Liu Yong Qing Dynasty celebrity or a fig leaf for "good officials"? Reveal its true colors
In the "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" series, Liu Yong was profoundly portrayed as a heroic image who fought wits and courage with He Shen. However, real history is often more complex and ironic than TV dramas.
In fact, Liu Yong is neither the prime minister nor the famous hunchback.
The reason why a first-class civil servant was able to occupy a high position was not because of his personal ability and efforts, but because he intervened in the interests of countless nobles step by step.
Compared with He Shen's greed for money, Liu Yong's sin is deeper. He is cruel, not only greedy for power, but also prone to use extremely cruel means to squeeze out opponents in his career and eliminate people who hinder his promotion.
Although He Shen is greedy for money, he still has some scruples in the political struggle, while Liu Yong has a clear conscience in killing, and his sins are much deeper than He Shen.
What exactly did Liu Yong do that was little known at the time, and even underestimated by most readers?
He has been a civil servant for generations.
Liu Yong was born in a family of eunuchs and has a deep family history. His great-grandfather was a minister of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and his grandfather was a political envoy of Sichuan in the Kangxi Dynasty. In his father's generation, Liu Tongxun was prosperous and popular in the circle of Emperor Qianlong. This family background paved the way for Liu's career, and he received a good education at an early age.
At the age of 31, Liu Yong, with the blessing of his family, participated in the imperial examination presided over by the Qianlong Emperor himself, and won the second place the following year. Since then, he has begun his career.
Liu Yong first worked as a bachelor's degree student at the Hanlin Academy, where he participated in the compilation of the national calligraphy. was later promoted to the first assistant, but because of the intervention of his father Liu Tongxun, the position was imprisoned before it heated up. It was revealed that Liu Tongxun, who was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu at the time, was reprimanded and punished by Emperor Qianlong along with his son Liu Yong for his mistakes in the Battle of Ili.
Fortunately, Emperor Qianlong soon released Liu Tongxun and Liu Yong. Liu Yong was in charge of imperial examinations and education in Guangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu. During his tenure as a scholar in Jiangsu, he was able to recruit and fight well, and investigated and dealt with many cases of cheating, which made Jiangsu's discipline and teaching style look new. Emperor Qianlong was very satisfied with this and gave a poem to encourage him.
But over time, Liu Yong's thoughts and actions changed. Compared with Heshen's greed for money, Yoo Yong's evil deeds are first manifested in his arrogance for power and wanton killing of innocent people. For the sake of his promotion and status, he did not hesitate to make many people suspicious, and even did things that made readers all over the world laugh. Such behavior is more disgusting, disgusting, and disgusting than Heshen's corruption.
In any case, it's just for the future.
Liu Yong is an important judicial ** and is very talented. But he was"***"The culprits of these two embarrassing cases.
During his time as a scholar and politician in Jiangsu, he made it with his own hands"Minamata Society Movement"。This was originally an ordinary civil dispute, but it was turned into bloody by his keen political insight*** Yan Dayong's anthology was classified as a heretical text because of Yan Yong's vicious vision, although the parties had no intention of objecting. After severe torture and psychological warfare, Yan Dayong was finally forced to confess, and his family was not spared.
Second example"The Song of the One Pillar House"Even more absurd, what started as a simple civil dispute became complicated by Liu Yong's intervention. Regardless of the truth, he presented a collection of poems by Xu Yitian's grandfather Xu Shukui to Qianlong, which triggered an unprecedented *** Xu Shukui was convicted of treason, was dismembered, and Xu Yitian's family also suffered. What's even more outrageous is that all the local Xu families have been innocently denounced, and the family is ruined.
Behind these cases is Liu Yong's cold-bloodedness, who will do anything for power and profit. He knew that Emperor Qianlong was right"Go to jail"and use this means to exclude dissidents and consolidate their position. His actions not only alienated the Qiannan scholars, but also plunged the entire society into an atmosphere of fear and suspicion.
Although Liu Xunyi's actions were proud for a while, they could not cover up the darkness and distortion in his heart. What he did seriously undermined the fairness and harmony of society, made people lose confidence in the courts, and developed a deep hatred for power.
A glance at Liu Yong's life.
Liu Yong and He Shen were both important ministers during the Qianlong period, but their origins and personalities were very different. It is said that He Shen relied on the red hope of flattery, while Liu Yong came from a talented and studious literary family. The contradictions and differences between the two are not only personal grievances, but also a contest between two powers and two values.
Liu Yong was known for his integrity and honesty throughout his life, and he was very disdainful of He Shen's behavior. As Emperor Qianlong, he was not unaware of what He Shen was doing, but in order to balance the government, he would rather turn a blind eye. On the other hand, Liu Yong spared no effort to expose He Shen's corrupt practices and fight against He Shen in his own way.
But history is always full of drama. Liu Yong's career seems to be inseparable from Heshen's help. On the one hand, Qianlong appreciated his talent and ability, and on the other hand, He Shen also contributed to his success. This delicate balance complicates the relationship between the two.
Yoo Yong's calligraphy is a masterpiece, and his smooth and beautiful handwriting is praised by the world. However, his actions were not commendable. His actions during his time as an official raised doubts about his moral character. People are appalled that he may have put the lives of others at risk for his own benefit.
Although Liu relented in the lawsuits that followed, he never stopped exposing Heshen's corruption. He knew that only by thoroughly exposing He Shen's crimes could he restore He Shen's reputation and bring justice to innocent lives.
But history is always full of powerlessness. Although Liu Yong was talented, eloquent, brave and strategic, his personal strength was far from enough at that time. He could not change the corruption of an entire dynasty, nor could he save those innocent lives. His hat was stained red by the blood of countless scholars, which is the sorrow of the times and the sorrow of Liu Yong's life.