Dai Wei

Dai Wei

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Dai Wei, whose birth and death year is unknown, is named Yifu. His name is Xiqu. He was born in xiaoheting, chengtun Town, yuncheng county.

brief introduction

He worked as a county magistrate in Dangshan for four years, from the 45th year of Jiajing (1566) to the 4th year of Longqing (1570). During his term of office, he was conscientious, conscientious, honest, upright and courageous. He encouraged the people to reclaim their meagre income and help them recover their meager income. In memory of Daizhi county's opening up wasteland and collecting thatch, he gave the nickname "daimaocao" and a gold plaque with four gold characters "parents of the people". Up to now, people around Xiao heting still have the story of Dai Wei's love for the people in Dangshan.
According to the annals of yuncheng county written by Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, "Dai Wei, with the name of Yifu, was first granted the title of magistrate of Dang County, and was eventually sentenced by Shunde Prefecture." In the county annals of Dangshan compiled during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Dai Wei was among the county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty. Its name is marked: "yuncheng county Juren, Jiajing 45 years (1566 years)". In the part of famous officials, there is a special introduction by Dai Wei: "Dai Wei, from yuncheng county, Shandong Province, is a dangling official. He has a strong character. He is skillful and dare to do things. He is generous and self-centered. He does not deceive others in the middle of his life. He has a supervisor who is suitable for the people and good at governance. He reports that this method can be carried out forever, and his life will be engraved in the hall.".

