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Li Jinyong (1835- 1890) was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. In his early years, he went to the sea to do business with his father. 1862 was admitted to the examination and served in the Huai Army of Li Hongzhang. During his tenure, he tried his best to be pragmatic and was recommended by Li Hongzhang. 1870 was allocated to Xing 'an to transfer ordnance expenses. During the period of 1876, there was a severe drought in Huai 'an and Xuzhou, and food crops were not harvested, and the victims were displaced, hungry and cold. Li Jinyong first advocated voluntary donations and wrote to Jiangsu, Fujian, Austria and other places. * * Together with Jiang Ji, he raised more than 654.38 million yuan in disaster relief funds and went to the disaster area to help the victims personally. From 1877 to 1879, Li Jinyong personally distributed 600,000 relief funds to the disaster-stricken areas, and Shandong, Zhili and Henan were seriously affected. Because of the meritorious service, he was promoted to magistrate and transferred to Zhili. 1880, Li Jinyong was appointed to undertake the restoration of Li Qian Long Beach, which took three months to complete. Soon, Wu Dacheng, who was in charge of defense, was transferred to the customs to deal with reclamation in Hunchun. After arriving in Hunchun, he found that there were 48 idle places in Hunchun area. He recruited refugees to cultivate seeds, and settled thousands of China families in Suchenggou, unable to withstand the invasion of Russian bandits. During this period, the boundary of Heidingzi Mountain was demarcated, and it was agreed to return the land occupied by Russia and re-establish the boundary pillar. Later, Russian gangsters burned and killed the residents of Badao River. Li Jinyong personally investigated and verified, rushed to Shuangchengzi's Russian official residence, and strongly demanded that the murderer be severely punished. The Russian side was forced by the facts to hand over the murderer to France. Li Jinyong never gave in to Russia's harsh demands on the people of China and its persecution of China businessmen. In his view, these seemingly trivial things are actually major events related to national dignity and the overall situation of the country. 1882, Ming' an, Jilin General appreciated Li Jinyong's talent very much, invited him to stay in Jilin, made him the first magistrate, and then sent him to the Tumen River estuary to survey the border. At that time, the Sino-Russian Border Treaty stipulated that: from the Hubutu Estuary along the ridge between Hunchun River and the sea to Tumen River, the western ridge belongs to China, and the earth boundary pillar is erected more than 20 miles away from the estuary. Because of the vast territory and unclear boundaries, Han Qi Haikou Salt Field and Lingxi Maochen Tibetan were crossed out, which was inconsistent with the treaty. Li Jinyong said: "The ridges in the middle of the Hunchun River and the sea are made in heaven and will never change ... He forced Russian officials to return the land as planned, and finally re-established boundary markers to make their land boundaries conform to the treaty. From then on, Russia respected Li Jinyong very much and dared not commit crimes easily. In 1883, Li Jinyong passed the judgment on behalf of Changchun Hall. During his three years as a judge, he personally questioned the sufferings of the people, cut down rules and regulations, cleared up the backlog, eliminated violence, and promoted the advantages and disadvantages. Through actual governance, Changchun Hall has been greatly improved, and the people praised him, thinking that he was widely benevolent and won the hearts of the people. At that time, the Northeast was being developed, and Li Jinyong felt "an urgent need to set up education, cultivate talents, enlighten the people's wisdom and revitalize the atmosphere to meet the needs of society", so he donated his salary, founded an academy in Changchun and purchased thousands of books for study. This academy, regardless of its status, can come to the academy to observe and study, recruit scholars to the academy, advocate practical learning and stress practicality. His righteous act has played a certain role in promoting frontier development, cultural development and talent education. At that time, people called it "Li Qingtian". People not only sent him tears when he left office, but also often missed him after he left. Later, Li Jinyong was promoted to be a Taoist priest at the boundary of the 48-mile banner of the Qilijiang River in Beijing, and won back the land of Russia 170, and was awarded the title of 1886.

