Liu Yong, a famous minister of the Qianlong Dynasty, the historical prototype in the TV series "Zai Xiang Liu LuoGuo", was evaluated by the Qianlong Emperor as the "true prime minister" of "getting the style of the ancient chancellor and never losing his integrity" - the eldest son of Liu Tongxun. In fact, in the real history of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yong did not have the strength to confront the powerful ministers and Yan, nor did he have the courage, and even once used the ambiguous attitude of "virtual and snake, silent self-defense" to live a confused life. In history, although Liu Yong also held a high position as an official, his reputation and status were far inferior to that of his father Liu Tongxun, so that until the Jiaqing Dynasty, Liu Yong was still called "The Son of Liu Xiang" by the emperor and even his colleagues.
So, what kind of career does Liu Yong, who has been deliberately elevated by film and television works, and even shaped into the "embodiment of justice", have? What level of his highest official position corresponds to today?
After reading the following introduction, you will understand why Liu Yong in history is not the opponent of Hezhen!
Liu Yong during the Qianlong Dynasty
In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, under the influence of Liu Tongxun, who was then the "official Shangshu and the head of the Hanlin Academy", the 32-year-old Liu Yong was able to directly enter the "Hui examination" examination room, and in the subsequent "palace examination" examination, he was awarded the "Second Place" in the "Palace Examination" and was awarded the "Hanlin Yuan Shu Jishi", a short-term position similar to that of an ordinary secretary, although there was no specific grade, but it was the perfect beginning of entering the career.
Subsequently, Liu Yong successively served as a "scattered official editor", Zheng Qipin, equivalent to a civilian official at the level of the department; "Cabinet Attendant", from Sipin, equivalent to a senior secretary at the level of the main office. The so-called "people in the DPRK and China are good officials", Liu Tongxun brought Liu Yong a positive influence on his career, which can be seen!
However, "officials in the DPRK" also have a bad side, that is, if Liu Tongxun is convicted, Liu Yong will also eat melons. In the twenty years of Qianlong, Liu Tongxun was imprisoned for improper handling of military affairs, and Liu Yong was demoted from the level of the main office to the level of the right department; in the twenty-first year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor directly threw Liu Yong out of the capital, and Liu Yong began a career of "local official" for more than 20 years.
In the twenty-first year of Qianlong, he served as the "Anhui Xuezheng", which is equivalent to the director of the Anhui Provincial Education Department, but the administrative level is still the original level of the main department; in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong, he was transferred to the "Jiangsu Xuezheng"; in the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong, he was transferred to the "Shanxi Taiyuan Prefect", equivalent to the mayor of Taiyuan City, from sipin, the administrative level was upgraded to the level of the main hall. In the thirty years of Qianlong, he was promoted to "Jining Daotai", ZhengSipin, and the administrative level was added to the level of the main hall.
At the critical moment when Liu Yong began to rise step by step, because of the corruption of his subordinates, Liu Yong shared a crime of "negligence" and was directly assigned. That is to say, after 15 years of entering the career, Liu Yong has returned to the origin, and even ended up in a worse situation than the origin!
In the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong, because of liu Tongxun's positive influence, Liu Yong was re-activated and appointed as the "prefect of Jiangning". Liu Yong, who had suffered a great loss, finally learned his lesson, worked hard and complained in Jiang Ning's post, was diligent and earnest, and also tried and cracked several sensational suspenseful cases, which became famous for a time, and was even called "Liu Qingtian" by the people. Liu Yong once again ushered in the spring of his career.
The "Liu Gong case" occurred during Liu Yong's tenure as the prefect of Jiangning
In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, the 52-year-old Liu Yong was promoted to "Shaanxi Press Envoy", Zheng Sanpin, became the secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Political and Legal Committee, and officially entered the ranks of ministerial leaders. Maybe fate is to like to tease Liu Yong, or maybe Liu Yong is destined to be influenced by his father Liu Tongxun for a lifetime, just when Liu Yong wants to make a difference in the position he is good at, Liu Tongxun died of illness!
