Liu Yong is a household name for the drama "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", but real history is often more ironic. is completely different from the image in film and television, Liu Yong is not the prime minister, nor has he ever been hunchbacked. The reason why he was able to become a first-class member was completely dependent on the unscrupulous promotion path, and he was able to rise step by step at the expense of countless masters.
Compared with He Shen's greed, Liu Yong is even more known for his cruelty and brutality! His crime is far more serious than that of Heshen!
So, what little-known things did Liu Yong do, and was even despised by most readers at that time?
Liu Yong's family background can be called a prestigious family, his great-grandfather was a member of the household department of the Shunzhi Dynasty, his grandfather was the Sichuan political envoy of the Kangxi Dynasty, and his father Liu Tongxun was an important figure who attracted much attention around the Qianlong Dynasty.
This family background allowed Liu Yong to receive a rigorous and systematic education from an early age, cultivating good moral character and knowledge. At the age of 31, he participated in the examination conducted by Qianlong himself as an Enyin Juren, and as a result, he won the second class and two jinshi, thus starting his officialdom career.
Liu Yong was initially involved in the compilation of the national library as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and was later promoted to the rank of attendant. However, when he was just beginning to make a name for himself in officialdom, he was suddenly imprisoned because of his father's involvement.
It turned out that Liu Tongxun, as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu at that time, obeyed the command of the Dingxi general Yongchang when he sent troops to Ili and ignored the military order, which caused Qianlong to be furious and brought him back to the capital with Liu Yong to be punished.
After Qianlong calmed down, the father and son were released. After that, Liu Yong was in charge of academic and political work in Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, and made remarkable achievements. In particular, during his tenure in Jiangsu, he investigated and dealt with a number of cases of fraud through solid work performance, which made the examination discipline and study style in the region take on a new look.
Qianlong praised Liu Yong's performance, and even specially gave a poem to show encouragement, the poem said: "Haidai Gaomendi, Yingzhou Xinhanlin!" It can be said that Liu Yong showed a good official demeanor of diligence, self-discipline and outstanding talent when he served in the local government, so he has the reputation of "** day" among the people.
However, the human heart is often complex and unpredictable. In that era, for the sake of his own promotion, Liu Yong was also involved in two major cases that made readers despised. The scope of these two cases is shocking.
Compared with He Shen's huge greed, Liu Yong's behavior is even more hateful, shameful, and hateful, especially his lynching behavior is even more disgusting!
Liu Yong's "** cases mainly include the "Mamata Collection" case of Jiangsu Xuezheng and the "One Pillar Building Poem" case of Qianlong's 43rd year.
In the "Matamata" case, the main character is Yan Dayong. He was originally an old prisoner in Pei County, Jiangsu Province, who had repeatedly failed. At that time, there was a situation of apportionment of grain in his hometown, which caused strong dissatisfaction from Yan Dayong, a family that was not wealthy. Therefore, with the backbone and righteous indignation of a scholar, he spoke out and made fierce remarks, even fierce rhetoric. Soon after, he escaped due to fear, but it didn't take long for him to be captured.
Liu Yong, as a Jiangsu scholar, also participated in the trial of this case. But as head of the education department, Liu Yong did not focus on the food issue, but instead focused on several anthologies that Yan Dayong had burned.
Although Liu Yong has a clear conscience about his actions, why did he rush to burn the evidence? Isn't this a vain of heart? Therefore, Liu Yong immediately reported the details and doubts of the case to Qianlong in detail. However, Qianlong thought that it seemed unreasonable to rush into a conviction based on a book-burning incident with no substantial evidence, so he ordered the local government to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
Gao Jin, the governor of Liangjiang, and Chen Hong, the governor of Jiangsu, began to interrogate Yan Dayong severely, and after a long period of psychological struggle and painful torture, Yan Dayong finally told the truth.
It turned out that when Yan Dayong was in his thirties, he had published a book called "Matamata", in which there was a chapter expressing dissatisfaction with the local county chronicles, because the county records did not record the deeds of his mother who observed festivals in her twenties.
At that time, Li Tang, who was the magistrate of Pei County, only ordered Yan Dayong to burn the anthology, and did not report the matter to his superiors. However, Gao Jin and Chen Hong were not satisfied with this result, and they thought that if there were no more disobedient words in the book, why rush to burn it? So they collected two fragments of the "Matamata" among the people.
Sure enough, there are many words of dissatisfaction with the government in these fragments. Gao Jin and others quickly reported to Qianlong for the crime of "great disrespect", Qianlong was furious and sentenced Yan Dayong to death, and his family was also implicated to varying degrees, and the county ordered Li Tang to die for some reason and was no longer investigated.
