The four characters of "Taihe Yuanqi" are the handwriting of Zeng Milling, the Inspector of Shandong at that time.
The picture in this article is from the Huangyan Hall of Fame
In the folk, the plays "Panfusov" and "Mingfeng" have been widely circulated, and they both talk about a Huangyan man, Zeng Milling.
To this day, there is also a Zeng Milling Road named after him in the old town of Huangyan. It's just that the past is like smoke, the drama is true and false, asking the citizens who pass by, only to say that they don't know who the historical Zeng Milling really is.
One
Regarding Zeng Milling's place of origin, there are two views in the academic community: Jiangdu people in Jiangsu and Huangyan people in Zhejiang Province; there are also three views on the time of Zeng Milling's birth: 1509, 1499, and 1500.
Over the years, Chen Jianhua and Zhou Jiancan of the Huangyan District Historical Society conducted in-depth research and finally concluded that Zeng Milling, whose ancestral home was Wenling Songmen, called himself Shitang, and later moved to Huangyan. On December 18, 1500 (January 18, 1500), Zeng Milling was born in Zengjia Lane, Huangyan, and lived until the age of 12, because of the poverty of his family, he was entrusted by his father to a business friend, brought to Jiangdu, where he occupied Jiangdu, where he was admitted to the examination and entered the army.
At first, Zeng Milling's career was a smooth sailing, and the clouds went straight up. He first served as the governor of Changlezhi County, Fujian Province, where he was "strict in his officialdom and had many misfortunes in his deeds"; later, he successively served as the inspector of imperial history, the right and left temples of Dali Temple, the right imperial history of the Right Imperial Household of the Imperial Household, the right vice capital of the Imperial History, and the right attendant of the Military Department. In April of the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing (1546), he served as the former governor of Shaanxi Trilateral Military Affairs.
Unfortunately, he was caught up in the power struggle between the cabinet ministers Xia Yan and Yan Song, who was framed by Yan Song, and was beheaded in Nishishi, Kyoto in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing (1548), and his wife and son were exiled. This matter has also become a strange injustice for thousands of years.
"Panfu Sofu" tells that Zeng Rong, the son of Zeng Milling, fled abroad, was adopted as a righteous son by Yan Song's henchman Yan Maoqing, and married Yan Song's granddaughter Lan Zhen. After marriage, Lan Zhen noticed that her husband's feelings were abnormal, and after interrogation, she learned the details and expressed sympathy. After Lan Zhen's mother made a birthday, Zeng Rong passed the house to congratulate him, and took the opportunity to break into the secret place to get evidence of Yan Song's crime, but the way back was blocked and he could not get out. Lan Zhen saw that Zeng Rong was unfortunate not to return late at night, so he returned to his mother's house. The "Ming Feng Ji" refers to Xia Yan, Zeng Milling, and other ten ministers who opposed Yan Song as "double loyalty and eight righteousness", and compares the spirit of struggle of their predecessors and successors to "Chaoyang Danfeng and One Ming". Although the drama has a fictional component, it shows the people's admiration for Zeng Milling.
In the first year of Ming Longqing (1567), Zeng Milling's unjust case was obtained by Zhaoxue. The emperor posthumously awarded him the title of Bingbu Shangshu (兵部尚書), with the title of "Xiang Shu".
Two
Walking into the Huangyan Hall of Fame, in front of the Hero Room, the author saw a wooden arch erected in front of the room, with four big characters of "Taihe Yuanqi" written on it. This wooden archway was made by imitating the gate arch of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, and the four characters of "Taihe Yuanqi" were the Zeng Milling Handbook that was the inspector of Shandong at that time.
In the hero's room, three statues stand, majestic and heroic. The one in the front and middle is Zeng Milling. And the exhibition board on the wall, the first introduction is also Zeng Milling: Zeng Milling, Zi Zi Zhong, No. ShiTang, ZengJia Lane people in Huangyan City...