1in April, 887, due to the recommendation of Li Hongzhang, Li Jinyong was transferred from Jilin to Heilongjiang to build Mohe Gold Mine. Mohe is a remote place, backed by Daxinganling Mountains, facing Heilongjiang, and on the other side is Ignashin Tun. During the jaxa War, it was an important place for the Qing army to transport grain. Li Jinyong, the first general manager of Mohe Gold Mine, is facing operational difficulties (the nearest Aihui is also 1700 Li), financing difficulties and employing difficulties. In May, 65,438+0,887, Morgan was taken, along the mountain road to Mohe, and returned to Qiqihar, the provincial capital, along the river by Aihui. After four months' hard work, I finally got the first-hand information about the construction of Mohe Mine. He drew up Article 16 of the articles of association for running a gold mine, went south to Baoding to inspect samples of Jinsha, reported them to the court according to the facts, and begged for mining. At the beginning of 1888, the Qing government officially agreed to mine. Li Jinyong actively traveled to Tianjin, Shanghai, Yantai and other places to raise funds, recruit miners, buy machines, raise food and arms, and recruit miners ... Before mining, things used in the mine were sent one after another. The planning before mining is extremely thoughtful and meticulous. Li Jinyong led nearly a thousand people to Tongliao to merge mines. 1888+ 10 arrived in Mohe to establish Mohe gold mine, and the Mining Bureau was formally established. After nearly three months of preparation, Li Jinyong set up three gold factories in the mountains in the harsh environment of Gao Xue, Mohe. After the gold factory settled down, he personally visited various places. On February 1889 and 12, three gold factories officially started gold mining (Mohe Gold Factory, Qigan Gold Factory and Luoguhe Gold Factory). As we all know, Li Jinyong is a compassionate person who loves scholars. Since I came to this desolate Mohe River in Wan Li, I have suffered a lot in all aspects of my diet and daily life. Li Jinyong gave his fellow members and friends double preferential treatment to meet each other sincerely. In case one of your colleagues is sick, you must go to the clinic several times a day and mix the medicine yourself. Therefore, friends from Li Jinyong who came with him tried their best to help the mining industry in Li Jinyong. Li Jinyong treats all miners and their retinue equally, rewards diligence and punishes laziness, cares about their sufferings and helps them solve their difficulties. His kindness aroused the enthusiasm of the miners, and each of them tried their best to work with peace of mind. On the one hand, Li Jinyong rectified its mining industry and started businesses cautiously. On the one hand, we sent people to solve the water traffic, so as not to rely on Russian ships and be restrained by them, and divided our forces to open up the transportation road from Mohe to Helgen (now Nenjiang) 1400. On the other hand, we should carefully handle the negotiations with Russia, recover the gold mines occupied by Russia, prevent them from crossing the river to collect gold privately, and strengthen the military training in Xiaobeigou. Kulf, governor of Amur province, doesn't know how to arrange the Mohe gold mine opened in China. In June, under the guise of patrolling the border, he took a boat to Mohe and met with Li Jinyong to discuss our reality. After landing, Kulov took his wife and entourage to the center. Li Jinyong gave a banquet in honor of the guests. Russian Governor Kuff said to Li Jinyong: "This summer, when our border guards were changing their tune, there was an endless stream of warships coming and going on the Chuanjiang River. Aren't you afraid of this doubt? " Li Jinyong smiled heartily: "Do you have any doubts about the reconciliation between the two countries? If we are afraid, then when we wipe out the gold bandits on the border, there will be nearly one million cavalry and infantry, and the camps will cover the sky for hundreds of miles. In addition, there are tens of thousands of troops training and border defense in the three northeastern provinces, and it should be you who are afraid. I am often in the military camp, and I have long been used to these things. How can we be afraid of such a trivial matter as the security of your border? " Li Jinyong, the Russian viceroy, was speechless and laughed it off. I not only respect Li's talent, but also admire his wit. Seeing Li Jinyong's bravery and resourcefulness, the Russian side was very afraid of Li Jinyong's strength. Since then, both sides have abided by the treaty and have been living in peace. Since the mining of Mohe Gold Mine, Li Jinyong has been dealing with the frontier fortress and everything inside and outside the mine, often getting up at dawn and staying up late at night. Take time out of your busy schedule to ask about the temperature in the shed and pay attention to improving the living and working conditions of miners. Encourage them to give full play to their abilities, get more for more work, and allow them to return home to visit relatives after they get rich. After nearly two years of painstaking efforts, Mohe Gold Mine has begun to take shape, with tens of thousands of miners. Mohe Gold Mine General Administration has six Mohe Gold Mines, nine sub-bureaus and six investigation bureaus, with more than 50 employees/kloc-0. There are many houses in Mohe area, and vendors are becoming more and more popular. Reclamation along the river has planted hundreds of acres of Chinese cabbage, radish, potato and wheat, basically solving the problem of vegetable self-sufficiency.

