Li Xianfu

Li Xianfu

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Li Xianfu (1650 ~ 1728), a native of Qujiang County in southern Sichuan Province, was appointed Minister of the Ministry of industry in 1672.

Life of the characters

Failed three times

In the 11th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1672), the candidates failed in three examinations: the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi (1673), the 15th year of Emperor Kangxi (1676) and the 18th year of Emperor Kangxi (1679).

In the early Qing Dynasty, it was stipulated that those who failed in the three joint examinations could take part in the examination of selecting county magistrate. Li Xianfu was selected for his "plump appearance, dialectic words, elegant calligraphy and good sense".

Diligent and honest

In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), some officials were sent to Cao county of Shandong Province as magistrate. During his term of office, he worked hard and loved the people. The governor of Shandong recommended him to the imperial court many times as an incorruptible official.

In the 34th year of Kangxi reign (1695), sang Er, governor of Shandong Province, was appointed governor of Hubei Province. After that, he was recommended to fill the vast number of prefectures in the lake to be honest.

According to the Tongzhi edition of Daye county annals, after Li Xianfu took office, the first thing he did was to repair the school. In addition to taking back all the occupied school bases, he also took the lead in donating and collecting money, building two corridors of the Confucian hall, adding two memorial archways of the holy city and xianguan, and the ancestral hall of wanzhizhai, a great Confucian from the Song Dynasty in the county. Li Xianfu always participated in the marking of the examination papers in person, so as to "select talents without omission". When the local students went to the provincial capital and Beijing to take part in the local examinations, he personally prepared rich travel expenses for the poor students. Being considerate of the sufferings of the common people, Li Xianfu did not allow the Yamen officers to come to collect the taxes in the season of collecting money, grain and taxes, but let the common people send them to pay by themselves. At the same time, according to each household should be collected according to the facts, without surplus (that is, collect part of the grain money, pay tribute to the boss). Usually, when handling litigation cases, Li Xianfu always tried the case on the spot when both the plaintiff and the defendant gathered in court, and tried to finish the trial as much as possible. In this way, one is to save time for the common people, and the other is to avoid the clerical officials from drilling the loopholes in the files for favoritism, so as to ensure judicial justice. During his tenure as county magistrate of Daye, Li Xianfu stipulated that the first and fifteenth days of each month should be the days for reading out laws and regulations to educate the common people. In spring and winter of each year, he called on the senior citizens to hold rural drinking ceremonies and vigorously advocated respecting the old and loving the young.

float upon the clouds

In the 36th year of Kangxi (1697), he was granted the imperial censor of Shaanxi Dao. In the 38th year of Kangxi (1699), Li Xianfu went up to Emperor Kangxi and disclosed the malpractice in the imperial examination. He suggested that in the future, the imperial censor should be sent to check the malpractice. Emperor Kangxi gave instructions that the ministers of the Ministry and the nine ministers should discuss the matter quickly, and reply to the request first. And repeatedly praised Li Xianfu's proposal as a "good strategy".

In the 41st year of Kangxi (1702), he was promoted to the right Councilor of the political department; in July, he was transferred to the left councilor; in September, he was promoted to the prime minister and governor of Fengtian Prefecture. In 1704, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Dali temple.

Wang Yuan impeached Chen Rubi, a doctor of the Ministry of official affairs, saying that he took bribes from Taoist Huang Zhong. Li Xianfu participated in the trial of the case. After hearing Wang Yuan's statement, he believed that Chen Rubi was guilty and should be sentenced to death and hanging. Chen Rubi refused to accept the judgment, and Shangshu was wronged. Emperor Kangxi ordered ministers and nine ministers to confirm. As a result, the original confession and testimony are all false. After Chen Rubi was acquitted and restored to his original post, Li Xianfu was punished by three successive demotions.

In the 44th year of Kangxi (1705), he successively served as Shaoqing of Honglu temple, Shaoqing of Honglu temple and Shaoqing of Dali temple. In the 47th year of Kangxi (1708), he served as the Minister of Taipusi. In autumn, he was the chief examiner of Zhejiang provincial examination. Jiangnan is a place where scholars gather. The imperial court has always selected the candidates who went to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other Jiangnan regions to be the examiners of the local examinations from the top officials of Jinshi origin and rank. However, Li Xianfu was only from a family background and went to a culturally developed area to serve as an examiner, which was rare in the Qing Dynasty.

