Wang Guangyang

Wang Guangyang

Wang Guangyang (? ~ 1379), a native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, was a prime minister in the early Ming Dynasty. Han nationality. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was born as a Jinshi. He was well versed in classics and literature, especially in poetry and calligraphy. Zhu Yuanzhang praised him for "dealing with confidential matters and offering loyalty and scheming repeatedly", comparing him to Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang.

When he was young, he rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu emperor. He was employed by Zhu Yuanzhang as the commander of the Marshal's office and the governor of Jiangnan. He was ordered to participate in the military affairs of Chang Yuchun. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he successively served as the prime ministers of Shandong Province, Shaanxi Province, Zhongshu province and Guangdong Province. He was granted the title of Zhongqin uncle. In 1379, he was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang because he was involved in the case of Hu Weiyong poisoning Liu Ji.

His works include Feng Chi Yin manuscript and Feng Chi Yin manuscript of Wang Guangyang emperor in Huainan. There are thirty-one poems in Ming poetry.

Life of the characters

Youth life

When he was young, Wang Guangyang studied with Yu que. He was good at classics, literature and poetry, and was good at Zhuan and Lishu. His personality is solemn and steady, and he is tolerant and self-defense. In his early years, he lived in Taiping (now Dangtu County, Anhui Province).

Follow Taizu

In 1355, Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the Yangtze River, conquered Caishiji and called Wang Jin to see him. Wang Jin adopted the strategy of "building walls high and accumulating grain widely". Wang Guangyang served as the commander of the Marshal's office and the governor of Jiangnan. After setting up the Department of admonishment, he was promoted to the official of admonishment, and was successively promoted to the provincial governor and the right doctor of Zhongshu province. Before long, he served as a bodyguard and assisted Chang Yuchun in the management of military affairs. In 1366, Chang Yuchun conquered Ganzhou, and Wang Wei stayed behind. He was appointed to the west of the Yangtze River and participated in the provincial politics.

Official career

In the first year of Hongwu (1368), Shandong Province was pacified. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Wang Guangyang to manage the province, pacify and accept the new adherents. The people felt very stable. In this year, Wang Guangyang was called to the palace to participate in politics. Hongwu two years (1369), as Shaanxi political participation. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Li Shanchang was ill, and there was no official in Zhongshu province. Wang Guangyang was called Zuo Cheng. At that time, Youcheng Yang Xian had the power to judge affairs. Wang Guangyang had an ambiguous attitude towards him, but he still hated him. So Yang Xian instigated the censor to impeach Wang Guangyang, who was extremely unfilial to his mother. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu, blamed Wang Guangyang and banished him back to his hometown. Yang Xian was impeached again and Wang Guangyang was moved to Hainan. In July 1370, after Yang Xian was killed, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu, called Wang Guangyang back. In the winter of this year, Zhu Yuanzhang granted him the title of "zhongqinbo", who had a salary of 360 stones. In his poems, Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was good at managing complicated affairs, and repeatedly offered loyalty strategies, comparing him to Zhang Zifang and Kong Ming. After Li Shanchang resigned because of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang took Wang Guangyang as his right prime minister and Hu Weiyong as his left prime minister. Because Wang Guangyang couldn't put forward any suggestions, he was demoted to Guangdong Province to participate in politics for a long time. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was always kind to Wang Guangyang in his heart, and called him to be the doctor of Zuo Yushi. In 1377, Wang was granted the right prime minister. However, Wang Guangyang was addicted to alcohol and was Prime Minister with Hu Weiyong. He just went with the tide and maintained his official position. Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also warned him many times. In December of 1379, Liu Ji was poisoned to death for Hu Weiyong by Zhongcheng tujie. When Zhu Yuanzhang asked about it, Guangyang said he didn't know. In a rage, Zhu Yuanzhang denounced Guangyang's friends for bullying the king and relegated Guangyang to Hainan. When the ship arrived at Taiping, Zhu Yuanzhang investigated that he had sheltered Zhu Wenzheng in Jiangxi Province, but he did not expose Yang Xian's conspiracy and other crimes in Zhongshu Province, and ordered him to give poison to die.

