Why did Cong Lan, a great official in the Ming Dynasty, leave a legacy that "Cong surnamed people can only study and are not allowed to be officials" after his death?

In history, Cong Lan was not famous; Today, he is mentioned because he is not only one of the rare Cong surnames, but also a person who has established his ancestral teachings: "All Cong surnames can only study in the future, but can't be an official."

Who the hell is Cong Lan? Why did he leave such a legacy to future generations?

Cong Lan, Ming Tingxiu, Ming Fengshan, Ming Dynasty. According to legend, when Cong Lan was born, it happened in the early hours of the morning, when there was much thunder and little rain. Cong Lan's birth made his father very happy. He immediately hung a sword on the gate to show that there was a happy event at home.

Wendeng magistrate of a county and battalion commander went out on business, and took shelter from the rain at the door of Cong's house. When they saw the happy event in this family, they were surprised to find that a baby had just been born. They both became baby sentries! Invited by Fu Cong to Fu Cong, they met the newborn Cong Lan. They all think that Cong Lan has an extraordinary face and say that Cong Lan will definitely become an official of Do in the future. Cong's mother joked that even an official with taste, I don't dislike it!

Who would have thought that Cong Mu's joke finally came true! Cong Lan really became a senior official!

Cong Lan is different from other children. Other children are fond of playing, but Cong Lan likes reading. Take our words today, Cong Lan is completely the kind of idiot who "studies make me happy"! Cong Lan is very clever, and she showed amazing cleverness when she was young.

It is said that when I was young, Cong Lan's family opened a shop, which was a tofu shop. During the Spring Festival, every household writes couplets. Cong Lan's father asked Cong Lan to try to write a couplet. As a result, Cong Lan wrote "Go out and knock three times", while he criticized a couplet of "Act first". Everyone was surprised to see Cong's couplets. What a tone this family has!

CongLan didn't care. He said: "When we buy tofu at home, we need to knock it and sell it on the street. This is the first shop to open. Isn't it the first one? What I said first is that our family is making tofu, but we don't just slap in the face with brine! "

After taking the provincial examination, Cong Lan was successfully promoted to the position of a juren. The next year, Cong Lan took the exam and failed.

Cong Lan has a stubborn temper. She missed once and worked harder when she came back. As a result, he will be in high school in the next exam. Since then, I have entered the official career and started my career for more than 30 years.

Cong Lan is a straightforward person. In officialdom, he has repeatedly remonstrated with the emperor with his enthusiasm, and offended many traitors and thieves like Liu Jin. Under the interference of Liu Jin, Cong Lan was sent by the emperor to Yansui to take charge of military affairs. In fact, Cong Lan was sent to remote areas, depriving Cong Lan of his power.

As soon as Cong Lan left, Liu Jin hurriedly encouraged Wu Zong to confiscate the money and food of the border officials, which led to the hardship of the people. Anhua's Wang Zhu has launched a rebellion, and many people are interested in joining. While calming the people's emotions, Cong Lan called Wu Zong, listed the evidence of Liu Jin's case, and demanded that Wu Zong "reform quickly and allow no unwilling people". After hearing the news, Liu Jin joined hands with North Korean partisans to get rid of Cong Lan. If the border was in a hurry, they would have finished fighting long ago. Liu Jin killed Cong Lan long ago.

In the face of the treacherous court official in the DPRK, Cong Lan was fearless and made his colleagues admire him. When he went to the border to do military affairs, Cong Lan was also handy, and everyone praised him. As a military and government official, Cong Lan devoted himself wholeheartedly to people's livelihood and border defense construction. Mongolia's "little prince" led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the south, and it was Cong Lan who led everyone to repel the Mongolian army.

Cong Lan's status has been rising again and again, but Cong Lan has always remained clean and untouched by money and power. In recognition of Cong Lan's achievements, the emperor made Cong Lan the minister of Nanjing Ministry of Industry, ranking first. But at this time, Cong Lan has entered the old age and does not want to continue to be an official. She has called many times to ask for seclusion. The emperor didn't agree at first, but seeing Cong Lan's insistence, he finally had to agree to let Cong Lan abdicate.

After more than 30 years of experience in officialdom, Cong Lan knows the dangers of officialdom. For the safety of future generations, before he died, he decided not to allow future generations to follow his old path, and all future generations named Cong were not allowed to be officials again.