Taiping Heavenly Kingdom When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rose, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, green camp and other regular troops had already decayed. The gentry in Liuyi, Taizhou, relied on local regiments to save themselves and recover their hometown, and had the reputation of "the hometown of loyalty and righteousness". However, the quality of these local regiments is mixed, and some of them have become bandits. They have done harm to one side and complained bitterly, but the local government is unable to punish them. At the beginning of getting off the bus, Liu pursued the strategy of using heavy code in troubled times. First, he secretly investigated the bandits' whereabouts according to their records. Then, suddenly, in the middle of the night, he personally led the soldiers, took copper coins in his mouth, and went straight to the bandits' nest. The bandits such as Xu Dafang, He Shoufeng, Wang Kehe and Qiu Caiqing were wiped out. Later, he conspired with Sun Xi, the magistrate of Huangyan County, and wiped out hundreds of bandits in Qitian (according to the west of Huangyan) in one fell swoop, eliminating Taizhou bandits. The old saying that "the blood of six cities in Taizhou is pitiful, and the sound is dyed a little red" is purely a sarcastic remark by the opposition, but it also shows the desperate spirit of Liu Zhifu and bandits. As the 98-volume biography of Taizhou Fuzhi of the Republic of China said: "Smart and capable, brave in doing things, although occasionally using politics, it is close to Wu Jian. However, after the erosion of Taiwan, its reconstruction is indispensable." In addition, he repaired the county town, thickened and heightened the city, and opened the East Lake. The city has built-in martial arts halls, large and small tinkers, gunpowder and ordnance bureaus, and suggested that the governor move the company commanders of Huangyan to Haimen, which strengthened Taizhou's coastal defense and sent guerrillas to station according to the situation. Taizhou's military equipment was awesome for a while.
In the 11th year of Tongzhi's death (1872), in September, Liu Ji returned to serve his father, and he was ordered to leave office with a Taoist priest and a top hat. Before he left, Taizhou gentry reluctantly set up a memorial tablet for him, and built a shrine in Fuxue Palace to commemorate his "Inscription of Linhai Yixue", which is now transferred to Zheng Guangwen Memorial Hall. In the early years of Guangxu, he was a Taoist in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. For six years (1880), he was stationed in Zhangjiakou under Zuo Zongtang's command. The following year, he went to Beijing to make a pilgrimage to Emperor Guangxu, and was awarded the post of garrison commander and prefect of government in Taiwan Province, Fujian. His strength lies in managing affairs, but his weakness lies in being a man. When Taiwan Province was in office, he promoted schools, reclaimed land, dealt with unjust imprisonment, and rectified salt, tea, coal mines and taxation industries, which made him quite vocal. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), the French invaded Taiwan Province, and Liu actively prepared for the war and held his ground. After the fall of Keelung, the whole Taiwan shook, and his words were eagerly taboo by those in power, and he was finally charged by Luo Zhi, impeached and imprisoned. After China and France negotiated peace, they were sent to Heilongjiang. In the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), he arrived at the garrison in July and died immediately in1February. Taizhou gentry deeply regretted the bad news. When we stroll along the Labor Road in front of Taizhou Hospital, don't forget that there were many road names from north to south, such as Hengjiexia, Lion Bridge, Santaifang Lane, Xianxi Street, Wudao Temple, Yuan Di Temple and Madianqian. In the Republic of China, it has all been called Liu Street, that is, in order to commemorate Liu, the most famous magistrate who defended Taiwan for more than 240 years in Qing Dynasty.
On May 17, the 14th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty, the dark clouds hung low in Taizhou, the mountains stood still, and people's hearts were pounded with grief. The gentry of Taiwan's six cities (Linhai, Huangyan, Taiping, Tiantai, Xianju and Ninghai) gathered in the East Lake of Linhai, the capital city, to hold a ceremony for the magistrate Liu before the public sacrifice, and many tributes were sent from all walks of life. Among them, Wang elegiac couplet, a famous historian, educator and Huang Yan juren, is the most representative: "The advantages will flourish, the disadvantages will be eliminated, and the spirit will be rectified; No evil is not punished, no good is not obvious, and the smoke and water in Minghu will always be remembered. " Furthermore, he wrote in "The Ancestral Hall of Liu Gong, the former magistrate of Taizhou": "In the past 270 years, there were more than 60 people guarding Taiwan, and Tan Xiangmin Gong (according to the famous anti-Japanese) was the most successful; He has been in the country for more than 240 years, and there are 50 or 60 people who keep Taiwan. Liu Gongzhi's achievements are the most. " On what merit did Liu take the lead in 240 years? If you ask today's locals, they are almost at a loss. After all, it was 150 years ago. Even the Records of Taizhou compiled by Yu Changlin is vague. I am impressed by the words of Mr. Fang Xiaoru, a rural sage: "The legacy of the predecessors is also the responsibility of the deceased." A brief account of Liu Zhifu's people and things, hoping to benefit the present people.