In the 2 1 month of gold mining in Mohe Gold Mine, * * * obtained 48,000 gold. In addition to repaying loans and distributing official profits to stock investors, Yongfu's salary, ordnance, water transportation and all expenses of various bureaus are paid by the gold factory. And put forward to reduce the residual interest of wages in Heilongjiang Province.

Gold engraved with the words "desert mine" was handed over to the court. Cixi was very happy when she saw it, so she named Laogou Gold Mine "Yanzhigou". It means that the gold output of Laogou Gold Mine is enough for rouge's expenses in the imperial court. With the legend of "rouge ditch", it adds mystery to golden road. In the early days of Mohe Gold Mine, Russians were allowed to work in the mine because there were few mines to be upgraded, but they must abide by the mining regulations. /kloc-in the summer of 0/889, several Russian miners hid Jinsha. According to the gold mining regulations, Li Jinyong clubbed several Russian miners and expelled them from the factory. The Sino-Russian Peace Treaty stipulates that no matter where the people of the two countries commit crimes, they will be sent back to their own countries to handle their own affairs. Li Jinyong accused Russian miners, and his colleagues were very worried about him, which reminded them of something that happened not long ago: a man named Zhao Fenglan had an argument with a Russian businessman in Boglov on the Russian border. He was so angry that he killed the businessman with a firearm. Russian officials are about to arrest Zhao Fenglan, but they have not sent him to China, but to Amur region of Russia for investigation. According to the agreement, China informed Russian leaders many times and asked them to send the criminals to China for treatment, but Russia did not agree in the end. Another month later, the Russians robbed soldiers of China Gold Factory in dozens of rivers in the upper reaches of Mohe River. Soldiers patrolling the river caught them red-handed and took them back to the gold factory. This was sent to Russia in advance, but because the river just thawed, it was delayed for a while, and Russia thought we violated the treaty. As a result, they immediately banned the post stations along the Yangtze River from taking our boat, and we were not allowed to borrow their boat to carry goods, which led to tension between the two countries. Until the delivery of these robbers after the opening of the river,

The two sides have just made up. It is common for them to openly violate the same treaty. In view of the lessons of the last storm, Li Jinyong's current friends are a little worried. Li Jinyong comforted everyone and said, "They are all miners. If the Russians don't deal with it illegally, what will China do in the future? " And we will ignore their illegal activities in China, and they will despise our laws even more in the future. You don't have to think about it. I have my own way. "

A few days later, Russian miners went to their yamen in Gubirnathor, Amur province to complain. The head of the Russian side immediately sent us a note according to the agreement, and Li Jinyong replied according to the Russian note: "Russians are thieves in China Gold Factory, which is the greatest shame of your country. We didn't send the thief back, we just fined you several times. It is for the good friendship between the two countries that you have not lost your dignity. Otherwise, the treaty is there, and I have been negotiating in Hunchun for many years. How can I not understand the truth of observing the treaty? I hope you will remain loyal to the friendship between our two countries, and don't listen to the propaganda and remarks of unruly thieves in the future, so as not to hinder the normal exchanges and friendship between our two countries. " Soon, I received a reply from the Russian leader. In his reply, the Russian chief apologized very sincerely. Since then, Russians have paid more attention to Li Jinyong and gave him a nickname "Tiger" (that is, homophonic with the sheriff).

Li Jinyong came to Mohe to open a gold mine, and he was full of talents. At that time, there were: Tu's secretariat documents and memorials; Tang is in charge of the expenditure and income of property; Zhang supervised the miners' work; Zhong Mianfu is responsible for the interrogation of Karen; Salt distribution of salt palm grain in Yu Yun; Gu Yichu supervised transshipment; Ficheo and Qin are responsible for purchasing food and materials; Song Xiaolian is the assistant to the general manager of Mohe Gold Mine, in charge of copywriting and negotiation; Yuan Dahua was appointed as the dispatcher of Mohe Gold Mine, who can handle the internal and external affairs of the mine on his behalf. These people are very capable and willing to give up the pleasures of Jiangnan and come here to help Li Jinyong manage mines.

