Teng Zongliang

Teng Zongliang

Teng Zongliang (1991-1047), whose name is Zijing, was born in Henan Province (now Luoyang City, Henan Province). He was a politician, writer and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Objectively, he was famous for Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower.

Teng Zongliang was a Jinshi in the eighth year of dazhongxiangfu (1015) of Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was first employed in Wei, Lian and Taizhou. He helped Fan Zhongyan, a good friend, to build a dam and move to Dangtu (now Dangtu County in Anhui Province) and Shaowu (now Shaowu City in Fujian Province). In 1031, he was demoted from Dali temple to Shaowu County in Northern Fujian. He served successively as the Minister of Dali temple, Zuo Sijian, tianzhangge Daizhi, and wailang, a member of the Ministry of rites. In 1047, Teng Zongliang was transferred to Suzhou, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, for his meritorious service in the administration of Yuezhou (now Yueyang City, Hunan Province). Soon after he took office, he was admitted to the office and died at the age of 57.

Teng Zongliang was honest and upright, diligent for the people, and made outstanding achievements. During his tenure in Yuezhou, he was praised by Wang Bizhi, a litterateur of the same Dynasty as "the best in the world".

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Life of the characters

Early experience

Teng Zongliang was born in the second year of Chunhua (1991).

In 1015, Teng Zongliang and Fan Zhongyan were scholars of the same discipline. They were appointed to Wei, Lian and Taizhou.

In the third year of Tiansheng (1025), Teng Zongliang was appointed as Taizhou military judge; Fan Zhongyan was appointed as Xixi (now Dongtai, Jiangsu Province) salt officer, advised Taizhou magistrate Zhang Lun to build sea defense dike, and recommended Teng Zongliang to assist Zhang Lun; Teng Zongliang later moved to Dangtu (now Dangtu County, Anhui Province) and Shaowu (now Shaowu City, Fujian Province) magistrate. After Fan Zhongyan was promoted to Beijing official, he praised his ability and called Teng Zongliang into the examination college.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng (1027), Teng Zongliang was appointed as the Cheng of Dali Temple (responsible for auditing criminal cases).

In 1031, Teng Zongliang was demoted from Dali temple to Shaowu county. During his tenure, he worked hard for the people, built schools, visited the poor, and was close to the local people.

Wandering around

In the first year of Ming Dynasty (1032), Teng Zong Liang was transferred to Beijing and was appointed as the prime minister (in charge of the emperor's food and clothing). During the year, Teng Zongliang and his secretary, Cheng Liu Yue, requested empress dowager Zhang xianmingsu to return her political affairs.

In the first month of the first year of Jingyou (1034), Teng Zongliang was appointed Zuo Zhengyan. In August, he moved to Zuo Sijian. Later, he was demoted to wailang, a member of Shangshu ancestral temple, who knew Xinzhou (now Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province).

In the second year of Jingyou's reign (1035), Si Jian was demoted because of the incident. Because Teng Zongliang had always been friendly with Fan Jian, he was implicated and was demoted to Chizhou wine supervisor who supervised the monopoly of liquor industry.

In the first year of Baoyuan (1038), Teng Zongliang was transferred to the office of general judge of Jiangning prefecture (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province), and later to the office of magistrate of Huzhou (now Wuxing City, Zhejiang Province).

In the first year of Kangding (1040), in September, the Xixia emperor Weiming Yuanhao (Li Yuanhao) launched a large-scale invasion of the Song Dynasty. Teng Zongliang was promoted to be a member of the Ministry of punishment, wailang (official), Zhiji Xianyuan (post), and Zhizhou (post) of Jingzhou (now in the north of Jingchuan, Gansu Province) to defend against the eastward invasion of Xixia.

In November of the second year of Qingli (1042), Teng Zongliang was promoted to serve in tianzhang pavilion under the recommendation of Fan Zhongyan because of his good governance of the border and outstanding military achievements. He was appointed governor of Qingzhou (today's Qingyang City in Gansu Province) by Jiahuan Qinglu.

Framed demotion

In September of the third year of Qingli (1043), shortly after Teng Zongliang was transferred to Beijing, the Mabu troops stationed in Jingzhou deployed and Jingzhou appeased Zheng Jian, who informed Teng Zongliang of abusing government money in Jingzhou, supervised Liang Jian to impeach him and accused him of having paid 160 thousand yuan to FeiGong envoy in Jingzhou. Then he sent Chinese envoy Dr. Taichang Yandu to investigate the matter in Jingzhou. Teng Zongliang was flustered for a moment. He was afraid of implicating innocent people. He burned up the account book and the pension list, but he did not commit the crime. The case of embezzlement of public funds in Jingzhou (later proved to be an unjust case) caused a stir. Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, who were involved in political affairs at that time, pleaded for Teng Zongliang and tried their best to save him. Teng Zongliang was only demoted to a lower level, and still served as tianzhang Pavilion. He was demoted to Fengxiang prefecture (now Baoji City in Shaanxi Province) and Guozhou prefecture (now Lingbao City in Henan Province).

In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli (1044), Gongchen, the imperial censor Zhongcheng, continued to impeach Teng Zongliang, so that he was demoted to Yuezhou (today's Yueyang City in Hunan Province). After arriving at baling, regardless of personal honor or loss, he paid attention to state affairs, worked hard for the people, built flood control levees and rebuilt Yueyang Tower, which was praised by the people.

He died in office

In the spring of 1047, Teng Zongliang was transferred to Suzhou, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, for his meritorious service in governing baling (Yuezhou). Less than one month after taking office, Teng Zongliang was admitted to his office. At the age of 57, he was buried in Suzhou. Later, according to his wishes, his descendants moved to the south of Qingyang County.

