Zheng Ji

Zheng Ji

Zheng Ji (1438-1513), whose name is tinggang, was born in SHANGZHENG, wenxianli, Xianyou County. In 1460, he was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Emperor Shun's reign. He served successively as the Hanlin shujitu, Guozi Jijiu, Zhejiang jucha Deputy envoy, Hubu Shilang, Hubu Shangshu and so on. All his life, he went through the three dynasties of Yingzong, Xianzong and Xiaozong, and was known as the "elder of the Three Dynasties". In order to avoid being accepted, Emperor Xianzong risked his life to write a memorial to the ten strategies of peace. He hoped that the emperor would "be far away from evil, be loyal and good, sympathize with people's lives, and promote ethics". He resigned angrily and went back to his hometown for more than 20 years.

brief introduction

He was born in 1438 AD and died in 1513 ad. in 1460, he became a Jinshi in the second grade A. D. and served successively in Yingzong, Xianzong and Xiaozong dynasties. He is known as the "elder of the Three Dynasties". Tired official, too often Qing. Wuzong was in the east palace. Ji Caijia spoke of Yixing and praised each drawing, which was called Shenggong Tu Shangzhi. He was the Minister of the southern household. It's not easy to write, to take away, and to ask. He has 13 volumes of Dongyuan anthology, one volume of sequel, and Dongyuan poetry anthology. Wu Lian said that his articles are deep-rooted in thought and the purpose of his words is mellow and correct.

Character experience

During his rural residence, Ji Xingxue cultivated, planted trees, and advocated the construction of five bridges, including Luming, Buyun, Dengying, Chaotian and Wolong. He also advocated that zongzong advocated diligence and thrift, eliminated the malpractices of civil servants and private servants, lightened the burden of the people, and did good deeds. Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, and Zheng Ji was ordered to return to the throne. During the ceremony examination, a co examiner instructed Zheng Ji to take sides with a relative's son, but Zheng Ji flatly refused. Later, he was promoted to Deputy history of Zhejiang Province. During his term of office, Zheng Ji "promoted academic awards, set aside seclusion and stagnated, and put an end to inviting visitors." he also took measures such as "banning the butchery, destroying obscene ancestral halls, and serving academic sites" to rectify the social customs. In addition, he advised Xiaozong that "it is appropriate to be upright in the study of saints when he is close to the Confucian officials and at the feast of classics.". Ji was honest all his life, and often taught his son that "wealth is indispensable". When Ren Guozi was offering wine, Chen Kuan, the Minister of rites, wanted to woo him and was rejected by him. There were more than 1000 liang of meals in the school. According to the old rules, the dictionary gave Yu Yin to Zheng Ji, which was also rejected. His colleagues resented him and framed him behind his back. Zheng Ji repeatedly asked for his resignation. Xiaozong knew that he was a man, so he was appointed Zuo Tongzheng in Nanjing. At that time, there was a famine in Shandong Province. In order to save the victims, Zheng Ji, regardless of his personal safety, decisively paid the grain to the emperor first, and then asked him to give a speech. He said that "eunuch Luo Dui left a huge sum of money, and he would like to use it to relieve the victims.". Soon he became taichangqing. Emperor Wuzong crowns in the east palace. Zheng Ji extracts hundreds of ancient and modern emperors' good words and deeds, adds drawings, and nominates "Shenggong Tu" to persuade the crown prince "to be close to the right person, to hear the right words, and not to travel with him". In the early Ming Dynasty, the government divided the registered residence into three types: "the household, the worker, the soldier," and the military households gave the land. The majority of the people were killed, and the 30 mu father died, and then the soldiers were in generations. At that time, there were more than 6500 households in Xianyou, and there were more than 1500 households that were divided into military service. Because of the tiger disaster, plague and military service, the population dropped sharply. After Yongle, there were only 1400 households left in the county. The government still cleaned up military households and collected taxes according to the number of households in the early Ming Dynasty, which made the people miserable. Zheng Ji witnessed the tragedy and wrote a letter to the new Fujian inspector dahuashen, reflecting the situation of Xianyou military household and asking for correction of the roster. The adoption of opinions. Zheng Jizhong spoke frankly and acted impartially. At last, he was pushed out by the treacherous party and had to retire again. After he returned to seclusion, he was still concerned about the state affairs and published the nineteen books of Zhishi. He said that "a gentleman lives in heaven and earth, but he only has the propriety and the law." Positive but guide the legislation. Zheng Magong was good at poetry. His literary and artistic workers were concise and elegant. He wrote Guitian Lu and Dongyuan Wenji. In his later years, he was ill in his hometown and died at the age of 76. As a gift to the Secretary of the Ministry of accounts.

