When it comes to the hometown of Zhuangyuan, there should be many people all over the country, but the hometown of Zhuangyuan, which is really "crowned shenzhou", has been recorded in the annals of history, and I am afraid that there is no place that can be found on the right side of Ji'an, Jiangxi. Jiangxi Ji'an since ancient times, the number of scholars, it is far ahead, the world's states and counties are difficult to reach, and both for the champion and the first, but also can enter the cabinet for the phase, but also in an endless stream, which is enough to make the world envious of the "Champion Prime Minister", but also became a unique Jiangyou culture wonder.
When it comes to the "Prime Minister", the most common people think of is Wen Tianxiang in Ji'an, Jiangxi, but today we are going to talk about another "Emperor YuanXiang" from Ji'an, and it is a Zhuangyuan Lang who has been saved by the emperor seven times. Who is it? Next, listen to the editor slowly.
The chancellor's name was Peng Shi (彭時), a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi, and a native of Songtian Village, Fengtian Town, Anfu County, Ji'an City, and was born in the fourteenth year of Emperor Ming's reign Emperor Wen's reign, Zhu Di (Ming Chengzu). Since he was a child, he was very fond of reading, and when he was very young, he could understand the scriptures, and when he was a little older, he was more knowledgeable, good at articles, and wrote like a god, which surprised the scholars near and far.
Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen was orthodox for thirteen years, the Jingshi Hall was tested, and Peng Shi won the championship in one fell swoop and became the crown prince hand-picked by Emperor Yingzong, and was soon appointed as the cultivator of The Hanlin Academy. In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen was captured by The Imperial Guard on the way to conquer the Wallachians, when the "Change of The Earth Fort" occurred. Emperor Yingzong's younger brother Zhu Qiyu (朱祁钰), the younger brother of Emperor Yingzong, who remained in Beijing, was in charge of the imperial state under the support of Yu Qian and other important ministers, and presided over the affairs of the world on behalf of Zhu Qizhen.
Peng Shi was also summoned to the cabinet to discuss the secret, and soon after Peng Shi's mother died, he wanted to return to his hometown to worry about filial piety, but Zhu Qiyu was thirsty for talent, and actually seized the affection to forcibly leave him in the capital to assist the government. It has only been more than a year since Peng Shi joined the army, and he was enthroned in the cabinet of military aircraft, which is indeed very rare in Chinese history.
Soon, Zhu Qiyu saw that Zhu Qizhen's return was hopeless, so he ascended the throne as emperor under the persuasion of his courtiers and changed his name to Yuan Jingtai, which was later Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Yu Qian repelled the Wallachian army in the defense of the Beijing Division, and Peng Shi again asked Emperor Jingtai to return to his hometown to guard filial piety, and Emperor Jingtai had no choice but to let him return, but he no longer paid attention to him, and when he returned from the end of the period of filial piety, he still lived in the court as a Hanlin Academy and no longer participated in the cabinet deliberations.
In the third year of Jingtai, Emperor Jingtai insisted on going his own way, deposing his brother Emperor Yingzong's crown prince Zhu Jianshen (Ming Xianzong) and replacing his son Zhu Jianji with the title of crown prince, and in order to win the support of his courtiers, he promoted Peng Shi to the rank of a scholar of Chunfang University. After five years of Jingtai, he was promoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and also served as an attendant in front of the imperial court. In the eighth year of Jingtai, the ministers Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen colluded with the eunuch Cao Jixiang in the palace to launch the "Change of Seizure of the Gate", and Yongli returned from Wala, and was placed under house arrest in the southern palace of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, and changed the name to Yuan Tianshun.
After Emperor Yingzong was restored, he also appointed Peng Shi to enter the cabinet to discuss politics, and at that time, only Peng Shi and Yue Zheng were promoted by Emperor Yingzong, and soon Emperor Yingzong wanted to recruit talents and talents, and asked the cabinet to select more northerners, if you have to choose southerners, you must be the same good minister as Peng Shi.
