Wu Chongzhen

Wu Chongzhen

Wu Chongyi (1838-1918), the second son of Wu Shifen, was a native of Haifeng County (now Wudi County). In the first year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1862), he was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of industry.

Life of the characters

He devoted himself to justice, and promoted himself to the magistrate of Chenzhou, Henan Province. During his term of office, he took the revitalization of culture and education as the first task, repaired the holy temple and built the Confucian school. He was honest and upright, cautious in handling cases and sentenced to prison. In 1887, the Yellow River burst in Zhengzhou, and the flood overflowed to several li of Chenzhou mansion. Wu Chonghui mobilized migrant workers to prepare sand, stone and wood, and personally supervised the construction of dams and built porridge factories to save countless victims. Xingzebao and Zhaimin levees were in danger. He stood in the mud and directed the rescue in the rain. After two days and nights, he strengthened the levees. It's a good story for the local people. He moved to Kaifeng Prefecture because of his outstanding achievements. When he took office, he tried and concluded serious cases in the whole province, sentenced him to prison, and became famous. He was promoted to Jiang'an grain road in the south of the Yangtze River. In the 26th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1900), the Allied forces of eight countries captured Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu took refuge in Xi'an. Under the order of Liu Kunyi, governor of the two rivers, Wu Chongzhen went to Xi'an to contribute Jiangxi local specialties. She was favored by Empress Dowager Cixi and promoted to Jiangning as a political envoy.

