The story of Six Foot Lane must have been heard. The story is about a Qing Dynasty official who, because of a dispute with his neighbor, wrote a letter to the son of an official, asking his son to decide. The son of this official was Fu Yiwei. At that time, he replied to his father: "A thousand miles of books are a wall, so why not let him have a few feet?" The Great Wall is still there today, and Qin Shi Huang was not seen in that year. ”
The poem made his father realize that he first gave up three feet, and then the neighbor gave up three feet. So there is Six Foot Lane, also known as "Renyi Hutong", and this story reflects Fu Yi's broad-minded side. In addition to this story, you may not know that Fu Yizhi was also a confidant of the Shunzhi Emperor and a teacher of Kangxi.
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A native of Liaocheng, Shandong, Fu Yizhi was born in the 37th year of the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Calendar, and began to study from an early age, hoping to achieve fame. Therefore, when the Qing army entered the customs, he was also diligent and not moved by foreign affairs. Because China has always been the largest number of Han Chinese, when the Qing Dynasty first ruled China, it followed some of the Ming Dynasty's system, including the imperial examination system.
This was done to appease the Han chinese, but also to better rule the Han chinese. But among the literati, the Manchu Qing were invaders, and if they served the Qing Dynasty at this time, they had no backbone and no integrity. Therefore, this examination system was not very popular at the first time, and Fu Yiyi was the first leader, which was even less popular, and even discriminated against by the literati.
However, many literati studied to become officials, so when the Manchu Qing announced the implementation of the imperial examination system, there were still some literati who supported it, but the scale was still very small. Even so, Fu Yiyi did not expect that he would become a champion. However, happiness came suddenly, and Fu Yi was gradually rated as a champion by the Shunzhi Emperor.
After Fu yi gradually won the first place, he was arranged to work in the capital. Because he was the first emperor, he received a lot of attention from the Shunzhi Emperor. In addition, the Shunzhi Emperor also had his own careful thinking, that is, to use Fu Yizhi to set an example for other Han talents, showing that he could reuse Han people and appease the Han people.
So as long as he's not wrong, he'll be promoted. So when he first entered the official field, he would be promoted or transferred almost every year. In this way, he gradually became a "prime minister".
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To what extent did the Shunzhi Emperor favor him? For example, because there were not enough talents, the Shunzhi Emperor wanted to add "Enke". He made Fu Yiwei the "same examiner", which was completely impossible for a political newcomer who had only completed the palace examination for one year, but the Shunzhi Emperor let Fu Yizhi do it. Because of his status as the "first champion", Shunzhi has always been very fond of him.
And he did not live up to the trust of the Shunzhi Emperor. It can be said that Fu Yiyi's promotion was not only the favor of the Shunzhi Emperor, but also his own efforts. For example, because Shunzhi's mother was seriously ill, Shunzhi did not have time to criticize the folds, so he handed over these mountains of folds to Fu Yiwei. After working day and night, Fu gradually completed all the folds of the review.
It can be said that for the tasks arranged by Shunzhi every time, Fu Yizhi has completed them very well. Whether it is the compilation of books such as the History of Ming, the Chronicle of Liaocheng County, and the Notes on the I Ching, or the task of teaching the crown prince. It was precisely because of his diligent, never procrastinating, and conscientious work character that his health was getting worse and worse, so that he had to resign from office.
Shunzhi was reluctant to let go of this capable person and retained it many times. It was not until Fu Yiwei wrote to the letter for the third time that the Shunzhi Emperor realized that Fu Yiwei's body was really not working, but he only agreed to let Fu Yiwei go home to recuperate, and the treatment was the same as before, and did not agree to Fu Yiwei's resignation. It can be seen from this that the Shunzhi Emperor favored and did not give up on Fu Yiyi.
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For Fu Yiwei, it is not just the story of The Six Foot Lane mentioned at the beginning. Here are a few interesting stories about what he had to say.
One of them is the story of Fu Yi's transportation. Fu Yizhi was not very proficient in horseback riding, he was proficient in riding a donkey, and even when he went to participate in the imperial examination, he rode a donkey, and was ridiculed for this: "Horses can be equipped with golden saddles, and donkeys can climb the Golden Temple!" But Fu Yizhi didn't care, and still rode his own little donkey.
When he was admitted to the Imperial Household, the matter was known to the Shunzhi Emperor, who granted him permission to use donkeys as a means of transportation in the Forbidden City. At that time, Kangxi was still young, and Fu Yizhi was his teacher. Kangxi grew up living in the imperial palace, never seen this "strange" thing, naturally to live an addiction. So Xiao Kangxi took over the job of driving donkeys for the teacher.
Once such a thing was seen by the Shunzhi Emperor, who was very happy and specially painted a "Picture of Yuanyuan Riding a Donkey" for him. The painting is also inscribed with a poem by Su Shi, "Try on spring clothes under the Yunlong Mountain, and send Xihui before the crane pavilion." One color apricot blossom red ten miles, the yuan returned to the donkey like a fly. It's just that the "horse rufei" here has been replaced by "donkey rufei", which is very appropriate.
The second is the story of his quick thinking. Everyone knows that most of the talents in Jiangnan are relatively arrogant and look down on the students in the north. In particular, when he saw Fu Yiwei, who was wearing old clothes and taking a boat to the capital to catch the examination, he directly mocked: "Wear winter clothes, shake summer fans, and confuse spring and autumn." "If you laugh at Fu Yiyi alone, it doesn't matter, the key is that this group of Jiangnan scholars are mocking all the northerners."
Fu Yi gradually couldn't bear it, didn't even think about it, and replied: "Take the south boat, drink northern wine, and don't know anything." This sentence is absolutely true, this group of so-called talents in Jiangnan, sitting on a boat from the south, drinking wine brewed from the north, but also opening their mouths to mock the northerners, that is really only know the north and south, do not know things. Jiang Nancaizi saw that he had lost his manners and was taught a lesson, and immediately became quiet like a quail.
The third is the story of Fu Yi's gradual etiquette. In his later years, Fu Yi gradually recovered from illness at home, read and wrote, did not go out, did not socialize, and lived a very quiet life. The local county orders to beat gongs and drums every time they go out, and the pomp is very large. When it came to Fu Yiwei, he did not feel unhappy, and even when he heard the sound of those gongs and drums, he stood up and saluted.
The family asked him why he was standing? He replied that the county order was the parent official of the people, which was worthy of respect. Although he was no longer an official in the dynasty, his reputation was still very high. Therefore, after his words were known to the county order, the county order was very afraid, and when he passed Fu Yiwei's house, he was quiet. From this small matter, it can be reflected in Fu Yi's character of gradually paying attention to etiquette.
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From the emperor's point of view, Fu Yi gradually was a loyal subject; from the perspective of the people, Fu Yi gradually was a good official; from the family point of view, Fu Yi gradually was an example. From the perspective of the literati, perhaps Fu Yizhi was not a person with integrity, but from the perspective of posterity, as a reader, he could not talk about the corruption of integrity compared with those who were officials in the Ming Dynasty and surrendered.
When he was in office, he worked hard and complained, and he was incorruptible and simple. It can balance the relationship between the people and the emperor, respect etiquette, and impose strict demands on themselves. In view of his outstanding performance, even the Shunzhi Emperor promoted him out of the ordinary, and the other officials did not complain, believing that he deserved it. Although he died many years ago, his teachings to his descendants have been passed down. This has caused the Fu family to pour out a lot of talents who have contributed to the country.
Therefore, the evaluation of Fu Yiwei is undoubtedly positive. We cannot be rude and harsh on him in terms of "integrity".