Zhou Shunchang

Zhou Shunchang

Zhou Shunchang (1584-1626), named Jingwen, was born in Wuxian county (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) in nanzhili.

Wanli 41 years (AD 1613) Jinshi, successively Fuzhou Tui Guan, Li Bu Ji Xun principal, Wen Xuan Si Yuan wailang. The residents are honest and upright. In Fuzhou, he opposed the plunder of the tax Commissioner of mines and grasped the pawn of the tax commissioner. Later, Wei Zhongxian party persecuted them, and the villagers led by Yan Peiwei resisted, but they were finally suppressed. Shunchang was killed in prison.

Chongzhen first year (AD 1628) has been Zhaoxue, posthumous "Zhongjie.". Together with Gao Panlong, Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Zongjian, Huang zunsu and Li Yingsheng, who were also the victims of the eunuch party, they are called "the last seven gentlemen"

Life of the characters

punish evil-doers and encourage people to do good

Zhou Shunchang (1584-1626), whose name is Jingwen, was born in Wuxian County, Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province. Wanli 41 years (AD 1613) Jinshi, appointed Fuzhou Tui official. It is not merciful to arrest and punish Gao Yu, the tax commissioner. Gao Yu inspired the people to have an incident. He kidnapped yuan Yiji, the governor, and took his two sons as hostages. He also took LV Chunru, the Deputy envoy, as hostages. Someone suggested that Zhou Shunchang should replace him, but Zhou Shunchang didn't agree. LV Chunru hated Zhou Shunchang for that. After that, Zhou Shunchang was promoted to be the chief of the Ministry of officials. During the reign of Tianqi, he served as a literary elector wailang, who was responsible for selecting officials. We should try our best to stop asking for help, restrain the pursuit of profits, and keep our integrity clean. He asked for leave to return home.

Force against power

Governor Zhou Qiyuan offended Wei Zhongxian and was cut off for the people. Zhou Shunchang wrote an article to send him off, and there was no taboo in criticizing him. Wei Dazhong was arrested. After passing through Wumen, Zhou Shunchang hosted a banquet for him, followed him for three days, and betrothed his daughter to Wei Dazhong's grandson. The flag officer urged him to go on the road many times. Zhou Shunchang glared and said, "don't you know that there are still men who are not afraid of death in the world? Go back and tell Wei Zhongxian that I'm Zhou Shunchang, the former doctor of the Ministry of officials. " So he called Wei Zhongxian's name with his fingers and swore incessantly. After returning, the flag officer told Wei Zhongxian. Censor Ni Wenhuan, the adopted son of Wei Zhongxian, falsely accused and exposed his colleague Xia Zhiling, who was killed. Zhou Shunchang once told others that Ni Wenhuan should pay for Xia's order in the future.

Ni Wenhuan was very resentful, so he was instructed by Wei Zhongxian to impeach Zhou Shunchang to marry the criminal, and falsely accused him of accepting bribes to hide stolen goods. Wei Zhongxian immediately passed an imperial edict to deprive him of his official status. Lu Chunru, the former vice envoy, was from the same province as Zhou Shunchang. He lived at home as a capital official. With his former hatred, he repeatedly slandered Zhou Shunchang with Li Shi, the weaving official, and Mao Yilu, the governor. Soon after, Li Shi investigated Zhou Qiyuan, and falsely accused Zhou Shunchang of privately ordering and swallowing public property. He was arrested with Zhou Qiyuan.

Rescue of villagers

Zhou Shunchang likes to do a good job in his hometown. If someone is wronged or suppressed, or if it's a matter of local interests, he goes to the relevant departments to make a case. Therefore, the local people are very grateful to Zhou Shunchang. When we heard that his captors were coming, we were all very angry, and the people who called for injustice blocked the road. On the day when the imperial edict was read out, tens of thousands of people gathered together without agreement, all holding incense and begging for Zhou Shunchang's life. Students Wen Zhenheng, Yang Tingshu, Wang Jie, Liu Yuhan and others went to meet Mao Yilu and Xuji, the imperial censor, and asked them to report the feelings of the people here to the emperor. Flag officer sternly scolds a way: "East Hall catches a person, you this gang of rats dare how!" Shouting, "where are the prisoners?" Throw the iron chain to the ground and make a loud noise. They were even more angry and said, "at first, we thought it was the emperor's order. It was the East Hall." The situation is really like a sea of mountains and rivers. The flag officer fled from east to west. They beat each other and killed one person. The others were seriously injured and ran over the wall.

Mao Yilu and Xu Ji could not speak. Koushen and Chen Wenrui, the prefects, have always been very popular. After many explanations, they left. Zhou Shunchang turned himself in. Three days later, Mao Yilu reported the incident with an urgent Memorial. The spies of the East Chamber said that the people of Suzhou had rebelled. They planned to cut off the waterway and hijack the wooden boat carrying grain. Wei Zhongxian was very frightened. Soon, Mao Yilu said that he had caught Yan Peiwei, Ma Jie, Shen Yang, Yang nianru, Zhou Wenyuan and others who advocated the riot. The rebellion had been put down and Wei Zhongxian was in a state of panic That's how I feel. After that, however, the emissary in yellow did not dare to step out of the gate of the capital.

Sacrifice one's life to be benevolent

Zhou Shunchang arrived in Beijing and ordered him to be jailed. Xu Xianchun was charged with torturing and extorting a confession. He took three thousand taels of stolen money and tortured every five days.

Every time he was interrogated, Zhou Shunchang would scold Wei Zhongxian. Xu Xianchun knocked off his teeth, stood up and asked, "can you still scold Wei Shanggong?" Zhou Shunchang vomited blood on his face, and the curse became more violent. So he secretly killed Zhou Shunchang at night. It was June 17, the sixth year of the Apocalypse (July 10, 1626).

