Every era has its own patron saint, and the famous Wang Ding is undoubtedly one of the patrons of the Qing Dynasty. In Xu Baoyun's popular historical novel Wang Zhicheng Ding: the patron saint of the Qing Dynasty, he was praised as the "patron saint" of the Qing Dynasty by Xu Baoyun. The book records Wang Ding, a college student and minister of military aircraft in the Qing Dynasty. In the face of corruption in the officialdom at that time, he was outspoken, not afraid of powerful people, thoroughly investigated corruption, and always maintained a clean and honest attitude and dared to be an official. He lived a turbulent life, being honest and upright for the people, and wrote many touching legends.
When Wang Ding was young, he was famous for his extensive knowledge in his village. At the age of 28, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. His fellow Shaanxi native, Wang Jie, the No.1 scholar in the 26th year of Qianlong, was a college student in Dongge, a minister of military foreman and a teacher of Emperor Jiaqing. He had long heard of Wang Ding's name and wanted to invite him to your home to talk about his hometown, but Wang Ding found a reason to refuse. In the eyes of others, Wang is ignorant and overreaching, and pretends to be lofty. After all, as a North Korean veteran, Wang Jie's political energy in the DPRK is enormous. Many people tried to befriend him and even tried to curry favor with him, but Wang refused his invitation.
In the first year of Jiaqing, Wang Ding entered imperial academy and became Jishi Shu. Later, I became the editor of imperial academy. Wang Jie asked Wang Ding to show him some of his own articles. Wang Jie holds an important position and is busy with his work, so he suddenly wants to read an article written by Wang Ding. Wang Ding knew that Wang Jie wanted to recommend himself in order to create a promotion opportunity for Wang Ding. If you are someone else and know that the foreman, the minister of military aircraft and the teacher of the current emperor will recommend him, you will certainly seize this golden opportunity to rise. However, Wang Ding once again rejected Wang Jie's recommendation and said, "I have received the wishes of my boss. When students are studying, they make an oath that they will be officials on their own in the future, and they will not ask them for help at any time or anything, nor will they ask others for help. Now I have been an official for two years, and this ambition has never changed. Please forgive me. " Wang Jie paused after listening, and then smiled and said, "I am very pleased that you have such an ambition."
In the 18th year of Jiaqing, 45-year-old Wang Ding left the Imperial Academy to study politics in Jiangxi. He selected talented people, made outstanding achievements in his post and won the appreciation and esteem of Emperor Jiaqing. In the 21st year of Jiaqing, Wang Ding served as assistant minister of does, assistant minister of right Ministry of Industry, assistant minister of left official department and bachelor of cabinet. According to the practice of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Ding, who is also an assistant minister of three ministries, is likely to stay in the central government and serve as minister of military affairs. Seeing Wang Ding's apprentice, there are more and more officials at all levels in Jiangxi who come to curry favor with him. There are various forms of gifts, and silver gifts are delivered to the door.
At this time, Wang Ding felt the real taste of being an official. He witnessed the vanity and snobbery of officialdom and the greed and ugliness of human nature. Wang Ding's personality is straightforward. Since he was a child, he didn't like people who were subservient to Nuo Nuo, and he didn't like people who fawned on officials. He never leaves false news for those who ask for help. He severely reprimanded those light people and shut them out. In the worst case, he played the role of bribing those who participated in the reform in court. Since then, no one in Jiangxi officialdom has dared to give gifts.
In the fifth year of Daoguang, a murder happened in Zhejiang shortly after Wang Ding served as Minister of Military Aircraft. The story is that Xu Duncheng, the son of Xu Yu in Deqing County, committed adultery and was accidentally discovered by his daughter-in-law, Xu. In order to prevent the scandal from getting out, Xu and his maid strangled her daughter-in-law Xu. Xu Cai's family was very confused about Xu Cai's death. Because Xu Cai is young and healthy all the time, how could he suddenly get sick? What is even more strange is that after the death of Xu Cai's family, the Xu family couldn't wait to bury Xu Cai's family hastily without informing them to see her for the last time. This made the Cai family more suspicious of the cause of death, so they complained to the county government and asked the government to open the coffin for autopsy. I didn't know that the Xu family had bribed the county magistrate, and the final conclusion was that the family died of a sudden illness. Cai's family refused to accept the conclusion and insisted on appealing, but there was no way to appeal. Because the Xu family is rich, they have already bribed officials at all levels in Zhejiang to be warders with huge sums of money, which has led officials at all levels to shield each other. After three years and three autopsies, there was no result, and the case was delayed for a long time.
Wang Weiyuan, the successor of Zhejiang judge, initially grasped the case and decided to retry the case. I didn't expect to be banned by Zhejiang officialdom, and the case review was subject to everywhere. Feeling helpless and sad, Wang Weiyuan chose to hang himself in a pavilion at the provincial judge's yamen. Court officials hanged themselves because of the trial, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Daoguang ordered Wang Ding to go to Hangzhou to review the case. After a difficult visit, Wang Ding opened the coffin again for autopsy, and finally came to the conclusion that Xu Cai was strangled and belonged to murder. At this point, the case that has been precipitated for three years has finally come to the bottom. The principal offender, Xu He, was arrested and brought to justice, and was duly punished. One governor, four prefectures, two colleagues, four prefectures and many county officials were found by the bribery network of officials at all levels, and all of them were dealt with according to law. The successful settlement of this case has made "the officials and the people salty, and Zhejiang people praise the public as gods."
