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Stone Head: The sky of history is full of stars
Yu Dazhong
In the winter of 1972, I graduated from Shishou Chengguan Middle School and returned to the Nankou Commune Forward Brigade as a private teacher. Since then, it has begun to be influenced by the history and culture of Shishou and the spirit of ancient celebrities.
At that time, the Lotus Pond adjacent to Nankou Commune, exactly 600 years ago, that is, on February 21, 1372, gave birth to a generation of great yang pu. This descendant of the people of Tanzhou (present-day Changsha), Hunan, won the first place in the Huguang Township Examination (Xie Yuan), the first place in the National Association Examination scripture section, and the sixth place in the Temple Examination. With his own efforts, he went from Shishou to Ying Tianfu, became the "washing horse" of the crown prince Zhu Gaozi, took charge of the Eastern Palace documents, and assisted the prince.
Because of the brutal dispute between Zhu Gaoxu and his brother Zhu Gaoxu, Yang Pu was implicated and suffered a 10-year prison sentence, his eldest brother Yang Hao and younger brother Yang Cheng died one after another, and three children died one after another. Although Yang Puqiang endured mourning, although he spent 10 years in prison, he read books in prison for 10 years, laying a solid foundation for future governance.
In 1424, with the ascension of Emperor Akihito to the throne, Yang Pu was released from prison and promoted to hanlin scholar and secretary of the Taichang Temple, and soon entered the cabinet, together with Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, to participate in the secret affairs of the imperial court.
The following year, Zhu Gaozi died, and his son Zhu Zhanji took the throne, and the father and son combined, reigning for only 11 years, but the politics were clear, the economy was developed, and the people lived in peace, and they were praised by historians as "meritorious achievements comparable to Wenjing", and the history called "the rule of Renxuan". Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, the "three Yangs," are the founders and organizers of the "Rule of Renxuan."
Due to the death of Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, in 1442, Yang Pu was the first official to work for the country and the people for many years. On August 6, 1446, Yang Pu, who had the world in mind and was born, suddenly fell ill and died at work. Eventually, he returned to his hometown and was buried in Gaolinggang. In 1999, with the consent of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Jingzhou carried out archaeological excavations of Yang Pu's tomb. In addition to his personal clothes, he only wears an embroidery bag, which contains six teeth, which vividly expresses Yang Pu's incorruptibility.
In the sky of Shishou history, Yang Pu is undoubtedly the most dazzling star.
In 1452, six years after Yang Pu's death, a baby boy named Yuan Zonggao fell to the ground on the southern outskirts of Shishou County. Yuan Zonggao's ancestral home was Runan, Henan, and The Heavenly Ancestor Yuan Fang took on the Jishui County Ling and Ji'an Road Guard. Gaozu Yuan Zhida, in 1350, won the township examination, but the test could not be the first, and the family moved to Shishou.
In 1483, Yuan Zonggao, together with his brother Yuan Zongkui, was also raised. In 1490, Yuan Zonggao was elected as the governor of the Xing Dynasty. Zhu Youqiu (朱佑杬), the Prince of Xingxian, was the second son of Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen, and was a half-brother of the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youxian (朱佑樘), who in 1491 took up the post of Luzhou (陸州, in modern Zhongxiang, Hubei). Yuan Zonggao, as the chief historian of the Xingwang Palace, because of his ability and character, won the trust and reliance of Zhu Youzhao and Zhu Houxi's father and son.
In 1521, the 31-year-old Ming Wuzong died suddenly. Because Zhu Houzhao had no sons, Empress Dowager Zhang passed on yi's will, yang Tinghe, the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and other ministers looked for a successor according to the patriarchal law "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training", and Lixing offered the prince's son Zhu Houxi to succeed to the throne, when Zhu Youxi had died, and the 14-year-old Zhu Houxi was in mourning.
At the same time, he also issued a will and testament to Zhu Youhuan, the king of Shouding, who lived in De'an, and Zhu Youlian, the king of Ru'an, who lived in Weihui. The three edicts were issued in unison, and the three of them "first came to be kings, and then to be subjects." "Anlu Prefecture is more than 3,000 miles away from the capital, De'an and Weihui are only a few hundred miles away, and they are hundreds of miles away from each other, so why arrive first?" Master Yan Song offered a plan: "Only Shizi pretended to be a Qin prisoner and sat firmly in the prison car, so that he could travel day and night, and no one dared to stop him or respond to it." Based on this idea, Zhu Houxi consulted with Yan Song, Yuan Zonggao and others on the issue of meals on the way, resulting in the dish "Panlong Cuisine" that "eats meat but does not see meat". In the end, Yuan Zonggao accompanied Zhu Houxi and successfully entered Beijing to inherit the throne before the King of Shouding and the King of Ru'an.
