Preface
In Chinese history, there is a great reformer - Lin Zexu, whose name is deeply engraved on the long scroll of Chinese history. However, what is even more remarkable is that one of his daughters not only inherited his family style, but also showed extraordinary talent and charm.
Today, the incense in her ancestral hall is still vigorous, and it has become the object of admiration and memorial. What kind of charm and talent does this daughter of his have? How did she leave an immortal mark on history? Follow in the footsteps of history and explore the glory and legend of this daughter.
1. Husband and wife love
In the nineteenth year of Daoguang, Lin Puqing married his cousin Shen Baozhen as his wife. This couple can be described as the best example of "the right match". As Lin Zexu's daughter, Lin Puqing has received a good education since she was a child and has cultivated a broad knowledge. As the only son of Lin Zexu's brother-in-law, Shen Baozhen also grew up under the influence of his uncle and made a lot of achievements.
Seeking Academic Talent
The two were childhood sweethearts, and they were set to marry as babies at an early age. When Shen Baozhen was studying, he was always taken care of by his uncle Lin Zexu, and later boarded in the Lin family for half a year. Lin Zexu can be said to look at this nephew differently and take it very seriously.
Legend has it that once the two of them drank the moonlight, the young Shen Baozhen wrote the poem "A hook of the crescent moon can shine for a thousand miles" with pride, and Lin Zexu used the word "what's more" to make him arrogant, and since then Shen Baozhen has reined in his edge and is humble.
Husband and wife love
After Shen Baozhen went to high school, Lin Zexu married his children. Since then, this fateful cousin has become a husband and wife. They have a very tacit understanding with each other, and Lin Puqing is very supportive of her husband, because she knows that what her husband does is the right way.
This relationship between husband and wife comes from the heart, which can be seen from Shen Baozhen's fourteen children, ten of whom were born to Lin Puqing.
II. Relief
Danger Receiving
During the Daoguang period, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was in full swing. At this time, Shen Baozhen had been sent by the imperial court to serve as the prefect of Guangxin and guard the city of Shangrao. When the Taiping army was in turmoil nearby, Shen Baozhen had to leave the city and go to various counties to recruit troops, leaving Lin Puqing in the city.
However, the crisis came at this time, and the Taiping army was not far from the city, and they gathered heavy troops and began to besiege Shangrao City. The Shangrao garrison is thin, how can Lin Puqing and a woman command the soldiers?
However, she received a good education from an early age and was fully aware of military affairs. And she has a heroic spirit in her heart, and she is never willing to put others before herself at a critical moment, and she is the first to choose to leave the city for refuge.
Calm people's hearts
When those cowardly officials also wanted to slip away, Lin Puqing stood up decisively. As the prefect's wife, she summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures, and ordered all the storehouses in the city to be opened, so that the soldiers and their families could be given sufficient rations, so that they could devote themselves to defending the city.
When the Taiping army began to attack, Lin Puqing personally led the women to deliver food and water to the soldiers at the head of the city, and provided logistical supplies. She was more sympathetic to the wounded soldiers and personally bandaged them with medicine. Under her encouragement and comfort, the people defending the city were all high-spirited and vowed to fight to the death with the Taiping army.
危城求援
However, the situation was too tight after all, because Shen Baozhen recruited troops, and Lin Puqing could only count on foreign aid. She remembered her uncle Lin Zexu's former subordinate, Rao Tingxuan, the chief soldier of Yushan Town, so she decided to ask him for help.
In order to make this letter of appeal more infectious, she actually bit her fingers with her teeth and wrote sincere words in blood, explaining the difficulties of defending the city and begging for charcoal in the snow. This blood letter really calmed Marshal Rao Tingxuanzhen, and immediately lifted the morale of the army and waved his army.
At the same time, Shen Baozhen, who had been recruiting troops outside, also heard the news of Shangrao's siege, and also led his troops back to rescue him. In this way, the three armies outside the city finally joined together, and after a bloody battle, they finally defeated the siege of the Taiping army.
3. Heroes march
The rewards are great
In the battle of the dangerous city, Shen Baozhen is undoubtedly the biggest hero. The imperial court was naturally rewarded, and he was immediately promoted to the post of governor of Jiangxi. Unexpectedly, Lin Puqing is a real figure, just because she is a female streamer, she has no merit to reward the officials, but the people of Shangrao know it.
Since then, Lin Puqing's reputation has been greatly enhanced, and every household has paid tribute to the incense. Later generations wrote a tribute to her: "For the famous courtier, for the famous eunuch wife, Jiang Youzuo Yuanrong, and the brocade lady has great achievements; Born in the Mid-Autumn Festival, passed away in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the horizon is bold, and the predecessor of the Yunshang Fairy Certificate..."The praise of this heroine is really an incomparable timeless rhetoric.
