Sons: Yu Tingyi, Yu Tingmai, Yu.
16 1 year (18th year of Qing Shunzhi), Yu Chenglong was appointed as the county magistrate of Luocheng. During his tenure, the Baojia system was clear, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and cultivated the land with all their strength. 1667 (the sixth year of Kangxi in Qing dynasty), Yu Chenglong was promoted to the year of Hezhou in Sichuan.
Later, he moved to Huangzhou Prefecture of Huguang as a tongzhi and magistrate, and served as an agent of Wuchang magistrate, Fujian provincial judge, deployment envoy, governor, minister of armament, and university student. In the twentieth year of Kangxi (168 1), he entered Beijing and was promoted to the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi.
In the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), the court ordered Yu Chenglong to take charge of the political affairs of the governor of Jiangsu and Anhui, and he died in office soon. Emperor Kangxi posthumously awarded him the title of Prince of Taibao. Handed down from ancient times, there are eight volumes such as Jade Qing Duan Zheng Shu.
In his career of more than 20 years, Yu Chenglong was praised as "outstanding" three times. He was deeply loved by the people and praised by Emperor Kangxi for his outstanding achievements and honest and hard life.
Extended data:
Yu Tingyi is Yu Chenglong's eldest son and the only official. He was a seven-product official in charge of education. Yu Tingyi also made great achievements when he was an official. Just as the supervisor was about to recommend him, he urged him to go back to his hometown to take care of his elderly mother because she was old. After returning to his hometown, Yu Tingyi lived a very frugal life, but he did not forget to do public welfare undertakings.
He often gives money to relatives, friends and villagers, but whenever there are homeless people or people who have fled here, he will take out money and things to save people in times of danger. Yu Tingyi's family education is also very strict. When his son becomes an official, he will educate his son to be as honest as his grandfather. Don't rehabilitate others just for temporary achievements and fame, and don't be afraid to put down closed cases and not rehabilitate others.
A simple life
Although Yu Chenglong's rank is getting higher and higher, life is more difficult. In order to curb the luxury and corruption of the ruling class, he took the lead in practicing that "those who serve the people must bow first and save their servants." In Zhili, he "mixed rice and bread crumbs into porridge and ate it with servants", while in Jiangnan, he "ate a bowl of porridge and a spoonful of porridge all year round." Therefore, Jiangnan people affectionately call him Yu.
Under strict constraints, the official of the governor's yamen said, "If you can't get vegetables and tea, you will spit out the leaves every day after picking them, and the tree will be bald." He has been adrift at sea for more than 20 years, alone in the world, with no family. Only when a wife has been away for 20 years can he see him. His austere festival. It was famous at that time.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Yu Chenglong