Cheng Shimeng's political achievements

Achievements of Fuzhou:

In September of the first year of Xining (September of the lunar calendar 1068), Guang Luqing was appointed as Fuzhou satrap. His administration is simple and strict, he severely punishes local tyrants' evil deeds, handles cases impartially, and his subordinates dare not cheat. Xia Hua, an old official who has worked in Fuzhou for 40 years, said: He has met many catchers. Except for two catchers, all the catchers have not been deceived by them, and Shi Meng is one of them. Good at work, concise and straightforward, with the wind of self-optimism, many reforms, known as: "hide and pick up like a god." Fuzhou old vice city, the building is very strong. After the reunification of the country in the early Song Dynasty, the court ordered the demolition of the vice city, leaving only 3 feet, which could not prevent thieves. Successive satrap are ready to build, but they all give up because the cost is too high. As soon as Shi Meng arrived in Fuzhou, he said to the transshipment ambassador, "I only need 200 thousand yuan to build the sub-city." In the winter of the first year of Xining (1068), he went to Wushi Mountain with Sean, Shen Gongyi, Zhan Zhongmo, Du Fu and Ma Yishen. Wu Shishan, also known as Daoshan, is located in the middle of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Master Meng boarded the Range Rover and thought that this mountain was comparable to Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou of Taoism, so it was renamed "Daoshan". According to < < sacred interpretation > >; According to records, there are thirty-three scenic spots on the mountain. Because there are no signs, some scenes are nowhere to be found and some scenes are controversial. Shi Meng conducted a search study and verified the names of various scenes such as "Tianzhangtai" and "Chongtiantai". They are all seal scripts, carved on rocks, and three scenes such as "Daoshan" have been added. Together with ancient and modern times, it is called thirty-six views. Later, many scenic spots were developed. By the end of the Song Dynasty, there were 49 scenic spots, but people still called Wushi Mountain 36 wonders. This name was decided by Shi Meng. In April of the second year of Xining (lunar calendar 1069), the original city wall was built and the southeast corner was expanded, with a circumference of 950 feet and a thickness of 4 feet. Only 1.9 million yuan was spent before and after, and it only took half a year to dredge Hehuang River. The dispute between Xiangyan Temple and Yangyu villagers in Fuqing County has been protracted for a long time. Teacher Meng wrote to the imperial court, demanding that people be allowed to build dikes and farmland in coastal silt areas, and the lawsuit was ended. In the third year of Xining (1070), the temple school flourished in Fuzhou, and he decided to build a professor's dormitory in the temple school park. The professor has a dormitory, and since then. The Old Weiwu Military Gate in Fuzhou (now in front of the Drum Tower) has had double doors since Yuan Jiang, the former magistrate, was built. Shi Meng used those buildings to erect bronze pots to drip water and beat drums to tell the time. Modern Wang Yongjian said that the bronze pot made by Cheng Shimeng, the magistrate of Fuzhou in Song Dynasty, had long been lost. Its biggest feature is that every quarter of an hour or so, "Cleavage God" (robot) can automatically hit the cleavage 8 times under the action of hydraulic machinery. This device is rare in the history of China water clock development. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was a standard instrument for measuring time, which was set on the Royal Bell and Drum Tower. Modern people call it real old Beijing time. Modern Wang Yongjian said that the copper pot drip is an antique water clock made of metal copper and high-grade Brock wood, which has the function of automatically telling the time. The water in the leaky kettle can be recycled and replaced regularly. Specifications and dimensions are 2.5m× 2.5m× 2m. The sun, moon and star basins are all made of copper according to the dimensions described in the literature. The central scale of the receiving pot can rise and fall with the water quantity, and the display time is recorded. Ten thousand pots of water flowed to the kettle, making it open, and hitting the kettle eight times every 30 minutes. When the drip was finished, Shi Meng wrote poem 2 in the leaking room. One of the clouds said: "There is a new leak at the entrance of the platform, and it is already 100 minutes; If people in the county are too defensive in the future, we must also talk about Ye Shen Jun. " Ye Shen Jun refers to Ye Zuoyuan, then the engineering technical director. This shows Cheng Gong's noble character of not being greedy for work. The second cloud: "Although the wind and rain are lingering, we should not lose it for a hundred years. It should be noted that thousands of families are in good fortune. " Whether it is good or bad luck, it is very important to tell the time accurately. As can be seen from this poem, Cheng Gong is very strict with timekeepers, especially emphasizing his great responsibility. Shi Meng advocated planting banyan trees to green Fuzhou, leaving behind many poems and inscriptions such as Thunderbolt Rock, Tianzhangtai, Chongtiantai, Guanglu Yintai and Love Ape Cave. Guanglu Yintai, also known as "Yuchishan", is located in the northeast of Guanglufang, the former site of the birthplace of the Song Dynasty. In the third year of Song Xining (1070), Guang Luqing and Fuzhou satrap Meng often came here, which means "Guang Luyin Tai". At present, the landscape of Quchi, Shiqiao and Xiaoting in Qing Dynasty is still preserved, and there are more than ten cliff carvings from Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, which are municipal-level cultural relics protection units. In addition, he also took some measures beneficial to people's livelihood, culture and education, such as stopping using iron money, relieving famine, recruiting talents and promoting education. The people of Fuzhou said gratefully: "The state government has been the magistrate of Fuzhou, Xie Bi is famous for his kindness, Cai Xiang is famous for his seriousness, and success can be described as both." Teacher Meng Xing likes to visit places of interest. He has been to Wushi Mountain and enjoyed the beauty of mountains and rivers. Because he built a pavilion on it, he called it "Daoshan Pavilion", and he also visited Fu Bao Temple in Minshan, where monks sang. Shi Meng also built a Taoist pavilion in Wushi Mountain. According to Records of Wushi Mountain, the temple stands on the left, in front of the sea gate, and the city is comparable to Penglai, abbot and Yingzhou in Taoism. Because of the inscription of the word "Taoist Mountain Pavilion" in seal script, Ceng Gong made an annotation, Lin Xishu wrote a book, and he got all the tablets. Is there a monument in the back pavilion? At the beginning of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (Wanli: 1573 to 1620), Hu Ding, assistant minister of the academic department, rebuilt the Taoist mountain pavilion, and scholars erected a monument beside the pavilion, taking Lin Wei as a memorial. Twenty years after Daoguang (1840), the mirror of Shen Guang monk was wonderfully rebuilt. At present, the Bajiaodao Pavilion was rebuilt in 1955, with a height of 4m and a diameter of 4m. There are double cornices on the upper part of the pavilion, four stacked wells on the back, a beautiful woman leaning in six directions, wooden structure and patterns. It was renovated again in 2008. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1079), Ceng Gong, the then magistrate of Fuzhou, was asked to write The Story of Daoshan Pavilion, which made Daoshan Pavilion as famous as Ceng Gong. In 2008, the Daoshan Pavilion Monument was rebuilt in the north of Daoshan Pavilion, and the inscription was inscribed by Mr. Zhang, a modern calligrapher. Song Xining worked in Fuzhou for three years (1070). Although he only served for one year and nine months, the people were grateful for his achievements and official virtues. A memorial hall was built for him in Qianfu Temple in Wu Shishan (later Wu Shishan Memorial Hall was abandoned), and a poem tablet was set up beside the temple to engrave his poems. Although he is not from Fuzhou, he has made great contributions to the people of Fuzhou. The History of Song Dynasty evaluates his achievements in governing Fuzhou: "Building a city, establishing a school and governing the southeast".