In 1709, Li Xianfu was appointed the Minister of Taichang temple. In May, he was promoted to be the censor of the left Deputy capital. In July, he was promoted to be the right Minister of the army. In September, he was promoted to be the left Minister of the army.

In 1713, Kangxi sent an envoy to GAOSONG mountain to reward the officers and soldiers of the green flag. In August, he served as the Deputy examiner of the general examination, which once again created a precedent that the Qing Dynasty did not have.

logistic service

In the 54th year of Kangxi (1715), the Qing army was led by Yin Yi to collect grain from cewang alabutan. Li Xianfu was ordered to supervise the army. In more than two years, he traveled to and from Balikun in Xinjiang's Erqisi river area, which was thousands of miles away, and transported 35000 loads of grain to the front line, which effectively guaranteed the needs of the army.

At the end of the 56th year of Kangxi (1717), Li Xianfu returned to the capital after completing his mission. Emperor Kangxi asked him how he felt about this grain inspection. Li Xianfu replied: I've never been to the plateau or out of mouth, and I began to feel a little afraid of difficulties. But after six trips, it was still easy. In my eyes, outside the desolate mouth, there are weeds everywhere. After hearing this, Emperor Kangxi said to the minister with emotion that Li Xianfu was a Han nationality and had a good look after returning from Altay, Xinjiang. It seems that the water and soil on the border are also easy to walk.

Rectify Taxation

In the 59th year of Kangxi (1720), he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of industry and became a minister

The third senior official of the Qing Dynasty

. After half a year's trial, Li Xianfu handed in his order to the imperial court, believing that Zhang Yingzhao had no scientific school. However, after the memorial was reported to the Ministry of punishment, it was refuted that Li Xianfu's trial was improper. Therefore, the case was put off until Emperor Yongzheng personally approved it in 1723, the first year of Yongzheng. The case had been examined by the court ministers, and there was no need to refute it. This was the only way for Li Xian to solve the problem.

Jiangsu and Anhui are important salt producing areas, and salt tax is an important national income. However, the salt merchants often collude with local officials to evade taxes, and local officials also get a lot of benefits. There was a strong response to this situation, but it could not be solved for a long time, so the imperial court sent Li Xianfu to Lianghuai to investigate the salt affairs. Li Xianfu went to Huaihe and learned about the collusion between the government and businessmen, and made clear the amount of state tax owed by the salt industry of Huaihe and Huaihe. He suggested to the imperial court that it was the responsibility of the main local officials to pay the state taxes owed by the salt industry, and they should make up for the taxes owed. The imperial court agreed with Li Xianfu's opinion, and Li Xianfu ordered the governor and governor of Jiangnan to pay 80000 taels of silver each to make up for the state's tax revenue. Since then, local officials no longer dare to connive at Salt Merchants' tax evasion.

In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), he became an official with no money left. But the nature likes giving, bows calmly, by Zhou poverty. In his hometown, he donated money to build 12 pavilions such as "Sanyuan" and "Arctic". He died in 1728.

Literary achievements

Li Xian's poems of returning to work include "the journey of a martyr with broken arms" and "the annals of southern counties" which have not been published.

Anecdotes of characters

Li Xianfu was a doctor of the Ministry of household and a famous poet of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shizhen, who was the chief examiner of Sichuan provincial examination. This upright examiner left a deep impression on Li Xianfu. From then on, he regarded Wang Shizhen as his teacher. When Li Xianfu took part in the selection of the imperial court, Wang Shizhen also strongly recommended this talented man from northern Sichuan. So, they became intimate friends.

In 1708, at the age of 58, Li Xianfu came to Zhejiang Province as the chief examiner of the rural examination. After finishing his work, he made a special detour to Shandong Xincheng to see Wang Shizhen, 75, who retired at home. This is very rare in officialdom. Therefore, Wang Shizhen's Almanac records the story of respecting his teacher.

member of family

Father: Li Yundeng, a Jinshi in the 16th year of Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty (1659), was once a member of quzhouzhi county.

Uncle: Li Yunxiu, Ju Ren.

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