Yao Qisheng

Yao Qisheng

Yao Qisheng (1624-1683), with the name of Xizhi and the name of Youan, was born in Kuaiji, Zhejiang Province (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province). He was under the red flag of the Han army. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, statesman, militarist, famous minister and general was one of the decisive figures in the recovery of Taiwan.

In the second year of Kangxi's reign (1663), he was elected to the county magistrate of Xiangshan in Guangdong Province in the provincial examination. He was dismissed from business because he was not authorized to open the sea ban. After the San Francisco rebellion, he donated money and enlisted troops, and put them under the command of Aixinjueluo Jieshu, Prince of Kang. He was appointed the magistrate of Zhuji and promoted to wenchuqian of Zhejiang Province. In the 15th year of Kangxi (1676), Geng Jingzhong was demoted and moved to Fujian as an envoy. In 1678, he was promoted to governor of Fujian Province and was in charge of platform affairs. In the 19th year of Kangxi (1680), he led his troops to conquer Haicheng and recover Jinxia. He forced Zheng Jing to withdraw from Penghu and granted him the title of minister of war, Shaobao and Prince Taibao, and Youdu censor. In the 21st year of Kangxi (1682), he helped Shi Lang, the naval commander, recover Taiwan and garrison Fuzhou. In 1683, he died of a relapse of an old disease.

Yao Qisheng was strict in law enforcement for the government and army, and made outstanding contributions in the process of recovering Taiwan. His works include memorials to youweixuan and Wengao of youweixuan.

Life of the characters

Early years

Yao Qisheng, a native of Kuaiji (now Shaoxing), Zhejiang Province, was a chivalrous man. In the early years of Shunzhi, the Qing army occupied Jiangnan. Yao Qisheng went to Tongzhou to insult the local local tyrants, so he joined the Qing army and was appointed as the magistrate of Tongzhou. Yao Qisheng then arrested the local tyrant and killed him with his staff. Then he resigned and left. On an outing to Xiaoshan, Yao Qisheng met two soldiers who robbed the woman. He pretended to persuade them to take the saber and kill the soldiers. He rescued the woman and sent her back to her home. In 1659, Yao Qisheng was attached to the Han Army's red flag. In the second year of Kangxi (1663), Yao Qisheng won the first place in the local examination of Baqi and was awarded the title of magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province. The former magistrate was jailed for financial deficit of tens of thousands, and Yao Qisheng paid for it. In 1669, he was impeached for opening the sea ban without authorization.

Suppress King Jingnan

In 1674, Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, rebelled in Fujian Province and entered Zhejiang Province to capture Wenzhou City and Taizhou and Chuzhou counties. Emperor Kangxi ordered Prince Kang Aixinjueluo Jieshu to lead his troops to attack. Yao Qisheng and his son Yao Yi donated money to raise hundreds of strong soldiers to serve under Prince Kang. Yao Qisheng was appointed as the county magistrate of Zhuji, and he was on guard against the local bandits in pingzilang mountain. In the 14th year of Kangxi (1675), Prince Kang played Yao Qisheng's contribution to Emperor Kangxi, so Yao Qisheng was promoted to wenchudao, Zhejiang Province. Later, with the capital, lahada suppressed the rebels in Songyang and Xuanping counties. In the 15th year of Kangxi (1676), Yao Qisheng, deputy Dutong Woshen and General Chen Shikai cooperated to suppress Geng Jingzhong, attacked Shitang, burned Mucheng, killed many Geng troops, and recovered Yunhe County. In October of the same year, Yao Qisheng and his son invaded Geng Jingzhong with Prince Kang's army. The army invaded Xianxia pass and approached Fujian. Geng Jingzhong surrendered. Yao Qisheng was promoted to Fujian chief envoy. At that time, ZHENG Jin, the son of Zheng Chenggong, occupied Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Xinghua. Han Daren, the general of Wu Sangui, was brave and good at fighting. He was known as the "little Huaiyin Marquis". He entered ting from Jiangxi Province and tried to join ZHENG Jin. Yao Qisheng demoted him and got 3000 soldiers to join the pro army. In 1677, Yao Qisheng conquered Shaowu and Xinghua with Prince Kang and completely recovered Zhangquan. ZHENG Jin fled back to Xiamen. In the 17th year of Kangxi (1678), governor Lang tingzuo told Kangxi that Yao Qisheng and his son, Yao Yi, had won many military achievements, and they had purchased horses and armour, bows and arrows. They used 50000 liang of silver to raise funds by themselves. Emperor Kangxi issued an imperial edict to reward them and promoted them to governor of Fujian.

