Ye Mengxiong

Ye Mengxiong

Ye Mengxiong (1531-1597) was born in wanshili, Guishan County, Huizhou prefecture (now Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province). Ye Chunji's nephew was a minister and strategist of Ming Dynasty.

In 1565, he was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing period. He was the Minister of the Ministry of war, the Minister of the Ministry of industry in Nanjing, and the crown prince and Taibao. He wrote Hua Yunji, Wu Zhen Zhushu, Chibian Yi, the manuscripts of guanxi, the external history of Jingfeng, the record of chariots, the compendium of strategic planning, and the theory of the ancestor of Wanshi characters.

Life of the characters

When you are young, you are different

There are abnormal signs, skull uplift, eyes like electricity. When he was young, he played with the children in the countryside, which was a heroic call. The group of children were obedient to their orders. They raised eagles and dogs for play. They set up their own school and were all tamed, and those who knew them were known to be extraordinary. At the age of 12, he taught at his father's official residence. At the age of 16, he entered xiangxu and studied with he Weibo, a famous official from Nanhai (now Foshan, Guangdong Province). One day when I was studying in the West Lake, I met a different person and said that there was no difference in my career today.

Incorruptible and outstanding

Jiajing forty years (1561) Ju Ren, Jiajing forty years (1565) Jinshi, as Fuqing county magistrate. At that time, the officialdom of Fuqing County colluded with each other in cheating, embezzling and profiteering. After ye Mengxiong took office, he ruled the county with justice, straightened out the official administration, and severely punished the corrupt officials.

In the second year of Longqing (1568), he took up the post of head of the household department and transferred to Guanzhong. When he moved to Taiwan to supervise the censor, he was upright and selfless, and did not avoid the powerful. He lived in Taiwan for three months, and all the topics he talked about were the Great Policies of the country.

In the fourth year of Longqing (1570), Han Naji, the grandson of atahan, the leader of the Tatar tribe, was defeated by his grandfather because he hired his wife and three women. Andahan asked the Ming court to return hannaji to the north, and asked for tribute and the opening of border trade. Ye Mengxiong harassed the frontier for many years with atahan, killed and plundered all the time, "the enemy's situation is sinister", and could not be easily believed. He resisted the surrender and granted tribute, and was demoted as the county magistrate of Yingyang County, Shaanxi Province. Two years later, he moved to Henan guide Tui official, and a few months later, he was promoted to head of Nanjing household department, looking for the governor to manage Fengyang warehouse. As an example, Fengyang granary has a large balance, but 40% of it has been pocketed by officials. In this regard, ye angrily dismissed the malpractice of "taking the warehouse as the market (profit)".

In the second year of Wanli (1574), he transferred to the doctor of the Ministry of accounts and became the magistrate of Ganzhou. Ganzhou, as the center of the four provinces, had developed commerce and prosperous economy, and was regarded as a place for private gain by officials. As soon as ye Mengxiong took office, he eliminated the long-standing abuses and abolished exorbitant taxes and levies. Under the jurisdiction of 10 county officials, monthly assessment, according to good or bad performance to give rewards and punishments. Among the ten thousand mountains in Anyuan County, Ganzhou, there was a mountain people leader named Ye Jia who lived in caves for generations. His grandson Ye Kai gathered people to plunder. The government could not restrain him. Ye Mengxiong made a statement to governor Jiang Yilin about the proposal of elimination. He made up his mind to visit people who had contacts with Ye Kai's subordinates in the past, and told him to go back to the mountains and take counter measures against Ye Kai's cronies. A few months later, many of Ye Kai's henchmen came down to the mountain to submit themselves. Even some of Ye Kai's clan came down to the mountain to submit themselves. Ye Mengxiong ordered him to set up a social school in huangxiangbao, a moderate place, to carry out the village contract and to establish the Baojia system. His children all went from scholars to Ganzhou, the county city, to ask teachers to supervise the teaching. However, ye Kai and the two or three chieftains were still stubborn, and even killed the obedient people. They also sent people to the mountain to declare that those who were obedient could be exempted from crime and naturalized, otherwise they would attack and destroy the nest and burn all the jade and stone. Later Ye Kai led ten thousand people to fight back. The officers and soldiers guarded the main road in advance, waiting for the opportunity to attack, and the Kai people responded to the rebellion. After years of turmoil, it was finally brought to an end. Later, the land was separated from Anyuan County, and Changning County was established. The common people are grateful for it, especially for ye Mengxiong. The imperial edict bestowed gold coins. I'm going to stay in mourning. At the end of the funeral period, he was appointed governor of Anqing.

