Mao Bowen

Mao Bowen

Mao Bowen (1482-1545), whose name is ruli, was born in Jishui, Jiangxi Province (from maojia village, Zhenshang Town, Badu Town, Jishui County). His ancestral home is Sanqu, Zhejiang Province. He is a military minister and general of the Ming Dynasty.

In the third year of Zhengde (1508), he became a Jinshi. In the early years of Jiajing, he was promoted to Dali Temple Cheng. Li Fuda was wrongly convicted of felony and was dismissed. In 1536, Mao Bowen was appointed Minister of the Ministry of war because emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty wanted to attack Annan. In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), Mao Bowen did not spend a single sword to seek peace and returned to the south, and was granted the title of crown prince. In the 21th year of Jiajing (1542), Mao Bowen wrote a letter to consolidate the border defense, which was agreed by Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty. In the autumn of the 23rd year of Jiajing (1544), Mao Bowen was falsely accused of being sent to the frontier. He was pardoned and returned to his hometown on the way. Soon after returning to his hometown, he fell ill and died.

In the first year of Longqing (1566), Emperor Mu Zong of the Ming Dynasty restored Mao Bowen's official position and granted him a pension. In the early years of Tianqi, Emperor Xi Zong of the Ming Dynasty named him "Xiangmao". In the first year of Wanli (1573), Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty issued an imperial edict to praise Mao Bowen's achievements.

Mao Bowen's poems include eighteen volumes of Mao Xiangmao collection, ten volumes of pingnanlu, ten volumes of Dongtang poetry collection and twenty volumes of Mao Xiangmao memorials.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

In the early years of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Mao Bowen traveled to Ding Zhen's home in Boluo County, Huizhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province. As soon as Ding Zhen saw Mao Bowen's deep utensils, he took him in and offered him three years' reading. After leaving Guangdong, Mao Bowen specially searched for Ding Zhen and presented a plaque to the Ding family. In 1507, Mao Bowen was elected. In the third year of Zhengde (1508), Mao Bowen became a Jinshi in the examination and was appointed as a Tui official of Shaoxing Prefecture. In the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), he was promoted to the censor of Henan Province, and successively patrolled Fujian and Henan. During his tour of Henan Province, Xiuyi Fang was built in Rucheng, Chenzhou, Hunan Province. It is the earliest existing memorial archway dedicated to honoring and supervising officials in China. In the first year of Jiajing (1522), eunuchs Zhang Rui and Zhang Zhong were sentenced to death. Mao Bowen wrote a request to kill Xiao Jing and Wei Fu, so the eunuchs closed their mouths.

An ill fated career

In the early years of Jiajing, Mao Bowen was promoted to Dali Si Cheng, and then to Youjin capital Yushi, governor of Ningxia. Later, the case of Li Fuda was brought up again, and Mao Bowen was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown because he misjudged a felony in Dali temple. In September 1532, Mao Bowen resumed his old post because of the recommendation of others. The imperial court ordered him to patrol Shanxi and then changed him to governor Shun Tian, but he did not take office. The court then asked Mao Bowen to deal with the affairs of the duchayuan instead. In 1533, Mao Bowen was promoted to be the censor of the left Deputy capital. In this position, he was attacked by Zhu Youxing, a member of the Zhao family, and was dismissed from his official post for investigation. And then he was fired.

