Tang Jiong

Tang Jiong

Tang Jiong (1829-1909), whose name is Esheng, was later named Chengshan old man. He was born in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, and was the son of Tang Shuyi, Hubei governor. Qing Dynasty officials.

In the 29th year of Daoguang (1849), he was elected. In March of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), he set up a rural League in Guiyang. In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), he was the magistrate of Nanxi County, Sichuan Province. The eighth year of Xianfeng (1858) exterminated the black nest bandits. In the same year, Li Yonghe besieged Miancheng, and Tang Jiong personally guarded the city for three months before the reinforcements came out. In the first year of tongzhi (1862), he led anding camp and defeated shidakai Department of Taiping Army in Changning. Later, he offered advice to Luo Bingzhang, governor of Sichuan Province, to help wipe out Shi Dakai. In the third year of tongzhi (1864), he was transferred to Shaanxi Province to govern Yingtian. During this period, he defeated Zhang Zongyu of Nian Army. In 1867, he led the Sichuan army to aid Guizhou and encircle he Desheng's yellow trumpet army. He was granted the title of "fakejing abatulu" because of his merit. Guangxu six years (1880), acting Sichuan salt tea ceremony, get rid of salt malady. Guangxu eight years (1882), as governor of Yunnan. During the Sino French war, Shanxi and Beining fell into the garrison because of the disadvantageous defense of the city. They were arrested, sentenced to beheading, and then pardoned and returned to their hometown. Guangxu 13 years (1887) resume official, went to Yunnan to supervise mining, before and after 15 years.

In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1908), the title of Prince Shaobao was added. In 1909, he died in Guiyang at the age of 80.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

In March 1829, Tang Jiong was born in Tianmen County, Hubei Province. In 1849, Tang Jiong won the examination. In December of 1853, Tang Jiong went to Hubei from Guiyang to visit his father, Tang Shuyi, who was then acting Hubei envoy. At this time, the Taiping army defeated the army led by Wu Wenrong, governor of Huguang in Huangzhou, and was preparing to attack Jinkou. It was Tang Shuyi who was ordered to garrison Jinkou. On the 22nd of the first month of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Tang Jiong arrived in Jinkou, Hubei Province. When Tang Shuyi saw Tang Jiong and asked him a few questions about his family, he told him that he was going to fight with the Taiping army. He thought that "the eldest man would die like Jiang Zhongcheng." One day later, Tang Shuyi's warship was sunk and threw into the river to die for his country. After Tang Shuyi died, Tang Jiong took his father's legacy to Yuezhou (now Yueyang) to visit Zeng Guofan, who submitted the legacy to the imperial court on his behalf.

