Materials on Yu Chenglong’s personal exemplary deeds

Yu Chenglong clearly distinguished between right and wrong, distinguishing ordinary people who went to sea to earn a living from criminals who supported anti-Qing forces, and reversed the negative consequences of the sea relocation order. It has also won the support of the people in Fujian. Next, I have collected examples of Yu Chenglong’s personal deeds for your reference. I hope it can help everyone.

"When Wang Rulin, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, inspected the Jackie Chan Integrity Cultural Park, he saw the inscription written by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty after Jackie Chan's death: 'I read " "Zhou Guan", the six strategies for corrupt officials are: Integrity, Integrity, Integrity, Integrity, Integrity and Integrity. The most important thing for an official is integrity. Secretary Wang Rulin said that Yu Chenglong is not only incorruptible, but also conforms to all six. Officials with high standards of integrity are why they are known as 'the most honest officials in the world'. This is their most admirable spirit." On October 20, Gao Lin, expert of the Yu Chenglong Cultural Research Association and chairman of Yu Chenglong Hometown Tourism Co., Ltd. Qing told reporters when he recalled accompanying Secretary Wang Rulin to visit the Cultural Park.

Through a simple chronology, Gao Linqing told reporters a complete story about Yu Chenglong.

Yu Chenglong (1617-1684), courtesy name Beiming and nickname Yushan, was born in Yongning Prefecture, Shanxi (now Lishi District and Fangshan County of Luliang City) in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

In the forty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1617), Jackie Chan was born.

At the age of 14, in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631), Yu Chenglong studied at Anguo Temple in Yongning Prefecture.

At the age of 22, in the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1639), he went to Taiyuan Township Examination, passed the deputy list, and became a tribute student.

At the age of 39, in the 13th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1656), he went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for an interview and was awarded the status of alternate county magistrate.

At the age of 44, in the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1661), he went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to draw lots and was appointed as the magistrate of Luocheng County, Guangxi.

At the age of 50, in the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1667), he was elected as "outstanding" and promoted to the magistrate of Hezhou, Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan.

At the age of 52, in the eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1669), he was promoted to Tongzhi of Huangzhou Prefecture, Huguang, and began to vigorously combat banditry.

At the age of 57, in the 13th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1674), he was promoted to "Excellent" for the second time. He acted as the prefect of Wuchang, was promoted to the prefect of Jianning, Fujian, and was later transferred to the prefect of Huangzhou.

At the age of 60, in the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1677), Jiangfang Road was rebuilt and Yu Chenglong served as the road station and was stationed in Huangzhou.

At the age of 61, in the 17th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1678), he was promoted to be the Inspector of Fujian.

At the age of 62, in the 18th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1679), he was promoted to the rank of "Excellent" for the third time and promoted to the post of Chief Envoy of Fujian.

At the age of 63, in the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1680), he was promoted to governor of Zhili.

At the age of 64, in the 20th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1681), he was appointed governor of Liangjiang, and was granted the title of general councilor, minister of the Ministry of War, and right deputy censor of the capital procuratorate.

At the age of 66, in the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1683), he was impeached by Ma Shiji. Emperor Kangxi ordered him to be demoted five levels and remain in office.

At the age of 67, in the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1684), he was ordered to take charge of the affairs of the governor of Jiangsu and Anhui and inspect the sea areas. After the incident, he returned to Jiangning. He was seriously ill and died of illness on April 18. In July, his coffin left Jiangning and was transported back to his hometown. He was buried grandly the following year.

After Jackie Chan's death, Emperor Kangxi gave him the posthumous title "Qingduan" and the title of "Prince Taibao". He was buried with a grand ceremony and personally wrote two inscriptions. In an edict issued by Emperor Kangxi after his southern tour of Beijing, Yu Chenglong was said to be "the most upright official in the world and the most honest official in the world." From the county magistrate to the governor of Liangjiang, Yu Chenglong had outstanding political achievements. He was always honest and self-responsible, performed good governance, and was deeply loved by the scholars and the people.

Integrity and kindness

Be approachable and kind to the people

Integrity and kindness means being honest and benevolent. In 1661, 44-year-old Yu Chenglong went to Beijing to participate in the civil service lottery as an "alternative county magistrate".

