17. Wang Hu: A generation of famous courtiers of ze was born
Gansu in the Ming Dynasty produced many famous courtiers, including literary scholars such as Li Mengyang and Zhao Shichun, as well as famous scholars such as Duan Jian, and politicians such as Peng Ze and Wang Hu.
Among these many celebrities, the politician Wang Hu "contributed to the country, Ze was in the people", which is still remembered.
Wang Zhu (1414–1488), courtesy name Gongdu. Wang Zhu's ancestral home was Jiangxia, and his grandfather Wang Junqing sat in the office of Guarding Hezhou, so he dropped his hukou to Hezhou and became a native of Hezhou. Wang Zuo's father, Wang Zuo, had never been an official in his lifetime, and when the university scholar Xie Jin was demoted to Hezhou, Wang Zuo met and understood Jin, and the two became literary friends, often chanting poems and writing together.
At the age of 21, Wang Hu became a Confucian student and was elected in the orthodox three-year examination. In the fourth year of orthodoxy, Wang Hu passed the examination for the middle of the jinshi, ranked fifth, and became a second-class jinshi. However, it was also at this time that his parents died of illness one after another, and Ding was worried at home. It was not until the eleventh year of orthodoxy that he was conferred in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Wang Hu's personality is greatly influenced by the northwest side plug, he is bold, dignified, and dares to speak up when encountering things.
The fourteenth year of orthodoxy is a turning point in the history of the Ming Dynasty. In this year, the Tumu Fort Incident occurred, Ming Yingzong did not listen to the dissuasion of the ministers, in the case of grain, grass, materials, intelligence, etc., without preparation, credulously believed the eunuch Wang Zhen's words, and personally marched, as a result, at Tumu Fort was surrounded by Tatar cavalry led by Ye Xian, 500,000 troops were scattered, and Ming Yingzong was also captured, which is what is called "Yingzong Northern Hunting" in the "History of Ming".
At the moment of crisis, the ministers elected Zhu Qiyu, the king of Qi, to oversee the country and hold a court meeting at the noon gate. During the court meeting, the ministers impeached Wang Zhen for misleading the country, and the ministers all cried to the ground and demanded that Wang Zhenyu be punished. At this time, Wang Zhenyu's party was still arrogant, and Jinyi commanded Ma Shun, who was Wang Zhen's nemesis, and he shouted loudly, reprimanded the courtiers, and demanded to leave immediately. Wang Zhu was very angry, and he raised his arms, grabbed Ma Shun's hair, and shouted, "You traitor is dying, and you dare to be so arrogant!" Wang Zhen scolded while biting Ma Shun's face with his teeth. When the surrounding ministers saw this, they rushed up and beat Ma Shun to the ground, and everyone punched and kicked Ma Shun to death.
At this moment, there is chaos in the court. The king was very nervous, so he got up and walked into the palace. Wang Hu led his ministers to follow closely behind the king, and the king sent the lieutenant Jin Ying to ask the group of ministers what they wanted to say. The Qunchen replied, "The internal officials Mao Gui and Wang Changsui are both Wang Zhen's remnants, and ask the King of Qi to bring these two people to justice as well." "The king had no choice but to order the two men to be pushed out of the crack in the palace door, and as a result, these two people were also killed by the courtiers.
Wang Hu's name shocked the world, and the King of Qi also had great trust and respect for Wang Hu, and gave him condolences and praise.
After the king of Qi took the throne, he changed his era name to Jingtai, and the first soldiers had already arrived on the outskirts of the Beijing Division, and the king ordered Wang Hu and Wang Tong and Yang Shan to guard the imperial capital, and specially promoted him to the position of Right Governor Yushi, supervising mao Fushou and Gao Li's army. With the efforts of Yu Qian and others, the military and civilians of Beijing finally repelled the large army of Yexian. In order to strengthen the defense of the outer periphery of the Capital Division, the emperor ordered Wang Hu and Du to command Xia Zhong and other towns to guard Juyong Pass. After Wang Zhu arrived at Juyongguan, he immediately selected soldiers and horses, repaired the city wall, and impeached some generals who were not in office, and for a time Juyongguan had a new look.
As soon as the external enemies are gone, internal troubles arise again, and some people begin to settle accounts after the autumn. In April of the first year of Jingtai, Li De, the zhejiang zhenshou lieutenant (a eunuch sent by the emperor to supervise the local government), wrote to the emperor: "Ma Shun and others have committed crimes, and they should ask for instructions and orders to carry out further murder." But the ministers killed without permission. At that time, if there were no internal officials supporting the King, the situation would have been very critical, and these criminal thieves could no longer be appointed. ”
The emperor handed the recital to the court for discussion. Yu Qian and others retorted: "The Emperor (indicating Yingzong) was covered in dust, and the matter was triggered by Wang Zhen, while Ma Shun and others were Wang Zhen's confidants, His Majesty supervised the country, and the courtiers jointly asked for a killing, and Ma Shun dared to do it." That's why it triggered the anger of the ministers to beat the three people to death. This is exactly the great righteousness of the thief mentioned in "Spring and Autumn". If Wang Zhen's minions are not removed at the right time and the traitorous party is rampant, the country is not very dangerous, and the ministers and others think that this matter does not need to be mentioned again. The emperor had no choice but to say, "Curse the courtiers, so an anthem." The courtiers are loyal and righteous, and the secretaries of state do not mind with virtue. (The Biography of King Ming Shi)"
In August, Wang Hu returned from Juyongguan with an illness. Soon after, he was appointed as the governor of Hedu, Xu Gong, to supervise caoyun and was responsible for the management of the canal from Tongzhou to Xuzhou.
