Li Guangdi

Li Guangdi

Li Guangdi

(September 29, 1642 to June 26, 1718)

Jin Qing

, No

Houan

, alias

Rongcun

He was born in Anxi, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. He was a minister of the Kangxi Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Kangxi (1670), he was a Jinshi. He successively served as the editor of Hanlin academy, Hanlin bachelor, right Minister of the Ministry of war, and governor of Zhili. He helped to pacify "the rebellion of San Francisco" and "unify Taiwan". In the 44th year of Kangxi (1705), he paid homage to wenyuange bachelor and Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Kangxi 57 years (1718), because of hernia fast hair, died in office, at the age of 77 years old, posthumous title "Wenzhen". In the first year of Yongzheng reign (1723), a gift was given to the crown prince and Taifu as a sacrifice to Xianliang temple. His works include Li Xiang Yao Yi, Si Shu Jie, Xing Li Jing Yi and Zhu Zi Quan Shu.

Life of the characters

A new official career

Li Guangdi's ancestral home is Yanping, Fujian Province (now Nanping, Fujian Province). It is said that he is the descendant of Li Yuanxiang, the king of the river in the early Tang Dynasty. Later, he moved to Hutou Township, Anxi County, Quanzhou prefecture (now Hutou Town, Anxi County). Li Guangdi was born in Huadi Township, Anxi County on September 6, 1642. At the age of 13, the whole family met with mountain bandits. After that, they struggled to get out of danger. After returning home, they were determined to study hard. In 1664, Li Guangdi won the provincial examination. In the ninth year of Kangxi (1670), he made outstanding achievements in the general examination of gengxu. He was the second Jinshi in the second grade of senior high school and was selected as the best scholar in the ordinary school. In September of the 11th year of Kangxi (1672), he was granted the post of editor of the Imperial Academy. In the 12th year of Kangxi (1673), he served as the same examiner of the examination. In May of the same year, he asked for leave and went to Fujian Province.

Bring down San Francisco

In 1674, Geng Jingzhong, king of Jingnan, rebelled and ZHENG Jin occupied Quanzhou, Fujian Province. Li Guangdi and his family were hiding in the valley. Zheng Jinhe and Geng Jingzhong sent people to invite them, but Li Guangdi resolutely refused. In the fourteenth year of Kangxi (1674), Li Guangdi secretly wrote secret folds, hid them in wax balls, sent them to the capital, and finally presented them to the emperor through Fu Hongji, a cabinet scholar. Emperor Kangxi was deeply moved when he saw the secret fold. He praised Li Guangdi for his loyalty and ordered the Ministry of war to make him the leader of the army. When shifengzhixin rebelled, he led the army to occupy Ganzhou and Nan'an, but failed to enter Fujian. After conquering Xianxia pass in Quzhou and recovering Jianning and Yanping, Geng Jingzhong was forced to surrender. Wang Jieshu's army stationed in Fuzhou, ordered Dutong lahada and laita to attack ZHENG Jin, and inquired about Li Guangdi's location. In 1677, the imperial court recovered Quanzhou. Li Guangdi paid a visit to lahada in Zhangzhou. Rahada told Prince Kang Shangshu: "Li Guangdi is determined to serve his country. Even if he is in exile, he has never changed his ambition. He should be praised." Prince Kang ordered preferential treatment and was promoted to a bachelor's degree. When Li Guang arrived in Fuzhou, he happened to meet his father's death. In the 17th year of Kangxi (1678), under the banner of fuming, the uprising army of CAI Yin in Tongan besieged Anxi with more than 10000 people. Li Guangdi recruited more than 100 Rural warriors to defend, cut off the enemy's grain road, and got out of the siege. Soon after, Zheng Jing sent General Liu GuoXuan to capture Haicheng, Zhangping, Tong'an, Hui'an and other counties, and forced Quanzhou to cut off Wan'an and the second Jiangdong Bridge, cutting off the North-South assistance of the Qing army. Li Guangdi sent envoys to lhada to report an emergency. He was caught in the flood of the river and the road was blocked. So Li Guang led his soldiers to enter from Zhangping and Anxi, and cooperated with his uncle Li rihuang and his younger brothers Li Guanglong and Li Guangyin to attack. The army entered Quanzhou and defeated Liu GuoXuan. After lahada reported his merit, Li Guangdi was promoted to Hanlin bachelor again, and later to Yongzhou general. In July of 1680, Li Guangdi returned to the capital after the completion of the system. Kangxi instructed him not to wait for a vacancy and to become a cabinet bachelor. Li Guangdi recommended Shi Lang as the general of the platform. The emperor adopted the recommendation and was able to recover Taiwan successfully. Chen Menglei, a Marquis of Fujian Province, was a Jinshi in the examination in the same year as Li Guangdi, and also served as an editor. While Chen Menglei was at home, Geng Jingzhong raised his troops to make trouble. Li Guangdi sent his uncle Li riyu to Chen Menglei's place to ask for information. After learning his real intention, he invited him to work out a plan for Chen Menglei to defeat the enemy. Li Guangdi presented the memorial to the emperor alone, and later was greatly favored by the emperor. After Geng Jingzhong's defeat, Chen Menglei was arrested and sent to the capital, where he was put in prison to be killed. Li Guangdi told Shangshu about his two secret meetings with Chen Menglei. Chen Menglei was spared the death penalty and was sent to the garrison.