Historical evaluation

Zhang Tingyu: Yu que, a young master of Guangyang, was a master of classics and history. He was good at Zhuan and Li, and worked as a poet. Being lenient and self-defense, being in the same position with a traitor and not being able to go, is a disaster. Praise said: in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhongshu province was set up, left and right prime ministers were set up to take charge of the cardinals, and the honorary ministers were appointed to lead their affairs. However, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, etc. were ordered to take charge of the expedition, and they did not take charge of it. Li Shanchang, Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong were the three persons who were responsible for the task of Chengbi calmly. However, after the failure of mediocrity, the prime minister was abolished.

Therefore, in the end of Ming Dynasty, only those who were good at long and wide foreign affairs were called prime ministers

. At the beginning of ignorance, he committed himself to work together and approved of the great cause. Then he was able to set up his country, rank himself as a nobleman, and even become extremely rich, and perish in his declining years. Guangyang is sincere and self-defense, and can not commit adultery far away. All of them are severely punished, but they are also greatly burdened with their original intention, and they are ashamed to set up their own careers?

Historical records

Ming History Volume 127 biography 15

personal works

Feng Chi Yin draft, 8 volumes, is Wang Guangyang's personal poetry collection. Thirty one poems by Wang Guangyang are also included in the Ming poetry collection. in the Qing Dynasty, Fengchi Yingao was recorded in the complete book of Siku. < I > Wang Guangyang's Poems: < / I >

Thoughts on guogaoyou

It has been 16 years since I went to the countryside, but only four or five of them survived. everything is a dream, and it always hurts when it touches the eyes. He walked through the ruined house to search for the ruins, and wept to the east wind to hang his relatives. Who are the new flowers and grasses on the lake?

Feeling of watching Bagong mountain in Shouzhou

Bagong leaves at night as if he were an adult. Old force cloud fog rain, empty green pull to zhenhuaiyi. Xie Xuan returned to play on the day of Pingrong, and Wang Meng predicted the enemy's time in vain. Feishui has nothing to do with prosperity and waste. The setting sun sets and the waves sound late.

Suxi Pavilion

The grass is long on the pavilion of Suxi, who is leaning on the east wind. Swallows do not return, spring is late, a ting rain apricot cold.

Family members

grandfather

Wang Guanshi

wife:

Li, Chen

Son:

Wang Zizhi, Wang Zishou and Wang Ziyuan

grandson:

Wang Yancai, Wang Yanchen

a burial

According to the records of Gaoyou Prefecture, "the tomb of Xianggong, whose name and generation are unknown, or the tomb of Prime Minister Wang Guangyang, is more than 30 mu, which is located in Maotang harbor, 15 Li west of the city." It is just a kind of saying that the Xianggong tomb in Maogang is Wang Guangyang's tomb, but there is no final conclusion in the annals. Wei Hui, director of Linqing Museum, identified Wang Guangyang's tomb in the Wang Guangyang family tomb group, 300 meters west of yangerzhuang village, Bachalu Town, Linqing. Wang Guangyang's tomb was discovered and confirmed in the cultural relics survey in December 2009. According to the second volume of Wang's genealogy, the eldest son of Wang Guangyang moved from Fushan, Shandong Province to yangerzhuang house in Guantao County, where he buried his coffin. Second, the tomb is a dome shaped tomb with a round brick chamber, which is a Ming Dynasty tomb. On one side of the epitaph unearthed from the tomb, there are some unclear handwriting, and the word "foreign" can be seen vaguely. Two bones were found in the tomb, which were identified as a man and a woman. It can be inferred that the tomb was relocated for the second time. Thirdly, the location of Wang Guangyang's tomb and his descendants' tomb is in line with the custom of burial system geomantic omen, and it is very consistent with the oral position of the elder in the family. Curator Wei said with pride that the discovery of Wang Guangyang's tomb made up for the historical blank about where Wang Guangyang was buried and provided the most powerful evidence for the study of Ming Prime Minister Wang Guangyang.

Artistic image

In 2006, the legendary emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Shi Xianfu plays Wang Guangyang.

Chinese PinYin : Wang Guang Yang