In the fourth year of Qianlong, after the completion of the "History of Ming", Zhang Tingyu said in the "Table of History of Jincheng Ming": "Look up to Emperor Shengzuren, search for books in Jinshi, and Luo Qijun in the mountains." Creation of the editor, forgive its years. I, Emperor Sejongxian, reiterate the purpose of prudence and the merits of the discussion. The minister was equal to the president of the shi feng, and led the same as the revision of the ministers to open the museum and arrest it. Records of gathering officials and private officials, and the observations of the school's new and old. Although there are many baskets, they see each other. However, the "Historical Manuscript" of the former minister Wang Hongxu, after thirty years of intentions of celebrities, entered the Tong Lu and was awarded to the secret cabinet. The beginning and end are slightly detailed, and the facts are quite detailed. In the past, the Book of Han was based on Ma Qian, and the Book of Tang was originally written by Liu Xu. It is not wrong to be right or wrong, and it is suspected to attack it. It is compiled and used as a first draft. ”
Zhang Tingyu clearly stated here that the completion of the book "History of Ming" mainly referred to Wang Hongxu's "Draft History of Ming". It can be seen that Wang Hongxu played an important role in the completion of the "History of Ming", but he was criticized by posterity as plagiarism because of this incident. Many people accused Wang Hongxu of changing the History of Ming written by Vance Tong to his own name, without mentioning Vance Tong. Liang Qichao's "Academic History of China in the Past Three Hundred Years" is a famous book of a generation, and there is a long paragraph in the book denouncing Wang Hongxu as a book thief:
The president of the Gaiming History Museum, since Xu Yuanwen, was succeeded by Zhang Yushu, Chen Tingjing, and Wang Hongxu, all of whom saluted Ji Ye. It took Ji Ye more than ten years of hard work to write the five-hundred-volume Ming History Manuscript. Ji Ye died in Jingshi, had no relatives around him, and the hundreds of thousands of books he collected were all wiped out by Qian Mingshi and his people, and the original Ming History Manuscript fell into Wang Hongxu's hands. Hongxu was originally a concubine of the Imperial Household, and in the last years of the Kangxi Dynasty, he was dependent on the Emperor's eight sons to instigate the concubine, and was deposed. What kind of knowledge and personality does this kind of person have? When he got this book, he took it for himself, asked someone to copy it, and each volume was inscribed "Wang Hongxu's Book", and the plate heart was printed with the words "Hengyun Mountain People's Collection", and it was taken into submission, and since then the ten thousand drafts have become wang drafts. It doesn't matter, because this "book thief who robbed during the day" has a stolen certificate, everyone knows it, and he adds to his own bad deeds and does not harm Ji Ye. The most hateful one, he stole Ji Ye's book, but he changed his face and reversed right and wrong, so that we can't understand that part is true and that part is false. ...... Ji Ye's fundamental spirit, part of which was sold by book thieves, was really wronged.
Found the pitch on the side of the road
In fact, such accusations existed long before Liang Qichao, and Huang Aiping listed what his predecessors called tampering and theft in "Wang Hongxu and < MingShi > Xiuxiu -- Wang Hongxu's "Tampering" and "Plagiarism" Theory and Questioning," of which the former point lists four people, one is what Yang Chun said in the "Book of the President of the Re-shang Gangmuguan": "When Shi Wanjun was there, those who were in Xu Gong's biography were divided, those who were divided, those who did not increase, those who went, and Qian Junju paid detailed attention to the reasons for this. The return of the prince and the re-addition of the order, its division and integration, depending on the ten thousand, the money manuscript is quite different. "The most negotiable person, when the prince re-edited, was a certain mean and ignorant person, who was impeached in the Ariake Party case and the secretary of state, did not consider the consistency of his people, did not ask about the truth or falsity of his affairs, deeply defamed them, and fabricated them as work, while the deeds of famous ministers were arbitrarily deleted and erased, and often their names were not written, and their reputations were not destroyed, and they were not enough to rely on, and they did not distinguish themselves from the same thing as discipline, records, tables, and biographies."
