Phoenix brings good feng shui.

Four ministers spread their hometown.

As mentioned above, Quzhou County is called Phoenix. Because the phoenix eggs laid by the Phoenix Fairy under the grass bridge have brought good feng shui to Quzhou. When a phoenix lays an egg, it produces a big official. How old is the official? People say this is a history book. The next phoenix egg will produce a minister's book, and there are countless small officials. Can you count half a bucket of rice clearly? Also, in Quzhou of the Ming Dynasty, there really was an official with a half bucket of rice. The history of the four ministers is rare, with more than 30 officials with more than four grades, which is called "half-dynasty officials leaving Quzhou". This is due to the legend of the Phoenix, or the importance of learning leads to the emergence of a large number of talents, or nepotism "helps each other", or both. Anyway, people in Quzhou are still talking about the climax of "learning officials" in this history.

Four important ministers, Wang Yi, Minister of War of Wanli Dynasty, Chen Yubi, Minister of War of Nanjing, Liu Rongsi, Minister of War of Chongzhen Dynasty, and Lu Zhenfei, Minister of Official Department of Southern Ming Dynasty, would like to introduce them to you. As mentioned above, so many archways are affirmation and display of his fame and family power.

Let's talk about the most famous king first. Wang Zijian, No.,from Dongjie, Quzhou County. He is alert, intelligent, approachable and capable. He has been in power for 40 years and has made great achievements in martial arts. His deeds are not only found in local chronicles, but also widely circulated among the people in Quzhou. When I was a child, I was extremely smart and was often surprised by my own words. At the age of five, he could read and never forgot anything. At the age of seven, he was able to write poems. At the age of eighteen, he was drafted into the army. Nineteen-year-old, a scholar, and his younger brother (in the thirty-second year of Jiajing of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty and Guichou (1553)). It can be said that a young man who is successful and successful is the weak champion and the youngest of the four ministers. He experienced three emperors: Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty, Mu Zong and Ming Shenzong. Although he is a civilian, he is good at military affairs and makes good use of soldiers. In the thirty-third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1554), he just turned 20 and became the director of Nanjing Criminal Department. (The Ming Dynasty also set up six departments in Nanjing, which was far less powerful than Beijing's six departments, but Nanjing's six departments also had certain powers. Mainly because the South Zhili region where Nanjing is located governs fifteen states and three Zhili states, which is equivalent to the land of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces today. There is no chief secretary, inspection department and headquarters, and the functions and powers of the three departments are the responsibility of Nanjing Sixth Department). Soon he was promoted to Lang, and he handled countless cases, all of which were praised for arbitration. After being transferred to the Ministry of War Lang Fang, it happened that Huang Situ was killed because of a pay cut, which caused a mutiny. In order to calm down the situation, Wang Yi rode alone in the army, convinced people with virtue and convinced people with reason, and calmed down the chaos in the army. When Ren Jianning was the magistrate, he pacified the enemy and was rewarded by the emperor. When he served as the deputy envoy of Shandong Province, he trained troops and built a platform in Miyun, and the enemy did not dare to commit crimes. When he served as the censor of Duchayuan, he led the people to build water conservancy and irrigate farmland, with remarkable achievements. When he was the vice governor of the capital, the enemy was at present, and there were no bonfires in Shanggu (now Yixian County, Hebei Province), Yunzhong (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) and Yuyang (now Jixian County, Tianjin City). The emperor rewarded gold coins and promoted the right assistant minister's Ministry of War. Soon after, he was promoted to assistant minister of the Ministry of War and assistant minister of Beijing camp, and later to governor of Hebei and Liao, and went to the front to fight against Liao soldiers. During his tenure in this post, he took major military reform measures, showing kindness to wounded and killed soldiers, giving preferential treatment to the enemy, taking care of soldiers, opening and closing bans to promote border interests and allowing border people to trade with Liao people. These have won the hearts and minds of the army, the border is impregnable, and the Liao army has won every battle. Due to his outstanding achievements, Emperor Wanli rewarded gold coins again and was promoted to the position of Minister of War. When he was the Minister of Ministry of War, he carried out the reform of promoting the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages again, cleared the redundant staff of the royal department, restrained Ding Bai's initiative, and stipulated the reward and punishment clauses for military commanders, which greatly improved the military capability and discipline and enhanced the combat effectiveness of the army. So, the emperor once again rewarded gold coins and named the prince Xiao Bao. He died of overwork in the year of Wanli xinmao (a.d. 159 1) at the age of 58. Wang Yie, a young man, has been an official for 40 years. He has made great contributions to the country and won a reputation in the ruling and opposition circles. Premier Xu Wenzhen once said: I have 400 students, but several Wang Yie are the pillars of the country. After Wang Yi 'e died, Emperor Wanli was very sad. He paid a lot of money to build a tomb, which was large in scale and tall in archway, and wrote an inscription to mourn.

