Chapter 15 Wherever you go, you judge people by their cover

We are all familiar with Liu Yong, and many of us can think of the "Liu Luoguo".Some people always ask, is this Liu Yong really a hunchback? It is really hard to say whether Liu Yong is a hunchback or not.why?According to the principles of the imperial examination, Liu Yong should not be a hunchback.We know that Liu Yong was born in the imperial examination, and he himself was born as a Jinshi, right?Then when Liu Yong took the exam, not to mention the Qing Dynasty, as soon as the imperial examination system appeared in China, it had some basic principles for registration.Don't we now have a physical examination for the college entrance examination?What kind of body you are and what kind of work you are not suitable for, you have to have a doctor to make an appraisal.The same is true in the Qing Dynasty. Those who participated in the imperial examination system in the Qing Dynasty, all the candidates, if you want to take the examination, you will actually meet the emperor after the examination, so you can’t be surprised, can you?Therefore, only those who meet the standard can see the emperor. Its standard is four characters, "body, speech, book, judgment".What does that mean?

"Body" refers to the body and appearance. You should have a dignified appearance and good facial features, so that you will not surprise the holy car. When you become an official in the future, you will have official authority with a slap of the gavel. "Speech" refers to the ability to express language. You must speak clearly and logically, so that when you are an official, you can judge cases so that people can hear you clearly. "Book" is your handwriting and font.The font needs to be beautiful, and different dynasties are different. Some dynasties favored big script, some dynasties favored Chinese script, but the Qianlong dynasty favored small script.First, I will give you a very small writing brush, which is written in lowercase letters. After writing this word, the handwriting is correct, so that the superiors can understand it, and the subordinates can understand it.

The last is "judgment", which refers to the quickness of thinking.If you want to sign up for the exam, there will be an intelligence test ahead of you, where you will be given a difficult problem and asked to decide a case.If your case is resolved, you can get in if you are qualified, and get out if you are unqualified. This is what we call the four principles of "body, speech, writing, and judgment". Only those who have passed these four conditions can take part in the general examination and pass the Jinshi examination, otherwise it is impossible. So from this point of view, since we said that Liu Yong took part in the imperial examination, he should conform to these four principles.Let's say it cautiously, at least when Liu Yong was young, at least when he was taking the exam, he should not be a hunchback.But, as for whether he will be a hunchback when he gets older, I'm already an official, so we're really not sure.

There is another circumstantial evidence to say that he was not a hunchback when he was young.If I take the national examination three times in a row, it will be nine years. I have passed all the exams, but I have not passed the exam. The only condition is just one appearance, good-looking is fine!What is the standard of good-looking and ugly?This is simple, eight characters, called "Tong, Tian, ​​Guan, Ri, Shen, Jia, Qi, You", among them, "Tong Tian Guan Ri" is one group, and "Shen Jia Qi You" is the second group. The so-called "Tongtian Guanri", "Tong" means a rectangular face, you see that your rectangular face looks good, go in.

The second one, "Tian", has a square face, and square faces can also enter, and people will choose at the end. The third one is "Guan", which has a huge head but a tall body. Although the head is big, but because the body is very tall, if the head is pushed up like this, this person can also enter. The fourth is "day", which is the best test among these four characters, "day", you are neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, just right, go in. If you are unlucky and none of these four words are suitable for you, then look at the next four words, "Body Armor Qiyou", if you meet one of them, you don't need to enter.

"Body" refers to abnormal facial features; "A", you know that, the head is big and the body is small; "Qi", one shoulder is high and the other shoulder is low; Can't be an officer. At that time, I paid a lot of attention to appearance.We now have a lot of places to recruit workers. When recruiting for any position, you have to go through this first. Of course, Emperor Qianlong was also an individual, and he could not decide whether he looked good or not. There was no way, it was given by his parents.But he can choose the appearance of the people around him. Under the condition of equal knowledge, why can't I choose some beautiful ones to put by my side?

