At the time, the politics of criticism was a very sensitive issue. As the magistrate of Pei County, Li Tang gave Yan Dayong a stern warning and ordered the destruction of his anthology to calm the situation, without reporting it to his superiors.
However, Gao Jin, Chen Hong and others were obviously not satisfied with this result. If there are no more disobedient words in the anthology, why rush to burn them? So, they found two fragments of the "Matamata" among the people.
Sure enough, there is a lot of criticism of the government in these fragments. Gao Jin and others quickly denounced Qianlong on the charge of "great disrespect". Qianlong was furious and sentenced Yan Dayong to death, and his family was also implicated. Li Tang resigned for some reason and was exempted from prosecution.
After this case, Jiangnan Shiren knew that Liu Yong was the mastermind behind the scenes, and they scoffed at it. However, the atmosphere at that time was such that Liu Yong, as the director of education, was nervous, which was closely related to the cultural environment at that time.
Before this case, there had been many cases in Jiangsu, such as "fabricating Zhuge inscription copy", "Li Yonghe's hidden submission case" and so on. In the face of such a climate, there is nothing people can do.
Another case was the "Poem of a Pillar Building", which occurred in the 43rd year of Qianlong and was caused by a simple civil dispute. Cai Jiashu sold Tian Shandian to Xu Shitian because he needed to turn around, but later wanted to redeem it but was refused. Cai Jiashu held a grudge and thought that there were rebellious words in the "Poem of a Pillar Building" compiled by Grandpa Xu Shitian, so he denounced it.
Tao Yi, the political envoy of Jiangsu Province who originally tried the case, dismissed Cai Jiashu's personal vendetta and rejected his appeal. However, Liu Yong intervened and presented "Poems of a Pillar Building" to Qianlong.
Qianlong reviewed it word by word and found a sentence "The son of tomorrow will meet again, and put the pot on the side", he was very angry, and thought that it was evidence against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. So he issued a holy decree to show Xu Shukui's body to the public, Xu Shitian was executed, and his family was sent to the army. What's even more incredible is that the family surnamed Xu was forcibly searched, which caused dissatisfaction and complaints throughout the region.
The mutilation of human life is intolerable.
If He Shen's great greed is regarded as accumulating capital for Qianlong's son Jiaqing, then the person who lost his precious life because of Liu Yong is undoubtedly a bloody stepping stone for his own promotion!
The friction between Liu Yong and He Shen is obvious, and Liu Yong is deeply disdainful of this palace guard who climbed up by flattery.
When Liu Yong served as the imperial history of the left capital, He Shen was already over the age of standing, but at this time He Shen was already a minister and household secretary whose official rank was much higher than Liu Yong, and also married Qianlong, and his son Fengshen Yinde married the ten princesses of Emperor Qianlong.
On the occasion of Fengshen Yinde's wedding, hundreds of officials dressed up to go to court, but Liu Yong was the only one wearing simple clothes, obviously to give He Shen a slap. Subsequently, he investigated Cathay Pacific for bribing Heshen in the Shandong corruption case, and the relationship between the two deteriorated further, but the two basically did not intersect after that.
In fact, Liu Yong in history is not the prime minister, and he is not at the same level as He Shen at all, so how can he contain each other? The one who can really balance He Shen should be Ah Gui, who is known as the "crown of Qianlong's famous ministers", and only Ah Gui treats He Shen mercilessly, and even often reprimands him publicly, while He Shen is submissive in front of Ah Gui and does not dare to have the slightest bit of a crosshair.
However, Ah Gui travels all year round and is often not in the capital, as soon as he leaves, He Shen's domineering nature will be immediately revealed.
As for Liu Yong, although he is not a mediocre person, according to records, he is tall, but he often bows his head and obeys in front of Qianlong, so his image looks a little rickety.
In his later years, Liu Yong also became slack, indifferent to the government and politics, and as for criticizing He Shen, it was impossible to talk about it.