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The author of this article is Li Xueling, a member of the Ji Inu Society Youth Association.
After the change of dynasties in ancient China, what would be the fate of the officials of the previous dynasty? Perhaps the answer can be found in the experience of Zhou Lianggong, a remnant of the Ming Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty painter Zhou Zhiyu's "Statue of Zhou Lianggong"
Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672), the character Yuanliang, also has Tao'an, Minus Jai, Shu Zhai, Shi Yuan, Oak Garden and other nicknames, scholars call Mr. Oak Garden, Mr. Oak Garden, Mr. Oak Xia. Originally from Xiangfu (present-day Kaifeng), Henan, and later moving to Jinling (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu), he was a jinshi of the thirteenth year of Ming Chongzhen (1640), and was an official in Zhejiang Province to supervise the imperial history. After Li Zicheng attacked the Jing Division, "Liang Gongjian Road ran south, from Mingfu King Zhu Yousong to Jiangning." [1] In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Duo Duo, the Prince of Yu, went down to Jiangnan and "lianggong yijun descended and gave two Huai salt transport envoys",[2] becoming a Qing dynasty official, which is recorded in the "Biography of the Qing Dynasty". As for the process of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, there is also a saying that after Prince Yu went down to Jiangnan, he ordered Zhou Lianggong to recruit the people of Lianghuai with his original official position. ”[3]
In 1645, Zhou Lianggong was appointed as an envoy to the two Huai salt transports, and the first place to arrive was Yangzhou, and he was one of the first Qing dynasty officials to arrive in Yangzhou. At that time, Yangzhou was tragically slaughtered by soldiers, and the lives were destroyed, the salt industry, which had always been prosperous, was hit hard, and the merchants were scattered and exiled. Zhou Lianggong played an important role in helping Yangzhou to redevelop its salt-based commerce, and he used favorable policies to attract a large number of merchants and let them continue to develop the salt industry. [4] The development of commerce increased state tax revenues, and local economic power was restored. Within a year, he was transferred to Huaiyang Province and then transferred to Fujian. He was imprisoned twice, impeached and killed, but both were pardoned, and Died in Nanjing on June 23, 1672, the eleventh year of Kangxi (1672). During his 27-year tenure, the Biography of the Qing Dynasty was included in the Biography of the Second Minister.
bibliography:
[1] Wang Zhonghan Dian, Biography of the Qing Dynasty, vol. 79, Chuan yi of the Second Minister, Zhonghua Bookstore, 1987 edition, p. 6574.
[2] Wang Zhonghan Dian, Biography of the Qing Dynasty, vol. 79, "Biography of the Second Minister", Zhonghua Bookstore, 1987 edition, p. 6574.
[3] Zhang Liansheng, ed., Biography of Yangzhou Celebrities, Jiangsu Guangling Book Society Co., Ltd., 2013 edition, p. 82.
[4] Zhang Liansheng, ed., Biography of Yangzhou Celebrities, Jiangsu Guangling Book Society Co., Ltd., 2013 edition, p. 82.
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Editor: Member of the Youth Association of Ji Inu Society, Zhao Peiwen, Wang Xuehui