The other side of Xin Qiji's flattery and the notoriety of cruel officials

Xin Qiji, whose real name is You 'an and Jia Xuan, is from Shandong East Road, Licheng County, Jinan. Bold poets and generals in the Southern Song Dynasty are known as "the dragon in words". Together with Su Shi, they are called "Su Xin", and together with Li Qingzhao, they are called "Jinan Er 'an".

Xin Qiji was born in the state of Jin, a teenager who resisted the return of Jin to Song Dynasty. He is a fortune teller in Jiangxi and Fujian. There are "Ten Theories on Meiqin" and "Nine Theories", both of which are Chen Zhanshou's strategies. Because of disagreement with the ruling party's political views, he was impeached and dismissed, and lived in seclusion in the mountains. Before and after the Jubilee Northern Expedition, he successively served as Shaoxing magistrate, Zhenjiang magistrate and Tommy. In the third year of Xi, Xin Qiji died at the age of 68. Chasing posthumous title Shao Shi and posthumous title "Zhong Min".

Xin Qiji devoted his life to the cause of recovery and made great achievements, but his fate was ill-fated, he was excluded and his ambition was hard to pay.

The unknown side of Xin Qiji: In our impression, the famous patriotic poet Xin Qiji is a figure who can be written in the world, but can be mounted in the Wulin. First, he will write a poem, "Think of that year, when the iron in Kingoma devoured Wan Li". He is called the founder of the bold school; The second is to be able to fight. "When you are strong, you will have a flag with a commander-in-chief, and you will cross the river on the Jin River." In modern language, he is the best poet and warrior among military commanders. He is a "cross-border" champion, and even Chen Shikun, a literary critic in the Qing Dynasty, exclaimed that "the real poet is General Fei!" In fact, besides these, Xin Qiji has another unknown side.

Bear the notoriety of a cruel official

In the winter of the eighth year of Xichun, Xin Qiji was escorted from Anfu, Jiangxi to serve his sentence in western Zhejiang. Before he took office, he was impeached by suggestion Wang Lin. "Wang Lin, Minister of Taiwan Province Province, spends money like sand illegally and kills people like grass", which means he spends money like sand and kills people like mowing grass. Xin Qiji also gained a reputation as a cruel official. He was relieved of all his duties before taking office.

It is not surprising that Xin Qiji left a cold impression. When I was young, I rode alone in the northern uprising army and killed He Shangyiduan who stole the seal of the uprising army. Later, he led fifty cavalry to raid Jin Ying and captured the traitor Zhang Anguo alive, which proved that he was a ruthless figure who dared to kill. But what about the real situation?

In fact, Xin Qiji is generous to ordinary people and harsh to subordinate officials. He was ordered to suppress the rebellion of southern tea merchants. In his report to Song Xiaozong, he hit the nail on the head and pointed out: "Villagers suffer from collecting money, county residents suffer from leading officials, officials suffer from begging, people's names suffer from merger, and thieves suffer from looting. I said, "If you don't steal, peace is your ear. "This means that these farmers, state and county officials use excessive taxes to hurt them; County-level officials requisitioned materials in various names to hurt them; Staff members take cards in various names, harming others and themselves; The landlords used the annexed land to harm them; Thieves hurt them by robbing and plundering. Where can ordinary people go without becoming thieves?

Xin Qiji realized that officials at all levels should be strictly managed, not ordinary people. This became his ruling philosophy and the starting point for handling government affairs. According to the record in the Collection of True Xi Mountains, Xin Qiji is "dignified and lightly bound by grammar, and officials dare not keep dogma, and they will make a fortune if they don't pursue it". In other words, he has great dignity towards his officials and always takes legal action against his subordinates. Those officials are afraid of being accused of not following dogma.

On the contrary, he is generous and cares about the people. Lou Yike wrote "Attacking Shame" and said, "This is better than living outside Taiwan Province Province. It is better to say that Fujian people know. " Xin Qiji followed the principle of leniency in serving his sentence in Fujian. Every household in Fujian knows this. Once, he sent an official named Fu to a county under his jurisdiction to check the prisoners in the prison. After Fu arrived in that county, after careful investigation, more than 50 people were released, leaving only a dozen people. So many cases were overturned and the magistrate's face was burned, so he loudly refused to entertain Fu, regardless of the dinner. After Xin Qiji heard about it, he personally reviewed these cases, and finally all of them were handled according to Fu's loud opinions.

