Chapter 63: I'm Alive, I'm Happy!
There are two reasons: first, Liu Dali has a background, his family is thick, and he has not worried about food, clothing, or flowers since he was a child, in other words, it is forbidden! Therefore, Lord Liu has developed a kind of conservative thinking since he was a child. When I was young, I was very upright, but as I got older, I became more and more slippery.
Lord Liu is not as good as his grandfather Liu Qi as an official, and his integrity is not as good as his father Liu Tongxun, so it can be said that he is quite unworthy of his ancestors. This can be seen from the epithet he gave after his death.
Wenqing. Text: Moral erudition, Qing: Honest and honest officials. Is it integrity? No. Being a clean official means that I am not corrupt, I have achieved the sludge without staining, I am white and immaculate, it does not mean that this kind of thing has happened, I impeach others.
Second, Liu Yong and Lord He, in terms of official position, Liu Yong has never surpassed Lord He from beginning to end. Let's give a few eras and find a few specific eras to compare.
First year: 1776. This was the year the United States was founded. What is Lord Liu doing: Cabinet Bachelor and South Study Walking.
To explain 'walking on the south study', we have to first introduce the south study.
South Den, as the name suggests, it is the name of a house, a room.
The south study is neither under the management of the cabinet nor under the management of the six ministries, but is directly managed by the emperor himself. Just inside the Forbidden City, not far from the southwest corner of the Qianqing Palace, is a brick house built by Emperor Kangxi in the early years. Emperor Kangxi prefers to chant poems, draw a picture, write a word or something. I write Braille here, and then I can get the minister to come, and it's so boring to write myself. That's why he built these houses in the Forbidden City.
Usually, the ministers he likes accompany him here to practice calligraphy. But in the process of practicing words, you can't practice words, and it gradually evolved into a lot of decrees, Emperor Kangxi didn't go through the six ministries, didn't go through the cabinet, didn't go through the eight banners, no one went through, just here. As he spoke, he drew up the decree and took it out to carry it out. Therefore, the South Study, starting from the Kangxi period, became more and more important, and became the highest administrative body above the cabinet and the six ministries. Those who can be officials here have a lot of power in their hands.
Let's talk about "walking" again. "Walking", as the name suggests, means that you can freely enter and exit the south study room at any time 24 hours a day. People who can enter and exit the Forbidden City at any time, there are already many officials here.
Hehe, it's still the same sentence, you have to see who you compare with.
In this year, Lord He also held three official positions: Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Right Servant of the Ministry of Households.
In terms of rank, Lord Liu's south study is from the second grade, and the minister-in-charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is from the first grade. Two people are one product apart, two levels!
At this height, Lord Liu can only look up.
What is the concept of the Minister of Military Aircraft?
This official position is of low grade, but the authority is very high.
What we call Minister of Military Aircraft is an official position in the Military Aircraft Division. It is still impossible to say in what year it was established. There are three decades that experts are still discussing: 1729, 1732 and 1732. That is, around 1730.
This department, which was established around 1730 (the eighth year of Yongzheng), was to deal with the rebels in the northwest, use troops in the northwest, and suppress the rebellion in the northwest. The so-called military aircraft, state secrets are also.
During the Qianlong period, the rebellion in the northwest was put down, and it was fine. Then this body was abolished accordingly, and it was a temporary office. However, Qianlong Ye didn't want to.
Although the military plane is just a small house in Longzongmen, a very small and simple house. But since the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department, the status of the South Study has declined.
Yongzheng, like Qianlong, goes to the military aircraft department when he has something. When the emperor went to the military aircraft department and the military aircraft minister's office, the eunuch was not allowed to appear in the military aircraft department. 100 meters away, who will stand guard here for the Military Aircraft Department? At this time, it's time for Lord Liu to come into play: the left and right are the imperial history - another official position of Lord Liu.
That is to say, when Lord He was plotting something with the emperor, Lord Liu could only stand guard outside the door.
What do you say Lord Liu is doing against adults?!
Finally, let's talk about knighthoods.
In 1784, he was made a baron of the first class; In 1788, he was promoted to the rank of Earl of Zhongxiang; In 1795, he was made a duke.
In ancient China, there were five highest titles for ministers: Gonghou Bozi Nan. Among them, the duke and the marquis are all super-first-class officials. But in the end of Liu Yong's life, he was not able to get the title. In his lifetime, he was not able to enter the military aircraft department.
So we say that Liu Yong and Lord He are arguing, it is purely a joke, and he is not enough for that character.