Therefore, from this aspect, the people around Emperor Qianlong should all look pretty, and they should all be dignified.History has also just proved that there are really good-looking people around Emperor Qianlong.In many cases, he judges people by their appearance, such as the brothers He Shen and He Lin.Is there any more?For example, Fukang'an's family, everyone is very good-looking!Otherwise, why did Emperor Qianlong marry his daughter to Fukang'an's brother?Everyone in Fukang'an's family is pretty good-looking.Is there anything else?Of course, we don’t say or deny that he is talented, but at the same time, when everyone has similar talents and learning, this is the reason why these people can be promoted.Therefore, the people around Emperor Qianlong should all be better-looking. From this point of view, Liu Yong should not be a hunchback.

The word "hunchback" really has a background, and it was said by the emperor.But which emperor said it? In "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" and in the storytelling, it is said that this "hunchback" was bestowed by Emperor Qianlong.It is said that Qianlong made fun of Liu Yong one day, bestowed the title of "Luo Guo" on Liu Yong, and wrote a poem for Liu Yong: "Disability in life is the front edge, the mouth is in the chest, the earlobe shoulders. It is rare to see the sun and the moon when looking up, and the blue sky can only be seen when looking sideways. Lying down is like missing three points of heart, standing like a bow missing one string. After death, it will be buried in the coffin, and you will sleep forever in the cage." This is what Emperor Qianlong shamed Liu Yong, and asked Liu Yong to return him a poem.My emperor has written you a poem, and you have to write me a poem too.

Hey, the storyteller said that Liu Yong said so, and he thought so—whether he is shabby or not, let’s start with the word "hunchback", which costs 20,000 yuan a year! As we said earlier, Liu Yong's father, Liu Tongxun, had the posthumous title of "Wenzheng", and those two characters were also used to enjoy money for generations. This is not a lie. The Ministry of Officials has a pension, which is based on this word. Liu Yong thought about it, the emperor gave me the title of "Humppot", and the word "Humppot" is 20,000 yuan, 20,000 a year, 10,000 yuan per word, okay. Well, let the hunchback be the hunchback, I can't stand against the emperor either!The emperor asked us to write a poem, and we also wrote a poem, and immediately picked up the pen and wrote a poem to reply to the emperor.

This poem is written like this: "A hunchback can store food, and a person with a hunchback is wise and resourceful. Wen Tao accompanies the king to determine the country's policy, and the military strategy guards the border to protect the homeland. Although I don't know how to be kind, I will be rewarded by Long Live. Don't look at it." Luo Guo doesn’t have many characters, so he gets 20,000 taels for nothing every year.” We dare not say whether this poem was written by him, why?Because there is another saying, saying that he wrote like this: "Hunchbacked, chest full of economics. One glance to distinguish loyalty and traitors, one leg to jump through the dragon's gate." He was talking about four types of disabled people.

The first type of disability is hunchback. The second type of disabled person has a big belly and a big belly. The third type of person is one-eyed. The fourth type of person is one-legged. He said that these four kinds of people are good people, and then there are four sentences below, which are called "Supporting the country with a loyal heart, thanking the emperor with a brain. How can a person who draws materials based on appearance be a virtuous person". As for which one was written by Liu Yong, I don't think any of them are similar. I think they are all legends.But Liu Yong's hunchback is really what the emperor said, but this emperor is not Qianlong, but Qianlong's son, Jiaqing.What they said was not the word "hunchback", but "hunchback".That's how it was written in the history books, Jiaqing said that Liu Yong was called "Liu Tuozi".But when Emperor Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, how old was Liu Yong?Over eighty years old.For several generations of Liu Yong’s family, Liu Yong’s father had a short lifespan, at 75 years old, followed by Liu Yong, who died in his 80s, and the rest of the family died in their 90s.You think, Liu Yong is more than 80 years old, and we feel that he should have a hunchback, so it should be objectively said that Liu Yong's hunchback is true when he is old. It can be seen that in terms of image, Liu Yong in history is not completely consistent with Liu Yong in folklore and literary works.Then, from the perspective of acting as an official, is Liu Yong in history as clean and capable, defying power as described by the playwright, and can he really tease the big corrupt officials He Shen in his hands?Let's start with Liu Yong's examination as a Jinshi and his official career.