"Living King" Peng Yulin: Enforce the law impartially and kill Li Hongzhang's nephew. Why is Li Hongzhang still speechless?
The four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, as their names suggest, made great contributions and achievements to the revival of the Qing Dynasty.
For example, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Pingding pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Hongzhang's diplomatic strategy, Beiyang Navy, Zhang Zhidong's Hanyang Arsenal and Mining Bureau and so on.
The Westernization Movement initiated by the four of them, including Prince Gong Yixin, Wen Xiang and other enlightened gentry, promoted the development of the Qing Dynasty at that time.
In fact, besides them, there are many famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Ceng Jize, Weng Tonghe, Shen Baozhen, Hu Linyi, Luo and Lin Zexu.
Their destruction of opium in Humen aroused the awakening of national patriotic consciousness; Or diplomatic negotiations to promote the country to win more benefits; Or as a local official, he made outstanding achievements, or he was not afraid of powerful people and was "bold". He beheaded An Dehai, the great eunuch who favored Cixi and accepted the benefits of local officials, and became famous at home and abroad. In the past few days, Bian Xiao will tell them one by one.
Today, we will tell the story of Peng Yulin. Besides the four famous ministers, there are a series of famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty.
Peng Yulin, whose name is Xueqin, is from Hengyang, Hunan. His father Peng Mingjiu visited Liangyuan in Hefei, Anhui. When Peng Yulin 16 years old, his father died and his people confiscated his family's land. The Peng Yulin family fled to live in the county and became a calligrapher to support their mother.
He was only sixteen at that time, and he couldn't resist. Because of this, he developed a character of hating evil.
Scholar, Confucian general, magistrate and expert Jane read his article, which was very well written and was very surprised. He was recruited to a government department for part-time study. There was a burglary in Xinning, and he followed Xie Biao to search for the thief. Peng Yulin is actually a scholar. The generals mistakenly thought he was a military attache and promoted him to Lin Wuying Committee, but he didn't go. The Confucian general's later career has been written.
To Leiyang, as a business supervisor. Guangdong thieves arrived and used all their money to help the county magistrate raise warriors to prepare for defense. The enemy knew they were on guard and didn't attack, so Leiyang City was saved. Peng Yulin didn't want to comment on the credit, but only asked for the loan to be returned, so his reputation is known to the world.
When the Guangdong bandits arrived, all the county magistrates were on guard. Thieves know that they are prepared, but if they don't attack, the city will win. Yulin is famous for begging for fake money, although he didn't make meritorious deeds.
Here comes the opportunity. In Xianfeng three years, Zeng Guofan managed the water army and founded the 10th battalion. He is in charge of one battalion, and many of the other nine battalions are officers. Reporting affairs depends on Peng Yulin, and there are many plans and suggestions in the process of establishing the rules and regulations of the water army.
Later, because he followed Zeng Guofan to pacify the Taiping Army, he made great contributions and was promoted to the general of the Ministry of War to manage and supervise the Guards.
When the soldiers broke into the enemy lines to fight with the enemy, Peng Yulin often took a boat to supervise the battle, with the red flag as the symbol, sometimes in the front and sometimes in the back, so the soldiers tried their best. He quietly entered the army to check the war situation and military discipline, and there was no fixed destination. Because of his impartial law enforcement, local soldiers and civilians dare not do bad things wherever he goes, and he is called "the living king of Yan".
What people talk about most is that he enforced the law impartially and killed Li Hongzhang's nephew.
When Peng Yulin was appointed as the governor of the Yangtze River to manage the navy and the Ministry of War, he acted impartially, took evil as the enemy, severely punished the evil forces, and even offended Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, senior officials of the Qing court. Ceng Guoquan was Zeng Guofan's brother, and Peng Yulin found that Ceng Guoquan's army was lax in discipline, and he also arrested two war generals who smoked opium in Ceng Guoquan. Zeng Guofan is Peng Yulin's teacher and is very kind to him. However, regardless of the teacher-student relationship, Peng Yulin decided to impeach Ceng Guoquan for three times, which led Zeng Guofan to write to him in a rage and asked his brother where he had offended him.
One year, when Peng Yulin passed by Anqing, people suddenly stopped to complain about the local bully Li Qiusheng. Li Qiusheng is Li Hongzhang's nephew. By virtue of Li Hongzhang's power in the ruling and opposition parties, he ran roughshod over the village and took away his wife and daughter. The locals dare to speak out. After investigation, Peng Yulin had enough evidence to arrest Li Qiusheng for trial, but Li Qiusheng admitted that he despised Peng Yulin and dared not do anything to him. Peng Yulin flatly ordered: "Unless this person is removed, there can be no peace in Anqing."
At this time, Li Hongzhang's younger brother likui jy came to intercede. Although Li Hongzhang had this trump card, he failed to make Peng Yulin soft-hearted and stay under the sword. During his tenure, Peng Yulin impeached and dealt with more than 200 corrupt and incompetent officials, including many senior officials. In addition, one of Peng Yulin's nephews is a local judge, who killed the military plane because he delayed it.
What he did left a good story among the people at that time: "When Gong Peng came out, the rivers and lakes were in awe." Before his death, Peng Yulin donated all his salary, integrity and funds. Those who have been officials for decades will have to pay military expenses.
Peng Yulin is honest and clean, occupies a high position, and has always adhered to the principle of "no money". In the winter of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), after leading the Xiang navy to cooperate with the land division to capture Tianjia town, the Qing court rewarded 4,200 yuan in silver, but he turned to help his hometown. In his letter to his uncle, he said, "I think it is convenient and enjoyable to use this money, because I want more people and relatives in my hometown to suffer."
