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In the old days, there was a river called the Belt River in front of the Xicheng Xuegong, and the street in front of the Xuegong was called Xueqian Street. On the banks of this belt river, there are three old residences of the Xue family. In the east of the Xuegong There is the "Baoshan Hall" of the eldest brother Xue Fuchen, at the head of xueqian Street there is the new house "Nian En Hall" built by Xue Fuchen's wife Dou Shi (Mrs. Dou had funded the construction of the Huishan "Xue Zhongcheng Ancestral Hall" in 1909), and in the West Water Pass of Xueqian Street West, there is the "Wu Ben Hall" of Xue Fuchen's third brother Xue Fucheng. In addition, there is Xue Fucheng's grandson Xue Huidong's garden house in Qianxixi (formerly known as "Xue Family Garden"), and Xue Shouxuan's garden house in the seven-foot field (formerly known as "East Garden"). The Xue family in the city had such a large mansion, so at that time it was known as "Xue Bancheng" by the Tin people, as the saying goes: "People have a piece of land, the Xue family has a horn." "In modern Wuxi, the Xue family in Qianxixi can be described as one of the few famous and prestigious families in Xicheng. Xue Fucheng and the "Former Residence of Xue Fucheng" of the national key cultural protection unit are well known to people in Wuxi. His children and grandchildren Xue Nanming and Xue Huidong are also familiar to everyone, and their former residences and residences are also provincial-level cultural security units. However, in the "Baoshan Hall" of Xue Fuchen on the banks of the belt river, not many people may know about it.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > famous in the official arena for its water treatment</h1>
Xue Fuchen, Zi Zhenmei, Fuping, was born in the twelfth year of Qing Daoguang (1832). At an early age, he was brilliant, he could try to write articles at the age of 7, and he was a little older and had a broad history of scripture. In the last year of Daoguang (1850), Zhongxiucai, Xianfeng 5 (1855), participated in the Shuntianxiang Examination, Zhongnan Yuan (the second place in the lifting), and later served as a member of the Ministry of Works in Beijing. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), his father died of illness in Hunan, and Fuchen passed to Chu and supported the coffin to return to Li.
In the 10th year of Xianfeng (1860), the Taiping Army conquered Wuxi, and he and his mother and brother avoided Baoying and went to Li Hongzhang's shogunate to serve. Later, he was put forward as an alternate prefect and went to Shandong to wait for his post. At that time, the Yellow River broke through and flooded. Ding Baozhen, the inspector of Shandong, knew that Xue Fuchen had studied water conservancy, so he asked him to assist in governance. After he took over the order, he personally stationed in Houjialin to take care of the overall situation, organized migrant workers to rescue people day and night, blocked the mouths everywhere, and saved more than one million taels of money and silver for the Qing government. Because of his meritorious efforts in controlling water, Xue Fuchen was transferred to the alternate Daoist to supplement the Shandong Jidong Taiwu Lindao. During his 4 years in office, there was no hunger among the people of Haidai, so he gained a good political style. During his tenure in Shandong, Xue Fuchen also participated in the preparation of the Shandong Machinery Bureau, serving as the first meeting office, and Inspector Ding Baozhen praised him for his "precise mind, quite demanding in machines and foreign affairs", "shrewd and honest, in the purchase of tools, he knows the advantages and disadvantages, and Yu Supervises is strict and law-abiding". The guns and cannons produced by the Shandong Machinery Bureau played a role in defending against the Japanese invaders in the later Sino-Japanese War.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > was promoted to Cixi after diagnosis</h1>
Xue Fuchen diagnosed and treated Empress Dowager Cixi's stubborn illness, which was the pinnacle of his life' journey. Xue Fuchen studied the Neijing and Materia Medica in the gap between the public and the public, and for five or six years, he was proficient in the medical books of various families and had unique skills. In the summer of the 6th year of Guangxu (1880), the imperial court issued an edict: "The empress dowager has been in arrears for more than a few months, and it has not yet been done in The Tai Hospital for conditioning." The provinces pay attention to the qihuang vein refiner, forgive no shortage of people, with detailed visits... Send a companion to Beijing. The imperial court gave the order, and the localities responded one after another. Li Hongzhang, a university scholar and governor directly under the viceroy, sponsored Xue Fuchen, and seven other people were also sponsored to enter Beijing, including Wang Shouzheng of ZhiXian County, Yangqu County, Shanxi, Meng He, and Ma Wenzhi, a famous doctor in Wujin County. After entering Beijing, they first went through the interview and assessment, and only after the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Tai Hospital were "extremely proficient in medicine and pulse" did they enter the palace to diagnose and treat the empress dowager. At that time, Xue Fuchen was transferred from Lei Qiong Dao in Guangdong to be the governor of Grain Road, but because the empress dowager was ill, he was ordered to diagnose the illness and did not go to his post.
