Literature and history |" Burning car royal history "Xie Zhending" Yong "history" favored

Xie Zhending (1753-1809), a native of Xiangxiang (present-day Lianyuan), Hunan, during the Qing Dynasty, during the Qing Dynasty, he held the posts of official inspector of the imperial history and the tongzhou grain department. Although he is a scholar, he is known for his bravery, believing that life is "eager to learn and practice, not courageous". Courage not only runs through his life, but also makes him forever in history.

One

Courage and courage

The most emblematic of Xie Zhending's courage is his burning and burning car. The Draft History of the Qing Dynasty records this in great detail.

On March 18, the first year of the Qing Dynasty (1796), the Beijing Division held the Youling Divine Meeting, which was bustling with people. Xie Zhending, who was then the inspector of imperial history, "inspected the Eastern City, and those who rode in the illegal car in Qu, and insisted on it, then they and concubine brother Also, the language was not inferior, Zhending ordered him to answer bitterly, so he burned his car." He said, 'Is this car worthy of sitting on the throne?' ’”

At this time, although Jiaqing had taken the throne, Qianlong was still in power. He Yan was Qianlong's family, chief scholar of the cabinet, and military minister in charge; he had been made a first-class loyal duke, who was deeply favored by Qianlong, who was in power and power, arrogant, and hot, and was known as the "Second Emperor." Xie Zhending, the official from Wupin, dared to oppose it, and there was no extraordinary courage, okay? Definitely not. As a result, he was dismissed from his post and earned the nickname "Burning Car Imperial History".

Two

Yong "stabbed" Liu Yong

Xie Zhending, who was deposed for burning the car, soon offended Liu Yong again.

Liu Yong was then the official Shangshu, and together with He yan and Ji Xiaolan, he was known as the "Three Great Middle Halls". Liu Yong turned out to be a very good official, and he was in a monopoly, so he entrusted the snake to the snake, only to be funny and pleasing. Xie Zhending was naturally dissatisfied with it.

On the sixth day of October in the first year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor summoned the new prefect and above, and asked Liu Yong whether Dai Shiyi, the newly elected governor of Zhejiang Prefecture, could be competent, and Liu Yong said: "It is acceptable." "In fact, Dai Shiyi is very mediocre and incompetent.

Xie Zhending then used the "No Gua Xiang Ci" to satirize Liu Yong: "Inner yin and outer yang, inner soft and outer rigid, inner villain and outer gentleman, small humane long, gentleman's way to eliminate also." ”

This matter was also widely recited in the Kyoshi.

Three

Bravely travel to Mount Hua

Does it take courage to visit Mount Hua? The answer is yes.

In the ninth year of Jiaqing (1804), Xie Zhending tried Shaanxi and Gansu, began his return journey on September 17, and arrived at the foot of Mount Hua on the nineteenth, Suyuquan Temple. Huayin County He County Ling came to visit, Xie Zhending proposed, want to go up to Mount Hua to see.

He Xianling's face was embarrassed, saying that for decades, only The Shaanxi Governor Bi Yuan had ever gone up Mount Hua, but he was also like Han Yu in the past, trembling and trembling, and did not dare to go down the mountain. The county order had to arrange for personnel to drunk him with wine and carry him down the mountain.

He Xianling's persuasion did not work. Xie Zhending also deliberately "prayed for the god of Wen Yue and begged for two days of sunshine" in order to make the trip.

Xie Zhending

In the early morning of the twenty-day day, the red sun was full of windows, Xie Zhending was overjoyed, so he was accompanied by Feng Hao, the inspector of Huayin, and went up the mountain happily, and quickly indulged in it, "I don't know why I forgot about the world", and also stayed one night in the West Peak Courtyard on the mountain, and returned to the Yuquan Courtyard, it was already two o'clock in the evening of the next day.

After returning to Beijing, Xie Zhending wrote down the "Chronicle of Mount Deng Taihua", which was praised as the "Ancient Qiwen". In this travelogue, he recorded in detail every scenic spot he visited, reading it as if he were personally present, and at the end, he also made a slight sigh, saying that Mount Hua was "the gathering of the pure qi of heaven and earth and the bell." The old man said: 'The mountains of Hua are standing. 'There are many famous mountains in the world, and its walls are full of thousands of people, and there is no one to lean on, but Hua Ran."'

Four

Courageously refute the Holy Will

The Emperor has issued a holy decree, can it still be refuted? OK. It just takes courage. Xie Zhending refuted it once.

In the autumn of the eighth year of Jiaqing (1803), Shandong Inspector Tie Bao and Xuezheng Liu Fengxuan played the song, saying that he had obtained the book "Zuo Chuan Jingshe Zhi", and visited Qiu Mingshan, a native of Feicheng, as the seventy-third grandson of Zuo Qiu Ming, and asked Qiu Mingshan to be the doctor of the Five Classics.