Recapture Taiwan

When ZHENG Jin invaded Haicheng, Changtai, Tong'an, Hui'an, Pinghe and other counties, Yao Qisheng played ten notes: "first, ask Funing town soldiers to join the Eight Banners soldiers and Zhejiang model soldiers to suppress thieves in Quanzhou; second, ask Quzhou, Ganzhou, Chaozhou three routes soldiers to suppress thieves in Zhangzhou; third, give the salary to the defectors to protect the enemy; third, volunteer grain and rice to raise 5000 model soldiers; third, recommend 20 talented military officers in Zhejiang To send troops to Fujian Province; first, to increase the price of ten thousand stones of grain and five thousand stones of rice to store military food; second, to divide the troops to defend the main roads and set up stations to transport salaries; first, to restore the chief officers of Zhangpu and Tongan towns; first, to increase the number of economic and military officers in Fujian Province, which is more than 51700, and wait for the thieves to be eliminated; first, to prohibit military officers from taking part in military posts as soldiers; first, to declare the rewards and punishments of victory and defeat in order to boost the morale of the army. " In addition, it was not convenient to transfer the troops from Quzhou, Ganzhou and Chaozhou to Fujian, and it was unnecessary to expand the provincial economic system. In July, Yao Qisheng and Huang Fangdu, the Duke of Haicheng, joined the army from Yongfu to recover Pinghe and Zhangping counties. ZHENG Jin's General Liu GuoXuan entered Quanzhou and set up camp in wugongling. Yao Qisheng led the strong men to fight. General laita and Dutong Woshen attacked each other. They broke Zheng Jinying stronghold and killed more than ten people, including Zheng Ying and Liu Zhengxi. Liu GuoXuan was defeated and fled to Haicheng. Yao Qisheng took advantage of his victory to capture and recover Changtai County. In September of the same year, Yao Qisheng sent his son Yao Yi to Tongan. The enemy abandoned the city to flee and killed deputy general Lin Qin. In October, Yao Qisheng, deputy Dutong jiletab and Governor Yang Jie attacked Haicheng and defeated Liu GuoXuan in jiangdongqiao and chaogou. In 1679, Liu GuoXuan, Wu Shu and he you occupied ouxitou of Guotang and prepared to destroy the East River Bridge to capture Changtai. Yao Qisheng, together with laita, Yang Jie and Governor Wu xingzuo, pursued and annihilated ZHENG Jin's army, and successively recruited and surrendered more than 400 officials and 14000 soldiers. In May, Liu GuoXuan and Wu Shu led more than 10000 people to seize jiangdongqiao and liushanzhai. Yao Qisheng defeated them with laita and shitiaosheng, and killed more than 1000 enemies at Taipingqiao and chaogou. In February 1680, Yao Qisheng and Lai TA, Yang Jie and Shi tiaosheng attacked Haicheng County, and the governor Wan zhengse conquered Haitan. Yao Qisheng, Lai TA, Zhao Deshou and Huang Dalai, together, broke the enemy's 19 strongholds. In addition, they sent troops across the sea to capture Kinmen and Xiamen, and recruited puppet generals Zhu Tiangui and Yang Biao. Syria restored Changtai County and other meritorious service, and became the Minister of the Ministry of war and the crown prince. In February of 1682, Yao Qisheng was awarded the hereditary captaincy of riding and the first captaincy of riding for conquering Haicheng, Jinmen and Xiamen. At that time, Zheng Jing was dead. His son, Zheng Kelong, took over the throne and called himself king of Yanping. Liu GuoXuan and others said that they were willing to pay tribute to the Qing officials and did not go ashore with their hair shaved, such as Ryukyu and Koryo. Yao Qisheng played, Emperor Kangxi did not allow, ordered navy commander Shi Lang to capture Taiwan. In June of the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), Shi Lang took Penghu. In August, Yao Qisheng went to Penghu to manage food and salaries. Shi Lang conquered Taiwan. Zheng Kelong, Liu GuoXuan and others were all demoted. Yao Qisheng returned to Fuzhou.

