Yes, this Guanzheng Jinshi was named Tingbi, with the courtesy name Feibai. Oh, by the way, his surname was Xiong, Xiong Tingbi, and he was born with the Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli.
Since he was born with the same Jinshi background, it means that he did not do well in the examination where the average scorer was the best.
In fact, in the 26th year of the Wuxu Ke Jinshi Gold List, in addition to the three first-class scholars and the second-class scholars, there are also 57 second-class scholars, which makes it 60 people, and Xiong Tingbi is only ranked among the top three.
Only number one hundred and fifteen.
Logically speaking, it is unlikely that such a result would make Gao Pragmatic, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, a scholar of political science. However, Xiong Tingbi also has advantages.
His advantage is that Gao Pragmatic's understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty made him very impressed by Xiong Tingbi. In the palace examination held after the palace examination that year - that is, the Shujishi examination - Xiao Liangyou, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was
He was one of the examiners of the imperial examination, so Xiong Tingbi passed the imperial examination and became a concubine.
After disbanding, Xiong Tingbi quickly received the transfer order and became one of Gao Pragmatic's Guanzheng Jinshi.
To put it more clearly, it was Gao Pingshi who "recommended" Xiong Tingbi behind his back, which made his life different from the original history.
Historically, Xiong Tingbi was famous in the late Ming Dynasty, famous for his vision of saving lives, and even more famous for his tragic death, but few people mentioned his early years. In fact, as long as you know his early years, you will know that he passed the top three exams.
Ranking 115th is already extremely difficult.
In May of the 11th year of Wanli in the original history, when the 24-year-old Nurhachi raised troops to attack the city of Tulun and started his first battle to establish the Hou Jin regime and unify Liaodong, his future opponent, the 14-year-old Nurhaci at the time,
Xiong Tingbi is still working and studying in his hometown in Jiangxia, Huguang.
Yes, Xiong Tingbi was born in poverty, and it was difficult for him to have a full meal. Because his family was poor and could not afford tuition, Xiong Tingbi dropped out of school many times. Of course, his desire for knowledge and his yearning for getting ahead always supported him in saving money.
Go back to school and continue studying.
However, as a result, his academic progress was delayed for a long time, and it was not until the 25th year of Wanli that he, who was originally talented, was admitted to the gold list at the age of 28.
As mentioned in the first volume of this book, in terms of age among the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, most were in their early thirties when they were awarded the gold medal in high school. However, most of them were "professional scholars" whose families were well-off and not engaged in production.
—For example, high pragmatism is very typical.
However, Xiong Tingbi has been doing "part-time work and part-time study" since he was a child. He can only switch between doing part-time jobs, doing farm work and studying. At this time, people are still on the high school gold medal list at the age of 28, and they say that he is not good at studying.
It really hurts my back to stand and talk.
However, throughout Xiong Tingbi's life, the matter of imperial examination high school was both a blessing and a misfortune for Xiong Tingbi.
"Luck" is reflected in the fact that Xiong Tingbi achieved a class climb from civilian to official through scientific examination, and had the opportunity to realize his ambition and leave his name in history.
"Unfortunately" is reflected in the fact that he entered a government and opposition party with fierce party disputes. However, he himself had a strong character and would not be able to escape unscathed in the end.
Xiong Tingbi passed the Jinshi examination, but because he was only the 115th among the Jinshi, and his poor family naturally meant that there was no senior to take care of him in Beijing. So Xiong Tingbi had no one to look after him, and he failed to pass the examination.
The official position he held once was of course very inconspicuous - Baoding official position.
At the same time, not only was his future rival Nurhaci flourishing in Liaodong, but the Ming Dynasty and opposition parties at this time were still full of fierce internal fighting. The national strength could no longer be said to have stagnated, but should be said to have continued under the three major conquests.
In decline.
There was no high pragmatism in the original history. After the forces in the DPRK and China were constantly divided, merged and reorganized, a situation gradually formed in which the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were in confrontation with the Donglin Party. They attacked each other just to compete for the biggest advantage of their own side.
rights and interests.
In the early years, Xiong Tingbi worked as a local official, so he was lucky enough not to be affected by these fierce party disputes. But after he gradually made outstanding political achievements, was promoted to the supervisory censor and entered the court, he no longer
Can't stay out of it.
Although Xiong Tingbi himself had no intention of "taking sides", according to the geographical division of the township, he was automatically classified into the Chu Party, indirectly standing on the opposite side of the Donglin Party.