Personal experience

The story of Dai Wei's honest and diligent administration is widely spread in Yuncheng: when he first took office in Dangshan County, what he saw was not a prosperous scene, but a desolate scene with desolate countryside and grass. The common people are yellow, skinny and ragged, and the deserters are constantly on the road. Seeing this, Dai Wei knew that his political career was very difficult and worried. After taking over the post, he did not worship his superiors or the local gods. It took him more than a month to visit all the villages in the county to see the disaster. It turned out that the land in Dangshan County was barren, and there was flying sand everywhere. In addition, the government only knew how to collect excessive taxes and did not pay attention to the development of production, resulting in the loss of farmland and seeds, and the overgrowth of thatch. Dai Wei felt that as a county magistrate and a local leader, he had the responsibility to lead the Dangshan people to change the world and get out of the predicament, so as to develop the local economy and improve the people's life. He went from village to village, consulted many people, and made in-depth research. He came to the conclusion that under the flying sand, there was silt, and if it was deeply ploughed, it would be transformed into good land. This gave Dai Wei hope and enhanced his determination and confidence in organizing the masses to improve the planting industry. After finding out the situation, Daizhi County immediately reported it level by level until it submitted a letter to Chaoyan, asking for tax reduction and exemption in the county, releasing grain to relieve the people and helping to resume production. Unfortunately, the imperial court ignored Dai Zhi county's Memorial. Dai Wei had no choice but to find a way for the people. He felt that, as the head of a county, he could share the country's worries and solve the people's difficulties. Bao Wenzheng was able to use his family property to help Chenzhou people, and he could also use his personal property to help Dangxian people. Therefore, he decided to use his meager salary and his hometown's property as guiding funds to help people recover and develop production. With a definite idea, he immediately rushed back to his hometown and told his mother about Dangshan County and his plans. The old lady is a man of profound righteousness. She praised her son's idea and strongly supported it. Therefore, the mother and the son exchanged all the things they could sell for money for Dai Wei to help Dangshan people. When Daizhi County returned to Dangshan with money, it immediately called together the leaders of Ting, Li, Bao and Jia to discuss how to eliminate the grass in the field and turn the wasteland into good land. In order to stimulate the people's enthusiasm for digging thatch, he told the people of the whole county that the county government would buy all the thatch that had been dug out of the wasteland at the price of three green coins and a kilo. After that, the grass would still be returned to the people, and the people would be sent home to feed their livestock. It also stipulates that those who open wasteland and cultivate it will be exempted from paying taxes for one year. Once the notice was posted, it spread quickly. The implementation of this policy, farmers can not only open up wasteland for farming, but also change money to buy rice pot, the whole county people are very happy, all go to the ground to dig grass. Even those who had been exiled and begged for food came back one after another. From then on, the desolate, depressed and lifeless Dangshan mountain came to life again. After a winter and a spring, every family has dug out a lot of thatch and reclaimed a large area of wasteland. In addition to the original fertile land, the arable land of the whole county has reached more than half. Dai Wei is very happy, but also worried. Although the people can make a living with the grass money, they have no money to buy seeds. In addition, the land is vast and the population is sparse. Some farmers still need to increase their livestock What shall I do? Dai Wei had to go back to his hometown for the second time and sold a large area of land and more than 40 houses. To this end, there is also a contradiction with his brother. The younger brother also knows that his brother is working for the people and understands his mood. He just feels that it's too difficult to accept his family's money. Dai Wei did his younger brother's work many times and kept arguing with him. Later, when his younger brother saw that he couldn't beat him, he left Gaotang in a rage and never went back to his hometown. Fortunately, Dai Wei's parents uphold justice and support Dai Wei's behavior, which makes it possible to sell his family property. Dai Wei set up a station in Yuncheng's hometown to buy cotton, sorghum, millet and soybean seeds with the money obtained from the sale of farmland, and then transported them to Dangshan County with iron wheeled carts. From yuncheng county to Dangshan County, there was an endless stream of cars. Driven and inspired by Daizhi County, other officials and local enlightened gentry in Dangshan County also began to donate money to help the people buy seeds, and one hundred mu of land was provided with livestock. After deeply digging the roots of the grass, the sandy land in Dangshan County turned into Erhe soil and Mengjin land. Soybean, cotton and other crops like new soil. In spring, the seedlings are flourishing and the people are stable. In autumn, sorghum is red, millet is yellow and cotton is white, which is a good harvest. In just one year, the problem of food and clothing for the people in Dangshan County was solved. The next year, he continued to reclaim wasteland, intensive farming, and got a good harvest. In the third year, Dangshan County had a situation of great governance, just as Dai Zhi county had expected before he took office: the elderly had a sense of security, little education, men's farming and women's weaving, living and working in peace and contentment, no one could find anything, no one could close the house at night, no one could steal from men, no one could find prostitutes When Dai Wei was in charge of Dangshan County, he worked hard and devoted himself to his duty. He was honest and upright and made outstanding achievements. He won the support of the people and was praised as Dai Qingtian. To commemorate Dai Wei's pioneering work, people spontaneously called him "Dai Maocao" and presented him with a gold plaque with four gold characters "people's parents". When Dai Maocao left Dangshan County, the people were reluctant to part with him. They knelt down and hugged their legs. They struggled to keep him. They couldn't bear to send him away. He deeply loved the mountains and rivers of Dangshan and the hardworking and kind-hearted people, and had an indissoluble bond with Dangshan County. For a long time, there has been a folk saying: "in the old days, thatch was all over Dangshan. When Dai Zhi county, the benefactor, came, the thatch was completely improved. When the big hoard came, the small hoard was full. When you eat steamed bread, you don't forget Dai Qingtian.". It is said that after Dai Wei died, Dangshan people donated money to build the temple for him, and the incense kept burning. When the temple was built in the early Qing Dynasty, Dangshan also came to xiaoheting, yuncheng county to invite Dai's family to supervise the work, which fully reflected his respect for Dai Wei. Unfortunately, the temple was destroyed during the cultural revolution. Dangshan people also project their feelings for Dai Wei onto his descendants. For quite a long time, Xiao heting's people went to Dangshan to do business, and the local people warmly treated them as relatives. In the early years of the Republic of China, a pig named Dai sicai went to Dangshan to sell pigs. Accidentally, the pig ate the local cabbage. The owner was very angry and detained Dai sicai for double compensation. Dai sicai, seeing that he had no relatives, said to himself, "my grandfather was an official in Dangshan and did so many good things for the masses. I didn't expect that I was trapped here." When the owner of the cabbage heard that Dai sicai was a descendant of Dai Wei, he immediately changed his attitude and offered his seat enthusiastically. Not only did he not pay any more, but he also gave Dai sicai a warm hospitality and gave him money to go home. When he returned home, Dai sicai said with deep feeling: "the predecessors accumulate virtue, and the descendants are blessed"! Dai Wei is not only loved and admired by the masses in Dangshan, but also respected by his hometown. In the old Xiangxian Temple of Yuncheng, there was a stele of Dai Wei's dragon head and a couplet: "the Xiangxian Temple inherits the Holy Scripture, and the people of Dangshan are grateful for the spring.". Dai Wei's tomb was built in the lush Dai's cemetery in the south of xiaoheting village, and there are tombstones in it so far. Historically, the cemetery is facing the Songjiang River. The Songjiang River has washed away other cemeteries, but it does not rush to Dai's cemetery. Instead, it turns eastward and westward, and finally flows northward in xiaoheting village. According to local people's legend, this is because Dai Wei's deeds moved the world and got the protection of heaven and earth. This also reflects that officials like Dai Wei, who are honest, diligent, dedicated to the public and dedicated to serving the people, have been praised from the heart of the people.

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