How miserable was Qi Jiguang's later years? In this article, I will talk to you about this topic. I believe that after reading this article, you will know the answer.
When people talk about Han Xin, they usually think that he is Cheng ye Xiao He and defeat xiao He; in a sense, Qi Jiguang and Han Xin are somewhat similar, he is Cheng ye Zhang Juzheng, and defeat is also Zhang Juzheng.
Qi Jiguang was a native of Shandong, and he was also a minor official of the second generation, and when he became an adult, he inherited the position inherited from his ancestors and served as the commander of Dengzhou Wei. This official position is similar to the meaning of assistant, so Qi Jiguang's official position is equivalent to the assistant of the commander of Dengzhou Wei, and the official position of Zheng Sipin is equivalent to the position of deputy commander of the militia that we are now.
At that time, Qi Jiguang was mainly responsible for Tuntian affairs, that is, logistics work, and was not responsible for leading troops to fight on the front line. It just so happened that Shandong was suffering from the plague of the Wokou, and in the face of the burning and looting of the Wokou, Qi Jiguang could not go into battle to kill the enemy, so under the sadness and indignation, he wrote such a poem: "The marquis is not my intention, I hope Hai Boping!" ”
Fortunately, in the thirty-second year of Jiajing (1553), the 25-year-old Qi Jiguang had the privilege of climbing the level of Zhang Juzheng's relationship, when Zhang Jucai had just entered the Hanlin Academy to serve, and he was still growing up under the protection of the big tree of Xu Jie, a cabinet minister. On the recommendation of Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang was transferred to the post of Commander of the Capital.
These are all similar to the guards above, except that one is responsible for tun tian and logistics, and the other is responsible for killing the enemy. After Qi Jiguang was transferred to the assistant of the commander of the capital, he also began his military career in the battle and killing the enemy.
Two years later, on the recommendation of Zhang Juzheng, the 27-year-old Qi Jiguang was transferred to Zhejiang as a staff general because of his bravery in battle, responsible for quelling the plague of Wukou in ningbo, Shaoxing, and Taizhou counties. It was also during this time that Qi Jiguang created the Qi family army that made Wu Kou feel frightened.
In the following ten years, Qi Jiguang led the Qi family army and successively participated in the Thirteen Battles of Taizhou, Fujian, Xinghua, Xianyou and other large and small battles, achieving a record of thirteen total victories, killing more than 60,000 Wukou and sweeping away the Wukou in Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces. As a result, Qi Jiguang has also become a famous figure in the world.
At this time, the Jiajing Emperor died, his son Yu Wang took the throne, zhang Juzheng, as an old minister of the Yu King's palace, was promoted to the rank of Libu Shangshu and Wuyingdian University, and officially entered the cabinet and participated in the imperial government.
Therefore, under the recommendation and support of Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang was able to defeat Yu Dayu and was transferred to the north as the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, responsible for training soldiers in Jizhou, Changping, Baoding and other places.
This year, Qi Jiguang was 40 years old, on the way to the north, while riding on horseback, while looking at the surrounding scenery, he couldn't help but sigh, so he wrote such a poem "Immediately": "The north and south drive to report the main feelings, and the river lace moon laughs peacefully." Three hundred and sixty days a year, most of them are crossed. ”
After that, Qi Jiguang's golden decade in the northern town coincided with zhang Juzheng's ten years as the first assistant of Daming.
Because of Zhang Ju's full financial and personnel dispatch, Qi Jiguang was able to defeat the invasion of the northern barbarian little prince and Dong Fox many times, and almost captured Dong Fox alive, and finally made the northern barbarian forces dare not invade Jimen again.
Qi Jiguang, for his merits in guarding the border, was also promoted to the rank of Zuo Du (左都督) and the official rank of Zheng Yipin (正一品), and then he was given the title of Prince Taibao (太子太保) for assisting Li Chengliang (李成梁), the general of Liaodong Shou (李成梁), and later as Shaobao (少保). At this time, Qi Jiguang finally reached the peak that the Ming Dynasty martial generals could reach, and it can be said that Qi Jiguang at that time was the most beautiful martial general of the Ming Dynasty.
However, when the water was full, the moon was overflowing, and the moon was at its peak, Zhang Juzheng suddenly died of illness, and then the imperial court began to set off a large-scale liquidation campaign to liquidate Zhang Juzheng, and many people who were originally used by Zhang Juzheng were affected.
As Qi Jiguang, who is good friends with Zhang Juzheng and one of Zhang Juzheng's most powerful assistants, naturally he cannot avoid being liquidated.
Therefore, shortly after Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Dingsi took the opportunity to say that Qi Jiguang should not be placed in the north, so Qi Jiguang was sent by the imperial court to garrison remote Guangdong. Two years later, Qi Jiguang was impeached again, saying that he had colluded with Zhang Juzheng to plot against him, so Qi Jiguang was directly removed from all official positions by the imperial court.
This year, Qi Jiguang was 58 years old. After being deposed from his official post, he had to return to his hometown of Penglai, Shandong Province, to live alone.
Although Qi Jiguang has been an official for many years, because most of his Feng Lu is used to fund the army, or to do dots up and down, including giving gifts to Zhang Juzheng, and he himself is not a corrupt official, he did not have much savings in his later years.
In this regard, the history books deliberately use such a passage to describe: "The four mentions will be printed, Peiyu for more than thirty years, wild and non-fertile, sac without sustenance, but only thousands of volumes." From this, we can also see Qi Jiguang's poverty. Two years later, Qi Jiguang died of illness in poverty at the age of 60.
Then, sadly, for such a person who made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, for two years after his death, the imperial court did not show any indication, until Qi Jiguang's eldest son Qi Zuoguo went to Beijing to request a mercy, and the Wanli Emperor thanked him for his merits, so he issued an edict to be buried and gave him the title of "Wuzhuang".