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The death of Hu Zongxian, the first anti-Japanese leader in the Ming Dynasty, fulfilled which famous saying throughout the ages?

Speaking of this general, we must first discuss the situation of Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty.

Why Japanese pirates invaded the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty on a large scale was naturally because of the huge temptation of profits. But why are there huge benefits? Then we have to talk about the melee situation in Japan during the Warring States Period: Because of the disunity in diplomacy, in order to obtain economic gains, every prince wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty. However, the issue of profit distribution triggered a farce of tribute disputes in Ningbo. Two Japanese princes There were armed fights and chaos in Zhejiang, burning, killing and looting along the way. Because of this farce, Emperor Jiajing issued a maritime ban, abolished the Shipping Department that traded with Japan, and cut off trade with Japan. As a result, the Japanese pirates united with some wealthy landowners and merchants in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty and the maritime pirates of the Ming Dynasty to act recklessly on the southeast coast and commit all kinds of evil, turning it into a violent smuggling trade.

As the Japanese pirate attacks intensified along the southeast coast, Hu Zongxian, who was a Jinshi and had a smooth career, was sent to Zhejiang to quell the Japanese pirate rebellion, and was appointed as the patrol supervisor. For the sake of his official career, Hu Zongxian was very concerned about pacifying the Japanese. As soon as he arrived in the southeast, he rebuilt a more reliable coastal defense system for the southeast coast based on the characteristics of Japanese pirates. He believed that the best strategy was to eliminate Japanese pirates at sea, while the land defense was to consolidate the coast and establish more of sea sentry. At the same time, many people were sent to the people to understand the Japanese pirates and the terrain of the southeast, so as to prepare for the anti-Japanese war.

Hu Zongxian (November 4, 1512 - November 25, 1565), whose courtesy name was Ruzhen and whose name was Meilin. His ancestral home is Jixi, Anhui, and his family has been born in Jinyiwei for generations. During the Japanese Rebellion in the Southeast, he served as the governor of Zhejiang Province.

Hu Zongxian became a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing (1538). In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), he was appointed as the magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and moved to Zhejiang to patrol and supervise the censor. , served as an official for twenty-nine years.

As one of the few knowledgeable people, Hu Zongxian attached great importance to the navy and firearms. He built more than a thousand warships and equipped them with many new firearms, such as Folan cannons, muskets, rockets, etc. Everything he did was based on his strategy, which was to keep Japanese pirates away from the sea and reduce the casualties of people on land. Facts also proved that his strategy was correct.

Hu Zongxian attaches great importance to talents. Perhaps many people do not know Hu Zongxian himself, but Qi Jiguang, a famous national hero whom he single-handedly promoted, must be very familiar to everyone. The talents of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou were valued by Hu Zongxian. Because the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty Guard Army was no longer what it was in the early Ming Dynasty, he promoted them to organize and train the new army, reorganize the lax military discipline, strictly enforce rewards and punishments, and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

Not only is he talented in the military, but he also handles people's livelihood issues very appropriately. Because of the funding for the anti-Japanese war, the Ming Dynasty increased a lot of taxes and corvee on the people on the southeast coast. The people were miserable. On the one hand, they were invaded by Japanese pirates, and on the other hand, they had to deal with heavy taxes. Some desperate people even joined the ranks of Japanese pirates. , I would like to explain here that there were few real Japanese pirates and many fake Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were native Chinese. Seeing this, Hu Zongxian wrote to the Ministry of Household Affairs asking for tax reductions and reductions, as well as disarmament and reduction of fiscal revenue and expenditure, so as to gain public support for the anti-Japanese cause.

His early preparations are so complete, why is there justice if he cannot defeat the Japanese pirates? He took the lead in the anti-Japanese campaign, and his soldiers had high morale. Under the policy of combining suppression and appeasement, Hu Zongxian used strategies to eliminate Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, the largest Japanese pirates. The Japanese troubles in the southeast gradually subsided.

Although the Japanese pirate rebellion gradually subsided, Hu Zongxian was affected by the political storm of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason was that in order to protect his country, he had to show favor to Yan Song's party and even bribe him. Unexpectedly, the civil servants also regarded him as a strict party member. After the fall of Yan Song, the first assistant, Hu Zongxian was in a very dangerous situation. If he failed, he would be sent to the guillotine. The forces that hated Hu Zongxian continued to impeach him. Fortunately, Emperor Jiajing only allowed him to dismiss his official position and return to his hometown because of his hard work and merit.

However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. When he returned to his hometown, he was impeached for colluding with Yan Song's son Yan Shifan to forge the imperial edict, which was terrible. Hu Zongxian was imprisoned because of this unknown charge. In order to prove his innocence, he wrote "Defending False Accusations" in prison. However, this was of no use. Hu Zongxian already understood that there was no way out and could only Leaving behind a sword to bury an unjust prisoner, and a loyal soul lingering in the white clouds, he committed suicide in prison in the 44th year of Jiajing at the age of 54.

Since ancient times, most of the promising generals in the Ming Dynasty ended badly, especially those who responded flexibly to the current situation. The first assistant, the first assistant was refrigerated after his downfall, Hu Zongxian was like this, and so was Qi Jiguang. Just like the famous saying, the water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure turn around in vain.