Yang Liangchen

Yang Liangchen

Yang Liangchen (1461-1528), named Shunqing and Nanzhuang, was born in Jimo, Shandong Province. Hongzhi eleven years (1498) Zhongju, granted Taiping County Magistrate.

Later, the county magistrate of Licheng, Zezhou, Shanxi. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), the local bandits Chen Qian and others gathered to make trouble, occupied Qingyang mountain and disturbed the people. Lu, Ze two prefectures and six counties officers and soldiers to suppress, because of the steep mountains, long attack fruitless. Yang Liangchen rode into the mountain stronghold alone, preaching Weide and interests, and everyone knew that he was caressed. After hearing of his loyalty and bravery, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty praised him for his loyalty and diligence, and gave him twenty-five taels of silver. He moved to Taiyuan to pass judgment and died in office. He is the author of Nanzhuang Yishi.

(overview photo source: the portrait of Yang Liangchen painted by Ming Dynasty, Jimo Yang's collection) < / I >

Personal profile

Yang Liangchen (1461-1528), named Shunqing, was a native of Jimo. Filial piety and loyalty are important. When he was young, his father was ill in bed. Yang Liangchen served him day and night. In order to win his father's favor, he gave up all his property to his two younger brothers Yang Liangshi and Yang Liangtian to show his filial piety. Song Cong, a native of Laiyang, was the magistrate of Lingbao county and died in his office. Because he had no son, Yang Liangchen traveled more than 5000 miles to Lingbao to escort his teacher's coffin to his hometown.

Personal story

In the 12th year of Hongzhi (1499), Yang Liangchen passed the examination of Wu Wu imperial examination. At the beginning, he was granted the magistrate of Taiping County in Shanxi Province. He was generous in his administration and took good care of the people. As a result, the society was stable and the people were happy to work. Taiping scholars had painted the picture of Taiping singing Qin for him to praise his virtue. Later, he returned to his hometown because of his father's death. During this period, he built another house named "Nanzhuang" in the south of the city, and built a "Zhanyun tower" in the villa. In the morning breeze and the middle of the evening, he looked at the three peaks in the South, wrote poems and articles, and expressed his feelings. After three years of filial piety, he was transferred to Licheng county magistrate of Zezhou, Shanxi Province. At that time, Shanxi successive years of famine, the people are struggling, people have exposed. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), Chen Qian, a native of Lucheng County, gathered in Qingyang mountain to rob his family and house. The governor of Shanxi ordered Yang Liangchen to lead the soldiers and people of Lu and Ze prefectures and six counties to "exterminate". In view of the hunger and cold of the people, Yang Liangchen had no choice but to take risks, so he rode into Qingyang mountain alone, explained his interests to Chen Qian and others, and persuaded them to lead the people back to their hometown. In the fourth year of Jiajing reign (1525), the people of Sangzi town were involved in a dispute with their neighboring towns, resulting in 5000 or 6000 people fighting each other. Yang Liangchen went to the scene to persuade, and finally resolved the contradiction. In the sixth year of Jiajing (1527), Luzhou ordered Wang Zhengzong to go to his post. When he passed Licheng County, Yang Liangchen was not well received, which caused Wang Zhengzong's dissatisfaction. He falsely accused Yang Liangchen of collusion with "bandits" and did not need to fight. On the one hand, he reported to the imperial court and falsely accused Yang Liangchen of accepting "anti people" bribes. On the other hand, he asked the governor of Shanxi to send troops to suppress the rebels led by Niu Jucai. In the first month of the seventh year of Jiajing (1528), Shanxi commanded Huo Jin, Zezhou Zhizhou Wang Chaoyong and Luzhou Zhizhou Guo Keng to "encircle and suppress" the peasant army. The peasant army angrily resisted and the officers and soldiers were defeated. Huo Jin was killed and Wang Chaoyong and Guo Keng were captured. The governor of Shanxi had to send Yang Liangchen to persuade him. Yang Liangchen went back and forth to the farmer's army alone three times to explain his interests, so that Niu Jucai disbanded the troops and returned to the countryside. After that, Yang Liangchen was transferred to the office of general judge of Taiyuan government and remained in front of the army. At this time, in order to intensify the contradiction, Wang Zhengzong strongly advocated the massacre of the people who had returned to their hometown for farming. Yang Liangchen went to the imperial court to state his interests, so that Wang Zhengzong's plot failed. In 1528, Yang Liangchen died in Rensuo. Jimo Xiangxian, famous official Temple.

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