Chen Luan

Chen Luan

Chen Luan was born in Jiangxia (now Wuchang), Hubei Province. Qing Dynasty officials. Jiaqing 25 years (1820) a three Jinshi, granted editor. Daoguang two years (1822), deputy chief Zhejiang provincial examination. Beijing official assessment for the first class. Five years later, he promoted Songjiang Prefecture to Jiangning. The value of flood relief is appropriate. Tiaosung Taidao. Huangpu River lifeboat is set up to dredge Wusong River Estuary. Sheng Su Song grain road. He was promoted to the post of governor of Jiangsu Province, governor of Jiangxi Province, and then transferred to Jiangsu Province. There are many praises for building water conservancy, building granaries and banning opium. In the 11th year of Daoguang, from spring to winter, floods flooded all over Hubei Province along the Yangtze River and Han Dynasty, and thousands of taels of silver were donated to help his hometown. After the rise of the governor of the two rivers, and the Department of Jiangnan River governor. In nineteen years, he was sick and died in the summer. His works include ten volumes of Xianzheng maxim, poems and essays of Gengxin bookstore, words and deeds of famous officials of Chu, etc

Life of the characters

Chen Luan's father was the cashier of Jiangning salt merchants. When Chen Luan was 18 years old, he visited his relatives. Salt merchants saw that he was a new scholar and agreed to marry his daughter to him. Two years later, his father died. After three years of mourning, his family was in decline. His mother ordered Chen Luan to go to Jiangning to do department store business, and offered loans to salt merchants. Not only did he refuse to lend them, but the salt merchants sent someone to refuse to marry him, so he retired. Chen Luan didn't borrow any money. He wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam, but the expenses were gone. How could he make a living in Jiangnan. Fishing lane and the inn where he lived in yuan, famous prostitute Li Xiaohong see in the eye, although Chen Luan haggard but not lose the spirit of yingshuang. Li Xiaohong, a chivalrous man, presented 500 liang of silver to persuade him to take the exam. In the 24th year of Jiaqing, Chen Luan won the provincial examination. In the 25th year of Jiaqing, he was the third Jinshi in the Ding examination. In the second year of Daoguang, Chen Luan became the Deputy examiner of Zhejiang provincial examination. In February of the fifth year of Daoguang reign, the first class of jingcha was introduced by the Ministry of economic affairs, and was appointed as the candidate of Daofu according to the law. At that time, the daughter of the salt merchant, who was engaged to Chen Luan and retired from her marriage, died. The salt merchant took Li Xiaohong out of her native place and took her home. She married her adopted daughter in Jiangning. After that, they both went to Beijing and took her mother home. After marriage, they had another boy. Chen Luan got a dowry of 100000 liang from the salt merchant, and his family was harmonious. Later, in the 19th year of Daoguang, Xiaohong with unique insight was also named Yipin lady. At that time, it was said that Li Xiaohong had "helped her husband to transport" and that Chen Luan had a successful official career all the way. It became a good story in the world at that time. In July of the fifth year of Daoguang, Chen Luan was promoted to Songjiang Prefecture. In the second year, Chen Luan was transferred to Suzhou as a prefect, after shipping grain, exchanging grain, and handling the goods smoothly. In the seventh year of Daoguang reign, Chen Luan made great efforts to urge water transportation, which was discussed by the Ministry. The Jiangning government was in the middle of the flood, and the relief and pension were appropriate. Daoguang eight years, Tiaojun Wusong River project completed. During his term of office, Chen Luan dredged the Wusong River Estuary and set up a Huangpu River lifeboat. In the ninth year of Daoguang reign, Chen Luan was promoted to be the governor of grain road in Jiangxi Province, and then he was transferred to Suzhou government to take charge of Susong Taichu grain road, so he was changed to Susong Changzhen Taichu grain road. In the 10th year of Daoguang reign, the transportation routes in Suzhou and Changzhou were shallow and stagnant, so Chen Luan failed to raise the funds in advance, and the lower part of the Council dealt with it. Soon he was promoted to Guangdong Salt Transportation envoy. In the 11th year of Daoguang reign, he was promoted to Zhejiang Province. In the 12th year of Daoguang, Hubei suffered from floods. He donated thousands of Liang to help relief. He was promoted to Jiangxi provincial governor and later to Jiangsu provincial governor. Chen Luan attached great importance to water conservancy and thought that water conservancy was the most important farmland in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, it was agreed to open Taicang River, Liuhe river, Zhaowen Baimao River and tributaries of water veins. Since then, drought and flood have been well prepared, and the harvest per mu has doubled. At that time, the Baoshan seawall had been damaged for more than 50 Zhang, and the Huating seawall had been damaged for more than 5600 Zhang. Therefore, Chen Luan raised money to build and use it to resume work. In the 13th year of Daoguang reign, he also served as an inspector of Jiangsu Province. Soon after, Chen Luan was granted the title of governor of Jiangsu. In the 16th year of Daoguang, he was the governor of Jiangxi Province. in the 17th year of Daoguang, the levee broke in leigongnao, Fengcheng county. On Chen Luan, please build a stone gate in the small port, open and close it on time, and build a stone dam on the east bank to prevent the impact of water potential. Since then, there has been no flood. During his term of office, he built the tombs of the sages and the ancestral temples of Chen Fan and Han Taifu. Later, Chen Luan transferred to Jiangsu. Jiangsu suffered from drought, locust infestation and crop failure. Chen Luan went up to ask for a postponement of taxes, the construction of Yicang and the prohibition of opium. In the 18th year of Daoguang reign, Chen Luan proposed a ban on opium and ordered it to be implemented. Chen Luan was always clean, thrifty and benevolent to the people in Qizhou. He built the Chen family temple and set up more than 400 mu of Yitian in Jiangxia to sacrifice to his ancestors and support the family. He imitated the model and established Yitian Yizhuang. Emperor Daoguang wrote a plaque and awarded it to him. He had a good way of teaching his sons. All his three sons were officials in the court. He worked hard and devoted himself to his work. After 19 years of Daoguang, he acted as governor of Liangjiang River and Jiangnan river. Chen Luan personally supervised the inspection. Chen Luan played that the autumn harvest of kapok in each state, county and Wei of Jiangsu Province was poor. Please postpone the levy to relieve the people's strength. The imperial edict of Daoguang was as requested. Soon, Chen Luan finally fell ill and died. He died at the age of 54. He was the governor of Jiangsu Province. He was in charge of the capital of the two rivers and was awarded the title of crown prince.

personal works

There are ten volumes of Xianzheng maxims, ten volumes of poems and essays of Gengxin bookstore, and ten volumes of Chu tie by three famous Chu sages.