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Decryption: Why was Lu Xun's grandfather Zhou Fuqing sentenced to death after losing his official position?

When Lu Xun's grandfather was a county magistrate in Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province, he was impeached and lost his official position because of a conflict with his boss Li Wenmin. Later, he was sentenced to jail and beheaded for cheating in the imperial examination. A series of changes made Lu Xun's family decline, and young Lu Xun tasted the coldness of the world prematurely, which had a great influence on Lu Xun's later thoughts and creations.

China famous writer Lu Xun, formerly known as Zhou Shuren, was born in an official family in Huiji, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. His grandfather Zhou Fuqing, named Fu Jie, was once the magistrate of Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province. He was impeached and lost his official position for being outspoken, and was sentenced to prison for cheating in the imperial examination. Many changes led to the decline of his family. The original reason was that Li Wenmin, then the governor of Jiangxi and a native of Xixiang, Shaanxi, was somewhat involved.

Li Wenmin, born at 18 17,No. Jiefeng, is from Chayuan Street, Xixiang County, Shaanxi Province. In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), he was a scholar and took charge of the rites department. In seven years, he went to Shenyang to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb project. In eight years, Russia invaded Northeast China and was ordered to stay in Shanhaiguan and do copywriting. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), he returned to Beijing to serve as Shangshu, Yuanwailang and Langzhong, and was in charge of the seal of the shrine. Participated in planning the funeral of Emperor Xianfeng and Empress Li planned glory and was appreciated by the imperial court. He was promoted to be a Taoist priest for his achievements, and was awarded three titles, and was awarded Hua Ling. He has served as Fengyang and Tianjin magistrate. In the ninth year of Tongzhi, Li Wenmin was promoted to Guangdong provincial judge. Ten years, transferred to Jiangxi provincial judges. In the first year of Guangxu, he was promoted to minister of Jiangxi, and in four years (1878), he was promoted to governor and magistrate of Jiangxi. In the spring of the 9th year of Guangxu (1883), Li Wenmin was framed as Shi Yu and dismissed from his post. In the 11th year (1885), Li Wenmin was re-appointed as the Governor of Liangjiang, but Li Yinian was politely declined by the old court. In September of the 16th year of Guangxu (1903), Li Wenmin died in his hometown at the age of 73.

During Li Wenmin's tenure as governor of Jiangxi, Lu Xun's grandfather Zhou Fuqing was a subordinate magistrate at that time. Zhou's road to the imperial examination was smooth, and he was promoted from a scholar to a scholar and was named imperial academy. This is a glorious moment. Thirteen years of Tongzhi (1874), the magistrate was released. It turned out to be Rongchang County, Sichuan Province, but he didn't want to go far. After the operation, he was reassigned to Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province in the spring of the first year of Guangxu (1875). Zhou Fuqing was born in Hanlin, proud of his talent and disrespectful to his boss. In the fourth year of Guangxu (1878), Li Yin had a dispute with the governor on one matter and said, "This is a matter for the royal family!" Zhou Fuqing sat down on the pole and retorted, "What is an emperor? What do you mean by emperor? " Unfortunately, Shen Baozhen, the governor of Liangjiang, learned about it. This is an official who likes to be serious, so he dismissed Shen Zhou on the grounds of "disrespect and incompetence". The magistrate who has been a magistrate for three years is thus left behind. Li Wenmin couldn't bear it any longer, so in the spring of the fifth year of Guangxu (1879), he delivered a State of the Union address and went to Beijing to introduce him. According to the regulations, Zhou Fuqing was appointed as the cabinet secretary. This is an official with seven qualities, "writing a manuscript requires translation" and doing some copying and writing. Beijing has poor officials and little money. Zhou Zuoren recalled in "Lu Xun's Hometown and Great-grandmother": "Mesons pushed to be Beijing officials in Beijing. Although he hasn't used the money at home, he hasn't sent back a penny. "

Mr. Lu Xun once said: "When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, great changes suddenly took place in my family, and there was almost nothing left;" I live in a relative's house, sometimes called a beggar. "Lu Xun's' great change' refers to the cheating case of his grandfather Zhou Fuqing in the imperial examination in the 19th year of Guangxu (1893). That year, Zhou Fuqing went back to his hometown to hold a funeral for his mother. It also coincided with the sixtieth birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the court opened Cohen to take the scholar, which celebrated the whole world. There was a scholar named Zhou Boyi (the father of Lu Xun) in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He tried every time, but he was also worried about his father Zhou Fuqing. Yin is the examiner after having obtained the provincial examination in Zhejiang, and has the friendship of being a scholar and friend with him. Zhou was encouraged by Zhang, Ma, Chen, Sun, Gu and other relatives and friends, and also thought about his son. He sealed the twelve thousand silver tickets raised by the five surnames in a letter, and sent his servant Tao Ashun to Suzhou to find Yin with the letter, in order to buy off the joints and let his son and children of the five surnames win high-tech prizes. Due to Tao's misconduct, bribery was exposed and strictly investigated. Zhou Fuqing took refuge in Shanghai and soon returned to Shaoxing to surrender himself.

Cheating in the examination room took place in Suzhou, and Wang Renkan, the magistrate of Suzhou, tried to appreciate each other. Zhou Fuqing committed an "attempted" crime and was able to surrender himself. He intends to make a vague statement that the prisoner suffers from palpitations (mental disorder). Emperor Guangxu is preparing for the "Reform Movement of 1898" and is full of energy. In such a case, he is only strict and severe, in order to rectify the Chaogang and give the post-Party a good look. So the royal approval: "Zhou Fuqing tried to change the prison waiting and execute it after autumn to punish the law and discipline, as an example." The so-called "staying in prison" means being put in prison and waiting.

Zhou Fuqing spent eight years in prison waiting to be beheaded, but he was never beheaded. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), the Reform Movement of 1898 ended in the failure of the Imperial Party. Empress Dowager Cixi was so busy suppressing the reformists that she had long forgotten Zhou Fuqing who was sentenced to "waiting for prison". Zhou Fuqing was released from prison with the help of Shang Shu Xue (a native of Chang 'an, Shaanxi Province), and died in his hometown at the age of 68. His family also fell into a hopeless situation because of asking for help. As a teenager, Lu Xun witnessed the decline of his family, and personally felt the coldness of the world, which had a great influence on Lu Xun's later thoughts and creations.

Of course, the decline of Lu Xun's family style was caused by his grandfather Zhou Fuqing's misconduct and cheating in the imperial examination, and his boss Li Wenmin was to blame.