When Ji Xiaolan was in his twenties, he took the first place in the township examination, but he fell behind in the second year's examination. Later, because of the death of his mother, he did not take the exam until he was in his early thirties and was officially elected to the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi.
It is said that the official position of Shu Jishi is not large, but there are many jinshi who are vying for it. One is that this position is a close subordinate of the emperor, and the other is that there is a great chance that he will be able to move forward in the clouds when he becomes a Shujishi.
After entering the army, Shu Jishi Xiaoji quickly brushed his sense of existence in front of Qianlong with his ingenuity. Once, he was on duty next to Qianlong, and Qianlong happened to be flipping through the Analects, and when he saw the word "color difficulty," he had some feelings, saying that if "color difficulty" was done to make an upward link, it would be too difficult to link down. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaolan next to him took the stubble and said, "Easy."
Qianlong was astonished, and immediately asked him to come out of the lower league, and as a result, Ji Xiaolan said that the minister had just come out. Qianlong realized, Oh, that's the way it is.
To say that Shu Jishi Xiaoji is worthy of being a newcomer to the workplace, if it is other old fritters, even if he knows it, he will not say it. However, Xiao Ji was indeed talented and spoke humorously, so the emperor always kept him by his side, doing the work of repair, accompanying him on his southern tour, and sometimes composing poems Ying (take) and (Yue).
His career path is also smooth, and he has achieved Fujian xuezheng all the way.
At this time, Xiao Ji was almost 40 years old. It is said that forty is not confused, but at the age of forty, Xiao Ji's father, Yao Angong, died at the age of 79. At that time, it was considered a high lifespan, and Ji Xiaolan lived to be 81 years old, possibly inheriting his father's longevity genes.
After three years of mourning, Ji Xiaolan was promoted to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin Academy. However, in the same year, his sons and daughters, Lu Jianzeng, the two Huaiyan politicians, were dismissed from their posts and investigated for corruption, and Ji Xiaolan was also sent to Urumqi for ventilating news.
However, After all, Ji Xiaolan's talent was certified by Qianlong, and he had not suffered much, so he was recalled to the capital because the emperor wanted to repair the book, and became the chief compiler of the "Four Libraries", which also became his main work for many years.
Regarding the cultivation of books, Ji Xiaolan also had some anecdotes. One summer, Ji Xiaolan and his colleagues were studying books, and because of the hot weather, he simply worked bare-chested. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly arrived, and Ji Xiaolan did not have time to dress, and he could not meet him bare-chested, so he hid behind the bookcase.
Qianlong had already seen it and intended to tease him, so he pretended not to know and turned the pages of the book by himself. Ji Xiaolan heard the silence outside, so he probed and asked, "Is the old man gone?" "I sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and then I saw that the Lord was still sitting there."
When Qianlong saw this, he asked him to clearly explain the old man's title, otherwise he would be punished for his sins. Who called Lao Ji Clever, only to see him calmly reply: "The word of longevity without boundaries is old, the head of all people is the head, and the son of HaoTian is called the son." The title of the old man is actually the meaning of respect. "
Qianlong's face turned cloudy and sunny after hearing this, and the old man's title gradually spread.
In "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", Ji Xiaolan is an official of the same dynasty as He yan, but often fights because of different ideas. In fact, He Yan was 26 years younger than Ji Xiaolan.
In his later years, Qianlong favored He yan, and he yan held important official positions at a young age, and he also took the opportunity to win over his henchmen and exclude dissidents, and for a time his power fell to the opposition. However, Ministers such as Ji Xiaolan, Liu Yong, and Zhu Jue never attached themselves to Him.
In the "Great View of the Wild History of the Qing Dynasty", a small story of Ji Xiaolan's teasing and playing with Hezhen was recorded. He Yanxi moved to a new home and asked Ji Xiaolan to write the plaque. Ji Xiaolan agreed very happily, and inscribed him the word "bamboo bud", taken from the Book of Poetry, and wished him a new house to be built and the family prosperous.
Washu was very happy, and let people carefully frame and hang in the most conspicuous place. Whenever people come, show off. Later, Qianlong came to Hefu and saw this plaque, which revealed the mystery. It turned out that when the word bamboo bud was taken apart, it was "a straw bag". This is scolding and the family is a straw bag.