The story of Xiangqiao

Xiangqiao (1493- 1552) was originally from Qijia Oudong, Yongjia (now Shacheng Town, Longwan District, Wenzhou City). Later, he moved to Jiuqucang in the city and became a Jiuqushan person. In the eighth year of Ming Jiajing (1529), he was awarded the post of director of Nanjing Ministry of Industry. The MC is a real factory, and the Ministry of War chooses the chief officer. Because of fraud, he was called to Funing Prefecture (now Xiapu County, Fujian Province) to be known. As soon as he arrived, he abolished the old rule that servants should provide banquets and rewards to doormen, formulated the "herder treaty" and made it public. In the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), he was promoted to Fuzhou (now Linchuan County, Jiangxi Province). He posted a notice saying: I'm afraid there are no good officials and citizens in the world. Tell me all the advantages and disadvantages that should be abolished, and I will definitely promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages for you. He also mobilized students from six counties under his jurisdiction to personally evaluate the virtues of articles and encourage each other, and changed an abandoned temple, Baoying Academy, into an official school. Later, he was transferred to Luzhou Prefecture (now Hefei City, Anhui Province), where he was close to the people, punished thieves, strictly controlled official service, and kept the official administration clean. In order to improve traffic, two bridges, Goose Skin Bridge and Mawei Bridge, were built. Soon, Zhao Ying was convicted of libel and dismissed from office. After the restoration, he served as the magistrate of Hejian (now Hejian County, Hebei Province) and was implicated in prison because of Wang Lian's false accusation. Wang Lianhe was appointed as the magistrate of Wuxian County. When he was in office, he was punished by Governor Hu Maozong, impeached and dismissed from office, and copied Hu Maozong's "Poem of Welcome", saying that Hu cursed the court. As a result, Wang Lian died of false accusation, which had nothing to do with Xiangqiao. After understanding the case, he was promoted to Huguang to inspect the agreement. Here, Chu Wang Zhu was violent and unscrupulous, and complained at home and abroad. Xiang Qiao told his colleagues that Wang Yi was bound to suffer misfortune, so he wrote a book of surrender to Zhu, hoping that he would turn over a new leaf, but it was not accepted. Soon, Zhu killed his father Zhu, and the company pursued the case. All the people in the palace who guide prostitutes and help others to abuse were convicted, and nothing happened as Joe expected. Xiangqiao finally participated in Guangdong's political participation and retired from his hometown. I have been an official for more than twenty years.

Xiangqiao is honest, predictable and enlightened. He believes that saints can learn, and they are afraid to do too little when they see good things, and they are honest and love the people, so they have good political achievements everywhere. When Zhou Jin was a county magistrate in Luzhou, he recommended three county magistrates that he thought were good, but he didn't recommend Xiangqiao. In the same year, Tang Shunzhi wrote to Zhou Jin and asked him why he didn't recommend Item, saying it was unfair not to recommend Item. I wrote another letter to Joe, saying that Joe is "honest and down-to-earth." But it is more than enough to defend without expansion. It is more than enough for Yu Yi, but it is not enough for the macro. " It shows that the quality of Xiangqiao is good, but its knowledge is still insufficient. To be a conservative official, he has more than enough ability, but he can't be a pioneer official.

At that time, the view of Beijing and Beijing officials was that the north was valued over the south. The same official title is not as popular in Nanjing as in Beijing, so people who have a back door sent to Nanjing want to get business from Beijing. When Xiangqiao began to confer official positions in Nanking, it was the time when fellow countryman Zhang Cong took the record. Joe not only didn't want to enter through the back door, but even Zhang Cong recommended him to be an official in Beijing three times. He chose him as Jishi Shu for the first time, gave him an official position for the second time, and appointed him as the suggestion for the third time. He said he had no right to refuse. It will be awarded to Hanlin in the future, and because it is Cai's medical officer, it violated the taboo at that time. You can see Joe's disdain for promotion.

Xiangqiao opposes superstition. When he was in Luzhou, a wizard threw his hair in front of the house and locked him up. Tell him that if God can free himself from sin. So that the wizard was handcuffed for a whole month before being released. From then on, the wizard never cheated again. In the seventeenth year of Jiajing, Lou, the mother of Xiangqiao, died and was buried in Cihu North Village. Mr. Feng Shui said that this cemetery is not good for the eldest son and daughter-in-law, and people with the eldest daughter-in-law's family are very scared and ask for burial. He wrote a treatise on geomantic omen, quoted three quotations from geomantic omen and one from Yin and Yang, and refuted the nonsense of surveying and mapping theory.

Xiangqiao is very good at not studying, usually not a day goes by without studying. He said that he was "quite learned and eager to learn, and what he had learned would be remembered in his heart, although he would be very happy at night." Although I dare not say that it is not easy, it does not show a legacy. "For writing, we are opposed to' shrinking and changing words', which makes people unable to make sentences; Or talk about the sky carving dragons to make flowers and birds, which has nothing to do with justice; Still the same, but still draw fenugreek; It is still a set of articles, but it is just the decoration of the wheel. " The king of the South China Sea praised him as "proficient in learning, practical ability, proficient in knowledge and thorough in reasoning". Neo-Confucianism Zhan Ruoshui and Wu Yong also praised him. He became a celebrity for a while. He is the author of A Private Record of Oudong, with a first edition of ten volumes, including poems, essays, notes and official documents. Don't carve six private records in the future. If you give a lecture, you will edit the poem into Ruben and the official document into Lu Zheng. Sun Yirang said: Ou Dong's theory is based on Wang Yang Yin. He also lectured with Luo Hongxian, Ou and others, so his theory was generally consistent with that of Wang Yangyin, but different from that of Zhu, and he was not satisfied with some views of other Song Confucians. However, his comments on learning and his emphasis on learning are completely different from those of the last group of Yin and Yang scholars who entered the crazy Zen.

Xiangqiao attaches great importance to family education. He wrote in "Preface to Family Instructions": "The family is difficult but the world is easy. Since the son of heaven has arrived in Shu Ren, it is necessary to make it easy first and then difficult. " He also said, "My people don't learn family precepts, and they don't learn national laws alone?" He said in his notes: Although Zhang Cong was the prime minister and won the trust of the emperor, his family still wore work clothes and studied diligently; There are sons and nephews who release goods at high interest rates, invade other people's fields and endanger others. Zhang Cong once personally gave disciplinary education, and even sent a cangue number to the county magistrate. Xiangqiao praised this practice and thought that preventing officials from bullying others was the way to save the people. He asked parents to pay attention to their children's systematic education. There is a family motto that says, "It is not enough to marry a woman with 100 gold. The adopted son with 100 gold is' nose as big as boots'. This practice is retrogression so that children can grow up. "