The second is what Zhao Tang said in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Shouting Pavilion and the Continuation": "There are several people who are inferior to the Shiguan (Ming History Draft). HuizongSun's state affairs, originally between suspicions, now Wang Benli is judged to be nothing, and all matters involving the Sunn state are deleted, and it is not as good as Shi Chen's stay in Cheng Qi to be suspicious. Yongle seized the country with his vassals, and the great changes in ancient times, Wang Ben yu Yanduo's forgiveness, is based on success or failure, especially not straight. However, Wu Hao and Liu An are also full of praise? It is not as good as Shi Chen's heavy responsibility. As for Li Tingji, Shen Yu and Shen Cong, Bi Ziyan and Chen Xinjia were transmitted together, and it was inevitable that the birds would live side by side, and there was no distinction, which was not as good as Shi Chen's sub-transmission. Zhou and Wen Erxiang were those who cut the national pulse, but they did not enter the treacherous courtiers, and Gu Bingqian's dirty generation was not as good as Shi Chen's benye. Other fallacies are invincible, and later historians are corrected. ”
The third is Tao Shu's words: "Wang Hongxu's "Historical Draft" was passed on to the Wu people, especially to the Taicang people, and in his province, there were more people than less, Zhang Juzheng passed it on, and he did not have his merits, and slandered the power and rebellion, especially the heart of right and wrong. Fortunately, Qianlongzhong re-revised the History of Ming and slightly rehabilitated him. (See Wei Yuan's "Ancient Wei Tang Wai Ji", vol. 4, cited in the Shuming Historical Manuscript II) And for Wei Yuan's accusations, Huang Aiping listed four points in the text.
Looks like a property company
For the above four statements, Huang Aiping refuted them one by one in the text, first stating: "Regarding the division of the purpose of transmission, Yang Chun has quite a criticism of the purpose of the biography compiled by Wang Hongxu, and Zhaoqiu specifically pointed out some inaccuracies. Later generations accused Wang Hongxu of tampering with Vance and the original manuscript, and thought that it was getting worse and worse. It is true that Wang Hongxu's transmission is not irreproachable, as ZhaoQiu said, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren did not enter the "Biography of traitors" and so on. But on the whole, it is not more and more changes, but more and more changes, which is evidenced by facts. Later, she talked about the specific advantages of the "Ming History Draft": "When we compare the original draft with Wang Hongxu's revised draft, we can see that wherever the original manuscript is properly arranged, Wang Hongxu tries to adopt it as much as possible. For example, in the "Yingzong Benji", Yingzong was also preceded by the change of Tumu, and the Ming Dynasty Emperor (Jingtai) was made emperor, in 1452 Emperor Yingzong returned to Ming, and in 1457 he was restored as emperor. The original manuscript was divided into the second era before and after Emperor Yingzong, and the "Jingdi Benji" was listed in the middle, and Qian Daxin called this method "the most perfect consideration". ”
Huang Aiping gave other specific examples in the text, such as Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others who participated in the Battle of Jingnan in the early Ming Dynasty, but the original manuscript divided them into volumes: Yao Guangxiao and others were one volume, and Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others were another volume. Wang Hongxu believed that these were all the same kind of people, so he combined the two volumes into one volume. In addition, Zhang Pu, Liu Sheng, Huang Fu, Chen Qia, and others all came from Zheng Annan, and the original manuscript also listed them separately, and Wang Hongxu combined these people into one volume. Huang Aiping believes: "This arrangement method groupes people with the same main deeds into one volume, with a clear context and clear priorities, which is more reasonable. Later, the text quotes Zhao Yi's praise for Wang Hongxu's way of merging in the Twenty-Second Chronicle of The Chronicle: "Yao Guangxiao was not a martial artist, but the head of the Yongle meritorious warriors was the same volume as Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, Huang Fu, Chen Qia, and others were all wenchen, Liu Sheng, Wang Tong, and so on were all wuchen, and his colleague Annan was the same volume as Wen wu... This is also the one who ranks second to the right. Therefore, Huang Aiping's conclusion is: "Nowadays, the purpose of the "History of Ming" is divided, and many places have inherited its law. It can be seen that Wang Hongxu did not have the righteous example of confusing Vance Tong, on the contrary, it was on the basis of Vance Tong's order that the purpose of transmission was more perfect and reasonable. ”
