Who is Yu Qian?

Yu Qian (1398.0513 ─1457.0216), a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province (now Hangzhou and Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province), was a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty and a national hero. Together with Yue Fei and Zhang Cang Water, they are also called "Three Masters of West Lake". At the age of seven, a monk was surprised by his appearance and said, "This is the prime minister who will save the world in the future." Yongle 19 years (142 1), Yu Qian was admitted as a scholar.

In the early years of Xuande (1426), Yu Qian was appointed as the censor. Xuande was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War in five years, and served as the governor of Shanxi and Henan, reorganizing armaments. Orthodox thirteen years (1448), served as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War. In the autumn of the following year, the main force of Ming-Jing army was defeated in the battle of Civil Fort, Ming Yingzong was captured, and the Mongolian Vara army captured the capital (now Beijing). At this juncture, Yu Qian opposed the relocation of the capital, advocated the war of resistance, was promoted to the post of Minister of War, led the army to defeat the Walla army, and won the battle of defending Beijing. After the war, he initiated the regimental battalion system, strengthened border defense and appointed famous guards. He advocated promoting peace through war, repelled the attacks of the Walla army many times, and forced its leader to release Yingzong back to the DPRK. In the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), in the middle of the first month, Yingzong seized the door and regained the throne. On the 22nd, Yu Qian was framed and killed. Later, I got my revenge, gave them to a teacher and changed my loyalty to Su Su. There is Yu's Su Zhong Ji.

Yu Qian toured Jiangxi to avenge hundreds of wronged prisoners. He went to the official school in Shaanxi to harass the people and issued letters to arrest them. The emperor knew that Yu Qian could shoulder the heavy responsibility. At that time, he was preparing to add the right assistant minister of various ministries as the provincial governor, so he personally wrote down Yu Qian's name and gave it to the official department, and was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Henan and Shanxi. After Yu Qian took office, Qingqi bypassed the area under his jurisdiction, visited his elders, inspected all the things that should be set up or renovated at that time, and immediately put forward them. Several times a year, if there is a slight flood or drought, report it immediately.

During the orthodox years, eunuch Wang Zhen was autocratic and took bribes without scruple. Hundreds of officials rushed to offer money for flattery. During the court meeting, those who go to see Wang Zhen must give one hundred and twenty pieces of silver; If you can offer 1,200 pieces of silver, you can only serve food and wine and go home drunk. Moreover, Yu Qian didn't bring any gifts every time he went to Beijing to play. Someone advised him: "If you can't send gold and silver treasures, can't you bring some local products?" Yu Qian smiled smartly, shook his sleeves and said, "Only the breeze." I also specially wrote the poem "Going to Beijing" to show my ambition:

Handkerchiefs, mushrooms and thread incense are harmful to people.

The wind blows on the sleeves, so as not to talk short!

This is how the idiom "remain uncorrupted" comes from. Yan Lu means alley, which means to avoid being gossiped. After this poem was written, it was read far and near and became a much-told story for a while. Yu Qian's rudeness naturally caused the eunuch Wang Zhen's extreme dissatisfaction.

In the sixth year of orthodoxy, Yu Qian wrote: "Today, Henan and Shanxi each have millions of grains. All prefectures and counties are requested to report to poor households who lack food every March and distribute food to them. First rice, then millet, then rice. After the autumn harvest, it will be returned to the government, and the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled will be exempted. When state and county officials want to be promoted after the expiration of their term of office, they are not allowed to leave their posts if the grain reserves fail to meet the targets. And ordered regulatory officials to conduct regular inspections. " The imperial edict should be carried out accordingly. Near the Yellow River in Henan Province, banks often disappear due to the rising water level. Yu Qian ordered the protection dike to be thickened, and a pavilion was set in Fiona Fang for several miles. Tingchang, responsible for supervising the dike repair. He also ordered to plant trees and dig wells, so elms lined the roads, and there were no thirsty pedestrians on the roads. Datong is far away from the frontier fortress alone, so it is difficult for people visiting Shanxi to go. Please set up another suggestion management. All the fields privately reclaimed by the garrison commander were returned to the official village to finance the border defense funds. His prestige spread all over the country, and thieves in Taihang Mountain either fled or hid. After nine years in office, he was promoted to assistant minister Zuo and received a second-class official salary.

At first, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu presided over the state affairs, and they all attached great importance to Yu Qian. What Yu Qian invited was written in the morning and approved in the evening, all sponsored by Sanyang. However, every time Yu Qian talks about state affairs, he goes in with an empty pocket, and those who have power and influence can't help but be disappointed. At this point, "Sanyang" was dead, and eunuch Wang Zhen was in power. There happened to be an empire with a name similar to that of Yu Qian, who had a conflict with Wang Zhen. Yu Qian entered the DPRK and recommended Wang Lai and Sun to participate in politics instead of himself. Li Xi, the general logistics officer, catered to Wang Zhen's instructions, impeached Yu Qian, who was dissatisfied because he had not been promoted for a long time, and chose to replace him without authorization. Put him in the judicial department and sentence him to death for three months. Later, Wang Zhen knew that he had made a mistake, let him out and was banished to Shao Qing of Dali Temple. Officials and people in Shanxi and Henan fell in front of the palace and wrote letters asking thousands of people to stay. The governors of Zhou and Jin also said so, so they appointed Yu Qian as the satrap. At that time, more than 200,000 refugees from Shandong and Shaanxi went to Henan to beg. Yu Qian asked for relief of corn stored in Henan and Huaiqing. He also asked Buzheng Nianfu to appease these people and give them fields, cattle and seeds to be supervised and managed by Li Lao. He was in office 19 years. After his parents died, he was sent back to deal with the funeral, and he soon took up his original post.

In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Yu Qian was recalled to Beijing as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War. The following autumn, he invaded first, and Wang Zhen personally established the emperor. Yu Qian and Kuang Yě, the minister of the Ministry of War, tried their best to remonstrate, but they didn't listen. Kuang Yě followed the emperor to manage the army and put Yu Qian in charge of the Ministry of War. When Ming Yingzong was captured in the civil fort, the capital was shocked, and everyone didn't know what to do. The king supervised the country and ordered his ministers to discuss the offensive and defensive strategies. Assistant Xu Kun said that astrology has changed and the capital should be moved to Nanjing. Yu Qian snapped, "Those who advocate moving south should be killed.