Handan Ming and Qing Dynasty figures (one) Ming Shaoxing prefect Liu Xi My evaluation of Liu Xi is: integrity, responsibility, and love for the people.

Liu Xi was a native of TuomaZhai, and after his death, nie Heling, a good friend and fellow scholar, wrote an epitaph for him. Our county scholars Chen Xianting and Liu Jisuo translated.

According to the epitaph, Liu Xi was born on the third day of february in the third year of Jiajing (1524 AD), and died on October 28 of the Longqing Xin Wei year (1571 AD), at the age of 48. A burial ceremony was held on April 17, 1572 AD (nearly half a year later).

Liu Gong (劉公), Courtesy name ( 讳西 ), is a character of Dechun ( 字德淳 ) , nicknamed Blunt An. His ancestors were from the Jin Dynasty (present-day Zurong Village, Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province). During the Ming Yongle period, the people of Shanxi were ordered to move to Hebei, and the ancestors moved to Jize County (驸馬寨村). Xingsi's son mingju, Ju's second son was named Yu, Yu's eldest son was named Zhongliang, Zhongliang's second son was named Lei, and the second son born to Lei with Li was Liu Xi.

Liu Gong was born with a sharp intellect, and when he was young, he studied Zhu Zi's "Notes on the Four Books", which was a compulsory course for Taiming Confucian students to enter the imperial examination. (According to the stele of the reconstructed stone Buddhist temple excavated in the horse village, Liu Xi studied in the temple as a child) In 1546, Liu Gong was raised in his twenties. Ding Weinian (1547 AD) was 21 years old and was elected as an official of the Hanlin Academy. In 1549 AD, at the age of 23, he was promoted to inspector of imperial history. Liu Lei, the father of the official Fenggong, held an official position equivalent to that of Gong (Xi), and Liu Gong's mother, Li Shi, was made a widow.

Liu Gong was honest and honest in government and strict in enforcing the law. During the inspection of Shandong, a vow was made to punish corruption, and the greedy and bribery of the Yuanjing people were able to retract their winds. Once, when Li Dazai was instructed to return to Beijing via Shandong, the military and political leaders at all levels who passed through the place personally greeted him, but did not see Liu Gong go. Li Dazai therefore hated Liu Gong in his heart, and after returning to the official department, he transferred Liu Gong out of Beijing and served as the prefect of Shaoxing.

Shaoxing has a bad habit, that is, the dowry for marrying a bridesmaid is quite rich. Often for the rich dowry leads to the collapse of the woman's family, resulting in many families who are born girls are afraid of the future dowry and abandon the birth of the baby girl. When Liu Gong arrived as the prefect of Shaoxing, he first formulated etiquette and limited the amount of dowry, and publicized it to the people in the prefecture. A ban was also issued, strictly prohibiting the dowry of rich dowries. Those who violate the prohibition are severely punished. Since then, the ugly customs in the Shaoxing area have been eliminated. The practice of this act of benevolence and benevolence was promoted in the areas around Shaoxing. However, Shaoxing had many high-ranking officials, and the families of some high-ranking officials ignored the ban by virtue of their power, and Liu Gong was severely punished according to the law. In the event of a request for "offense", Liu Gong will never allow it. Therefore, Liu Gong was greatly respected and loved by officials and the people, and only those who hated and high-ranking magnates secretly hated Liu Gong.

Once, thieves harassed the Shaoxing area. Liu Gong fortified to quell the thieves and was under martial law day and night. When the thieves approached, Liu Gong led his soldiers to chase and kill dozens of people in Taoyuan Village, captured three people alive, and captured hundreds of weapons. The Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce reported his achievements to the imperial court and received commendations from the Emperor. Reward Wen Yin twenty-two.

At that time, The Ministry of Works Shangshu Zhao Wenhua (Yan Song's henchmen) prayed to the god of the sea and impeached Shangshu Zhang Jing and Yushi Li Tianpet, and while convicting Zhang and Li Shixi, Zhao Wenhua also demanded bribes in the name of supervision. The officials of the various subordinate envoys were all at their own peril, and the people who paid bribes to Zhao for fear of innocent crimes continued one after another. Someone advised Liu Gong that it was better to understand the current situation and to bend to his own position. Liu Gongchang sighed and said, "How can I plunder the people's anointing to flatter the powerful?" I am to be blamed for being punished for this, and I am willing to do so!" Liu Gong did not follow his own side in the end. Zhao was furious and wanted to punish Liu Gong, but could not find the evidence.

Soon after, the thieves committed another crime in Shaoxing. It happened that yushi qian whale (Cixi people) returned home with his relatives. Passing through the shaoxing boundary, Qian Whale was attacked and killed by bandits. Zhao Wenhua took the opportunity to play and impeached Liu Gong for colluding with Foreign Kou and murdering Yushi Qian whale. The emperor ordered Liu Gong to be arrested and imprisoned, which was an accidental disaster. Liu Gong appealed to the emperor, who learned of Liu Gong's grievances and ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to review Liu Gong's case. After the criminal investigation department, the innocent Liu Gong case was cleared, that is, it was decided to release Liu Gong from prison. At this time, when the people who hated Liu Gong obstructed and created lies and slanders, the final result was to exile Liu Gong to guard the Yanmen Gate.

