Lin Puqing is Lin Zexu's second daughter.
In the year she was born, Lin Zexu served as the inspector of Jiangnan Province, and because he was tired of the deceit of the officialdom, he resigned and returned to his hometown on the pretext of taking care of his seriously ill father.
Lin Puqing was born on the way home by boat.
Coincidentally, when the family rushed to their hometown, Lin Zexu's father had already recovered.
Lin's father firmly opposed his son's decision not to become an official, and the villagers also advised him to consider it carefully, and in the end, in order to make a living, Lin Zexu had to return to the official field.
After that, under the appreciation of the Daoguang Emperor, Lin Zexu Qingyun went straight up and was finally able to show his ambition.
Her father is in a high and powerful position, and Lin Puqing, as an official lady, will naturally not be wronged.
Under the careful care and care of her mother Zheng Shuqing, Lin Puqing gradually grew into a veritable big girl.
When Lin Puqing was 10 years old, her father Lin Zexu ordered her a doll kiss, which was for 12-year-old Shen Baozhen.
Shen Baozhen's mother is Lin Zexu's younger sister, which means that he wants to manage Lin Zexu's uncle and is Lin Puqing's cousin.
The Shen family and the Lin family were not only close, but also not far away. The two families are neighbors and often walk around each other.
Shen Baozhen's appearance is average, not very tall, always sick when he was a child, when he was 11 years old, his father was a lifter and wanted to take the exam in the capital, so he took Shen Baozhen with him.
However, instead of taking it to the capital, it was left behind by Lin Zexu, who was working as an envoy in Nanjing, and only took his son away when he returned home after the exam.
In this way, Shen Baozhen stayed with Lin Zexu for more than half a year.
During this period, Lin Zexu's studiousness and diligence had a great influence on Shen Baozhen, and Shen Baozhen's character and potential were also favored by Lin Zexu, and the next year, the two families were engaged to marry and kissed.
At the age of 18, Lin Puqing and Shen Baozhen became intimate.
Before getting married, Lin Puqing was a miss Qianjin who had never entered the kitchen, and after getting married, she had to do the big and small housework of the Shen family.
The Shen family is poor, although Lin Puqing is delicate but not squeamish, she cooks meals and serves her mother-in-law, which is very popular with the elderly.
Such a day is eight years.
Later, when her husband Shen Baozhen was admitted as a jinshi, the Xianfeng Emperor took a fancy to his military talents and sent him to Guangxin, Jiangxi, to serve as a prefect.
Shen Baozhen took his daughter-in-law to Guangxin with him.
At that time, when the Taiping Rebellion broke out and there were many wars in Jiangxi, Shen Baozhen immediately began to increase his troops after taking office.
Once, Shen Baozhen went out to recruit soldiers, leaving only his wife Lin Puqing to sit in Shangrao City, at this time, a large number of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom troops flocked to try to take the city.
Because the commander-in-chief was absent and no one in the city could respond, many officials hurried to pack up their belongings and flee with their wives and children.
People around her also advised Lin Puqing to let her quickly go out of the city to take refuge, but Lin Puqing categorically refused.
She pointed to the well in the courtyard and said, "You can run for your life, but I can't!" If the city is broken, this is where I am buried.
Lin Puqing's heart of defending the city was resolute, and no one else could persuade her.
Fortunately, Lin Puqing was influenced by her father since she was a child, and her husband was a capable person who used soldiers, and she also knew a little about the art of war.
Lin Puqing found the leader of the defenders in the city, and after discussing the countermeasures to deal with the enemy, he immediately opened the warehouse and took out all the stored grain to treat the soldiers.
The soldiers resisted the enemy on the city wall, and Lin Puqing led the women in the city to cook and deliver food for everyone, and the soldiers were touched by her behavior and desperately defended the city.
The Taiping Army often used the tactic of digging tunnels to attack the city, and in order to prevent this, Lin Puqing ordered his men to dig a trench along the inner side of the city wall, so that even if the enemy attacked the city from the ground, its whereabouts would be immediately revealed.
Although the soldiers struggled to kill the enemy, the disparity in strength between the two sides was great, and it was only a matter of time before the city was breached. At this time, Lin Puqing remembered a person.
His name was Rao Tingxuan, and he was lin Zexu's old subordinate, who was now stationed in yushan town not far from Shangrao.
If he could send troops to support, then the danger in Shangrao City would be lifted.
However, rao Tingxuan's yushan town was also facing the threat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was he willing to send troops to save it?
Lin Puqing was not sure, but Shangrao City was already in danger, and she could only take a risk.
In order to impress the other party, Lin Puqing bit his middle finger, wrote a blood letter, and sent someone to Rao.
The letter of request for help has been sent, but even if the reinforcements arrive, it will take at least two days, and at this time, morale is the most important.
Here, Lin Puqing stepped onto the city wall and loudly encouraged the soldiers; on the other hand, after Rao Tingxuan received the blood letter, he was greatly moved and sent troops to support Shangrao overnight. At the same time, Shen Baozhen, who was recruiting troops and buying horses outside, also received the news that Shangrao was trapped, and he led the soldiers and horses to rush back day and night.
Under the combination of these three armies of soldiers and horses, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army was unable to occupy Shangrao in the end.
Afterwards, the imperial court discussed the merits and rewards, Shen Baozhen was promoted to the inspector of Jiangxi, and although Lin Puqing was not commended, her deeds spread throughout the north and south of the great river, and people admired her.
After the husband was promoted, the official business was busy, and Lin Puqing, as a wife, was not easy.
Shen Baozhen's chapters, correspondence, and secret letters were all handed over to Lin Puqing's management.
Later, Shen Baozhen rose step by step in the official arena, the burden on his body became heavier and heavier, and Lin Puqing also accumulated fatigue and illness, and finally died on the mid-autumn night of the 53-year-old.
After Lin Puqing's death, many people sent her a tie.
Zuo Zongtang wrote to her that "the family can be filial piety, the country can be loyal, the life is great and the festival is clear, the tide is turned over by the fall; what cause comes, what fruit is going, the ancient yuan is refined, and the bright moon is long." ”
As a daughter, Lin Puqing is not afraid of danger, wisdom and courage, and does not smear her father.
As a wife, Lin Puqing knows dali, works hard and complains, and is her husband's virtuous helper.
Such a woman, no matter in any era, is worthy of appreciation.