Overview of Personal Achievements Liu's most praiseworthy achievement is Daxing Culture and Education. At that time, after the war in Taizhou, everything was in ruins, and the body of legislation focused on culture and education. He said: "If you want to achieve long-term stability, you should promote the school and make it necessary. Tracing back to Chabei County, since the establishment of education by Tang Zheng Sihu, the official department of Song and Zhu Wen was in Taiwan, and the township school was set up in Jianli Society ... In the meantime, the door was Zou Lu, and the elegant songs were simultaneous ... The government of Beifu and Myanmar wanted to read the book crown, pursue the punishment measures, clean up the original, and teach first. " Since the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867), his major measures in culture and education are as follows:
The academy was built in Fucheng, which is near the sea. He raised money to repair the government schools and county schools, set up a school hall, repaired Zhengxue and Donghu Second Academy, and founded Guangwen Academy at the foot of Beigu Mountain (later expanded into three academies, which was the predecessor of Taizhou Middle School). Supervise Linhai County to build Dongshan Academy (Haimen), Yinshan Academy (Haimen), Danhua Academy (Du Qiao), Zunru Academy (Xiaozhi) and Jiaojiang Academy (Jia), rebuild Hejiao Academy (Taozhu), expand Nanping Academy (Yongquan) and allocate more funds for Binxian Academy (Dafen). In Huangyan, the school palace was restored, and the original Dao Academy (courtyard bridge), Jinqing Academy (Jinqing), Nanqu Academy (Ningxi), Lingshi Academy (Toutuo) and Xihua Academy (Wuyan) were newly built, and Fan Chuan Academy (south of the city) and Jiu Feng Academy (east of the city) were built, and Cuihua Academy was changed to Qingxian Academy (inside the city) and Dongshan Academy to Dongou Academy. Rebuild Sixian Academy (Hongjia). Fengshan Academy (Hengjian), Yiwen Academy (Ruoheng) and Dengyun Academy (Gaopu) were newly built in Taiping County (now Wenling City). Rebuild Yunyang Academy (Fengcheng), expand Lishan Academy (Jiang Yang) and Zongwen Academy (Hengfeng), rectify Heming Academy (the city), and allocate more funds for Dongyu Academy (Wen Qiao) and Longshan Academy (Xinhe). In Ninghai, Gongtai Academy (Emperor Liang), Zhuangshi Lecture House (Dayanyang), Tingshan Academy (beside the pavilion), Longshan Academy (sea tour) and Xunzhi Academy (Kongxi) were newly built. On the rooftop, a new Civilization Academy (in the city) was built. In Xianju, the county school was restored, and the funds of Anzhou Academy were increased. According to statistics, Liu Zhifu was in office for 9 years, and urged 32 colleges in various counties to be new, rebuilt, expanded or rectified. From the late Qing Dynasty, there were 144 academies in Taizhou, accounting for 14% of the total number of academies in Zhejiang Province at that time.
Wei Liu, a school for poor children, has set up more than 100 schools all over Taizhou. There are six schools in Linhai Chengguan alone, including Dongcheng, Nancheng, Zhongcheng, Xicheng, Beicheng and Zhongjin. The more famous villages in Linhai are: Xiaozhi, Cangshan, Qifeng, Furong, Taozhu, Pragmatic, Enlightened, and Liuxian. In order to ensure the teaching effect, people are also sent to patrol and supervise regularly to reward outstanding students. He himself often visits colleges on foot and at night. As he said in the book "The Origin of Taiwan Studies": "I have been in Taiwan for seven years, and I have taken it as my responsibility to promote literature and education in Japan. Those who learn from the talents of scholars will learn their arts and reward them; The first two subjects have won more than 20 people, and they are secretly comforted. "
Raising enough funds for running a school Taizhou is poor in land, and has always attached importance to merchants. After the war, finance is particularly scarce. In order to completely solve the worries of colleges and universities, in the seventh year of Tongzhi (1968), Liu drew up the articles of association and donated Haimen salt for the funds of colleges and buses. About 3,000 strings of copper coins were distributed every year, divided into 60%: 40% was allocated to the funds of County College and Liuyi University; 10% of the students are enrolled in the township test in Sichuan; Ten percent of them will try Sichuan capital. At the same time, a notice was issued, and all counties in Shenzhen confiscated the waste products of temples and Taoist temples and distributed them to colleges and universities. Set up Peiyuan Bureau, allocate land within 20 miles of two townships in the southeast of Fucheng to Peiyuan Bureau for all public welfare institutions such as education, and raise funds in various ways, and * * * has accumulated more than 200,000 yuan, which is earmarked for special purposes, and local officials are not allowed to use it for other purposes. In addition He set aside special funds to purchase Taizhou Guild Hall in Beijing, which is convenient for Taizhou candidates and foreigners to board. Since the "two-out-of-school case" occurred in Taizhou, Shunzhi, Qing Dynasty, only 43 years have passed since Linhai Township, and 40 years after Qianlong (1775), Linhai County's scholars have been out of the list 102, and all scholars have been exhausted for a while. However, through Liu Zhifu's renovation of cultural and educational undertakings during the Tongzhi period, he finally achieved fruitful results in Guangxu Dynasty. There were 17 scholars in Taizhou (including 8 in Linhai County), but only 38 scholars in the whole Qing Dynasty, accounting for nearly half in Guangxu period. The facts strongly show that Liu Zhifu's achievements in Daxing culture and education are obvious to all. The "Taizhou Fuzhi" of the Republic of China also praised: "The culture and education of Taiwan is a great boost." Finally ending