Zhu Shengfei

Timeline

1. 1103–1125Caizhou · Henan ProvinceHe placed in the upper college examination in the second year of Chongning, served in prefectures and counties, and before Jingkang was summoned by recommendation as Left Remonstrance Censor and Grand Remonstrator, promoted to Vice Censor-in-Chief, famed for bold speech, laying the foundation for his later role in the crisis.
2. 1126–1127Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture · Shangqiu CityIn the first year of Jingkang he was appointed Eastern Circuit deputy commander and acting governor of Yingtian Prefecture. When the Jin army attacked Bianjing he temporarily withdrew, returning after Yang Jin, a subordinate of Han Shizhong, defeated the enemy. The following year he went to Jizhou to see Prince Kang, arguing that Yingtian Prefecture was the place where the dynastic founder rose, and requesting that he go there to plan great affairs; Zhao Gou then ascended the throne at Nanjing.
3. 1127–1129Itinerant capital (Yangzhou, Lin'an) · East ChinaFor his merit in urging the enthronement he was promoted to Secretariat Drafter and Hanlin Academician, drafting the edict dismissing Li Gang as chancellor. During Jianyan he rose to Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Vice Minister of the Central Secretariat and Imperial Camp Commander, proposing to move the temporary capital to Xiangyang to evade the Jin army, and also discussing reforms to the abuses of hereditary yin-privilege appointments.
4. 1129–1144Lin'an Prefecture, Huzhou, native home · ChinaDuring the Miao–Liu Mutiny Zhu Shengfei led the officials to Ruisheng Palace to welcome the restoration of Gaozong; afterwards he requested to be relieved of office and recommended Lü Yihao and Zhang Jun. He was later dismissed as chancellor twice, served as prefect of Huzhou in the fifth year of Shaoxing, and, opposing Qin Hui, returned home on grounds of illness, dying with the posthumous name Zhongjing.