Lu Huiqing

Lu Huiqing

Lu Huiqing (1032-1111), whose name is Jifu, is the Han nationality. He was born in Puli, Shuitou Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou. He was the Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, a political reformer, and the second person in Wang Anshi's reform. He made many contributions to the reform. Wang Anshi was the same master and apprentice as Wang Anshi, but later he hated because of his affairs. His official career was ups and downs, and he had been traveling abroad for the second half of his life. He successively served as an academician, an expert in military affairs, an expert in political affairs, and an expert in Taiyuan government.

In the second year of Jiayou (1057), Jinshi was highly valued by Wang Anshi for his political ideas, and also trusted by Shenzong of Song Dynasty. During the reign of Wang Anshi in the early years of Xining, he helped him to promote several reforms, such as the Qingmiao law and the Shiyi law. After Wang Anshi was dismissed as Prime Minister for the first time, LV Huiqing took the post of deputy prime minister and continued to promote the reform. In the process of reform, he launched a fierce struggle with the Conservatives headed by Sima Guang. After Wang Anshi returned to the court, LV Huiqing was demoted from Beijing for the crime of sitting with his younger brother, and from then on he was far away from the political center. In the border area, Lu Huiqing successively served as the economic and strategic envoy of banyan road and the magistrate of Taiyuan government, and continued to promote the military reform such as the establishment of generals and the law. After song zhezong ascended the throne, LV Huiqing was quickly defeated by the Conservatives supported by Empress Dowager Gao, and demoted to Jianning army's deputy envoy for saving. After he was in charge, he was appointed again, but he could not enter the political center any more. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, he became an official in Liquan Guan. After his death, he was awarded as the third division of Kaifu Yitong. After the posthumous title "Wen Min".

Lu Huiqing was involved in the struggle between the new party and the old party for most of his life, so his official career was very complicated, and there were great differences in his evaluation. In the historical books, he was regarded as treacherous, shameless, and low-quality. After the later redefinition of Wang Anshi's reform, he was regarded as a talented political reformer.

Life of the characters

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In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), LV Huiqing became a Jinshi and was appointed an official in Zhenzhou. After the end of his term of office, he entered the capital and met with Wang Anshi. When he discussed with Wang Anshi about the Scriptures and righteousness, there were many similar opinions, so they made an appointment.

In the second year of Xining reign (1069), the "Department of making and setting up three departments and regulations" was set up to guide the implementation of the new law. It absorbed a large number of people who wanted to reform, and Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi were in charge of it. At this time, LV Huiqing was in charge of collating and editing the books of Jixian hall. Because of his friendship with LV Huiqing, Wang Anshi recommended LV Huiqing to Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty: "Lv Huiqing's talents are not only outstanding among today's people, but also can't be easily compared with the great Confucians of previous generations. Lu Huiqing is the only one who can learn from the principles of the former king and apply them to today's world.

As a result, LV Huiqing was appointed as Jianxiang character, and Wang Anshi was sure to discuss everything with him regardless of the size. All the memorials on Wang Anshi concerning the reform were written by LV Huiqing. Therefore, LV Huiqing became the core of the new party. At that time, Wang Anshi was called Confucius, and LV Huiqing was called Yan Yuan.

In September of the second year of Xining (1069), LV Huiqing was promoted to crown prince zhongyun, storyteller of Chongzhengdian, school manager of Jixian, and judge sinang temple.

New and old party struggle

In October of the same year, Sima Guang entered the palace to play a duel. Song Shenzong asked him for his opinions on the officials. When he arrived at LV Huiqing, Sima Guang admonished him and said, "Lv Huiqing is a wicked man, not a good man. It's all because of his deeds that Wang Anshi was slandered by the government and the public. Wang Anshi was virtuous but stubborn, and was not familiar with world affairs. LV Huiqing planned the general plan of political reform, and vigorously promoted it through Wang Anshi. Therefore, people all over the world thought that Wang Anshi was also a traitor. Recently, the promotion of officials has not been carried out in order, which has made many officials very dissatisfied. " Shenzong said: "Lv Huiqing's strategy is clear, and it really looks like a beautiful material." Sima Guang replied: "Lv Huiqing is really outstanding in literary talent and wise in thinking, but he has a bad heart. I hope your majesty can slowly examine him. If people like Jiang Chong and Li Xun don't have talent, how can they move people?" Song Shenzong was silent.

Sima Guang wrote a letter to Wang Anshi, saying: "Lv Huiqing is a flatterer. Now you really have a sense of obedience and agreement. Once you lose power, you will be sold in exchange for benefits." Wang Anshi was displeased by this remark.

Worship as Deputy Prime Minister

In September 1070, Lu Huiqing left his post because of his father's death. After the end of his filial piety, he was appointed as a minister of tianzhang Pavilion and a fellow practitioner of Shouzhu. Later, he was promoted to zhizhigao and sentenced to the state's Zijian. In April of 1073, the Bureau of Jing Yi was set up to compile the Jing Yi of Shi, Shu and Zhou Li. Wang Anshi was the initiator of the Bureau. LV Huiqing and Wang Jian, the son of Wang Anshi, worked together to compile the San Jing Xin Yi. After that, LV Huiqing was appointed as Zhijian academy and academician.

