Zeng Mian

Zeng Mian

Zeng mi (1509-1548), Zi Zhong, was born in Huangyan County, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. Zeng Jia's son. When he was 12 years old, his father was in business and made friends with Jiangdu (now Yangzhou). He asked his friends to take Jiangdu Yanshi to teach, so he settled down in Jiangdu. He was a famous general against Mongolia in Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing eight years (1529) Jinshi, Fujian Changle County Magistrate. Later, he ascended to the rank of censor and patrolled Liaodong and Shanxi to pacify the rebellion. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, anda, a Mongol, controlled Monan and had 100000 cavalry troops, invading Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places for many times. In the 21th year of Jiajing (1542), he served as the Minister of the military department and the governor of Shaanxi military affairs. He fought against the enemy with thousands of soldiers and ordered General Li Zhen to attack the enemy's headquarters in maliangshan. He was defeated by the enemy.

He had built the side walls of Datong West Road and Xuanfu East Road. He took the initiative to attack Hetao, captured thousands of enemies, and refused to answer for peace. Shizong's confidence in recovering Hetao was not enough, and Xia Yan supported Zeng Mi's re discussion on recovering Hetao. In order to put Xia Yan, the political enemy, to death, Yan Song proposed to Shizong to recover hetaohui's "light side quarrel"; he colluded with Qiu Luan, the defeated general, to falsely accuse Zeng Mian of failing to play, and to bribe Xia Yan to increase his official rank. Shizong dismissed Xia Yan. In January of the 27th year of Jiajing (1548), he took Zeng Mi back to the capital. SANFA Si didn't dare to judge by the law. He tried to figure out Shizong's intention, so that he could make friends with his wife and son. Zeng Mian wrote a poem before he was sentenced: "yuan Gongben was a hundred years old, Chao cuofan was in danger of seven countries", which is known in history as "the world heard of it but was wronged". Later generations compiled the unjust case into the opera "Pan Fu Suo Fu", which became a famous play. In the first year of Longqing (1567), Zhaoxue was awarded to the Minister of the Ministry of war as a posthumous title.

Life of the characters

Zeng MI was poor when he was young. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1529). He began to be a magistrate of Changle County in Fujian Province. He served as a full-time imperial censor and patrolled Liaodong. When he first came to Liaodong, he calmed the mutiny in Liaoyang, killed Zhao zhe'er of Liaoyang, Yu Man'er of Guangning and the traitor of Fushun, and suspended his head in the border city. The imperial court promoted zengmi to Dali temple, and promoted him to Yushi, governor of Shandong Province, and calmed Liu Yi. Shangshu said, "the people are poor and can't bear heavy labor. Please recruit volunteers to join in, and all of them will be relieved of their chores." Since the Ming Yingzong's "civil war", Mongolian chiefs fought against each other. Among them, anda had a strong force, unified the tribes, controlled Monan, had 100000 cavalry, and often invaded the Ming border. Zeng Mi asked the court to build the outer city of Linqing. When the work is finished, I will be the vice censor. The plaque "Taihe Yuanqi" on the front hall of today's Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province is Zeng Mian's handwriting, with the title of governor of Shandong Province and the right deputy governor. Zeng MI was in Shandong for three years. Later, he was ordered to patrol Shanxi, repair the side wall and make firearms. He won the competition between futu Valley and anda. "After the year-old bandits didn't invade the border, the imperial court thought that they were meritorious. They were the servants of the military department, and the governor was the same as before."

