Yang Yuling

Yang Yuling

Yang Yuling, the fifth son of Han Taiwei Zhen, was born after Feng. His father, Yang Taiqing, lived in Heshuo and died in an Shi rebellion. When he was six years old, he fled to Jianchang (now Yongxiu) because of the chaos of war, so he had great ambition. At the age of 19, he was promoted to the first rank of a scholar, and was granted the title of master book of Jurong (now Jiangsu) in Runzhou. Han Fu, the governor, married his daughter to him. Zhenyuan eight years (792), into the court for the Ministry of food wailang. He was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of official affairs, Zhongshu Sheren, Tongguan defense, Zhenguo military envoy (now Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province) and Zhedong (now Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) observation envoy. He became the mayor of jingzhaoyin (the capital city), "the treacherous man has nothing to rely on, and the capital has a great shock", and he became the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

Before becoming an official

Yang Yuling, a descendant of the nobility, died in the rebellion of Anlu mountain. At that time, Yang Yuling was only 6 years old. He began to flee and settle down in Jianchang (now Yongxiu). His youth had great ambition. Eighteen year old high school Jinshi, as "Jurong book.". Han Fu, the governor, loved him so much that he married his daughter to him. Later, he held many official positions. Just because his father-in-law Han Fu was Prime Minister, he "avoided" and went back to "Jianchang" to study. He didn't come out to be an official until his father-in-law died in 792. He was upright and upright, and Dezong appreciated him very much.

Tired official Secretary

When he was an observation envoy in eastern Zhejiang Province, the Yue people suffered from famine. He opened a warehouse and provided 300000 stone for the poor. He served as "jingzhaoyin". Before that, many "Bian Min" deliberately put up a false military status in the Imperial Army, that is, the "northern army", and then relied on this name to cheat and commit crimes everywhere. Yang Yuling asked for an investigation, restriction and comprehensive clean-up, so "the traitors had nothing to rely on, and the capital was shocked.". It can be seen that Yang is indeed a man of uprightness and boldness, and for this reason, he has also held military posts in border defense for many times. In April of 809, Yang Yuling, who was already the Minister of the Ministry of officials, discovered and selected Niu Seng Ru (later the prime minister) who was talented and criticized the current situation when he was dealing with Niu Seng Ru. So he tried his best to recommend it to the imperial court, so he angered the Prime Minister Li Jifu and was denounced as Lingnan Jiedushi.

Move left to Lingnan

Even when he arrived in the wild Lingnan at that time, he was not passive. Instead, he appointed Li Ao and others to investigate the gains and losses and do some practical things for the people. He found that it was easy for local people to catch fire when they built houses with wood, so he guided them to build brick and tile houses. From then on, fires rarely happened. Xu Suizhen, the Lingnan supervisor at that time, was arrogant and greedy. He was afraid of Yang's honesty and justice. He came up with a crooked idea and made a big rumor in the capital to slander Yang Yuling for bribery, which Xianzong could not distinguish, so he dismissed Yang Yuling. Xu Suizhen was more autocratic and domineering. He also collected evidence everywhere, severely punished and threatened the Treasury officials to frame Yang Yuling for corruption. So there was a wonderful scene: the official called out: "Yang Gongshang refused to accept other bribes, but he was willing to take private money?" That is to say, Yang Yuling refused all the gifts to his door. Would he go to corruption? Later, the prime minister Pei Xun also pleaded with the emperor for him. Xu Suizhen's scandal was finally exposed and punished.

Return to Beijing

From 810 to 814, he returned to work in the Ministry of official affairs. Yang Yuling found many shortcomings in the appointment of officials. He suggested that the work of "judging" and "appointing" officials should be combined, and the selection and verification should be carried out, so that "officials can not be traitors", "supervising traitors, adjusting and supplementing officials, and" living for four years, when 3000 officials are transferred, it is appropriate ", which shows that his initial reform of the official appointment system at that time was successful. Yang Yuling and his son managed the household department for a long time and made a series of contributions to financial management. In view of the hardship of the people at that time and the problem of "money shortage", this paper also puts forward some suggestions on the reform of financial taxes and fees. We should take a series of measures to stabilize prices and increase money supply, improve tax laws, and implement "material object tax credit" for taxes other than salt and tea, so as to enrich the total amount of money in the market and actively cultivate financial resources. After 821, he retired as the "Minister of the Ministry of household affairs", "Prince Shaofu" and "Hongnong county official". The imperial court wanted to give him the full salary for his retirement, but he firmly refused (ancient people retired without salary), and later died at home.

Historical evaluation

The history books praised him: "he has a square and precipitous instrument, a constant degree of progress and a firm and clear moral integrity, which is respected by people at that time.". "in the mausoleum, the utensils are grand and elegant, and there are many ways to enter and stop. He lived in Korea for more than 30 years and practiced in China and foreign countries. They are also good at conduct, and all people look up to their moral standards. "Yu Ling Fang Zhong Only when there is a minister's style can we be a prime minister and not use it. ". "It's difficult for Yang Pu to avoid his wife Weng's position, neglect the power of Yin's parents, keep the way and live in chastity, and live happily in the end of his life. How beautiful Yang Jun's virtue is "Shao" and "Xia".

Four generations of glory

He had four sons, Duzhong Jinshi (including Enyin Jinshi), and served as an official. Yang Jingfu was the governor of Tongzhou; Yang Sifu was the prime minister; Yang Shaofu was a shusheren; Yang Shifu was the Minister of Dali temple. Among the descendants of Yang Yuling, more than 10 became Jinshi (including Enyin) and became officials, including Yang Sifu's sons, Yang Shu, Yang Shu, Yang Ji, Yang SWA, Yang Yu; Yang Shu, Yang Shaofu's sons, Yang Zhuo, Yang Zheng, Yang Ju, Yang Kui; Yang Shifu's sons, Yang Zhuo, Yang Zhen, etc. Dozens of high ranking officials in their family continued the brilliance of the fourth generation.

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