After this case, Jiangnan scholars identified Liu Yong as the initiator and sneered at him. However, in the cultural environment of the time, the whole atmosphere was like this, and Liu Yong, as an education supervisor, felt tremendous pressure.
Before the outbreak of this case, there had been dozens of cases in Jiangsu, such as "fabricating Zhuge inscription copy", "Li Yonghe's hidden submission case" and so on. The atmosphere is so overwhelming.
Another case was the "Poems of a Pillar Building" case, which occurred in the 43rd year of Qianlong and arose from a simple civil dispute. Cai Jiashu, a poor scholar, sold his land to Xu Shitian because of his turnover, and later wanted to redeem it when the economy improved, but Xu Shitian refused, so he held a grudge. Cai Jiashu discovered the "Poem of a Pillar Building" compiled by Xu Shitian's grandfather Xu Shukui, which contained rebellious words, so he reported it to the government.
Tao Yi, the political envoy of Jiangsu Province who heard the case, dismissed Cai Jiashu's personal vendetta and rejected his appeal. However, Liu Yong, as a scholar in Jiangsu, was particularly concerned about this matter, and immediately handed over "Poems of a Pillar Building" to Qianlong.
After careful review, Qianlong was furious because of one of the sentences, "The great tomorrow will meet again, and put the pot on the side", thinking that this is ironclad evidence against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. So, a holy decree was issued to open Xu Shukui's coffin and kill the body, Xu Shitian was sentenced to death, and his family was sent to the army. In addition, all local families surnamed Xu were also forcibly raided, which caused public resentment to boil and complained.
However, Liu Yong was once again appreciated by Qianlong because of this matter, and soon after, he returned to Beijing to make the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
If He Shen's huge greed is to accumulate capital for Qianlong's son Jiaqing, then the person who died because of Liu Yong is the bloody pedal he stepped on for his own promotion!
The contradiction between Liu Yong and He Shen is inevitable, and Liu Yong despises this imperial guard who climbed up through flattery.
When Liu Yong served as the imperial history of the left capital, He Shen had already passed the year of establishment. However, at the same time, He Shen is already a high-ranking power, and he is also an important minister of the imperial palace and the head of the household. What is even more remarkable is that he married Qianlong as a family of sons and daughters, and his son Fengshen Yinde married the ten princesses of the Qianlong Emperor, which made the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty tend to follow. However, Liu Yong disagreed.
In the grand event of Fengshen Yinde's wedding, hundreds of officials dressed up to attend the court meeting, but Liu Yong was wearing tattered clothes, obviously provoking Heshen. Subsequently, he pursued Cathay Pacific for bribing Heshen in the Shandong corruption case, which further deepened the rift between the two. However, the two have barely crossed paths since then.
In fact, Liu Yong and He Shen's status is far from each other. If you want to say that the person who can really restrain Heshen, it should be Ah Gui. He is known as the "crown of Qianlong's famous ministers", and only he can not worry about Heshen's face, and even often severely reprimands him in front of everyone. He Shen obeyed in front of Ah Gui, and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
However, Ah Gui was busy with military affairs all year round and rarely appeared in the capital. As soon as he leaves the capital, He Shen's arrogant and domineering nature will be immediately revealed.
As for Liu Yong, although he is not of a humble status, according to historical records, he is as tall as 1.9 meters tall and is a burly Shandong man. However, he often bowed his head and obeyed in front of Qianlong, giving people the impression of a hunchback.
As he grew older, Liu also began to show a tendency to be lazy, often ignoring the affairs of the imperial court. As for the ** of Heshen, it has almost become nonsense.
Although Liu Yong's calligraphy skills are peerless, his character is hardly commendable. It is often said that words are like people, but this sentence has become a kind of irony when applied to Liu Yong. In order to seek his own status, he can ignore the existence of so many innocent lives, and the sinister nature of his mind is really intolerable!
Some people may think that this is the limitation of the times, but as a Han scholar, Liu Yong completely turned his back on the way of "benevolence and righteousness" advocated by Confucius. It can be said that the top of his head is stained with the blood of countless scholars, which is not an exaggeration!
Ending: A high-profile *** case is often enough to completely change a person's image. As the saying goes, "Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky", it is not difficult for a person to do a good deed, but it is not easy to do good deeds all his life.
However, at a certain turning point in history, even one of the most influential evils will be severely condemned by later generations. Liu Yong is a case in point.
Therefore, in life, we must correct our identity and act steadily, so as to be worthy of heaven and earth and the people!
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