In order to ensure the selection and appointment of feudal officials, Taizu implemented the strategy of "three visits to the thatched cottage", and Ming Chengzu also followed this strategy. In the 12th year of Yongle (14 14), Kuang Zhong worked as an official for nine years, and was given a trial position in Beijing as usual. At that time, does Lu Zhen had a good relationship with Yu Yi and strongly recommended him to learn from Kuang Zhong. As it happens, Lu Zhen, the entourage of Judy's northern tour, needs a short selection of subordinates to talk with Kuang Zhong, which is highly valued. In the spring of the following year, he was recorded as the minister of Liu's ritual department, and broke the routine and was summoned by Emperor Judy. Since then, Kuang Zhong has performed his duties more diligently, and all the important ceremonies, such as the conferring of the Queen, the Eastern Palace, the marriage of the emperor and his daughter, and the pilgrimage, have been appreciated by officials. In the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17), Judy went north again, and Kuang Zhong was under the Ministry of Rites. As Beijing was established as its capital earlier, the four foreign tributes, examinations and the Northern Expedition were all held in Beijing. Among them, such as offering sacrifices, celebrating rewards and sealing policies. , all belong to the master of ceremonies. Kuang Zhong's careful planning was greatly appreciated. "Simple and complicated, aware of China's problems." (Collection of Taishou Conditions, Volume I, Chronicle of Taishou Biography, Volume I) In the twenty-first year (1423), Kuang Zhong was promoted to Yuanwailang in the nine-year examination, and was promoted to first-class merit because of his meritorious service. In the fourth year of Xuande (1429), he explained the reasons to the emperor, requested the restoration of Kuang's family name, and was allowed to change his surname.
At the age of 24, Kuang Zhong was elected as Cao Li by Jing 'an County Magistrate Yu Yi. Nine years later, on the recommendation of Minister Lu Zhen, Ming Chengzu appointed him as the director of the etiquette department of the Ministry of Rites. Later, he was promoted to be a doctor of etiquette department. He has served in the Ministry of Rites for fifteen years, and his official voice is very good. He is highly valued by Prime Minister Yang and other ministers.
Suzhou is a prosperous and rich place, and it is the seat of the governor of Jiangnan. Eunuchs who run weaving here, officials who travel to and from health centers along the Yangtze River and coastal areas, and local officials are all powerful and illegal. Kuang Zhong is upright and upright, and does not bow to eunuchs and strongmen. He resolutely cracked down on the eunuchs who bullied the people and bullied them. After he arrived in the thrifty state, he faithfully carried out Xuan Ming's will. After more than a month's investigation, he publicly executed six corrupt petty officials. And the officials under the jurisdiction of Suzhou government were assessed. "There are five people who are greedy for ink, and more than ten people are weak. The whole county trembled. " His fearless and just behavior was praised by the world. Li Zhi said: "Generally speaking, the clock is a rule, and it is cunning and considerate." "Ming History" records: "Spare no effort to promote the benefits and eliminate the evils. It is mighty, good, and the people worship it as a god. " Zhou described him as "generous in aiding needy people", and even Shen Defu, who criticized him as "a man who ignored the agitation", had to be sure that he could "suppress the mighty and win the reputation of the people".
The soldiers of the Ming dynasty had military status and were hereditary. If a soldier in a health clinic dies or escapes, his children or grandchildren should be taken to their hometown to supplement them. In the third year of Xuande, Li Li and Zhang Hui were ordered to the Qing army in Suzhou, and the people were killed. "Wujiang County Records" records: "There are 473 people who have been wronged as soldiers and countless people have been killed. Counting one government and seven counties, the more so. " After Kuang Zhong came to power, he saw these aggrieved people, "helping the old and taking care of the young, filling the road, crying", asked the reason, pretended to be the emperor, and accused "people who use today dance outside the grammar, don't choose to do or not do, and learn to drive clean." It means that the country benefits thousands of generations of troops, and it is a great loss for the country. " At the invitation of Kuang Zhong, 160 people were exempted from military service, and 1240 people only served themselves and were exempted from military service.
The land rent in Suzhou Guantian is very heavy, from Komi to a bucket of four liters per mu, and from five buckets to three stones. Although Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty issued an imperial edict to reduce the rent of long-term officials, it was not implemented. Kuang Zhong called for a reduction in official rent, but was rejected by the Ministry of Housing. He ignored it many times, pointing out that if it is not reduced, "the amount of grain levy will remain unchanged, which is contrary to the people's lives, binding the people and breaking their promises." After repeated efforts, Xuande was approved by Xuanzong in the seventh year (1432), and the official rent was reduced by 72.160,000 stone, and the rent was abandoned by150,000 stone, which made Suzhou people feel relieved. Then, he led Suzhou people to dredge rivers and build water conservancy projects, which promoted the development of agricultural production in Suzhou. He also set up a relief warehouse to help the victims.
