Ming Dynasty paintings reflected in Shen Xing's life
Yu Shenxing was a Ming dynasty politician, historian, and writer. He was talented and talented, and the "History of Ming" commented that he "learned from the original commission, flooded through a hundred families, knowledgeable and nuclear, nuclear and refined". However, he is better praised for his kindness.
Yu Shenxing was a 23-year-old middle scholar and a 25-year-old editor of Hanlin Academy. In the fourth year of the Wanli Calendar (1576), at the age of 27, he became a teacher of Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for teaching the Four Books and the Zizhi Tongjian. Once, after Yu Shenxing and others finished their lectures, the MingShen Sect was in a good mood, and asked people to take out many of the dynastic calligraphy and paintings treasured in the palace and ask them to write poems and inscriptions on them. This is an extremely glorious thing that can be passed down through the ages. Yu Shenxing quickly composed a poem, but he knew that he could not write well, so he asked someone to write it on his behalf, and afterwards, he confessed the matter in front of the emperor. Ming Shen Sect listened, nodded his head unceasingly, and immediately wrote four big characters of "rebuking Chen Shan" to him, which was passed down as a grand event by CiLin.
Zhang Ju, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, was Yu Shenxing's mentor, and what he valued most was Also Yu Shenxing's kindness. Zhang Juzheng once praised him in public in the courtroom, saying: "If the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all honest people like Yu Shenxing, why would state affairs be so difficult?" However, it was this honest student who once embarrassed Zhang Juzheng so much that he couldn't get off the stage.
In the fifth year of the Wanli Calendar (1577), Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness, according to the Ding worry system, he should be dismissed from his post and return to his hometown, and guard the funeral for his father for 27 months, at this time, during the critical period when Zhang Juzheng was implementing the "One Whip Law" reform, he was afraid that he would be deprived of power after leaving his post, and the reform could not be sustained. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng instructed his protégés to propose to the imperial court to "seize affection". "Seizing affection" is also called seizing affection, which means to take away filial piety for the sake of the country, but there is no need to leave the post, to work in plain clothes, and not to participate in auspicious ceremonies. "Grabbing affection" is an exception to the Ding worry system, and according to traditional etiquette, this kind of behavior is a great rebellion. Therefore, the ministers of the Chinese Military Affairs have gone up to the court to stop it. Yushi Liutai first impeached Zhang Juzheng, and as a result, he was arrested and imprisoned. The minister was discouraged, but there was a man who went into prison to visit Liu Tai, and this person was Yu Shenxing. Wu Zhongxing, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, opposed "seizing affection" and was given a court staff. Among the people who rescued Wu Zhongxing by Emperor Shangshu, there was Yu Shenxing.
Zhang Juzheng was greatly puzzled, and it was understandable that the disciples he had greatly valued and vigorously promoted would stand against him. Therefore, he confronted Yu Shenxing: "Ziwu is thick, and this is also the cause of this?" (You're the one I love, so why do you do that?) Yu Shenxing replied, "It is the public opinion that the ear is thick." (Isn't that why you love me so much?) Such an answer made Zhang Juzheng very angry, and as a result, Yu Shenxing had to call himself sick and return to his hometown, and this stay was three or four years.
It was not until Zhang Juzheng died of illness that Yu Shenxing was reinstated by the officials. Because Zhang Juzheng had made too many enemies during his lifetime, after his death, his political enemies were impeached one after another, and Emperor Mingshen ordered that his home be raided. The reversal of the political wind has made many people see the opportunity, so they have fallen into the well. At this time, Yu Shenxing stood up again and said justice. He wrote to Qiu Qi, a servant of the Punishment Department who was in charge of raiding the family, saying: "The causes and consequences of the raid on the home in Jingzhou (Zhang Juzheng's hometown) are witnessed by everyone. When Zhang Ju was in power, he worked hard for the country, which even those who had a grudge against him could see. When he was in charge of the government, the Manchu dynasty all praised his merits, and no one dared to tell his faults; today he lost his position, and the dynasty argued about his faults, and no one dared to show his merits. Finally, he pleaded: "Ju Zheng's mother and old man, under the nest of the sons, upside down can be hurt, it is advisable to push the Lord's veil, and the friendship of all the ministers." Under his persuasion, Qiu Qiu reserved a house and enough land for the Zhang family so that Zhang Juzheng's mother could support him. Yu Shenxing's integrity and kindness were praised by the DPRK and China.
As the teacher of the Myeongjin Sect, Yu Shenxing was highly regarded as the Rebbe Shoshu. But soon he made another mistake of being stubborn and stubborn, and he was in a fight with Emperor Shenzong. Emperor Mingshenzong's empress was childless, and the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, was born to him and the palace maid Wang Clan in the empress dowager's palace, and Emperor Mingshenzong was somewhat jealous of this matter, bent on establishing the second son of the emperor born to his beloved Concubine Zheng as the Eastern Palace, but according to the provisions of the ceremonial law, the heir to the throne should follow the "primogeniture inheritance system", and in the absence of a concubine, he should follow the principle of "no concubine and no concubine", so Emperor Mingshenzong did not establish a prince for a long time. Li Chu was a major event involving the foundation of the country, and Yu Shenxing, who was the Rebbe Shangshu, was naturally obligated to do so. Because he touched the sensitive nerves of the Ming Dynasty, he was very angry and issued a strict decree, blaming Yu Shenxing for "blackmailing the emperor with the Eastern Palace". Yu Shenxing said: "The matter of the establishment is the position of the minister, and if I do not say it, it is a dereliction of duty." Please the emperor to make a quick decision, I would rather abandon the official and return to The House. Emperor Myōjin was furious and stopped all the officials of the Ministry of Rites. Yu Shenxing then resigned and returned to his hometown, which was ten years.
In the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli Dynasty (1607), the imperial court elected a cabinet minister, and Yu Shenxing was elected as the first assistant of the cabinet composed of seven people, and Emperor Myeongjinzong remembered that this honest man was indeed more reliable, so he ordered him to enter the cabinet as a former official and prince Shaobao and a scholar of Dongge University. However, at this time, Yu Shenxing was already seriously ill, and he reluctantly went to Beijing to enter the gurudwara, and died of illness a few days later.
Yu Shenxing's thick path stems from natural nature, but also from the cultivation of the day after tomorrow. Just as Xihan Jiayi said: "The main ear of the subject of the people forgets the body, the ear of the country forgets the family, the public ear forgets the private, the profit is not meticulous, the harm is not gone, the only righteousness lies." "The high belief in the values of benevolence and righteousness makes him question his conscience and listen to his conscience no matter what he does, and not harm righteousness because of profit, nor do he sacrifice himself because of harm." From this point of view, shiren was aptly praised for his "character career, the first in Uchi".
Source: Qiyi Network / Party Member Digest, Tianjin Daily