Chapter 38 Chapter 1 The Story of Ding Wenbin

Through a case that Qianlong personally handled, we can see Qianlong's administrative style and what kind of person he is. The case is about a scholar named Ding Wenbin, who became an orphan at a very young age and was brought up by his uncle.But what should have happened was that his uncle taught Ding Wenbin how to read and write.But after he became an adult, he had no way to make a living, and his life was very poor.In this despair, suddenly one day, Ding Wenbin heard a voice calling him: Ding Wenbin... Ding Wenbin... Ding Wenbin was very surprised at that time. He looked left and right, but he couldn't see anyone.He asked loudly: Who is calling me?The voice replied: It is I, I am the Emperor of Heaven.Let me tell you, your Ding Wenbin is about to turn around.

I came to you to tell you how to change your destiny.Ding Wenbin was shocked at the time, and asked: Heavenly Emperor, how can I change my destiny?The Emperor of Heaven said: It's very simple, you are not an ordinary person, you are a star from the sky.However, if you want to achieve a career, you must suffer a lot. Now that you have suffered enough, you should immediately pick up a pen and write two books, the first one is called "Spring and Autumn" and the second one is called "Wenwuji". High-ranking officials and rich salary, from now on enjoy endless glory and wealth.

Ding Wenbin was so excited when he heard that, he picked up a pen and wrote, and the two books were finished quickly.After finishing writing, Ding Wenbin went to the imperial court with two books in his hands, but he didn't know where to find him. He happened to stop a magistrate traveling in a sedan chair, and the magistrate asked him: Who is blocking the sedan chair?Ding Wenbin said: You know who I am and why are you asking, didn't the Emperor of Heaven tell you?I have finished writing these two books, now handing over the book to you, can you give me the high official salary? The magistrate saw that the man's mind was abnormal and he was obviously a lunatic, so he couldn't tell him directly, so he said: "The Emperor of Heaven told me, then give me the book, and you wait here."Ding Wenbin stood obediently by the side of the road and waited, while the magistrate went home and ignored him at all.

Ding Wenbin waited for two days, dizzy from hunger, and when he was depressed, he heard that voice again: Ding Wenbin... Ding Wenbin... Ding Wenbin lost his temper and said, "Emperor, why are you lying to me?"You said that I wrote a book, high-ranking officials and generous salary came, but I wrote it, but I didn’t come!At this time, the ethereal voice said: "Ding Wenbin, I'm sorry, I made a mistake and said the title of the book wrongly. What you should write is not "Spring and Autumn" or "Wenwuji", you should write a book called "Hong Fan" , and the other one is called "Taigongwang". After finishing these two books, don't go to the court, go to the Confucius family in Qufu, and look for the descendants of Confucius.Now the Kong family has a pair of twin daughters, who are as beautiful as flowers and tender as water, and they are destined to be your wives.After you finish writing these two books, send them over, and these two girls will marry you, and you will have enough to eat and wear from now on.

Ding Wenbin said: I believe you again, don't lie to me.So I went back and wrote again. After finishing writing, I took the book and set off for Qufu.But he had no money, so he begged for food along the way.After arriving in Qufu, Ding Wenbin knocked on the door of Kong’s house and said: I am Ding Wenbin, the Emperor of Heaven told you, I have already written the book, call my two wives out quickly.Your Kong family is too wicked, I am so hungry, and you still hide my wife from meeting me. The servant of the Confucian family in Qufu looked like a madman, so he hurried to close the door.Ding Wenbin quit, even fell and smashed.The common people around were startled, and they all came out to watch the excitement.Ding Wenbin shouted even more vigorously: You hid my two wives, what do you want to do?

When the common people who joined in the fun heard it, they also talked a lot: The Kong family is still a descendant of a saint, and it is too unnatural, how can they hide their wives? At this time, the Kong family in Qufu had no choice but to be entangled by a lunatic, so they had to report to the government and ask the government to help them deal with it.I don't know which one is wicked, so I reported the case to Qianlong.Qianlong took a look and came to an absurd conclusion. He instructed: behind Ding Wenbin, there must be a conspiracy against me, dig it out for me as soon as possible!

When the magistrate received this instruction, he really wanted to cry, thinking that our emperor seems to be as abnormal as this Ding Wenbin. This case clearly shows that a lunatic had auditory hallucinations, heard some non-existent voices, and fell into his own In the hallucination of the emperor, but the emperor insisted that there was a conspiracy behind him, isn't it embarrassing? But since the emperor said that there is a conspiracy group hidden, then this conspiracy group must be found out.No way, the magistrate began to fool Ding Wenbin, asking him: Where do you keep in touch with the Emperor of Heaven, and where does he live?

Ding Wenbin said: You have a brain problem, of course the Emperor of Heaven lives in the Heavenly Court!It's between us that he contacted me, how could you know? The local officials interrogated for a long time, and finally said: Your Majesty, this is really a lunatic, there is no conspiracy. Qianlong was furious: How could there be no, there must be!You torture me with a stick! The torture tool of the clamp stick is very terrifying. There is a saying in ancient times called "Under the five trees, what can you ask for?" It means that five pieces of wood clamp your leg bones. As long as you use force, your fragile leg bones will shatter with a "click". Yes, the kind of pain that makes people want to live but not die will make you confess everything.

This kind of punishment was imposed on the mentally ill Ding Wenbin, but it was useless at all, because there is really no cabal.Ding Wenbin was tortured until he was half dead, so the magistrate made a statement saying that he was about to die, and whether he should be tortured again. Qianlong ordered: before he died, he should be dragged to the execution ground immediately, and he would be cut 3,600 times. Why did Qianlong treat Ding Wenbin like this?It can only be said that this is one of Qianlong's governing styles, the secret of his becoming a wise emperor, and an internal factor for the long-standing saying of the rule of Kang and Qianlong.