Lin Xichun

Lin Xichun

Lin Xichun, with the name of Zhihe and the name of Yangjin, was born in 1552 in Baolong village, Longxi, Haiyang. After birth, his parents died one after another, and his family was in a state of decline. He was brought up by his sister-in-law. However, according to the local records, Lin Xichun became a scholar in the 11th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1583) and was granted the county magistrate of Baling County in Sichuan Province. Soon after that, he "returned to China in difficulty.". The so-called "internal difficulties" refers to the mother's death (according to, commonly known as father's death for external difficulties, mother's death for internal difficulties, collectively referred to as Ding you, Ding Qian). According to this, it seems that naimu should have died after he became an official. Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that Lin Xichun regards his sister-in-law as his mother. It is said that in return for his sister-in-law's kindness, Lin Xichun dug a pond beside the house for his sister-in-law to raise black eared eels, which are still in use today.

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Lin Xichun had a lot to do when he was in baling. He cleaned up the floating grain and exempted the duty. So after Ding Qian, he became the magistrate of Jiangle County in Fujian Province. Jiangle County is the hometown of Yang Shi, a famous scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Shi was one of the four disciples of Chengmen and had a great influence in Jiangle County. After Lin Xichun took office, he specially established Yang Guishan temple and wrote a preface to Yang Guishan's anthology. At the same time, he renovated the school palace and attached great importance to culture and education. Since then, Lin Xichun has been promoted to hukegeishi. He has also been appointed to Li kegeishi, Bing kegeishi and even engineering kegeishi. In Ming Dynasty, geishi was divided into six branches: Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing and Gong. They were in charge of admonishment, correction, refutation and imperial edict. Lin Xichun in various subjects to the office, "many Jianbai (proposal)", is indeed "the heart of the case to the Lord.". On the first day of the first lunar month, he saw the strong wind covering the sky and the yellow sand spreading all over the land day and night, and took the opportunity to publish the new year's day wind and haze picking Chen Shizheng Shu. He pointed out that there was no famine at that time, and that there was no shortage at that time, which led to the serious situation of "no relatives at that time, people and animals eating each other, diseases lying on their backs, and evil young people exposing their poles". He advised the emperor that "once he was dressed, he must think of the hungry and reduced his food and drink; once he was given clothes, he must think of the cold flushed general." He reviewed Gu Yangqian, the governor of Jiliao, who falsely reported "Japanese love" and Li rigong, the king of Korea, who reported "thief love", and resolutely published "Shen Dong Feng Shu" to illustrate the changeable situation of Japanese love through the lessons of the Ming Dynasty, "creating China's peace and money making China's uneasiness" and "Dong Feng Duan" was not feasible The difficulty of dividing the Huaihe River from the Huanghe River, and the different opinions of the central and local officials, including the "river workers' leniency plus imperial edict" and "river workers' participation in Daofu", realistically stated the advantages and disadvantages, advocated "lenient exploration" to stop "according to the minister (referring to the patrol according to Cui Bangliang) seeking the country too quickly, and asked the emperor to" Tianyu dingning (exhortation) all the ministers of the river, each with his own religion " He saw that the Ministry of Industry issued an article on "weaving more than 13000 pieces of Lu'an" by the Chief Secretary of Shanxi Province, which was published in "please save weaving Shu". He seriously pointed out that "Lu'an has more than 13000 pieces of Lu'an, and the labor cost is less than 200000 yuan, but he blames Hegu Bandeng's Shanxi" He ordered the Ministry of industry to suspend the execution. He saw sun Shun, the eunuch in charge of the Treasury, waiting for the Ministry of industry to write in the northwest. He quickly bought Huiqing (pigment, the most expensive of the stone, porcelain is used as glaze), which is called "please forgive me" He sincerely said that "six hundred Dendrobium are worth tens of thousands". No matter whether they enter Turpan or go deep into Huihui, they are undoubtedly "exploring the Jackal's territory with rich capital", "leaving the hometown with Chinese", "using the Heavenly Kingdom to invade the things of the Jedi", and "how can we know that they are not insulted by us"? Then he suggested that they should declare their power to Turpan and Huihui through Gansu Fu press His "sincere confession". All these "are all about the grand plan of the clan", which are positive suggestions in line with the actual situation. In its position, seek its politics. As a matter of giving advice to the emperor, Lin Xichun did his duty. It is dereliction of duty to keep silent. In the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), because Zhuyan officials didn't dare to comment on military and political affairs (Chen Zehong said that "because of the lack of Chen's words, he made a mistake again!), he irritated Emperor Wanli and denounced 34 people at once. Ma Jinglun, the imperial censor, made an impassioned speech in order to save the speech officer, and was "demoted". At that time, the cabinet officials could not be relieved, and the admonishment platform was sparse and did not dare to go up. In this regard, Lin Xichun resolutely led his colleagues in the first month of the second year to take the lead in fighting against Shuan and rescue Yanguan. In his Shuzhong, he said: "Your Majesty is angry and silent, and more than 30 people are expelled, which makes me very scared. Today's Royal censor Ma Jinglun is generous and generous in his speech, and his stealing intention will be warm and praised. Gu also criticizes him. He is guilty of offering advice, but he is guilty of not saying anything. Those who have committed crimes in the past do not speak; those who have committed crimes today dare to speak. Where are you going. If your majesty is sincere and does not speak, it is not difficult for him to enter the bitter words of worrying about danger; if his majesty