Zongze

Zongze

Zongze (from January 20, 1060 to July 29, 1128), with the name of Rulin, was a famous general of Song Dynasty, born in Wushang (now Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province) of eastern Zhejiang Province, Han nationality. He was an outstanding statesman and strategist who emerged in the anti Jin struggle at the turn of Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty, and a famous national hero in Chinese history.

Yuanyou six years (1091) Jinshi. Yuanyou eight years (1093), served as the county magistrate of Guantao County, Daming Prefecture. At the end of his term, he successively served as county magistrate in Longyou, Laizhou, Zhaocheng and Yexian counties of Quzhou. In the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115), he was promoted to Dengzhou. In the first year of Xuanhe (1119), he was demoted and promoted to Hongqing palace, so he retired. In the first year of Jingkang (1126), he was appointed governor of Cizhou. Zongze is upright, forthright and resolute. After taking office, he actively repaired the city walls, renovated weapons, recruited righteous soldiers, and collected food and salaries. Soon after, he was appointed the general manager of Hebei Yibing capital and led the army to repel the invading Jin soldiers. In November of the same year, the Jin soldiers besieged Kaifeng again. Emperor qinzong served as king Kang, Zhao Gou as marshal of the army, and Zongze as deputy marshal. Zongze led his army to Li gudu. On the way, he met the enemy and defeated him. In the first month of the next year, he led his troops to Kaide and won all the thirteen battles against the enemy.

In June of the first year of Jianyan (1127), he stayed in Tokyo and knew Kaifeng Prefecture. He recruited Wang Shan, Yang Jin and other volunteers to assist in defense. He also contacted the "eight character army" and other departments of Lianghe to fight against Jin, and appointed Yue Fei and others as generals. He repeatedly defeated the Jin soldiers. Jin people fear Zongze and call him "Zong grandfather". During his stay in Tokyo, Zongze wrote to Gaozong Zhaogou more than 20 times, urged to return the capital to Tokyo, and formulated a plan to recover the Central Plains, which was not adopted. Because of his ambition, he became ill with anxiety and indignation. On his deathbed, he called "crossing the river" three times and died. After his death, he posthumously conferred the title of Zhongjian, a Bachelor of Guanwen palace and a doctor of Tongyi. He is the author of Zongzhong Jian Gong Ji.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Zongze was born on December 14, the fourth year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty (January 20, 1060). According to legend, before Zongze was born, his mother Liu had a dream that there was a fierce lightning in the sky and light shining on his body.

Although the family was poor, there was a tradition of "farming and reading the family". His father Zong Shunqing was a rural intellectual. Zongze took part in labor with his elder brother zongwo when he was young, and read and read in leisure time under the guidance of his father and ancestors. Zongze, who is intelligent and diligent, has laid a good cultural foundation since childhood.

When Zongze was in his teens, his family moved to Niansanli Town, where transportation was more convenient, commerce and culture were more developed. There, Zongze expanded his vision, heard and witnessed the corruption of officials and frequent foreign enemies in the Song Dynasty, and germinated the ideological ambition of saving the country and the people. Zong Ze, less than 20 years old, resolutely left his family and went to study abroad. It took him more than ten years to study in dozens of places. He not only studied hard and studied "the classics of the ancients", but also applied what he had learned, investigated the society, understood the people's conditions, pursued the way of governing the country tirelessly, and gradually saw that rectifying the official administration was the key to solving the political corruption; at the same time, he saw the frequent invasion of Liao and Xixia, which also produced the idea of Jingbian and serving the country. So he studied the book of war and practiced martial arts. In this way, Zongze quickly grew into a young man with extensive knowledge, both literature and martial arts, rich in ideals and aspirations.

Benefit one side

In 1091, the Song Dynasty held provincial and palace examinations. At the age of 33, Zongze passed the exam and went to Kaifeng, the capital, for the provincial exam. Zongze entered the palace examination after passing the provincial examination. In the palace examination, Zong Ze ignored the word limit and wrote more than ten thousand words. He also criticized the court for believing Wu chuhou's false accusation and banishing Cai que. He believed that "the disaster of the clique began from then on." This is Zongze's first appearance in politics, which fully reflects his strong demand to get rid of bad politics and his courage and determination to fight against evil forces. The chief examiner put Zongze at the end of the examination and gave him the title of "giving Jinshi the same birth". Although Zongze failed to make it to the top of the list, he passed the imperial examination and began his official career.

In 1093, Zongze was sent to Guantao County of Daming Prefecture as a county captain and a county magistrate. Less than a month after he took office, Zongze quickly and properly dealt with the accumulated lawsuits in the county over the years, revealing his ability in dealing with government affairs and winning the trust and admiration of his subordinates.

In the second year of Shaosheng (1095), the magistrate LV Huiqing ordered Zongze to inspect the construction of the Yuhe river. At this time, Zongze Shi lost his eldest son. He endured his grief and was called to go immediately. After hearing this, LV Huiqing said with admiration: "it can be called a man who forgets his family for his country." When it was cold and freezing, Zongze found that many migrant workers were frozen by the roadside during his inspection. He immediately wrote to the Secretary, proposing to postpone the construction period and start construction when it is warm in the spring of next year. He also said that "I will be responsible for it at that time." The court agreed to postpone. In the spring of the next year, "when the river is formed, there are many people living.". Zongze's first appearance in the officialdom showed his noble virtues such as being on duty, being upright and considerate of the people.

