On the emperor's birthday, the ministers would send gifts to congratulate him. In the TV series, Liu Yong is also a fairly intelligent minister. On Qianlong's birthday, other ministers sent all kinds of rare gifts, but what was quite surprising was that Liu Yong only sent a bucket of ginger. Anyone who receives such a gift will not be in a good mood, but why is Qianlong very happy after seeing it?
In fact, if there is a choice, Liu Yong is not willing to give such a gift. It's just that I have no choice but to send ginger. We all know that Liu Yong is a fairly incorruptible person, and relying on his own little Feng Lu is simply not enough to do anything. He is not like He Yan, compared with He Yan, Liu Yong is a poor man.
There was no way, Liu Yong thought about it, and had to buy a bucket of ginger to send to Qianlong. On the day of Qianlong's birthday, all the ministers sent various rare gifts. When it was Liu Yong's turn to send it, he was carrying a bucket of ginger. After the ministers saw the gifts sent by Liu Yong, they laughed one after another.
After Qianlong saw the gift sent by Liu Yong, he also frowned, and then said to Liu Yong: "The gift sent by Ai Qing is a bit shabby." Hearing this, Liu Yong smiled, and then said to Qianlong, Emperor, don't be in a hurry, and listen to Wei Chen's story for you. Qianlong knew that Liu Yong was a very clever person, so he waited for Liu Yong to slowly explain.
Liu Yong carried a bucket of ginger and asked Qianlong, Your Majesty, do you see that this ginger does not look like a mountain. Listening to Liu Yong's words, Qianlong nodded slightly. Then Liu Yong said to Qianlong: "Emperor, the gift that the minister sent you has a name, and the name of my gift is called a unified Jiangshan."
Hearing this, Qianlong was immediately overjoyed, not only praising Liu Yong for the gifts he sent, but also rewarding Liu Yong. And the ministers who originally ridiculed Liu Yong also echoed it at this moment, saying that it was a gift from Liu Yong. It is also Qianlong who is the emperor and the richest man in the world.
He had never seen anything, so the rare gifts sent by the chancellor did not leave the deepest impression on the Qianlong Emperor. And Liu Yong knew that he had no money and could not afford to buy any precious gifts. So if you want to shine in these gifts, you have to find a good meaning.
A bucket of ginger was originally bland, but in Liu Yong's mouth it became "one unified country". It is also thanks to Liu Yong, if it is someone else, it is estimated that he really can't think of this meaning. From this bucket of ginger, it can be seen that Liu Yong's intentions are good. A bucket of ginger may not be valuable, but Liu Yong's intentions are priceless.
If someone else had sent a bucket of ginger, perhaps Qianlong would not have done so at all. And Qianlong knew that Liu Yong was a clean and honest official, so he could be so tolerant of Liu Yong.