| Zhao Shenqiao,who succeeded in imperial examination,was a famous official in Kangxi's reign in Qing Dynasty and had served as a governor for nearly ten years in the middle and late period of the Kangxi's reign.Although he was repeatedly reprimanded for his personality,his official career was still stable and eventually went to the status of the Ministry of Education.Zhao Shenqiao was born in the Zhao family of Changzhou Guanzhuang.In the ninth year of Kangxi's reign,he became presented scholar.In 20 th year,he served as a county magistrate in the Shangqiu County of Henan Province.After five years,he became a bureaucrat of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.After that,he beg for temporary retirement for the sake of family affairs in the following 7 years.By chance,he was recommended by Li Guangdi,promoted from a small official to the Zhejiang commissioner.During his tenure,he realized the Emperor Kangxi 's expectations of him to clean up Zhejiang 's fiance.Zhao Shenqiao was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang Province due to being honest and upright and his solid services.His ability was confirmed by the Emperor,but the emperor was also very dissatisfied with his well-spoken litigation,and Zhao Shenqiao has since been labeled troublesome in the eyes of the Emperor.In the 41 st year of Kangxi's reign,Zhenyun Hongmiao rose in rebellion.Zhao Shenqiao was ordered to handle the problem,and since then he has been transferred to the governor of Pianyuan.After taking office,in addition to dealing with the rebellion,Zhao Shenqiao also noticed the deep-seated causes of the rebellion and tried to realize the new inland management of the Miaojiang.Because of Kangxi 's will,Zhao Shenqiao especially focused on clearing up the unofficial levy and adding factions,clarifying local administration,revitalizing culture and education,and pursuing good customs.Due to the fact that the Chunan area is close to Guangxi,Guizhou and Shu,where the Miao people lived together,Zhao Shenqiao handled a large number of Han Miao cases during this period,showing how Zhao Shenqiao achieved governance by customs.The mutual impeachment with Song Daye in 47 th year of Kangxi's reign and Yu Yimo in 48 th years was two major disturbances in Zhao Shenqiao's career.The reasons for the two people to impeach Zhao Shenqiao are also very similar,which include that Zhao hired too many officers.The victory went to Zhao Shenqiao,but it also aggravated the Emperor's impression towards Zhao Shenqiao of being harsh and unacceptable.Although Zhao Shenqiao was repeatedly reprimanded in the later stage of his career,his honest,tough,unfavorable,and demanding work style was very necessary in Hunan in the early Qing Dynasty,especially in the background of long-standing abuse of the consume of silver.Zhao Shenqiao started from county magistrate,promoted to the commissioner of Zhejiang,and governed Zhejiang and hunan after.The attitude of the Emperor in different periods showed that he was not only a model of honest and upright official that the Emperor established,but also a negative representative of local governors who do not obey the Emperor's instruction called 'Exercising Government by Peace'.His career experience reflects the social conditions of Hunan in the middle and late Kangxi's reign and the Emperor's expectations for local officials. |
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