On June 23, Li Hongzhang sponsored Xue Fuchen to enter the Changchun Palace to diagnose Cixi's illness. According to the record of Weng Tonggong on that day: "Under the direct province of the province to recommend a doctor, Li Xiang recommended Xue Fuchen, Zeng Yuanpu recommended Wang Shouzheng, and together with the imperial doctor Li Deli went to the Changchun Palace and summoned the pulse." Xue and Wang discussed the contradiction, Xue Yunxisheng was bone steaming, folding it with bone skin, and then using warm supplements. Wang Yiyun bone steaming, but Gan Ping". "Bone steaming disease" modern medicine is tuberculosis, the main symptoms are cough, low-grade fever, night sweats, and in severe cases, coughing up blood and hemoptysis. Xue Fuchen used the warm tonic method, and the earth bone skin had the function of cooling blood to remove steaming, clear the lungs and reduce fire, and took heavy dose honey pills for Cixi. From August, he gave Cixi Jilin ginseng, and his condition improved. In June of the 7th year of Guangxu (1881), the disease was initially cured.
On September 23, the seventh year of Guangxu, Xue Fuchen was rewarded with a reward for his illness, and he was rewarded with a head product and flowers, supplemented the Tongyong Dao, and ordered his family members. The following year, Chinese New Year's Eve, Cixi personally wrote the word "Fu" and the plaque of "Vocational Cultivation". At the same time, he gave a pair of purple python robes and jade hook belts, and gave Changchun Palace to listen to the play.
During his tenure as a direct subordinate, Xue Shi strictly arrested people, emphasized coastal defense, and helped the people in distress. When the Sino-French War broke out, the army was transferred to the south to deploy defenses, and he set up a special official car bureau to facilitate transportation and avoid requisitioning civilian husbands to harass the localities, which was deeply praised by the people. In the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886), Xue Fuchen was promoted to the post of Yin (正三品, equivalent to the mayor of Beijing), and when the Guangxu Emperor summoned him at the Ben Temple, he said: "Qing qing is not only able to heal the sick, but also the talent of the country." "Praise him in person for not only curing people's diseases, but also curing the country's talents." In the winter of the following year, he was transferred to the Imperial Household, and a year later he was awarded the title of Left Vice Governor of the Imperial Household (正三品). Unexpectedly, Xue Fuchen suffered a stroke and was half unsuccessful, and after the three beggars retreated, Qin Zhun retreated back to his hometown. Before leaving, Cixi specially gave the "Shou" character plaque and joint sentence: "Respect the body cultivation of Aoi to the sun and the bright heart of the moon on the day; people travel to the moonlight wind watch, home in the Lianquan let the water." In July of the 15th year of Guangxu (1889), Xue Fuchen fell ill and died at home in Wuxi at the age of 57. Received the imperial gift of silver 500 two funerals, and the big floating mountain of the lacquer pond.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the construction and transformation of mansions</h1>
Xue Fuchen's former residence is located at No. 12-16, the original Xueqian Street in the city (now the vegetable market on the west side of the "Tianhui Supermarket"), sitting on the north and facing south for a total of 7 entrances, and there are two parts of the east and west. According to the "Private Housing Registration Form" of the former Municipal Housing Management Bureau, "Xue Fuchen's residence was built in 1874 with a total area of 1033 square meters. The foyer is set up in the west of The Preparatory Lane, with six screen doors, the "Observation Section" hanging under the eaves, and the belt riverside has a figure eight illuminating wall.
There is a courtyard wall behind the entrance hall, and the brick carving of the door head is "Harmonious and Auspicious", and the second entrance is a car hall. The three entrances are halls, and the hall hangs a plaque with black characters "Baoshan Hall" on a white background. The fourth entrance is the middle hall, the fifth is the back hall, all of which are inner rooms; the sixth and seventh entrances are annexed rooms. The east third entrance of the preparatory lane is a flower hall, and there is a pond and a rockery in front of it. The old house was demolished due to the transformation of the old city in the Xueqian Street area in 1992, and the original building components of the Flower Hall were sorted out and photographed backed up by the Municipal Cultural Management Committee, and the whole was moved to Donglin Academy, and in 1994, it was imitated into the Qing Dynasty "Late Cuishan House". According to Mr. Xia Gangcao, an expert in literature and history, "The relocation and construction of the Cultural Management Committee was very successful. From the relocated "mountain house" of the three trees, it can be seen that the carved beams, round eaves, curved eaves, and the character image of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" carved around the two vertical columns are really vivid and weimiao Weixiao.
(Article source: Jiangnan Evening News, image source: network)