Drawing lots is to decide which province to serve in by drawing lots. Once in the province, the governor, chief envoy and other officials will decide which county to go to. Yu Chenglong had bad luck and won the "Xiaxia Lot" and was assigned to Guangxi Province, which had just been included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Back then, Guangxi was a remote and smoggy place compared to the Central Plains, with multiple ethnic groups living together and a backward culture. However, with his passion and courage, Yu Chenglong resolutely decided to go to Guangxi to take office, leaving behind the famous saying that "this trip will never be based on food and clothing, and I will not ignore the principles of justice and conscience."

The journey from Yongning Prefecture to Luocheng, Guangxi is far away, thousands of miles long, and requires a lot of travel. Yu Chenglong's family was short of cash, so he pawned and sold part of his land and house to collect one hundred taels of silver. This is the story of Jackie Chan's appointment as a "house seller in Diantian". The family hired five young men as servants for him and prepared all the necessities needed for daily life. Before leaving, Yu Chenglong said goodbye to his parents, wife and children in his hometown. He left a message to his eldest son Yu Tingyi: When I am an official, I don't care about you when I am away. When you are running the family, don't miss me.

In the first few months after taking office as magistrate of Luocheng County, Yu Chenglong fell seriously ill, and a servant died of the illness. The servant became upset and wanted to go home. Yu Chenglong gave the remaining servants money and allowed them to return to their hometown, leaving him alone in Luocheng. In desperate situation, Yu Chenglong prayed to the gods in the Chenghuang Temple, and he vowed to "resolve to practice good deeds in order to return to God's will." He believed that "determination to cultivate good deeds" should start from the governance of Luocheng and from "loving the people like sons".

He has no official airs or domineering official style. He stayed in the shabby yamen and didn't like to wear official uniforms and official hats. He spent all day cooking or reading and drinking, just like an ordinary commoner old man. The people of Luocheng County sometimes go to the county government office to see the new county magistrate. Yu Chenglong has a pleasant attitude, chatting and making friends with the people. Yu Chenglong spoke the dialect of Luliang Mountain in Shanxi, while the people in Luocheng spoke the local ethnic language. It was really difficult to understand what the other person meant. Yu Chenglong used gestures, eyes, and smiles to slowly get closer to the people. As time passed, Yu Chenglong solved the problem of communicating with the people, and Luocheng County's official affairs could gradually be handled.

Yu Chenglong and the people of Luocheng shared the joys and sorrows, and the original two meals per day were reduced to one meal. When paying money and food, people often bring a few extra copper coins and put them on his desk. After Yu Chenglong found out, he refused to accept it, but the people insisted and only accepted the money for a pot of wine. The people felt sorry for Jackie Chan's poverty and collected a little money to buy salt and rice for him. Yu Chenglong said: "I am here alone, why do I need such things? I can keep them and give them to your parents, just like I received them." It means: I am here alone and don't need so many things. Take these things back and serve them. Parents, just use it for me.

Integrity

Three outstanding officials are honored as governors

Integrity means incorruptibility and ability. Yu Chenglong spent more than 40 years accumulating experience, and his talents were finally fully utilized in the last 20 years of his life.

Luocheng, a wilderness, has many bandits and poor public security, making it extremely difficult to govern. Yu Chenglong adopted the Baojia method to divide and manage the people in the territory according to their residential areas, with ten families as one bao and ten families as one jia. To defend against bandits from the outside, whenever there is a bandit situation, someone will beat gongs and drums, and people will pick up sticks and weapons to fight against bandits together. Punish illegal and criminal acts internally. Slowly, the social order in Luocheng improved significantly, and agricultural production resumed.

In the spring, Yu Chenglong went to the countryside to inspect people's production. When the people working in the fields saw the county magistrate coming, they all ran over and formed a circle, prostrated themselves on the ground, and greeted him with great enthusiasm. Although Yu Chenglong has never planted rice, he is also knowledgeable about agriculture. If he sees a house that cultivates its fields well, he will inscribe a plaque and write a couplet on it. If a house is lazy and does not cultivate the land, he will mobilize the neighbors to speak up. advice. Yu Chenglong used these simple methods to reward diligence and punish laziness, so that the people of Luocheng could have food and clothing and economic prosperity. Yu Chenglong also built schools in the county for students to study, built almshouses, and adopted orphaned elderly people.

