Song, Liao, and Jin · Taining Army Commissioner and Inspector

Zhang Hongxin 張弘信

Zhāng Hóngxìn

Attested AD 1164

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Hongxin was a Taining Army Commissioner and Inspector.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1164 大定四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 46, passages 164, 166

Career and standing

Taining Army Commissioner 泰甯軍節度使
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 46, passage 166

Events and relationships

Led comprehensive property inspection
AD 1164 大定四年 · Fiscal · Envoy inspector · At Shandong 山東
Directly stated · History of Jin 46, passages 166, 170

Assessments and attributes

Assessment especially-cruel-and-violent-in-Shandong-inspection · Mode narrative-report
Directly stated · History of Jin 46, passage 170

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 46Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1: Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences · 3 passages

是用遣信臣泰甯軍節度使張弘信等十三人，分路通檢天下物力而差定之，以革前弊，俾元元無不均之歎，以稱朕意。 Thirteen trusted envoys led by Taining Army Commissioner Zhang Hongxin were sent on separate routes to inspect property empire-wide and fix gradations, reform abuses, and spare the people uneven burdens—as the emperor intended.

時諸使往往以苛酷多得物力為功，弘信檢山東州縣尤為酷暴，棣州防禦使完顏永元面責之曰：「朝廷以正隆後差調不均，故命使者均之。 Envoys often treated harshness and inflated assessments as merit; Hongxin's inspection of Shandong was especially brutal; Di Prefecture Defense Commissioner Wanyan Yongyuan rebuked him: "The court sent you to equalize burdens after Zhenglong's uneven levies.

弘信不能對，故惟棣州稍平。 Hongxin had no answer; only Di Prefecture remained relatively calm.