After the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne, Yuan Zonggao proposed the "Eight Strategies for Governing Government Affairs" such as giving lectures at feasts, dismissing the eunuchs of the town, relocating the ministers of the order, and zhaoxue yan officials, which made outstanding contributions to the creation of the "Jiajing Zhongxing" situation, and in 1522 he was promoted to the post of Libu Shangshu and a scholar of Wenyuange University, but he died of illness less than 4 months after entering the cabinet. The following year, the coffin arrived in his hometown and was buried on the southwest shore of Bailian Lake.
The author understands the life deeds of Yuan Zonggao, which originated from Yuan Bentao, the 16th generation of Yuan Zonggao's grandson, who provided a large number of small biographies, speeches, seals, sacrifice texts and other materials about Yuan Zonggao. Yuan Bentao and I are master's students of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and we are also close friends in the same hometown. Yuan Bentao was the vice dean of the Institute of Education and the director of the Institute of Educational Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, a professor and doctoral supervisor. Unfortunately, Yuan Bentao's brother had died young.
Here, look up to Yuan Zonggao and Yuan Bentao, the two shining stars of the Yuan family, and wish them good health in heaven!
Zhang Bi, whose family address is also the southern suburb of Shishou County, was born in 1474, 22 years younger than Yuan Zonggao. Zhang Bi's great-grandfather, Zhang Bishun, moved from Anhui to Shishou. His grandfather, Zhang Ziyan, was a mid-jinshi in 1460 and served as a Governor of Guangdong. His father, Zhang Wei, was also a politician in Shanxi. Zhang Bi is diligent and studious, honest and morally excellent. In 1495, he was raised and in 1511 he entered the army.
In the Spring Festival of 1514, Emperor MingwuZong Zhu Houzhao ordered the palace people to set off fireworks to celebrate the New Year, which caused a fire in the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Houzhao didn't think so, and actually said, "What a big firework!" Zhang Bi urged the emperor to cultivate morality, be diligent in government, and give lectures, and spoke the heart of a loyal minister.
In 1521, Zhu Houzhao died, Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne, and the 14-year-old Jiajing Emperor set up a feast to give lectures, with Zhang Bi as the presiding officer. The "Great Ceremony Controversy" over the names of the Jiajing Emperor's parents forced Yang Tinghe, the head of the cabinet, and Lin Jun, an old minister of the Four Dynasties and Shangshu of the Punishment Department, to be bold and bold, angering the emperor. Zhang Bi deliberately combined the example of "treating the monarch with courtesy and bringing it to the scripture" to clarify the merits of Lin Jun's case at the feast, so that Zhu Houxi changed his original intention.
In 1525, Zhang Bi was ordered to compile the "Nanqi Wenheng", which provided the emperor with the criteria for weighing the methods of weighing the ranks and the criteria for taking the articles, which was a major event in Guan Junjie's progress and scientific research.
In 1540, Zhang Bi was appointed Shangshu of the Nanjing Rebbe. Coinciding with frequent floods in various places, the life of the people after the disaster, especially the problem of eating, has become a major social issue. In this regard, Zhang Bi began to build Taicang, actively reserve grain, and take the initiative to help the poor in every disaster year, and established a good reputation as the "Qingtian Grand Master" in the folk.
In 1543, Zhang Bi was transferred to the Beijing Rebbe Shangshu and presided over the renovation of the Taimiao Temple, which lasted for three years, and the entire Taimiao Temple was renovated.
In 1544, Zhang Bi was appointed as a rebbe Shangshu and a scholar of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet to participate in the affairs of the imperial court's military aircraft, and he worked hard and bowed to exhaustion. In 1545, due to illness, the coffin arrived in his hometown and was buried at the northern foot of Beacon Mountain.
In the "Three Pavilions" of Shishou, Zhang Bi, along with Yang Pu and Yuan Zonggao, is the three superstars in the historical sky of Shishou.
At this point, it is necessary to trace the years from the Ming Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Many years ago, the author traveled to Chizhou, Anhui Province, and read an article from the Chizhou Daily introducing Li Xun, the first official of the Tang Dynasty, and his son Li Fangxuan who successively served as the assassins of Chizhou. Later, I consulted the historical materials and roughly sorted out the deeds of Li Xun and Li Jian's brothers, Li Xun and Li Fangxuan's father and son, and Li Jian's and Li Ne's father and son.