Yu Chenglong’s achievements after taking office were praised by superior officials.

For this reason, Yu Chenglong deeply regrets and is in great pain. In desperation, Yu Chenglong had no choice but to go to the Qingyun Pagoda on the top of Bobu Peak outside Huangzhou City to pay homage to his late mother from afar. According to folklore, Jackie Chan went to the top of the tower to cry and sacrifice his mother. His tears spilled to the top of the tower and stayed there for a long time. Later, a big-leaf hackberry tree grew here, which is still there today, shaped like a giant umbrella.

Integrity

Riding to work alone while entertaining oneself with poetry and wine

Integrity means being honest and upright in mind, body and conduct. Yu Chenglong's integrity and frugality come from the heart. His integrity and conduct not only regulate himself but also influence others.

With poetry and wine, Yu Chenglong no longer feels the hardship of being an official outside. When he was in Luocheng, living alone in a foreign land really made him feel deeply lonely. Every night, he must drink a pot of wine. This is just an ordinary soju that costs four pennies a pot, not some aged brew. When money is tight, I only drink half a bottle of water every day, and the water flows steadily. Perhaps, this can somewhat alleviate his inner homesickness.

When Jackie Chan drinks, there is no need for food and drink, and even chopsticks are omitted. He took out a book of Tang poetry and read and drank. Sometimes I take out pen and paper and drink while writing poems. Thinking of my life experience, destiny, hometown, relatives, and friends, I couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.

Yu Chenglong’s annual salary was not much, so he sometimes had to do some good deeds and donate to the poor. In the end, he even had no money to buy wine. So he forced himself to quit drinking. Eventually he became so addicted that he stayed up all night.

After being appointed governor of Liangjiang, Yu Chenglong set off from Baoding and returned to his hometown in Yongning to bury his mother. As the governor, Yu Chenglong tried his best to save the honor guard team when returning home. Colleagues all know Yu Chenglong's character and know that he doesn't have much money, but they don't dare to give it away. Officials along the way did not dare to greet or entertain guests in a big way. In Yongning Prefecture, Yu Chenglong buried his stepmother Li, who had died six years ago, together with his father Yu Shihuang and his biological mother Tian.

After spending a few days with his children and grandchildren, Yu Chenglong took Ting Yuan to Jiangning to take up his post. The father and son each carried dozens of coins on their bodies, and then hired a mule cart. They did not stay in mansions along the way, so they lived frugally. In this way, he quietly rushed to Jiangning City where the Governor of Liangjiang was stationed. Jiangning's officials originally went out of the city to greet him early, but they did not expect that the governor had already arrived in the city. After Yu Chenglong arrived in Jiangning, he took the lead in investigating dozens of maladministrations in the Liangjiang area, and immediately launched rectifications after taking office. Yu Chenglong rode alone to Jiangning, which highlighted his honest, frugal and low-key official attitude. Some officials with extravagant styles corrected their mistakes after being criticized and educated by Yu Chenglong, and later became high officials. After Yu Chenglong's death, they recalled with tears: "Without Governor Yu's education, how could I be where I am today?" Ah!”

Integrity and law

Enforcement of law is fair and cases are resolved like gods

Integrity and law means being honest and abiding by the law and enforcing the law unswervingly. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Yu Chenglong lived in troubled times, and various criminal cases emerged one after another. Yu Chenglong's ability to solve cases was demonstrated. Yu Chenglong was unselfish, impartial and strict in prosecuting lawsuits and redressing grievances for the people. He was called "Yu Qingtian" by the people.

When Yu Chenglong was governing Luocheng County, he found that powerful families were defending themselves with troops, abusing lynchings and flouting national laws, and wanted to rectify the situation. There was a large family named Huang in Luocheng County. The family had a young child who violated the family rules. The Huang family beat the child half to death and then had someone escort him to the county government office. They explained the reason for the violation and asked Yu Chenglong to punish the child. His beheading is the right method.

Huang Dahu thought that Yu Chenglong would collude with them. Yu Chenglong believed that it was not up to you, a local tyrant and evil gentry, to decide whether he should be beheaded or not. After interrogation, he learned that what the boy committed was only a minor fault, and according to the law, he could only be punished with a rod, not a capital crime. Huang Dahu used torture privately and violated national law, so he should also be held accountable.

