He Shen is out of the link, Ji Xiaolan is right in seconds, and Shen is in a cold sweat
Speaking of He Shen and Ji Xiaolan, will everyone think of the characters in "Iron Tooth and Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan"? In this TV series, Ji Xiaolan, with her witty words and sharp eloquence, always made He Shen speechless, as if she was happy with her enemies.
However, in real history, the relationship between Ji Xiaolan and He Shen is not as harmonious as it seems, and they often compete with each other in secret. For example, once in order to tease Ji Xiaolan, He Shen proposed an uplink "three catties, four taels and five flowers", but after hearing Ji Xiaolan's downlink, Heshen's face turned green.
Emperor Qianlong was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who liked to go out of the world in micro-clothes, especially when visiting the south of the Yangtze River. According to historical records, he made a total of six southern tours, but his father Yongzheng never went to Jiangnan.
Every time he toured the south, Qianlong would bring harem concubines and close ministers, including He Shen and Ji Xiaolan. Every time he went to the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, Qianlong would be full of poetry, and wanted to write poems with the ministers, and enjoy it.
At this time, He Shen and Ji Xiaolan will also be accommodating to Qianlong and cooperate with his Yaxing.
At a dinner, the group walked into a tavern. The store just served a plate of pork belly. He Shen took this opportunity to use his ingenious wisdom and sense of humor to create an ingenious couplet: "three catties, four taels and five belly".
Although this link seems simple, it is full of challenges, because in this short 7 words, there are 3 consecutive numbers, and it perfectly fits their situation at the time.
In addition, He Shen also took the opportunity to laugh at Ji Xiaolan's carnivorous love. According to historical records, Ji Xiaolan is not happy with meat on weekdays, claiming to be the reincarnation of a wild monster, taking meat as a staple food, and not even wanting to eat a grain of rice.
After Ji Xiaolan heard the connection with Shen, she immediately understood the meaning of his words. After some thought, he gave an extremely ingenious downlink - "five taels and six coins and seven green onions".
This lower link skillfully fights against the upper link, and implies a deep meaning. However, when Emperor Qianlong heard this link, he frowned. He told Ji Xiaolan that he could not ignore the real market situation because of the pursuit of formal neatness and orderliness.
After all, according to the price of goods during the Qianlong period, green onions could not be so expensive. According to records, in the eighth year of Kangxi, a pound of rice was worth about 10 yuan. Even in the Qianlong period, the price of **, a handful of green onions five taels or six dollars is absolutely impossible.
The reason why Emperor Qianlong criticized Ji Xiaolan was that Ji Xiaolan's creation was detached from the basis of reality and disregarded the facts. Ji Xiaolan took the price of onions in the imperial dining room as an example, pointing out that He Shen did not seek his position in his position and bent the law.
This is actually Ji Xiaolan's clever way of reminding Emperor Qianlong to be vigilant against He Shen's corruption.
Emperor Qianlong verified the account books of the imperial dining room and confirmed Ji Xiaolan's statement that the price of green onions was too high. However, although the emperor understood Ji Xiaolan's hint, he didn't want to punish his favored retainer He Shen for this matter.
He Shen found a scapegoat, and the matter was covered up.
Qianlong didn't like Ji Xiaolan very well, although he was knowledgeable and talented, but because of his ugly appearance and stuttering, Qianlong was not interested in him. Ji Xiaolan in history is actually not as handsome and chic as depicted in film and television works, but has an ugly appearance and short-sightedness.
Emperor Qianlong preferred handsome people, and the powerful courtiers he favored were all people with outstanding appearance and good manners. For example, Wang Jie, his good looks and his scientific examination results ranked third, Qianlong took a fancy to his appearance at a glance and appointed him as the champion.
Qianlong proclaimed himself a "perfect old man", thinking that he was perfect and could not tolerate the existence of ugly people in the court, so Ji Xiaolan was not reused during the Qianlong period.
On the contrary, He Shen won the emperor's favor and preferential treatment with his excellent appearance, and even if he knew that he had ** crimes, Qianlong would not punish him severely. In addition, from He Shen's initiative to propose to be a pair in the restaurant, it can be seen that he knows how to please Qianlong, which is also the reason why he is favored and trusted by Qianlong.
In his later years, Qianlong asked He Shen how he compared with the two emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng, which was quite difficult. If the outstanding achievements of Kangxi and Yongzheng are not recognized, the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty will be impossible.
But acknowledging their abilities seems to imply that Qianlong did not surpass these two monarchs. You must know that Qianlong was an emperor who was keen on merit. Faced with this question, He Shen's answer was quite wise.
He believes that although Kangxi implemented benevolent government, it was too moderate, which led to the emergence of many ** filthy officials during the Kangxi period.
Emperor Yongzheng's harsh methods made the courtiers afraid and did not dare to speak out. Emperor Qianlong's ruling strategy was to absorb the gentleness of his grandfather Kangxi and the strictness of his father Yongzheng, and adopted a combination of grace and power.
Emperor Qianlong was very happy to hear these praises, because his grandfather Kangxi had always been his role model in life. However, He Shen not only knows how to flatter horses, but also has profound talents.
He is fluent in four languages, which gives him the ability to create extremely difficult couplets, showcasing his talent.