Xu Yuanwen, the first emperor during the Shunzhi period, was a favorite minister of the Kangxi Dynasty, who was knowledgeable and deeply literate. For the sake of official integrity, honesty and strictness. The prosperity of the Kangxi Dynasty has an indelible merit. He is known as "the ruler of the world". Due to the lack of strict discipline of the later generations, the reputation was damaged, and the generation of celebrities died of melancholy.
In the last year of Chongzhen, Xu Yuanwen was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. The three brothers entered the high school and were very famous in the Kunshan area, known as "Kunshan Sanxu". He founded the literary society "Shenwen", which had a far-reaching influence on the culture and education in Kunshan.
In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, he was admitted to the first place in the Jinshi. When Shunzhi summoned him, he found that Xu Yuanwen had his own unique views, lofty ambitions, and was the backbone of the country. Appointed hanlin academy to write. At that time, Shunzhi said to his mother Empress Xiaozhuang: "This year I have won a good title in Daqing."
One day, Shunzhi summoned Xu Yuanwen in Xiyuan and gave him a special ride on a royal horse to summon him, and he used a poem to "pass on the majin gate attendant in the air, and only rely on the carving insect to do the Wu Emperor".
In 1669, Xu Yuanwen was appointed as the chief examiner of the Shaanxi Township Examination. Break the old and innovate, and conscientiously select talents. Students from the cold door also have the opportunity to enter the career.
After he returned to Beijing, he served as a lecturer at the feast, and he set a precedent for the selection and cultivation of talents in the school.
He suggested to Kangxi that the selection method of relying on official shade and paying tribute was abolished to be eligible for selection.
Present the drawbacks here. Blindly relying on donations to get priority care hindered the students' opportunities to learn and serve the imperial court, and at the same time increased the arrogance and laziness of the rich and noble children. Missed out on great people who can't afford to donate.
In the end, Kangxi considered the pros and cons and abolished the old system.
During Xu Yuanwen's tenure as a supervisor of wine, the rules and regulations were systemized, the students abided by the implementation, and the study style was corrected, and he was committed to teaching the students, with elegant manners, extensive knowledge, smooth and clear explanations, and won the admiration of the students.
Kangxi's evaluation: "Xu Yuanwen is a sacrifice of wine, the rules and regulations are strict, even those Manchu children who do not study seriously will be reprimanded, and even punished, until now, those students, still fear him, in the future to get such a person, only afraid of difficulty."
Xu Yuanwen compiled his own historical experience and knowledge into manuscripts and explained them to Kangxi to learn, with rich content, summing up historical experience, and having his own unique insights and distinct viewpoints. It was of great help to Kangxi in his studies and handling of imperial politics.
Kangxi respected the master and re-taught, and whenever he came to explain, he was exempt from etiquette.
Dare to speak up when things happen, never admit it.
After Kangxi pacified San Francisco, the ministers of the court all sang praises to Kangxi and asked to ascend Mount Tai to be enshrined, but only Xu Yuanwen opposed it.
The most urgent task at present is not to engage in meaningless activities and ceremonies, but first of all, it is necessary to rectify the discipline of the government and the government, and to strictly enforce the honesty and honor and shame of the ming dynasty. The second is to maintain the order of the land of Yungui and help the people.
Officials of all sizes in the DPRK and China are advised not to settle for the status quo and to forge ahead. He suggested to Kangxi that his colleagues advised him because his words were too direct, but he insisted on making suggestions, and kangxi saw these suggestions and cancelled Dengfeng Taishan.
Because of the large number of people who were coerced to participate in the rebellion, he suggested to Kangxi that the problem of resettling these personnel, disbanding these people, reducing them to the people, and allocating land for cultivation, removing the harsh government of the abolition of San Francisco, maintaining the stability of Yungui, and putting forward very good suggestions.
The revision of history is highly academic work, but it also contains strong political sensitivity.
Regarding the compilation of the history of the southern Ming kings and their ministers in the "History of Ming", if they did not handle things well, they would anger the emperor.
Those who participated in the writing of the "History of Ming" all believed that it was finished to write about Chongzhen's death, and the emperors of the Southern Dynasty did not have to write it.
Xu Yuanwen insisted on continuing to write, and then explained the reason to Kangxi. With the approval of Kangxi, the history of Ming was reproduced.
During Xu Yuanwen's tenure as chancellor, some officials met him in order to curry favor, and his sons and nephews received bribes from local officials, as high as 5,000 taels at a time. Kangxi favored him and ignored him.
Some local officials directly impeached Xu Yuanwen to Kangxi, saying that his sons and nephews had disrupted local order, forcibly seized other people's property, and openly accepted bribes in Xu Yuanwen's name.
Neglecting discipline to his family and nephews, his nephews in later generations took advantage of the plunder, and left a pretext for his political enemies for his evil neighbors.
After Kangxi's investigation, it was the nephew of the later generation who did it. In desperation, Kangxi ordered him to return to his hometown for the elderly. The officialdom was sinister, depressed into a disease, an illness could not be afforded, and a year later, he died of illness at the age of 88.
Xu Yuan is very knowledgeable in literature and has made a lot of efforts to reform the education system and cultivate talents. Be upright, not afraid of power, dare to speak out. However, he was too relaxed in terms of discipline and education of future generations and nephews. If you can be like Zeng Guofan, diligent in controlling your family and future generations of nephews, you will not lose your reputation before you die.
Whether it is a high-ranking official or an enterprise leader, it is far from enough to be strong in oneself, and it is always necessary to restrain the family members, often have a sense of awe, and do not arrogantly and act recklessly. There should be a good home style.
On the other hand, in the name of leaders, they accept bribes and accept bribes, violate laws and discipline, disrupt social order, and ultimately harm others and harm themselves. There is no escape from the law. Even the reputation of the implicated leader was greatly reduced.