Since the 21th year of Jiajing (1542), I've been in Shaanxi and Shanxi for many times, and the border people have been disturbed. In the 25th year of Jiajing reign (1546), the imperial court appointed Zeng Mian as the Minister of the Ministry of war and the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi military affairs. With thousands of soldiers, he refused to answer 100000 iron cavalry in saimen and ordered General Li Zhen to attack MALIANG mountain camp and force him to retreat. In the same year, it was suggested that generals should be selected according to different styles, and that water from the Yellow River should be diverted to prevent drought and flood, and that cavalry should be restricted. Emperor zhunzuo appropriated 200000 liang of silver and dismissed the governors of Yansui, Shaanxi and Ningxia who opposed the recovery of Hetao. In the spring of the next year, he built a side wall and sent troops to Hetao. He refused to ask for peace. In June, the general forces of all roads were mobilized to encircle and annihilate, and I was forced to move my camp across the river. Zeng Mie was strict in governing the army, and Xiao Han, deputy chief of the army, was defeated. After that, Qiu Luan, the commander in chief, was impeached by Zeng Mian and sentenced to prison. According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zeng Mian was "brave and resourceful, and good at using troops". On the eve of one year old, Zeng Mi suddenly ordered the general to attack, but there was no alarm on the plug. At this time, the generals were drinking and didn't want to go to war, so they bribed the signalmen around Zeng MI and pleaded with his concubines. He was once a small soldier. The generals had no choice but to fight all night. They met the enemy and defeated them. The next day, the generals asked the reason and said with a smile, "seeing the black magpie is not the noise of the time, so I know it." The generals are in great costume. Zeng Mian "has frost in color, few words and laughs, but he is not good at Chinese. He is loyal, brave, resolute and resourceful.". As the governor of Shandong Province, he had the idea of returning to the Central Plains. Every time he talked about Mengqi trampling on the Central Plains, he would "crack his canthus in anger and never sleep in the middle of the night.". Later, he was the governor of the trilateral government. He was determined to set up a new system and planned it himself. All the scholars in the world were waiting for him.

Master data:

On Hetao

At that time, Kou Mu was near the fortress, and the residents did not dare to cut wood. Zeng miannian, who lived in Hetao, had been suffering from China for a long time. He wrote to Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty (emperor Jiajing) in "please restore Hetao Shu": "thieves occupy Hetao and invade the border area for a hundred years". Only by recovering Hetao and removing the foothold of Anda's view of the Central Plains can we ensure the long-term peace of the border city. Zeng Mian's proposal of restoring the Tao was fully supported by Xia Yan, the first assistant. Shizong replied: "today, the proposal of restoring the Tao is very strong. He ordered him and other town officials to take good care of the general plan and pay 200000 yuan for trimming the edge." They also removed the governors of Yansui, Shaanxi and Ningxia who opposed the recovery of Hetao. In the spring of the next year, Zeng Mian built the side walls of Datong West Road and Xuanfu East Road, and took the initiative to attack Hetao to capture thousands of enemies. In April, I sent messengers to ask for peace, but Zeng Mi refused. In June, Zeng Mian mobilized all kinds of commanders to encircle and annihilate. When an army was defeated and forced to move its camp across the river, Qiu Luan, the commander of the army, did not listen to the general's orders and delayed the fight. In a rage, Zeng Mi impeached Qiu Luan, a scholar, obstructed the military aircraft, ordered him to seize Luan's post, and put him in the capital's prison.

In August, Zeng Mian published again on Fu Hetao Shu, saying: "China does not suffer from no soldiers, but from no military training. The cost of the rehousing is only one year's cost of Xuanfu University. The reason why the enemy invaded yiwuji was that he regarded no one in the Central Plains as the enemy. " At this time, Shaanxi Chengcheng landslide, Jiajing suspected for heaven warning, doubts set. Seeing that the emperor was afraid of the repeat of "civil engineering change", Yan Song, a powerful official, mobilized Yan Shangshu to recover Hetao and "light open the border quarrel"; he colluded with Qiu Luan, falsely accused Zeng Mian of failing to report his defeat, embezzled military salaries and bribed Xia Yan. The emperor first dismissed Xia Yan and ordered the court officials to discuss Zeng Mian's crime. It is inevitable that the officials, the Ministry of rites and the imperial censor should be punished.