However, Xiong Tingbi, who relied on his own efforts to change his destiny, had a fiery temperament and was also upright. He was extremely loyal to the Ming Dynasty court and particularly concerned about court affairs. Therefore, compared to other officials in the court who valued personal interests and the interests of their own camp more, he
It seems a lot more "innocent" and "immature".
Although he was in the Chu Party, Xiong Tingbi did not deliberately distance himself from the Donglin Party members. Some of the Donglin Party members also maintained a good relationship with him because there were no obvious disputes. Therefore, Xiong Tingbi during this period actually
They are all marginalized people in the fierce party struggle and have not been greatly affected.
It was precisely this identity and status that made Xiong Tingbi a suitable censor candidate in the eyes of the two parties who could thoroughly investigate the "Liaodong Abandoned Land Case" in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, and thus had an intersection with Nurhaci.
The "Liaodong Abandoned Land Case" occurred two years ago in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli. At that time, the game between the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties and the Donglin Party entered a white-hot stage. Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Liaodong who was in the former camp, planned to avoid harming Chi Yu and planned to
Eliminate some potential dangers ahead of time.
When he realized that Kuandian Liubao, located in the Jurchen hinterland of Jianzhou, was difficult to hold, and once lost, it would become the best excuse for the Donglin Party to attack the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang and drag himself into trouble, he decided to give up directly.
piece of place.
As a result, there was a scene where "800 miles of land was abandoned without authorization, and 60,000 residents were forced to move back inland and became homeless." Nurhachi also gained greater military advantage in the Northeast.
This incident was not a big deal, but because the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang had greater power in the court than the Donglin Party at that time, and they knew the reasons behind Li Chengliang's actions, they stepped in to protect Li Chengliang. But at the 30th of Wanli
Six years ago, after Ye Xianggao, who was considered an important figure in the Donglin Party, became the chief minister, this old incident was revealed again.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Under the pressure of strong public opinion, Emperor Wanli decided to send the censor to Liaodong to find out the truth. At this time, Xiong Tingbi, who seemed to be relatively neutral, was pushed out.
After arriving in Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi conducted field research there for half a year, and finally found out the entire process of Li Chengliang and Zhao Ji giving up their territory and driving the people to migrate.
Xiong Tingbi, who did not understand party struggle, or was unwilling to participate in party struggle, and was only concerned about national interests, was very angry. He listed eight major crimes against Li Chengliang and Zhao Ji, and asked for severe punishment.
The ideal is full, the reality is skinny. In fact, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who was fully aware of the inside story, certainly ignored the idea of severe punishment. He did not even send Xiong Tingbi's memorial to the ministers for discussion, but directly issued an edict praising Li Chengliang "
He has made great achievements in suppressing Liao for a long time, so he should be rewarded." Then Li Chengliang was allowed to "retire" with dignity.
Is this because Zhu Yijun cannot distinguish right from wrong? Of course not, this is just a political compromise. It can give the Donglin Party an explanation without completely offending the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.
In fact, he deliberately maintained the party struggle within the imperial court so that neither party could escape the control of the imperial power, and accordingly they could not form a joint force to interfere too much with the emperor. In the final analysis, behind this was a contest between monarchy and ministerial power.
Although the severe punishment was not adopted, Xiong Tingbi did not lose his enthusiasm. He soon conducted an actual military inspection of Liaodong.
At that time, in the land of Liaodong, the three major military forces of the Ming Dynasty, Monan Mongolia and Jurchen were fighting against each other, and they stayed at the stage of war or peace, and the relationship was unclear. However, despite the ambiguous situation, Xiong Tingbi clearly realized that Nurhaci
The Jianzhou Jurchens under their leadership posed a far greater threat to the Ming Dynasty than Mongolia.
He pointed out that although Mongolia was powerful, they "only plundered property and had no distant aspirations", while the Jurchens in Jianzhou had similar food and temperament to those of the Ming Dynasty and "aimed for my land" - later facts clearly confirmed this.
In order to better defend against the Jianzhou Jurchens led by Nurhachi, Xiong Tingbi put forward the idea of rectifying military discipline, solidifying internal forces and strengthening external forces, and using barbarians to control barbarians. During his three years in office, he continued to implement this.
More than 700 miles of city walls and a large number of city piers have been built in the Liaodong territory, forming a high line of defense. Large areas of wasteland have been reclaimed and planted with crops. The grain harvest in Liaodong has reached over one million stone every year.
If there are many, it will be a merit for both the army and the people.