Achievements of Guangzhou:

In June of the third year of Xining (lunar calendar1June of 070), he was transferred to Guangzhou. After four years in Xining (107 1 year), he served as a brief history. In October of the fourth year of Xining (107 1 lunar calendar 10), Meng, his teacher, "built a big city" to avoid the rainy season of "touching the moon on the 10th". The main project of Xining in May (spring 1072) was completed, and it didn't rain all night. In the fifth year of Xining (1072 65438+ 10/7), on the seventeenth day of the first month, "all the people who walked by the sea were amazed when they saw the new town in the water for more than a few minutes", which was attributed to the appearance of the South China Sea God. The story of building the city was rumoured, and the change of teacher Meng's post spread in the ruling and opposition circles. The "Han people" went to the temple to pray for God, all as they wished. In February of the sixth year of Xining (65438+ February 0073 of the lunar calendar), he was promoted to be an admonition officer, and later he was appointed as a well-known official in Guangzhou. Officials and people all thought this was the blessing of the South China Sea God. Meng studied in Guangzhou for "four years". "If you care about your wealth, your crown will be stolen, and you will be in a hurry, but if you don't do it, you will get help from heaven." From December, 6th year of Xining to October, 7th year of Xining (1February, 073 to1February, 074), Teacher Meng visited God six times and prayed for rain. First, from December of the sixth year of Xining to the first month of the seventh year of Xining (1February 073 to1February 074), "it didn't rain for a long time", offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and famous mountains and rivers, and Shi Meng led Guangzhou local officials to the Nanhai Temple to offer sacrifices; From then on, "two prayers and two thanks are very different." In August of the seventh year of Xining (lunar calendar1August 074), "the long drought meets the rain and prays for the world's famous mountains and rivers". The fifth time, Shi Meng was given a letter "to Nanhai Hongsheng Guangli Zhaoshun Net", and he arrived in good faith. "I have stopped, the cloud has been given a life, and I will thank you for your game. After three prayers and three reports, the South China Sea is a miracle. In the seventh year of Xining (1074 65438+ 10/5), on the fifteenth day of the first month, I traveled to Yaozhou, Guangzhou with Jin, Xu Yanxian. From December, 6th year of Xining to April, 7th year of Xining (1February, 073 to1April, 074): Four visits to Zhao Shunwang, Guangli, Nanhai, accompanied by De Sou and Yi Sou, sons of Shi Meng. Twenty-third day of the first month in the seventh year of Xining (1074 65438+123 October): A monument was erected at Nanhai East Temple in guangzhou fu, and the inscription recorded the process of Shi Meng's worship at Nanhai East Temple and the situation at that time. In the eighth year of Xining (1075 10), on May 10th, Dai Huan traveled with the county magistrate, Monk Yan, and the sons of Shi Meng, De Sou, Yi Sou and Chun Sou, were waiting. When Shi Meng governed Guangzhou, he vigorously advocated international trade and increased taxes to make Guangzhou residents live and work in peace and contentment.