From the Seventh Grade to the Most Powerful Person in the World

Before his death, his mother said: "Son, as an official you must live up to your conscience." With this in mind, he went to Beijing to take the exam, but because he had no money to give gifts, he was assigned to Cangwu County, the poorest county in the country. There are cannibalistic tyrants, people starving to death, and predecessors who died in office. Everyone said he would be next. But he didn't. After twenty years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he overthrew the chief minister, defeated the party behind him, and carried out reforms to benefit all people. When he was getting old, he returned to his hometown to farm, teach, and write the "Guan Jian". Someone asked him if his life was worth it. He said: "It is enough to have a clear conscience."