Official career

In 1901, the Qing government ordered Wu Chongzhen to serve as the chief envoy of Zhili. Some colleagues said that this had something to do with Yuan Shikai's recommendation. Yuan Shikai acted as governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang in November 1901, and was awarded the title in June 1902. At the beginning of his term of office, Yuan Shikai was eager to make achievements in all aspects. He did not forget his teacher Wu Chongzhen in the use of talents. From September to November of that year, Yuan Shikai returned to his native place and appointed Wu Chongzhen to take care of Zhili governor and Beiyang minister. In December 1902, the Qing government appointed Yuan Shikai as the minister in charge of the electricity administration. Yuan Shikai naturally thought of the teacher again. He called Wu Chongzhen to his official residence and gave him advice. Although they are teachers and students, their positions are different. At that time, Wu Chongzhen was the chief minister of Zhili, and he was the Sanpin Jingtang, while Yuan Shikai was a senior member of Yipin, and he was also a red man of the imperial court. Because of the change of gengzi, he worked together with Rong Lu for Empress Dowager Cixi and became a favorite minister in front of the empress dowager, aiming to confer "Prince Shaobao". In the Manchu Dynasty, both civil and military officials were honored as "Gong Bao". Therefore, Wu Chongzhen was invited to Yuan's house in his official uniform. Yuan Shikai asked the teacher to change his plain clothes and meet him in the inner living room. if you don't meet each other in the pledge room or flower hall, but in the inner living room in plain clothes, it means that you don't mention your rank. Although Yuan Shikai was called "teacher", Wu Chongxi still called him "Gong Bao". After a few words of greetings, Yuan Shikai said that the teacher had worked hard for most of his life, so he should have a more comfortable job. With such an opportunity, the imperial court had ordered the telegraph office to be taken back by the government, but it belonged to Beiyang. The imperial court appointed me as the minister in charge of the telegraph administration, but we had to find a deputy. I'm going to invite the teacher to be the Minister of the association and stay in Shanghai. Will the teacher give in? Yuan Shikai took the initiative to let Wu Chongzhen be the Minister of the power office in Shanghai. On the one hand, he wanted to repay the teacher's teaching at that time, and on the other hand, he knew the root and the bottom of Wu Chongzhen. As a result, Wu Chongzhen took the post of minister of the Council Office in Shanghai and ordered the power bureau to be taken back. On March 1, 1903, Wu Chongzhen took over the provincial telegraph business offices in Shanghai. He formulated eight rules and decrees and ordered all branches to comply with them. In 1905, Wu Chongzhen was appointed as the Minister of cangchang. In February 1906, Wang Anzhi, bishop of Nanchang, a Catholic Church in France（ Jean.Marie.Lacruche ）When he invited Jiang Zhaotang, the magistrate of Nanchang County in Jiangxi Province, he forced to overthrow the old case of xinchangtang, which had been settled the year before last, in order to expand the missionary privilege. Jiang Zhaotang refused. Wang Anzhi stabbed Jiang Zhaotang to death with a knife and scissors. When the news came out, the whole city was in a state of uproar, with workers on strike, students on strike and businessmen on strike. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the Bank of BaiHuaZhou, destroyed French and English churches and schools, and killed six French priests, including Wang Anzhi, and three British priests. The Qing government bent its knees and ordered the execution of 10 people and sentenced 27 people. Hu tinggan, governor of Jiangxi Province, was dismissed. In March, Wu Chongzhen was appointed governor of Jiangxi Province. After he took office, he immediately cleaned up many diseases and dirt caused by the religious case, cleaned up the yamen, appeased the people, and was unable to sleep for more than ten days. at this time, industries were set up all over the country. Wu Chongzhen, who has always attached great importance to talents, recruited a talented person who sincerely served the country and ran into difficulties everywhere. He wanted to make a career in Jiangxi. his name is Song Yuren, from Fushun County, Sichuan Province. Both parents are dead, and uncles bring up adults. He is quiet, erudite and has a strong memory. He never puts down his mind. However, they are not familiar with the world, so many people call them nerds. Li Hongzhang, the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, said: "future generations are formidable." Song also invited Li Hongzhang to serve as an assistant envoy and served as a counsellor in Britain. He took the opportunity to study the way of prospering the country through industry. After the Song Dynasty returned to China, he wrote caifengji and shiwulun, which were highly appreciated by Emperor Guangxu. Later, he ordered the Song Dynasty to go to Sichuan to deal with the business and mining affairs. It was not a long time. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei Province, was transferred to supervise Yichang Local Taxation Bureau. Song Li eliminated the current malpractice and improved the tax law, so that his colleagues and successors could not cheat. The corrupt officials in Hubei all ridiculed him as a fool and slandered him in front of Zhang Zhidong. Therefore, song abandoned his official position and devoted himself to compiling foreign scientific works. The Song Dynasty came to Jiangxi under Wu Chongzhen's earnest requisition. Wu Chongzhen had great respect for him. He was appointed the general manager of the copper dollar Bureau. Song deeply received Wu's courtesy, and he was able to do things freely, so he worked very hard. In just a few months, the copper dollar bureau made a profit of more than a million yuan. Compared with the previous deficit situation, the Song Dynasty was praised by Jiangxi Fu office and Liangjiang governor office. Wu Chongzhen was also deeply gratified. He became more and more serious in Song Dynasty, and wanted to make great achievements in mining and establishing schools. When the Song Dynasty was full of ambition, it turned out that those old officials who were rich in their own pockets in the copper and Yuan Bureau were especially afraid of the Song Dynasty. They were constrained by the left and right sides, and their slanders were fierce, which made the Song Dynasty unable to display its ambition. The Song Dynasty was very worried and indignant, so he left Wu Chongzhen. No matter how hard Wu Chongzhen tries to stay, he should not. Wu had to give up. 1906 was an eventful year. In summer, some areas of Jiangxi suffered from heavy rain, while some other areas suffered from rare drought. Wu Chongzhen took his entourage to Xinjian, Jinxian, Xingan, Xiajiang, Lianhua, Yongfeng, Taihe, Anfu, Yongxin, Dehua, De'an, Pengze, Nanchang, Wuning, Qingjiang, Luling, Jishui, Wan'an, Poyang, Yugan, Dexing, Wannian, Jianchang, Anyi, Ruichang, Hukou, 26 counties and Nanwei, jiuerwei to learn about the disaster situation "This year, Jiangxi has been plagued by rainy weather since spring and summer After autumn, heavy rain prevailed all over the upper reaches of the river. The water of the Gan river came down from a strategic position, and the water of the Yangtze River poured up. As a result, most of Nanchang's government houses, which were located in the riverside Lake area, were washed away and flooded Please reduce taxes in the disaster area, postpone the collection of grain rent, and organize all prefectures and counties to carry out disaster relief. Before the end of the disaster relief, the uprising of people and miners broke out at the junction of Liling and Liuyang in Hunan Province and Pingxiang in Jiangxi Province. As a last resort, Wu Chongzhen launched a campaign to suppress the enemy. the main force of this uprising was the old-fashioned local social parties (Gelao society, Hongjiang Society), but some members of the alliance played a leading role in it. Not long after the uprising, the authorities trapped Xiao Kechang, the leader of Hongjiang society in Anyuan, and killed him. The miners, handicraftsmen and peasants in various places were furious, and the uprising was full of momentum. After getting some information, Wu Chongzhen and Hunan governor Cen Chunzhen immediately sent out troops to attack the uprising teams in Pingxiang and Liuyang. The uprising troops gathered and scattered from time to time, waiting for an opportunity to fight back. The Qing army could not win all the victories, but suffered many setbacks. At this time, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, sent another part of his troops from Hubei and duanfang, governor of Liangjiang, from Jiangsu to fight together. Under the encirclement and suppression of the superior official forces, the uprising was suppressed at the end of October. At least one thousand people died under the butcher's knife of the Qing army. At the beginning of the uprising, Wu Chongzhen wrote a report according to the situation in Pingxiang: "where the rebels passed, they only asked for weapons and ordered to supply food with white cloth. Most of the looters and killers came from the families of the police and the gentry. There are false signs everywhere to appease the people and to buy people's hearts. " He called the rebels "rebel bandits", but he did not deliberately exaggerate how these rebels committed crimes, indiscriminately killed innocent people, killed people, and committed heinous crimes. But he also realized that the uprising was not a simple "bandit" operation. Apart from the uprising areas, the Jiangxi government obtained many members of the alliance. Wu Chongzhen knew that the uprising had something to do with the alliance led by Sun Yat Sen, and he was even more aware of the seriousness of the matter. In a memorial summarizing the incident, he said: "this banditry Although there is no deep nest and quick use of firearms, the army, in the name of revolution, intends to incite response. "It is because of the collusion of the rebel Sun Wen (referring to Sun Yat Sen). If it is not peaceful for a long time, how can we imagine the future trouble"! In November of this year, the imperial court transferred Wu Chongzhen to serve in Beijing. After receiving the imperial edict, Wu set out immediately. When the boat passed Poyang Lake, the strong wind rose, the sails capsized, and Wu Chongzhen and his entourage all fell into the water. Several people died, while Wu Chongzhen survived. After hearing the news, friends in Beijing didn't know where they were. They worshipped the dead at the crossing. After Wu arrived in Beijing, he found out the truth, and they all laughed and sighed. He was promoted by the imperial court to be the right Minister of the Ministry of punishment of Wu Chongzhen, and turned to be the left minister the next year.

Management industry

In 1908, Wu Chongzhen was appointed governor of Henan Province. As soon as he arrived in office, he was very happy

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