胡林翼与晚清湖北吏治整顿

On HU Linyi as Hubei Governor and His Reform in Hubei Officialdom during the Late Qing Dynasty

胡林翼是晚清湘军三大巨头之一,也是近代地主阶级改革派和理学经世派的杰出代表之一。胡林翼抚鄂七年在吏治、用人、理财、兴学诸方面,皆有过人的举措,特别是对晚清之际的湖北进行了卓有成效的吏治整顿,"将天下第一破烂之鄂,变成天下第一富强之省"。胡林翼为官清廉,警惕腐败,惩治贪污,倡行廉政,赏罚分明,对不正官风作了多次揭露和抨击。他认为清明吏治为国家存亡之关键,因而在湖北巡抚任内大力整顿吏治,对晚清之际湖北的吏治局面进行了较为有效的整顿与改革,具有深远的历史借鉴意义。

Hu Linyi is one of the three greatest tycoons in Xiang Army or Hunan(Province) Army in the late Qing Dynasty. He is also one of the representatives of the progressive party and Science Jingshi School in modern landlord class. During his seven years 'governance in Hubei Province, he has taken remarkable measures in various facets, such as the administration of local officials,personnel placement, fianance management and institute initiation, the reform of Hubei officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty, in particular, turns out to be effective. It is said that he has turned 'E, or Hubei Province, the most ragged province in the world,into the most prosperous and strongest one.' Hu Linyi is an honest and upright officer, watching out for corruption, punishing embezzelment, advocating honest and clean government and discriminating in one's rewards and punishments. He has revealed and criticized official malpractices time and again. From his perspective, clean and fair administration of local officials constitutes the crucial hinge to China's survival or perishment, therefore, he has devoted major efforts to its reform and rectification during his term of office as the governor of Hubei Province, which has far-reaching referential significance historically.