Before Kuang Zhong became the Suzhou magistrate, the former magistrate "never solved the lawsuit for many years, and most prisoners died in the flood". After taking office, Kuang Zhong began to deal with these cases. Suzhou Prefecture governs Wuxian, Wujiang, Changzhou, Changshu, Jiading, Kunshan, Chongming and Kuang Zhong. In less than a year, "there are more than 1,120 prisoners in the investigation department, and the officials dare not be traitors and the people have no complaints." Feng Ming magnum's "Warning Records" has an article "The Land of the Taishou, the Death of the Son", which praises "the land of heaven is like a god" and is also a proof.
Kuang Zhong also attaches importance to school education and personnel training. He "learned manners, which the Sioux have always cultivated." Subsidize poor scholars and recommend talented people to the court. Zou Liang, a Confucian scholar, is brilliant. "If the clock wants to commend its talent in the DPRK, there will be a book with an anonymous name, who will sneak into the court. Zhong Deshu said with a smile:' He wants to be famous by my recommendation.' So he played the role of Ming learning, called for trials, granted officials, served as the second division, and supervised the empire. "Zhu Yun said," In Yao School, mentoring gives gifts ... When mentoring enters the county, they will stay in the inner room, sit and sip and smile, and be happy. If it is personal, it will be slow. "Thus, Kuang Zhong's attention and preferential treatment for teachers and students in the school is not out of self-interest.
Kuang Zhong is an honest official. In "Poems for Confucians", he said that he "kept the festival of innocence, although he had no wealth and talent." Warned his son that "it is not advisable to use money, and it is inexhaustible." It can explain his frugal and self-disciplined attitude towards life. He was frugal before his death and buried thinly after his death. During the ten-year catastrophe, his grave was excavated and found to contain nothing but a few clothes and a hairpin, which proved Kuang Zhong's innocence and frugality.
During his tenure in Suzhou, Kuang Zhong was diligent in political affairs, devoted to his duties and worked for the people, and won the love of Suzhou people. In the sixth year of Xuande, Kuang Zhong's mother died. According to the etiquette, he had to go back to Jing 'an's hometown for a funeral. This is called "Ding You". It takes three years to be an official. Therefore, more than 2,000 people in Suzhou petitioned Inspector Jin Yilian, "demanding to take it back". Suzhou people also compiled a ballad: "The situation is too conservative, and many people's parents are thinking about it because they are gone. I am willing to come back to raise the fields. " And copied this ballad on paper, occupying all the streets and alleys in Suzhou. The Ming government accepted the people's demands and ordered Kuang Zhong to shorten the period of "filial piety" and return to Suzhou as an official.
In the tenth year of Xuande (1435), Kuang Zhong went to Beijing to report on his work, but Suzhou people were afraid that he would be promoted to leave because of his outstanding achievements. When Kuang Zhong set out, he was reluctant to leave because "the people were waiting for the road, and the road was under their control". In the second year (the first year of orthodoxy), at the unanimous request of Suzhou people, Kuang Zhong finally returned to Suzhou.
In the fourth year of orthodoxy (1439), Kuang Zhong was the magistrate of Suzhou for nine years. He wanted to go to Beijing for performance appraisal and appear before the emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, when local officials went to Beijing to appear in court, they usually brought gold and silver treasures and famous products to powerful officials in the capital. There was a popular song in the Ming Dynasty that said, "The magistrate of a county is a broom, the satrap is a struggle, and the political envoy is stationed in his pocket, so he must go to Beijing to shake it." Kuang Zhong appeared in a court in Beijing, but he was penniless. When he left for Beijing, he wrote poems to bid farewell to the Suzhou people who came to bid farewell. Two of them said:
one
There is no inch of cotton in the south of the Yangtze River.
Shy scholars send gifts to each other, and horses spill wine like a spring.
Secondly,
Luggage consignment goes into battle lightly, and Chang 'an looks far away.
Stop flogging, remember it as an official day, and everything is comparable to the alliance of heaven and sun.
After Kuang Zhong went to Beijing, he was promoted at the end of his term. Eighty thousand people in Suzhou wrote to ask Kuang Zhong to return to Suzhou again. Ming Yingzong accepted the people's demands, promoted Kuang Zhong's official position and taught him Daoism, but he returned to Suzhou to be a magistrate.
