The death of Hu Zongxian, the first famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, came true. Which famous saying? The following text materials are collected and published by Xiaoyi Search. Let’s take a quick look!
Speaking of this general, we must first discuss what the situation of Japanese invaders was like in the Ming Dynasty.
Why did the Japanese invaders invade China on a large scale along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty? Naturally, it is because of the huge temptation of benefits. But why the huge benefits? Let’s talk about the melee situation in Japan during the Warring States Period: Due to the disunity of diplomacy, various princes wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty in order to obtain economic benefits. However, due to the distribution of interests, a farce was triggered in Ningbo to compete for tribute. The two Japanese vassals fought with each other and made trouble in Zhejiang, burning, killing and looting along the way. Because of this farce, Emperor Jiajing issued a maritime ban, abolished trading companies with Japan, and cut off trade with Japan. As a result, Japanese pirates joined forces with some landowners, merchants, and maritime pirates in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and committed all kinds of mischief along the southeast coast, turning it into a violent smuggling trade.
Hu Zongxian, who was a scholar and had a successful career, was sent to Zhejiang to suppress the enemy and was appointed as a prosecutor. For the sake of his official career, Hu Zongxian was very keen on flattening the nest. Once he arrived in the southeast, he rebuilt a more stable coastal defense system for the southeast coast based on the characteristics of the enemy's situation. He believed that destroying the enemy at sea was the best strategy, while land defense was to strengthen the coast and establish more maritime outposts. At the same time, a large number of personnel were sent into the civilian population to learn about the Japanese invaders and the terrain of the southeast to prepare for the Anti-Japanese War.
Hu Zongxian, whose real name is Ruzhen, is Meilin. A native of Jixi, Anhui Province, he was born in a Jinyiwei family for generations. He served as the Zhizhi governor during the Japanese pirate rebellion in the southeast.
Hu Zongxian became a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing. In the 19th year of Jiajing, he was appointed as the magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. He moved to Zhejiang to inspect and supervise the censor in the 29th year.
As a man of insight, Hu Zongxian attached great importance to the navy and firearms. He built more than a thousand battleships and equipped them with many new weapons, such as French cannons, muskets, rockets, etc. What he does is based on his strategy. Although the Japanese army was at sea and suffered fewer casualties on land, facts also proved that his strategy was correct.
Hu Zongxian attaches great importance to talents. Maybe many people don't know Hu Zongxian himself, but I don't know much about him, but Qi Jiguang, the famous national hero he single-handedly promoted, must be familiar to everyone. Qi Jiguang Yu Xiahou's talents were valued by Hu Zongxian. Because the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty Guards was no longer with the US military at the beginning of tomorrow, they were promoted to organize and train the new army, rectify lax military discipline, strictly reward and punish, and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
He is not only talented in the military, but also good at handling interpersonal relationships and properly solving people's livelihood problems. Because of the funding for the Anti-Japanese War, the Ming government increased a lot of taxes on the people on the southeast coast. People are miserable. On the one hand, they had to suffer attacks from Japanese invaders, and on the other hand, they had to pay heavy taxes. Some desperate people even joined the ranks of the Japanese invaders. It should be noted here that there were really very few Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty, and they were fake. Most of them were local Chinese. Seeing this situation, Hu Zongxian wrote to the abbot, requesting tax reductions and reductions, disarmament, to reduce fiscal revenue and expenditure, and win public support for the anti-Japanese cause.
His early preparations were so perfect. Could it be that if the enemy was not razed, would there be no justice? He took a leading role in the Anti-Japanese War and his soldiers were highly motivated. Under the policy of combined suppression and suppression, Hu Zongxian used strategies to eliminate Zhi Wang and Xu Hai, the leaders of the Japanese invaders. After that, the Japanese invasion in the southeast gradually subsided.
Although chaotic
However, the tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not. Don't stop. After returning to China, he was impeached and colluded with Yan Song's son Yan Shifan to forge an imperial edict, which was horrific. Because of this unknown crime, Hu Zongxian went to jail. In order to prove his innocence, he wrote a false accusation in prison. However, it didn't work. Hu Zongxian already knew that there was no way out and could only leave a sword to bury the injustice. His loyal soul lingered around Baiyun, and he committed suicide in prison in the 44th year of Jiajing. He is 54 years old.
Since ancient times, birds have been buried, rabbits have been killed, and dogs have been cooked. Most of the promising generals of the Ming Dynasty ended badly, especially those who responded flexibly to the current situation. They lived on records and records, and after their collapse they were put in cold storage. Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang are like this, just like the famous saying, the Yangtze River flows eastward, and heroes emerge from its waves. Whether it is right or wrong, or a failure, it is all in vain so far and has disappeared with the passage of time.