Gao Fen

Gao Fen

Gao Fen, with the name of Jingxiang and Yunxuan, is a native of Dage Township, Zhecheng County, Henan Province. He was intelligent and studious when he was a child. After he was a scholar in the middle school, he followed the Convention and went on duty. He handled all the administrative documents such as the imperial approval of Emperor Kangxi and the written language outside the pass very appropriately. He was valued by the Prime Minister of Jingjiang at that time and was clean and honest. In the winter of 1744, Gao Fen died of a stroke at the age of 81.

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Gao Fen, with the name of Jingxiang and Yunxuan, is a native of Dage Township, Zhecheng County, Henan Province. He was intelligent, studious and unusual. He studied with his teacher for ten years. He despised all the stale doctrines at that time. He chose Zuo Zhuan, Guo Yu, Gong Yang Zhuan, Gu Liang Zhuan and eight famous writers of Tang and Song Dynasties to study them carefully and recite them all. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, he was the first in the boy's examination in 1687, the second in the Wuchen examination in 1688, and the third in the Xinwei examination in 1691. He successively served as the principal of Shandong Department of the Ministry of punishment, the Vice Minister of Guizhou department, the supervisor of daxicang in Tongzhou, the censor of Guangdong Province, and the general secretary of Sanbu, which was highly valued by the imperial court.

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After Gao Bingzhong became a Jinshi, he followed the custom of entering Zhongshu to be on duty. He handled all the administrative documents such as the emperor's imperial approval and the written language outside the pass very appropriately, which was highly valued by the Prime Minister of Jingjiang at that time. In 1705, when he took the imperial examination, he was the chief examiner of the north branch school. He successively selected ten scholars, and the success of them did not surpass his. For this reason, he was appointed as the head of Shandong Department of the Ministry of punishment, and also in charge of Jiangnan and Shanxi departments. At that time, the Department was subordinate to the yamen, and the prisoners were often tortured by pinching their necks and hands. When Gao Fen took office, he said to his subordinates, "when Zhang Shizhi was in office, the world was peaceful and there was no unjust case because he was not easy to use punishment. As long as we don't use punishment easily, don't judge a case because of a moment's happiness and anger, and push the emotions according to the law, then there will be no unjust, false or wrong cases in the world. " A banner man sued Guo Xing, a native of Shaanxi Province, for killing his own son alive. When his colleagues want to punish him, Gao Fen quickly stops him, feeling that he is wronged. My colleague retorted, "I've read his file and I can't be wrong." However, after careful investigation, the case turned out that the son of the plaintiff and all the people were killed in the coal mine disaster. Seeing that Guo Xing was rich and honest, he deliberately blackmailed him, and then falsely accused him. Finally, the truth of the case came to light. Li Caisheng, a civilian in the south of the Yangtze River, has been implicated in Tianqi with a homicide case, and wants to ask about the death penalty. Gao porphyri argued that the crime should be divided into the first and the second, and Tian Qi's punishment should not be commuted.

In the year of Emperor Kangxi's Wuzi (1708), Gao Fen was ordered to take part in the imperial examination in changchunyuan. He received special reward from the emperor and won the first prize. For this reason, the imperial court sent him to be the chief examiner of Shandong provincial examination, and admitted many celebrities. Later, he was appointed Vice Minister of Guizhou, and soon he was appointed supervisor of Daxi warehouse in Tongzhou. When he took office, he saw that wheat, rice, sorghum and other major grain were stored very little in the granary, while grain (grain tribute to the imperial court) was exposed and accumulated in large quantities, so that it could not be covered with extra straw mulch. It seemed that there were as many as two million stones, but in fact it was less than a few hundred stones, which were all imaginary numbers. Qi Ding, who was in charge of the granary, used to run the tea and fruit business. His family was rich, but he was irresponsible. Gao Fen talks with him to convict him. Qi Ding panicked and agreed to take out his family's money to customize reed mats and other things to cover grain. Gao Fen not only saved the imperial tribute, but also saved the local poor people. After that, Gao Fen was transferred back to the capital and promoted to zhenglang, the Minister of rites. During his term of office, he made a thorough study of all the etiquette rules and regulations, and worked diligently, honestly and conscientiously. After being recommended, he was promoted to the rank of censor of Guangdong Province, and concurrently served as the inspector of Jiangnan, Shandong and Shaanxi provinces, and the General Administration Department of the Ministry of household, the Ministry of punishment and the Ministry of industry. Although he had many affairs, he managed everything in an orderly way, which was highly valued by the imperial court. Soon, the court ordered him to visit Dongcheng county (now Southeast of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province). Dongcheng county is a gathering place for big businessmen. After Gao Fen took office, those businessmen who indulged in illegal activities were restrained.

In the spring of the year of xinchou (1721), Gao Fen was ordered to transport grain to Tibet. After six years of hardships in the dangerous border area, he was recalled to the capital in the year of Yongzheng's Bingwu (1721). After that, he resigned and returned to his hometown. He closed the door to thank his guests and taught his descendants to study. Later, at the invitation of the prince, he presided over the Wenzheng Academy. For a time, students came to the college to study. The old city of Zhecheng was abandoned due to the flood of the Yellow River 20 years ago in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty, and the official houses were submerged. However, the tax of the imperial court was still the same, and the residents had been suffering for a long time. Gao Fen urged the sheriff to reduce the tax.

In the winter of 1744, Gao Fen died of a stroke at the age of 81.

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