Wang Zhongxiao

Wang Zhongxiao

Wang Zhongxiao (1593-1666), born in the 21st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1593), is a native of shage village, Nanpu township. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), he was awarded the title of Jinshi and the head of the household department. He was in charge of the household accounts and land taxes in the central financial department. When Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty granted Shaoxing magistrate, his resignation was not accepted. Emperor Longwu promoted Shaoqing of Guanglu temple. After Zheng Chenggong set up his army, he went to the Zheng family. He praised military and political affairs and was highly respected. He made a lot of contributions to the anti Qing war and the restoration of Taichung. In 1666, Wang Zhongxiao died of illness in Taiwan at the age of 74.

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Chongzhen first year (1628), Zhongxiao Jinshi, granted the head of the household. In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, he was in Jizhou, Hebei Province to supervise the transportation of grain and pay at Datong bridge. He was famous for his uprightness, selflessness and fearlessness. At that time, Deng Xizhao, who was sent to Jizhou by the imperial court to control the water transportation, tried to do something wrong. He recruited soldiers in private and asked Zhongxiao for food, but Zhongxiao refused. Xizhao attempted extortion, hated to the bone, falsely accused Zhongxiao of "disobeying the order, sickening the people and bullying the king". The imperial court believed the slander and sent the royal guards to arrest him. According to the Convention, if they can't satisfy the lust of these Tiqi, they will "follow the Chu poison". However, Wang Zhongxiao did his best to "not have a meal", the officials turned over the box and turned over the suitcase, and "ten gold can not be prepared in the Qing Department". The royal guards were moved by his honesty. after being escorted to Beijing, Wang Zhongxiao was punished by the Imperial Staff and was tied in a sack and beaten with random sticks. But he "still has the temperament of Fujian people and refuses to plead guilty.". Xizhao bribed the petty officials in the Ministry with a large amount of money, begged the people who could organize the prison, and plotted to slander him for embezzling the official storehouse and transporting wages and silver, in order to punish him for death. During the trial, he refuted without fear, saying: Although there is no cost for the salary, it is the property of the imperial court. How dare I embezzle it? The money is all stored in Miyun library and can be traced. Wang Zhidao, the imperial official of the capital, and the subordinates of the Ministry of household, asked for exemption from punishment one after another, and finally "changed to the prison of the Ministry of punishment for three years", which was the same prison as Huang Daozhou, Wang lunchu, Wang siren and Ma Sili, and was called "Six Gentlemen". In 1644, the Qing army entered the pass. Zhu Yousong, the Fuwang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, issued an imperial edict to confer loyalty and filial piety on Shaoxing Prefecture magistrate and promoted him to vice governor. He felt the mixture of evil and good and could not accept it. Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, called himself Emperor in Fuzhou for emperor Longwu. He summoned Zhongxiao and granted Shaoqing of Guanglu temple. Zhongxiao stated his recovery strategy. Emperor Longwu was very happy and ordered to patrol the pass. He gave Shangfang a sword, which was convenient for him to act. However, at that time, the military power was completely in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, and there was no soldier of loyalty and filial piety. Soon after, Zhu Youlang, king of Guangxi, ascended to the throne of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and changed his name to Yongli. He ordered Wang Zhongxiao to be the right servant of the Ministry of war and the Minister of Taichang temple. Wang Zhongxiao was very concerned about the cause of the Qing Dynasty's restoration. He had sent letters to the king of Tang, the king of Lu and the king of GUI successively, trying to set up the restoration room. He often contacted Zheng Chenggong's anti Qing generals Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Tai and Gan Hui, and other people's anti Qing generals Zhang Huangyan and Zhou Hezhi. Among them, he wrote letters to Zheng Chenggong 18 times, trying his best to plan the anti Qing Dynasty. Zheng Chenggong set up two museums in Xiamen, namely, Chuxian Museum and Yuzhou Museum, to attract the posthumous officials and sages. Wang Zhongxiao, Shen Quanqi, Gu Chaojian and Lu Ruteng all went to Xiamen and attached themselves to Zheng Chenggong. Wang and Zheng were congenial and became confidants. Zheng Chenggong had to entrust official positions many times, and often consulted the military and national plans. Although he was not in the official position, he often gave advice on military and national affairs, and recommended Tong'an Jiaoyu Chen Ding's son Chen Yonghua to Zheng Chenggong, saying that Chen had "the talent to help", that is, he was used to join the army. After that, Chen Yonghua made immortal contributions to the development and construction of Taiwan. In the 18th year of Shunzhi, Zheng Chenggong crossed the sea and went to Taiwan. Wang Zhongxiao, Shen Quanqi and others stayed behind to help his son Zheng manage Xiamen and dispatch the islands. In the second year of Kangxi (1663), he entered Taiwan with Shen Quanqi and Lu ruotang, and was well treated by Zheng Jing. Nearly four years after Zheng Jing, he spent his later years in obscurity "not trying to be an official, but writing poems and drinking with the exiles in Japan. He died of illness in the fifth year of Kangxi.

Main works

Wang Zhongxiao wrote a lot of works, including Huiju Lu, Xiaojing Jie, Yijing jielue, Sishu Yulu, poetry anthology and essays. His posterity collected the complete works of Wang Zhongxiao, a total of 12 volumes. (excerpt from Huian County annals)

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