Go to Annam

In the winter of 1536, Emperor Zhu Zaiyu was born. Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty planned to issue an imperial edict to foreign countries. Xia Yan, Minister of rites, believed that Annan should not send envoys because he had not paid tribute for many years, and then asked him to attack it. So emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty appointed Mao Bowen as the censor of the right capital, and asked him and Hou qiuluan of Xianning to stand by. Mao Bowen refused to accept his father's death. In May 1537, Mao Bowen arrived in Beijing and presented six strategies. At this time, Annam king sun lining sent his accompanying minister Zheng Weiliao and others to tell that Mo Dengyong killed his monarch and usurped power, and asked the Ming Dynasty to set up troops to avenge them. Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty suspected that the situation was not true. He ordered Mao Bowen to postpone sending troops, and sent the garrison officials of Guangdong, Guangdong and Yunnan to report after investigation. At the same time, he asked Mao Bowen to assist in handling the affairs of duchayuan. Censor he Weibo asked Mao Bowen to finish his funeral, but Shizong refused. Mao Bowen had no choice but to say that he was ill and didn't come out until after the sacrifice of mourning clothes. In the winter of the same year, Mao Bowen was promoted to minister of the Ministry of industry. In the spring of 1538, mu Chaofu, the Duke of Guizhou, presented Mo Dengyong's surrender to the imperial court, asking for forgiveness and allowing Annan to pay tribute. Before that, Wang Wensheng, governor of Yunnan Province, said that Mo Dengyong had heard that the imperial court would send troops to attack him and sent people to spy on us secretly. Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty had ordered the minister to send troops according to the previous imperial edict. Wang Wensheng adopted the tactics of Wu Wenyuan, who was surrendered by Annan. The letter said that Mo Dengyong could take it down. On the one hand, he also called on Mo Dengyong to offer his land to the court. At this time, under the advice of the minister, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty ordered Mao Bowen to be the Minister of the Ministry of war and the censor of the right capital, and took office within a time limit. Later, because of Ming Shizong's personal reasons and Zhang Zan's incompetence, there was no decent plan. Ming Shizong was not happy and blamed Zhang Zan. The army stopped going out again. Mao Bowen was ordered to help handle the affairs of the censor again. In February 1539, Emperor Shizong lived in Chengtian and ordered Mao Bowen to go to Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi. Soon after, he selected officials from the eastern palace and added them to his official posts as guests of the crown prince. The five castles, Zhenbian, Zhenchuan, Hongci, Zhenhe and Zhenlu, under the jurisdiction of Datong, are more than 200 li away from the city and are the most remote areas close to the enemy's barracks. Since the mutiny caused by the construction of these castles by Governor Zhang Wenjin, no one dared to maintain them. "The mutiny happened because of Zhang Wenjin's improper employment, not because there was something wrong with his suggestion," Bowen said So they restored these castles, recruited 3000 soldiers to defend here, gave them free fields, and permanently exempted them from land taxes. The border defense is very powerful depending on this. On merit, Mao Bowen was promoted to Prince Shaobao. At that time, Mo Dengyong was afraid of the Ming Dynasty's crusade against him, and wrote several times asking for surrender. Ming Shizong also wanted to take this opportunity to appease him, so he sent his servant Huang Wan to appease him. Huang Wan put forward too many demands, and Ming Shizong was just Huang Wan's official in a rage. Then it was handed over to the ministers for discussion. They all said that Annan should be attacked. Ming Shizong agreed and ordered Mao Bowen and Qiu Luan to march to the south in July. If officials below the third grade of civil and military officials did not listen to the order, they were allowed to be punished according to military law. After arriving in Guangxi, Bowen and others called together governor Zhang Jing, chief military officer, Anyuan Hou Liu, political councilor Weng Wanda, Zhang Yue and so on. They agreed to recruit more than 125000 LANGTU officers and soldiers from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Huguang, and set up three sentries to advance to Annan from Pingxiang, Longdong, and Siling, and then use two strange troops as support forces. He also ordered Wang Wensheng, the governor of Yunnan, to lead his troops to lianhuatan and to March three routes to Annan. The deployment has been decided. When Qiu Luan is recalled for his crime, Liu Xun replaces him. In the autumn of the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), Mao Bowen and others entered Nanning to preach to the people of Annan, telling them that the Ming Dynasty wanted to choose the descendants of the Li family to inherit their ancestors' home country, only to punish Mo Dengyong's father and son. Those who led the County to surrender would be rewarded by this county. At the same time, he ordered that as long as he handed in the land and people's books and paid money according to them, he would forgive his sins as mentioned in the imperial edict. Mo Dengyong was very afraid and sent envoys to Wanda to surrender. The wording was pitiful. Wanda sent them to maubowen. Mao Bowen was ordered to give his consent and conveyed the grace and authority of the emperor, and charged the map of the Annan country, registered residence, and the four Qinzhou area, which they returned. The Ming emperor Shizong was very happy when Bowen wrote about the situation. He issued an imperial edict to change the name of Annam state to Annam general envoy, and let Dengyong be the general envoy. He inherited the situation from generation to generation, and set up 13 Xuanfu departments in the territory, which he arranged by himself. Mao Bowen accepted the task of crusading against Annan for more than a year. Without firing an arrow, Annan was pacified. This is because Shizong did not intend to move troops. After the event, Mao Bowen was appointed as the crown prince. After the war, Mao Bowen recommended Weng Wanda and Zhang Yue to Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty, and they were appointed.

Straighten out the border defense

In the first month of the twenty-first year of Jiajing (1542), Mao Bowen returned to the imperial court and still took charge of the duties of duchayuan. Several alarms came from the border. Mao Bowen asked to build the outer city of the capital. Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty has given instructions that it is OK. He told Liu Yang that the temple building project is in progress and the material resources can't keep up with it. So emperor Shizong ordered to suspend the construction of the outer city. In October of the same year, Zhang Zan, Minister of the Ministry of war, died, and Mao Bowen acted for the Ministry of war. Zhang Zan was infatuated with power and could not do his duty. After eight years as Minister of the Ministry of war, all his military facilities were abandoned. Mao Bowen summoned the courtiers to discuss and then played 24 suggestions on border defense, making the military order a new one. Some officials suggested that the number of powerful men and craftsmen in the new army, the Beijing Army and the inner government should be verified in order to save money and enrich the national treasury reserves. Mao Bowen then submitted more than 20 opinions on the redundant personnel that should be reduced, such as the royal guards, Tengyu guards, Yuma guards, Neiguan guards, Shangshan guards and so on. These departments, which had always been occupied by eunuchs, were all included in the reduction. Emperor Shizong praised the proposal and ordered to clean it up immediately. However, it offended the eunuchs in the imperial court. In February 1543, Emperor zongnan of the Ming Dynasty visited chengtianfu and ordered governor Mao Bowen to declare military affairs in Shanxi, Dalian and Shanxi. Soon after, the Palace officials were selected to be guests of the crown prince. Mao Bowen suggested that the five fortresses of Zhenbian, Zhenchuan, Hongci, Zhenhe and Zhenlu under the jurisdiction of Datong should be rebuilt, and 3000 troops should be recruited to defend them. Therefore, Mao Bowen was granted the title of Prince Shaobao.

He died of illness

In the autumn of the 23rd year of Jiajing (1544), governor Shuntian Zhu Fang asked to withdraw his temporary troops because of the end of autumn. Before long, the northern invaders invaded the capital on a large scale. Emperor Shizong was so angry that he arrested governor Zhai Peng and made him an army,

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