Small achievements and great responsibilities, in order to maintain the balance between the two. As for the name of the Eight Houses Patrol Press, it is more common in novels and plays. This image is only a folk imagination and literary interpretation, and there is no such position in history. Just like the appearance of Bao Zheng's image, it shows people's hatred of corrupt officials and their worship and desire for honest officials.
Who is this Yu Shilong? None of the characters in Qing History is named Yu Shilong, only one is named Yu Chenglong, and their names are only one word apart. Yu Chenglong (16 17- 1684) was born in Qingtian, Shanxi Province (now Fangshan, Shanxi Province).
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, Yu Chenglong became an official in Luocheng County, Guangxi. Luocheng was still an uncivilized place at that time. The people were brave and aggressive, and they were ruled by the Qing court after the war. Armed gangs are everywhere. Yu Chenglong took high-handed measures against thieves, and as long as they were caught and proved the facts of the crime, they were executed without mercy.
Thanks to the governance of Yu Chenglong, Luocheng soon settled down. Later, he took a series of measures to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages. Luocheng county began to prosper and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Such excellent results attracted the attention of Lu Xingzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and recommended him as excellent (under the Qing system, officials were regularly assessed by the official department, and those with outstanding achievements were called excellent, and civil servants took the exam once every three years and officers took the exam once every five years).
Later, Yu Chenglong was promoted many times and became the governor of Liangjiang. Lead an honest and clean life. Kangxi praised him: Honesty comes first, and the people called him: Yu Qingtian, Yu Caicai. In TV series, Yu Shilong is also an honest official, which is consistent with Yu Chenglong's life.
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The life of the character
family background
Yu Boda, Yu Jianzhong and Yu Shixian, the distant ancestors of Yu Chenglong, moved to Baishuangli Village in Shizhou (now lishi district, Lvliang) in the first year of Zheng Zhi, Yuan Shundi (134 1), and spent more than 150 years here. Yu Shixian was born in Yuyuan Garden, which was born in Tan and other four sons. Ming Yutan Jingtai five years (1454), JOE scholar, tired of being an official for the governor.
In the first year (1506), his family moved from Su's descendants to the village, which is 30 kilometers away from Shizhou Beixiang. Born in four sons, such as grace, Yu En was born in four sons, such as Cai, and was born in four sons, such as stone yellow.
In the 45th year of Wanli (16 17), on August 27th, Yu Shihuang was originally the second son of Tian. Soon, Tian died of illness and his father, Li Jiwei, died. Yu Chenglong and her stepmother have a harmonious relationship and a harmonious family.
Frustrated in the imperial examination
In the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Yu Chenglong took part in the provincial examination, and the examiner in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, openly took bribes and practiced favoritism. Yu Chenglong complained about the shortcomings in the examination paper and directly expressed his thoughts. As a result, the list was unknown, and I barely got a deputy tribute student. The deputy list of tribute students is equivalent to preparing candidates, not counting as Form One, but you can take the exam directly. After the exam, Yu Chenglong resigned from his office and returned to Laibao Village on the pretext that his father was old.
When the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, Yu Chenglong continued to devote himself to dealing with it. From the fourth year of Shunzhi (1647) to the eighth year of Shunzhi (165 1), Yu Chenglong studied in a school run by Chongshan Temple in Taiyuan for four years, but in the eighth year of Shunzhi (165 1), Yu Chenglong failed after having obtained the provincial examinations again, at the age of 35.
In the 11th year of Shunzhi (1654), Yu Chenglong's brother died and his third son was born, so the burden of family life fell on his shoulders. Father Yu Shihuang is old and sick, and needs someone to wait on the soup; Although her stepmother Li is healthy, she is old. The eldest son and the second son go to school, and the whole family spends a lot of money and family assets are very embarrassed. In order to support his family and send his children to school, Yu Chenglong was busy with housework all day, so he didn't have time to take the imperial examination.
In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), his father died in the first emperor.
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (166 1), Yu Chenglong went to imperial academy to study and prepare to become an official after graduation. ?
Primary occupation
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (166 1), Yu Chenglong, at the age of 44, abandoned his wife and children despite the obstruction of relatives and friends. With the ambition of "I will never have enough food and clothing in this trip, and I will never be ignorant of justice and conscience", I accepted the appointment of the Qing court and became a county magistrate in Luocheng, a remote border place in Guangxi. Luocheng was newly placed under the Qing Dynasty for less than two years. Due to the unstable situation, two justices of the peace died and fled.