Since Xiong Tingbi knew that the strength of the Liaodong Ming Army was already much weaker than before due to the attrition of wars such as aiding Korea and anti-Japanese wars, he advocated that the army should focus on defense, which gave him the opportunity to clean up military discipline, improve combat effectiveness, and preserve strength. The overall strength
to recover slowly.
Under such circumstances, even Nurhachi, who had heroic ambitions, had to re-examine his plan and went dormant.
In the thirty-ninth year of Wanli, Xiong Tingbi's term in Liaodong expired, and he was ordered to be appointed as the inspector of schools in Nanzhili. However, after that, Xiong Tingbi had many disputes with the Donglin Party. This is not surprising. The inspector of schools in Nanzhili went to
It's someone else's territory.
During his tenure as the Superintendent of the Nanzhi School, Xiong Tingbi became more and more offended by the Donglin Party because "all the people he promoted were famous people, all the people he promoted were from humble backgrounds, and all the people he deposed were the sons of the squire Jin, most of whom were disciples of Donglin."
Soon after, Xiong Tingbi, who had strict discipline and bad temper, was caught by the Donglin Party members for beating a prisoner to death. After being impeached, he was immediately removed from his official position and could only stay at home and idle for many years.
At this time, Nurhaci, who had established the Hou Jin regime, took the opportunity to launch the "Battle of Sarhu" in Liaodong. Yang Hao, who replaced Xiong Tingbi to guard Liaodong, led 120,000 Ming troops to fight with Nurhaci's Eight Banners Army, but because everyone knew
For those reasons, it resulted in a disastrous failure.
Since then, Ming Dynasty has repeatedly lost its original advantages and become passive. As the situation develops from bad to worse, "cleaning up the mess in Liaodong" has become a hot potato that Ming officials cannot avoid.
Under such circumstances, Xiong Tingbi, who had been idle at home for many years, finally remembered and received the order to resurrect. Xiong Tingbi, who was eager to save the country, did not weigh the pros and cons. After receiving the appointment of "Liaodong Economic Strategy", he worked day and night despite his illness.
After traveling for more than 200 miles, we arrived in Liaodong.
In order to rectify military discipline, inspire military morale, stabilize people's hearts, restore Liaodong's military defense capabilities as soon as possible, and respond to enemy attacks, Xiong Tingbi, with the support of Zhu Yijun, began to carry out drastic military reforms in Liaodong.
He first asked the imperial court for instructions and mobilized some elite Ming troops and supplies from various places to solve the most pressing problem. Then he personally visited various important towns in Liaodong and gave the original soldiers and civilians in Liaodong a shot in the arm. He once escaped from the battle.
He also executed generals who were corrupt and corrupt, and replaced them with a group of generals who performed relatively well.
In this way, in less than a year, he re-established an impregnable defensive front in the key areas of Liaoning and Shenyang, and the Liaodong Ming Army also began to show a good situation in which the generals were eager to fight and the morale of the soldiers was high. Here
The effectiveness of the campaign was very intuitively proven by the fact that Xiong Tingbi defeated Nurhaci who invaded Liaodong twice shortly afterwards.
At the same time, this also shows that Zhu Yijun is in control of the overall situation, and as always knows who is the minister who can really do things, and as always has the courage to delegate power after being enabled.
However, it is a pity that just when Liaodong was in a good situation, the imperial court thousands of miles away began an unprecedented power reorganization.
In less than three months, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun and Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo died one after another. Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiaochong succeeded to the throne. The party struggle between the DPRK and China became more intense, and even Xiong Tingbi, who was far away from the customs, was not immune. He
He was soon impeached and resigned by the Donglin Party's spokesman, and Yuan Yingtai of the Donglin Party succeeded him as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.
Unlike Xiong Tingbi, who has outstanding military command talents, Yuan Yingtai can even be said to be ignorant of military affairs. Therefore, within three or four months of taking office, Nurhaci found out his true nature.
Liaodong, which was once impregnable under the garrison of Xiong Tingbi, was gradually found by Nurhachi and planted spies from Hou Jin. After that, Yuan Yingtai no longer had the ability to fight Nurhachi.
However, Yuan Yingtai, who was unaware of the danger, still listened to the DPRK's call for a quick victory and took the initiative to launch an attack, which obviously accelerated his defeat.
In a short period of time, he lost Shenyang, Liaoyang and other important cities one after another, and could only lead the vulnerable Ming army to retreat to the west of the Liaohe River. Yuan Yingtai, who felt that the end was over, committed suicide with his whole family, leaving this unsolvable endgame to the The imperial court. And Xiong Tingbi, who had been squeezed away, was remembered by the imperial court in worry.
