Peng Qifeng

Peng Qifeng

Peng Qifeng (1701-1784) was an official of the Qing Dynasty, who was born in Changzhou (now Suzhou) in the south of the Yangtze River. Ministers and scholars in Qing Dynasty. At the age of 16, he is an official student and eager to learn. Yongzheng five years (1727) will try the first, palace examination, as a three, shizongqin pull first. In the reign of Qianlong, Li guanshishuo, zuojindu Yushi, Zhejiang Xuezheng, Shilang of the Ministry of punishment, Shilang of the Ministry of officials, and Shangshu of the Ministry of war. He has been an official for 40 years and is famous for his prudence. In order to support his mother, he once asked for resignation; he built a garden pavilion at home, planted flowers and bamboos, and held thousands of books. Emperor Qianlong once granted a plaque "spring sunshine of Cizhu". He is a lecturer in Ziyang Academy. In 1772, the Qing government opened the library to compile Siku Quanshu, which collected the secret books of the world's book collectors. Jiangsu Province set up a Book office in Ziyang academy, and assigned officials to register the book. He was responsible for the work. His son also contributed books to several kinds of library. The books are printed with "Nanpu", "zhiting", "the first peak of Penglai", "Jingyan Jiangguan" and so on. He is good at calligraphy, painting and writing. He has a collection of Mr. zhiting.

Character experience

Peng Qifeng, who is an official scholar at the age of 16, is eager to learn and make progress. He vowed to follow his grandfather and become the number one scholar. In the fifth year of Yongzheng reign (1727), he was the first in the imperial examination and also won the crown of Huiyuan. In the imperial examination, he was ranked the first and the third in the imperial examination by the "Minister of reading papers", and Shizong Aixinjueluo Yinzhen was ranked the first. Fifty one years after his grandfather Peng Dingqiu won the first place in the middle of the competition, he won the first place again. After the number one scholar in the Imperial Academy, Peng Qifeng was in charge of the compilation of national history. Soon after, he was ordered to work in the South study, and was ordered to draft an imperial edict. Since the seventh year of Yongzheng, he has been the examiners of rural examinations in Henan, Yunnan, Jiangxi and Shuntian for many times. He moved to youzhongyun and became an official of youchunfang in Donggong.

In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Peng Qifeng was appointed Deputy examiner of Shandong provincial examination. In the third year, he moved to be a minister, serving Emperor Gaozong and reading classics and history. Five years later, he moved to Youshu and became the chief of Youchun square in Donggong. In the sixth year, he moved to be a bachelor and took charge of the school's books and records; he sought to move to the right to be a general administrator, and he played chapters inside and outside of his command, refuted and appealed to his subjects; soon, he moved to be the censor of zuojindu and became a senior inspector. Less than two months after taking office as the censor of Zuojin capital, he was ordered to go south to relieve the victims. Shangshuzou impeached Xu Chaodong, the governor of Suzhou (now Suzhou County, Anhui Province), and Chang Liujian, the governor of Fengyang (now Fengyang West, Anhui Province), for dereliction of duty.

This is Peng Qifeng's first book worthy story since he took office.

In the seventh year of Qianlong's reign, he moved to Tongzheng, the chief minister of Tongzheng, to supervise Zhejiang Xuezheng. Peng Qifeng put forward four reform plans on the imperial examination system after he took the post of Zhejiang Xuezheng

First, in the first year of Qianlong reign, the government and prefectures were ordered to ask the examinees questions about some difficult problems in Confucian classics after the examination. Later, the song shouzong of Shaanxi Xuezheng asked the examinees to extract the four to five elements of the four books in addition to the meaning of the four books, so that the examinees could explain their meaning. Most of them were perfunctory and repetitive. Please do not explain the scriptures from now on.

Second, please strictly manage the issue of merchants recommending their children to school. According to the investigation, the children of Zhejiang merchants were admitted to the Xuezheng yamen by the salt official. Although they had the certificate of recommendation, most of them employed others to replace them. From now on, this kind of thing will happen again. Please punish according to the law.

Third, in the past, when selecting the students of the Imperial College, the questions were given to several groups of people at one time, and they were prepared for the later questions. Please write another question on the spot every time in the future, so as to test the students' real level.

Fourth, the examination paper should be transcribed separately and checked with the original one. If there are not enough people, please use the fourth grade student in the year-old examination and the scientific examination.

Shuru, Gaozong comments, the Ministry of rites to discuss. The Ministry of rites appreciates Peng Qifeng's suggestion and suggests to implement it. Gao zongzhao approved. This is a great reform of imperial examination system in Qing Dynasty. After this reform, the imperial examination system, such as the college examination, the Sui Gong examination and the rural examination, became more perfect. Peng Qifeng's achievements have made great achievements in history.

One month after the reform of the imperial examination, Peng Qifeng was promoted to the rank of deputy censor of zuodu and became the inspector next only to the censor of zuodu. In the eighth year of Qianlong reign, he moved to the cabinet. Cabinet bachelor rank cabinet bachelor, from the second grade, to convey the imperial edict. Soon, he was promoted to the second vice minister of the Ministry of rites, the right servant. In April of this decade, Peng Qifeng said four things

First, some crafty officials and traitors in Zhejiang Province encroached on lakes and ditches for farmland. Last year, pan sijiashu, Zhejiang's political envoy, asked for a ban on the occupation of Guanhu lake. The Ministry of household has ordered to declare the amount of newly opened land per mu, and to delimit the boundaries of the remaining lakes and ditches and forbid reclamation. However, the Tiaoxi River, which originated from Tianmu Mountain, flows down to Hangzhou (where the government governs Qiantang and Renhe, now Hangzhou), Huzhou (where the government governs Wucheng and Gui'an, now Wuxing), and Jiaxing (where the government governs Jiaxing and Xiushui, now Jiaxing). The lakes in Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), Yuyao (now Zhejiang), Cixi (now northwest of Ningbo, Zhejiang) are dead in name. All the imperial edicts issued to the governor to open the port.