Li Xun and Li Jian were born into a once prominent but gradually declining family of official eunuchs. His fifteenth-generation ancestor Li Fa was the Duke of Shenguo and the General of Yokono of Northern Wei, the sixth-generation ancestor Li Yuan was one of the twelve generals under the Northern Zhou Pingyang Duke and the Eight Pillar States, Gaozu Li Ming was an official of the Tang Dynasty to Suizhou, great-grandfather Li Jinde was the prince Zhongyun, grandfather Li Zhenyu was appointed as the commander of Changming County, Mianzhou, and his father Li Zhen was appointed as the governor of Yazhou. When Li Xun and Li Jian were young, their families fell in the middle of the road. Under the care of his eldest brother Li Zao, he studied hard and succeeded in his studies, and both entered the army during the Zhenyuan dynasty.
Li Xun successively served as the secretary of Xiangyang, Hunan, Chizhou, Haozhou, Yubu Langzhong, Quzhou Thorn History, Yuezhou Thorn History and Imperial History, and Zhejiang Dongdu Regiment Training Observation Envoy, Zhi Shi Zhong, Hubu Shilang, Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Shi as observation envoy of ShannanDongdao Festival, Prince Guest, Enwang Fu, Zuo Sanqi Changshi, Jing Zhaoyin, Guozi Sacrifice Wine, Xuzhou Thorn History as Zhongwu Jiedushi Envoy, Chen Xu Shu Cai and other prefecture observation and disposal envoys, inspection and school officials Shangshu, Fengxiang Jiedushi envoy, and Punishment Department Shangshu. After his death, he gave the right servant a shot.
It is worth mentioning that Li Xun served as the Assassin of Chizhou in 797. 44 years later, that is, in 841, his son Li Fangxuan also served as the assassin of Chizhou, and both father and son were honest and diligent in their duties, and the people were word of mouth, which became a beautiful talk in the history of Chizhou. Li Fangxuan was also the first jinshi, successively serving as a judge of Jiangxi Province, the history of Chizhou Thorn, and the history of Chuzhou Thorn, but he died young.
Li Jian successively served as a judge of Rongzhou Recruitment, secretary of the provincial school, Hanlin Scholar, Zuo Shiyi, Zhan Shifu Sizhi, Dianzhong Shiyushi, Deputy Envoy of the Defense of Yanzhou and Transfer Judge, Bibu Wailang, Bingbu Wailang, Bureaucrat Wailang, Bingbu Lang, Bingbu Langzhi Zhizhi, Jingzhao Shaoyin, Lizhou Assassin History, Taichang Shaoqing Zhigongju, Libu Shilang, Libu Shilang, Punishment Department Shilang Zhiguan, and after his death, he was given the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works. Li Jian's son Li Ne (李納), also the first jinshi ( ) , was an official who served as the right servant of The Assassin of Huazhou and the Inspector of Shangshu.
I admire the brilliance of the Lee family's stars. After my relevant articles were published, they were fully affirmed by Li Huiliang, a descendant of the Li clan, and others.
Back to the Ming Dynasty. In 1521, Wang Zhiyan was born in Shishou Tuanshan Temple, a small place called "Guomailing" at the junction of Hunan in Hubei Province. At the age of 12, his father died young, and he was raised by his mother, and although his life was difficult, he studied hard and worked hard, and he was raised in the middle of 1543 and entered the army in the middle of the following year.
Wang Zhihuan served as the chief of Jishuizhi County, the head of the household department, the foreign lang of the military department, and the procurator of Henan. Because of the meritorious service of Shi Shangzhao, the leader of the henan peasant uprising, he was transferred to the left staff of the Shanxi Cloth Administration Department, transferred to the deputy envoy of Datong Military Armament, and promoted to shanxi left to participate in politics. Because of his merits in destroying Mongolian houses, he was promoted to shanxi right suffragist and right governor of the imperial history, and inspector of Liaodong.
In 1564, Wang Zhixuan played Ming Shizong and proposed more than a dozen measures to strengthen the defense of Eastern Liaoning, all of which were adopted by Zhu Houxi. In 1565, wang Zhihuan neglected to discuss the eight matters of reclamation in Liaodong, and the Jiajing Emperor implemented his proposal, appointing him as the right attendant of the bingbu and as the right attendant of the military affairs of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi.