Since then, from the first year of Yuanfu (1098) to the fourth year of Zhenghe (1114), Zongze has successively served as four county magistrate of Quzhou Longyou, Laizhou Jiaotong, Jinzhou Zhaocheng, Laizhou Yexian. Zongze has been in politics for more than 20 years. He has been able to serve as an official for the benefit of one party. He has made outstanding achievements and won the trust and love of people from all over the world. However, because of the extreme political corruption of Song Dynasty and the power of traitors, Zongze was not promoted and reused for a long time.

In order to strengthen the northern border defense, the Song Dynasty ordered that Dengzhou and other four states should be promoted to "secondary border", and some capable officials should be selected to serve as judges.

In 1115, Zongze was promoted to Dengzhou Tongtan. Dengzhou is close to the capital, and the powerful and powerful forces are in it. For example, there are hundreds of hectares of official land in Dengzhou, all of which are barren land. More than ten thousand yuan of rent are paid by the local people. After Zongze took office, he wrote to the court in anger, told the truth and asked for exemption, which finally relieved the heavy extra burden of Dengzhou people.

In the first year of Xuanhe (1119), Zongze, who was 60 years old, begged to return home. He was granted the title of Hongqing temple in charge of Nanjing (yingtianfu, now Shangqiu City, Henan Province). So he retired to his hometown of Dongyang, Yiwu County, jielushan valley. He planned to write a book to spend his later years. Later, he was falsely accused of slandering Taoism, and Zongze was assigned to Zhenjiang for "management". When Zongze was in charge, his wife Chen died of illness.

In 1122, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty held a sacrificial ceremony to implement amnesty, and Zong Zecai regained his freedom. Zong Ze first took charge of Zhenjiang liquor tax, and then transferred to Bazhou Tongtan two years later. At this time, the state of Jin rose in the north, and the fierce struggle was unfolding among Liao, Jin and Song dynasties. During this period, Zongze's Gu Nan Fu and the story of rebuilding the Yiji Temple of Yinghui Marquis expressed his grief and indignation of not being able to meet his talent and ambition, and expressed his determination to be a "decapitated general" and never to be a "capitulating general" by metaphor of Yan Yan Yan, the governor of Bajun at the end of Han Dynasty.

Cizhou preparing for war

At the beginning of the first year of Jingkang (1126), under the recommendation of Chen Guoting, the imperial historian, Zongze was appointed as the envoy of the peace conference as Zongzheng Shaoqing. "I'm not going to survive this trip," Zongze said Some people asked him why, Zongze said: "it's good for the Jin people to repent and withdraw their troops, otherwise how can they bow to the Jin people and humiliate your life." Some people think that Zongze's uprightness and unyielding will be harmful to the peace talks. Emperor Zongze sent Zongze to Cizhou Prefecture, the frontier of the war, as the magistrate. At that time, Taiyuan was lost, and the officials in the two rivers area were absent. Zongze said: "it's not good to get paid by the imperial court but avoid difficulties." On the day he was ordered, he rode on the road alone with only a dozen old and weak soldiers.

Cizhou after the Jin soldiers ravaged, the people fled, warehouse empty. Zongze arrived, repaired the city wall, dredged the Huangchi, renovated the equipment, recruited volunteers, and began to make plans to stick to it. "Xing, Luo, CI, Yue and Xiang have 20 000 troops each. If the enemy attacks a county, the other four counties will be supported. The strength of such a county always keeps 100 000 people," he said Emperor Zong praised him and appointed Zongze as the general manager of Hebei Yibing capital.

In October of the same year, the Jin soldiers besieged Zhending, the northern gateway. Emperor Zongze ordered Zongze to lead his troops to the rescue. After the fall of Zhending, the Jin soldiers sent thousands of cavalry to attack Cizhou. Zongze, armed with armour, went to the city to command the battle. He ordered the soldiers to shoot at it with a magic arm crossbow. After smashing the attack of the Jin soldiers, he opened the city gate and took advantage of the situation to pursue the enemy. He killed hundreds of enemies and seized a lot of booty. This was the first time that the song army defeated the Jin army, which greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the song army in Heshuo. Zhao Gou, king of Kang, once again sent an envoy to Jinying. After passing Cizhou, Zongze said, "King Su will never come back, and the enemy will call the king again. I hope he will not go." King Kang then returned to Xiangzhou.

In November of the same year, the Jin soldiers arrived in Kaifeng one after the other in East and west directions, once again encircling the capital of Song Dynasty. Emperor qinzong appointed Zhao Gou as the Grand Marshal of the army, Zongze and Wang Boyan as the Deputy marshals, and ordered them to serve the king in Beijing as well as Hebei army. Zongze thought that he should immediately join forces with Li gudu and cut off the enemy's return. Other people didn't agree. Zongze led his troops to Li gudu alone. On the way, he met Jin Bing. Zongze sent Qin Guangbi and Zhang De to attack and defeat Jin Bing. After the defeat of the Jin Dynasty, the soldiers were stationed separately. Zongze sent strong men to attack Jinying by night and break through more than 30 villages.

At that time, Zhao Gou set up the Grand Marshal's office, calling for the name of huibing. Zongze crossed the Yellow River on ice and saw King Kang. He said that the capital had been besieged for a long time, so the rescue of the capital could not be slow. It happened that Cao Fu, who signed a letter to the Privy Council, came from the capital with an imperial edict sealed with wax, saying that peace could be reached. Zongze said: "the Jin people are cunning. They just want to cheat our army. Your father's hope for help is better than hunger and thirst

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