Hai Rui (January 22, 1514 – November 13, 1587), the word Yu Xian, No. Gangfeng, Hainan Qiongshan (now Haikou City) people. The famous official of the Ming Dynasty. Hai Rui’s life has experienced Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli.
In the 28th year of Jiajing (1549), Hairui participated in the township test. He was the first teacher of Nanping in Fujian, and later promoted to Zhejiang Chun’an and Jiangxi Xingguo County, and implemented the Qingzhang and Ping tax, and repeatedly tried the wrong and wrong cases to crack down on corrupt officials. Won the hearts of the people. He has served successively as a state judge, a head of the Ministry of Housing, a principal of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Shang Baozhen, a two-way administration, and a right-hander.
He attacked the tyrannical, dredged the river, built water conservancy projects, and sternly punish the corruption of corrupt officials, banned private bribery, and promoted a whip method, forcing corrupt officials to retaliate and returning to the fields, and the reputation of “Hai Qingtian”.
In the fifteenth year of Wanli (1587), Hairui died of a death in Nanjing. Received the Prince Taibao, nicknamed Zhongjie. After Hai Rui’s death, the folklore was widely circulated about his legendary stories.
Hairui, who is an official and honest, has also concubine 2 people, and spent a lot of money on it.