In January of 1548, Xia Yan and Zeng MI were put into prison. In June, the three law departments did not have the right law, and compared with the general guarding the border who was lost in the city village, they said that they would be beheaded. However, according to the right law, the emperor decided to make up his mind to serve the law, and his wife and son were exiled for two thousand li. Zeng Mi wrote a poem on his deathbed: "yuan Gongben was a hundred years old man, Chao cuofan was in danger of seven countries.". Li Zhen was poisoned and Xia Yan was also beheaded. Wang Huanqian escorted Zeng's wife and two young children to Chenggu, Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province. When he died, he had no money left at home. History said that the case "the world heard of injustice.". In the first year of Longqing (1567), Xin Zixiu and Wang Haowen, the censor, were wronged by Zeng Mian. The imperial edict presented it to the Minister of the Ministry of war, posthumously named Xiangmin, and buried it in Jiangdu. Wang Huan sent Zeng Mi's wife back to Yangzhou for money and silk. In the middle of Wanli period, the temple was built from Zhou panshang, the imperial censor, aiming to build the temple in Shaanxi Province. In Huangyan County, the "three side general workshop" and "three border workshop" were built. The former residence of today's heritage "zengmi lane".

Historical records

Ming History Volume 214 biography 92

Zeng mill, word heavy, Jiangdu people. As a student, I am proud of my talent. Jiajing eight years (1529) to become Jinshi, granted the magistrate. He was called up as a censor and patrolled Liaodong. The mutiny took place in Liaoyang, and the traitor seized the governor Lu Jing and insulted him. Zeng Mian, then governor of Jinzhou and Fuzhou, called on Li Jian, the deputy chief of the army, to stop the tyranny of Lu Jing and ask for amnesty for the rebel soldiers. Lu Jing was released and rushed to Guangning. Fierce soldiers Yu Man'er and others seized Lu Jing and insulted him. Just this month, the soldiers in Fushun also tied up Liu Xiong and his son. It happened that the minister was afraid to send troops to investigate the chaos. Zhao zhe'er, the leader of the Liaoyang mutiny, secretly went to Guangning to conspire with Yu Man'er. When he wanted to wait for the town official to present a memorial, he gathered all the people to revolt. Liu Huai, the commander in chief, noticed that the plot did not succeed. He wanted to wait for Lin Ting Muang to arrive, close the gate and engage in mutiny. However, Zeng Mi had already obtained the names of the evil people in Ercheng and Fushun. He secretly gave them to the generals and captured Zhao zhe'er and dozens of others on the same day. Zeng Mi said to the emperor, "in the past, the mutiny in Datong, Gansu Province was handled lightly. A group of villains said that they insulted the court's officials and killed the commander, but the punishment was not too much, so they made trouble one after another. Now the chief culprit should be punished urgently. " So he recalled Lin Ting mu'ang and ordered Zeng Mian to investigate and verify, decapitate all the chief evildoers, and hang his head in the border town, so as to make sure of the Liao Dynasty.

The imperial court promoted Zeng Mian as the Prime Minister of Dali temple, moved him to the right capital, and toured Shandong Province. I have invaded the mainland many times and asked to build the outer city of Linqing. After the completion of the project, he became the vice censor of the capital. After three years, he was transferred to Shanxi Province. After one year, the enemy did not invade the border. The imperial court believed that it was Zeng Mian's credit. He was promoted to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of war and still served as the governor.

In the summer of the 25th year of Jiajing (1546), he served as the former governor of Shaanxi trilateral military affairs. More than 100000 enemy cavalry invaded from ningsai camp and plundered Yan'an and Qingyang. Zeng Mi led thousands of soldiers to garrison saimen, and sent former General Li Zhen to destroy the enemy's nest in the north of MALIANG mountain, killing more than 100 people. When the enemy heard about it, they began to flee. The emperor was rewarded with silver. Since then, enemy invaders invaded many times, guerrilla Gao Ji died in battle, and Xiao Han, deputy commander in chief, was defeated. Zeng Shangshu, the emperor, reported to the generals the crime and was punished according to the military law. At that time, the enemy in Hetao was grazing near the fortress, and there were scattered cavalry, so the residents did not dare to cut wood. Zeng MI was building a frontier fortress. He was afraid of being disturbed by them, so he selected elite soldiers to attack them. The enemy gradually retreated to the north, and occasionally invaded and plundered with light cavalry. Zeng Mian led the troops to drive them far away. The emperor issued an edict to increase Zeng's salary and give him silver coins