近日翻阅古典文学,魏泰国《东轩笔录》中记载的一则“烧船秤钉”的故事颇抢眼球。宋朝许元初任运判官时,发现制造官船的用钉申报量有很大的虚假,具体负责造船的官员藉此从中捞取油水。许元为国库大量的白银流失而深感痛心,同时又对贪官污吏的巧取豪夺深恶痛绝,决心严惩造假敛财的造船贪官。可是钉子已敲进木船里,无法点数取证,怎么办?许元终于想出了一条锦囊妙计——他亲临造船工地,下令拖出一艘造好的新船,当众付之一炬,然后命人从灰烬中捡出铁钉来过秤,结果每艘官船的 Recently read classical literature, Wei Taiguo “East Xuan transcript” recorded in a “burning boat nail” story quite eye-catching. Xu Yuan Chu served as magistrate in the Song Dynasty and found that there was a great deal of false declaration of the amount of nail used in the manufacture of an official ship, and officials responsible for shipbuilding took the opportunity to obtain oil and water therefrom. Xu Yuan was deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of silver from the State Treasury. At the same time, Xu Yuan was deeply abhorred at the deception of corrupt officials and was determined to punish shipbuilding corrupt officials for making false profits. However, the nail has been knocked into the wooden boat, can not point the evidence, how to do? Xu Yuan finally came up with a superb idea - he went to the shipbuilding site, ordered a new boat made a good job, in full swing, and then ordered from the ashes Pick up iron nails to scale, the results of every official boat