From 65438 to 0889, Li Jinyong coughed, wheezed and vomited blood from time to time, and went to hospital for treatment. /kloc-in the first month of 0/890, Li Jinyong went to Amur province, met with Kuff, and agreed on the terms of employment of Russian ships. After an audience with General Iktangga in Qiqihar, he told about the mining situation. Back to Mohe in early February. Ice and snow, cold invasion, frost and snow sadness, fatigue, you can imagine. Just because I am worried, everything is very tired. At the beginning of July, Li Jinyong had symptoms of palpitation and vomiting blood again. At first, he reluctantly supported dealing with various affairs and refused to take a few days off because of illness. After more than ten days, I gradually felt depressed and went to the doctor to take medicine, but it didn't work. At the end of July, I was seriously ill and could no longer support my work. Therefore, Li Jinyong wrote to the province and proposed to take a vacation for three months. Everything inside and outside the mine was handed over to Yuan Dahua, the agent of the gold mine.

Who knows, the leave note was just delivered, and Li Jinyong died in Mohe Gold Bureau at 4 am on the fourth day of August (1September 7). At the end of his life, his family (a concubine and a young son) stood by crying, and his friends surrounded him crying. Li Jinyong struggled to sit up and comforted everyone and said, "What is the regret of the death of a gentleman?" I regret that the gold mine has just produced results, and God won't lend me time, so that I can't see the grand occasion in three years. I hope you can take care of yourselves! "Say that finish, vomiting blood several liters he breathed his last. I swallowed my last breath and stopped talking about my private affairs.

My friends are very sad and crying. Head, miner, etc. I cried when I heard the news, and everyone was in tears. Virtue lies in people's hearts, and merit lies in the realm. Such as the mourning and elegiac couplet of the current friends who accompanied the North and the South.

Tu Tang Yin wrote: "Running with the North and the South, traveling together on Wan Li Road, and sharing hardships;" He Jia, who is isolated from nature, has known each other 18 years, which makes him feel sad. On behalf of Haimen, Li Ziyu and Meng Rulin, Qiu said, "Create a world charity, help neighbors in disaster relief, spare no effort to build shrines to show the universe and enjoy the beans of the future, and the rest remains to be done." "To shoulder the responsibility of the country's wealth, strengthen the border and benefit, carry out meticulous work in obscurity, make great achievements in ancient and modern times, thank the world once and for all, and make friendship, customs and friends share joys and sorrows. Gu Yichu wrote in his elegiac couplet: "I dare to learn loyalty from the world and learn from the public honestly. I am more generous than Zheng Qiao." . I have been abroad for ten years, and I have rules and regulations, which will record my merits. Now that I'm gone, I will succeed in the future. Where can I reward you? ""We started charity relief, followed by the massacre at the border of Loki, and finally increased the number of border mines. We went far away, surrendered to the power of foreigners, pleaded for the people and died for the country. It is not a pity. If my old father meets him again, it will be a shame! "

Song Xiaolian also wrote an elegiac couplet as a disciple: "Loyalty and courage are rooted in blood, and thousands of miles are strange, and Zeng Kaili is beautiful." Why don't you gather great honor and do everything you can to end it? Although you are willing to serve your country, you can only leave the soul of a hero to lean on Beiguan. " "Eight years, I followed them for two years. I thought I was diligent in teaching and educating people and rewarding evil, but I only taught them hard in Xizhou.

As the Mohe Gold Mine founded by Li Jinyong achieved the goal of the Qing government to run the mine-making profits and strengthening the frontier, Li Hongzhang asked Li Jinyong to close the mine.

The Qing court ordered that Li Jinyong's deeds be introduced into the National History Museum, that a son be sent to prison to study, and that an ancestral temple be established in Mohe and his hometown Wuxi to show his favor.

From then on, in this magical land of Mohe, there are many legends about Li Jinyong. These legends have attracted countless explorers to collect folk songs. Before pressing the coffin, every gold digger has to worship the dead of Li Jinyong (in the gold digger's language, mining). When worshipping, he will use a wooden stick and tie a piece of red cloth as Li Jinyong's idol to show the gold digger's respect for Li Jinyong and to remember and pray for his sincerity in collecting gold.