Liu Gong had no choice but to take two servants and was demoted to guard the Wild Goose Gate. Many Confucian disciples come to study with their teachers. Liu Gong lectured to his disciples every day about the Three Tombs and the Five Classics, and talked about the past and the present in a secluded way. The solemn posture of the public profession almost forgot the situation of being in exile and guarding the border. He even named the car he was riding "Heng Brigade". It was not until Emperor Mingmuzong succeeded to the throne that He pardoned Liu Gong and returned him to his hometown. Soon, the officials restored Liu Gong's original position.

Liu Gong looks big and talks like Hong Zhong, has a straightforward personality and a just temperament. Don't be harsh and harsh. When encountering a kind person, even if he is lowly, Liu Gong will respect him, and when he encounters a sinister and sour person, even if he is high and powerful, Liu Gong will despise him.

Liu Gongbo is extremely bookish, poetry and literature, known for the demeanor of Qin and Han, ambition and talent, excellent insight. If I were to elaborate on the exploits established by Liu Gong, how could I count them all? Liu Gong's original wife, Dai Shi, was made a widow. Dai's filial piety, respect, love, and virtuousness are like Liu Gong. There are Yan and Zhang in the side room. Duke Liu had two sons, the eldest son, Meng Yuan, who was born to Yan and married Zhang Weixian, a pingxiang overseer. The second son, Meng Chi, was born to the Zhang clan. Betrothed to the daughter of Wang Erkun, a yongnian man. Duke Liu had three daughters, the eldest of whom was born to Dai. Married to Bai Xi, a member of the Nanhe clan; the second daughter was born to the Yan clan, Xu married Yu Shiheng, the son of Dian Shan Yuying; the third daughter was born to the Zhang clan, and Xu married Kang Yingqian, the son of Professor Kang Shouyu.

At the end of his life, the family did not have any extra money, so they had to sell forty acres of land for burial. It is about six miles south of the county seat.

As a procurator, Liu Xi once wrote "Please Help Charity" during his inspection of Shandong. He said: According to the two organs of the Shandong Cloth Administration Department and the Inspection Division, Bao Daoming, the left suffragist of Dongyan Province, and Wang Jiao, the deputy envoy, inspected the submissions. According to the Yanzhou government's application for verification, it was learned that in the past year, the imperial court had donated 24 prefectures and counties such as Yi and Fei, and had spent 8,972 stones (about 94.4 kilograms of 1 stone) of various kinds of miscellaneous grains, 28,950 stones of broken rice, and more than 12,900 taels of silver, which were respectively released by officials appointed by the imperial court, and special efforts were made for relief and pension, so the people who were on the verge of death relied on these to survive to this day. This spring was not expected to be very dry, and the wheat in winter and spring was not harvested; in the summer, it was hit by heavy water, and all the crops in the fields were submerged. The people, rich and poor, lacking food at home, asked for relief everywhere. This winter and next spring, the twenty-seven prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction should be given relief. The money and food needed for relief must be redoubled compared with the previous year. However, at the provincial level, including the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, the warehouses are empty, and the money and grain used for relief are really difficult to raise, and the submissions have been sent to the ministers. The ministers, together with Shen Yinglong, the right deputy capital of the Shandong Prefecture and the Metropolitan Inspection Bureau, tried to find ways to provide relief and loans to calm the people's minds, and they have been sent to local officials for consultation and disposal. After the relief and borrowing, according to the reasons mentioned above, it is now negotiated to compare the prefectures and counties belonging to Shandong and Yandong Provinces, this year's floods are serious, the actual situation of the disaster is the same as last year, but the people's famine is more serious than last year. This is because the areas of disaster and damage are wide, the warehouses are completely empty, there is no food for food, and there is no land for the relocated people. With the vast land of the two provinces, the large population of the people, sitting in empty houses, waiting for the flood to come, in case there are bad people who do not know the law to attract them, it is difficult to ensure that they will obey the court and do not do anything wrong. Moreover, the places where famine occurs mentioned above are all the roads of caoyun, and the national reserves and lifelines are not small. Although the bad guys were playing with weapons (rebellion) in the catchment pool and would soon be completely annihilated, the cost of supplies was already very large. Instead of settling down after the plague has broken out, it is better to extinguish it before it has germinated. I bent down and asked the emperor to allocate more than 200,000 stones of grain and rice to the Linqing official warehouse or caoyun, and to allocate 20,000 taels of silver in the treasury. Linqing Guancang originally stored military grain from various parts of the province, and was also withdrawn and distributed, allowing ministers and others to distribute it to the affected prefectures and counties. Supervise and work with the imperial court officials in these places to provide timely relief, so that not only can the victims survive, but also eliminate the scourge that has not yet germinated. The locals were lucky until, and the courtiers prayed earnestly for hope.