Ups and downs of official life

In 1682, Li Guangdi asked for leave to send his mother home. In 1686, Li Guangdi returned to the capital and was awarded the master of the Imperial Academy. He was a lecturer in front of the emperor. He also served as a Japanese lecturer and a living announcer. He was also responsible for guiding the scholars. After a year, because of his mother's illness, Li Guangdi asked to go home. In 1687, Li Guangdi returned to the capital. At that time, it was the funeral of empress Wen of Xiaozhuang. The officials of the Ministry of rites impeached him, accusing him of delay on the way. As a member of the third grade minister, he failed to come to Beijing in time to visit empress Wen of Xiaozhuang. Please refer him to the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of officials proposed to lower five levels and was relieved by Emperor Kangxi. In May of 1689, Emperor Kangxi was very dissatisfied with the article he wrote. He accused him of faking Daoism and failing to set an example for the Imperial Academy. He was demoted as the general secretary. In December of that year, Li Guangdi was promoted to the right Minister of the Ministry of war. In February of the 30th year of Kangxi (1691), Li Guangdi served as the Deputy examiner of the joint examination, and inspected the Yellow River project with Bo Ji, Xu Tingxi and Jin Fu, the former river governor. In the first month of the 33rd year of Kangxi (1694), Li Guangdi was ordered to supervise the administration of Shuntian school. In April of that year, Li Guangdi's mother died. According to the ritual system, Li Guangdi had to be dismissed and returned to his hometown to perform his filial duty, which is called Dingyou Shouzhi. Emperor Kangxi issued an edict, saying: "the relationship between governor Shun Tian and government is very important, and Li Guangdi's practice is simple, so he can keep the system when he is in office." After receiving the edict, Li Guangdi said, "how dare I not use my breath to help myself if I am blessed by the holy lotus?" However, he still asked Kangxi to give him nine months' leave to go back and forth to administer the funeral. In the 35th year of Kangxi (1696), when Li Guangdi's mourning expired, Kangxi ordered his official to resume his original post. The next year, he was awarded the title of minister Zuo of the Ministry of industry, and still served as the supervisor of Shuntian school. In December of the 37th year of Kangxi (1698), he was transferred to Zhili as governor because of his "good and honest officials". During his term of office, Li Guangdi managed the local flood very well and was praised by Emperor Kangxi. He was soon promoted to minister of the Ministry of officials. In 1701, Kangxi presided over the successful completion of the river management project of Yongding River, and won the plaque of "clarification of long cherished ambition" written by Kangxi, the Royal Yongding River poems, royal clothes, etc. In March of the 43rd year of Kangxi (1704), Huang Dingji, Tang youzeng and others impeached Li Guangdi for pacifying the victims of suizhili. They did not tell the truth about the situation of the victims' escape, and asked the court to punish them severely. In August, the censor LV FUHENG impeached Li Guangdi and arbitrarily decided to deal with the autumn trial. Wang Yuan also criticized Li Guangdi for improper recommendation. However, most of these criticisms were rejected by Emperor Kangxi. During his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Li Guangdi made many suggestions on the military system, official salaries, exemption of money and grain, etc. In the 44th year of Kangxi (1705), the Ministry of officials received an order from Kangxi: "Li Guangdi was a good official with excellent talent and quality, and he was promoted to the Bachelor of wenyuange." In this way, Li Guangdi, who is over the age of Huajia, is officially in phase.

Life in old age

After the 49th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1711), Li Guangdi went to Shanghai several times to ask for his leave. In his later years, Kangxi was depressed and sick because of the improper establishment of the crown prince. He was very attached to Li Guangdi. He comforted Li Guang and said, "I feel sad to see your Memorial. Looking back on the old ministers, they have disappeared. Like Qing, only one or two of them are still in the court. Now I'm old. I can't bear to say more. " In 1714, Li Guangdi was invited to attend the banquet for thousands of old people and received many rewards. In June of 1715, Li Guangdi once again asked for leave. Kangxi granted him two years' leave to deal with his family affairs and return to Beijing. In August, when Li Guangdi delivered his speech, Kangxi granted him the plaque of "Mo Ming Bi he". In April of the 55th year of Kangxi (1717), Li Guangdi returned to Beijing and was ordered to read the legend of the spring and Autumn Annals compiled by Wang Yan and others and the characters compiled by Zhang Zhao and others. In the first month of the next year, the cabinet minister played the posthumous title of empress xiaohuizhang, and the word "empress Zhang" was omitted in the book. The Ministry proposed to lower Li Guangdi to three levels, and Emperor Kangxi issued an order for leniency. On May 28, 1718, in the 57th year of Kangxi reign, Li Guangdi died of hernia. He was 77 years old. The emperor sent Prince Heng yunqi to express his condolence and awarded him a thousand taels of gold with the posthumous title of "Wenzhen". In the early years of Yongzheng Dynasty, he presented the prince and the Taifu to the Xianliang temple.

Main achievements

Politics

During his tenure as governor of Zhili, Li Guangdi managed rivers and built water conservancy projects. At that time, the capital area often suffered from floods. After the confluence of Zhanghe River and Hutuo River, it was easy to flood. So Kangxi ordered Li Guangdi to dredge the old road of Zhanghe River and lead the river into the canal to contain the water potential of Hutuo River. Li Guangdi went to the local area for strict inspection. Shangzou said that Bazhou, Yongqing, Wanping, Liangxiang, Gu'an, Gaoyang, Xianxian and other places occupied 139 hectares of farmland because of dredging the new river. He asked for exemption from taxes of the common people, which was approved by the emperor. Tongzhou and other six prefectures and counties set up 600 red stripping boats according to the regulations to transport grain from the south, and each boat provided a number of fields. In case of flood, drought and famine, the rent and tax could not be exempted. Li Guangdi went up to ask for exemption according to the system of civilian fields.

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