East partition area, west of Liyang, south of Changxing, north of Changzhou, Yixing ancient called Jingyi also known as Yangxian, located in the southwest corner of Jiangsu Province, by the mountains and rivers, the climate is suitable, has always been loved by literati.
The ancients had a poem to praise: "The ancient Yang of the resort is envious, and the Qing Cai is now the chief." "Yixing, which is praised by everyone in ancient times, is not only beautiful in scenery, but also has a long history and culture.
Yixing scenery
Today we will talk about the ten prime ministers in the history of Yixing;
Xu Jian
Xu Jian (yù), a native of Yangxian (present-day Yixing), Wu County. His ancestor Xu Wu (許武) was the Shaofu of Changle, and his grandfather Xu Jing (許荆) was the Taishou of Guiyang. Xu Jian served as a si nong and later moved to Wei Wei. In September of the fourth year (181 AD) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Kuan was dismissed, Xu Jian was made a lieutenant (zai chancellor), and Guanghe was dismissed in October of the fifth year (182 AD).
Xu Jian only worked in the phase for one year, and was constrained by many parties, making it difficult to display his talents. After the resignation, he left Beijing and returned to his hometown. After Xu Jian's death, he was buried at the Xu Tomb Outside the South Gate of Yixing (in the Yingbin Community of present-day Yicheng Town), commonly known as the tomb of General Xu. The original temple was erected, and then fell into disrepair. The "Xu Taiwei Temple Stele" was erected by Xu Shao. Due to the long age of stripping, in the first year of the Tang Dynasty, the Xu descendants of the Sun rebuilt, and engraved 8 words on the stele "Talking about the number of ma li bi wang tian number seven", people do not know what this means. Xu Yanxiu explained: "Talking about horses, talking about noon, Xu Ye; Li Bi, Shi Pei, Bei Ye; Wang Tian, for a thousand miles, heavy also; number seven, is one six, Nai Li Ye." In fact, it refers to the re-erection of 4 characters on the Xu Monument.
Xu Jian's tomb and the tomb of his wife, due to its disrepair, only a large mound remained in modern times, which was completely bulldozed when the city was remodeled in the 1980s.
Jiang Shen
Jiang Shen (蒋伸), also spelled Dazhi, was born in the fifteenth year of emperor Zhenyuan of Tang Dynasty (799 AD), a native of Wumu Village, Present-day Fangzhuang Town, Yixing. Jiang Shen was a junior scholar of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He served as a tobe waiter and a soldier. In the thirteenth year of the middle school, Jiang Shen served as a Zhongshu waiter and concurrently served as a soldier Shangshu. Soon after, he was worshipped as Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (Zai Chancellor). After Emperor Yizong ascended the throne, Jiang Shen successively served as Shangshu of the Punishment Department, Ren Hezhong Jiedushi, TongzhongShu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Prince Shaobao, and Prince Taifu. Due to his advanced age, he resigned his official position and returned to his hometown, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang died in the first year (881 AD) and was given the title of Lieutenant.