It turned out to be an activity room for the elderly
Tao Shu accused Wang Hongxu's Ming History Manuscript of favoring the Wu people when writing the biography, and especially praised the people in his hometown. The implication is that Wang Hongxu did not have a just heart when he wrote the Biography of the Ming Dynasty. But there is a reason for this incident, because Vance Tong has already pointed out this problem when he wrote the "Ming History Draft": "Wu Hui's people, Shang Wenzao, heavy voice, the end of the scholar, rarely have a family biography, since the opening of the history museum, the traction transmission, the moon and the moon, the heavy people are more than the words." He province far away, a hundred are not the same, only see the records of the dynasty, people are only one or two things, things are only one or two words, the counties and counties are slightly extraordinary, the beginning and the end are not possessed, ignorant of their names, their deeds of friendship, can not be hollowed out and constructed, want to make a special transmission, there is no reason to pick up a chapter. Therefore, those who are connected to each other in all things shall be attached to the great traditions; if there is no appendage, only those contained in the records shall be scattered in the zhi. This so-called can not be how to do also. (Fang Bao's "Wangxi Anthology", vol. 18, "Biography of Qiu Li Shaoshi, Ming Shi Wuren")
Vance also said that the Literary Style in jiangnan is very prosperous, and all those who have a certain meritorious name will have good traditions, but there are few good legends in other provinces, so the data records of northerners can only be based on the "Ming Shilu", but the "Ming Shilu" contains very briefly, only a few sentences are roughly recorded, so it is difficult to write a rich "Liechuan". And Li Yu also said this problem in the "Shuming Liu Hulang Epitaph Table": "Wan Jiye repaired the "History of Ming", invited to read, the Ming north and south were mixed, but the history of the north was also few, and Ji Ye sighed quite. ”
Northerners did not like to write biographies, resulting in few reference materials when compiling the History of Ming, which made Vance Tong also sigh. This matter can be explained by the ancestral home of the "Fifty Hongbo" who served as a cultivator in the eighteenth year of Kangxi: "Twenty-six people in Jiangnan, thirteen people in Zhejiang, six people directly under Shuntian, two people in Jiangxi, and one person each in Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi." ”
There is no mention of Wang Hongxu above
Therefore, Tao Shu's accusation that Wang Hongxu was biased in favor of jiangnan people was obviously disregarding the actual situation, which was the case when Vance was with him, and he could not change this situation when Wang Hongxu supplemented. Regarding Tao Shu's accusation that Wang Hongxu did not justly praise Zhang Juzheng's historical merits, Huang Aiping said: "For example, Zhang Juzheng's personal affairs have always been praised and depreciated differently. In his book "Doubts and Doubts of Qunshu", Vance tongzhi accused Zhang Juzheng of having twenty-four major crimes, and Wang Hongxu only followed his theory and did not have his own unique creation on these issues. All this refers to wang Hongxu's fault alone, which is really unfair. ”
On the issue of accusing Wang Hongxu of stealing, Huang Aiping summed up the following four points in the article: "'Plagiarism' is the most serious accusation for the literati, and it is also the most important reason why posterity dismisses Wang Hongxu when it comes to it. In fact, most of the commentators' accusations in this regard are based on: First, Wang Hongxu's two submissions to the historical draft were only in his own name, and did not mention Wan Sitong; second, the "Historical Table of Jinming" written by Zhang Tingyu in the fourth year of Qianlong has the phrase "only the old minister Wang Hongxu's "Historical Draft" has been used by celebrities for thirty years', of which "celebrity" refers to Wan Sitong; third, Wang Hongxu only emphasizes his own efforts and erases the achievements of collective revision in the jincheng shushu; fourth, Wang Shijingtang publishes the historical manuscript in the name of 'Hengyun Shanren'. Huang Aiping then responded one by one in the text, which concluded: "Wang Hongxu, as a minister of the imperial court and also the president of