At the age of 22, Yu Chenglong took part in the provincial examination, but at this time, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not Wanli, but Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian. It was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the officialdom was very dark and corruption was very prevalent. Yu Chenglong's Taiyuan examiner openly took bribes and practised favoritism. Yu Chenglong doesn't like this kind of corruption and fraud. So in the test paper, the situation at that time was described. Express your inner pain. As a result, Yu Chenglong was unknown in the official list and only got the student's deputy list. The list of minor courses is to admit alternate students, not to file formally, but according to the system at that time, he can take the exam directly.
After Jackie Chan took the exam and was admitted, Yu Chenglong gave up the opportunity to be an official. The reason is that Yu Chenglong's father Yu Shihuang is old and sick, and filial Yu Chenglong needs to take care of his father, so he gave up the opportunity to be an official and returned to his hometown Bao Village.
After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, with the successive victories of the Qing army on the battlefield, the Qing army quickly entered the customs and captured the Forbidden City, thus entering the Central Plains and unifying the whole country. After the Qing dynasty unified the whole country, the imperial examination system of the Ming dynasty was reformed, which also increased the difficulty.
Despite the increased difficulty, there are still many candidates taking part. After all, the imperial examination is the only way to enter the official career. During this period, Yu Chenglong also took an active part in the imperial examination, but he failed one after another. At this time, Yu Chenglong was thirty-five years old.
After that, Yu Chenglong never took the imperial examination again, mainly because Yu Chenglong needed to support his family at this time, and the burden of the whole family was on his shoulders, because at that time, Yu Chenglong's brother Yu Hualong died, and then Yu Chenglong's third son Yu Yuanting was born. His father Yu Shihuang was ill in bed for a long time and needed someone to serve soup.
Although Yu Chenglong's stepmother Li was still alive at that time, she was very old and needed someone to take care of her. In addition, her eldest son and second son go to school, and the expenses of this big family are not small. Yu Chenglong was busy supporting his family and managing housework, so he naturally had no time to take the imperial examination.
Later, Yu Chenglong went to imperial academy to study. After graduation, he was ready to enter the official career. At this time, Yu Chenglong was 44 years old, and 44-year-old Yu Chenglong left his wife and children and accepted the appointment of the court for his own future, regardless of the opposition of his family and friends, and came to Luocheng, a remote and desolate Guangxi, to make a county magistrate.
At that time, Luocheng belonged to the rule of the Qing Dynasty for only two years. It is because of Jackie Chan's previous two county magistrates that one died and the other fled to other places. In this case, Yu Chenglong had no choice but to retreat, but persisted. When Yu Chenglong served as county magistrate in Luocheng, he used heavy punishment to govern Luocheng, which was very chaotic at that time.
After Yu Chenglong's method, Los Angeles quickly got rid of the chaos and even lived and worked in peace. Yu Chenglong's outstanding performance in governing Luocheng was valued by its superiors, and then Luocheng was rated as a model city in the province.
Later, Yu Chenglong was recommended as the only outstanding official in Guangxi by Lu Xingzu, governor of Guangxi, and Jin Guangzu, governor of Guangxi. At that time, there was a vacancy in the well-known position in Hezhou, Sichuan, and Yu Chenglong was promoted to Hezhou, Sichuan from the previous Luocheng county magistrate.
After Yu Chenglong was appointed as the magistrate of Hezhou, due to his outstanding talent, under his administration, the population of Hezhou not only increased rapidly, but also the number of fields increased a lot. Because of his outstanding performance again, Yu Chenglong was quickly promoted to Huguang Huangzhou Prefecture Tongzhi.
Yu Chenglong was promoted to magistrate by the imperial court after serving as the secretariat of Huangzhou in Huguang for four years. Because of Yu Chenglong's outstanding achievements during his tenure as the secretariat of Huangzhou in Huguang, Yu Chenglong was appreciated by Governor Huguang, and Yu Chenglong was once again recommended by Governor Huguang as a prominent official.
After this recommendation, Yu Chenglong was transferred to Wuchang Magistrate to take charge of Wuchang government affairs. Yu Chenglong's tenure as chairman of Wuchang government coincided with the outbreak of the San Francisco Rebellion headed by Wu Sangui, the king of the day, and the war spread to Wuchang where Yu Chenglong was located.
Because Yu Chenglong was very influential in the local area, he was invited out to clean up the chaotic situation at that time. Yu Chenglong first formulated a strategic policy to deal with it. Under his command and leadership, the chaotic situation soon stabilized.
Since then, Yu Chenglong's official career has risen rapidly, and he was appointed by the court as Fujian provincial judge and governor of Zhili. In the second year of being the governor of Zhili, Yu Chenglong was summoned by Kangxi. Emperor Kangxi was very satisfied with Jackie Chan's performance. He not only praised him face to face as a record, but also gave Yu Chenglong gold, silver, horses and poems written by himself to show his reuse.
Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kangxi promoted Yu Chenglong to the position of Governor of Liangjiang, and Yu Chenglong died at the age of 68 after only four years. After Jackie Chan's death, people and monks in Nanjing cried for it, and even some businessmen closed for a few days to express their sadness over Jackie Chan's death.
Emperor Kangxi made an exception and personally wrote an inscription for Yu Chenglong. At the same time, he posthumously awarded Yu Chenglong as the Prince of Taibao, and gave it to posthumous title in the Qing Dynasty. After Yong Zhengdi ascended the throne, Yu Chenglong's memorial tablet was invited to the Immortal Hall for future generations to sacrifice.
Although Yu Chenglong became the governor of Liangjiang River in his later years, Yu Chenglong did not take bribes because of his high position, but he still kept the habit of being honest and frugal. Yu Chenglong only eats porridge and vegetables every meal, and never eats meat, which also makes him wonder what meat is like. He was also called Yu Cai by people at that time.
When he died, he counted his relics, and there was only one set of official clothes in his box. There is nothing else, which shows how clean Yu Chenglong is and what is the official position of Yu Chenglong in history? In view of Yu Chenglong's numerous official positions, we only choose one of them and describe it.
Take Yu Chenglong as an example. The Governor of Liangjiang is one of the highest-ranking government officials. In charge of the military and political affairs of Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, it has great power. According to his present position, the Governor of Liangjiang is equivalent to the governors of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, and concurrently serves as the mayor of Shanghai, plus the commander of Nanjing Military Region.