He also asked his uncle to take some money from it to set up a school in his hometown, hoping to "train a few talents" for his hometown. He is strict with himself and his family.
When he learned that his son spent 2000 strings of copper coins to repair the old house at home, he wrote a letter and sternly reprimanded: "I am deeply sorry for being so arrogant." He said that he has always regarded "buying a house and land" as a bad habit of being an official, and he has vowed not to do it. Promote civil engineering; After it was built, I didn't expect you to be extravagant. "If outsiders don't know, they will say that I am abnormal, and I can't practice. How can I be ashamed to meet people? "
In fact, the old house built by my son is just three earth walls and three tile houses.
For the first time, a senior official resigned as the governor of Anhui Province. 186 1 year (the 11th year of Xianfeng), Peng Yulin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Anhui deployment envoy (equivalent to the governor). Zeng Guofan was appointed as the Governor of Liangjiang River, the Governors of Three Provinces were appointed as his three cronies, and Peng Yulin was appointed as the Governor of Anhui Province (equivalent to the Secretary of Anhui Provincial Party Committee), but he declined politely for three consecutive times. The reason is that I have become accustomed to the military camp and neglected the civil affairs. Please ask the court not to abandon the long and use the short. The imperial court had to withdraw the order and appoint him as assistant minister of the Ministry of War, but he still stayed at the front line to supervise and lead the navy before accepting it.
The second time was to resign as governor of grain transportation. 1865 (February of Tongzhi four years), the court appointed the governor of grain transportation. Governor of grain transportation is in charge of grain transportation in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces. Everyone coveted it and declined it twice. Besides ignorance of Cao Zheng, the reason is impatience and ignorance, and he will not get along with all parties. The court had to give up.
The third time was to resign as assistant minister of the Ministry of War. 1868 (June 7), Peng Yulin resigned as assistant minister of the Ministry of War for seven years. The reason is that when he joined the army, his mother's funeral lasted only one year after three years. Now that the country is stable, he should return to the field and make up for the remaining two years. This time, the court did not retain him and agreed to his resignation.
The fourth time was to resign as assistant minister of the Ministry of War. 1872 (eleven years of Tongzhi), three or four years after Peng Yulin left office, the court appointed him as assistant minister of the Ministry of War and minister of wedding of the Tongzhi emperor. As soon as the celebration was over, he immediately resigned as the acting assistant minister of the Ministry of War. After the court accepted it, it gave him another task, that is, to inspect the Yangtze River Navy once a year.
The fifth time was to resign as Governor of Liangjiang. 188 1 year (July 7th, Guangxu), the court appointed Peng Yulin as Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Foreign Trade of Nanyang. The two rivers are vast in territory and rich in products. Without Nanyang Trade Minister, they have great power and responsibility, and they have been unable to appoint non-official ministers. Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and others, the important ministers of the DPRK, held this position. The appointment of Peng Yulin as Governor of Liangjiang shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to him, but he just doesn't accept this feeling. He resigned after receiving the order and resigned the next day. The imperial court had no choice but to hand over the vacancy to Zuo.
The sixth time I resigned from the Ministry of War. 1882 (the eighth year of Guangxu), the court appointed Peng Yulin as the Minister of War. As usual, he resigned immediately after receiving the order, which was not allowed by the court. Soon, the Sino-French war broke out, and the court ordered him to lead the old soldiers to recruit and quickly go to Guangdong and Guangxi to deploy coastal defense. He thought it was a critical moment and it was not appropriate to resign, so he went to Guangdong with his sick body, led troops to station in the front line of the South China Sea, renovated the Humen fortress, strengthened the integrity of the coast, and sent troops to defend Qinzhou and Lingshan. Many times in the main battle, strict preparations are required after the war to prevent future troubles.
After the victory of the Sino-French War, in March of the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), he resigned as the minister of the Ministry of War, which was not accepted by the court. In August of this year, August of the following year, July of the third year and June of the fourth year, he submitted his resignation four times in a row. In view of his insistence, the court had to accept it.
Those who only love the nobleness of plum blossoms like painting after military activities and are famous for painting plum blossoms. It is said that he misses Aunt Mei's love. "He is old, there are many people, and his strength is as big as a child's jade." According to the research of Luo Ergang 1946, Meigu was originally the adopted daughter of Peng Yulin's grandmother Zhu Bin. As far as qualifications are concerned, she can be said to be Peng Yulin's elder (aunt). Her name is Meigu, a few years older than Peng Yulin. It is said that Peng Yulin called her "Aunt". They met in age, grew up together and lived a private life. Later, the two have never been married. The apparent reason is that the eight characters are incompatible. The real reason is seniority.
Later, under the auspices of Peng Mu, Mei Gu married another Yao family and died in dystocia four years later. When Peng Yulin heard the news, he was devastated. He cried and said, "A lifelong confidant is plum blossoms" and vowed to paint 100,000 plum blossoms for the rest of his life to commemorate their love. Every time he draws a picture, he has to put a stamp on it, which says, "A broken heart has no arms" and "A lifelong confidant is a plum blossom".
Peng Yulin kept his promise. It took him 40 years to fulfill his promise to commemorate Mei Gu with 1 10,000 pieces of plum blossom. He hasn't been married since his wife died. The plum blossoms he painted: dry as iron, branches as steel and flowers as tears. During my resignation and seclusion, first of all, a hall was built next to Zhao Zhong Temple, a famous tourist attraction in Shi Zhongshan, which was full of plum blossoms. The second is to build a "retreat province" in my hometown and paint poems in the temple.