Second, the Jiangnan port charges 54 Wen per stone for transporting grain rice, half of which goes to Dingfu, the grain carrier, and the other half goes to Zhouxian. As the cost of repairing granaries and wasting grain, Dingfu of Hangzhou, Jiazhou and Huzhou in Zhejiang Province will be paid by Zhouxian. However, for the clearance of Zhouxian, one or two to five or six liters per stone will be added as the freight. The corrupt officials steal the grain and Dingfu extorts extra money. Please take Jiangshi as an example, charge 24 Wen for each stone, as the cost of repairing granary and wasting in the prefecture and county. It is strictly forbidden to charge indiscriminately.

Third, Zhejiang set up a sum of silver as the cost of the official servants. When a servant is small, he can use it; when he is long, he can't make ends meet. It is easy to cope with the fixed number of officers dispatched by the emperor, but there is no fixed number for the exchange of officials in the province, so they often need more, or converted into silver. The Ministry of Imperial military affairs is requested to determine the number of officers according to the level of official positions and the complexity of tasks, so that the prefectures and counties can abide by the law.

Fourth, Huangyan (now Zhejiang Province) and Taiping (now Wenling, Zhejiang Province) in Zhejiang Province are rich in salt and alkali, and they produce a lot of salt. Soldiers search from door to door and extort from many sides when there is a little salt accumulation. Once they fail to do so, they accuse them of private frying and selling, or even gather up the salt of several families and people as evidence. Please order the Minister of culture and military of the whole province, forbid the soldiers to search and arrest by name, and accuse the salt eaten by themselves as salt for private frying and selling.

Gao Zong ordered the relevant ministries to discuss and then promulgate and implement the law.

Peng Qifeng played an important role in rectifying the local economy, finance and social order in Zhejiang Province.

Soon after, Peng Qifeng's father died and resigned to mourn.

At the end of three years after his father's death, Peng Qifeng returned to the capital and became the second deputy official of the Ministry of officials, the right servant. Before long, he was again in charge of Zhejiang Xuezheng. It was not until the 18th year of Qianlong that he was transferred to Zuo Shilang, the first deputy commander of the Ministry of war. In February of the 20th year of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Gaozong issued a decree on the minister's begging to leave his post and return home for final support. If he was really ill, his father and mother needed to be cared for, he could be allowed to leave. Knowing that the emperor began to underestimate himself, Peng Qifeng asked to leave his job the next day and return to his hometown to take care of his mother. At the same time, the minister Ji Huang was also asked to leave his post. Peng Qifeng's action was not sincere. He wanted to further test the emperor's attitude towards himself. Because when someone puts forward to leave for final support, if the emperor can't do without him, he will issue an imperial edict to stay. After Peng Qifeng's paper was submitted, Emperor Gaozong gave instructions on the same day: "yesterday, he issued a decree on the issue of the final support of his officials. Today, Jihuang and Peng Qifeng go to Shanghai to beg for final support. If they come out on the premise of the decree, they should be approved because they are sincere and really need it. Now you are listening to my instructions and feeling good, so the visit is due to my enlightenment, and you can't wait to do anything. So you can be sure or not. I have to weigh whether you want to stay or not. It depends on everyone's situation. Peng Qifeng's ability is only average, and he can't handle the affairs of the Ministry. He used to be a member of the Hanlin palace and took literature as his duty. Judging from the poems he wrote with me last year, his knowledge is not as good as before. Since he has applied, let him go back. "But the Emperor Gaozong ordered najihuang to stay.

Although Peng Qifeng made it true, he also made it clear what Gaozong thought of him.

He stayed in his hometown for six years and applied for an official post. After all, Peng Qifeng was an old minister of the two dynasties, and he was also the number one scholar appointed by his father. In April of the second year, he was the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs. In May of this year, there was a performance appraisal of Beijing officials once every three years, which was called "jingcha" at that time. For the third grade and above, the Ministry shall list the facts and make a ruling; for the fourth grade and above, the fifth grade special Ministers shall examine them; for the remaining officials, the Chief Executive shall inspect them. After the investigation, the ranking was arranged according to the grade and size. Among the officials of the Ministry of official, Amir Tu, the doctor of the Ministry of official, was the first, while Peng Qifeng was the second. Although the ranks of household, ritual, military, criminal and industrial officials are also different, there is little difference. Gaozong censored the result of "Beijing inspection" and was very dissatisfied with the performance appraisal of the Ministry of official affairs. He issued an imperial edict and said, "Amir Tu, the doctor of the Ministry of official affairs, was listed as the first class, while Peng Qifeng was only listed as the second class. It was intended to show that Peng Qifeng was different, and it was not accidental that he was superior. A min'ertu is a Manchurian family. I often know him well. If he really has outstanding ability, he can take the important task. He went out to be the Minister of frontier, and went in to be the assistant minister. He has been promoted for a long time. Is he waiting for the officials of the Ministry of official to pay attention to the selection and recommendation? Besides, Beijing and Chahar are not the only ones. However, as far as the current position is concerned, it is not a lifetime evaluation. During his tenure as a doctor in the Ministry of official affairs, aminertu was able to serve peacefully and impartially. He took care of his face, such as selecting officials, going in and out of the bank, and so on. Peng Qifeng's idea is that aminertu is a famous Manchurian family. How can he know that it is different? Peng Qifeng is not as knowledgeable as he is, and his writing is not as knowledgeable as he is. He has never thought of anything creative or correct a major event

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