Ming · Named Individual

Zhang Guoxiang 張國祥

Attested AD 1575

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Zhang Guoxiang was a Named Individual.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical
RolesDaoist

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  • Zhengyi Perfected Man who sought restoration of his former title and bribed Feng Bao.
    Biographical event · Participant
    Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 15

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History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 1 passage
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禮官所掌，宗藩事最多，先後條例自相牴牾，黠吏得恣為奸利．自強擇其當者俾僚吏遵守，諸不可用者悉屏之．每藩府疏至，應時裁決，榜之部門，明示行止，吏無所牟利．龍虎山正一真人，隆慶時已降為提點，奪印敕．至是，張國祥求復故號，自強寢其奏．國祥乃重賄馮保固求復，自強力持不可，卒以中旨許之．初，俺答通貢市，賞有定額，後邊臣徇其求，額漸溢．自強請申故約，濫乞者勿與，歲省費不貲．世宗實錄成，加太子少保． The Ministry of Rites handled more clan affairs than anything else; successive regulations contradicted one another, and clever clerks profited at will. Ziqiang chose the sound rules for his staff to follow and discarded the rest. Whenever a princely memorial arrived, he decided it promptly, posted the ruling at the ministry gate, and left clerks no room to profit. The Zhengyi Perfected Man of Longhu Mountain had already been reduced during Longqing to Supervisory Commissioner and stripped of seal and patent. Now Zhang Guoxiang sought restoration of his old title; Ziqiang shelved the memorial. Guoxiang then bribed Feng Bao heavily to press the case; Ziqiang held firm that it could not be allowed, but an edict from the inner court permitted it in the end. When Altan first opened tribute and markets, rewards had fixed quotas; later frontier officials indulged his requests until the quotas swelled. Ziqiang asked that the old agreement be enforced and excessive demands refused, saving incalculable yearly expense. When the Veritable Records of Emperor Shizong were completed, he was given the additional title of Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince.