Li Sancai

Li Sancai

Li Sancai (1552-1623), whose name is Daofu, is Xiuwu. His ancestral home is Ren Cunli, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province (now poli village, Guanshan Town, Yanliang District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). He lives in Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou District, shuntianfu city (now Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing City). Ming Dynasty minister.

Wanli two years (1574), examination Jinshi, appointed head of the household. In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), he was promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of household affairs. Later, when Wei Yunzhen was reproached by the emperor for talking about the imperial court and disobeying the assistant minister's will, Li Sancai resisted the order to defend for him, and was demoted as a Tui official in Dongchang. He has successively served as a counselor of the Ministry of rites in Nanjing, a Jinshi in Shandong, a counsellor in Henan, a counsellor in General Administration in Nanjing, and a Shaoqing in Dali. In the 27th year of Wanli (1599), he was in charge of water transportation by the censor of Youjin capital, and toured the Fengyang prefectures. During this period, he spared Chen Ming's mining tax for several times, and cut down the mining tax envoys. In order to harness the Huaihe River meritorious, add officials to the Ministry of the Ministry of justice. In the 38th year of Wanli (1610), some courtiers wanted to introduce Li Sancai into the cabinet, so there were many slanders against him. The Donglin Party tried their best to defend him, thus forming a party struggle. Wanli 39 years (1611), retired home. In 1615, he was impeached by the censor and demoted to civilian. In the first year of Tianqi (1621), the imperial court wanted to use him because of the lack of people to manage Liaodong, but it was shelved because of the endless arguments among the court officials.

In the third year of Tianqi (1623), he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of household in Nanjing, and died before he took office. He was seventy-one years old.

Life of the characters

Transfer to many places

In the second year of Wanli (1574), Li Sancai passed the entrance examination and was appointed head of the household department. In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), Li Sancai was promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of household affairs. Wei Yunzhen of Nanle and Li Hualong of Changyuan encouraged each other to be practical. When Wei Yunzhen was reproached by the emperor for talking about the imperial court and disobeying the assistant minister's will, Li Sancai resisted the order and defended him. As a result, he was demoted as a Tui official in Dongchang. Then he was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of rites in Nanjing. It happened that Wei Yunzhen, Li Hualong and Zou yuanbiao were officials in Nancao, and they had more and more close contacts with each other. They all stressed the importance of being practical and practical, which made them more famous. Then transferred to Shandong, Shandong, many cunning robbers, Li Sancai designed traps, and then destroy them one by one. Soon he was promoted to Henan counsellor and vice minister. He also studied politics in Shandong and Shanxi provinces one after another. Because of his achievements, he was promoted to the general political counsellor of Nanjing. Later, he was recruited as Shaoqing of Dali by the imperial court.

Governor Huaiyang

In the 27th year of Wanli (1599), Li Sancai took charge of the water transportation with the right censor of Jindu, and toured the Fengyang prefectures. At that time, mining tax was rampant all over the country. Under the jurisdiction of Li Sancai, the eunuch Chen Zeng and Yi Zhen collected business tax in Xuzhou, the eunuch Lu Bao collected salt tax in Yangzhou, and the eunuch Xing Long collected Lu tax along the river. The mining tax emissary appointed traitors, forged seals, and plundered them as openly as they hunted down rebels and fugitives. Chen Zeng, in particular, overtly abused officials several times. Chen Zeng's arrogance was suppressed only when Li Sancai was upright and suppressed his wanton assailants, and secretly ordered the prisoners who committed capital crimes to point them out as accomplices, thus killing them.

Because of the tax envoys of the mining supervisors, many of them became robbers. Zhao Yiping, a native of Zhejiang Province, used magic to advocate rebellion. When it was discovered, he fled to Xuzhou and changed his name to Guyuan, saying that he was a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Together with his accomplices Meng Huajing and Ma dengru, they gathered the outlaws and signed their own official posts. They were scheduled to set up an incident in February of the next year. The plot was leaked and they were all arrested. Zhao Yiping fled to Baodi and was captured by Li Sancai. Li Sancai once again talked about Chen Ming's malpractice in setting up a tax Commissioner for mines, saying: "Your Majesty loves pearls and jade, and the common people also envy food and clothing; your majesty loves his descendants, and the common people love their wives and daughters. Why does your majesty want to gather treasure instead of letting the common people have the need of a fight and a promotion, and why does he want to last for thousands of years instead of letting the common people have one day's joy? Since ancient times, there has been no decree of the imperial court, so the situation in the world has come to this point, and no rebellion has been spared. The government is much shabby, and your Majesty's illness lies in indulging in money. I ask your majesty to show kindness and strike off the mining tax in the world. Since the greed is lost, the government can manage it well. " After a month, the emperor did not reply. Li Sancai went up again and said, "I asked for orders for the people, but I didn't get an answer for more than a month. It's said that you have ignored the recent memorials concerning mineral taxes. This is the key to the survival of the country. Once all the people are rebellious and separated, the common people will become enemies. The wind blows and the dust rises, and the rebellious crowd rises everywhere. Your majesty will be safe and alone. Even if the box is full of gold and the house is filled with pearls, who will protect you? " The emperor still did not reply.

In the 30th year of Wanli (1602), the emperor suddenly fell seriously ill. The emperor, who thought he was going to die, issued an edict to ban the mining tax, but he suddenly turned back and issued an edict to stop it. Li Sancai tried his best to make clear that the country was in a critical situation. Please issue an imperial edict to stop mining tax immediately. The emperor would not listen.

