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"Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" reproduces the turbulent past in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the heroes and famous generals of the past all appeared, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Zhang Yu and other generals are indeed impressive, but there are also many Wenchen in the play who are easy to ignore through the ages.

There is such a person in the play, who seems to be a small person, but is actually a great virtuous minister.

After the incident of the empty seal case and the east window of the Hu Weiyong case, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang wantonly slaughtered ** and friends at all levels, and more than 2,000 people were executed alone, so that the court went up to six departments, down to the state and county, and there were vacancies at all levels.

Everyone in the court and the central government knew that it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who helped Zhu Yuanzhang arrest officials at all levels, and his Jinyiwei, so almost no one dared to disobey Jinyiwei, but there was such a person, who was obviously a very small official, but dared to go up to ** Jinyiwei, pointing out that Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment was too heavy, and even Tie Xuan, who was appreciated by King Yan, was infected by him, and was willing to sign it together.

This person is, Natsuharaji.

Xia Yuanji in the play "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight".

Xia Yuanji, the word Weizhe. He is a native of Xiangyin County, Changsha Prefecture, Huguang, and his ancestral home is Dexing, Jiangxi.

When he was born, it was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was turbulent, ** rampant, the land of China in that era, people were divided into three, six, nine and so on, the Han people were especially suppressed and exploited, even if it was due income, it would be taken away by the official family, his father Xia Shimin was forced to take his family ** to Xiangyin, fortunately got the position of county teacher, and the family was able to make a living.

However, Xia Shimin died very early, and the three children left behind were all supported by their mother, without their father's salary, the situation of Xia Yuanji's family can be imagined, in addition to working hard to make money, there are not a few who bully their orphans and widows.

Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon" guards filial piety.

However, Xia Yuanji is very responsible as the eldest son, he feels that he is the eldest man in the family, and he should support a family like his father, so in addition to studying seriously, it is natural to work to make money, and at this time Xia Yuanji was only 13 years old.

This kind of life lasted for about 3 years, Xia Yuanji was talented, diligent and studious, and the hard life tempered his will, and the local learned elders were very optimistic about him, so he received the help and guidance of his father's former friends, which made his studies go further.

At the age of 16, Xia Yuanji has been hired as a teaching assistant in a private school, although he doesn't earn much, but he is much more decent than in the past, and he studies his knowledge every day, and his knowledge is further improving.

In the twenty-third year of Hongwu (1390 AD), Xia Yuanji was recommended by the township to enter Taixue, because of his excellent studies, he was soon recommended to enter the palace and was responsible for writing the emperor's edicts, which was naturally only available to the best students.

Once, Zhu Yuanzhang quietly came to Taixue to inspect and want to see what the students were usually doing, but many people only knew how to laugh and play, only Xia Yuanji sat still and did his studies seriously, Zhu Yuanzhang was very surprised, and felt that Xia Yuanji was very extraordinary, and he would definitely be able to do great things in the future.

Before there was the exercise of entering the palace to write edicts, and then there was Zhu Yuanzhang's good performance during his secret visit, Xia Yuanji's officialdom started higher and faster than others, and the simple sentence of "History of the Ming Dynasty" "promoted to the head of the household department" seems to imply that Zhu Yuanzhang directly promoted him to the household department.

Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon" Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although he has no grassroots experience, Xia Yuanji takes care of the affairs of the household department in an orderly manner, and is deeply appreciated by Yu Xin, the secretary of the household department.

At that time, Liu Langzhong of the household department deliberately framed Xia Yuanji in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe it at all, but executed Liu Langzhong, which fully reflected Xia Yuanji's good impression in the hearts of the leaders.

After Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, Xia Yuanji was promoted to the right servant of the household department because of his outstanding work performance, and was entrusted with important tasks in the second year, and was ordered to inspect Fujian, and had the power to picket hundreds of officials and rectify the rule of officials, but Xia Yuanji knew how to empathize with people, and never bullied local officials because he was the emperor's "Qin Mission", but continued to help the local ** and the people, even if someone made a mistake, he would give others the opportunity to make up for it, and even take responsibility for himself, so he was deeply loved by the local people, and he was only 33 years old at this time.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Jingyan, Xia Yuanji was the favorite minister of Emperor Jianwen for a time, but Zhu Di did not kill him, but promoted him to Zuo Shilang and continued to manage the affairs of the household. At that time, someone secretly warned Ming Chengzu that Xia Yuanji was the person of Emperor Jianwen and could not be entrusted with important tasks, but Chengzu instead promoted Xia Yuanji to the head of the household department, and he often sighed: "The virtuous ministers left by Emperor Taizu Gao to me are only Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi." ”

Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon" Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the Yongle court, Xia Yuanji advocated light-heartedness and proposed more than 30 new policies to improve people's livelihood. It coincided with the outbreak of floods in western Zhejiang, and the local ** could not control the floods, Xia Yuanji asked for orders to release the water to control the water, and he mobilized more than 100,000 migrant workers, according to the three rivers opened by Dayu, dredged the lower reaches of the Wusong River, connected to Taihu Lake, and then measured the land to build a sluice to control the flood.

During this period, Xia Yuanji, as a second-class member of the imperial court, not only wore cloth clothes, walked back and forth between the construction site and the government office, but also had no official stands, often ate with migrant workers, and stayed at the construction site at night, even if it was hot in midsummer, Xia Yuanji did not use an umbrella, he said: "The people are very hard, how can I bear to covet comfort alone?" ”

In the second year after the completion of the project, there was a famine in western Zhejiang, and Xia Yuanji rushed to the front line with grain, personally supervised the distribution of grain and seeds, and worked hard day and night. At that time, someone suggested that the local people should be requisitioned to clean up the silt fields, but Xia Yuanji thought that the people had worked very hard in order to dredge the river, and encountered a famine, and the family was not having a good time, so he played the emperor and strongly opposed the requisition of the people, so he did not hesitate to offend his colleagues, and even Yao Guangxiao praised with admiration: "Yuan Ji really has the heart of ancient benevolence." ”

Stills from "Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon".

In fact, Natsuhara's leniency is not only for the people.

In the seventh year of Yongle, the emperor thought that the supply of local materials was too slow, and planned to punish the ** and workers who were sabotaging the transportation of wood, so he sent Xia Yuanji and Jinyiwei to go. But Xia Yuanji was worried that Jinyiwei was too strict in law enforcement, so he released the news that they were coming in advance, and then set off, and the locals thanked Xia Yuanji for warning him in advance.

In the eighth year of Yongle, the emperor toured the north and ordered Yuan Ji to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the Imperial Procuratorate. There were two commanders who were fraudulently receiving monthly salaries, and the emperor wanted to execute them. But Xia Yuanji resolutely objected, he thought that the punishment was too heavy, even if the thief stole the money, he would not be guilty of death, so the emperor gave up.

Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon" Li Shanchang.

In the nineteenth year of Yongle, the three halls of the newly built Beijing Imperial Palace caught fire, and the emperor issued an edict asking the ministers to speak out about the mistakes of the government, and the officials said that moving the capital to Beijing was really not the right decision, not only to mobilize the people, but also to spend too much, and the burden on the people was too heavy. When the emperor heard this, he was furious and wanted to execute the speech officials, and let the ministers and speech officials go to the outside of the hall to debate, and if they lost the debate, they would be severely punished.

Everyone knew that the emperor wanted to kill the ** who dared to speak out, so they unanimously accused the speech officials, only Xia Yuanji defended the speech officials, and Shang Song said: "They responded to the edict and put forward their own opinions, and there was no crime." Ministers and a bunch of ministers who make up a number of ministers can't cooperate to assist in national affairs, but do everything according to the emperor's wishes, which is really guilty. ”

When the emperor heard this, he felt that he was reasonable, and he released the officials. Since then, his colleagues have respected Natsuharaji.

In the household department, Xia Yuanji always insisted on light taxes, thin servitude, to alleviate the people's suffering, but Ming Chengzu was warlike all his life, while levying hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Annan, while overhauling the Beijing Imperial Palace, the imperial court spent tens of thousands, all the ** of the household department suggested increasing taxes, but Xia Yuanji never allowed, he tried every means to increase the tax **, not only did not increase the burden on the people, but also fully guaranteed all the war expenses of Ming Chengzu.

The emperor knew that Xia Yuanji was not easy, but Xia Yuanji never said that it was difficult, only solved difficulties, and others advised the emperor not to spend money, but Xia Yuanji never said, and only wanted to help the emperor make up the expenses, so the emperor relied heavily on Xia Yuanji, thinking that his logistics support was no worse than the generals who killed the enemy on the battlefield.

Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon" Zhu Di.

In the winter of the nineteenth year of Yongle, Ming Chengzu wanted to go on a big expedition to the desert, and ordered Yuanji to discuss with Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and they all said that it was not appropriate to send troops. But it hasn't been played yet, and it just so happened that the emperor summoned Fang Bin, and Fang Bin tried his best to say that the cost of raising the army was insufficient. Chengzu was very unhappy, and at the same time summoned Xia Yuanji to ask about the border reserves.

Xia Yuanji replied: "After sending troops for many years, they have returned in vain, and the military horse reserves have lost one-tenth of their **, coupled with the continuous occurrence of famines, and now they are in difficulty at home and abroad." Besides, your Eucharist is not safe and needs to be recuperated, so please send your generals out on the expedition and do not drive in a labor car. ”

Chengzu was furious, thinking that Xia Yuanji was clearly concerned about his health, but in fact he still did not agree with his northern expedition to the desert, so he imprisoned Xia Yuanji in the inner official prison, but when he copied Xia Yuanji's house, in addition to the banknotes given to him by the emperor that year, only cloth clothes and altars and jars remained.

In the second year, Ming Chengzu went north and returned because of the lack of food. After that, he went out of the fortress again and again, but there was no enemy in sight. When he returned to Yumuchuan, Ming Chengzu was critically ill and said to the people around him: "Hey, it seems that Xia Yuanji really cherishes my body." ”

After the news of Zhu Di's death came, Xia Yuanji fell to the ground crying and couldn't get up for a long time. Emperor Renzong ordered him to be released from prison, discussed the funeral, and asked what to write in the edict of pardon. Xia Yuanji replied that he would give relief to the hungry, reduce the amount of labor, stop going to the West and procuring gold and silver from Yunnan and Jiaozhi. Renzong obeyed. With his outstanding political achievements, Xia Yuanji was at least an official in the Renzong Dynasty, and he was at least the crown prince and the young master and the secretary, and enjoyed three positions.

Stills from "Mountains and Rivers and Bright Moon".

After Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, the Han king Zhu Gaoxu rebelled. At first, Xuanzong planned to send military attachés to lead troops to the battle, so he convened his ministers to discuss. However, Yang Rong persuaded Xuanzong to go on the expedition in person, which made Xuanzong very embarrassed, because he didn't want to go on the expedition at all, and many people objected to Yang Rong's proposal.

At this time, it was Xia Yuanji who stood up again, and he said, "Have you forgotten Li Jinglong's old things? When the minister saw the generals who were about to go on the expedition yesterday, and the order was given, their faces changed, and the imminent situation could be imagined. Besides, the soldiers are fast, roll up their armor, and move forward quickly, just as they can take the lead, Yang Rong's strategy is a clever plan. ”

After hearing this, Xuanzong agreed to the royal conquest.

Zhu Gaoxu was originally high-spirited and thought that the generals sent by the imperial court were just generals, but when he heard that the emperor was personally driving, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to leave the city. People praised Yang Rong's good strategy, but they didn't know that without Xia Yuanji's words, Xuanzong would not have been able to drive the expedition in person.

War scenes from Mountains, Rivers and Bright Moon.

Xia Yuanji is magnanimous, if others have small mistakes, he will definitely cover them up, if it is the fault of offending the emperor, Xia Yuanji will not ask them for the guilt, but admit the fault to the emperor himself, and bear all the responsibility. Lu Zhen once squeezed out Xia Yuanji, and later Lu Zhen asked for an official for his son, and Xia Yuanji helped him ask for an official regardless of his previous suspicions because of his meritorious service in defending the city during the "Jing Disaster". Pingjiang Bo Chen Yan didn't like Xia Yuanji at first, but Xia Yuanji often praised his talent and recommended him in front of the emperor.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" contains: "Yuan Ji and Yi both started when Taizu. Yi Bingquan Zheng, the original Ji Xiao Du Branch, are twenty-seven years, and the name is ahead of Sanyang. The world of benevolence and Xuan, the external and Taiwan provinces, the internal pavilion, and the three Yang concentric auxiliary government. Righteousness is good at planning, glory is good at decisiveness, and Yuan Ji and Shiqi are especially general, and they have the style of ancient ministers. ”