the History of Ming, submitted the historical draft in the name of 'Former Jing Feast Lecturer Hubu Shangshu Plus Seventh-Rank Minister Wang Hongxu' and 'Provincial Fang Shengdian President Shangshu Plus Seventh-Rank Minister Wang Hongxu', and in the name of 'Guanglu Dafu Jingfeng Lecturer Mingshi President Hubu Shangshu Plus Seventh-Rank Minister Wang Hongxu Feng', it is only a routine move." Moreover, Wang Hongxu's contribution to revising the historical draft was far greater than Xiong Zhilu's, and the other chief executives had all died when the historical draft was submitted, and it was beyond reproach that he had neglected the draft in the name mentioned above. Moreover, Vance tong participated in historical affairs as a cloth cloth, and never ate the Qing court, did not accept the official position of the Qing court, and Wang Hongxu naturally could not mention his name in Shangshu. Many people in the Qing Dynasty have known about this twist and turn. ”
A pitch in the rain
There is also a saying that is a sentence from Zhang Tingyu's "Table of History of Jincheng Ming": "But the historical manuscript of the old minister Wang Hongxu has been deliberated by celebrities for thirty years." Regarding who the celebrity is, most later generations interpret it as an allusion to Vance Tong, and Huang Aiping also cited many examples in the text to illustrate that the word "celebrity" was a common word used by the ancients, and specific to the celebrity mentioned by Zhang Tingyu, Huang Aiping believes: "It can be seen that 'celebrity' actually refers to the scholars who participated in the revision of the "History of Ming" at that time, not to the same person as Vance. Moreover, Zhang Tingyu said that "through the thirty years of intentions of celebrities", and Vance Tong entered the museum from the nineteenth year of Kangxi (1680) to his death in the forty-first year (1702), a total of twenty-four years, which is not exactly consistent with the time Zhang Tingyu said. Therefore, it is also impossible to regard the 'celebrity' in Zhang Tingyu's "Jinming History Table" as only referring to Vance Tong, and then accuse Wang Hongxu of stealing accordingly. ”
Regarding the problem of Wang Hongxu's plagiarism of Vance Tong's draft, Jin Yudian said in the "History of Chinese Historiography": "Wang Hongxu was in charge of the biography, and until the fifty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the manuscript was written, and the table was on the table, and the Yongzheng First Year was also listed on the Benji, Zhi, and Table Manuscript, although Shi Wanshi was a former pawn (died in the forty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty), and the world xian called the Wang's manuscript, tai half out of Wan's hand, and later published as the five hundred volumes of the Ming History Manuscript. ”
Jin Yudi's words should be original from Qian Daxin, and Jin Yu also believes that "celebrities refer to Wan Sitong": "It is ze tingyu and others who have submitted the "History of Ming", many of which are in the history of Hongxu, and the history of Hongxu is mostly from Si Tong's handwriting, the so-called thirty years of intentions of celebrities, not Hongxu, but actually alludes to Si Tong," and Li Jinhua also determined in the "< Ming History > Revision Examination" that Wang Hongxu copied Vance Tong's manuscript: "The completion of the "Ming History Manuscript" is the dismal operation of the various revision officials since the Eighteenth Year of Kangxi. It is the crystallization of the assembly, which has been painstakingly examined by Wan Jiye, as described in detail above. The academic ability of the first revision officers is short and long, and the appointment is long, so the manuscripts that are divided are not without merit and inferiority. If we want to estimate its value now, its merits and disadvantages should be returned to itself, and it must not be attributed to Wang Hongxu; Gai Wangshi is a thief of manuscripts, and it is not his duty to write the original manuscript. Knowing this, and then commenting on it, there is a fair argument. Huang Yunmei rebuked more directly in the "Compilation of the History of the Ming Dynasty": "Wang Hongxu witnessed the withering of the same museum, and the history of Shan Shan, so he had the treacherous intention of stealing other people's manuscripts." ”
The official name of the stadium
