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Wu Shengqin was a Qing Dynasty literati, although his popularity was not high, he was notorious in history, and even some scholars called him the most shameless literati of the Qing Dynasty!
Wu Province Qin, Zi ChongZhi, number Bai Hua, Jiangsu Nanhui people, although talented, but the career is bumpy, and later with his brother Wu Shenglan in the famous Xian'an Palace to teach.
Xian'an Palace is an official school opened by the Qing Court Internal Affairs Department in the palace for the children of the Three Banners and the outstanding people in the Jingshan Official School, and those who can study here are the children of officials and eunuchs with superior family conditions.
These children of officials and eunuchs, from an early age, have no worries about food and clothing, are keen on eating, drinking, and having fun, and reading books is purely to cope with errands, and they are completely unconcerned.
During the teaching period, Wu Shengqin inadvertently found a student, unlike others, who studied hard and seriously, and when he inquired, he learned that this person's name was He yan and his family was poor.
Wu Shengqin was very fond of the handsome and hard-working Hezhen, and his younger brother Wu Shenglan deliberately cultivated and carefully taught Hezhen, making Hezhen an outstanding talent in Xian'an Palace.
He Yan was also grateful to the two teachers, and bi was respectful.
After graduating from Hezhen, Wu Shengqin participated in the imperial examination many times, but unfortunately each time he was named Luosun Mountain.
Compared with his teachers, He Yan's career path was smooth sailing, and after receiving Qianlong's favor, He Yan and Fei Huang Tengda served and concurrently held many important positions in the Qing court for more than ten years, including the chief university scholar of the cabinet, the minister of military aircraft for the foreman, the shangshu of the official department, the shangshu of the household department, the shangshu of the punishment department, the shangshu of the LiFanyuan, and also served as the chief of the internal affairs office, the tax supervision of Chongwenmen, the head of the Hanlin Academy, the chief president of the "Four Libraries", the minister of internal affairs of the leading guards, the commander of the infantry, and so on.
He Yan was also made a first-class Zhongxiang Duke and a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and later, the eldest son, Feng Sheng, Yin De, also married the tenth princess, the younger daughter of the Qianlong Emperor, and from then on, He Yan and Qianlong became relatives.
One day, He Yan was drinking tea at the palace, and the family came in to report: Wu Province Qin came to visit.
Although he was insatiable and greedy for money, he would repay his eyes, but from a young age reading the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", he could still respect the teacher and the Tao.
Hearing the visit of the teacher during the Xian'an Palace School, he immediately went out to greet him, and when he saw the teacher, when he was about to perform the ceremony of teacher and student, he saw Wu Shengqin pounce, kneel on the ground, and then prostrate his head and shout: "The disciple has come to meet the teacher!" ”
Seeing that the teacher was giving himself a salute, He Yan was frightened and helpless, and quickly helped Wu Shengqin, and lian lian said: "Sir, please get up quickly!" Sir is my teacher, and he is going to kill me by doing this great gift to me today! ”
After Wu Shengqin got up, he smiled: "And the adults do not need to be humble, this year I participated in the examination, and the adults are the main examiner, according to the rules, the candidates call the examiner a teacher, it is natural." ”
Although he said something to Wu Shengqin, although it was irrefutable, the former teacher changed his mouth to call himself a student, and He Yan was still very unaccustomed, and deep down, he also felt that he did not dare to be it, and quickly invited Wu Shengqin to speak in the palace.
After some conversation, He yan finally figured out the reason for the matter.
It turned out that after He yan graduated, the brothers Wu Shengqin and Wu Shenglan repeatedly participated in the imperial examination, but unfortunately all of them failed to make the list. Later, because Wu Shenglan was meritorious in proofreading the Qunshu in the Sikuguan, the Qianlong Emperor allowed him to participate in the temple examination, and Wu Shenglan played an extraordinary role, and actually took a second place in the second class and became a jinshi.
Seeing that his brother had already been named in the gold list, he envied Wu Shengqin, but he was only anxious and had nothing to do.
Coincidentally, Wu Shengqin heard that this year's examination examiner was his own student He Yan, Wu Shengqin thought that he was taking good care of He Yan and Helin, and if He Yan could take care of his kindness that year and help him, he would definitely be able to get the title of the gold list.
Although it is somewhat embarrassing to call your own students teachers, these are no longer important compared to the name!
He Yan knew Wu Shengqin very well, knew that he was outstanding in learning, but the times were not good, and he had always been grateful for his cultivation in those years, and decided to help.
More importantly, He Yan felt that Wu Shengqin had a lot of friendship with him, far from being comparable to others, and once he could enter the official arena in the future, he could definitely become his confidant.
The test questions were personally formulated by the emperor, and before the exam began, the examiners did not know, in order to get the test questions in advance, he Yan took a lot of effort.
On the day Qianlong drew up the test questions, in the study Sanxi Hall, he looked through the "Four Books" for a long time, and finally wrote down the test questions, and only a eunuch named Wang Lian was present during the whole process.
This Wang Lian received a lot of favors from Hezhen, and the relationship between the two was extraordinary, and Hezhen often inquired about Qianlong and the harem through him.
This time, He Yan approached Wang Lian and inquired which of the "Four Books" Qianlong had drawn up the test questions when he saw the "Four Books". Wang Lian replied that it was the first copy of the Analects, and it was only when he was about to finish the page that he wrote down the examination questions.
Although he did not know the specific test questions, he knew the scope of the selected questions, and it was not difficult to guess the test questions with his own achievements in the Analects.
After research, He Yan believed that Qianlong's test questions were likely from the Analects of Qi, and informed Wu Province Qin of this news.
Wu Province Qinmei smiled, carefully prepared, on the day of the exam, the test questions were indeed guessed by He yan, this exam, Wu Province Qin natural gold list title.
Since then, Wu Shengqin has been dead set on He yan, and when he meets, he must be called a teacher, and He Yan initially resigned a few words, and later got used to it, so he acquiesced to this title.
After that, Wu Shengqin became a confidant of Hezhen, and under his introduction, Wu Shenglan also defected to Hezhen.
One year, the impeachment of The Imperial History Cao Xibao and the slave Liu Quan of the Yan family "overtook the system", Wu Province Qin and Cao Xibao had a very good relationship, after learning of this news, immediately informed Hezhen, in the end, Cao Xibao impeachment failed, was retaliated against by Hezhen, and died of injustice.
Wu Shenglan was even arranged by He Yan to go to the side of the Jiaqing Emperor to monitor his every move.
After the fall of Hezhen, Jiaqing did not exterminate all of Hezhen's henchmen, but transferred and retained them, Wu Province Qin was dismissed from his post by Jiaqing for recommending a god stick to quell the White Lotus Sect uprising, and Wu Province Lan was lenient until Jiaqing returned to his hometown in the ninth year.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Biography of He yan, Draft history of the Qing Dynasty, Biography of Cao Xibao