Lu Sicheng

Lu Sicheng

Lu Sicheng (1293-1357), a famous official of the Yuan Dynasty, was born in Pingding. He has successively held the posts of shiyushi, shishubachelor of Jixian academy and Guozijijiu, Huguang participating in politics, Zhongshu participating in politics, zuocheng transferring to yushizhongcheng, Hanlin Bachelor of Guozijian, reviewer and editor of Hanlin Academy of national history. He has participated in the compilation of Liao history, Jin history and Song History.

He was upright and stubborn, outspoken, dare to admonish and act impartially. His main works include Jiexuan collection, Tongji of Han Dynasty, Zhengdian juyao, Lingnan collection, etc.

Life of the characters

Governance of Minxian County

After Lu Sicheng was born, his eyes were shining, and everyone who saw him felt strange. When he grew up, he followed Xiao to learn the Confucian classics. Soon he entered Guozi school as an accompanying student. He was selected in the examination. In the first year of TAIDING (1324), Lu Sicheng became a Jinshi in the middle of the imperial examination. He was granted the Tongzhi governor of liaozhou. Because his mother died, he did not go to the post, and was transferred to Yin County of Jingzhou. The common people's errands are divided into three classes, average their corvee; engrave Confucius statue, order social school sacrifice; plough every spring, plant trees and raise livestock industrious people, reward with agricultural utensils, people compete for farming, so all the land is reclaimed and used. Shi'an'er, a civilian, has been in exile for many years. After hearing about this, he resumed his business. They also printed a book and gave it to the president for safekeeping. According to the season, they reported to the county. If they were not filial to their parents, fraternal to their brothers, and did not take part in production, they were all recorded in the book and punished for their service and transportation. The petty officials went to the society to find out who they were and how much they ate, and the people who used them asked to pay according to the price. This kind of malpractice is eliminated by Sicheng. During the Tianli period, due to the use of troops, they borrowed money from the rich people in advance to make weapons. As everything is prepared in advance, it will not disturb the people. Since Zhai Yi's grandfather was plundered as a slave because of the war in Henan Province, he paid millet as an adult man every year and was exempt from labor. Sicheng knew that Yi worked hard and called his master to make an agreement. He redeemed himself with thirty stone millet and accepted it on his behalf. Yi became a good people. When the weather is dry, the Taoist holds the green snake and says it's Lu shigu Xiaoqing and the dragon. Pray and it will rain. Because of him, LV Sicheng deceived the people, killed the snake and expelled the Taoist priest. Then it rained and had a good harvest. There are more than 100 Yin ancestral halls in the county. They are sacrificed every day. LV Sicheng ordered them to be destroyed. Only the ancestral hall of Dong Zhongshu, the Prime Minister of the Yangtze River, is preserved.

bring peace and stability to the country

Later, Lu Sicheng was promoted to be a reviewer of Hanlin Academy of national history, and soon moved to be a editor. In kuizhang Pavilion, Emperor Wenzong of the Yuan Dynasty passed a decree to read the history of the country. He carried the bookcase to the left and right, and no one dared to say anything about it. Lu Sicheng was at the end of his colleagues, but he dared to kneel down and say, "the emperor has not seen the good and evil of the contemporary monarch recorded in the national history since ancient times." Yuan Wenzong did not ask to see it. He served successively as prime minister, secretary and censor. He impeached Zhongshu Pingzhang's political affairs with Yu luntu and other officials, and chulitimur upset the government. The memorials were presented and seized by Emperor Wenzong of the Yuan Dynasty. Lu Sicheng accepted yinshou in front of the hall, and took up the post of the chief inspector of Guangxi's honest and clean government, inspecting the counties and prefectures. There is Marshal Yu among the local officials. He is afraid to be found. He secretly sends his son to meet Lu Sicheng on the way. Lu Sicheng arrests him, exposes all his conspiracies and severely punishes him. The whole road is shocked and rectified. When he was appointed to the west of Zhejiang Province, he was appointed as the imperial censor of Nantai. He was at odds with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and encouraged Sicheng to impeach him. LV Sicheng said, "I am the eyes and ears of the emperor, not the eagle dog of taichen." Don't listen. Later, he learned that Zhang Zuoji was corrupt and accepted bribes. Zhejiang people resented him. Lu Sicheng played his crime and exiled to Hainan.

Back to the capital

Lu Sicheng was once again recalled to Beijing as Guozi secretary, and was promoted to Zhongshu Zuoshi member wailang. The robbers killed the officials of Henan Province, and said in a forged statement that Duan Fu, the envoy of the Lian Dynasty, had entered the province. When the plot failed, more than 30 people would be punished by law. Sicheng explained the situation to the court and released them all. Doctor Sheng Zuo. Sicheng was usually upright. People were jealous of him and dismissed him because he admonished and angered the emperor. He was appointed to be the right doctor and the Minister of the Ministry of punishment. After the restoration of the imperial examination, Han Yong, who was in charge of Privy Council with Jin Shu, became the official of imperial examination. He was appointed Minister of the Ministry of rites. Yushitaizou was appointed as the governor of the government, and the chief executive of Liao, Jin and Song Dynasties was promoted to be the governor. Privy Council Zou was appointed as the Deputy envoy, while yushitaizou remained as the governor. When Gong Buban broke the law in Pingzhang's political affairs and supervised the impeachment of the censor, the censor's doctor tiemu'er said, "wait for a while. Lu Sicheng rushed in and Gong Buban was dismissed. The doctor hated LV Sicheng and wanted to exclude him. Sicheng said he was ill and asked for leave to go home. The imperial court knew that Sicheng had no other intention and transferred him to Hedong Lian visiting envoy. Soon after, he was called to serve as a scholar of Jixian, and also a son of the state to offer wine. He went out to Beijing to serve as a provincial counsellor of Huguang. All the students were spared to stay without permission. On the way, he was granted the Hubei Lian visiting envoy, paid homage to Zhongshu in Beijing, learned political affairs, promoted Youcheng and transferred to Zhongcheng. Impeachs the clean-up official, does not fulfill his duty, dismisses the official. He was also appointed Zuo Cheng, who knew about Jingyan affairs, promoted Guozijian, and was a scholar of the Imperial Academy. He was also a scholar of the Imperial Academy. He was also a scholar of the Imperial Academy. He was also a scholar of the national history. He was also a doctor of Ronglu. He was the president of Houfei Zhuan and Gongchen Zhuan, and gathered together the six political categories. The Emperor gave him a jade belt, so he was deeply attached to him. He also served as the Deputy envoy of Shu MI, still knowing the affairs of Jingyan, and then served as zuocheng of Zhongshu. Narin, the imperial historian, falsely accused Kong Sili of taking bribes. Some people wanted to implicate LV Sicheng. Narin said, "Lv zuocheng has always had a reputation for honesty. It is very difficult to involve him." So I gave up.

