Chapter 47 Chapter Three: Ji Xiaolan's Person and Things

Apart from Liu Yong, the second character who is very popular in TV dramas is Tie Zui Bong Ya Ji Big Smoking Bag. Speaking of this Ji Da pipe, he is a typical Chinese literati.What are the characteristics of Chinese literati? First, he likes to sing the wind and enjoy the moon, and is not very familiar with current affairs; second, he will be scolded by everyone.Why do people scold him?First of all, people who don't like reading will scold him, and secondly, those who are attached to power will scold him, so literati have never had a good reputation in Chinese history. You must know that there are many people who do not like reading, and it is very cool to scold literati.If you scold an official or a powerful person, it is very dangerous and you may be severely punished.But if you scold any literati, this literati can't beat you severely, you are safe, and you can deceive yourself and think: since I can scold this literati, it also shows that I am of high standard.

The seven generations of Ji Xiaolan's family were literati.In fact, the Ji family also has its own legendary history, but this legendary history is a history of blood and tears. Long before Ji Xiaolan's seventh ancestor, the Ji family was very large and very rich.Just in time for the famine among the people, Ji Xiaolan's seventh-generation ancestors made their own porridge to relieve the disaster, and saved countless hungry people. I don't know how many people saved their lives under the Ji family's bowl of porridge. But good people will not be rewarded if they are under the power. The Ji family's porridge donation brought a disaster, and the government arrested Ji Xiaolan's ancestors.After being caught, let him build the prison by himself, pay for the construction of the prison and lock himself up.Aren't you rich?Whether the common people starve to death or not is under the control of the court. You, a common man, want to win glory with the court?In addition to punishing him to build a prison for himself, he also punished Ji's family to dig a well. This well was in Ji Xiaolan's hometown.This kind of setback in reality brings blessings in virtue. In Ji Xiaolan's generation, he is already a well-known talent in the world.

What is Ji Xiaolan's image in Qianlong's mind?How did he compete wits and courage with Heshen? This is not the case, what he has is just a literati being teased by savage primitives.Don't talk about He Shen, in fact Ji Xiaolan was teased by Liu Luoguo.If you want to talk about who is really fighting who, Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan are just a couple. Once two people were chatting together, and suddenly they had an argument.Ji Xiaolan said that the radishes produced in our hometown are very large, and Liu Yong said that if you come here less, what special products can you have in that poor place?The radishes in our hometown are big.The two fought all the way to Qianlong, Qianlong said it was easy to handle, each of you will bring a carrot from your hometown tomorrow, and compare whose is bigger.The next day Ji Xiaolan brought a big radish, while Liu Yong held a wilted little radish in his hand.Guess who won?Qianlong laughed when he saw it, and proposed an edict: The tax in Ji Xiaolan's hometown will be increased by 30%, and the carrot is so big, it must be rich in products, while the tax in Liu Yong's hometown will be reduced by 30%.This is Ji Xiaolan's embarrassment in front of Liu Yong, and Liu Yong, Ji Xiaolan and He Shen are incapable of fighting.

But Ji Xiaolan has a talent for writing. He edited the "Siku Quanshu" for Qianlong, and he was highly valued by Qianlong. It is precisely because of the importance that he wants to speak on national affairs.Qianlong went out on tours many times, causing the treasury to become increasingly empty.Like a large locust, Qianlong gnawed away the whole country.When Qianlong traveled, the most luxurious equipment was the toilet. All the toilets were used only once, and tens of thousands of toilets were used along the way. What a waste of resources.And the water he drank had to be transported from a special spring in the capital.These two expenses alone are already beyond the reach of ordinary people.So when Qianlong decided to travel again, Ji Xiaolan came out to persuade: Your Majesty, Southeast is exhausted.It means, Your Majesty, the country has run out of money, and you have ruined the country.

How did Qianlong answer?Qianlong pointed at Ji Xiaolan's nose and scolded: You and other scholars are no more than prostitutes.What do these words mean?That is to say: You are a stinking literati who is just like a whore, what right do you have to speak to me!After scolding Ji Xiaolan, he took Ji Xiaolan on a trip: You must follow me, and you follow me when I go out, don't you object? I have to go out today, and I want to take you with me. Let me see what your attitude is! Ji Xiaolan bit the bullet and went out with Qianlong. When they arrived at a place in the south of the Yangtze River, there was a building called Tianxianglou, where famous local prostitutes gathered.Qianlong saw that this place was good, so he stayed here and never left.

When Ji Xiaolan saw this, he felt disgusted. His family was a family of scholars for generations, and all ancient literati were obsessed with political cleanliness.Ji Xiaolan couldn't bear to follow such an emperor, and wanted to rush into the Tianxiang Building to argue with Emperor Qianlong, but the guards in the palace easily stopped Ji Xiaolan from the door out of loyalty to the emperor.At this time, Ji Xiaolan went all out and wrote a poem.Of course, this poem did not dare to curse openly, and advised Emperor Qianlong not to stay in this building full of prostitutes in a roundabout way: You come out, it is best to check the people's livelihood, please!

After writing this poem, Ji Xiaolan no longer intends to live. He returned to his residence and began to write his suicide note.We know that Ji Xiaolan has a notebook novel called, besides this, he has several notebooks.Ji Xiaolan has a characteristic. Wherever he goes, he has to memorize some anecdotes, and he memorizes them every day, and he has memorized them in a thick volume for several years.At that time, he wanted to write down today's event, but when he took the pen to find the book, he couldn't find it, and he couldn't find it everywhere. Where did he go?When he was wondering, Qianlong ordered him to go there, Ji Xiaolan was shocked when he passed, Qianlong was sitting there looking through the notebook he couldn't find.It turned out that Qianlong ordered people to fetch Ji Xiaolan's notes, and turned them from beginning to end. As long as there is a word that is not right, Ji Xiaolan will be finished.But the terrible thing is that these stories written by Ji Xiaolan are very interesting, so that Qianlong only cares about the stories and can't find faults.Finally, Qianlong said: You can be content, there is a word here that I don't like, and you are finished.Today I don't care about you anymore, you are a poor literati, but you are like a prostitute, you messed with me, don't you want to live?Are you out of your mind?

After this incident, Ji Xiaolan completely lost confidence in imperial politics.He may not reflect as deeply as us today, but he knows that it is impossible to meet any wise king again.From then on, Ji Xiaolan faded out of history and entered the era of success for Heshen.