Zhou Kui
Zhou Kui (1098-1174), zi liyi, jingxi, late number weixin resident. Changzhou Yixing people. He was born in the first year of Emperor Zhezong of Song and died in the first year of Emperor Xiaozong Chunxi,77 years old. Less mechanics. From the township school to the Beijing division, both of them recited their texts. In the sixth year of Xuanhe, he was promoted to the Rank of Shijia branch and transferred to huizhou. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, in addition to supervising the imperial history, he served the imperial history in the palace. In office for only two months, he has spoken to thirty chapters, and has cited twenty improper deeds. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he was a member of the Privy Council (Vice-Chancellor) and also had the right to know the Privy Council. Yu Yuwen and Chen Bokang were the prime ministers, and Aoi immediately asked for retirement, except for the Senior Political Hall Bachelor. From quanzhou to know, to say goodbye to the elderly, to increase the bachelor to live idle for many years, not to be haunted by the world
Jiang Fu
Jiang Fu (蒋芾), courtesy name Zili, was a great-grandson of Jiang Zhiqi, a scholar of the Guanwen Temple, born in the seventh year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1117 AD), and a native of Yangxiang Town, Yixing. Jiang Fu was appointed as the governor of Jiankang Province in the 21st year of the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing (1151 AD). Later, he was awarded the title of Kiju Lang and Zhi Xueyuan and Zhongshu Sheren. In the second year of Qiandao (1166 AD), he was awarded the title of Duanmingdian Scholar, a Privy Councillor, and a Acting Governor (Deputy Prime Minister). Soon, due to the discussion on border security and army building, the emperor was deeply impressed, and he was promoted to the position of left-middle doctor and visited the governor. In February of the fourth year of the Qiandao Dynasty, Jiang Fu was promoted from counselor to governor to left zhengyi doctor, right servant, tongzhongshu menxia Pingzhangshi and privy councillor (prime minister). During the funeral of his mother, Emperor Xiaozong wanted to attack Jin in a big way to restore the state soldiers, and Jiang Fu sang: "The time of heaven has not yet arrived. "The result was against the will of the lord. After the expiration of the mourning period, it was only awarded to guanwendian university scholars, Zhi Shaoxingfu, and Tiju Dongxiao Palace, and died in the fifteenth year (1188 AD) of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Jiang Fu died in the fifteenth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1188 AD) at the age of 72 and was buried in the tomb of his grandson in his hometown. Bestow on Rong min. His works include "Yi Shi" and "Rong Min's History of the Han Dynasty" in 20 volumes
Xu Pu
Xu Pu (1428–1499), also spelled Qianzhai (黔斋), was a native of Suixi County, Yixing County (present-day Xiyin Village, Yixing, Jiangsu). In the fifth year of Jingtai (1454), he entered the priesthood and became a scholar of Huagaiden University. From August of the fifth year of Koji to July of the eleventh year (1492-1498), he served as the first assistant of the dynasty. He has a dignified personality, lived in the cabinet for twelve years, calmly assisted, cared for talents, repeatedly encountered big prisons and arrested officials, commissioned tuners, and quietly kept. Died in the year of seventy-two, Yuwen Jing. Xu Pu wrote the four volumes of the Qianzhai Anthology (see The General Catalogue of the Four Libraries) and passed it on to the world. It is Wu Yu's uncle.
Zhou Yanru
Zhou Yanru (1593–1643), courtesy name Yusheng (玉绳), was a native of Yixing (present-day Yixing Yicheng) in the Ming Dynasty. A chancellor of the Ming Dynasty, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian served as the first assistant to the cabinet during his reign.
Zhou Yanru was clever when he was young and had a literary name. At the age of 20, he was even taught cultivation in the Middle Huiyuan and Yuanyuan. During the Apocalypse, he moved to the right and took charge of the affairs of the Bureau. Soon after, he took charge of the Affairs of the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing with Shao Zhan Shi. The Chongzhen Emperor ascended the throne and was summoned as the Right Attendant of the Rebbe.
In March of the second year of Chongzhen (1629), he was summoned by the Chongzhen Emperor at the Wenhua Palace, and the two of them talked in secret for a long time, what they talked about, outsiders did not know anything, when the Later Jin invaded the Capital Division, the Chongzhen Emperor ordered Zhou Yanru to be the Rebbe Shangshu and a scholar of Dongge University, and ordered him to join the cabinet to participate in the pre-flight service, and in February of the following year, he was given the title of Prince Taibao and changed to a scholar of Wenyuange University, and was promoted to the position of first assistant in September of the same year.
Zhou Yanru was ostracized by Wen Tiren after serving as the first assistant for only four months, and returned to his hometown with illness, and soon after Zhou Yanru returned to his hometown, Wen Tiren was deposed for his poor ruling performance, and then Zhang Zhifa and Xue Guoguan came to power successively, but not only could not save the situation, but made the situation more and more tense, and the power of the Houjin and peasant armies grew stronger and stronger, and as a result, they were deposed one after another. Under the influence of the Donglin Party, the Chongzhen Emperor issued an edict to use Zhou Yanru again. In September of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641), Zhou Yanru arrived in the capital to resume his post as first assistant.
In April of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), the Qing army entered the customs, and Zhou Yanru asked himself to see the master, but falsely reported that he had deceived the Chongzhen Emperor, and the Chongzhen Emperor did not know the inside story, and praised Zhou Yanru and specially entered the Taishi. Later, Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yang to expose the truth, and other officials were also impeached one after another, so they were exiled to Shubian. Soon, the Chongzhen Emperor ordered Zhou Yanru to commit suicide by taking his place in his home. He was 51 years old.
