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Jin Li: Military Administrator of the Early Qing

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Jin Li was from Liaodong and had passed the Ming military examination at the jinshi level. He served as an officer at Zhenwubao before submitting to the Later Jin. Under his new allegiance he became a jalan ejen and received a hereditary military distinction. When the six central…

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From Ming officer to banner command

Jin Li was from Liaodong and had passed the Ming military examination at the jinshi level. He served as an officer at Zhenwubao before submitting to the Later Jin. Under his new allegiance he became a jalan ejen and received a hereditary military distinction. When the six central boards were established in 1631, he was appointed a chengzheng in the Board of War, later moving to the Board of Revenue. During Chongde he served in the Board of Personnel and as a gūsa ejen associated with the Bordered Red Hanjun Banner.

Campaigns and disciplinary action

Jin participated in fighting at Pi Island, Songshan, and Tashan. His conduct in a naval engagement also led to severe charges when the fleet failed to advance, although the sentence was mitigated. Following the Qing conquest of 1644, he handled military and administrative affairs in Tianjin and Shanxi, helped take Taiyuan with Yechen, and accompanied Lekdehun into Huguang. His combination of central and military assignments illustrates the mobility of officials during institutional consolidation; chengzheng was not the single office he occupied throughout his life.

Southern command and retirement

Jin later held the title General Pacifying the South in Zhejiang and participated in operations near Zhoushan and the relief of Zhangzhou in Fujian. In 1654 he became governor-general of Shaanxi and Sichuan. He requested retirement because of age in 1656 and received the additional honorary title taizi taibao. He died in 1662. That late honorary dignity did not mean he began teaching the crown prince after retirement.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Historical source 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Historical source 2 — zh.wikisource.org

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