In the sixth year of Wanli (1578), Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng carried out the "one whip method" and ordered to measure the land of the whole country and report the cultivated land to the higher authorities. Sun Guangyou, the governor of Anhui Province, wanted to flatter him and ordered him to finish the report within 10 days. He also wanted to use the hillsides and lakes as farmland for measurement. Ye Mengxiong didn't want to be false and greedy. He opposed it according to reason and measured it according to the facts. He was awarded a salary for three months by governor sun Guangyou for the crime of "reprieve". However, he still took one side as his own responsibility, led the people to fight against drought and exterminated the bandits. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was awarded the imperial seal.

Good management

In the 10th year of Wanli (1582), he was promoted to Deputy envoy of Yunnan Province, and was appointed as a military patrol envoy of Zhejiang Province. At that time, the Japanese pirates repeatedly attacked the coastal areas, and the warnings were still frequent. After ye Mengxiong inspected the perils from Siming to Zhoushan, in order to strengthen the coastal defense, he called the fishing boats out of the sea and ordered them to arrange the order according to the different boundaries. He was a member of the army, trained the attack and repaired the equipment, so that all the troops could keep watch and the coast was stable. He saved half of the army's salary every year. At that time, the imperial court ordered the frontier talents to govern the border and resist foreign aggression. The ministers of Zhongshu province and Yushitai played ye Mengxiong one after another. Later transferred to Yongping Road (now Hebei Lulong). When he took office, he offered to governor Wang yi'e that "it is better to break the enemy than to fight with fire.". The policy of "light vehicle and magic gun should be made according to the ancient style" was adopted and supervised by law. The war in Eastern Liaoning was critical. Light trucks and magic guns arrived, and the Liao soldiers were defeated. In addition to the commendation, the imperial court also awarded the light truck and artillery samples to nine military towns in the north, which were manufactured and used according to the style. After six years in office, the border was stable.

In the 14th year of Wanli (1586), ye Mengxiong was promoted to the post of visiting envoy of Shandong Suzheng. In order to prevent the innocent from being wronged, the "Treaty of cautious punishment" was formulated, which was strictly abided by by all the officials, so that they could not lightly discuss arbitrary arrest. He has successively served as the procuratorial and political envoy of Shandong.

In the 17th year of Wanli (1587), he was promoted to be the censor of zuojindu, governor of Guizhou, and set up Xingui county to strengthen the rule of Guizhou minority areas.

In the 18th year of Wanli (1590), Tatar fire fell and Chibu attacked and harassed Tao and heerwei (taozhouwei was stationed in today's Lintao, Gansu Province, and hezhouwei was stationed in today's Linxia, Gansu Province). In the spring of the next year, Wei Xue served as Minister of the Ministry of war, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu military affairs, and governor of Shaanxi by Ye Mengxiong. Ye Mengxiong rode alone to Shaanxi and went straight to Hezhou, where he regulated the soldiers, repaired the artillery, and entertained the soldiers with wine and food. You Ji, the commander in chief of the secret army, first drove huoluochibu out of manglaergongchuan. Xuanzhuo, vice governor of Gansu Province, made thousands of cannons in Lanzhou to boost the military power.