Wang Hongxu spent most of his life compiling the History of Ming, so why was he so reprimanded? Deng Zhicheng's "Preliminary Compilation of the Chronicle of Qing Poetry" explains the reason: "Hongxu Yu Xu was a protégé of Xu Qianxue and Yu Gao Shiqi was a relative, and the three of them followed the secret instructions to chase after Yu Guozhu and Mingzhu and restore the self-reliance of the party, so that they were defeated and then rose again." Xu has not died first, Gao is not long-lived, but the Hongxu brothers remain rich. In the final Kangxi Dynasty, shi or because of his full-time history bureau to write the "Ming History Draft", and did not know the truth of the battle of the ear and eye, the Forbidden City still has a secret play, so Li Guangdi's "Rongcun Quotations Continuation" is a treacherous drill to pierce the eyes, the real villain Youye. Hongxu was compared to Dai Yinyu. He died in the first year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng. Otherwise, it is a curse. Light on poetry. It is said that Li Zhai and Yu Zhai zu are better than the new city of Zezhou. Xu Yuanwen does not have to discuss. Hongxu An Nengbi Wang and Chen. Light on this book. It is with the light king and Chen Er. ”
Deng Zhicheng also said that Wang Hongxu formed a faction in the middle of the dynasty, and later was used, Deng believed that Wang Hongxu did not spend all his attention on the revision of the Ming History Manuscript, in fact, he was a spy of the emperor, because the Forbidden City had his secret folds. Li Guangdi accused Wang Hongxu of being a treacherous villain, and Deng also mentioned that Wang Hongxu and Yu Xu and others supported Yin Yu, fortunately he died early, otherwise he might have been beheaded for this matter.
The secret fold that Deng Zhicheng said is indeed true, and a special section in Jin Zhiyao's "History of the Qing Dynasty of Fireside Dialects" is "Wang Hongxu's Secret Fold", which reads: "In the old collection, there is the second and third two series of the "Literature Series" published by the Palace Museum in the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, which contains a series of Wang Hongxu's 'Secret Folds'. It is explained that there are thirty small folds, three secret edicts, a small box, a box with seven small drawers, the old Tibetan Forbidden City Maoqin Hall, the year from Kangxi 44 to May 60. ”
The origin of the name of the lighting stadium
The article then quotes Wang in the first compromise:
Chen Yijie was a confucian, a saint who was promoted to a simple and simple manner, had no size to repay, and was ashamed of no land. On the thirteenth day, he inscribed it into the Zhi Inner Court, received the imperial approval and sealed the Inner Secret Edict, at which time Cai Cha's second minister had not yet arrived. The courtiers recited in silence, grateful for the trepidation. Fu Nianchen is the most ignorant, and what is enough, but he is on the aid of the lotus to flee Kwong, and to break the appointment of the mitoch, but to do everything in his power and horse, and to be loyal to the faithful, in order to repay the holy grace in case. To the grace of the admonition, the courtiers are slightly exposed, the relationship is very great, the subjects are interested and weeping, forever solemnly obeyed, three times keep their mouths shut, although they are as close as fathers and sons and brothers, they will never tell each other, and they should be cautious and cautious, so as to look up to the intention of the appointment of the vice-heavenly heart. Since the events that can be heard in the capital since the beginning, the subject is always at any time respectfully requested to write a small fold in St. Anthony, and the Mida Royal View. The relationship is specially dedicated to the secret purpose of the matter, and the rational ensemble is repeated. Sincerely.
It seems that Wang Hongxu did give the emperor many secret folds, but judging from the contents of the cited secret folds, he did not declare any important events to the emperor, such as he talked about the Manchurian guards' officials privately digging ginseng, etc. This matter can be interpreted in two ways, one is that Wang Hongxu really did not know much about important things, and the other is that he may know some things, deliberately avoid the important and light, and did not report to the emperor. What's more, he was not the only one who played the secret fold to the emperor at that time, and Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin also did such a thing, which shows that this practice is one of the means for the emperor to understand the truth. However, the descendants did not consider the situation at that time, in order to determine that Wang Hongxu's character was problematic, and at that time, Vance Tong did not accept the imperial court's Feng Lu and compiled the "History of Ming" as a cloth, and the purity of his character made the posterity even more believe that Wang Hongxu would definitely do this kind of theft.
