Hayhara Yoshi
Xiayuanji (1366-1430), the word weizhe. Huguang is a native of Xiangyin (now Xiangyin County, Hunan Province), whose ancestral home is Dexing, Jiangxi Province. In the early Ming Dynasty, he was an important official.
Xiayuanji lost his father in his early years and adopted his mother. In 1390, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), he was promoted to the Imperial College by his hometown, and was selected to the Imperial College of the forbidden middle school. Jianwen emperor was the right Minister of the household department at that time, and later the interview envoy. During his term of office, the politics were clear and bright, and the common people were satisfied. After Chengzu ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty, Xia Yuanji was promoted to minister of the Ministry of household, and presided over the water control affairs in Western Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Songjiang. After that, he assisted mingrenzong, Xuanzong and chengrenxuan.
In 1430, Xia Yuanji died at the age of 65. He was given the title of "Zhongjing" to the grand master. There are Xia Zhongjing Gong Ji and so on.
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Life of the characters
Early experience
Xia Yuanji, whose name is weizhe, was born in Dexing. His father, Xia Shimin, was appointed as an official in Xiangyin County, so he settled down there. Xiayuanji lost his father in his early years. He devoted himself to learning to support his mother.
Because he was recommended to the Imperial College, he was selected to write letters in the palace. Sometimes the students were too loud to laugh, but Akira was still sitting. When Emperor Taizu saw him, he thought he was extraordinary and was promoted to be the head of the household department. Xia Yuanji's Department has complicated affairs, but he handles them in good order. Yu Xin, the Secretary of the Ministry of accounts, appreciates him very much.
There is a doctor surnamed Liu who is jealous of Xia Yuanji's talent. When Yu Xin impeached the lazy people in various departments, Taizu wanted to forgive them, but Yu Xin insisted not to. Taizu was angry and asked, "who taught you this?" Yu Xin kowtowed and said, "it's the shusuansheng after the hall." The emperor then put shusuansheng in prison. Liu Lang Zhong said: "it is Xia Yuanji who teaches Shangshu." Taizu said, "Xia Yuanji can help Shangshu deal with his affairs. Do you want to frame him?" As a result, both Liu Lang and Shu suansheng were executed and killed in the street.
In the early years of Jianwen (1398), Yoshihiro xiahara was promoted to be the right servant of the Ministry of household. The next year, he served as an interview envoy. During the inspection tour of Fujian, all the counties, townships and cities visited examined the official administration and inquired about the sufferings of the common people. People are very happy and admire. Soon, he moved to Qizhou.
An able minister
After Ming Chengzu ascended the throne, Xia Yuanji was arrested and presented. Chengzu released him and transferred him to the left servant of the household department. Some people say that Xia Yuanji was once valued and could not be trusted when he was Emperor Wen. Chengzu didn't listen and promoted him and Jianyi to Hubu Shangshu. Xia Yuanji, Jian Yi and others formulated the tax, corvee and other systems in detail. He put forward more than 30 suggestions, all of which are simple and easy to follow. "If it is difficult to continue after the policy is implemented, it will aggravate the hardship of the people," he said. That's what I don't want to see. "
There was a flood in the west of Zhejiang Province, but the officials concerned did not manage it well. In the first year of Yongle (1403), Emperor Chengzu ordered Xia Yuanji to govern. Soon after that, he ordered Li Wenyu to be his deputy and sent Yu Shiji, the censor of Jindu, to bring water conservancy books to him. Xia Yuanji asked him to dredge the lower reaches of Wusong River, which was opened by Dayu, and connect with Taihu Lake. Then, he built sluice gates according to different seasons. Chengzu obeyed. Xiayuanji employed more than 100000 migrant workers. Wearing cloth clothes, he walked back and forth, rowed day and night, and did not open an umbrella in midsummer. He said, "the people are very hard-working. How can I bear to be alone for comfort?" When he returned to Beijing after the completion of the project, he said that although the water has entered the sea from the old road, the tributaries have not been dredged completely, which is not a long-term solution.
In the first month of the second year of Yongle (1404), Xia Yuanji went to Western Zhejiang again to dredge baimaotang, liujiahe and Dahuangpu. Yuan Fu, the Shaoqing of Dali temple, was his deputy. Soon, Chengzu sent Shaanxi to participate in politics and Song Dynasty to assist him. In September of the same year, the project was completed and the flow of water was smooth. The farmland in Suzhou and Songjiang gained great profits.
In 1405, Xia Yuanji returned to Beijing. In the summer of this year, there was a severe famine in Western Zhejiang. Ming Yuanji led Yu Shiji, Yuan Fu and Zuo Tongzheng, Zhao Juren, to relief. They distributed 300000 tons of grain, and provided the hungry with cattle and seeds. Some people were invited to rent farmland, and Xia Yuanji quickly spread his opposition. Yao Guangxiao came back from western Zhejiang, praised Xia Yuanji and said, "he really has the heart of benevolence in ancient times."
Before long, Yu Xin died, Xia Yuanji was recalled, acting as an agent of the Ministry of accounts. First of all, he asked to cut down the excessive supply, reduce taxes and corvee, strictly enforce the ban on salt and money, clean up warehouses and freight yards, and promote farming in order to supply border defense, reduce the burden of the people, and facilitate businessmen. All the answers said it was feasible. He kept a small notebook of the number of household registration, treasury, and land tax increases and decreases in various places, and took it with him for reference at any time.