At this time, a section of the Qingkou section of the canal dried up, hindering the water transport. Li Sancai proposed to open the canal and build a sluice, which cost 200000 yuan, and asked to leave grain for relief. Zhao Shiqing, the Minister of the governor and the crown prince, fought hard, so Li Sancai claimed that he was ill and asked to leave. The emperor did not like his evasive attitude, so he agreed to resign. Cui Bangliang, the censor of Huaiyang, and Li Sixiao, the censor of Caocao, wrote memorials to Cao Yubian, the censor of Shiqian and Yuan Jiugao, begging to keep Li Sancai. Shi Xueqian said: "Your Majesty wanted to remove Li Sancai because of Chen Zeng. He dismissed him on the pretext. In recent years, eunuchs have come out in all directions, and the sea is boiling. Li Shengchun left his post because of Wang Hu, Wei Yunzhen because of Sun Chao, and Li Zhi, a former Minister of Cao, also left his post because of mineral taxes. There are countless other officials who have left their posts. Now Li Sancai is going to be dismissed. The army and people in Huaishang were dismissed because of Li San. They wanted to settle with Chen Zeng, but Chen Zeng kept his door shut. It is conceivable that Li Sancai left his post improperly. " The emperor still ignored them. So Li Sancai left Xuzhou and went to Shanghai to ask for someone to replace him, but he didn't get the order. At the same time, the Chamberlain Xie Jie took the place of Zhao Shiqing and asked Li Sancai to stay. Emperor Wanli then ordered Li Sancai to continue to serve in order to wait for his successor. In the end, the emperor did not send anyone to replace Li Sancai.

In September of 1603, Li Sancai went to Shangshu again and said, "recently, thunder and lightning hit the imperial mausoleum, strong wind pulled up the trees, and the flood was so terrible that the sky became extreme. Zhao Guyuan, the anti thief, was sentenced to death in Xuzhou. Zhao Darong was killed in Bozhou, and the bandits in Suizhou appeared again. The hearts of the people were separated to the extreme. Whenever your majesty asked for help, he would say, "there is a shortage of internal government." If the inner government is really deficient, it will be a blessing for the country. The so-called emperor thin and the world fat, in fact, is not the case. Your Majesty's so-called scarcity is that gold is not everywhere, and jewelry and jade are not piled as high as the sky. The little people can't get enough to eat. They come to search and flog again. The road is full of prisoners. The officials have to ask for dismissal. The common people have to die. Isn't your Majesty on guard! Your majesty, don't say that you are alarmist and exaggerating. At this stage, where can your majesty live? " Emperor Wanli ignored him. Soon, the bandits in Suizhou were captured. As a result, Li Sancai carried out a few things, and the territory was peaceful.

Cheng Shouxun, a native of Shexian County, was an entourage of Chen Zeng. Cheng Shouxun is arrogant and domineering, and his guard of honor is extravagant. He allowed people to tell each other, and even women and children were not spared When interrogating suspects. Cheng Shouxun was afraid of Li Sancai and did not dare to go to Huaishang. Li Sancai impeached him and learned that he had hundreds of thousands of stolen goods. Fearing that he would be involved, Chen Zeng also launched a search on him and found treasures and stolen articles such as dragon inscriptions, costumes and utensils. Cheng Shouxun and his accomplices were arrested and punished. Everyone applauded.

In the 34th year of Wanli (1606), Huang sun was born. The emperor issued an edict to merge the mining tax, release prisoners, appoint dismissed officials and supplement the censor, but soon it was not fully implemented. Li Sancai suspected that Shen Guanyi, the first assistant, was obstructing him, so Shangshu secretly slandered Shen Guanyi. Then, he said, "the edict of grace has been promulgated, and it immediately stops halfway. On the way, people say that the new deal of the past few days was just a temporary delight of your majesty, so it was turned off." He added: "Shen has always been worried about Shen Li and Zhu Gengwei forcing himself. They are also afraid that they will have disputes and expose their own shortcomings. They are afraid that they will not do things by themselves, so they want to do something bad. He bribed people around him and incited them in many ways, causing resistance to the new deal. " When the emperor saw the memorial, he was very angry and issued an imperial edict to severely censure Li Sancai and punish him for five months.

In the 35th year of Wanli (1607), Ji Lu, the tax envoy of mines, died. Li Sancai therefore requested an imperial edict to withdraw all the tax envoys in the world. The emperor did not listen and ordered Lu Bao to take up the post of Ji Lu.

At that time, Gu Xiancheng, the former literary selection doctor of the Ministry of officials, lived in Wuxi and gave lectures in Donglin Academy. He liked to comment on people. Li Sancai has a deep friendship with him, and Gu Xiancheng has great trust in him. Li Sancai once asked the imperial court to add the position of senior official, select the officials who were demoted, and employ them. Therefore, he said: "ministers will never use their words just because they touch the people in power. They are not against your majesty. Now some people imprison ministers under the guise of the emperor's prestige, and cover up their sins in the name of their disobedience to his majesty. There is no greater sin than to blame the country and the king. " This move is intended to redress the grievances of Gu Xiancheng and other upright courtiers. Before long, he tried his best to explain the corruption of the Ming Dynasty and asked the emperor to make great efforts to change with the world. Moreover, it strongly shows that Liaodong area is in danger, and it is bound to be difficult to maintain security forever. The emperor put it aside.

Be impeached from office

Li Sancai has great talent, in Huaishang area

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