Let's explore why Liu Yong's official position and rank can never exceed that of adults. In fact, in his decades of work experience, Liu Yong is more than 30 years older than adults, and his debut is many years earlier than that of adults. When he started to be an official, He Shen was only one year old. I'm more than 30 years older than yours, how can I never surpass you?
There are three main reasons: first, the two belong to different ethnic groups, Liu Yong is Han Chinese, and the adult is Manchu. We are not here to preach the theory of national superiority, but we must think about it in the context of that era. The Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains with ethnic minorities, and the first thing it admired was the people of its own nationality. If the level and knowledge of the two of us are comparable, then it must be that as Emperor Qianlong, he hopes to appoint a Manchurian with a great man, rather than Liu Yong. We think this is a very important reason, and it is also Liu Yong's decades of fighting wits and courage with He Shen. Always in the official position and rank can not exceed and adults one of the main reasons.
Second, the two have different appearances. In 1782, how old was Liu Yong, he was 63 years old, and what about adults? He was only 32 years old. The appearance of the two people should be said to be completely different, one is very young, very handsome, as we said earlier, He Shen is also a "handsome man in Manchuria". There is no way to compare his handsomeness and chic, and Liu Yong himself, although it cannot be said that he is Luo Guo, but it is inevitable that his body, a sixty-year-old and a thirty-year-old person, should be completely incomparable compared to his appearance. We said that Emperor Qianlong was surrounded by some handsome and beautiful young people. For example, with adults, for example, with the adult's younger brother and Lin, for example, we talked about Fukangan. There are four brothers in their family. For example, Dong Hao, for example, Wang Jie, these people are all recorded in history. In their biographies, it is invariably said that these people are handsome, beautiful, and chic. These words will be put on them.
Third, the two have different family backgrounds, by the time Liu Yong's father died, their family had been protecting the Qing Dynasty for more than 120 years, starting from 1652 when Liu Yong's great-grandfather was admitted to the Jinshi and became an official, and for 120 years, they have been loyal to the Qing Dynasty. is completely different from Liu Yong's family.
Liu Yong's family, the task left to Liu Yong is to keep it and not seek a breakthrough. In fact, we can also see that you can never break through. Not that I speak absolutely. Why?
We can take a look at Liu Yong's father, Liu Tongxun, after his death, what was the nickname given to him by Qianlong? It is "Wenzheng", there were eight Wenzheng in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Liu Yong's father got this nickname in the second, and in terms of priority, it was the second.
If your family can have generations of people called "Wenzheng" and be called "Wenzheng" after death, this is an impossible phenomenon. So Liu Yong himself knows that the task left by this family is to keep it, that is, to keep this family, so that this family can be an official for generations. It would be good to keep this family from declining in the future dynasties, and it would be remarkable, just like Liu Yong himself wrote a few pairs.
His first pair, and the longest pair in their family, is called: 'Coarse tea, light rice, cloth and clothes, this blessing for the old man to accept, the Qi family rules the country and the world, and those things are borne by the children'. What are 'coarse tea', 'light rice', 'cloth clothes'? It's eating, drinking, and closing. I just want to think about this, how to govern the country and how to govern the country in the world is your business, and it is your junior's business. In my life, I don't want to rule the country and level the world with the whole family, I just eat, drink, and play, this is what Liu Yong thought.
Liu Yong also has a pair, which can also reflect his psychology. This pair is: 'Mountains and rivers have love and entertainment for eternity, and ancient and modern times are endless'. It is said that the motherland is very beautiful, I play every day, I appreciate it every day, but I can't appreciate it, if only God could let me live for 10,000 years. This is another question on his mind, and I am now thinking about how to live a long life and how to enjoy the scenery of the motherland.
There is also a third pair: 'Looking for companions in leisure is the best, and it is the most peaceful to sleep without seeking sleep outside the body'. I don't usually go out, but when I have fun at home, I just read books and sleep, and that's my job.
There is also a pair of sayings: 'There are many blessings, many longevity and many men'. I don't seek a breakthrough, use my strategy, use my work to keep my family business, and what should I do if I want to make my family business?
Raising a lot of boys, this is Liu Yong, a very realistic Liu Yong. We can see that what Liu Yong is thinking about is how to let his family live in peace, which is very good.
Do you want to be with adults?! Obviously not, absolutely not.
Liu Yong's family was in power for generations, and the fourth generation was an official. More than 130 years have passed since I came to Liu Yong's place, and people have never seen anything or anything else?! Unlike adults, his parents died when he was a child, and he was helpless, and their family only left him six words: 'If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent'. If he wants to be proud and get ahead, he must do everything he can to do well, there is no best, only better.
Liu Yong would never think about this: do your job well, have a little leisure, and play! National events have something to do with me