Huo Tao
Huo Tao
Huo Tao (1487-1540), named Weixian and Wuya, is a member of the Huo nationality in Shitou Township, Nanhai County, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (now belongs to Lanshi town, Shiwan District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province).
Huo Tao was diligent and progressive in his life. He was broad-minded and learned. He was often called Mr. Wei Ya by scholars. During the struggle of "Dali Chaoyi", he quoted the ancient rites and the style of premier, and advocated that emperor Jiajing (Ming Shizong) should respect his biological father "Xingxian king" as the imperial examination. He did not agree with the group of ministers to discuss the name of "Xingxian king" as the Imperial uncle examination. When he was promoted afterwards, he refused three times because he avoided suspicion and flattered others. Jiajing 15 years (1536) before the official to the Ministry of rites Shangshu, Prince Shaobao. In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), Huo Tao died of a violent illness in Beijing at the age of 54. Emperor Ming pursued the title of Taishi Taibao. Wenmin, posthumous, was buried on the mountain opposite fengxianggang in Zengcheng County, Guangdong Province, and built a memorial temple in the township (the temple is extant). Later generations gave him the title of "sanlaoge" in Nanhai County of Ming Dynasty, which was named by Liang Chu of shiken Township and Fang Xianfu of Datong township of Xiqiao.
Huo Tao is knowledgeable and has many works, such as notes to the book of songs, Xiangshan xuebian, Chengzhou Xunshi, etc. Today, the complete works of Huo Wenmin is handed down.
Life of the characters
Early experience
After Huo Tao won the first place in the examination in the ninth year of Zhengde (1514), he nominated an alternate and went back to his hometown to get married. Then he studied hard in Xiqiao Mountain and learned a lot about classics and history.
Remonstrate Shizong
In the first year of Jiajing (1521), Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne and appointed Huo Tao as the principal of the party. At that time, Yang Tinghe was still in power, and Huo Tao wrote: "the position of cabinet minister is to participate in confidential affairs, but now it is only to draw up documents, and the power to decide military and political affairs belongs to eunuchs. Cabinet ministers lost the power to participate in the negotiation, and eunuchs appeared to intervene in politics. From now on, your majesty will summon the ministers to decide on the memorials face to face, and then the memorials will be put into effect. The lecturers and the admonishments will also be arranged on the left and right. We will discuss, agree or disagree with each other, and the affairs will be handled in public. In this way, cabinet ministers will have the reputation of seeking good from evil, and eunuchs will avoid criticism of their power Furthermore, the royal guards should not be in charge of punishment, the East chamber should not participate in the discussion of the affairs of the imperial court, the military Reserve officials should not be promoted by military merit, and the guards of xingwangfu should not all be called to the capital to confer official positions. The imperial censor Xie Yuan and Wu Xiru should not be dismissed for their meritorious service in the disaster. They should not be criticized for their achievements in pacifying Zhu Chenhao's rebellion except Anqing and Nanchang. Shizong listened to his advice happily.
The debate of great rites
In the third year of Jiajing (1524), the debate about "Dali" began. Mao Cheng, the Minister of rites, insisted that emperor Shizong should be called emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. Huo Tao privately wrote a Dali Yi to refute this view. Mao Cheng wrote to Huo Tao to question him. Huo Tao wrote to Mao Cheng many times and tried to talk about Mao Cheng's mistakes. Later, he realized that Mao Cheng's opinion could not be changed, so he handed in a memorial in October that year, saying: "according to the agreement of the ministers, your majesty should call Xiaozong his father, Xingxian Wang his uncle, and choose a son of Chongren Wang as the descendant of Xianwang. This view, according to the ancient ritual test is not suitable, according to the way of sages and sages to compare is unreasonable, according to today's facts to consider is not with the name. “
In the memorial, Huo Tao also said: "I propose that the king of Xing Xian should be the emperor for three reasons: first, to break the constraints of previous stories; second, not to forget the kindness of filial piety; third, to avoid the suspicion of catering to his Majesty's will. Now your majesty has called the emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty Kao, and the emperor Xingxian. Is this the end of the matter? In private, I think that the succession between emperors is just the succession to the throne. There is no need to care about the title of father and son. Only by inheriting the throne can the genealogy of Xiaozong continue, even that of Wuzong in Ming Dynasty. In this way, your majesty can also correct the title of father and son to King Xingxian, constantly deprive him of his natural kindness, and his welcome to the mother can also be corrected to the due etiquette to the mother of the son of heaven. If we can treat empress Zhaosheng and empress Wuzong in the right way and serve them with sincerity in our hearts, then we will respect the noble and dear people, and these two things will not be violated. "
Resignation is not acceptable
In April 1528, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty promoted Huo Tao to be the right Minister of rites. Huo Tao tried his best to give in, and recommended Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi, Li Mengyang, Wei Xiao, Yan mu, Wang Tingchen, and he Tang to replace him. Shizong did not allow him. He refused twice before he got permission. In June, "Dali" agreed that Shizong appointed him as Minister of rites to take charge of the affairs of Zhan Shifu. However, Huo Tao wrote that it was not appropriate for the Imperial Academy to compile books to be promoted to an official position, and for the governor's son Yinfeng to be a military officer. He then said that although he could not save these mistakes, he did not want to follow Daliu. He also said that Chen Xi had been wronged and recommended that Chen Yunzhang, a student of Guozijian, had talent and could be appointed as an official. Emperor Shizong issued an imperial edict to praise him, but he was not allowed to give way. Huo Tao wrote again: "today, people with different political opinions think that your majesty just wants to respect his father and king, so they use official positions and titles to lure their subordinates. Two or three of us are just greedy for high office, so we cater to your Majesty's mind. I once generously swore to myself: "if the" big gift "is finally agreed, I will never accept an increase in official posts, so that people around the world and future generations can see that the minister who discussed the" big gift "is not an official who seeks personal gain. If it makes people suspect that the ministers who discussed "Dali" are officials who seek personal gain, then even if the "Dali" agreed by these people is correct, people still think it is incorrect. How can people be convinced? " Therefore, he insisted on resigning and refused to take office. Shizong still refused to allow him. Shizong finally agreed with him.