Because the requested matters were under the management of the Ceremonial Department, the Jiaqing Emperor approved the Ceremonial Department to handle it. Rebbe Shangshu Ji Xiaolan carefully studied, thought that there were many doubts about Dou, quite unbelievable, and suggested a review. In the summer of the ninth year of Jiaqing, the iron warranty was neglected to submit the previous proposal. Ji Xiaolan still held his own opinion and asked the well-known scholar Duan Yujie to study it. Duan and Ji agreed.

Therefore, the Jiaqing Emperor issued an edict on the matter of Tie Bao: "What the Rebbe refuted is very true. ”

After the Jiaqing Emperor made up his mind, he did not expect that Xie Zhending, the head of the ceremonial department, still had something to say. He wrote the article "Qiu Shi Non-Zuo Clan Later Refutation", which was quoted by The Side, supported Tie Bao, and refuted Ji Xiaolan, which was actually a refutation of the Jiaqing Emperor.

As soon as this article came out, public opinion was in an uproar.

It should be said that Xie Zhending's search for the essence and the truth of his judgment were indeed beyond Ji's refutation. The question is, is it necessary for Xie Zhending to refute the Jiaqing Emperor? Because what Xie Zhending refuted was not only the emperor, but also his benefactor. But Xie Zhending wanted to say it when he had something to say, and he was desperate to say it, which was a bit of a taste of "I love my teacher, I love the truth even more".

Five

CourageousLy repair the Official Office

In December of the eleventh year of Jiaqing (1807), Xie Zhending was appointed as the minister of the Tongzhou Grain Department.

Located in the southwest corner of Tongzhou, the Department of Sitting Grain is divided into two houses, east and west, according to the custom, the full hall of the west house, the Han hall of Xie Zhen settled in the east house.

The Department of Food and Drinking was rebuilt in the third year of Yongzheng (1723), and it has been 84 years, and the church building has been dilapidated. The reason for the lack of maintenance was insufficient funding. The annual repair cost arranged by the Ministry of Households is only enough to repair a few bedrooms, while the Department has more than 190 large and small houses.

Soon after Xie Zhending took office, he planned a comprehensive maintenance of the East Office of the Grain Hall, and the craftsmen estimated that it would cost about 2,000 taels of silver.

Where does the money come from? Xie Zhending thought of a way, first borrowed by the household department, and then deducted 200 taels per year from his own incorruptible silver, in fact, he donated funds for maintenance.

On February 20, the twelfth year of Jiaqing (1808), Xie Zhending officially submitted the plan, which was quickly approved by the Ministry of Households. Xie Zhending immediately invited craftsmen to carry out repairs. At the beginning of May, the maintenance of the East Office of the Food Hall was completed, and the repair from the lobby to the stables was renovated, and it only cost more than 1,000 silver, which was far lower than the original plan.

The highest official in charge of tongzhou's grain affairs, The barn attendant Sa Bintu, came to the grain hall and was greatly surprised to see the newly renovated East Office, saying: "Yongya! Junhu Gu can suddenly do this peace? Xie Zhending said: "Non-courageous, please be at peace with your heart." ”

Privately paid for the maintenance of the official office, Sa Bintu said "yong", Xie Zhending said "non-courageous". I think, in addition to courage, there is something else.

Six

Fight the fire

In July of the twelfth year of Jiaqing, Xie Zhending went from Tongzhou to Tianjin to supervise the harvest of grain and rice from Huguang and Jiangxi in Beicang.

Late at night on September 19, at the berth of the military ship of Wangjiazhuang in the north and south of the city, the heavy ship of Ding Kang Huliang, the thirty-second banner of the Jiangxi Ji'an Gang, caught fire, crackling, and the fire was very fierce. Xie Zhending hurriedly led the people to run towards the place where the fire started.

Some people obstructed it: "Fighting fires is a local official affair, and if you go to Shang Er Li Xu, the road is dangerous at night, what is the way to go?" ”

Xie Zhending said, "Ordinary people are in difficulty and still need rescue." The grain ship is tied by the Heavenly Reserve, and I am an official of the imperial court, can I sit idly by? ”

In a few moments, when we arrived at the scene, it was already a sea of fire, and the fire was still spreading.

Xie Zhending commanded the military service to save the fight. The wind was raging and continued to spread. Xie Zhending had no choice but to kneel and pray in the air.

The wind broke and the fireboat sank. The spreading fire was eventually stopped.

The next day, Xie Zhending prepared sheep to thank the gods and donated 50 taels of silver to reward those who put out the fire.

According to statistics afterwards, the fire burned a total of 25 military ships, burned more than 13,000 stones of grain and rice, and burned 26 men and women of helmsmen and sailors. The Governor of Caoyun, Sa Bintu (who took office on May 18), Ben Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin Town, Jia Yunsheng, the Inspector of Tianjin, He Qixiu, the Tongzhi of Jiangxi Escort, and Zhang Xingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Ji'an Gang, were punished.

Xie Zhending was not punished. Of course, he does not fight the fire and will not be punished.

Source: Magazine of All Walks of Life, Issue 10, 2021

Author: Mo Mei