Li Shiyuan

Li Shiyuan

Li Shiyuan (1587-1638), a native of gongzilou (now hanlou Village), Yangshan Town, Jinxiang County. Wanli Renzi year by Kui, Wanli has not been 47 years (1619) Jinshi, the beginning of Wuqing County Magistrate. Wuqing County is close to the capital, where many eunuchs live in the countryside. In the dynasty, relying on the favor of the emperor, the fox pretends to be a tiger and runs rampant in the countryside. Shi Yuan didn't avoid evil, so he made a three chapter contract to prohibit it, and severely punished those who violated it. He was transferred to Gu'an County because he was accused of injustice, slandered and suppressed the arrogance of the officials. However, he was upright and upright, often disobeying the magistrate's will, and secretly exposing the Taiwan envoy's malpractice, and was demoted to the position of Nanjing royal guards magistrate. Later, he became the magistrate of runing in Henan Province. He cared for his subordinates, loved the people like a son, and severely punished those who were corrupt and sold the law. He was loved and welcomed by the local people. The scholar yuan had been an official for nearly 20 years. He was honest and upright. He had nothing to save. He returned home at the age of more than ten. He was very poor and had no money to pay for his funeral. However, he was very sad and suffered from hemoptysis. He died at the age of fifty.

Life events

Li Shiyuan, named Deyi, was born in gongzilou, Yangshan Town, Jinxiang County. Wanli Renzi year by Kui, Wanli has not been 47 years (1619) Jinshi, the beginning of Wuqing County Magistrate. Wuqing County is close to the capital, where many eunuchs live. In the dynasty, relying on the favor of the emperor Lao Tzu, they acted like a tiger and ran rampant in the countryside. Their descendants relied on their power, arrogant and illegal, bullied men and women, and the people were angry. All previous county magistrates did not dare to interfere. After Shi Yuan took office, he did not avoid evil and made a three chapter contract to prohibit it according to law, and severely punished those who violated it. The internal wardens yelled injustice and slandered gradually, which suppressed the arrogance of the officials. So he was transferred to Gu'an County. However, he was upright and upright, often disobeying the magistrate's will, and secretly exposing the Taiwan envoy's malpractice, and was demoted to the position of Nanjing royal guards magistrate. In the seventh year of Tianqi (1627), Xizong Zhu died of illness from his school, and his younger brother Zhu became emperor from the throne of jiansi. At first, he executed Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka (the nursing mother of emperor Qi tomorrow), the two main culprits of the eunuch party. Then, he withdrew the eunuchs who were guarding the border towns and ordered them not to go to the forbidden gate, so as to prevent the courtiers from making friends with the servants. A group of upright officials were appointed and promoted to replace the eunuch party to control the government, clear up the accumulated cases and redress the unjust imprisonment. In Shanxi Province, there are many unjust and unjust cases. Yuan, a scholar of the imperial court, was honest and upright. He was sent to Shanxi to help clean up.

Main impact

After he arrived in Shanxi, he made a deep visit to understand the lower class, carefully reviewed the papers, checked the facts, and settled the accumulated cases one by one according to the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty. The officials who were wrongly arrested, wrongly sentenced and framed to death by the castration party, as well as the families and people who were implicated were released. All those who were released were grateful and praised him for his contributions of justice and sincerity. One of them offered it in the name of tea. Shi Yuan unsealed it. It used to contain gold. He immediately summoned the villagers and the tea makers to show the gold in the tea bag in public and said to the public, "I will release you according to the law, and it will be the same for the public. If you give me gold, it will be a private gift! Why pollute my reputation? " The man who sent the gold was so ashamed that he kowtowed and went away.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), the border affairs were in urgent need, and the capital was under martial law. Shi Yuan was transferred from the Ministry of punishment to the Ministry of accounts. He went to Datong and was responsible for the transportation of grain and fodder. At that time, all three of them were afraid to move forward and were dismissed. He was diligent and devoted to his duty. He completed the task and returned to the court. After hearing the news, hundreds of people in the village and the families carrying grain trucks sobbed for more than ten li and couldn't bear to leave.

Shi Yuan was promoted to be a member of the household department, wailang, and then moved to be a doctor. At that time, the party strife intensified. Not only were the remaining evils of the castration party ready to move, but also other important ministers and officials of the imperial court were fighting openly and secretly for power and interests, actively expanding their power. Some people advised him to join a certain party as a backer, and he would be invincible. When Shi Yuan heard of it, he hated it deeply and refused it firmly.

Later, when he became the magistrate of runing in Henan Province, he cared for his staff and subordinates, loved the people like a son, severely punished those who were corrupt and sold the law, and was loved and welcomed by the local people.

Historical evaluation

The scholar yuan had been an official for nearly 20 years. He was honest and upright. He had nothing to save. He returned home at the age of more than ten. He was very poor and had no money to pay for his funeral. However, he was very sad and suffered from hemoptysis. He died at the age of fifty.

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