Kuang Zhong died in Suzhou at the age of 60 after seven years of orthodox education (1442). When Kuang Zhong's coffin was transported back to Jiangxi, "many people sent it home crying". On the ship carrying Kuang Zhong's coffin, "there are only books and utensils, and nothing else." The seven counties to which Suzhou Prefecture belongs have set up ancestral temples for him as a memorial. Most of Kuang Zhong's major works are included in the Taishou of the Country. The book has sixteen volumes, the first volume and the addendum volume, published in the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), and printed in Guanghe Guangrentang. Today, only China Academy of Sciences Library, Shanghai Library and Gansu Provincial Library have complete collections. Another book, Kuang Jing An Ji, consists of eight volumes, one at the beginning and one at the end. Published in the 17th year of Guangxu (189 1). Originally collected by the Chen family in Shuangxi, Jing 'an County, it is now in Jiangxi Provincial Library. There is no record in Sikuquanshu. His poems are mainly exhortation poems, which are both ideological and artistic.
In art, most of his poems are clear and accessible, but they pursue formal beauty, are relatively simple and unrestrained, and are passionate. Many languages are colloquial and close to the people's language, which can better serve the content.
"Save ten years for the Prime Minister"-Harry
"Ten years is worthy of Zhao Qingxian, and Qi Yi and Zhang Yizhou meet again." Yang Shiqi
"Clear sky"-Suzhou people
"French folk music makes people stay. The reputation of heaven is clear, and the public is not guilty. " -Suzhou Canglang Pavilion 500 Hou Xian Temple Statue Praise
The female wall in front of the Taishou Temple in the south of the city is still recognized as Fang Jia. Gusu wonders about the villagers' way, and the word "blue sea and sky, eternal fragrance" -Shumenglan Mine Central Park, located in the east of Jing 'an County, was originally the woodland of Jing 'an County Forestry Research Institute. 1984 was converted into Jing' an Forest Park, and/kloc-0 cut the ribbon on New Year's Day in 1986. In memory of Kuang Zhong, a famous historical figure in Jing 'an County and an honest official in Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Kuangzhong Garden on 1995.
The garden gate is a palace-style masonry gatehouse. Kuang Zhong Garden covers a total area of 47.36 square kilometers, including hills of 38 square kilometers, lakes of 1.67 square kilometers and construction area of 0.87 square kilometers. There are 65,438 scenic spots, 8 pavilions, 2 lakes, 65,438 children's amusement parks, 1 forest hotel and 65,438 outdoor dance floors in the park. There are more than 250 kinds of precious ornamental trees in the park, such as pine forest, weeping willows and cypresses, and more than 400 kinds of flowers, such as Chimonanthus praecox, smiling face and cherry blossoms, are colorful. The mountain wind is passing by, the bamboo forest is surging, the pines are bursting, and it is fragrant everywhere. In the dense forest, thrush, oriole, turtledove and starling sound melodious. Under the green trees and by the lake, 10 scenic spots have been built, such as the lion Yang Xian, the moon in the middle of the lake, the Shuanglong Fountain, the golden monkey jumping on the stream, the range rover in the fairy cave, the bamboo forest dream, the fish watching in Longtan, the snow walking in Xun Mei, the crane listening in the pine forest and the hidden spring under the leaves. The stone steps in the garden are undulating and the winding path is secluded, which has both the wild interest of forest park and the charm of Jiangnan garden. Rebuilding Kuang Zhong's Tomb here enriches the humanistic connotation, so Kuangzhong Garden is a beautiful leisure and entertainment place in the suburb of Jing 'an, an ideal classroom for teaching and tourism, and also a characteristic scenic spot in Sanchalun Scenic Area.
For nearly 600 years, Kuang Zhong's body has been buried in Fairy Mountain, Yakou Village, Gaohu Town, Jing 'an County, Jiangxi Province. However, the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution" is inevitable. "Folk music is carried out by law, and the people stay and the people move. Famed all over the sky, the public is not guilty "(praised by the statue of 500 Hou Xian Temple in Canglang Pavilion, Suzhou), Kuang Zhong was also dug grave to protect his body and perform laparotomy. 1983, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Kuang Zhong's birth, the county people's government built a new tomb and statue for him on Gaoshan Mountain (now Kuangzhong Garden) in the eastern suburb of the county, and built a "Qingfeng Pavilion" behind the tomb to show his achievements and inspire others.
This is a special shrine in memory of Kuang Zhong. 1963 is listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
The gate of Kuanggong Temple faces east, and there is a banner of Kuanggong Temple on the brick door. Inside, the hard mountain hall faces south, with flat beam frame and front porch. The width of the three rooms is 13m and the depth is11m. There is a stage to the south of the hall. The front desk is 5 meters square, about 08 meters from the ground. Open on three sides, with a roof backed by mountains, connected with three backstage in the south, and the general plane of the front and backstage is convex. There are two courtyards in the west of Xiangtang, including two building entrances and a boat hall, and three east room entrances in the south. The viewing hall, stage, boat hall and Jinliang Building of Kuanggong Temple were overhauled in 1993 and 1994 respectively, and are now used by Canglang District Library.