In April of the seventh year of Xining (1074), Wang Anshi asked to leave his post because of the censure from the government and the pressure from the Empress Dowager of Cisheng and xuanren. LV Huiqing ordered his party members to change their names and wrote to Wang Anshi every day. Wang Anshi strongly recommended Han Jiang as his prime minister to replace him, and LV Huiqing served as a political advisor to assist Han Jiang. LV Huiqing was afraid that the new law would be shaken after Anshi left office, so she sent letters to all the supervisors and prefectures, asking them to write a statement of their interests and put pressure on the emperor, and then calmly asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict, indicating that the new law would never be abolished because of the officials' violation of the law. Therefore, Wang Anshi's new law was carried out more firmly.

First in power

In the seventh year of Xining (1074), in order to exert influence on the emperor, LV Huiqing still recommended him to preach for Chongzheng Hall together with Shen Jichang, the Imperial College's direct lecturer, despite his brother's incompetence in collating LV Shengqing. When he went to the palace, LV Shengqing always gave up the Scriptures and didn't talk about money and goods. Shenzong sometimes asked about the Scriptures and righteousness, but LV Shengqing couldn't deal with them The quarter chief answers from the side.

When Wang Anshi was in power, he did not study poetry and Fu. Wang Anshi thought that the examination of Jinshi was the same as the examination of Zhike, and there was no need to try to make Zhike. When LV Huiqing was in power, he once again proposed that the examination of Zhike was only to memorize, but not to study the meaning of classics. So the emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty issued an imperial edict to abolish Zhike. However, at that time, Feng Jing strongly opposed the decision. Although it was unsuccessful, he developed resentment with LV Huiqing.

In June, Zheng Xia wrote that LV Huiqing was a traitor and blocked his way. He thought that he was a traitor. Lu Huiqing was furious and punished by Cheng Deng Wan and Zhi Zhigao Deng Runfu. Zheng Xia was relegated to Tingzhou.

In July, LV Huiqing adopted the stratagem of his younger brother LV Heqing, the county captain of Quyang County, to draw up the fifth grade property list, so that the people could report their own wealth, and even one or two of their livestock could not be omitted. They also allow others to report on those who conceal their family property, and reward those who report with one third of the defendant's property, which makes the common people extremely difficult. He also let the people in Baojia go to the government to claim the money, so that no one could be left out and there was a commotion.

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In 1075, taking advantage of the case of Zheng Xia, LV Huiqing took the opportunity to frame Feng Jing, who had obstructed the abolition of the imperial examination system, and Wang Anguo, who had insulted him in person, so that they were all convicted of this.

Wang Anshi also began to have conflicts with LV Huiqing because of Wang Anguo. However, as early as after taking power, LV Huiqing worried that Wang Anshi would threaten his power and began to take various measures to frame Wang Anshi. In November of the seventh year of Xining (1075), LV Huiqing quoted the old practice of offering sacrifices and pardoning, and recommended Wang Anshi as a governor. As soon as he handed in the memorial, the emperor knew what he thought and immediately asked him, "Anshi didn't go to the official post because of his crime. Why did he return to the official post by way of pardon?" LV Huiqing was speechless.

In February of the eighth year of Xining (1075), Han Jiang was unable to control LV Huiqing, so he secretly asked the emperor to reactivate Wang Anshi. Shenzong agreed. The next day, he sent an envoy to issue an imperial edict to recall Wang Anshi. Anshi didn't refuse and stepped up on his way. On the seventh day, she arrived in the capital. LV Huiqing was very surprised to know that Wang Anshi had returned to the imperial court.

In June, Wang Xun, the son of Jiawang Anshi, became the direct Bachelor of LongTuge. Wang Xun declined the appointment, but LV Huiqing urged Shenzong to accept his resignation. As a result, the contradiction between Wang and LV deepened again.

In October, Lu Huiqing's younger brother, Chongzheng Hall, told the story that LV Shengqing had been sent out of the capital to serve as the vice envoy of Jiangnan West Road because of his crime. Soon, the censor Cai Chengxi talked about several crimes, such as forming a party and harming the country. Deng Wan, the censor Zhongcheng, told his brother that he had borrowed five million yuan from the rich people of Huating county to buy land with Zhang ruoji, the magistrate of Huating County, and committed crimes together. They were both put into prison for interrogation. Soon afterwards, he issued an imperial edict to let LV Huiqing go out of Beijing to know Chenzhou, and later changed to know Yanzhou.

Around the border

In March of the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), LV Huiqing was appointed as the manager of Yanlu. At that time, the Han and fan soldiers along the Shaanxi border were their own armies. Every battle was fought by the fan army as the vanguard, and the Han soldiers guarded the city, instead of dividing the troops according to the battlefield situation. Moreover, each route was led by several generals. He believed that this system made it impossible for the dispatched troops to gather quickly, which was not conducive to the war. So he changed the old law, mixed up the Han and fan armies, popularized the general law, set up a garrison for every 5000 people, and set up a general, which was set up in the treaty.

Soon after, LV Huiqing's mother passed away and ordered him to pay 50000 yuan in addition to his salary. LV Huiqing applied for an increase of 15000 yuan in expenses. The censor impeached him for greed for this reason. The emperor said, "Lv Huiqing is greedy, but he once hurt his dignity in order to participate in political affairs and punish his crimes. Let's just blame him for his injustice." However, even if only his salary was punished, LV Huiqing still argued for herself. The censor impeached him again. He was in mourning and should not have spoken, but the emperor issued an imperial edict and did not have to question him.

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (1082), after the death of LV Huiqing's mother, she was appointed as a bachelor and learned Taiyuan Prefecture. When he came to the palace, Shenzong still ordered him to guard Qianyan road. However, LV Huiqing said: "the division of Shaanxi can not attack or defend. It mainly depends on the situation

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