In 1567, Wang Zhiyu was promoted to the post of Imperial Envoy of the Right Capital of the Shoji pinDu Chayuan and Left Attendant of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Army. The right-wing Mongol leader Li Da invaded Shizhou (石州, in the area of Lüliang, Shanxi), and because Wang Jiluo, the governor of Dai Prefecture, did not go on a campaign, the Shanxi general Shen Weiyue did not dare to advance, resulting in the fall of Shizhou. Wang Zhihuan was demoted two levels and returned to Nanshan.
In 1569, after a re-examination by the officials, it was determined that Wang Zhihuan was not at fault in the Battle of Shizhou, and Emperor Muzong ordered Wang Zhihuan to serve as an official to supervise the Jingying, and soon reinstated as the Right Capital Imperial History and the Left Attendant of the Military Department, and the Governor of Shaanxi Trilateral Military Affairs. When Kou Yu entered the capital, Wang Zhiyu commanded Ruoding to behead more than a thousand enemy people, and Yanning's generals destroyed the enemy's lair. In 1570, he was promoted to Jingying RongZheng Shangshu and Admiralty Battalion. In 1571, Emperor Muzong held a military parade, and Wang Zhihuan was responsible for commanding the parade officers and soldiers to practice, and was promoted to Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department and counselor of the aircraft.
In 1572, Emperor Mingshen succeeded zhu Yijun. Wang Zhizhen wrote many letters, including the reclamation of barren fields, the defense of northern Shaanxi, and the Jingying Rongzheng, all of which were adopted by the Wanli Emperor. Zhu Yijun appointed Wang Zhihuan as the Shangshu of the Beijing Punishment Department and the Shangshu of the Nanjing Bingbu Shangshu, so people called him "Two Shangshu" at that time, which can really be described as a "Wukui Star" in the historical sky of Shishou.
The ming dynasty stone head not only has the "Three Pavilions Old" and "Two Shangshu", but also the "One TaiShi" Zeng Keqian. Zeng Keqian was born in Shishou Yujia monument, in 1592 the township test was lifted, in 1601 dexin ugly section of the third rank of the first rank of the jinshi, is the only "tanhua" in the history of Shishou Keju, can be regarded as the shishou historical sky is second to none "Wenqu star".
Zeng Keqian served as an editor of the Hanlin Academy, taught Wenlin Lang, compiled the history of the country, and wrote down the living quarters. In 1604, he served as the examiner of the examination, cooperated with the president of the main examination to read the papers, and had the wisdom to see the talents and meritocracy. Zeng Keqian was a well-known literary scholar at that time, with considerable achievements and rich works, representative works such as "Stone Pavilion Collection" and "And Rutang Collection".
Zeng Keqian was also a well-known filial piety. Because of his father's advanced age, he took a leave of absence for adoption for three years. After repeated persuasion by his father, he reluctantly went to Beijing. Soon after, in order to accompany and honor his elderly father, he actually returned to his hometown. In 1611, his father died of illness and old age, and he himself mourned excessively, and soon died, sleeping on the shore of the beautiful Huangtian Lake of Yujia Monument.
There are many stars in the historical sky of Shishou, and it is difficult to elaborate. Here, the author would like to introduce a special "star", his name is Yu Shangyou. In 1631, he served as a jinshi in Renshou and Fushunzhi County, Sichuan, a military department to shizhong, the inspector of Northern Fujian Province, a zide dafu, a zhengzhi shangqing, and an official to erpin. In 1642, he returned to Li Zicheng and served as the left shilang of the Dashun official government, the left shilang of the bing government, and the shangshu of the bing government. In 1645, he broke away from Li Zicheng, returned to Shishou, died in his hometown, and was buried in the "Huanggushan Sanfang Zumu" (now Hewan Village, Tuanshan Temple Town). More than 50 years after his death, his descendants carved tombstones for him. Due to the lack of a unified understanding of the right and wrongs of Yu Shangyou's deeds, Fang Zhi and the genealogy were reluctant to detail his life deeds. The author believes that Yu Shangyou is also an important historical figure in the ancient stone head, which is also worthy of our commemoration and remembrance. But I don't know if you agree with me.
Hurlbut said: "History should be the teacher of mankind. "Looking up at the sky of shishou history, it can be said that the stars are twinkling and shining. Under the illumination of the stars, today's Southern Pearl shines, and tomorrow's jade head will be more brilliant.