The first loyal minister in the Xinhai Rebellion. ——Tieliang gave liters and elegiac couplet
During the feudal dynasty, the most important character of an official was loyalty. There have been many loyal ministers in our history. In the face of crisis, some of these loyal ministers tried their best to save the country, while others died for their country, leaving behind many heroic stories.
In the late Qing Dynasty, there was such a loyal minister who was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. This loyal minister was Sheng Yun, the governor of Shaanxi. For the long-term stability of the Qing Dynasty, Sheng Yun worked hard and did everything he could to maintain the rule of the Qing government.
Even after Puyi abdicated, Sheng Yun still led his troops to fight in the northwest and also established a base for Puyi to continue the Qing Dynasty's rule, which shows how loyal he was to the Qing government. So, what kind of story does Shengyun have? Let’s talk about it today.
The upright honest official
As we all know, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the children of the Eight Banners got special demands. In order to repay these Eight Banners who followed them to conquer the world, these people can get rich money and food without labor.
Because of this, most Eight Banners children only know how to eat, drink and have fun since they entered the pass, and live a happy and happy life generation after generation. Although the vast majority of the Eight Banners children have no ambitions, some of the Eight Banners children are unwilling to be mediocre and have become pillars of the country.
As the Mongolian Yellow Banner, Sheng Yun is an ambitious Eight Banners. His full name is Dorot Sheng Yun . He passed the imperial examination in the eighth year of Guangxu and officially appeared on the political stage. Like other Han , the first official career of the Han , Sheng Yun only got a small official from the county magistrate and started from the grassroots level.
But in just a short fifteen years, he was promoted to a rank of officials. It is not difficult to see from this point that Sheng Yun has extraordinary talents and is also well versed in the way of being an official.
At that time, although the Qing government had already begun to decline, it also hoped that capable ministers could emerge for their own use. The appearance of
文官网 gave the corrupt Qing government a little vitality. During his tenure, Sheng Yun continued to save expenses for the Qing government. Other officials used the government's allocation to the court to make personal gains, and he was careful to calculate and achieve the goal of stabilizing the people with the minimum expenditure.
Due to the long-term fiscal deficit in the Qing government's treasury, the officials who could save money for the country at this time were undoubtedly loyal ministers of the court. It was precisely because of seeing Sheng Yun be loyal to the court that he was able to be promoted again and again in such a short period of time.
liters also pay great attention to the construction and development of agriculture. As a country dominated by agricultural economy, food is undoubtedly the foundation of the Qing government. While saving expenses, all the money saved will be spent on reclaiming farmland and building irrigation facilities, so as to increase grain production in various ways to relieve the pressure from the court.
liter Yun not only does his best to do his best to be honest in the officials, but also dares to speak out about things that they do not agree with, and is not afraid even if they offend everyone. On the 70th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, Prince Qing . In the name of the empress dowager's birthday, Yi Li suggested that officials from all provinces donate money to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday.
This approach undoubtedly increased the burden on the people, but the officials were all ecstatic because this was an opportunity to plunder the wealth of the people with a high sound, and they could make another profit from it.
, who received the news, not only did not contribute money in accordance with the court's request, but also wrote to the court to stop the movement and advised Empress Dowager Cixi not to be extravagant. His actions made Prince Qing, the initiator, very unhappy, and since then, Sheng Yun was jealous of him.
Many officials who had a deep friendship with Sheng Yun once advised him not to be too straightforward, but Sheng Yun was completely unmoved and kept writing letters to advise.
After seeing Sheng Yun’s memorial, although Empress Dowager Cixi did not obey Sheng Yun’s advice, she also highly praised his integrity and love for the people, calling him “the virtue of the full staff has never been seen.”
From what Sheng Yun had done above, he highly praised Chinese traditional Confucianism , so he also regarded honesty and honesty as his life principle.
However, upholding this idea has suffered a huge impact in the era in which he lives.
The impact of the new era and new ideas
During the Sino-French War , Sheng Yun witnessed the arrogant and arrogant foreigners. In his opinion, The Qing Empire as a country in the Celestial Empire should be high and superior. Foreigners use advanced weapons to be domineering in their own country, which is something he cannot tolerate.
liter Yun hates foreigners very much. Every time he sees foreigners walking on the street with their heads held high, he will grit his teeth with hatred. Not only that, he also wrote to the court that he hoped that the emperor would issue an order to allow him to kill all the foreigners in his jurisdiction, which shows how much hatred he hated the foreigners.
liters This "naive and childish" memorial was naturally not approved. The court replied in the reply: "Even if you can kill all the foreigners in your jurisdiction, can you kill all their country?" The meaning is very simple, "Killing cannot solve the fundamental problem."
Seeing the approval of Sheng Yun Ru's dream, she finally realized that her thoughts could not solve the actual situation at all. In 1890 AD, Sheng Yun was transferred to work in the Prime Minister's affairs office, which gave him more opportunities to contact foreign countries.
During this period, Sheng Yun was able to go to Western countries. Among these countries, he saw a different world and realized the huge gap between the proud Qing Empire and these countries.
After a brief loss, Sheng Yun began to actively understand Western countries, carefully observed and recorded all levels from their daily life to social systems, hoping to find a way to revitalize the country.
After this understanding, Sheng Yun realized the importance of industry and commerce, education and scientific and technological development to a country. Therefore, after returning to the Qing Dynasty, he began to work in these aspects, hoping to shorten the gap between the court and Western countries as soon as possible.
