Zhou Lian

Zhou Lian

Zhou Lian (1848-1920), Zi Di, was born in Rugao, Jiangsu Province. He was a Gongsheng in the fifth year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty and an official to the second grade.

Zhou Lian's father, Zhou Jilin, lived in jixianli in Rugao during the reign of Daoguang. As a child, Zhou Lian studied in Rugao County Government where her father worked. Rugao called him "Zhou Dashao". In 1895, he was recommended by Wang Yixin, who was the Minister of Daotai in Xiamen and Fujian.

In 1903, she resigned to Empress Dowager Cixi and returned to her hometown to study longevity food. On November 23, 1911, the first Rugao county government of the Republic of China was established, and he personally served as the commander in chief of military and political affairs. He died in 1920 and was buried in Yanghua bridge in Rugao. In the west of Longyou lake, a stone dragon square was built to record his achievements.

Life of the characters

Officials in Qing Dynasty. Zi Di, whose ancestral home is Guizhu County, Guizhou Province (now Guiyang City). Father Jilin, whose name is Ji Lou, was the magistrate of Rugao county during the reign of Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. He had been in charge of politics for ten years, so he stayed in maojia Lane in the county. Lian, the eldest son of Jilin, studied in the county magistrate's office of Gushi County, Henan Province. A little longer, he went to Yunnan and studied official affairs and documents from his fifth uncle, magistrate of Qujing. Later, he returned to his native place to take the exam. He was a scholar in middle school, and he was a Gongsheng in the exam. Five Bo for appeasing the bandit leader Ma Huihui, put down the rebellion and pacify the people meritorious service, recommended Lian as the alternate magistrate. Lian went to Beijing to wait for distribution. When I was wandering in the street, I came across a magnificent mansion and stopped to look at it. Seeing that he was well-dressed, he was suspected to be a visitor and asked if he wanted to see the king? Lotus is inconvenient to retreat, so she presents her hand version (her subordinates see her boss's business card). She meets with the Secretary and inquires about the secretary. Then she learns that Wang Ye is Prince Gong Yi Xin. At that time, she was dismissed from her post and left in the cold because she advised the building of the summer palace and other things. During the interview, Yi was very pleased to see that Zhou Lian's demeanor was sincere, calm, understanding of the people's feelings, and highly appreciated. He ordered eight colors of dishes, which made people send them to their homes. In the 25th year of Guangxu's reign (1899), the imperial envoy, the Minister of the Ministry of household, went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province to check the Tianfu. Lotus distributed to Jiangsu Province, worked under the curtain of fortitude, and was commissioned to supervise the construction of Zhejiang seawall. At that time, many seawalls were broken and the project was arduous. Lian smart and capable, scheduling well, to be expected to complete, award-winning promotion of Fujian Zhanglong road. At that time, the coastal waters of Fujian were repeatedly robbed by pirates, and the officers and soldiers were not able to suppress them. Some of them were connected with pirates, and the residents suffered seriously. Xiamen is an outpost of coastal defense. In the past, several Daotai were demobilized because they were ineffective in eliminating pirates. The governor reported it to the court and asked for competent personnel. At this time, Yixin had been reinstated and became the leader Prince of the military aircraft department. He instructed the official department to transfer zhoulian to Xiamen. As soon as Zhou arrived at Ren, he investigated the situation of the people. Knowing that "Pirates" were mostly poor people, floating on the sea, their whereabouts were unpredictable, and it was not easy to arrest them, so he decided to appease them. Send someone to meet with his leader Luo Xiaohu. To the period, Zhou casual clothes simple from, by boat into the "bandit cave". Luo was arrogant when he was interviewed in the military battle. Zhou calmly talked about his interests and urged Luo to surrender. Luo was moved by Zhou's honesty and was willing to be appeased. Zhou Biao recommended Luo as a sea frontier guerrilla. His subordinates were either recruited as soldiers or demobilized for employment, and the sea frontier was pacified. Xu Yingji, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Province, devoted himself to Xugong, and Zhou de was promoted to be the governor of Zhili. He transferred the governor of Fujian to be the governor of Fukien. In the eight years of Fujian Province, he made outstanding achievements in his political work, and was rewarded with top wear, double eyes and yellow mandarin jacket. Li Lianying was good at power and sold his official position. He was the governor of Anhui Province and asked for 50000 taels of silver, while the governor of Heilongjiang Province asked for 300000 taels of silver. Zhou could not raise a large sum of money, but also witnessed the disorder of political situation and the crisis of state affairs. He had no intention of official career, so he returned to Rugao. In his spare time, he entertained himself with calligraphy or held a meeting with friends. In the third year of Xuantong, the Wuchang Uprising was successful. Rugao responded. The gentry and the people promoted Zhou as the temporary commander-in-chief of military and political affairs, Sha Yuanbing as the chief of civil affairs, and Cai Zhuxian as the chief of military and political affairs.

Zhou Lian died of illness in 1920 and was buried in Rugao Nanxiang.

Anecdotes of characters

"Fo Tiao Qiang" is the most famous traditional dish in Fujian cuisine. It is said that this dish originated in the late Qing Dynasty. An official of Fuzhou yangqiaoxiang official Banking Bureau held a banquet at home and invited the Chief Secretary Zhou Lian. The official's wife cooked it in person. More than 20 kinds of raw materials, such as chicken, duck and meat, were put into Shaoxing wine jar and cooked elaborately. Zhou Lian was full of praise after tasting it. After the event, Zhou Lian took Zheng Chunfa, the Yamen chef, to the official Banking Bureau. After returning to yamen, Zheng Chunfa studied carefully and reformed the materials. He used more seafood and less meat.

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