After Emperor Tianqi personally received him and "told him with emotion and moved with reason," Xiong Tingbi, as a minister, could not show his temper, so naturally he could only take over the task of cleaning up the mess again.
However, what Xiong Tingbi didn't expect was that even though this was already the case, the imperial court would still ignore his requests for troops and wages, citing financial difficulties and the Sichuan rebellion. The Donglin Party members even took advantage of this opportunity to Wang Huazhen, who had the reputation of "can win a war without money" and was of his own faction, wanted to take the post of governor of Liaodong to check and balance Xiong Tingbi.
The most ridiculous thing here is that Xiong Tingbi cannot get military pay, but the Donglin Party has planned corresponding military pay for Wang Huazhen. As a result, Xiong Tingbi, who is the manager of Liaodong, is severely constrained and cannot perform anything, while Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong On the contrary, he led an army of 60,000 to guard the important town of Guangning, and the military pay was sufficient. This is a sharp contrast.
During this period, in order to support Wang Huazhen, the Donglin Party petitioned many times to revoke Xiong Tingbi's official position in Liaodong. Wang Huazhen also said that he could bring good news to the court before autumn. The difficulty of Xiong Tingbi's situation at this time was obvious.
However, the Donglin Party members boasted about their ability in Haikou, but they obviously did not have the corresponding strength. Facing the fierce Eight Banners army that came in May, Wang Huazhen did not even have the strength to resist, so she could only abandon Guangning and flee all the way to Shanhaiguan. .
By the time Xiong Tingbi came to support, Guangning had been captured by Nurhaci. He still had his old temper. He first laughed at Wang Huazhen, but finally took over the remaining troops and escorted the generals and civilians to Shanhaiguan.
According to the situation at the time, Wang Huazhen was obviously mainly responsible for the loss of Guangning. However, in order to cover up their actions of recommending Wang Huazhen to garrison in Guangning and get rid of their culpability, the Donglin Party members began to divert misfortune to the east and "support Xiong Tingbi". "Unfavorable" issue. So Xiong Tingbi was also sent to prison, awaiting sentencing.
Xiong Tingbi stayed in prison for three years and worked hard to clear his grievances. However, he ultimately failed because he completely became a victim of political struggle.
At that time, the Eunuch Party, which had a grudge against the Donglin Party, planned to take advantage of this time when the Donglin Party was in a precarious position to fabricate some charges and put them to death. At that time, the leader of the Eunuch Party, Wei Zhongxian, was thinking about what charges to fabricate. , a eunuch surnamed Ma who had had a rift with Xiong Tingbi in the early years suggested that Xiong Tingbi could be fabricated as having bribed members of the Donglin Party.
Therefore, Xiong Tingbi, who clearly had no dealings with the Donglin Party, died like this.
It's funny to say that the Hou Jin regime, which he tried so hard to destroy, was given a more objective evaluation by Qianlong more than a hundred years later.
"When discussing the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty, Xiong Tingbi should be regarded as a giant. Reading his "Ci", I almost shed tears. However, a man who was loyal to the country was sentenced to death. He destroyed the Great Wall and abandoned the foundation of his ancestors without caring about it. Can this person be said to have a human heart and a conscience?"
Qianlong's words naturally had political motives, and he deliberately pointed out the faults of the Ming Dynasty to prove that the Qing Dynasty was "submissive to nature and people". However, this fault did exist objectively, so we had to let him say it.
Gao Pragmatic had no favorable impression of many officials in the late Ming Dynasty, and even had a lot of dislike for him, but he basically held a positive attitude toward Xiong Tingbi.
Although Xiong Tingbi also has his problems, such as bad temper, arrogance, and especially his tendency to mock colleagues, etc., in the officialdom...well, it is indeed a bit suspenseful. However, in Gao Pragmatic's view, these problems are minor matters.
, how can the country make small sacrifices and lose big things when employing people?
For example, he is said to be highly pragmatic and "the holy family is independent and prosperous", and he does not want to kill all those who oppose him. Even looking back, Liang Menglong was still Zhang Juzheng's disciple back then!
In short, no matter what, Gao Jingshi is indeed deliberately cultivating Xiong Tingbi, and Xiong Tingbi has been his Guanzheng Jinshi for more than two years, and Gao Jingshi is ready to reuse him for the first time.
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