Fitness equipment next to it
From a live point of view, Wang Hongxu's contribution to the History of Ming cannot be erased. In the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, Hou Renzhi wrote a long article entitled "Wang Hongxu < The > Of the Ming History Column Manuscript - The History of Ming Published as a Two-Hundred-Year Commemoration", which said: "The latter commentators, or blame Hongxu, should not be left alone, but since the eighteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, in the fifty years, all the supervisors and presidents, except for Wang Hongxu, the other ten people have passed away, that is, among the more than fifty cultivators, only Mao Qiling remains, and he is more than ninety years old." Hongxu is a retired minister, a difficult task alone, and historical events do not fall, and his merits are great. However, according to the old manuscripts of the Historical Museum, it is not indisputable that it is privately edited. ”
Hou Renzhi mentioned in the text: "Wang Hongxu's "Ming History Draft" is engraved in the "Hengyun Mountain People's Collection", and the historical draft is a single line, so it is or simply referred to as the "Hengyun Mountain People's History Draft". And there is no "Hengyun Mountain People's Collection", then Hongxu's poetry manuscript is also. The "Hengyun Shanren History Manuscript" actually has two engravings, one of which is in Kangxi, only the column biography, so it is also called the "Ming History Column Manuscript"; the other moment is in Yongzheng, then the ji, zhi, table, and biography are all prepared, which is the full manuscript. Descending to today, the Yongzheng Ben is spread a lot and is easy to obtain, and the Kangxi Ben is circulated little and difficult to follow, so many people know that there is a Yongzheng Ben, but they do not know that there is a Kangxi Ben. In this article, Wei Yuan's statement in the "Second Draft of the History of Shuming" is cited: "After Hongxu's death, his descendants were presented in a skeletonized version, and the "Hengyun Mountain People (Collection) History Draft" was carved in the heart of the edition, and it was issued in an obstacle. Later, Hou Renzhi retorted: "I don't know that Hongxu died in August of the first year of Yongzheng, and the beginning of his "Hengyun Mountain People's History Manuscript" was in the Kangxi period, and it cannot be called 'behind the body', but wei's failure to see Kangxi can be known." Moreover, the historical manuscript was submitted, originally written instead of an engraved version, and then it was self-engraved in Jingshen Hall for wide circulation. ”
The floor paving is very careful
In fact, Wang Hongxu, in his submission of the "Biography of Ming Shi Lie" and the "Complete Manuscript of Ming Chen", both talked about "writing the whole manuscript of the biography of Ming Shi Lie" and "writing many people", which shows that both the "Biography of Ming Shi Lie" and the "Ming History Manuscript" are written rather than inscribed, and Liang Qichao accused Wang Hongxu of having the words "Hengyun Mountain People's Collection" printed on the heart of the "Ming History Manuscript" on the page, which is obviously just a guess, because the fragment of Wang Hongxu's "Ming Shi Lie biography" that Hou Renzhi saw did not have a hall number engraved in the heart of the page. Therefore, Huang Aiping said: "The people of the future generations only see the merits of the Wan clan, but do not see the manuscript of the Wan clan, on the contrary, they do not see the merits of the Wang clan, but see the draft of the Wang clan, so they suspect and even accuse Wang Hongxu of stealing the manuscript of Vance Tong." ”
In fact, Wang Hongxu's writing of this draft is not a complete promise, for example, he added the "Biography of Eunuchs" to the "Biography of The Column", and he rebuked these people in the text: "This generation has a lot of literacy and ink, knows the ancient and modern, and is clever and skillful, and commits adultery every time the king, and suffers greatly." Wang Zhen of orthodoxy, Wang Zhi of Chenghua, Liu Jin of Zhengde, Wei Zhongxian of the Apocalypse, the small one is poisonous and painful, and the big one is in danger of the sect. As for the matter of Yuan Chonghuan, a famous general who resisted the Qing Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he also dared to write a straight letter: "The people of Randu were suddenly attacked by soldiers, and complaints arose, saying that Chonghuan indulged in the enemy and supported the army." Because of the previous peace talks, the courtiers falsely accused them of attracting the enemy to concord. It will be an alliance under the castle. The emperor heard about it and could not be confused. I will set up an intervening room, saying that Chonghuan has a secret covenant, so that the eunuchs who have received it know it, and the yin will let it go. His people rushed to the emperor, and the emperor believed it. In December, Shuo summoned the right one again and was imprisoned. Da Shou was on the sidelines, trembling, and immediately supported the army to rebel. Da Shou tasted guilt, Sun Chengzong wanted to kill him, loved qicai, and secretly ordered Chonghuan to save him. Da Shou revered Huan with his old virtue, feared and cursed, and rebelled. The emperor took Chonghuan's handwriting in prison and summoned dashou to his death. ”
Side promenade
The Qing people could not defeat Yuan Chonghuan, so they used a divisive plan to get rid of Yuan Chonghuan, which showed that Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty did not do anything bright. Wang Hongxu was able to write so bluntly that Zhao Yi had the following praise in the Twenty-Second Chronicle of history:
Therefore, the "Biography of Chonghuan" has a basis in it, and it is written directly, and Chonghuan's injustice begins to be white. If the revision of history is not examined in detail, then the theory of treason has been discussed for a long time, and whoever can distinguish his slander again will be able to discern it. Here we can see the detailed caution of the "History of Ming". It is a sin of merit, and it is not a confused crime, and it can really be passed on through the ages.