Characters and deeds

1. After Zheng Ji entered his official career, he became an influential official in the Ming Dynasty with integrity and loyalty. After emperor Xianzong (1465-1487) ascended the throne, Zheng Ji offered "ten strategies of peace" with the heart of serving the country. Zheng Ji was very important during the reign of emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty (1488-1505). He was appointed as the examiners of Jingyan and mastered the important function of grading imperial examination papers. Some people tried to make Zheng Ji partial to specific candidates in grading imperial examination papers by various means, but Zheng Ji severely refused. Nobility is a public tool of the country. How can they give and accept it privately. Later, Zheng Ji was promoted to Deputy history officer of Zhejiang Province. During his tenure, he took measures such as destroying immoral temples and promoting schools to rectify the social customs. When he was in charge of Zuo Tongzheng in Nanjing, Shandong suffered from natural disasters. Zheng Jishang sparsely played "six things to cut off and prepare for natural disasters". He suggested that the imperial court should make unified arrangements throughout the country to make up for the situation. He was praised by Xiaozong and appointed him to release grain in the disaster area. Zheng Ji did not live up to his mission. He not only distributed the relief food in place, but also confiscated the illegal income of corrupt officials to help the people. During the 22 years of Zheng Ji's rural residence, he was enthusiastic about public welfare, advocated the construction of bridges, opposed to idleness and idleness. When he learned that Xianyou people could not bear the tax burden and made a living by eating yams, Zheng Jili went to Xiaozong and begged to reduce the tax burden of Xianyou people. Moved by the true feelings expressed in memorials, Xiaozong ordered the Ministry of household affairs to reduce the Tianfu of Xianyou for three years. When Xianyou people learned about it, they were all happy and grateful. He also launched Xianyou people to plant trees to make profits and eliminate disasters and resist drought; he advocated the construction of five bridges, namely, Luming, Buyun, Dengying, Chaotian and Wolong, to facilitate people's travel; he added village conventions and advocated that scholars should study hard, farmers should work hard and run their homes thrifty.

Honor of former residence

Zhengji mansion, there are Zhengji former residence mansion, Xianyou Chengguan gongqiaotou County Shangshu mansion. It is said that there are 18 sites of Zheng Ji's mausoleum. There are stone men and stone horses in Zheng Ji's mausoleum in gedou. Xianyou Chengguan's Zhengji Shangshu mansion is well preserved, while SHANGZHENG mansion, the former residence, has only one hall and the most basic gate hat. After five hundred years of vicissitudes, it is now in a state of dilapidation. The beams and columns are infested with insects, the walls are inclined, and the Ficus pumila are overgrown. "Better to visit Zheng Ji than to visit Baixi in Putian" is a folk proverb I heard when I went to Pingshan on foot ten years ago to explore the source of Mulan River. Recently, I visited my hometown again. I learned that Zheng Ji was born here in Ji's family. Because of his poor family, he adopted uncle Zheng Tan in Puwei village as his adopted son. In this way, Zheng Ji's name has the origin of "Ji Jiasheng, Zheng Jiayang". When you come to Zheng Ji's hometown in duweipuwei village, Xianyou, you will first see the Ping mountain behind the hometown. The mountain is connected by nine peaks, high in the middle and slightly low on the left and right. It is like a well arranged screen, which arches the unique atmosphere of the hometown. Zheng Ji's old building, which is 300 meters wide and 200 meters deep, faces east and West. It is a five entrance building with nine chambers and two rows of buildings. The gables on both sides of the main hall are rammed earth walls, and the front and rear columns are used as lifting beams. This kind of structure is the only one in Puxian Ming Dynasty. Walking into the old house, I found that the house was seriously damaged. Except for the thick fir on the roof truss, beam, column and eaves, which showed the momentum of the big family in those years, other parts were hard to be associated with the glory of the owner. The whole house was divided into two sections during the construction of Xianyong highway. It's impossible to restore the whole in place. Zheng Ji (1438-1513), named Dongyuan, was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Yuanshun (1460) of Yingzong in Ming Dynasty. He served successively as the son of the state to offer wine, an imperial scholar, an examiners in the Imperial Academy, a deputy envoy to Zhejiang Province, and a minister of the Ministry of household. After three dynasties of Yingzong, kuanzong, and Xiaozong, he is known as the "elder of Three Dynasties", "first grade minister" and a famous economic official. In the early years of Zhengde, after he retired to his hometown, he was keen on the construction of his hometown. In his spare time, he left his hometown in the mountains and rivers and wrote poems and compositions. He was 75 years old. Zheng Ji was an honest and just official, considerate of the people and considerate of kindness. He once tried every means to ask the imperial court to reduce the exorbitant taxes and levies of Xianyou's military service. After passing down many good stories, there was a saying that "Baixi in Putian is not as good as Zhengji in Xianyou". As for the status quo of Zheng Ji's old residence, Zheng Ji's people are also very helpless. In order to prevent the cultural relics dealers from stealing, they have to hide two plaques of "Yipin Shangshu" (4.1 × 1.3 meters) and "sanchao Yuanlao" (3.65 × 1 meters). Indeed, from these two plaques, we can still feel the master's prominent status and honor. Zheng Ji came from a remote mountain area and became a famous official of the Ming Dynasty relying on his intelligence and studiousness. During the 22 years when he returned to his hometown and lived in seclusion, he set up schools in his hometown, encouraged farming, advocated building bridges, opposed idleness and idleness, and won the love of the villagers. Today, many of Zheng Ji's deified legends are still alive among the people, which shows that a person's ideological and moral character is far more important than a house, and can win the hearts of the people.

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