In ancient Hainan, the environment was very poor, and it was also the exile place of prisoners. Why have a large number of honest officials been trained?

Many people say that Hainan's vegetation coverage rate can rank among the top in the country, but in terms of culture, Hainan is a desert. As a non-Hainanese, I strongly disagree with this statement. In fact, Hainan has set up counties since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After the Sui Dynasty, Hainan Island returned to the embrace of the Central Plains Dynasty under the governance of Mrs. Xian. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Hainan was a place where senior officials were exiled. For example, Li Derun and Su Shi, who are familiar with the struggle between Niu and Li, both worked as officials in Hainan. These historical and cultural celebrities exiled to Hainan have brought fresh vitality to Hainan culture.

Hainan Dongpo statue

First, Hainan honest officials from Hairui to Qiu Jun.

Not only cultural celebrities came to Hainan, but also many celebrities and honest officials were born in Hainan. In the Ming Dynasty, there were many talents and celebrities in Hainan, such as Hai Rui, which we are most familiar with, which is a typical example. A famous article about Harry's dismissal from office made Harry's name spread all over the streets of China.

Harry is not fighting alone! During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there were 600 juren in Hainan Island, including more than 40 juren in Qiongshan alone. Honesty and frankness are the most direct impressions given by Hainan officials.

Hairui's former residence (by the author)

Next to qiongshan district Hairui's former residence, there stand portraits of ten incorruptible officials, including Wang Zuo and Liao Ji. Besides Hai Rui, Qiu Jun was another representative of Hainan's incorruptible image at that time. He is not only outstanding in knowledge, but also has maintained the characteristics of honesty and integrity in his career for nearly 40 years. He lives a simple life and only has a small house in Beijing. At that time, people called him a cloth officer.

Qiu Jun and Harry are fellow villagers, so to speak, neighbors. They also have a famous neighbor, Harry's student Xu Ziwei. This is also an official who is not afraid of powerful people. After his death, his property was only 100 gold, so the proverb "Three sages make a mile" has been circulating in Haikou.

In fact, it is easy to do a good deed, but difficult to do it all your life. By the same token, it is easier to be a good official than to be a good official all one's life.

Harry in film and television dramas

Why are a large number of talents exported from an underdeveloped area honest and clean officials? Perhaps this is to find the answer from the historical development of Hainan.

Second, why is Hainan more honest?

Geographically, Hainan is remote. 1988 Hainan was under the jurisdiction of Guangdong and Guangxi until it was established as a province. Guangdong was a wild place in ancient times, and Hainan was far away from the ruling center of the central dynasty. Because ancient people were afraid of the humid miasma in the south, it would be particularly uncomfortable for northerners to go to the south. Only those who are demoted or exiled will be forced to come here.

However, these people who have been relegated and exiled here have brought vitality to this place and given the wasteland a chance for new life and development. Therefore, in today's Haikou City, there is another place called Wugong Temple to commemorate five people who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Hainan.

Wugong Temple in Haikou (I took it)

In fact, after the Ming Dynasty, as the economic center of China moved eastward and southward, a large number of northerners began to cross mountains and mountains to Guangdong, and even crossed the ocean to live and settle in Hainan. The once miasma land began to get a new education.

In addition, with the increase of population and Hainan's distance from the political center of the Central Plains Dynasty, the atmosphere of official corruption is much less. Even in many cases, because the distance is too far, the decrees are not conveyed in time, so it becomes a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so the officials who come here or the people who live here naturally lose the turbidity of the Central Plains and inland officialdom.

Hainan, far away from the homeland of the Central Plains (real shot by the author)

The increase of population also promoted the development of academy economy. You can see all kinds of colleges and universities in Hainan. In Hainan, where the whole political environment is relatively clear, the academy naturally presents a clean style. At the same time, since the Ming dynasty, a large number of soldiers and civilians have moved to Hainan, and these "restless" soldiers and civilians are often not harmed by the secular. This character has also deeply influenced the honest and frank character of Hainan people.

Sanya Today Academy (by the author)

The reason why there are so many honest officials in Hainan is closely related to the natural geographical environment and humanistic education atmosphere here. Hainan, as the second largest island in China, has really been known by Chinese people, and it is also a matter of recent decades. From 65438 to 0988, Hainan was established as a province from Guangdong and became the largest special economic zone in China. Later, Sanya and Haikou vigorously developed tourism, coupled with the rise of international tax-free islands in recent years, Hainan has also changed from a once barren land to a tourist hotspot for Chinese people in winter, and the transformation of national strategic position will surely bring new opportunities and vitality to Hainan in the future.

Hainan Island