Li Kang Bian Chao

He was awarded the master of Jixian, and still served as the son of the state. Qi zhedu and Zuo Sidu Shiwu Qi, the ministers of the Ministry of official affairs, suggested that the banknote law should be changed, with Chu coins with a face value of 1000 Wen as the mother and copper coins as the son. Lu Sicheng disagrees. He thinks that there is no one who takes old paper as father and copper as son? All the people laugh. Sicheng added: "the usage of money seems to be the same, but it's just a matter of exchange. I'm afraid the people will know that it's not good for the country to hide the truth and abandon the emptiness of the five items of money, Zhizheng money, Zhongtong money, Zhiyuan money, and jiaochao "Many Zhiyuan banknotes were forged, so they were changed," he said Lu Sicheng said: "Zhiyuan note is not fake, it is artificial fake. If the banknote appears, it will become counterfeit. Besides, Zhiyuan banknote is like an old relative, known by the children and servants in the family; Jiaoqian is like a new relative, although people dare not to kiss him, but they don't know him. On the contrary, it will be more fake. Moreover, the rules of our ancestors can not be easily changed. " Qizhedu said: "the ancestor's law has disadvantages and can be changed." Sicheng said, "when you reform, you have to frame the emperor. It's you who fight against the emperor. And since the emperor, all emperors have advised people to practice filial piety and change it into a rule. Can we say it is filial piety? " He said, "how about the circulation of money when it is used?" Lu Sicheng said: "money circulates at the same time, regardless of its weight. Which is the mother and which is the son? You don't know the past and the present. How can you do it Qizedu said angrily: "since our strategy is not feasible, what do you have?" Lu Sicheng said: "I have three words: no way! No way Prime Minister Tuotuo saw that LV Sicheng spoke frankly and hesitated to change the banknote method. Only the censor doctor also first pasted mu'er to say that "Lu's speech of offering wine is right, but he should not be loud and fierce in the temple." Later, the censor got the emperor's hint, impeached Sicheng and seized his imperial edict and jade belt. He was transferred to zuocheng, the provincial governor, and sent the imperial hospital envoy Qin Chu to his home immediately. At the beginning of Qin Dynasty, he spared no effort to embarrass him, but Sicheng was not afraid. I left a letter to Gong bosui, a counsellor, saying, "last year, I was allowed to use it as zuocheng in Henan Province, and this year, I am Lu Sicheng as zuocheng in Huguang. The way of life is like this. Can I be unmoved?"

Death

When LV Sicheng arrived at Wuchang City, he said to the generals, "the thief has been fighting with you for a long time. I don't know that I'm here for this. By surprise, I can enter the city." They began to enter the city, and the generals had no choice but to follow them. They entered the city without fighting. When asked why, because the thieves were unprepared, they were scared away. Sicheng then called the army and the people to a meeting and told them, "the thieves have gone. They show us that they are weak. It is estimated that they will come again." So he issued orders to guard against duty, repair equipment, reorganize the city, reorganize the army, first consider guarding the city, and then plan to go to war. The Miao army was violent, invaded and insulted the provincial governor. Sicheng sternly reprimanded and said, "can you kill LV zuocheng?" From then on, the Miao army did not dare to come again. In a few days, he returned to the capital and returned to the post of Zhongshu zuocheng. Lu Sicheng walked for two days and the city fell again. Lu Sicheng was transferred to Guanglu doctor and Da sinang. He died on March 17, 1357, at the age of 65, posthumous title Zhongsu.

Personality traits

Lu Sicheng has a staunch temperament and is known for his uprightness. He is not subject to snobbery. He was once a sacrificial drinker for three years. He always followed the example of Xu Heng. Later, most of his followers became celebrities. He once criticized that the annotations of ancient books were too complicated, but after Wei liaoweng deleted them, they were too simple. He was going to take part of the annotations and compile them into a book. Unfortunately, this was not done. There are several volumes of anthology and several volumes of Tongji of the Han Dynasty.

Historical evaluation

Na Lin: "Lv zuocheng always has a clean voice, which is hard to reach."

Family members

Sixth ancestor: Lu Zongli, Jinshi of Jin Dynasty, Sihu of liaozhou. The fifth ancestor: LV Zhongkan the fourth ancestor: LV Shimin grandfather: LV Zhao grandfather: LV Decheng father: LV Yun mother: Feng

Chinese PinYin : Lv Si Cheng