Main impact

Admonish the whole court

In the first year of Ming Dynasty (1032), Teng Zongliang was appointed as the Prime Minister of the palace. When there was a fire in the palace, the imperial court issued an imperial edict to trace the cause of the fire, so he spared remonstrance with his secretary, Liu Yueshang. Teng Zongliang said: "I saw the ashes left in the hall beside me spread to the palace gate. Although conforming to human affairs, it was actually related to the time of day. The imperial court issued an imperial edict quickly to bear the responsibility of clearing up the mistakes, and it was not moved inside and outside the court. However, the imperial court did not issue an imperial edict to grant amnesty to the whole world, and the trial was still harsh. I'm afraid that it violated the heaven's warning and affected the virtue of the two palaces. Moreover, women are soft and pliable, and they can get anything under torture. In case of injustice, it is enough to affect harmony. In the auspicious talisman, there was a fire at the side gate of the palace. The former Emperor had asked for similar things to be dealt with by the ancient law. If punishment was used to prevent suffering, would there be any more worries now? And the emergence of the disaster warning, near the side door of the palace, hope that the court can rectify the government to pray, in order to prevent it. All prisoners arrested and bound by the imperial court are specially pardoned, so that perhaps the cataclysm can be eliminated and happiness and auspiciousness can come. " In the admonition, song Renzong issued an imperial edict to release the prisoners. At that time, Empress Dowager Zhang xianmingsu was in power. Teng Zong Liang Shangshu said that the Song Dynasty was king by virtue of fire. The reason why the fire in the world lost its nature was because of the loss of national politics. Therefore, together with his secretary Cheng Liuyue, Shangshu asked the Empress Dowager to return politics. After the death of the empress dowager, the imperial court promoted the person who once wanted the Empress Dowager to return to politics. At this time, Liu Yue died, and the imperial court presented you Si Jian and promoted Teng Zongliang to Zuo Zhengyan.

Settle the border and settle the people

In the second year of Qingli (1042), the Xixia attacked the Northern Song Dynasty on a large scale. General Ge Huaimin of the Northern Song Dynasty was defeated in Dingzhou. The frontier counties were shocked. Teng Zongliang guarded Jingzhou at that time, and there were not many soldiers in his hands. So he called thousands of peasants to join the army to guard the city, recruited brave explorers, found out the enemy's distance and trend, issued official documents to report to the neighboring county envoys for preparation, and led the desert soldiers from Huanqing with Fan Zhongyan In order to celebrate the victory of the Jingzhou campaign, Teng Zongliang did not hesitate to use public funds to welcome and reward the soldiers. He also used Dingzhou war dead to offer sacrifices to their children in Buddhist temples to help them gradually settle down.

Historical evaluation

Fan Zhongyan's epitaph of Teng Jun in tianzhang Pavilion: you know your life, enjoy your job, and finish repairing your common affairs.

Wang Bizhi's mianshui Yan Tan Lu (Volume 6): in the Qingli period, Teng Zijing was banished to guard baling, and his governance was the best in the world.

Su Shunqin's laments on the life of loyalty and righteousness: the life of loyalty and righteousness, known as yizhaiwen. All the words come from the old men, and they are brave enough to win the title of the whole army. Don't know who is in charge of it. River head send Dan, cry to Jiuhua cloud.

Ouyang Xiu's Yan Hong Di Ji: Marquis Teng is famous for his great talent. When the imperial court used its troops to rush people, it tried to use them. However, he retreated to one state before he made any contribution. He didn't have any intention and did the rest for the sake of transitivity.

Tuotuo's the history of the Song Dynasty, volume 333, biography 62: Zong Liang was generous and generous, and he was generous and generous. He was honest and had no money left.

Yuan Zhongdao's a journey to Yueyang Tower: in the first place, he ascended the court with Shufa, remonstrated in the name of entering, and became a famous general in the name of Shuai.

Chen Xiangyuan: Teng Zijing had a rough life, but he always maintained a good attitude of "not to be happy with things, not to be sad with himself", and fully carried forward the excellent moral character of "ancient benevolent people" who were worried before they were happy. He was honest and upright in his dynasty, and dared to admonish him; he was ordered to defend the border areas and promote the prestige of our country; he respected Qi and righteousness, and was willing to do good deeds; he dared to do anything and set up a good example; he set up schools and emphasized education to abolish abuses; he built bridges and embankments to benefit the country and the people; he was honest and self disciplined, and showed his heart to others. Therefore, he was not only deeply loved by the people at that time, but also a model for officials even today.

Ji Tiezheng: Teng Zijing should be the first person who hopes to "return" as Fan Zhongyan referred to. He should return to the realm of "first worry and then happiness" and return to the cause of serving the country and the people.

Anecdotes and allusions

Building Yueyang Tower

In the spring of 1045, Teng Zong Liang rebuilt the Yueyang Tower during the reign of Yueyang in the Northern Song Dynasty. He not only wanted to rebuild the Yueyang Tower, but also to comfort the emigrants and poets. In addition, he tried his best to rebuild the Yueyang Tower. This time, Teng Zong Liang not only paid special attention to the construction, but also learned a lesson. The cost of reconstruction did not depend on the government's money Instead of fund-raising and apportionment, the government appropriated funds skillfully to mobilize private capital to reach out to the "Lao Lai" who owed money to the government. Those who owed money were afraid of offending the government and paid back the money obediently, which solved the source of funds at once and was recognized by the people. After three years of administration in Yueyang, the government was able to make peace with the people, and all kinds of wastes prospered After investigation by Dr. Taichang Yandu, Teng Zongliang found that the amount of money he used was clear, and he did not invade himself. So he invited his friend Fan Zhongyan to write down the famous Yueyang

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