Li Xian, who was also an assistant minister, had always been at odds with Peng Shi, and the two often fought for state affairs, and later someone rumored to the emperor to attack Li Xian, and the emperor even wanted to depose him, peng Shi learned of it, and fought for Li Xian in front of the emperor, and said: "If The sage goes, the time will not stay alone!" The emperor also heard that the two were at odds, and when he saw them today, he was touched by Peng Shi's high wind and bright festival, so he was relieved of Li Xian and used Peng Shi even more. After Li Xian learned of this, he also released his former suspicions to Peng Shi, and from then on, he admired him from the bottom of his heart, and the two of them later handled things together more tacitly.
Later, when Emperor Yingzong died and Emperor Mingxianzong ascended the throne, the ministers wanted to honor Emperor Yingzong's concubines, and there was a problem at that time, Emperor Xianzong's birth mother was Zhou Guifei, and Emperor Yingzong's wife was Empress Qian, who was crying blind to Emperor Yingzong. Emperor Yingzong's edict was to make Empress Qian empress dowager, but many ministers and eunuchs, in order to curry favor with Emperor Xianzong's mother and son, wrote together to request that Concubine Zhou be made empress dowager, and ignored Empress Qian.
At that time, the cabinet assistant ministers Li Xian and Peng Shi were present, and Li Xian, as the first assistant, dared to argue with Emperor Yingzong's will at first, but Xia Shi, a close eunuch of Zhou Guifei, sharply retorted for the concubine: "When a son is an emperor, shouldn't the birth mother be the empress?" If you feel embarrassed and it is not easy to dispose of Empress Qian, ask Empress Qian to write a statement of abdication, telling her to give up the position of empress dowager and retire to another palace! At this time, Li Xian's face changed when he heard this, and he was overwhelmed for a moment, and did not dare to fight any further, but Peng Shi said in a dignified manner: "The things that the former emperor had already decided at the time, now who dares to say that they will change, who dares to draft such an edict?" Do you want the emperor to become a filial sinner who is reviled by all the worlds? ”
When Xia Shi also wanted to take Zhou Guifei and Emperor Xianzong to suppress Peng, Peng Shi said: "The world is the world of Taizu and Taizong, and if the emperor wants to show his great filial piety, he should honor the two palaces as empresses, which can also preserve the holy virtues of the emperor!" Empress Qian is childless, and we courtiers are struggling here today, if we offend the emperor's birth mother, can we still seek any private interests? ”
Xia Shi was refuted by Peng Shi dumbfounded, and later this method was adopted by Emperor Mingxianzong, and Zhou Guifei no longer had any objections, and Peng Shi played: "The two palaces and the empress dowager should also be different, Empress Qian should be honored as Empress Dowager Ciyi, and Zhou Guifei should be made empress dowager!" Later, another eunuch, Qin Bao, came to the cabinet and said to the assistant ministers: "Peng Gong's meaning is exactly in line with the emperor's will, but before he was forced by the empress dowager, he did not dare to be the master, if it were not for the two xianggong to fight, almost trapped the emperor in filial piety!" Soon, Peng Shi was promoted to the post of Right Attendant of the Bureaucracy and a Scholar of Hanlin, and was instructed to participate in the compilation and revision of the Records of Emperor Ming Yingzong.
In the first year of Emperor Mingxian's reign, Peng Shi was promoted to Bingbu Shangshu. In the second year of Chenghua, Peng Shi asked to return to his hometown and provincial relatives. However, the following year, Emperor Xianzong repeatedly issued edicts urging him to return to Beijing to assist the government. After Peng Shi returned to the Beijing Division, he was given the title of Prince Shaobao and a scholar of Wenyuange University. Chenghua spent four years and became the first assistant minister of the cabinet, also known as the prime minister.
Also in June of the fourth year of Chenghua, Empress Qian died of illness, and according to Ming Yingzong's will, it was to let Qian Hou and Yingzong bury Yuling together. However, at this time, Emperor Mingxianzong considered that his birth mother, Empress Zhou, would also be buried in the imperial tomb in the future, and if Empress Qian had been buried with the former emperor, it would be difficult for Empress Zhou to enter the Yuling Tomb after her death, so it would be quite difficult.
