Huang Jin

Huang Jin

Huang Jin (?)? ——In 1567, it was also named Longshan, Han nationality. Longhutan, a native of Luoyang, Henan Province (now longhutan village, Shouyangshan Town, Yanshi City), entered the palace in the early years of Zhengde (1506 A.D.) and was sent to the palace of King Xing to accompany his son Zhu houning. In the 16th year of Zhengde (1521 A.D.), after Zhu Houfu became emperor, Huang Jin was promoted to the imperial eunuch, and then transferred to Shangshan eunuch, Sishi eunuch and Neiguan eunuch. In the 24th year of Jiajing (1545 AD), he was granted the title of secretary of rites, supervisor of rites and governor of Dongchang in the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553 AD).

Life of the characters

Huang Jin, also known as Longshan, was born in Luoyang, Henan Province. The eunuch, the Minister of rites. In the early years of Zhengde's reign, he went to neishutang to study. Soon after, he was sent to xingwangfu to accompany his son Zhu Houfu. In 1521, Emperor Wuzong died and had no son. Zhu Houfu became the heir to the throne. Huang Jin was promoted to imperial eunuch because of his achievements. Later, he was transferred to the diet supervisor, the supervisor and the eunuch. In the 24th year of Jiajing (1545), it was granted the title of secretary Li Jianjin. In 1553, he was in charge of the East Hall. Although Shizong had strict control over eunuchs, he was very trustworthy to Huangjin and called him "Huangban" instead of his name. He was sent to build his father's mausoleum, Xianling mausoleum and Longfei hall in his old residence, to inspect the troops three times, and to try the prisoners together with judicial officials. It was Huang Jin, his honourable ministers and judicial officials who dealt with Chu Shizi's rebellion.

Emperor Shizong successively gave Huang Jin's bullfighting robes, sitting dragon robes, flying fish robes, python robes, jade belts, Wen Qi robes and other treasures. Lu Mi had accumulated 500 stones, and he was allowed to ride horses and shoulder Yu in the palace. Shizong believed in Taoism and lived in xinei in his later years. When he was seriously ill, Huang Jin invited him back to Qianqing palace.

When Shizong died, Huang Jin and Xu Jie, the great scholar, went to Yu's residence to welcome Zhu Zaiyan, the king of Yu, to the throne. Therefore, Huang jinnephew of Mu Zong teyin was the commander of the royal guards. During the reign of Jiajing, Huang Xiu, Huang Jin's younger brother, was named the chief of the royal guards. Later, he was promoted to the post military governor's office. As a result, Huang Jin's great grandfather, great grandfather and father were all given the post military governor's office, and their spouses were all given the title of Yipin's wife.

In the early years of Longqing, Huang Jin died of illness. Mu Zong ordered Huang Jin's manager, such as the eunuch Teng Xiang, to mourn, to offer sacrifices and funerals, to build a hall of enjoyment and a pavilion of Steles, and to give the temple the amount of "Jinglao".

Character evaluation

The history of the Ming Dynasty commented on Huang Jin, saying that although he had been around when Emperor Jiajing was a vassal, after emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he was in charge of the Department of rites and the East Hall. Although he was powerful, he was still able to restrain himself and "did not dare to do anything about it."

According to the biography of Hai Rui, Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty was infatuated with alchemy and ignored the government. One day, Hai Rui wrote a letter to admonish him. Shizong was very angry and ordered people to arrest Hai Rui. He wanted to punish him and kill his head. No minister dared to come forward to advise him. At this time, Huang Jin said to Shizong: "before Hai Rui remonstrated, he knew that he would die, so he bought a coffin and put it at home, waiting for the court to punish him." It was Huang Jin's words that saved Hai Rui's life.

In the 25th year of Jiajing (1546 AD), he also donated money to repair the Baima temple, which expanded the temple area to 60 mu. Although the temple has been repaired many times since then, it has always maintained its basic appearance.

Donate money to build bridge

In the 38th year of Jiajing (1559 A.D.), Huang Jin, the eunuch of the inner court, returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. When he learned that his parents had no bridge to cross the river, he immediately decided to donate money to build the bridge. Huang Jin entrusted his younger brother Huang Zikai, a thousand families in Jinyi, to personally supervise the relevant matters, and told him: "the expenses for building the bridge must be raised by himself, and you should not ask the people for a cent. Build the bridge as soon as possible so that people can pass through it. "

After being ordered, Huang Zikai explored the river in person, and then selected the bridge site outside the gate of Dongguan City. In November of that year, Huang Zikai led craftsmen to start building the bridge. In only six months, a five hole stone bridge with a height of 11.20 meters, a width of 10.26 meters and a length of 77.75 meters was completed on the Feihe River. The bridge deck is paved horizontally with regular rectangular bluestones, with guardrails on both sides, and stones on the East and west sides to reinforce the embankment.

Although the cost of the bridge was huge, Huang Zikai adopted the method of "raising soldiers to provide relief" according to Huang Jin's instructions, which did not increase the burden of the people. The common people felt that they had done something to help the people, so they set up a monument at the head of the bridge for the Huang brothers and named the bridge "Huanggong Guangji Bridge".

Rebuilding the White Horse Temple

In 1555, Huang Jin, the eunuch and governor of the East Hall of Jiajing, presided over the reconstruction of Baima temple. Before and after the construction, the main hall had five couplets, and the left and right side halls had three couplets, so that "the heavenly king had a hall" and "the bell and drum had a tower". In the East, the Lixian hall and paoxiang were built, while in the west, Yanfa hall and paoxiang were built, and 120 new monk houses were built This laid the foundation for the scale and layout of today's Baima temple.

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