Hou Renzhi discovered Wang Hongxu's fragments of the History of Ming, and Wang Hongxu's contribution to this book was highlighted, so Huang Zhangzhi went to the "Ming Wai Shi Kao" and commented: "It is not easy to revise history. Especially in the first place, it is more difficult to create than to follow up. The merits of Wan's grass creation are indispensable. However, from the "Ming Shi Liechuan Fragments", it seems that what is left behind is so cumbersome to be deleted, and some records still need to be checked for their provenance and examined their authenticity, and Wang's ability to compile or a book is not under the Wan's merits. Hou's washing for the Wang clan is good. ”
Go to the front and ask
On November 3, 2018, Mr. Chen Shiyue and Teacher Liu Jingjing of Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House took me to visit the Shanghai area, and regarding the relics of Wang Hongxu, I saw the article "Wang Hongxu and Cijinyuan" in "Teacher Liang's blog" on the Internet, which was published on April 12, 2009. The article said: "Later, Wang Hongxu successively went to the garrison and used the relevant official examinations before using other strategies, which could be adopted in line with Kangxi's wishes. Kangxi gave Wang Hongxu a huge amount of gold and silver and asked him to go home and build a residential courtyard. Wang Hongxu built the Cijin Garden in his hometown of Zhangyan, which was the largest and most luxurious in Zhangyan at that time. Today's Zhangyan Lighting Stadium is surrounded by hundreds of meters of its courtyard, and the area around the lighting stadium is still called Chaicang Corner. ”
Autumn
It seems that There are no relics of Wang Hongxu's former residence, but I still want to see the latest situation on this site, so we drove to Zhangyan Town in Jinshan District and inquired about the lighting stadium all the way. A floodlit stadium was then found at an intersection on the Jinzhang Highway. There is a new two-story building on the side of the stadium, and when I go to the door, I see that the lintel reads "Rich People's Activity Room for the Elderly", but the door is locked. Therefore, it can only be seen nearby, and there is indeed a square with a large area next to the side of this building.
Public toilets also have house numbers
All closed doors
It has been raining today, so there are very few people on the road, so I look around the stadium, hoping to find the corresponding instruction board. Unfortunately, after a long circle, I never found any words related to Wang Hongxu. Walking to the nearby community, I met two elderly people in the area, and Chen Shiyue talked to them in the local dialect, and the other party still said that he had not heard of Wang Hongxu. Turning to the other side of the block, I saw the house number "1081 Dongxian Road" on the public toilet at the corner of the road. It is very rare for a toilet to have a house number, but from the name, it is quite stylish. Moving on, this area is full of facade houses, each with its doors closed, and it seems that business is not doing well. Here, he met two young people and asked them about Wang Hongxu, and the two laughed and said that such an old thing should be asked of the old man.
This plaque has something to do with culture
Only a glance back
Along the way, I have never met anyone who has heard of Wang Hongxu, and it seems that today's luck is not good, but the Jinshan Wang clan was a local noble family, and now not only can not find any relics, but even few local people know their names, which makes me feel helpless.