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In the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Li Guangdi, a scholar of Wenyuange University, died of illness in Fuzhong at the age of 77, and after the Kangxi Emperor heard the news in the palace, he immediately sent Prince Heng to Li Guangdi's mansion on his behalf to mourn him, and then rewarded him with a golden qianliang and posthumously honored "Wen Zhen" to show his nostalgia.
"Qing History Manuscript Li Guangdi Biography": Fifty-seven years, died, seventy-seven years, sent Heng Prince YunQi Dian Dian, gave Jin Qianliang, Yu Wenzhen. YongZhengchu, given to the Crown Prince Taifu, ancestral hall of xianliang.
We all know that Li Guangdi was a famous courtier of the Qing Dynasty, and he was said to have made outstanding contributions during the Kangxi Period, and won the trust of the Kangxi Emperor, who gave him a high evaluation, saying that he was diligent all his life, knowledgeable, and close friends with himself.
The Yongzheng Emperor, the son of the Kangxi Emperor, also gave a very high evaluation to the old minister, calling him "a perfect generation." ”
But is it such a sage who was in the mouth of two generations of Qing dynasty monarchs, but was deeply criticized and spurned in later generations? Next, the writer will analyze the reasons for this in conjunction with history.
Li Guangdi's "Black History"
A big reason why Li Guangdi, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, was criticized by later generations was because his former hometown friends stood up and accused him, saying that Li Guangdi was a "traitor who sold friends and sought glory."
In the ninth year of Kangxi, there was a student named Chen Menglei, after he passed the examination, he was appointed by the imperial court as a Shujishi, and in December of the twelfth year of Kangxi, he returned to his hometown and relatives, and when Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, recruited troops to buy horses and started an army rebellion, Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, heard that Chen Menglei was knowledgeable and talented, so he forcibly granted him an official position and let him use it for his own use, but Chen Menglei chose to refuse, which made Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, very angry, and used Chen Menglei's old father as a threat to force Chen Menglei to commit a crime.
In order to protect his old father, Chen Menglei finally compromised with Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, and became an aide under Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan.
At that time, the young Li Guangdi was also coerced and seduced by Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, and was forced to join the camp of Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, and became his aide.
"Qing History Manuscript Li Guangdi Biography": Li Guangdi, Zi Jinqing, Fujian Anxi people. Young. In the thirteenth year, the family fell into the mountain thieves and had to return. Mechanics Mugu. In the ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, he became a jinshi, selected Shu Jishi, and was taught editing. Twelve years later, the beggar province returned.
Subsequently, Chen Menglei and Li Guangdi, who was also a fellow Fujian villager, met in Fuzhou, and the two talked very happily and became friends; at that time, Chen Menglei and Li Guangdi were not optimistic about the "San Francisco rebellion", and both of them believed that the "San Francisco rebellion" was an ant shaking the tree and did not measure up to their own strength.
Therefore, the two men decided to secretly chen cang, ostensibly obeying Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, and secretly reporting Geng Jingzhong's rebellious behavior and troop deployment to the imperial court.
After consultation, Chen Menglei secretly collected geng Jingzhong's intelligence, wrote it into a secret fold, and then Li Guangdi secretly went to the Capital Division to present it to the Kangxi Emperor.
"Qing History Draft" Yun: Chen Menglei Fang's home, jingzhong chaotic work, lightly make the sun ant sneak dream thunder detective news, get false reality, about and have a dense Chen broken thief.
Therefore, according to the plan, Li Guangdi went to the Capital Division with the secret fold and presented it to the Kangxi Emperor, who was very happy and immediately entrusted Li Guangdi with a heavy responsibility and let him hold an important position.
"Qing History Manuscript Li Guangdi Biography": Guangdi is unique, and it is greatly favored by it.
Later, after the San Francisco Rebellion was put down, the Kangxi Emperor ordered severe punishment of San Francisco's henchmen, and Chen Menglei, who was a loyal aide to Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, was imprisoned as a henchman of San Francisco, waiting to be beheaded.
Chen Menglei realized that he had been toyed with by his fellow countryman Li Guangdi, so he repeatedly asked Li Guangdi to testify and defend himself in prison, and after Li Guangdi knew about this matter, he was afraid that Chen Menglei would give everything out and affect his career, so he defended Chen Menglei, but in the defense book, Li Guangdi did not mention that the secret fold on him was written by Chen Menglei, which made Chen Menglei "avoid the death penalty and the living sin cannot be escaped."
"Qing History Manuscript Li Guangdi Biography": Menglei arrested The Beijing Master with rebellion and went to prison to discuss beheading. Guangdi was a secret covenant twice, and Menglei had to reduce his death to Fengtian.
When Chen Menglei learned of this situation, he was very indignant, and immediately wrote to the Kangxi Emperor, telling the original committee and accusing Li Guangdi of "selling friends and seeking glory."
After the Kangxi Emperor read Chen Menglei's letter, he was displeased, and immediately asked Li Guangdi to come out to explain this matter, and When Li Guangdi saw this situation, he could only tell the Kangxi Emperor against his will that all of Chen Menglei's words were nonsense, and that the contents of the secret folds were all written after consultation with his uncle, and that the reason why Chen Menglei falsely accused him was that some officials in the court were instructing and instigating him to do so.
And Chen Menglei saw that Li Guangdi was so shameless, and immediately wrote a "Letter of Renunciation" to sever the former friendship with Li Guangdi.
The incident in which Chen Menglei "tore" Li Guangdi by hand caused a miasma of smoke above the court, and the Kangxi Emperor, seeing this situation, could only quickly cut through the chaos and exile Chen Menglei to Fengtian, while Li Guangdi only reprimanded him.
Exiled to Fengtian, Chen Menglei completely ended his career, reading and writing books for a living, and during the 17 years of exile in Fengtian, Chen Menglei completed many works.
In September 1698, the Kangxi Emperor went to Shengjing to inspect, during the inspection, Chen Menglei, who had been exiled to Fengtian for 17 years, had the honor of taking over and presented a poem to the Kangxi Emperor, and after the Kangxi Emperor read it, he praised Chen Menglei for his flying literary style and ink.
Subsequently, the Kangxi Emperor was overjoyed, and not only issued a holy decree to pardon Chen Menglei, but also brought him back to the Capital Division to serve The Prince of Cheng, Yin Zhi, to study. After Chen Menglei came to Prince Cheng's mansion, he worked diligently and diligently, and won the trust of Prince Cheng's Yin Zhi.
Although Li Guangdi's reputation was preserved under the intentional protection of the Kangxi Emperor, Quan Zuwang, a famous historian of the Qing Dynasty at that time, was not accustomed to Li Guangdi, and he directly carried out a severe verbal rebuke to Li Guangdi, saying that in his early years he would betray his friends and win affection in middle age, which made Li Guangdi criticized by later generations and damaged Li Guangdi's name.
In the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the 77-year-old Li Guangdi died of illness in the palace, and after the Kangxi Emperor heard the news of his death, he was so sad that he told the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu that Li Guangdi had left, causing him to die a close friend, which made him sad!
We look back at Li Guangdi's life, his life is full of controversy, he not only has a shining point of diligence and sincerity, but also a stain on his life that will be criticized by future generations, but what we cannot deny is that this is a kind of "normalcy" in life, and what we can do is to look at this historical figure in an all-round way!