The mother of Li Shao, a prosecutor in the Tang Dynasty, was naive and simple. On one occasion, Li asked someone to take it home, and her mother asked someone to measure it in a bucket. When she found three more stones, she asked what was going on. Your history replied: "As a rule, Mi Lu, review, should not scrape buckets." Mother Li asked how much the transportation fee was, and replied, "As a rule, there is no need to give the capital freight." Mother Li was very angry and asked him to send back the extra money and freight, and severely reprimanded Li She. Li She questioned and sentenced him to the heaviest punishment according to law, and all the censors were ashamed.
Yang Zhen refused to take bribes.
General Deng Zhi heard that Yang Zhen was very wise, so he sent someone to recruit him and recommended him as a scholar. He was promoted for many times, and was promoted to Jingzhou secretariat and Donglai satrap. Yang Zhen passed Changyi on his way to his post. Wang Mi, a scholar he recommended in Jingzhou in the past, visited him when he was the magistrate of Changyi County. In the evening, Wang Mi gave Yang Zhen ten catties of silver in his arms. Yang Zhen said, "I know you, but you don't know me. Why? " Wang Mi said, "No one knows about sending gold at night." Yang Zhen replied: "God knows, God knows, I know, I know. No one knows how to say it! " Wang Mi went back with the silver in shame. Later, Yang Zhen was transferred to Zhuozhou County as a prefect. He is fair and honest by nature and refuses to accept private bribes. His descendants often can't eat meat and go out without a car. Some of his old friends want him to start some industries for their descendants. Yang Zhen refused and said to them, "I want future generations to be called descendants of innocent officials." Isn't it generous to give this to them as a gift? "