When Yu Chenglong arrived in Luocheng, weeds were everywhere. There are only six households and a few huts in the city, and the county government is just three shabby huts. He had to live in Guandi Temple. In trouble, the five servants who followed him soon died or fled, and he took the first step in his career with strong will to help the sick director.
In Luocheng, Yu Chenglong adopted the method of "treating troubled times with heavy law". He served as an official in Luocheng for three years, and Luocheng got rid of the chaos, got governance, and a new atmosphere of people living and working in peace and contentment emerged.
Yu Chenglong's excellent governance was valued by Jin Guangzu, the political envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Luocheng was rated as a model of provincial governance.
In charge of the yellow river
In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), Yu Chenglong was recommended as the only "outstanding person" in Guangxi by the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was promoted to Hezhou, Sichuan (now Hechuan District, Chongqing).
In less than two years in Hezhou, the population of Hezhou has increased dramatically and the fields have been reclaimed. Due to the remarkable achievements in recruiting talents and reclaiming wasteland, in the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), Yu Chenglong was promoted to be a Tongzhi of Huangzhou Prefecture in Huguang.
Yu Chenglong later spent four years as a tongzhi in Huangzhou and another four years as a magistrate. Because of his outstanding achievements in Huangzhou secretariat, Yu Chenglong was highly valued by Zhang Chaozhen, Governor of Huguang, and was once again named as "outstanding".
Wuchang Uprising
In the 12th year of Kangxi (1673), Yu Chenglong was once again introduced as an "outstanding person" and was transferred to preside over the government affairs of Wuchang Prefecture, where he will be the magistrate. Just then, the "San Francisco Uprising" broke out. Under the fierce offensive of Wu Sangui, Guizhou and Hunan are invincible. At the same time, Wu Sangui sent a number of Hubei ministries to seal the official "miscellaneous books" back to revolt and create riots.
In May of the 13th year of Kangxi (1674), Macheng County discovered "fake Zagreb", and the magistrate arrested it indiscriminately on the charge of "communicating with thieves", and everyone felt insecure. Liu's father and son, from this county, accepted the "fake gift to generals" and took the opportunity to contact the shanzhai in Dongshan area to launch a riot. Because Yu Chenglong is very influential in the local area, he was invited to clean up the situation.
He adopted the policy of "appealing to the people", and after finding out the cause of the incident, he issued a notice to appease the people, so that most people returned home and the situation was quickly eased. Later, he risked his life to enter Liu's cabin, which was the first attack to convince Liu and 300 gunmen (Orion). Within ten days, a riot was successfully quelled.
In August, Yu Chenglong was transferred to Huangzhou Magistrate, and the second riot followed. At that time, the spies who sneaked in took advantage of the emptiness of Huangzhou Prefecture and contacted the local gentry to revolt in succession. "Mountain spring tide, across the fire", the momentum and scope greatly exceeded the previous work. Facing the sinister situation, Yu Chenglong clearly realized the importance of Huangzhou. He pushed his way through the crowd, made a strategy of never giving up Huangzhou, and organized local brave cameras to actively suppress it.
Mobilize thousands of people from various towns and villages to wage a fierce battle with the dominant mob in the loess depression area of Dongshan. Under his command, especially when he took the lead, he put his life and death at a critical moment and won the battle. The leader of the riot was arrested on the spot. Later, they successfully suppressed the rest of the rebellion. For more than 20 days, it won the victory of quelling the chaos and was highly praised by Cai Yurong, governor of Huguang.
A smooth career
In the 16th year of Kangxi (1677), Jiang Fang Road was newly established in the imperial court, and Yu Chenglong was appointed as Jiang Fang Road Guard of Shenghuguang, based in Huangzhou. In the 17th year of Kangxi (1678), Yu Chenglong was promoted to Fujian provincial judge.
In the 19th year of Kangxi (1680), Yu Chenglong was promoted to governor of Zhili. The following year, Emperor Kangxi summoned him, and the emperor was very satisfied with him. Praise him as the "first honest official", give him money and royal horses, and give him royal poems to show his luck, and be promoted to the governor of Liangjiang (the governor of Jiangnan Jiangxi).
Sudden death
On April 18th, the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), Yu Chenglong finally reached the last moment when he was governor of the two rivers, at the age of 68.
When Yu Chenglong died, there was only one set of official clothes in the wooden box, and there was nothing left. The citizens wept for it, built statues for sacrifice, and dedicated them to the Prince of Taibao. Posthumous title's "clean tail" was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Yongzheng.
After Yu Chenglong's death, Nanjing men, women, children, vendors and monks all wept bitterly, showing that the middle and lower classes were very sad about his death. Emperor Kangxi made an exception and personally wrote an inscription, which was an recognition of his honest and clean life.
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