"Zeng Milling Town guarded the border pass, attacked foreign tribes, defended the tranquility of the border, is a warrior worthy of respect and remembrance of future generations, and is a township sage that we Huangyan people are proud of!" To this day, there are still stories of him defending against foreign insults. Cao Yingjie, a lover of local literature and history, said.
In August of the thirteenth year of Jiajing (1534), when Zeng Milling was supervising the imperial history of Liaodong, he quelled the mutinies in Liaoyang, Guangning, and Fushun. In February of the twenty-third year of Jiajing (1544), he also patrolled Shanxi with the right deputy capital of the Duchayuan, Yushi Ti, yanmen pass, and other places, adding and repairing the yanmen pass, Ningwu pass, and the border wall castle of the partial head pass, strengthening the autumn defense of Shanxi, defending against Mongol invasion, etc. Zeng Milling's military achievements are too numerous to mention.
"Strategically, he adopted the strategy of active defense and active attack -- put forward a bold and detailed strategy for compounding the set, discarded the passive practice of attaching importance to defense in the past, and replaced it with the active strategy of active attack, expelled the Kou from the kou, and took the attack as the defense, thus creating many successful examples of battles on the three sides of Shaanxi; in terms of tactics, he implemented the tactical principle of having a square battalion formation and being flexible and mobile -- drawing out the eight maps of the battalion formation that is both offensive and defensive, which is a breakthrough in the coordination of cold weapons and new firearms." Chen Jianhua said.
It is worth mentioning that Zeng Milling attached great importance to the use of firearms and invented new firearms such as "slow guns" and mines. In the Ming Dynasty, he began to make full use of firearms to defend against the Mongol army, leaving an immortal mark on the history of war.
Three
In order to commemorate Zeng Milling, Huangyan Zengjia Lane was renamed Zeng Milling Lane, and the "Three-Sided General Workshop" and "Zeng Milling Temperance Three-Fold Mill" were built. Unfortunately, none of these arches exist.
"In the past, when I went to the great temple, I would pass through Zeng Milling Alley, but I never saw the archway, and it is estimated that it was destroyed in the 1950s." Jin Weidi, a researcher of local literature and history, said that he had only seen the archway in Zeng Milling Lane, but the zhishu only mentioned that there was a torii, but did not record the specific content on the archway.
In the past, a long and thick strip of stone was stored in Huangyan Jiufeng Park. The stone is 263 cm long, 7.5 cm thick and 35 cm wide, and local literature and history experts have speculated that the stone originated from the archway. On both sides of the stone are written "Protecting Boundless" and "Fengdi Selfless", which are established at different times, the former is the forty-fifth year of Ming Jiajing (1566) and the latter is the sixth year of the Ming Wanli Calendar (1578). "The Ming Dynasty Huangyan has such a feat, except for Zeng Milling, there is no one else, so this archway is likely to be erected to commemorate Zeng Milling." Jin Weidi said.
Because of the transformation of the old city, Zeng Milling Lane was demolished. But the Huangyan people did not forget Zeng Milling, and named a new road nearby Zeng Milling Road.
Walking into Zeng Milling Road, the children's laughter came from the nearby school, which was peaceful. Nowadays, there are people selling clothes, tea, drinks on this road... It's everything you need. Although it is in a downtown corner, it is comfortable, and It is the precipitation of the years, which makes it look a little calm.
"Zeng Milling Lane is located at the west end of the current Zeng Milling Road to the North Gate Square, which is short and narrow, and is a lane at the east end of Cangtou Street, which is the passage from Cangtou Street to Shangsi Lane. In the past, there were many people with the surname Zeng, named Zengjia Lane. Zhang Yongsheng, president of the Huangyan District Historical Society, said that at that time, the houses here were low, densely packed with many families, and there were no shops. Everyone only knows that zeng milling's former residence is on this alley, but they don't know where it is.
The hero has passed away, and the traces left by history are difficult to find, but the story of Zeng Milling has been passed down. His spirit of loyalty to the king and patriotism and defending the country has inspired generations of orange country children, and he will always be worthy of the memory of the people of Huangyan.
Source: Taizhou Net, China
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