Hu (111) | Hu Linyi: Seeing the British warship rampage, he died of anger and illness

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Born in such a family of official eunuchs, Shuxiang Mendi, plus the only son in the family, Hu Linyi received a good education from an early age.

Hu Linyi's father-in-law was Tao Shu, the main representative of the Qing Dynasty's Jingshi school

When Hu Linyi was a child, because his father had been an official outside for many years, he studied under the guidance of his grandfather Hu Xianshao, and began to read and read the Analects at the age of 6. The clever Hu Linyi made Hu Xianshao very happy, predicting that "the son will become a great instrument."

When Hu Linyi was 8 years old, Hu Xianshao compiled the Xiuzhi Book at the Yiyang XiuzhiGuan, and he accompanied him.

Tao Shu, the main representative of the Qing Dynasty Jingshi Sect and a major minister of the Daoguang Dynasty, went to Rendong Chuanbei Road at that time, and returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, passing through Yiyang, seeing Hu Linyi, "shocked into a great weapon", and decided to give his daughter Tao Xiaozi (Zi Jingjuan), who was only 5 years old, to him.

At the age of 9, Hu Linyi followed his father Hu Dayuan to the capital and began to contact the book of sexual theory.

When Hu Linyi was 19 years old, he married Tao Xiaozi. At the age of 21, Hu Linyi and Tao Xiuzi sent their mother-in-law, Lady He, to the liangjiang governor's office in Tao Shu, Nanjing.

After living in his father-in-law's house for a year, Hu Linyi witnessed Tao Shuxing's pros and cons, and was deeply affected, "The spirit is a change." ”

From then on, Hu Linyi "read everything in the book, but did not study chapters and sentences, and was obsessed with the "History of History", "Book of Han", "Biography of Zuo Shi", Sima "Tongjian", and the Geographical Records of Chinese and foreign public opinion maps, mountains and rivers, military and political organs, and discussed Yuli."

Portrait of Hu Linyi (file photo)

If you want to achieve something, you donate officials to Guizhou to become an official

In the 15th year of Daoguang (1835), Hu Linyi participated in the Hunan Township Examination, and was selected as a jinshi in the second year, and was elected as a Shujishi of Hanlin Academy, and later served as an editor of Hanlin Academy, a deputy examiner of the Examination of Jiangnan Township.

Unfortunately, in a few years, his grandfather Hu Xianshao, his father-in-law Tao Shu, and his father Hu Dayuan died one after another, and he had to go home to mourn.

After Ding's worries ended, Hu Linyi returned to the capital to wait for the opportunity to recover. At this time, Hu Linyi made an important decision.

He felt that even if he waited for an opportunity, there would not be much room for improvement in the future, and it would be better to go to other places to become a local official, and perhaps there would be a great opportunity for promotion.

At that time, the imperial court was allowed to donate officials because of lack of money, and Hu Linyi cobbled together a large amount of money. According to the regulations, those who donate officials can choose the place of officials at will, and many people choose a relatively rich place, after all, they must get the money of the officials to be counted as a winner in life.

But Hu Linyi chose Guizhou, where disasters were frequent, thieves were rampant, society was very chaotic, and everyone could not hide, because he wanted to achieve something. money? That's what mediocre people think about.

In order to prove his innocence, before taking office, Hu Linyi went to worship the graves of his ancestors one by one and swore in front of his ancestors: "Do not take a single dollar from the officials to enrich yourself and shame the predecessors." ”

Hu Linyi successively served as prefects in Anshun, Zhenyuan, Sinan, and Liping, and was very busy with disaster relief, theft arrest, chaos, regiment training, and development of production.

When he was in Office in Anshun Province, he often wore straw shoes and short clothes, went deep into the people to understand the people's feelings, spied on the bandits, personally led the officers and men to fight against the bandits hundreds of times, accumulated rich combat experience, and compiled the "Hu's Art of War".

Battles with the Taiping Army were repeatedly won, stabilizing the situation in Hubei

In the 4th year of Xianfeng (1854), Hu Linyi was promoted to the rank of Guizhou Eastern Daoist and was sent to Hubei and Hunan to fight against the Taiping Army, and thus began his career as a horseman.

The following year, Hu Linyi acted as the governor of Hubei and began to take the lead militarily, and also launched a siege of Wuchang that lasted for more than a year.

At the end of the 6th year of Xianfeng (1856), Hu Linyi restored Wuchang, and the imperial court officially appointed him as the inspector of Hubei and wore a head hat.

After that, Hu Linyi won repeated victories in battles with the Taiping Army, stabilizing the situation in Hubei. In the 8th year of Xianfeng (1858), Hu Linyi was rewarded with the title of Prince Shaobao because of his good dispatch.

In the 11th year of Xianfeng (1861), the officers and soldiers conquered Anqing, and Zeng Guofan pushed Hu Linyi as the first merit, and Hu Linyi added the title of Prince Taibao and gave the knighthood to the knight.

On September 30 of the same year, Hu Linyi died of illness in Wuchang and was posthumously given the title of governor with the nickname "Wen Zhong".

Hu Sui, a professor at the College of Literature of Hunan University, a doctoral supervisor, and the granddaughter of Hu Linyi, who died on September 15, 2017, once wrote an article about the specific cause of Hu Linyi's death.

Xue Fucheng, an aide to Zeng Guofan, recorded in his notes that one day in September of that year, Hu Linyi saw a British warship whirling its flute on the Yangtze River, and the speed was very fast, and the small wooden fishing boats on the river were overturned by the huge waves.

When Hu Linyi saw this scene, he was very angry, angry, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground.

Hu Linyi said that it was only a matter of time before the Taiping Army was wiped out, and what he was most worried about was that in the future, foreigners would become a major disaster for the country. Hu Linyi was right, but unfortunately he could no longer contribute his strength to the country. His illness worsened and he died soon after.

Hu Linyi had no heirs, and the son of his cousin inherited the incense

Hu Linyi and Tao Xiaozi have been married for many years and have no children. In the 7th year of Xianfeng (1857), Hu Linyi passed on to one of his cousin's two-year-old sons to inherit the incense for himself, and named him Hu Zixun.

After Hu Linyi's death, Hu Zixun inherited the title of viscount of the first class, and the imperial court also specially rewarded him with a personal status.

Later, Hu Zixun grew up, because of his poor health, he did not go to Beijing to become an official, but stayed in his hometown in Yiyang.

Hu Zixun's son Hu Zuyin (胡祖yin), also known as Dingchen (字定臣), married Zeng Guofan's granddaughter and served as an official in the Ministry of Posts and Communications. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Hu Zuyin returned to his hometown in Hunan.

Hu Zuyin had many children, and his sixth son was named Hu Youyou, and Hu Sui was his youngest daughter.

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【Special Thanks】

Mr. Hu Chuanhuai, an expert in literature and history of Pengxi County, Sichuan.

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