Military career

In March of 1854, Tang Jiong returned to Guiyang. Because of the local man-made rebellion, Tang Jiong spared all his family's wealth to recruit villagers to organize militia in his hometown for defense. Soon after, he was appointed by the governor and the governor to guard the northern part of the provincial city, echoing Ding Baozhen and Zhao yingsan's regiment training. In November, Zeng Guofan led the Hunan army to recover Wuchang, and the governor yamen of Hubei informed Tang Jiong of the news in time. After hearing the news, Tang Jiong rushed to Wuchang, Hubei Province. With the help of Wang Boxin, Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang, he finally found his father's remains. In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), Tang Jiong, who had finished his funeral, donated a county magistrate and was sent to Sichuan as an official. Soon after, Tang Jiong was sent to Nanxi, Sichuan by the imperial court. At that time, he was catching up with Li Yonghe, a bandit from Yunnan, who attacked Sichuan. LAN Chaozhu responded to him and captured Xuzhou. The officers and soldiers were very worried. So Tang Jiong trained his soldiers and patrolled day and night, and his heart gradually became stable. Someone was caught by the bandits and released. He said, "help me tell Tang Qingtian that we will never invade every plant in Nanxi! "After Tang Jiong led the army to approach diaohuanlou, he entered the camp with one sword and one horse, indicating the interest. LAN Chaozhu expressed his willingness to surrender. Li Yonghe attacks Qianwei instead, and Tang Jiong rescues in an emergency. When Li Yonghe relaxes and takes the opportunity to attack, Li Yonghe is defeated, and his troops rush and trample on each other. Tang Jiong and the Chu army then lifted the siege of Chengdu by the bandits. In 1858, the imperial court appointed Tang Jiong to act as governor of mianzhou. However, because of the attack on Pixian and Pengxian by the black nest robbers, the military situation was urgent, and the imperial court transferred him back to Chengdu, the provincial capital, for defense. After Tang Jiong reconnoitred, he knew the truth of the black nest robber. He asked his superior to give him eight days to solve the problem. As a result, it was really solved as he said. Later, Tang Jiong was promoted to the prefect of Kuizhou Prefecture for his meritorious service. But before he took office, Li Yonghe led his troops to surround Miancheng. Tang Jiong ordered to dig trenches to defend the enemy. He climbed the city wall to defend himself, and the people subsidized food one after another. Tang Jiong stayed in the city for three months, but did not go down to the city. He vowed to defend Miancheng to the death until reinforcements arrived. Soon after, the Xiang army and the Qian Army started a fight in the prefecture, and Luo Bingzhang impeached and dismissed Tang Jiong. After that, Tang Jiong still managed the army. In 1862, Tang Jiong led anding camp. Just as Shi Dakai surrounded Fuzhou, he and Liu yuezhao agreed to join forces and beat Shi Dakai away. In the summer of the same year, Shi Dakai's men prepared to attack Qijiang. Tang Jiong quickly went to the rescue and burned the enemy's barracks. The enemy broke up and was beaten in Changning. Later, Tang Jiong returned to Chengdu due to illness. Luo Bingzhang asked Tang Jiong about the enemy's situation. At that time, Shi Dakai and others retreated to Yunnan Province and claimed to enter Guizhou. Tang Jiong said, "Shi Dakai is luring our army eastward. They must go to the Yi nationality areas in Southwest Sichuan and enter Sichuan by taking advantage of Xu. They should set up a guard in Ningyuan and Yueyi. " Soon after Shi Dakai invaded purple land, Tang Jiong asked to send Tang yougeng's army to guard Dadu River. After the defeat, Shi Dakai returned to the West Bank of Dadu River. However, he was blocked by the Luoyi. He was forced to surrender because he had run out of food and was later executed. In the second year of tongzhi (1863), the court appointed Tang Jiong to act as governor of suiding, Sichuan. After he took office, he divided the area into eight roads. Under the road, he set up a dry field, under the field, he set up a dry village, and the village set up a general village. He implemented the law of remembering good and evil. On the first day of each month, Tang Jiong personally punished him according to the registered booklet. He also set up two academies and more than 80 social schools. In this way, the local situation under his administration was stable, and the counties under his administration learned from him. In 1864, Tang Jiong went to Shaanxi to help manage Yingtian. Zhang Zongyu, the leader of Nien army, attacked Xinfeng and was defeated by Tang Jiong. In 1867, governor Chongshi of Sichuan ordered Tang Jiong to lead his army into Guizhou. Guizhou is very poor because of banditry. Chongshi first asked Tang Jiong about his financial management strategy. Tang Jiong said, "it's better to save money than to save money, it's better to abolish the army than to save Guizhou. "Chongshi agreed with him and ordered him to take charge of the army to rescue Guizhou. As a result, Tang Jiong successively broke Piandao, Shuishang, Daping, huangpiao and Baibao, captured and killed Wang Chaofan and Liu Yishun, subdued pan Renjie and Tang Tianyou, who were habitual bandits, and conquered Pingyue, Weng'an, Huangping, Qingping and Maha. He was promoted to Taoist because of his merit, and was given the name of fakejing abatulu. Later, when he attacked Zhang Xiumei in Southeast Guizhou, he withdrew from the army for lack of food and salaries. He was impeached by Zeng Biguang, governor of Guizhou, and Wu Tang, governor of Sichuan. He was stripped of his top clothes as a punishment. Later, he was released from military power and went to Chengdu for investigation. In 1878, Ding Baozhen was appointed governor of Sichuan Province. He asked Tang Jiong to help manage the salt affairs, and soon became Jianchang road. In 1880, he acted as an agent of salt tea ceremony, and stated six good things in his submission: salt introduction must be new before old; salt tax must be collected before introduction; salt introduction must be sent and sent, and salt road must be ordered; Zhang Yin should be replaced, and counties and prefectures must be instructed; dates must be strictly limited when disabled persons are paid; and favorable supply fees must be paid for office work. "After the implementation of the agreement, the confusion of salt diversion projects and the entanglement of funds for more than 100 years have been eliminated, and the specific contents are written in the records of salt law.

Crime of defeat

In 1882, Zhang Zhidong and Zhang Peilun recommended Tang Jiong to be a military minister, so the imperial court promoted Tang Jiong to Yunnan. Tang Jiong led a thousand Sichuan troops stationed outside the pass, and all Yunnan troops were dispatched by him. Tang Jiong dealt with public affairs, abolished servicemen and chariots and horses, managed factory affairs, merged Lika, and cleared up the land and grain, thus alleviating the hardship of the people. Tang Jiong was ordered to defend the French invasion of China's Vietnam. In front of the army, Tang Jiong was appointed governor. However, he mistakenly heard his generals say that France and the imperial court discussed peace and returned to the province as soon as possible. As a result, under the attack of the French army, Shanxi and Beining were lost one after another. When the emperor knew about it, he was so angry that he dismissed Tang Jiong from his post and arrested him for interrogation. After a period of time, the emperor's anger was relieved. After three autumn trials, Tang Jiong was pardoned and returned home. Zuo Zongtang presented his achievements to the imperial court, which ordered Tang Jiong to guard Yunnan as a subordinate of Cen Yuying.

Supervision of mining affairs

In 1887, the imperial court awarded Tang Jiong the title of governor and ordered him to supervise the mining industry in Yunnan. He and the Japanese miners personally inspected the copper and lead factories in Zhaotong, Dongchuan and Weining. They wrote a memorial to the emperor and stated that they wanted to change the regulations. They also asked for the reduction of the lead tax in Guizhou, and the exemption of the money owed by the Yunnan mines to the government and the money and grain owed by the people. All these were approved. However, Tang Jiong managed Yunnan mining for 15 years, but only transported one million jin of copper to the capital in one year, so he was ridiculed by the public opinion at that time.

He died in his hometown

In 1905, Tang Jiong resigned his official post and returned home. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1908), the title of Shaobao was added to the title of crown prince Jiong of Tang Dynasty. In 1909, Tang Jiong died in Guiyang at the age of 80.

Main impact

Achievements in public welfare

Repair Yangming Temple

In 1877, Tang Jiong became an official in Sichuan. Yangming temple in Fufeng mountain of Guiyang has been in disrepair for a long time, and scholars such as Luo Wenbin proposed to repair it. Tang Jiong and his good friend Ding Baozhen (then governor of Sichuan) gathered together in Sichuan to donate money. Ding Baozhen donated 3000 liang of silver and Tang Jiong donated more than 2800 liang of silver. Tang Jiong sent the bank note to Guiyang and entrusted Luo Wenbin and Yuan Sikai to manage it

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