Fight against dissidents
Huo Tao recommended Wang Shouren, Wang Qiong and others, and Ming Shizong adopted his opinions. Because of the disaster, he wrote a letter to state more than ten opinions on the elimination of maladministration, most of which were implemented after discussion. When Zhang Cong and GUI he were removed from their posts, Huo Tao wrote that Lu can and others were instructed by Yang Yiqing. He wrote two times to attack Yiqing fiercely. As a result, Yiqing was dismissed, and Zhang Cong and GUI he were called back. After listening to Xia Yan's suggestion, Shizong would sacrifice heaven and earth separately and build two suburban sacrificial platforms, which Huo Tao strongly opposed. Shizong was not happy and criticized him for deceiving you. Xia Yan also wrote to defend himself and fiercely attacked Huo Tao. Huo Tao has always paid attention to keeping his previous impression so as to show himself. However, seeing that Shizong was angry, he didn't dare to defend himself. Instead, he sent Xia Yan a letter, attacked him bitterly, and sent a copy of the letter to the Justice Department. He wrote to Huo Tao and told him about the seven crimes. Shizong was very angry. He criticized Huo Tao for slandering and ridiculing you. He had a bad mind and defamed a good man. So he put him in the prison of duchayuan. Huo Tao himself pleaded for forgiveness from prison, and Zhang Cong twice wrote to save him, but Shizong didn't listen. Nanjing censor Deng Wenxian wrote that he should see Huo Tao's good wishes and forgive his uprightness. He also said that separating heaven and earth for sacrifice is tantamount to placing his parents in different places, and letting his Empress raise silkworms in the suburbs is to abolish the precautions between men and women, inside and outside. Shizong was annoyed and demoted him to a distant place. Huo Tao was in prison for more than a month. At last Shizong thought of the credit he had made for the "big gift" and asked him to donate money to atone for his duty.
In 1533, Huo Tao came back and served as the left and right servant of the Ministry of officials. At that time, the affairs of the Ministry of officials were mostly decided by the minister, and the two ministers could not intervene. Huo Tao fought with Wang Zhen, the Minister of state, and the Minister of state got the chance to participate in the Ministry Affairs. Huo Tao has always been headstrong and has been fighting with Wang for many times. Wang and others are also afraid of him. It was not long before Wang Xuan dismissed from office, and Emperor Shizong did not appoint another Minister for a long time, so he let Huo Tao take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of officials. Li Shi, a cabinet minister, once conveyed Shizong's intention to appoint hongluqing as the Prime Minister of shuntianfu. Huo Tao said: "the cabinet ministers have been instructed by the emperor. There is nothing suspicious about this book, but we should ask again so as to put an end to fraud." So according to the Convention, the names of Guo Dengyong, the Prime Minister of daozhong and yingtianfu, were listed for the examination and approval of Shizong. Shizong liked him to do things according to the rules, so he appointed Dengyong and changed daozhong to Shaoqing of Dali. After a long time, Shizong appointed Huo Tao as the Minister of rites in Nanjing.
Huo Tao had already settled a grudge with Xia Yan. After Xia Yan came to power, Huo Tao often wanted to find something to frame him. Once he wrote a letter saying: "not long ago, when the Ministry of official affairs intended to recommend Liu Wenguang and others to do something, it suddenly announced that it was invalid a few days later. Everyone said that it was the cabinet ministers who suppressed them. Li Heming was demoted from his official position in the appraisal, and was reinstated in a few days. Everyone said that he got it through bribery. Your majesty should warn the officials of the Ministry of official affairs not to be instigated by the ruling party, so that the whole world can see that the favor and punishment are under the control of the imperial court. Even if there are people like Li Linfu and Qin Hui among the ministers, they can't make trouble around the emperor at will. " His words are aimed at Xia Yan. So Heming wrote to himself, and listed many illegal incidents that Huo Tao had committed when he lived in his hometown. Shizong left both sides aside. Before long, Huo Tao impeached Gong Shi and Guo Ben. While Gong Shi and others defended themselves, they also wrote a letter to impeach Huo Tao. Shizong once again put it aside and did not pursue both sides.
The letter of falling out of favor
In 1539, when the imperial court selected officials of the eastern palace, Huo Tao was appointed to take charge of the affairs of Zhan Shifu with the titles of Prince Shaobao and Minister of rites. Huo
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