According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, when his father died of illness, Liu Yong needed to "serve for three years of mourning", and in this way, Liu Yong's short career spring ended!
In the forty-first year of Qianlong, Liu Yong, who had finished his mourning, returned to the imperial court, and the Qianlong Emperor, remembering Liu Tongxun's hard work and meritorious service, left Liu Yongjingzhong to serve as a "cabinet scholar", from Erpin, an official position similar to that of a state councilor but with an administrative rank of only the main minister. In the forty-second year of Qianlong, Liu Yong was promoted to the post of "Official's Attendant" and became the deputy director of the Organization Department who was also a state councilor, and his administrative rank was upgraded to the rank of vice state.
In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong, Liu Yong was once again sent to serve as the "Inspector of Hunan" and became the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee who concurrently served as a state councilor, and his administrative level remained unchanged; in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong, Liu Yong fell back to Beijing to serve as the "Left Capital Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan", officially stepping into the ranks of "Yipin Dayuan" and becoming the secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission.
Note that this period was a period of great popularity between the powerful ministers and The Emperor, and it was also the only period when Liu Yong could and should confront hezhen, but Liu Yong did not be as upright and not afraid of authority as the interpretation in "The Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", but chose "in the middle of the snake, only with funny and pleasant"--I didn't see anything, I didn't know anything, and I was good to everyone!
In the forty-eighth year of Qianlong, Liu Yong's official position in the Qianlong Dynasty reached its peak in height and specific power, serving as the "Governor Directly Subordinate to the Governor" and "Official Shangshu" and supervising the affairs of the State ZiJian; although these official positions added up to "Congyi Pin", the "Viceroy Directly Subordinate to the Viceroy" was the head of the Viceroy of the World; the "Official's Shangshu" was also a "Heavenly Official" who held great power in the personnel affairs of the imperial court; the "GuoziJian" was also the highest academic institution and educational management institution; at this time, Liu Yong had already become a courtier with real power!
However, Liu Yong did not change his attitude toward being an official because of this, and even intensified his negativity, so that the Qianlong Emperor often called him to talk, lecture, and even publicly reprimand, punish and punish.
In this way, Liu Yong finally mixed up with the Jiaqing Emperor on the throne!
Liu Yong during the Jiaqing Dynasty
The Jiaqing Emperor was well aware of Liu Yong's performance under the Qianlong Emperor, especially Liu Yong's ambiguous attitude towards Hezhen, which greatly disgusted the Jiaqing Emperor. Therefore, after the Jiaqing Emperor ascended the throne, he would be on the same level as Liu Yong, but his seniority was far inferior to Liu Yong's Dong Yu was promoted to the position of "university scholar" and added to the cabinet, deliberately ignoring Liu Yong, who should have gone further a long time ago.
In the second year of Jiaqing, according to the "Qing History Manuscript Liu Yong Biography", "I hereby promote this position to no one", and the Jiaqing Emperor really could not find a supplementary university scholar title, so he had no choice but to add Liu Yong to the cabinet and promoted him to "university scholar". However, Liu Yong was only awarded the title of "Scholar of Tirenge University", a last-of-the-line fellow with status only above that of "Dongge University Fellow".
But no matter what, Liu Yong finally entered the ranks of "ZhengYipin" and became a member of the Standing Committee at the level of Zhengguo!
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor sounded the trumpet of liquidation and Yan, and Liu Yong immediately broke away from the original decadent and negative state, bravely rushed to the forefront of liquidation and Yan, and assisted the Jiaqing Emperor in completely overthrowing Hezhen. With such a performance, Liu Yong naturally had to add officials to the knighthood. In March of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Liu Yong was given the title of "Prince Shaobao"; in the ninth year of Jiaqing, the day after Liu Yong's illness and death, this honorary title was changed to "Prince Taibao".
That is to say, in history, Liu Yong officials went to zhengguo and enjoyed the treatment of zhengguo after death. Is there a difference between such a Liu Yong and such a level height and what you imagined?
References: Records of The Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong, Manuscripts of the History of the Qing Dynasty, Biography of Liu Yong, Miscellaneous Records of the Pavilion