Step into official career
After Hu Zongxian was admitted to the Jinshi in his early years, he was placed in the punishments department to observe politics and study government affairs. From then on, Hu Zongxian began his career. In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), Hu Zongxian was appointed as the county magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. After taking office, Hu Zongxian showed his political talent. He first organized the masses to put out the drought locust disaster that had not happened for many years, and then surrendered the local bandits in Yidu. Thieves have been doing harm in Yidu for many years. Hu Zongxian adopted the strategy of appeasement and surrender. Even if the thieves were disbanded, he turned about 1000 of them into rebels. Hu Zongxian's strategy of fighting against the enemy in the future was initially revealed when he was in charge of Yidu.
An ambitious development plan
In April of the 21st year of Jiajing (1542), Hu Zongxian's mother died and he went to his hometown Jixi. Two years later, his father Hu also died of illness. Hu Zongxian has been mourning for his parents for five years in his hometown. During these five years, he studied Yan Yi, Seven Books of Wu Jing and other books hard, which greatly improved his knowledge and laid a solid foundation for his great future.
Hu Zongxian, who was born as a scholar, first served as the magistrate of Yidu and Yuyao, and then toured Fu Xuan, Datong and other border defense towns with the suggestion, rectifying military discipline and consolidating border defense, which contributed to the stability of border defense in the Ming Dynasty. In the 30th year of Jiajing (155 1), Hu Zongxian traveled to Huguang again to take part in the rebellion against Miao people. During the ten years since Hu Zongxian entered the official career, he has made remarkable achievements step by step. His political experience and ability are beyond doubt. In April of the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), Sejong appointed Hu Zongxian as the suggestion of Zhejiang Governor.
Calm down the Japanese aggression
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been pirates, and during Jiajing period, the pirates became more and more serious. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), two groups of Japanese envoys came to China to pay tribute. Because the eunuchs of the city shipping company treated each other unfairly, they competed for the qualification of tribute envoys, which was called "Tribute War" in history. Shortly thereafter, the Ming Dynasty went on strike and strictly prohibited shipping. Normal trade channels are blocked, and under the temptation of huge profits, more desperate people take risks, attack cities and plunder land, burn and rob, and commit all kinds of crimes. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invasion in the southeast coast suddenly intensified, especially in Zhejiang and Nanzhili, and the people along the coast lived in dire straits.
In this context, Hu Zongxian became the suggestion of Zhejiang Patrol Press, which shows that the court has high hopes for him. Hu Zongxian also feels a great responsibility. Before leaving, he made an oath: "I will never return to Beijing until Wang Zhi and Xu Hai are captured alive and settled in the southeast." At the beginning of his tenure, Hu Zongxian used strict rewards and punishments as a means to rectify the long-standing abuses of slack discipline and weakness of officers and men in the Ming Dynasty. Through Hu Zongxian's efforts, the military ability and discipline of officers and men in the Ming Dynasty were improved, and their morale was gradually restored.
Soon, Zhao Wenhua, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, was sent to Jiangnan to supervise the coastal military affairs in the name of Poseidon, recommended by the cabinet records Yan Song. Yan Song's adopted son Zhao Wenhua is treacherous and arrogant. He crowded out and framed Zhongliang, and Zhejiang Governor and Zhejiang Governor Li Xian were later killed for framing. Hu Zongxian knows very well how to get on well with such people without missing the point. Therefore, in the process of cooperation with Zhao Wenhua, Hu Zongxian is cautious and sometimes even tactful. In the end, it was not obstructed by Zhao Wenhua, but also appreciated by the latter. With Zhao Wenhua's strong recommendation, Sejong quickly promoted Hu Zongxian to be the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the left consultant of Douchayuan, and added the military affairs governors of Zhejiang, Zhejiang, Nanzhili and Fujian. At this point, Hu Zongxian can be heavily deployed in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang and other provinces, and his power is much greater than that of the Governor's Office, so his son and he are also insatiable.