During the Daoguang period, opium was rampant, and Wang Dingli advocated smoking ban. He recommended the imperial envoy Lin Zexu to go to Guangdong to ban smoking. In the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), the Opium War broke out, and the Qing Dynasty was beset with internal troubles and foreign invasion. Wang Dinggang came back from Kaifeng to plug the gap in water conservancy. When Wang Ding was immersed in the joy of successfully plugging the loophole, he got two very bad news. One is that the Opium War was unfavorable to the imperial court, and it was defeated repeatedly. The imperial court led by Zhang Mu A, the military minister, advocated subconscious peace talks with Britain. Wang Ding is firmly opposed to making peace with the British. He thinks it will make greater China lose face, which is a great shame. Another news is that Lin Zexu still hasn't escaped the bad luck of being sent. Long before the flood fighting, Lin Zexu was framed by the capitulators and "re-assigned to Yili for atonement" by Daoguang Emperor. When Wang Ding was ordered to control water, he recommended Lin Zexu to Daoguang Emperor to help control water. He once said to Lin Zexu, "After returning to Beijing, I will definitely recommend you to be an official before the emperor." What Wang Ding didn't expect, however, was that the Yuzhou flood had just been solved, and the letter of Lin Zexu recommended by him had not been issued, and the imperial edict had been issued, ordering Lin Zexu to go to Yili immediately to atone. This surprised Wang Ding. He felt that it was a great loss for the country to let a courageous and knowledgeable person like Lin Zexu go away.
In order to save the sacred will, Wang Ding returned to Beijing from Henan eagerly, regardless of the poisonous sores on his back. Before he went to see Daoguang, he had no time to rest, and he couldn't afford to kneel. He complained to Daoguang about the long-term harm to the country and the nation by signing the Concession Port Agreement, and praised Lin Zexu's talent and virtue, hoping that the emperor could reuse Lin Zexu. But Daoguang made up his mind and turned a deaf ear to Wang Ding's kind advice. Wang Ding felt that the emperor was so opinionated that he must have been deceived by Zhang Mu and others, so he denounced the compromise leader, foreman minister Zhang Mu and others face to face, and Daoguang Emperor mistakenly left. Wang Ding was disheartened to see that his well-meaning protest had no effect. After returning home, he decided to follow the advice of Shi Yu, a doctor of Wei State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and advised Daoguang to change his mind.
1On the night of June 8, 842, Wang Dinghuai hanged himself in Yuanmingyuan at the age of 74, fearing that "treaties should not be lightly allowed, evil cases should not be lightly opened, and forests should not be abandoned". Unfortunately, Daoguang didn't see Wang Ding's meticulous legacy written in blood until his death. On the morning after Wang Ding's death, Zhang Jingchen Fawn, a colleague of Wang Ding who worked as a military plane for Zhang Mu's best friend, learned of Wang Ding's death, saw Wang Ding's remains at the first time, and coerced Wang Ding's son, Wang Ling, to take them away and give them to Zhang Mu, who destroyed Wang Ding's remains and reported his death due to sudden illness.
The truth of Wang Ding's protest is finally known to the world. On the way, Lin Zexu was shocked to learn the bad news and lost his bosom friend. He wrote a poem, "I am very sad to know that I have shed a thousand tears and there is a desert wind in Pingsha." 1846, Lin zexu became the governor of Shaanxi province, and mourned for Wang Ding for three months. Wei Yuan, a famous thinker in Qing Dynasty, spoke highly of Wang Ding's admonition. He compared Wang Ding, who was upright, vicious and rough, to a straight official and a historical fish, to Qu Yuan, and to the Duke of Zhou, who was loyal and loyal to protect the country and was framed. 8 1 After Wang Ding's death, 1842 On August 29th, the first unequal treaty was signed in the modern history of China. Since then, Hong Kong has been separated from the motherland by Britain, and China has become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society since 155.
Wang Ding put the interests of the country and society first in his life and devoted himself to it until death do us part. Although he has a prominent official position and great power, he has never sought any personal gain for himself and his family. "Draft of Qing History" says "Qing. Is unique, he has never been asked for help in his life, nor has he been asked for help. On the day of death, there was nothing at home. " Wang Ding was a patriotic figure in China's modern history of opposing imperialist aggression. His official behavior is a model among officials, and his name is well deserved. At the same time, as a disciplinarian, his spirit of loyalty and honesty and daring to show his sword is also a model of our loyalty and cleanliness as a discipline inspector in the new era.
Note: The examples cited in this article all come from: Ding: the patron saint of the Qing Dynasty (Xu Baoyun).
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