Vindication

In the second year, Emperor Zhuang Liedi ascended the throne, Ni Wenhuan was executed, and Li Shi was put into prison. Mao Yilu and Xu Ji were convicted of building Wei Zhongxian ancestral hall, and LV Chunru was convicted of praising eunuch, which was attached to the "adverse case".

After death, I give you a pension

He gave Zhou Shunchang a gift as taichangqing and made an official of one of his sons. He praised Zhou Shunchang, Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong for their honesty and loyalty, and issued an imperial edict with the title of "Gongjie".

Main achievements

Together with Gao Panlong, Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Zongjian, Huang zunsu and Li Yingsheng, who were also the victims of the eunuch party, they were called "the last seven gentlemen".

Character evaluation

Li Du, please send it to me. I'll take a chance. I'll be clear. ——History of the Ming Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu et al

Shunchang is a man of integrity and hatred. ——History of the Ming Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu et al

Shunchang is good for morality in the countryside. It has injustice and great interests in the county. It is often said by the secretary. Therefore, the morality of the people in Shunchang is very good. ——History of the Ming Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu et al

Anecdotes and allusions

When Zhou Shunchang was an official in other places, he was once invited to a play. He was very happy at first. But when he saw half of it, he suddenly got angry and jumped onto the stage in full view of the public. He grabbed the actor and beat him hard. After that, he left. The actor was beaten only because he played Qin Hui that day.

Relative members

son

Zhou Maolan, Zi Pei, Yun Zhai, the eldest son of Shunchang. He wrote a blood stabbing letter, accused the court of injustice, and ordered Guan Tui and his grandfather as gifts. Maolan is even more sparse. Please give the third generation an order to build a temple. When the emperor heard the report, he ordered all his ministers to die one after another. He regarded this as an example. Maolan is eager to learn, but not to talk about it. After the national change, he lived in seclusion and died.

personal works

painting

Shunchang painting ink orchid, between the landscape, natural charm. The handed down works include the axis of the painting of herdsmen and horses, which is inscribed with the work of Wuzi (1648). It is suspected to be the mistake of Wuwu (1618) in the 46th year of Wanli. The picture is recorded in the collection of famous people's calligraphy and painting.

literature

He is the author of the collection of ashes.

Biography

original text

The legacy of Duke Zhong Jie of Zhou

Zhou Zhongjie, gongshunchang, Jingwen, was a Jinshi in Wanli of Ming Dynasty. Wailang, member of Wenxuan Department of Li official department, please return.

It was Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch, who disobeyed him and was arrested by Su. He went to drink with him. Three days later, she married her grandson. He is very angry when he hears about it. The censor, Ni Wenhuan, was impeached by Cheng Zhongxian. Li Shi, the eunuch of weaving in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Zhou Gong, the governor of guyingtian, had a gap between Yuan Dynasty and Gonggong. They impeached Yuan Dynasty and ran for the name of Gonggong, so they sent officials to arrest him. As we all know, we can't move with pleasure.

Compared with xuanzhi Gong, governor Mao Yilu, Governor Xu Ji and the following officials are listed. Thousands of people gathered to fight for justice. Sound like thunder. Wang Jie of all living beings directly criticized Yilu, saying: "anger is not to be committed. Why didn't the Duke of the Ming Dynasty postpone the announcement of the imperial edict and make it known to the court according to the facts. " A heron has no intention of listening to all living beings. Thank you for your treacherous words. The imperial edict is that the monarch and his father are here, and they gather together to shout like this. The censor sees that Zhu Sheng's words are incisive. To understand it, he says, "and there is no cry! It is the business that is responsible for dealing with the aftermath!" all the circles listen like a block. The official flag sees that the discussion has not been decided for a long time, and he is surprised that the official does not use the law to judge Zhu Sheng, and his hands are always dangling There was a voice on the ground. He called out: "the prisoner is safe"? And he said: "this Wei Gong's life can ease the evil?" so the crowd angrily said: "however, it's a false order!" they scrambled to climb the lanli, fought against the official flag, and the official flag flew East and West with its head in his arms. There are dead. The generals in the governor's tent led the cavalry and soldiers, or pulled out the blade to threaten the crowd. The public is angry. Zhang Xiao, an emissary preparing for the army, will whip the soldiers for favoritism. It's a little bit settled. Koushan, the magistrate, and Chen Wenrui, the county magistrate, are the people. The plural is Wen Yan, and the others are the solution. It is also called the return of the public to private rooms. Public can not, so a house in the Department of heron.

Japan is also the official flag of Zhejiang. Daoxu gate into the city. Strong city wine and meat. Angry eyes chide city people, city people fight again and again, go burning their boat, official flag are swimming.

A heron is afraid, and calls for the cavalry to defend himself. At night, he wants the censor to report the change. There were more than ten people, such as Yan Peiwei. Eight days later, Gong was arrested. When he arrived at the capital, he issued an imperial edict to the prison, took bribes, tortured them, and killed them in prison. Zhongxianfu orders to kill Peiwei and other five people.

In the first year of Chongzhen, loyalty and virtue were defeated. Maolan, the eldest son of the Duke, wrote a letter to Baigong in blood, and sent it to Zhengqing of Taichang temple. Yilu was also accused of being loyal to the party. In the daytime, he saw Gong Chengyu, Peiwei and others riding and went straight into the middle hall. A spoonbill died of great terror.

Wang Wan said: "the dead brother, zhuojutang, was loyal to the official affairs in private, and gave it to the grandson Danling to show his loyalty. He thought that he believed it to be a little redundant. He referred to the annals written by Yin and gave it to his family to help him."

translation

The public legacy of Zhou Zhongjie

Chinese PinYin : Zhou Shun Chang