Yu Chenglong sternly scolded: "You escorted your children to the government, which shows that you understand the court laws, but you used torture without authorization and committed the crime of 'contempt of the government.'" He ordered Huang Dahu to be beaten three times. Ten sticks. Huang Dahu quickly kowtowed and apologized, asking for forgiveness.

When he was serving as Jiangfang Daotai, Yu Chenglong handled a beautiful case. There was a soldier in charge of military pay in Jiangxia County, and his younger brother was a rogue. Once, his brother came home.

A robbery occurred that night, and a sum of military pay stored at home was stolen. If he loses his military pay and wants to be beheaded, the elder brother doesn't dare to neglect him, so he ties up the younger brother and sends him to the official. After being tortured, the younger brother admitted to committing the crime together with other rogue gangsters. The government arrested the prisoner, but the military pay was not accounted for. The prisoner only said that it had been spent.

Yu Chenglong went to Jiangxia County for business and heard that the stolen goods had not been uncovered but the case was to be closed. He said: "If you can't find the stolen goods, it's a suspicious case. How can you spend thousands of taels of silver so quickly?" After a secret investigation, Yu Jackie Chan released the captured prisoners, claiming that they were not real thieves. The magistrate asked where the real thief was. Yu Chenglong pointed at a military officer in the governor's office and said: "This person is the main culprit. His remaining members have gone to Mulan Mountain to offer incense. They can capture it tonight."

The officers captured it. The military academy went to his house to search and found that the missing military pay was indeed in his house. The remaining members of the military academy were also captured. It turned out that the bag on Yu Chenglong's body contained a list of thieves, and he was also an undercover agent in the thieves' gang, so things soon came to light.

Integrity and debate

Distinguishing right from wrong and redressing injustice

Integrity and debate means being honest and discerning right from wrong. In the face of right and wrong, Yu Chenglong always uses "natural justice and conscience" as the criterion for his judgment. When Jackie Chan took office in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, the prisons in Fujian Province were full of people who violated the "Sea Relocation Order" or other prohibitions.

In the early Qing Dynasty, in order to deal with Zheng Chenggong's anti-Qing forces, the government issued the "Sea Relocation Order", prohibiting commercial and civilian ships from entering the sea privately, and not allowing mainland products and goods to be traded by sea.

When Jackie Chan first took office, he had to solve the problem of execution of thousands of "Tonghai" criminals and those who were affiliated with Geng Jingzhong's rebellion. With just a circle of ink and a wave of his hand, thousands of criminals were killed. He felt that human lives could not be treated so lightly, so he began to carefully check the case files and found that most of these mortals were wrongly accused. The essence of the sea relocation order was to isolate the anti-Qing forces and make them lose support. And these ordinary people went to sea to fish and trade, which were legitimate behaviors. They went to sea for their livelihood, not to fund anti-Qing forces. As for the rebels who rebelled against Geng Jingzhong, a large number of them were coerced or wrongly arrested.

Yu Chenglong thought over and over again and decided to do something extraordinary. He asked Wu Xingzuo, the governor of Fujian Province, for instructions to release these people, but was not granted permission. He also complained to Prince Kang Jie Shu. Jieshu agreed to Yu Chenglong's request.

Releasing a prisoner requires a new trial, which is a complicated procedure. The prisoners were marched to the yard to wait. Seeing that the prisoner was pitiful, Yu Chenglong ordered his shackles to be removed first and he was given food. The prisoner thought this was the last meal before beheading, so he cried out in fright. In the end, the prisoner's injustice was vindicated, he was acquitted, and he could go home. They narrowly escaped death and kowtowed to Yu Chenglong, thanking him for saving their lives.

Yu Chenglong clearly distinguishes right from wrong, distinguishes ordinary people who go to sea to earn a living from criminals who support anti-Qing forces, reverses the negative consequences of the sea relocation order, and also wins the support of Fujian people.

The imperial court was short of funds, and prisoners in the prison did not have enough rations, and starvation often occurred. Yu Chenglong mobilized wealthy officials and gentry from all over the country to donate money to buy food and increase the prisoners' rations. They also donated medicine to prisoners to treat their injuries. These were rare moves at the time. ;