Impeachment disturbance

In April of the 20th year of Kangxi (1681), Xu Yuanwen, the censor of zuodu, impeached Yao Qisheng: "Yao Qisheng was the county magistrate of Xiangshan. He was notorious for his dirty deeds, dismissed from his post and asked questions, and never used them. But when he rebelled against evil and went to war alone, he risked his military exploits and suddenly led to Jieyue. He just tried his best to repay his kindness. It does not mean that they are perverse in nature, but act lightly and falsely. They take function words as facts, and do nothing for themselves. They are reckless and groundless in their words, and they are dangerous and unfair in their hearts. There are some people who can be horrified: the minister officials encroach on the people's interests, which is strictly forbidden, while Yao Qisheng, the former, rashly asks to borrow 120000 taels of treasurer's silver to make profits, which is one of those people who can be horrified; Yao Qisheng, from Chen Shu, says that his family has no tile, but from what he has heard, Yao Qisheng squanders money, which is no different from mud and mud. It's strange that he donates 150000 taels of silver before the army, which does not come out of heaven Yao Qisheng couldn't help but demolish the houses, build gardens, pavilions and water pavilions, and serve thousands of dancers and singers to enrich the house. He also forced to marry the granddaughter of Dai Ji, a squire from Changtai County, as his concubine, and appointed his elder brother to be an instructor of the Department of justice Yao Qisheng, who did not dare to take the fiefdom as a child's play and restore Haitan, took Jinmen and Xiamen, and then took Taiwan directly. At the beginning, he wanted to support the bandits, and then he wanted to be a poor soldier. Four of them were horrified. Yao Qisheng, who died tens of thousands of years, had a stalemate with more than ten thousand thieves in Haitan for three years, but could not succeed. He wanted to make the navy commander to unite the newly demobilized people, to travel far and get lucky, and then because of his poor words, he invited himself to leave the army When Wu xingzuo and Wan zhengse Pinghai played their part, Yao Qisheng knelt down to Wen Daiyun, his servant, and Wan zhengse secretly sent someone to make an agreement with Zhu Tiangui, the puppet governor, to surrender to Haitan. His words were particularly unfounded. After the thief escaped from Haitan, Zhu Tiangui was still arrogant. Although Yao Qisheng Shuyun Xiamen recovered, Zhu Tiangui was actually a future trouble It is obvious that Yao Qisheng's idea is wrong, and his officials don't know what Yao Qisheng's intention is, so they are in trouble with those who drive out the sea rebellion. Six of them are terrible. The governor appointed the frontier officials because he wanted to slander them. Before he knelt down, he lost his official's body. Seven of them are terrible. According to Yao Qisheng's words, the Ministry of war thought that Wu xingzuo and others had abused their military exploits and relied on the emperor's wisdom and insight, and ordered them to discuss and narrate immediately. From then on, Laochen exhaled, and all of them were inspired. Those who have conquered the pirates should be guilty if they are envious. In a word, Yao Qisheng's wanton, treacherous, deceitful, and false accusations were not the blessing of the common people in Fujian. The Ministry of Qizhe strictly observed and argued that people and officials were treacherous and acted in private He ordered Yao Qisheng to play back. Soon after, Yao Qisheng said: "in October of the 17th year of Kangxi (1678), my minister went to Fenghuang mountain. Because there were so many defectors at that time, he could not continue the reward. He had a slight interest in discussing with Wu xingzuo, his minister, and trade with other provinces,

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