Wu Zongda
Wu Zongda (Chinese: 吴宗達; pinyin: Dīng Dīng Đồ In the thirty-second year of the Ming Dynasty (1604 AD), the third place in the first class of the Ting Examination (Tanhua) was taught to edit. In the third year of Chongzhen (1630 AD), he entered the Libu Shangshu, and later served as a scholar of Dongge University (Zai Chancellor), a scholar of the Jin Crown Prince Taibao Wenyuange University, a shaobao and prince Taibao Hubu Shangshu Wuyingdian university scholar, a young fu and prince Taifu official Shangshu Jianjidian university scholar, and a young master and prince Taishi Zhongjidian university scholar. Chongzhen resigned in May of the eighth year. He was upright, decisive, lenient and moderate, caring for others, and was deeply loved and respected by courtiers and officials. After his death, he was posthumously known as "Wenduan". He was an avid poet, and one of his poems, "Top Notes", was included in the Siku Quanshu. He is the author of the "Manuscript of the Pavilion"
Wu Bing
Wu Bing, also known as "Master of Canghua" in his later years, was born in the 23rd year of the Wanli calendar of Emperor Mingshenzong (1595 AD), a native of Yicheng Town, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and was a famous opera writer at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After being captured by the Qing army, he was unyielding and unyielding, and died on the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of the Yong calendar of Emperor Ming Zhaozong (the fifth year of Qing Shunzhi, 1648 AD), and died of hunger strike for 7 consecutive days, at the age of 54
After Wu Bing's mid-life promotion in the 47th year of the Wanli Calendar (1619 AD), he was appointed as the zhi county of Puxi County, Wuchang Province, Hubei Province. Wu Bing's strict law enforcement, not favoritism, and deeply won the hearts of the people. Later, he served as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi Tixue, and soon after he was transferred to the head of the Capital Water Department of the Ministry of Works. Wu Bing was recommended by Sima Lu to serve as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi Tixue. After Emperor Mingyizong Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian (1644 CE), he went into exile in Guangdong. In October of the second year of Longwu (the third year of Qing Shunzhi, 1646 AD), Zhu Yousong, the King of Gui, took the throne in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and changed the following year (1647 AD) to the first year of the Yong calendar. In January, Wu Bing was awarded the title of Right Attendant of the Army, from Guilin. In February, he was honored as a Rebbe Shoshu and a member of the Tokaku University (Zai Minister), and still held the position of Right Attendant of the Imperial Household Department. In April, he accompanied the Yongli Emperor to the Wugang region of Hunan. On August 24, when he heard that the Qing soldiers were coming, he hurried to Jingzhou, Hunan Province, with the Yongli Emperor. At that time, the situation was very critical, and the Yongli Emperor ordered Wu Bing to escort the crown prince to Hunan City, accompanied only by Hou Weishi, the head of the official department. By the time they arrived, the city had already been occupied by the Qing soldiers, and after a short battle, they were captured by the Qing soldiers and imprisoned at the Xiangshan Temple in Hengzhou. After Wu Bing's captivity was captured, he was unyielding, and died on the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of the Yong calendar (the fifth year of Qing Shunzhi, 1648 AD), and died of hunger strike for 7 consecutive days, at the age of 54. Before his death, he wrote a desperate poem, which contained the sentence "Who is in the barren mountains and harvesting dry bones, and the bright moon is long and short". In the forty-first year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1776 AD), he was given the title of "Zhongjie". He was buried in Shitingbu, Shanmen Village, outside the south gate of Yicheng, and his descendants enshrined him and his nephew Wu Zhenyu in the "Erzhongjie Ancestral Hall" in Yicheng West Temple Lane;
Plugging the tin
Tuoba Yinxi (1601 – November 26, 1649), also written YunXi, also known as Xi Jun, was originally named Lingzhi, the character Zhongxuan, the word Muzi, and the number of pastoral. He was a minister at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Born in the 29th year of the Wanli Calendar of emperor Mingshenzong (1601 AD), he was a native of Qianting Village, Qiting Town, Yixing City.