is sincere and does not speak, it is not difficult for him to follow the practice of silence. But it's not a blessing for you to flatter and flatter people in the temple. " As a result, Emperor Wanli became even more angry and even demoted Lin Xichun to judge of Chaling Prefecture in Hunan Province. Since then, Lin Xichun said that he was ill at home, and that he had lived in Chang'an for 10 years. In the 34th year of Wanli (1606), Lin Xichun was appointed to He county, Guangxi Province. He still didn't go to the post until Wanli died. He stayed at home for 24 years (Chen Zehong said that he had lived for 16 years, but he was wrong). after the death of mingshenzong, Guangzong ascended the throne and changed to Taichang. In 1620, it was decided to use the idle old ministers. As a result, Lin Xichun, who is 68 years old, has been used again. He made Doctor Ren Guanglu Shaoqing by Nanjing instrument. Since then, he has successively served as Taipu Shaoqing, youtongzheng, Taipusi Qing, Taichangsi Qing and Dalisi Qing. During this period, although Lin Xichun was very old, he still had the courage to speak up and had the same courage and insight as before. When he was the Shaoqing of Taipusi, he once published the book of inviting Jifu to send more troops and train the local soldiers. He strongly emphasized that "the people are the foundation of the country" and opposed to "sending more troops" constantly. He profoundly pointed out that the people of Jifu had "ten families and nine families in precarious times", and now he added "no choice but to recruit horses; no choice but to repair weapons and armours; no choice but to create vehicles; no choice but to buy and transport beans and millet". As a result, the situation will become more and more serious. To this end, he once again pointed out that "the will of the people must not be lost", and that "additional troops should be exempted, and money should still be paid to train the rural soldiers." This is indeed a proposal to relieve the worries of the people as well as the monarch. At the same time, Lin Xichun was appointed as Prime Minister of the Ma administration in Beijing. As a result of his dedication, more than 30000 chariots were selected in one month. All of them are qualified after military officer's debugging and evaluation. When acting as Ma Zheng of East Road, he once "went out to inspect some horses" and arrived in Yutian County. Hearing of the "mutiny in the city" and the fighting between the old and new soldiers, he resolutely "drove into the city". In the face of the grim situation of "recruits are all over the street, holding halberds and exposing their blades, standing in front of the public, shouting for help", on the one hand, he inquired for the reason of the situation, offered mercy, on the other hand, he "announced the prestige of the imperial court", and solemnly warned: "don't make any noise any more". If "he is willing to be a mob, he will not forgive me", so he made the mob "silent". At the same time, he learned that the reason for the mutiny was "the cruelty of general yuan Yingzhao.". Yuan escorted Zhejiang soldiers to aid Liao, and fled more than a thousand on the way. So he recruited some new soldiers in Tianjin, and offered them money to settle down in Tianjin. Later, he failed to do so, so the mutiny took place. For this reason, Lin Xichun joined yuan Yingzhao's book to the emperor, asking for the loss of Zhejiang soldiers' escape and Yutian mutiny to be "compensated by Zhaojia's exploration and production", and "set up a martyr's sword" to be Yingzhao's justice. Lin Xichun, as the Minister of Dali temple, tried his best to sort out the documents and clear them as soon as possible in view of the mountain accumulation of Dali Temple documents, so as to eliminate the malpractice, and timely published the book of admonishment of law and discipline. In the book of Shuzhong, the people's order was emphasized and the peace of Taihe was safeguarded, especially "eight rules for drawing up the people's agreement" and "eight rules for drawing up the official agreement", so that the officials and the people concerned could have an agreement and rules to follow. In the fourth year of Tianqi (1624), Wei Zhongxian's misfortune of castrating the party was exposed day by day. Lin Xichun knew that he was unable to return to heaven. In addition, he was too old, so he even begged for leave in Liushu. Finally, he was approved. Before he returned, he was also the left servant of the Jin household department. According to the records, only one month after Lin Xichun returned to his hometown, the castration rebellion finally broke out. How timely it was for him to retreat bravely. When the tide returned, although Lin Xichun was over 72 years old, he was still concerned about the local people's livelihood and committed to public welfare. For example, in order to fight for the salt tax in Chaozhou and reduce the Liyi, the Liyi in Longxi was reduced by four tenths. He advocated building fortresses in Haikou to strengthen coastal defense, dredging Sanli River, building Longtou and Dongji bridges, and building xulongdi bridge, Chaozhou Confucian temple, Xianliang temple, Longxi Wenchang Pavilion, yujianfeng tower, Fenghuang terrace, and Sanyuan tower. In addition, he also donated 100 mu of Buddhist temple land for the scholar's examination and founded Longxi guild hall. In 1631, Lin Xichun passed away at the age of 80. He was granted the title of "the third minister" by yante of the imperial court, and his posthumous title was "Zhongxuan". the square of "sanshishangshu" was originally at the entrance of Fensi lane of Taiping Road, and the southern part of the square was engraved with "four dynasties elder". "The third minister" refers to the minister given to the Ministry of household by Lin Xichun's ancestor Lin Zan and father Lin qiaozhe. "Four dynasties" refers to Lin Xichun's official position in Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi and Chongzhen. "Elder" is a term used to refer to a highly respected official; it also refers to a highly respected old man. The square is a stone square with four pillars, three rooms and five floors. In the Ming Dynasty, the sparrow is a stone dragon, on which the lower Fang is supported; on the lower Fang is a double-sided hollowed out character story, on which the character's shape is lifelike; on the upper Hua Fang is a flower belly with the vertical forehead engraved with the word "en Rong" on both sides, on which the stone roof is supported; on the second Hua Fang, the figure's shape is lifelike

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