Pacify the rebellion of kobayi

In April of the 20th year of Wanli (1592), kuibai, the deputy chief of Zhishi in Ningxia, and his son Chengen, who had attacked his father, launched a rebellion in Ningxia, killed his ministers, robbed the general, and captured 47 fortresses in Hexi. Wei Xuezeng sent troops to fight against it, but it is difficult to make progress. When the imperial court sent more reinforcements, many generals were afraid to go. Ye Mengxiong wrote to himself in tears and was allowed to go to Lingzhou to join Wei Xuezeng. At this time, the rebels gathered in Luoshan with 30000 soldiers, and he ordered majui to lead a thousand soldiers to attack. The rebels turned to attack the north of the city. Ye Mengxiong personally led the troops to fight. The rebels were defeated and retreated to the town of Ningxia (now Yinchuan City). The two sides confronted each other. Wei Xuezeng had been a teacher for a long time and had no merit. He was demoted to the people. Ye Mengxiong took his place and was granted "shangfangjian". Ye Mengxiong encouraged morale and built dykes to divert the Yellow River to irrigate the city. There was no food left in the city, and the rebels were in chaos. Mengxiong personally braved the arrow stone to supervise the battle, attacked and burned the city tower with cannons, and repulsed 20000 rebel reinforcements. They also shot the book sealed with wax balls into the city, dividing the rebels and killing each other. Businessmen and people in the city responded. In September, the city broke down and Ningxia was in chaos. The government and the public celebrate the victory in Beijing. Ye Mengxiong was strongly recommended by Wei Xue, and the officials were restored to their original posts. Each general was awarded a reward. Ye Mengxiong was promoted to the imperial censor of Youdu. Yin Yizi, the Royal Guard, was inherited by thousands of families. He carved a stone in Helan Mountain to record his anti treason work.

After Ningxia was pacified, ye Mengxiong guarded Guyuan (now Guyuan, Ningxia). Later, Shangshu said that he was ill, but he did not agree to return to his hometown.

In the summer of the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), he was granted the title of minister of the Ministry of war, and Yin Yizi entered the Imperial Academy to study. Later, he changed the Secretary of the Ministry of industry of Nanjing and was granted the title of Prince Shaobao. In October, he was promoted to the title of Prince Taibao. Ye Mengxiong retreated bravely and wrote five times to return. Finally, he was allowed to return to Huizhou in the same year. When I returned home, my luggage was simple, but there was no increase in the number of fields and houses at home. He is respectful and intelligent at home. He advocates righteousness and persuades others to give, but he is not stingy. In his spare time, he called on his nephews to go boating on the West Lake, drink and write poems.

He died on June 12, 1597.

Anecdotes and allusions

Gong Tian's salary for convenience

After ye Mengxiong killed Jikou in Huangxiang with anti Japanese tactics in Ganzhou, his mother Shi died of illness in Ganzhou the next year. According to the ancestral system at that time, ye Mengxiong had to return to his ancestral home Ding you for three years. During his filial piety to his mother in Huizhou, he still did not forget the task of suppressing thieves in Ganzhou. He designed to capture the remaining bandits in Huang Village thousands of miles away. The local people felt his virtue and built a memorial temple to worship them.

The imperial court will not let such talents stay in the southern wasteland for a long time. In 1578, ye Mengxiong became the magistrate of Anqing Prefecture in Zhili. In Anqing, he always carried out his policy of benefiting the people. A typical example is that he would rather offend his superior and deduct his salary than harm the interests of the people.

In the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1580), Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty obeyed the advice of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, and issued an edict to re measure the land area of the world. In order to cater to Zhang Juzheng, sun Guangyou urged his subordinate prefectures and counties to complete the project strictly within the time limit, and to measure and report the hillsides and lakes that could not be cultivated as farmland. Ye Mengxiong didn't expect to buy Sun Guangyou's account. He said: "Anqing city is full of JURU. In winter, we can see Pingwu. In spring and summer, it's YuBie cave. If we talk from Taiwan, it's me who is the leader of the people." That is to say, Anqing is mostly in low humidity area, with drought in winter and flood in summer. If I follow the will of Fu Tai, I will do harm to the people! As a result, sun Guangyou became angry and Shangshu falsely accused ye Mengxiong of neglecting ZhangTian order, which resulted in ye Mengxiong being fined three months' salary. Nevertheless, ye Mengxiong still truthfully ZhangTian, rest with the people.

In the third year of Anqing, ye Mengxiong designed to kill the heaven in the city

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