Chen Yubi, the minister of Nanjing Household Department, is a native of Shang Di Village, Quzhou County. He was born in a farmer's family and studied hard since childhood. "He was born in public and is keen on writing." In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559), he was admitted to Jinshi. At first, he was an official in Qingyang (now Gansu) (the official name is generally the official of Zhengqipin, in charge of the punishment name and praise code), and so on. In Qin Long, in order to give Prince Zhu Jun (later emperor, year number Wanli) the East Palace (the teacher of the Prince), he called ministers to discuss. Everyone thinks that Chen Yu's character and knowledge are excellent, and his moral articles are also excellent. He was appointed as an academician to teach the prince to read. Because of his dedication and good education, he was deeply appreciated by the emperor and praised him: "Chen is a virtuous official." And presented the royal calligraphy "Palace Body" and "Jing Wei Xiaoqin". When Zhang became prime minister, he was not afraid of the powerful and upright, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. "Raising a family at home is for farming." . After Zhang's death, he came out of the mountain for the second time and served as the right assistant. Later, he was promoted to Sikong to supervise the restoration of the capital. During the construction, he strictly controlled the quality and supervision, finished ahead of schedule, and saved more than 50,000 yuan. Awarded by the emperor, he was promoted to Governor Sajima, who transported grain. He made outstanding achievements in rectifying water administration and ensuring the smooth flow of the Grand Canal, with a surplus of 130,000. Later, Zuo Assistant Minister of Ministry of War and Zuo Assistant Minister of Housing were promoted to Nanjing Housing Minister. Chen Yubi was strict in running the family, and handed down books with poems. He was very strict with his younger brother Chen Yujie. Later, Chen Yujie was admitted to Jinshi (Jinshi in the third year of Wanli (1575)), and was famous for his military preparations. At that time, he was called a "double scholar". Because of his outstanding achievements, his grandfather Chen was later named the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War; His father, Chen, was born and was later awarded the title of Right Assistant Minister's Ministry of War. He worked hard to be an official and lived a clean life. There was only eight taels of silver in the bag when he died. Thanks to the imperial court's "sacrificial burial", Chen Yubei's funeral was handled.

Liu Rongsi, Minister of Industry, is known as Zhong Jing, whose real name is Jianzhai, and his nickname is Board House. There are four people in Furen Village, Quzhou County. His parents died when he was young, and he lived with his uncle. He was extremely clever since he was a child, and he wrote a book at the age of ten. At that time, Zhang Fengxiang, the county chief and general manager, treated him like a national scholar, and there was an endless stream of people asking for literature. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (16 16), the soldiers were recruited, and they were first awarded the director of the household department and then transferred to the director of the official department. With the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian. Wei monopolizes power and steals power, with a huge momentum and runs amok. Liu Rongsi did not collude with him and tried his best to oppose the eunuch party with many ministers. When he was in Shandong, he refused to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, regardless of life and death. Chongzhen five years, Ren Shuntian magistrate. He used the method of forgiveness, and the princes and nobles restrained themselves and managed the land in Kyoto in an orderly way. He often studied poetry with famous literati Li Daoyuan and Jia Langxian. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the river house was seriously damaged. Chongzhen appointed Liu Rongsi as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the right deputy capital, the prime minister riverway and the military affairs prefect. Later generations respectfully called him "Liu". He personally surveyed and did it himself. The construction cost was budgeted at 532,000 taels of silver, and only 282,000 taels were used. However, he was framed by the records of Wang and others, saying that he was wrong in governing the river and went to prison for questioning. In prison, he expressed his ambition with poetry and wrote a lot. It was not until the eleventh year of Chongzhen that he was released, and soon he died on the road at the age of 68. He was rehabilitated after his son appealed to the emperor. During the twenty years of the dynasty, Liu Rong thought that his political voice was prominent, and he opposed castration and built water conservancy projects, which was deeply respected by the people. He is also a famous poet, painter and calligrapher.

Lu Zhenfei, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Official Department and Ministry of War in Nanming, was born in Dongguan, Quzhou, and was a scholar in the fifth year of the apocalypse (1625). When I was a magistrate of Jingyang County, I dared to fight eunuch Wei Zhongxian. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to Douchayuan to supervise the suggestion. He is not afraid of powerful people and defends his speech. Chongzhen toured Fujian for six years and diligently defended coastal defense. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen hanged Jingshan Park, Fu was in Nanjing, and traitors were reused. Lu Zhenfei was removed from office. In the first year of Hong Guang, Emperor Zhu of the Tang Dynasty (that is, Emperor Long of Nanming Dynasty) stood on his own feet in Fuzhou, and was appointed as Zuodu Yushi, Prince of Taibao, College Scholar of Wenyuange, and Minister of Official Department. Guanjue tired to the left, Guanglu doctor, Prince Taishi, official department minister, Ministry of War minister, official to big official, given jade belt. Although Tang Wang was wise and Lu Zhenfei was willing to fight, his strength was far from equal, and he finally failed to fight the Qing army and went to the island. In the first year of Yongming (1647), Wang acceded to the throne and unfortunately died halfway. Lu Zhenfei took "finger-pointing, hoeing, not party member, not Arabia" as his life creed, worked hard for the officials, for the people and for the officials, and devoted himself to the anti-Qing struggle to protect Nanming. He was called "Wen Tianxiang in the late Ming Dynasty" and was admired by the world.

It took less than 100 years from 1553, when Wang Yi 'e was admitted to the Imperial Examination, to the latest 1647, when Lu Zhenfei died, not to mention a small county in Zhou Xia, even a famous town, it was rare to see so many senior officials. During this period, there were more than a dozen senior officials in Quzhou who lived in Taiwan Province Province. Think about it, these ministers, governors and teachers' disciples. During this period, Quzhou also produced city, county and county officials. They just don't seek common interests. Their relationship and power are beyond your imagination. Coupled with the "second generation of officials", seven aunts and eight aunts, they created powerful gentlemen, businessmen and Confucian scholars coming and going, etc., they have written many stories of bureaucrats in Quzhou County for a hundred years, and they love and hate legends. Among them, Yu Tang Chun is a love story between Wang San's son and Zhou Yujie, which I will show in another article. All kinds of people and wealth, no matter how capable they are, can't beat the ticking of time. They are all destroyed in the long history of rolling development.

The former four ministers became a great period to be proud of in Quzhou history.