1900, the Qing Empire and Sheng Yun's life, which entered the 20th century, ushered in major changes. In this year, Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on the Eight Kingdoms, and as a result, the Qing army was beaten to an end by the Eight Kingdoms coalition forces. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu had to abandon the capital and flee and go to Xi'an to take refuge.
At that time, Sheng Yun was shocked by this incident as a Shanxi censor, but he was still not afraid of life and death and led the army to serve the king. During the flight to the west, Empress Dowager Cixi took on the role of guarding the matter and was once again praised by Cixi .
While protecting Cixi, Sheng Yun seized this rare opportunity and suggested that Empress Dowager Cixi implement the new policy and carry out reforms in various fields.
Empress Dowager Cixi, who had just experienced a crushing defeat on the battlefield, had the idea of reforming and strengthening the country. After thinking for a long time, she agreed to Sheng Yun's suggestion.
was highly encouraged by the Empress Dowager's recognition and Sheng Yun. He had already seen advanced Western civilized society and was always looking forward to the arrival of this day. Not long after, he immediately set out to open a school in Shaanxi, which was the predecessor of the famous Northwestern University .
At the same time, Sheng Yun also opened a normal school in Gansu, making full preparations for cultivating future teachers. In terms of agriculture, he has opened more than 70 acres of experimental fields, hoping to cultivate more excellent vegetables and grains.
In addition, he also set up patrol police to maintain public order, set up street lights on the streets, and set up a cleaning team responsible for cleaning streets. With all kinds of efforts, the northwest region has a new look, and it became the most advanced area of the Qing Dynasty at that time in less than three years.
Indelible loyalty
html More than 0 years later, Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi died one after another, and Puyi, who was only three years old, became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The power to control the Qing Dynasty naturally fell into his father's hands, that is, the Regent Zaifeng .In order to consolidate the rule of the Qing government, Zaifeng devoted most of his experience to the reform of the state system. In addition to building a modern army, he also vigorously promoted the constitutional monarchy system.
This time, he was loyal to the Qing government, but strongly opposed Zaifeng's approach. In his opinion, the constitutional monarchy promoted by Zaifeng was just in name but not real, and the real people in power were still the original team. Such a policy was simply self-deception and useless.
Construction of a modern army is even more of a poison to quench thirst. Training a new army without a mature regulatory system is tantamount to cultivating enemies for oneself. Later facts also prove that Sheng Yun’s prediction is extremely accurate.
This time, Sheng Yun's opinion was not adopted, and he was dismissed for obstructing the new policy. However, Zaifeng still privately said to the loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty: "This is a last resort, and it will be launched soon."
Just as Sheng Yun was waiting for re-activated at home, the revolution of Xinhai broke out, and the rule of the Qing government was shaky at this time. The new army of Yuan Shikai did not listen to the command of the court at all. The thing that Sheng Yun was most worried about was still happening.
In order to save the crisis, the Qing government quickly launched the promotion and reappointed him as the governor of Shaanxi, hoping that his ability to turn the tide. He received the authorization of the government and quickly mobilized the army and formed an army with 50 battalions, and then quickly launched a counterattack against the rebellion in Shaanxi.
After he conquered Xi'an, he planned to use this place as the capital to welcome the emperor here, and establish a regime in the northwest to continue the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全全
Although he has such a loyal minister, the torrent of history cannot be stopped no matter what. On February 12, 1912, Emperor Xuantong abdicated and the Qing government's rule over the Central Plains was completely over.
When Emperor Puyi of the Qing Dynasty announced his abdication, he was constrained by the slow transmission of backward traffic and information at that time. Dorot Shengyun did not get this information as soon as possible and was still fighting with the rebels.
According to relevant information, he had already made half of Puyi in the Shaanxi area, and the Qing Dynasty showed signs of continued maintenance. However, after the news of Puyi's abdication came, many soldiers lost the goal of "fighting for whom" and their morale was reduced to the lowest point.
Beiyang warlord 's revolutionary army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack on Sheng Yun, so that the land he had just obtained was taken back.
It is worth mentioning that when Sheng Yun learned the news of Puyi's abdication, he fell to the ground, and then cried loudly and shouted loudly: "The old minister is about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first!"
After becoming the president, Yuan Shikai sent people to make peace with Sheng Yun many times, hoping that he could accept the reality and submit to him. Sheng Yun executed all the messengers who came to make peace. Some of them were tortured to death by using cruel means such as cutting off the heart. It seemed that only in this way could he vent his anger.
Although Sheng Yun still had obsession with the Qing government, as his troops decreased, he realized that he was powerless to turn things around. In the end, Sheng Yun had to give up his final resistance. Fleeing after defeat.
In the subsequent various movements of the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, Sheng Yun has been committed to restoring the Qing Dynasty. Just like the " anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty " in the early Qing Dynasty, he even persuaded the Mongolian king, Zhang Xun and others to support the Qing Dynasty, but he failed to realize this wish in the end.
1931, 73-year-old Sheng Yun died of illness in Tianjin. Before his death, he wrote a poem to express his mind: "The old minister is still here, how is the young master like? If you meet Lin Yan, you may meet Su Wu's letter," which shows how loyal the minister in the Qing Dynasty was.
In his later years, restoring the rule of the Qing royal family was always the most important goal in Sheng Yun's mind. From the current perspective, he was a "fool minister", but from the perspective of Confucian , he was a real "loyal minister".
What are your different opinions about this person?