Continue to make meritorious contributions
After Shen Baozhen was named the governor of Jiangxi, he was even more high-spirited and made many miraculous achievements between the government and the opposition. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was carefully dealing with the disturbance of the Japanese army in Taiwan, and Zuo Zongtang wanted to conquer in person, but in the end he asked someone to recommend Shen Baozhen to go out. Zuo Zongtang praised him as "he can't hold office"!
After taking office, Shen Baozhen really supervised the Harbour Bureau, founded an art museum, and trained a large number of talents engaged in coastal defense. In 1874, the Japanese army wantonly provoked in Taiwan, and the Qing court was helpless, Shen Baozhen was ordered to preside over Taiwan's coastal defense and foreign-related affairs, and formulated a triple defense strategy of sea and land artillery, which finally made the Japanese army silent in Taiwan and could only return.
Immortal
Unfortunately, the Qing government was short of breath and finally compromised with Japan to compensate for the silver. Although Shen Baozhen was helpless, he still insisted on Taiwan's governance and construction. To this day, Taiwan compatriots still revere him as a pioneer and pioneer of Taiwan's modernization.
4. Mighty women
Hyunnai helps
Perhaps, Lin Puqing's wise and courageous decision came from her amazing parents. In order to support her family, her mother, Mrs. Lin, embroidered colorful flowers and plants every year, but she still thought about her children's education; And his father, Lin Zexu, has set up his ambition to be an official and serve the people since he was a child. Lin Puqing seems to have inherited these imprints of his parents by nature, and he has made great achievements along the way.
She took care of the housekeeping alone when her husband was studying, but she did not complain, silently and virtuously helped, so that her husband could focus on his fame and livelihood. Later, her husband was the official guard, and she supported silently as always, and worked together to deal with it. If you say who is the key and who is the supporting role between the husband and wife, it is really difficult to say clearly.
Heroic nature
Lin Puqing's profound intelligence is innate, but her heroic and fearless character is slowly reflected from the battle of Shangrao City. When the moment of crisis came, whether the officials wanted to choose to flee or the soldiers to choose to retreat, she resolutely stated that she would live and die with the city and would never leave.
As for the idea of surrendering to the thief, it is even more forceful to show that there has never been such a deviant behavior as half a point. It was her courage and fearlessness that convinced the people of the city and were willing to follow her to stick to their homeland.
She personally supervised the command of the formation, personally delivered food and water to the city, and personally comforted the wounded soldiers. This all reflects that as a woman, it is the first time for her to perform the duties of a military commander, and she is a little jerky, but she does not forget to sympathize with the suffering of the soldiers.
Military book strategy
Although Lin Puqing is a lady, she has managed to be good and adaptable. For example, when the frontal forces were defeated, she advocated finding another way, concentrating defensive forces on the city wall, and digging trenches inside the city wall to prevent the enemy from secretly crossing Chencang. These are all the last resorts, so that Shangrao City will eventually survive until reinforcements arrive.
Even the writing of this letter for help also reflects Lin Puqing's cunning side. began to write earnestly to explain the urgency, and the second reading invoked the righteousness, and finally encouraged the death to serve the state. This letter seems ordinary, but there is not a word or inadequacy, which can be called magnificent. It is precisely because of this that the old marshal who guards Yushan is so moved, and he goes out to help him regardless of his life.
epilogue
In the twelfth year of Tongzhi, 53-year-old Lin Puqing died. However, her achievements and stories will always be engraved in the hearts of the people of Shangrao. In later generations, the ancients wrote praises for her: "The family can be filial, the country can be loyal, and the life is a great festival; Turning the tide in the fall, what is the cause, what is the effect, the essence of the eternal yuan, holding the bright moon and the end. "
A pair of couplets have exhausted Lin Puqing's life: filial piety for the family, dedication to the country, a lifetime of integrity, and saving the city from danger; The cause of the afterlife is well known, and it will last forever in the hearts of the people after they go.
Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, she was as heroic as the bright moon and the soul of the bright moon during her lifetime, and after her death, she was respected by the world as a fairy master. What a moving ode!
It can be seen that Lin Puqing is not only a good daughter of Lin Zexu, but also a good wife of her husband Shen Baozhen, a good daughter of the country, and a heroine in the eyes of the soldiers of the government and the opposition. Her life can be said to have gone through countless hardships and obstacles, but she finally turned around gorgeously and achieved an immortal monument.