Shen Yiguan

Shen Yiguan

Shen Yiguan (1531-1615), named Jianwu, was born in Yinxian County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Ming Dynasty minister, poet, famous poet Shen Mingchen Congzi.

In the second year of emperor Mu Zong's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1568), he became a Jinshi, elected a Shuji Shi, and took part in the compilation of Shizong Shi Lu and Mu Zong Shi Lu. In the second year of Wanli reign of emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1574), he successively served as the editor of Hanlin academy, the lecturer of Jingyan day, the prince Zuo zhongyun, the prince Shidu, the prince Youyu De, the left Shilang, the Shidu bachelor and the prince guest. In the 22nd year of Wanli (1594), he moved to Nanjing as Minister of rites and vice president of official history, Minister of rites and Bachelor of Dongge, Minister of Hubu and Bachelor of wuyingdian, Minister of Li and Bachelor of jianjidian, and became the first assistant minister of the cabinet.

In the 26th year of Wanli (1598), the court proposed "Li Chu", opposed to supporting Zhu Changxun, advocated the establishment of Zhu Changluo, and assembled Zhejiang officials to form a "Zhejiang party" to protect the king of Chu. In the 33rd year of Wanli (1605), when Yisi was in Beijing for inspection, he took refuge with his party members and aroused public indignation. He retired sick. As a young teacher and Prince, he was impeached and returned home.

Wanli 43 years (1615) died, posthumous title Wengong. His works include the collection of pecking songs, the book of changes, notes to the book of songs, and the story of the Japanese entering the southeast between Jiajing.

Life of the characters

New to officialdom

In 1568, one hundred and thirty-six members of Shen Guanyi's palace examination in the second year of Mu Zong Long's reign in the Ming Dynasty were elected to the imperial examination, and they were soon granted the official post of review. In the Ming Dynasty, there were few imperial examinations that became the first assistant after the top 36, but Shen always did.

In the second year of Wanli reign of emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1574), he served as the examiners of the imperial examinations, and later as the editor of the Imperial Academy, the Japanese lecturer and the Jingyan lecturer. Zhang Juzheng thinks that Shen Guanyi is satirizing himself because of his comments on loyalty and filial piety, and has been idle for a long time. After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was appointed Zuo Chunfang, Zuo zhongyun and editor of Hanlin Academy. He successively served as a bachelor's assistant, youchunfang youyude, and the official's minister and bachelor's assistant.

In the 12th year of Wanli (1584), he was promoted to Shao Zhan Shi of Zhan Shi Fu, and he was also a Bachelor of Hanlin Academy. He was a teacher of Guo Zhengyu.

rapidly go up in the world

In the 22nd year of Wanli (1594), the emperor reappointed Shen Guanyi as the Minister of rites in Nanjing. Soon after, he became the vice president of official history and assistant director of Zhan Shifu. However, Shen Guanyi did not take up his post.

In the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), Shen Yiguan, a Bachelor of Dongge University, participated in the maintenance.

It happened that Wang xijue, Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei were in the same cabinet, and it happened that they were asked to elect cabinet officials. Officials of the Ministry of official affairs recommended the former chief assistant Wang Jiaping and Shen Yiguan to the emperor. The Emperor just happened to be angry with Wang Jiaping, so Chen Younian, the Secretary of state, was held accountable. Chen Younian called himself sick and retired. Shen has never been an official for a long time, so he has a good reputation. At the same time, the cabinet minister strongly recommended him, so he issued an imperial edict to let Shen Guanyi be the minister and the grand Bachelor of Dongge, join Chen Yubi in the cabinet to deal with military affairs, and let him and his family set out immediately.

At this time, Shen Guanyi was not the first assistant. The first assistant was Zhao Zhigao. Zhigao had been in power for ten years. He did not plant the party, and he was not in power. He was very stable. He was lenient and peaceful when he was in power. When his officials got the crime, they tried their best to rescue them. However, Shen Guanyi was insidious, tactful and powerful. When he joined the cabinet, he would openly contradict his famous official yuan Keli, who was dismissed from office. Shen Guanyi was at odds with Shen Li. Both yuan Keli and Shen Li were from Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan Province). "Because of the anger of a certain censor, the assistant minister (Shen Guanyi) counseled him and severely punished him. All the censors were assistant ministers and asked for their help. Assistant Minister to the holy meaning for the solution, the public (yuan Keli) in the last seat of the smile called: "special Xianggong refused to ear!" Everyone was shocked. Gongyiran disdained, on the benefits of straight. Assistant Minister Mu said: "who is the last white one?" He was demoted to another post in December. In the first month of the reign of bingshen (1596), he was ordered to be demoted to other posts for use. He was dismissed from his post for the sake of the people (Dong Qichang's jiehuan Yuangong Xingli) it can be seen here that Shen Guanyi saw that the Ministry of officials spared yuan Keli, but was punished by Emperor Wanli for "demoting miscellaneous duties and using them at the same time". So Shen Guanyi and Emperor Wanli staged a double play, and Shen Guanyi finally encouraged Emperor Wanli to "dismiss yuan Keli for the people" with "auxiliary minister Shu".

In November of the 29th year of Wanli (1601), it became the first assistant of the current Dynasty.

The disaster of mining tax

In the Wanli Dynasty, taxes were exorbitant, especially on mining. The tax collectors took the opportunity to overcharge, and the people complained.