Empress Zhou directly pointed out that she did not want Empress Qian to be buried with Emperor Yingzong. In order to maintain the dynasty's etiquette system and the filial piety of Emperor Xianzong, Peng Shi vigorously fought in front of the imperial court, and finally he said: "Empress Qian's burial in Yuling is the last wish of the former emperor, and the son's wish to fulfill his father's wish is filial piety!" This is what ordinary people know! Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been very filial to the two empresses, and the holy virtue is also widely rumored in the world, and if his majesty wants to be filial piety, he should bury empress Qian in Yuling! ”
But Xianzong was still hesitating, he said: "The queen mother does not want to do this, and the son of man does not respect the mother's will, can he still be filial piety?" Peng Shi replied, "The subject is well aware of Your Majesty's difficulties, so why not bury Empress Qian to the left of the former emperor, and then take the right seat in the future?" The right position is respected, what is the empress dowager dissatisfied with? Emperor Xianzong felt that this idea was reasonable, so he agreed to tell Empress Zhou and then implement it.
However, emperor Xianzong still touched a nose of ash at Empress Dowager Zhou and issued a holy decree to choose another auspicious place for Empress Qian. Peng Shi saw the situation, and without hesitation, led more than a hundred courtiers to kneel in front of the Wenhua Gate and wept together to invite Empress Qian to bury Yuling, after Emperor Xianzong learned of it, he sent a message to the group of ministers to retreat, Peng Shi and the group of ministers bowed their heads and refused to give orders, and prostrated themselves in front of the palace gate for a day, and finally Empress Zhou and Ming Xianzong were touched by the loyalty of Peng Shi and other hundred officials, and had to grant peng Shi's previous agreement to bury Yuling together, and Peng Gong became more famous in the world.
Later, there was a rebellion in the northwest, and the courtiers were panicked by this, and it was Peng Shi who sat in the cabinet and appointed good generals to put the rebellion down. Five years after Chenghua, Peng Shi fell ill and resigned. After only three months, Emperor Mingxianzong urged him to return to the cabinet to participate in politics, and he could be exempted from the upper dynasty. Peng Shi often made some suggestions to the emperor to benefit the people, which were adopted. He had always been outspoken in front of Emperor Xianzong and had no scruples, and Emperor Xianzong also relied heavily on him.
In the seventh year of Chenghua, Peng Shi became seriously ill again and asked Zhi Shi to return to his hometown. The emperor actually shed tears to keep him, and Peng Shi stayed as the first assistant. Soon after, he wrote a letter to persuade the emperor not to insult the Buddha and waste the national treasury. Do not indiscriminately increase punishments, and maintain fair treatment of others. He also asked to curb the annexation of land by the powerful and powerful, so as to benefit the people of Li. Emperor Xianzong did so one by one.
Later, the grand eunuch Liu Yongcheng died, and his nephew Liu Ju of Ning Jinbo actually asked the emperor to give Liu Yongcheng the title. Emperor Xianzong usually favored Liu Yongcheng and prepared to give him the title of "Praise for Meritorious Service". As a result, Peng Shi bluntly said that it was impossible to play a good game, and Emperor Xianzong actually quoted Emperor Huizong of Song to explain the matter of the eunuch Tong Guan's crowning of the king, and Peng Shi replied: "Tong Guan's sealing of the king is a matter of the last years of Emperor Huizong of Song, will His Majesty serve the king of the country?" Frightened, Xianzong had no choice but to put the matter to rest.
Later, Peng Shi became seriously ill and was difficult to treat, and Xianzong sent imperial doctors to see him many times, and also sent eunuchs to reward him with money and goods many times. Ke Pengshi also asked the emperor several times (seven times) to resign and recuperate, and Xianzong always clinged to him. It was not until the first month of the eleventh year of Chenghua that Peng Shi was promoted to Prince Taibao and died of illness in March of the same year at the age of sixty. Before dying, he only said: Life and death are common sense, not enough to regret, but when half of his life is in a high position, he cannot repay the loyalty to the country, and he cannot retire his father at the end, which is very ashamed! After hearing the news, Emperor Mingxianzong was greatly saddened, and even announced that he had quit the dynasty for one day, and posthumously awarded him the title of Taishi and Zuo Zhuguo, with the nickname "Wenxian".
Peng Shi went through the three dynasties of Ming Yingzong, Daizong, and Xianzong, assisted the government for nearly thirty years, was loyal and loyal, and was just and righteous, and the evaluation of him in the "History of Ming" was that in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the three Yang Dynasties (Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Shiqi and Jiangxi Ji'an people), only a few people led by Peng Shi could be called first-class loyal ministers, Zaifu Zhicai.