law smiled and said that there was no need to make any wine and food. They just started to catch some chickens and ducks in the village, boil some hot water, pluck hairs, and then cook them in the pot.

In this way, under the leadership of Pang Dabao and others, my father-in-law and his party were catching chickens and ducks everywhere in the village. They were very busy and were really approachable and good father-in-law who got along with the masses.

After dinner, I remembered that my father-in-law said to Pang Dabao with great sincerity: "Dabao, although your village is affiliated with our special zone, our family still knows how much income the villagers have. It is not easy for villagers to raise some chickens and ducks. Our family cannot eat them for nothing, so let them leave some money."

After saying that, his father-in-law told Ruan Dacheng, the clerk who came together, to hand over the two strings of copper coins to Pang Dabao, and ordered him to hand them over to the villagers the next day.

"Dadfather, how can this work? It's just a few chickens and ducks. It's not natural for the people to respect you!" Pang Dabao was extremely excited and refused to ask for it.

The father-in-law told him to sit down and blamed him: "What does it mean for granted to the people? We are not the parents of the people, so why do we want them to be filial to them? This is wrong, so don't say it in the future. Remember, our family is not only His Majesty's slave, but also His Majesty's servant! Our family is serving His Majesty and the people in this life!"

Pang Dabao didn't dare to fight anymore, so he finally took the two strings of copper coins and turned a banquet that was supposed to be entertaining them into a father-in-law's reception.

Excerpted from the first-class collection of "My Good Godfather" in the 46th year of Wanli Wanli. The author was Zhao Baole, the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Committee of the Maritime Special Economic Zone. (It is said that he is illiterate)
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