Hu Zongxian knew that his chance to make great achievements had come. On the one hand, he recruited and reused all kinds of outstanding talents, such as Yu and Qi Jiguang, and recruited the famous scholar Xu Wei into his own shogunate. On the other hand, there are brave generals and well-trained soldiers. Hu Zongxian supported the training of his subordinates, and the most successful one was Qi Jiajun trained by Qi Jiguang, who later developed into the main anti-Japanese force. In Hu Zongxian's anti-Japanese struggle, Hu Zongxian captured Wang Zhi and killed Xu Hai, and the Japanese aggression against Zhejiang temporarily subsided.
In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), Hu Zongxian won an unprecedented victory in the anti-Japanese struggle, gradually quelled the Japanese invasion in Zhejiang, and began to wipe out the enemy in Fujian.
Die with hatred
In May of the forty-first year of Jiajing (A.D. 1562), Yan Song, the cabinet record, was dismissed from office and his son Yan Shifan was arrested. Hu Zongxian was repeatedly promoted by Yan Song's adopted son Zhao Wenhua. In the eyes of many ministers, he belongs to the strict party. Zhao Wenhua is dead, Yan Song is out of favor, and Hu Zongxian's situation is in jeopardy. At the end of this year, at the behest of Xu Jie, the new cabinet record, Liu Fengyi impeached Hu Zongxian on ten major charges, including corruption, exorbitant taxes and levies, and party shielding Yan Song. Wang Shizhen once said: "I know Hu Zongxian's contribution, but he was suppressed by Xu Jie and could not express his grievances." It seems that all this is directly manipulated by Xu Jie, the new cabinet records, and Hu Zongxian is naturally unable to compete with it.
Soon, Sejong ordered Hu Zongxian to be removed from all his posts, and he was arrested and escorted to Beijing. At this point, Hu Zongxian has stood on the edge of the cliff. Any of the charges listed by Lu Fengyi when impeaching him can be sentenced to death. After Hu Zongxian arrived in Beijing, Sejong, mindful of his contribution to the Japanese war, changed his mind and made a decree: "Sejong Xian is not in the Yansong Party. Since I took office, I have promoted him as suggested. It has been 89 years. At first, I rewarded Wang Zhi for catching him. Now, if I am guilty, who will work for me in the future? Let him go back to his hometown and be idle. " The emperor who held the power of life and death spared Hu Zongxian and gave him a chance to be born again. However, Hu Zongxian's official career finally ends here. In the spring of the 42nd year of Jiajing (1563), Hu Zongxian reluctantly returned to his hometown in Longchuan, Jixi County.
Hu Zongxian intended to stay out of politics and enjoy his old age in his hometown. But "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop", but Hu Zongxian's political opponents don't want to stop, they are waiting for the opportunity. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), in March, almost two years after Hu Zongxian returned to his hometown, disaster fell from the sky. The cause of the matter is still inseparable from Yan's father and son. Luo Longwen, who helped Hu Zongxian resist Japanese aggression, was robbed of his property. When robbing Luo Longwen, the suggestion accidentally discovered a letter that Hu Zongxian wrote to Luo Longwen to bribe Yan Shifan as his wife when he was impeached, with a self-made imperial edict attached to it. False imperial edict, even God can't save Hu Zongxian this time. Sure enough, Sejong was furious after hearing this, and sent a letter to Hu Zongxian. In October of the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), Hu Zongxian was taken to Beijing again. In prison, Hu Zongxian wrote a 1,000-word "False Prosecution" to defend himself. But after the submission of False Sparse Argument, there was no result, and Hu Zongxian could not stand it. On the third day of November in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), Hu Zongxian committed suicide after writing the poem "Sword buries unjust prison, loyal soul surrounds white clouds", at the age of 54. Qin Long rehabilitated him in the sixth year (1572).