After online translation, the biographies of seventy-seven cruel officials in the Han Dynasty begin like this: Yang Qiu is square.

Wang is from Yangling. When I was young, I did bad things like robbing tombs. Soon, he became a county museum and was repeatedly dismissed. Later, he became a small official and was promoted to court history because he was good at handling cases. Serve Zhang Tang, promoted to suggestion. He caught thieves and killed many people, and gradually became a captain in Guangping. He chose a dozen bold people in the county to be officials, let them be effective helpers, master the secrets and major crimes of each of them, and let them go inside and steal. If Wang Wenshu is satisfied with anyone who catches thieves, he will not be punished even if he is guilty of the most heinous crimes; If you avoid it, you will kill him and even destroy his family according to his past crimes. For this reason, thieves in rural areas of Qi and Zhao are afraid to go near Guangping County, which has a good reputation of not picking up things. Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promoted Wang to be the magistrate of Hanoi.

Wang once lived in Guangping, and he knew the house of the powerful in Hanoi like the back of his hand. Go to Guangping and take office in September. He ordered the county government to prepare 50 private horses, set up a post station from Hanoi to Chang 'an, and deployed his officials to arrest powerful and cunning people in the county, just as they did in Guangping. There are more than 1000 powerful and cunning people in the county. They commit crimes together. I wrote to the emperor, asking him to exterminate the nation if he committed the greatest crime, to execute if he committed the lesser crime, to confiscate all the property at home, and to repay the stolen goods he had obtained in the past. It took only two or three days for the book to be sent away, and the emperor gave an executable reply. The verdict of the case was reported, but the bleeding was more than ten miles. People in Hanoi were surprised by the performance of Wang's book and thought it was very fast. 12 months passed, and no one in the county dared to speak or walk at night. There are no barking dogs caused by thieves in the country. A few criminals who were not caught fled to a nearby county. It happened to be spring when they were recovered. The king stamped his foot and sighed, "alas! If winter is extended for another month, my business will be finished. " He likes to fight and show off his power, but he doesn't like the people. That's it. Hearing this, the son of heaven felt that he was very talented and was promoted to lieutenant. He still follows Hanoi's example in governing politics and brings in famous evil and cunning officials to cooperate with him. There are Yang Junyi and Ma Wu in Hanoi, and Gan Yang and Cheng Xin in Guanzhong. The king is afraid that he should be civil because of righteousness, so he has never dared to implement harsh politics at will. When he died, Zhang Tang failed, Wang became Tingwei, and Yin Ji became the lieutenant.

Yin Qi, a native of chiping, Dongxian County, rose from clerical officer to suggestion. Serving Zhang Tang, Zhang Tang praised him for his honesty and courage many times and sent him to catch thieves. The people he wants to kill don't shy away from powerful relatives. He was promoted to a captain in Shanhaiguan, and his good reputation surpassed Ningcheng. The emperor thought he was talented and promoted him to lieutenant, while the life of the officials and the people was even more difficult. Yin Qi is rigid and doesn't pay attention to etiquette. Strong officials hide, and kind officials can't handle politics effectively alone. So most politics is abandoned and condemned. The emperor was replaced by Wang as a lieutenant, and Yang servant became a captain with his sternness and calmness.

Yang servant is from Yiyang, and he became a condemned criminal and a small official. Henan satrap checked, recommended him as the suggestion, and sent him to Kanto to arrest thieves. He imitated Yin Qi's management of political affairs and was considered fierce and brave. Gradually promoted to Lord Jue and Taishi, ranking among the Nine Nobles. The emperor thinks he is very talented. When South Vietnam rebelled, he was appointed as the general of the ship. Because of his military achievements, he was appointed General Hou Liang. Later, he was bound by Xun Bi. After a long time, he fell ill and died.

Wang became a lieutenant again. He lacks gentleness, works in the imperial court, has confused thoughts and doesn't distinguish right from wrong. As a lieutenant, he became cheerful. He is familiar with the customs of Guanzhong and knows the local strongmen and fierce officials, so the strongmen and fierce officials are willing to contribute to him and make suggestions for him. Officials are strict in reconnaissance, thieves and vicious teenagers use books and report boxes to buy criminal information, and Berger is set up to supervise the wicked and thieves. Wang is good at flattery and buttering up powerful people. If there are no powerful people, he treats them like slaves. Powerful people, although evil things piled up like mountains, did not violate them. Without power, even a noble royal family must show off. He played with legal provisions, slandered cunning civilians and threatened foreign powers. This is how he handled political affairs when he was a lieutenant. Those who are cunning must be investigated for their crimes. Most of them were beaten and rotted in prison. No one left the prison after being convicted. His right-hand man is like a tiger in a hat. Therefore, the treacherous people under the lieutenant's jurisdiction are all hidden and dare not come out, and the powerful people all publicize his reputation and praise his political achievements. He ruled for several years and many of his officials became rich.

After Wang returned from attacking East Vietnam, the proceedings did not conform to the emperor's will, and he was sentenced to a misdemeanor and dismissed from office. At this time, the son of heaven tried to build a Tian Tong platform, and no one had presided over it. Wang asked for a review of those who evaded military service below the lieutenant, and found that tens of thousands of people could go to work. The emperor was very happy and appointed him as the Shaofu, and he was appointed as the right prime minister. As before, he handled political affairs, and adultery was slightly forbidden. Later, he lost his official position in violation of the law, and was soon appointed as the right assistant and deputy lieutenant to handle political affairs as before.

More than a year later, just as the army was about to conquer Dawan, the court ordered the recruitment of powerful officials, and Wang hid his men. When Wang committed suicide, someone reported that he had received money from the cavalry and other bad things. The crime should be genocide. At this time, his two younger brothers and two in-laws were killed by other crimes. Guangluxu said to himself, "Sadly, in ancient times, three clans were destroyed, but Wang committed the crime of destroying five clans at the same time!"

After the death of the king, his fortune accumulated to 1000 yuan.