Xin Qiji has a reputation as a cruel official, mainly because he refused to collude with the officialdom at that time. Xin Qiji himself said in "The Last Book to the Emperor": "I have only been self-righteous all my life, and everyone has not accepted me for many years. I'm afraid I haven't blurted out my words yet, but my misfortune will not follow immediately. " Because of his "rigid and confident" personality, he dares to say and do, and is unwilling to cater to others. In order to succeed in his career, he can be informal and ignore various hidden rules. Therefore, his conflict with the mediocre and conservative officialdom atmosphere in the Southern Song Dynasty is inevitable. Today, however, all this makes us even more awe-inspiring.

There is suspicion of flattery.

In A.D. 1203, Xin Qiji, who had been recuperating at home for nine years and reached the age of 64, suddenly received a notice from the court and appointed him as a magistrate in Shaoxing and a fortune teller in eastern Zhejiang, which greatly surprised him. He was overjoyed and wrote a poem "Song of Six Kingdoms", in which he wrote: "A thousand years of loyalty, two decisions, Ji Yuanxun. Sun Youzi, Fang, Zheng Gankun. " It is this poem that makes Xin Qiji suspected of flattery.

This poem is written for Han Zhou. The first three sentences, "A thousand years of loyalty, two decisions, Ji Yuanxun", eulogized Asiana's great-grandfather, Han Qi, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, and helped Yingzong and Zongshen ascend to the throne, making immortal contributions. After the last three sentences "Sun Youzi, Fang Xiaozi, Quan Gankun", he directly praised Han Zhou, saying that he cleaned up Gankun and handled the world affairs well. Who is Han Tuozhou, worthy of Xin Qiji's flattery?

Han Zhou is the most popular minister in Song Ningzong. He made his fortune by his nepotism with the royal families of Zhao and Song, and took the route of consorts. Ningzong's great-grandmother, the Queen Mother Xiansheng, is Han Zhou's aunt. Although the old lady was behind the scenes, she was a powerful figure at that time. The Han empress of Ningzong, that is, her niece, has always been a hard pillow style. With such a strong background, it is difficult for Han Tuozhou to be arrogant. Politically, Han Zhou's greatest achievement is to overthrow a group of Neo-Confucianism figures represented by Prime Minister Zhao Ruyu, which greatly attacked and weakened his own political hostile forces.

Xin Qiji and others are the key targets of Han Zhou's attack. Why were they suddenly hired and given such an important position? At this time, the patrons of Han Tuozhou, Xiansheng Empress and Han Empress, died one after another, and the backstage collapsed. Korea _ week although still in power, but the in the mind began to have a faint uneasiness. He was advised not to beat the Neo-Confucianism figures too hard and do too well. They are not only brilliant, but also deeply rooted. Who can guarantee that they will not make a comeback? In order to leave a way out for himself, Han Zhou relaxed the ban on Neo-Confucianism and hired a group of people with deep Neo-Confucianism roots like Xin Qiji. The original intention is to buy people's hearts and improve the mass base.

It is reasonable to resume leadership positions. Even if the official position is not low, Xin Qiji can't break to the point of kowtowing to the powerful, because with his character, he never takes wealth seriously. 1 193 as a junior secretary in Hangzhou. This official position started from the fourth level, which is equivalent to the current deputy ministerial level. He wants to resign, so he is eager for his son to do his job directly. He said that if you are going to retire, you should buy some real estate and land for your family and make a living in the future. We all count on you for dinner. Xin Qiji got angry as soon as he heard it, and he even wrote a T on purpose.

For Xin Qiji, although he doesn't pay attention to wealth, he has an unfinished wish, that is, the ambition of "expelling Tatars and restoring the Central Plains" when he was young. This is the ideal of life that he pursued all his life. Now he is in his sixties, a martyr is dying, and time is running out. How much he wanted another chance to realize his ideal, so he prayed for his loved ones and did his part.

In fact, there is no difference between noble desires and despicable desires. No matter how bright the purpose is, it is selfish. In the face of desire, everyone inevitably lowers his noble head, and the protagonist Xin Qiji is no exception. However, knowing the motivation and background of his flattery, although the poem is a little disgusting, it can be forgiven, and its ambition is deplorable, which still makes us less respectful.

On the tenth day of September in the third year of Jubilee, Xin Qiji, who had been lying in bed for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Stop thief! Kill the thief! Kill a thief! " After that, he died in grief and anger. He regards military service and killing the enemy as the highest ideal of his life, but the cruel reality leaves him only regret. However, what Xin Qiji left us is the mountain behind us that we have admired for thousands of years.