In February of the 30th year of Wanli (1602), Emperor Wanli suddenly fell ill. He called for Shen Guanyi, the chief assistant, and other cabinet scholars to discuss affairs in the West warm Pavilion of the back hall of Qixiang palace. Emperor Wanli said, "I am very ill and have been in power for a long time. I have no regrets. I entrust the crown prince to you and try my best to help. At the beginning of the establishment of the mine tax and mine supervisor, we had to go out because the main hall of the capital was not completed. At present, the project can be stopped, and the mine supervision department can recall all of them. When the prisoners who had been imprisoned for a long time were released, all the ministers who had been convicted of offering advice in the letter were restored to their original posts and accepted the advice given to Shizhong and the imperial censor. " At the end of Emperor Wanli's speech, Shen Guanyi immediately wept, and the empress dowager, the prince, and other kings and ministers all began to cry. Shen Yiguan immediately drew up an order. That night, all the ministers were in the palace all night discussing plans.

The next day, Emperor Wanli recovered, but he deeply regretted yesterday's decision. He ordered the eunuchs to rush to the cabinet to recover the edicts, which totaled more than 20 people. He also said: release the prisoners, listen to the advice of the minister, as he said yesterday, but the mining tax can not be removed. Shen Guanyi didn't want to hand over the imperial edict, but the envoy even kowtowed, and he was eager to hand over the imperial edict. Shen Guanyi had no choice but to return it. Li Dai, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and Wen Chun, the censor of zuodu, issued the imperial edict to the world the next day and began to implement it. Xiao Daheng, the Minister of punishment, said that he needed to ask Emperor Wanli for instructions about the punishment and imprisonment. Within days, things changed. A few days later, according to the decree of Emperor Wanli, the imperial servant did not release the prisoners any more.

When Emperor Wanli wanted to recover his life, Tian Yi, the eunuch of Si Li, argued that the imperial edict could not be returned, which angered Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli was even so angry that he wanted to execute Tian Yi. Tian Yi is still adamant. At this time, the eunuch rushed back to the imperial edict from Shen Guanyi. A few days later, Tian Yi met Shen Guanyi and said, "Mr. Xiang, if you insist a little longer, the mining tax will be abolished. Why are you so timid?"

Since then, the Minister of the imperial court wrote again about the mineral tax, and Emperor Wanli did not listen to it. In the end of the Wanli Dynasty, the disadvantages of mining tax could not be eliminated, and the accumulated harm was very deep.

The case of Chu Prince

In 1603, Zhu Huaji, who was the general of the kingdom of Chu at that time, sent someone to tell him that Zhu Huakui was not the son of King Gong of Chu and should not inherit the position of King Chu.

According to historical records, in the fifth year of Longqing (1571), King Gong of Chu, who was vassal to Wuchang, Hubei Province, died of illness. In the palace of the king of Chu, there is a palace man named Hu, who is pregnant but has not yet given birth. Soon after, the twins Hua Kui and Hua Bi were born. But some people say that Guo Lun, the official in the palace of the king of Chu, pretended to be Hua Kui with the son of you Jinmei, the concubine's brother Wang Ruyan, and pretended to be Hua Bi with Wang Yuzi, the concubine's clansman. Yibin Wang ruoquan once tried to play it, but he was suppressed. In the eighth year of Wanli (1580), Hua Kui inherited the title of King Chu, and Hua bi was granted the title of King Xuanhua. Huaji, the king of Chu, was not afraid of the deterrence of the palace. Moreover, Huaji's wife is Wang Ruyan's daughter, so Huaji knows this in detail.

Because Shen Guanyi got a valuable bribe from the king of Chu, he ordered Tongzheng not to play the memorial. A month later, he first wrote a memorial to Hua Kui for impeaching Hua Ji for four charges of bullying the emperor. Guo Zhengyu, a native of Chu, had heard about it all the time, so he asked for an investigation to determine whether it was true or not. Guo Zhengyu wrote his predecessor's letter to the emperor, but the Emperor didn't listen to it. Soon after the courtiers discussed the matter, Shen Guanyi still covered up the king of Chu, and instigated Qian menggao and Yang Yingwen to impeach Guo Zhengyu, leaving him to wait for investigation. Huaji and others were also convicted. Before Guo Zhengyu returned home, the "demon book case" broke out.

Mystery case of demon book

Shen Shixing left and Shen Li and Shen Guanyi joined the cabinet. Although Shen Shixing retired, he was not far away from political affairs. He wrote a short message to Shen Guanyi, with only a few words on it: "here comes the blue faced thief, get ready for the shield!" (Shen carp has a bluish black complexion, so it is called the blue faced thief.). Shen Guanyi and Shen Li did not agree.

At that time, some scholars (who were anonymous at that time, but later Zhao Shizhen wrote it) published the "Xuyou weihongyi", which clearly listed the evildoers and criticized the bad government. It was widely spread as a "demon book". The book angered Emperor Wanli, so he ordered martial law and searched the author. At that time, there were only three members in the cabinet: Shen Guanyi as the first assistant, Zhu Geng and Shen Li as the second. Shen Guanyi and Zhu Geng are both listed in the demon book, but Shen Li is not on the list. Shen Guanyi suspects that the demon book was made by Shen Li. Guo Zhengyu is Shen Li's favorite student and has a history with Shen Guanyi's faction. Therefore, he is also listed as a suspect.

Shen Guanyi united with Qian menggao to impeach Shen Li and Guo Zhengyu, which led to a big prison. Guo Zhengyu was arrested by imperial edict, Shen Li's family was searched, and then he led monk Daguan and doctor Shen Lingyu. Both Daguan and Shen Lingyu were tortured to death, but they still failed to convict Guo Zhengyu and others as Shen Guanyi would like. Guo Zhengyu also had to be rescued by Li Sancai, the governor of water transport, before he saved his life.

At that time, many people stirred up trouble one after another, such as Wang Zhizhen, the governor of the royal guards, who exposed Zhou Jiaqing, complicating the case. Because the trial was so complicated that it was delayed, mingshenzong was angry and everyone wanted to protect himself. Then he found Ju Zizhen, who was dazzled by the light, and concluded the case hastily

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