After the Qing army entered the customs, he served as the Shangshu of the Daming Army, and was sealed guanghua bo. Anti-Qing activities were carried out in Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. He was jealous of Qu Shiyan and Li Yuanyin. Tuoba Yinxi and others advocated uniting the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army, while He Tengjiao and Qu Shiyan rejected the peasant army. Qu Shiyi and his party's Ding Shikui and Jin Bao played his "crime of losing his teacher and losing land" in Hunan.
In November of the third year of the Yong calendar (1649), he sent an army with Liu Guochang, the Marquis of Huai of the Zhongzhen Battalion, on the twenty-sixth day of the month, to Xunzhou (present-day Guiping, Guangxi), vomiting blood and dying on the twenty-seventh day, at the age of 49, and the three armies wept like losing their parents.
Emperor Zhaozong mourned bitterly, and on the fifth day of his resignation, he gave the nine altars and presented them to the Pillar Kingdom and the Zhongji Temple, taifu and prince Taishi, Xun Guogong, and Yu Wenzhong. Southwest foothills of Fuqi Mountain (now part of Shengtian Village, Qiting Town)
In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633 AD), he ranked sixteenth in the Jiangning Township Examination in The Middle Of Yinxi. Chongzhen ten years into the soldier. In April of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the head of the household department in Nanjing. In September, he was appointed to the post of Division of Differences, acting impartially and eliminating bad rules.
In the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), he served as the branch of the Northern New Banknote Pass, and Chongzhen served as the prefect of Changsha for fourteen years.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he handled more than 300 backlogs of cases and compiled the Chronicle of Changsha Province. In April of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643 AD), Yin Xi raised Lian Zhuo to the throne, gave the feast ceremony department, was ordered to add a second degree, and was ordered to resume his post. Soon, it was promoted to Wuhan and Huangzhou Bingbei Road.
In the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), he went to Nandu to meet with Sima Kefa and Yuan Zhixian, the governor of The Yuan Dynasty, and entrusted him with the post of overseer of the army in Changsha. In May of that year, Emperor Anzong was located in Nandu, and the following year he changed his name to Yuan Hongguang and appointed Yin Xi as the deputy envoy of Huguang As the inspector and the governor of Xuezheng.
Wu Zhenyu
Wu Zhenyu, character yuansheng, one word long voice. Born in the 46th year of the Wanli Calendar of Emperor Mingshen (1618 AD), a native of Yicheng Town (present-day Yixing Yicheng Town, Jiangsu Province). In March of the ninth year of the Yong calendar (1655 AD), Zhen Yu and 18 others were killed by Sun Kewang;
In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643 AD), he entered the priesthood. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644 AD), after Emperor Mingyizong Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian hanged himself, Zhu Yousong the Prince of Fu ascended the throne in Nanjing, with the era name Hongguang and Zhen Yu as the head of the household department. After the defeat of the Hongguang Emperor in the first year of Hongguang (1645 AD), the Tang king Zhu Yujian was proclaimed emperor and changed his era name to Longwu. Zhen Yu served as the chief of the literary selection of the official department. After the defeat of Emperor Longwu in the second year of Longwu (1646 AD), he joined the Yongli Gui King Zhu Youluo, and Zhen Yu was promoted to Tai Changqing. In the first month of the following year (1647 AD), the era name was changed to Yongli, and Zhenyu renlangzhong. In February, the Yongli Emperor fled to Guilin, where Zhen Yu was appointed as the left attendant of the official department. In the second year of the Yong calendar (1648 AD), he was appointed as the Shangshu of Hubu. In February of the fourth year of the Yongli Calendar (1650 AD), the Yongli Emperor fell to Xihui City in Guangdong, and Zhen Yu followed him to Xun prefecture (present-day Guiping, Guangxi). At that time, Sun Kewang proclaimed himself the King of Qin in Guizhou and coerced the imperial court to surrender the gift, and both Zhenyu and the university scholar Yan Qiheng vigorously opposed it, and Sun Kewang held a grudge. In November of the same year, Sun Kewang secretly sent his close generals to kill Yan Qiheng. At that time, Zhenyu was spared from his harm because he was sent on a mission. After Zhen Yu returned to the dynasty, he was made a scholar of Dongge University (Zai Chancellor);