The following year, Shang Baosi's search for Ma Shun's tooth plate was not found, and Ma Shun's son asked Wang Hu to be reprimanded, and the emperor agreed. The counselors said: "Ma Shun's party is seriously guilty of adultery, and the courtiers have jointly eliminated it, not to mention the tooth card." This matter was not wang hun alone, and if wang hun was questioned, he would not dare to be a loyal subject. At this point, the matter of Xue Mashun was only temporarily closed.
In the winter of that year, Wang Hun also served as an inspector, managing the three provinces of Huai, Yang, and Lu, Xu, and Erzhou, and also ordered and managed two Huai salt classes. His affairs became increasingly onerous. In the first month of the fourth year of Jingtai, the two Huai disasters were frequently injured, and the spring climate was abnormal and unusually cold. He first spoke to the imperial court and at the same time advised the Son of Heaven. The emperor thought that what he said was reasonable, so he accepted his words and issued an edict to repair the province and ask for direct words.
Soon the disaster came, first there was a flood in Fengyang, Huai'an, and Xuzhou, and the people were homeless and had to stand on the side of the road, waiting for the rescue of the imperial court. Wang Hu wrote to the imperial court while opening a warehouse for disaster relief. The hungry people in Shandong and Henan all went to Lianghuai to eat, and the grain in the warehouse was eaten. Only xuzhou guangyun warehouse still has surplus grain, Wang Hu wants to use the grain here to relieve the disaster, but the eunuch who guards does not agree, Wang Hu said bluntly: "If the people do not eat food, they will immediately become thieves, if you do not agree, once there is a change, first of all, I should kill you, and then I can only commit suicide." ”
The lieutenant was afraid of Wang's prestige and had to obey. At the same time, Wang Hu wrote to himself impeached, requesting punishment. When the emperor heard this, he immediately ordered the attendant Zou Gan to rush to Lianghuai with money to listen to Wang Hu's cheap actions.
Wang Zhen tried all kinds of ways to provide disaster relief and save more than 1.85 million people. At the same time, the rich people were persuaded to give more than 250,000 stones of rice and 557,000 homes to the hungry. More than 74,000 cattle and seeds were lent to the victims, 5,500 were restored, and travel expenses were paid to the returnees. The victims forgot their hunger and chanted loudly. The Shangshu book Jin Lian and the university scholar Chen Xun all called Wang Zhugong's merits. In October of that year, Wang Hu was transferred to the post of left deputy capital Yushi.
Later, Emperor Mingyingzong restored the throne, removed Wang Hu's officials, and replaced him with Wang Hu as Zhejiang's political representative. A few days later, Shi Heng and Zhang Xuan pursued Wang Hu's attack on Ma Shun, and he was demoted to a civilian position and assigned to Jiangxia. Half a year later, Emperor Ming Yingzong saw Wang Zhu's Shangshu in the palace, saw that it read "righteous ethics, good grace and righteousness", was very moved, and ordered officials to be sent back to their hometowns to let the relevant departments take proper care of them.
In the fifth year of Tianshun, Kou Zhuanglang and Feng Zong, the governor of the capital, came out to negotiate. Due to Li Xian's recommendation, Wang Hu was reinstated to his post and consulted with Bai Gui, a military attendant. In the first month of the following year, Chu and Zong repelled the Hongyazi River. After the return of the army, Wang Hu remained in the town until winter.
The imperial court ordered him to return to the capital division, and in the spring of the following year, he was again asked to supervise Cao Fuhuai and Yang. When the people of lianghuai heard that Wang Hu had returned, they cheered and prayed, and there were hundreds of miles.
After Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne, he gave Xiao Bin and Yushi Lühong to the chancellor Li Bingkan for great use. The emperor summoned Wang Zhu to be the Bingbu Shangshu and Li Bing to be the left capital Yushi. After Wang Hu served as the Shangshu of the Bingbu, he recommended Han Yong to serve as the governor of Liangguang. Rectify the Beijing camp, restore the old posts, prohibit the noble commanders of the family from using the forbidden army as miscellaneous service without authorization, dismiss all the more than eighty people of the incompetent twelve battalions of the Beijing camp, and supplement a group of capable middle-level officers. Later, the military department cleared up the posting of Huang Andong officials, and Wang Hu and the ministers recommended Yue Zheng and gave them to Zhang Ning, but Li Xian obstructed them and even transferred these two to other places.
The government was like this, and Wang Hu angrily wrote to the book, saying that he was not in good health and asking to go home to recuperate. Although the emperor retained him in many ways, he resolutely requested zhishi. In September, he received the order to resign.
At first, the room was called "戆庵." After the letter, it was changed to "Huonan." "I lived a pastoral life at home, and even the townspeople could not easily see it
Wang Hu was in his hometown for twenty years, and Hongzhi died in December of the first year of the first year, at the age of seventy-five. ZhengdeJian was given to Prince Shaobao and given the title zhuang yi.
(Picture from Mr. Wu Chenxu's WeChat, thanks)