One day, when Cheng Zu asked how much money and food there was in the world, Xia Yuanji gave a detailed answer, which made him more respected. At that time, just after the end of the war, Chengzu awarded the meritorious officials who took part in the "Jingnan" war, enfeoffed them as vassals, and added a hundred military and defense departments. Soon after that, he sent 800000 troops to ask Annan a question, and ordered the eunuch to supervise the construction of a huge ship to pass on to overseas countries and build a palace in Beijing. In these matters, tens of thousands of property are supplied and transferred, all of which are paid by the Ministry of household. Xiayuanji has made every effort to plan and ensure the national expenditure.
In the sixth year of Yongle (1408), Emperor Chengzu ordered Xia Yuanji to supervise the army and the people to transport the timber to Beijing, and sent the royal guards school to punish the slowdowns. Xia Yuanji worried that there were too many violators, so he warned them in advance and then set out. People were very grateful to him.
In the seventh year of Yongle (1409), Chengzu made a tour to the north, and ordered Xia Yuanji to manage the affairs of the Ministry of rites, the Ministry of war, and the duchayuan. There are two commanders who falsely receive monthly salary, and Chengzu wants to put them to death. Xia Yuanji said, "it's illegal. If they are really thieves, what will be done to them?" Chengzu just gave up.
In the eighth year of Yongle (1410), Emperor Chengzu went to the north and Xiayuan jizuo's grandson Zhu Zhanji stayed in Beijing. He was in charge of Jiuqing affairs. At that time, the departments had just been established. Every morning, Xia Yuanji went in to help TAISUN deal with various affairs. After retiring from the court, Langguan and Yushi of each ministry gathered around again to ask for instructions. Xia Yuanji replies and criticizes without saying a word. He was in the north and the capital in the south. After Cheng Zu returned to the army, he gave him banknotes, pommel horse and cow wine, which was a great consolation.
Soon after, Xia Yuanji went back to Nanjing with Chengzu and was ordered to serve TAISUN Zhou to visit villages in his hometown and investigate the sufferings of the people. Xiayuanji took some sticky yellow rice noodles and presented them to TAISUN, saying, "Your Highness, please eat them to understand the hardships of people's life." At the end of his nine-year term of office, Chengzu held a banquet in the biandian hall to entertain xiayuanji, Jianyi and others. He pointed to them and said to the officials, "emperor Gao left it to me to cultivate talents. You want to see the famous officials in ancient times. These are the two Since then, Xia Yuanji has served TAISUN for many times and traveled between the northern and southern capitals. On the way, he also offered his loyal advice, which helped TAISUN a lot.
In 1420, the palace in Beijing was built. The emperor sent Xia Yuanji to the south to summon the prince and his grandson to the north. After coming back, Xia Yuanji said, "after years of construction, it's finally finished. The exiles should be appeased, and the various levies in arrears should be exempted, so that the people can recuperate. "
The next year, the third hall was on fire, and Xia Yuanji repeated his previous request. Cheng Zu immediately ordered the relevant departments to implement it. At the beginning, because of the fire in the third hall, Chengzu issued an imperial edict to speak frankly. Most of the officials said it was inconvenient to move the capital to Beijing. Chengzu was so angry that he killed Xiao Yi, the principal, and said, "when I wanted to move the capital, I had a secret discussion with the ministers. It was a long time before I decided. It was not a rash decision." The official took the opportunity to impeach the minister. Cheng Zu ordered them to kneel outside the Meridian Gate to debate. The ministers all scolded the officials, but xiayuanji only said: "they responded to the imperial edict and put forward their own opinions. There was no crime. If a group of ministers, such as ministers, can not assist in state affairs, they should be guilty. " Chengzu's anger subsided and both sides were forgiven. Some people accuse Xia Yuanji of violating his original intention. Xia Yuanji said: "we have been in office for a long time. Although our words are wrong, we are lucky that the emperor can forgive us. If the official offends, the loss will be great. " People admire it.
Although Xia Yuanji was appointed Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, he was always called by Chengzu to discuss national affairs in detail. Every time Chengzu came to the gate of biandian, he always called Xia Yuanji to talk. He often forgot the time, and the people around him could not hear. After xiayuanji retired, he was always respectful, just like he didn't participate in anything. After meeting Jiao Zhi, Cheng Zu asked whether promotion was convenient or reward. "The reward fee is only one time, which is limited, while the fee after promotion is unlimited," he replied Cheng Zu obeys. When the king of the western regions came to court, Chengzu wanted to go to the suburbs to comfort him, but xiayuanji didn't agree. After entering the palace, Xia Yuanji did not worship. Cheng Zu said with a smile, "does Ai Qing want to imitate Han Yu?"
After the Tang Sai'er rebellion in Shandong was settled, more than 3000 people were captured and came to Beijing. Xia Yuanji asked Chengzu to release them all. The valley King Zhu rebelled, and Chengzu suspected that someone was involved in the conspiracy in Changsha. Xia Yuanji guaranteed the lives of his whole family, and the matter was settled.
Jailed on conviction
In the winter of the 19th year of Yongle (1421), Chengzu was going to make a large-scale expedition to the desert. He ordered Xia Yuanji to discuss with LV Zhen, the Minister of rites, Fang bin, the Minister of arms, and Wu Zhong, the Minister of industry. They all said that it was not suitable to send troops. They haven't played yet, but Cheng Zu summoned Fang bin. Fang bin tried to say that the cost of Xingbing was not enough. Cheng Zu was very unhappy. He called Xia Yuanji to ask about the situation of border reserves. Xia Yuanji replied, "in successive years, the troops have failed. Eight or nine tenths of the army and horse reserves have been lost. In addition to the constant occurrence of disasters, the situation is now difficult both at home and abroad. What's more, your holy body is not safe and you still need to take care of yourself. Please send the general
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