Of the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty, two emperors reigned for more than 60 years, namely the Kangxi Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor. In fact, the Qianlong Emperor reigned for 63 years, and during the last 3 years of the reign of Emperor Taishang, the power he held in his hands did not change from before. Qianlong not only served as emperor for a long time, but also did many great things in office, and he called himself the "Ten Perfection Old Man", relying on the "Ten Perfection Martial Arts" made by his office. Of course, this is just his old man's boasting, whether it is a complete martial art, and even whether these things he is proud of are counted as merits, and future generations are still quite controversial. In fact, even if you put aside these ten martial arts, there are still many things worth talking about the Qianlong Emperor, and if you expand the scope to wild history, you can say more.
On private visits to micro services on the outskirts of Beijing, Qianlong was thirsty to buy melons to relieve the heat
The capital of the Qing Dynasty was Beijing, but Qianlong went down to Jiangnan six times in his lifetime, and in that era of inconvenient transportation, such a boat and car was tired, which showed how interested he was in long-distance travel. However, in his later years, with the aging of his body, Qianlong no longer often went out to "travel", but his heart was still idle, so he often made private visits on the outskirts of Beijing, which could not only observe the people's feelings, but also appreciate the natural scenery.
Once, Qianlong came to the outskirts of the capital with dozens of retinues dressed in civilian clothes, and it was the height of summer, and the group was so thirsty that they couldn't do it. At this time, everyone found that there was a melon field not far away, so they all hugged it, and sure enough, they found that the field was full of huge watermelons.
Under the whole world, it is not the imperial land, Qianlong wants to eat watermelon, of course, he can eat as much as he wants. But after all, he was a private visit to weifu, and he could not order the melon farmer to pick watermelon for him to eat as an emperor, so he prepared to spend money to buy watermelon from the melon farmer according to the rules of the city.
However, looking around, everyone found that in the melon shed not far away, an old farmer was sleeping soundly. Seeing such a scene, one of the guards immediately ran over to prepare to wake up the melon farmer, but qianlong immediately stopped him, who felt that the old man was working hard to plant melons, and it was difficult to sleep, and he should not disturb it. In this way, the group waited for nearly an hour, the old farmer slowly woke up, and Qianlong also bought watermelon.
The melon farmers were very knowledgeable, and Qianlong had a great conversation with them
The old melon farmer dressed very plainly, just like a typical peasant, but when Qianlong ordered someone to hand him the money, he waved his hand and refused. He told these people, "I don't take your money because you didn't wake me to sleep, and these watermelons should be given to you." ”
As soon as the old man's voice fell, Qianlong immediately became interested in him, he did not expect that there were such high priests in the wilderness. At this time, the old man took the initiative to talk to Qianlong, saying that the way he ate melon was wrong, and if he wanted to better taste watermelon, he should eat it from the outside instead of eating it from the inside out.
The words of the old melon farmer made Qianlong feel inexplicable, who eats watermelon is not cut open and eaten from the inside out? The old farmer saw Qianlong with doubts, so he explained: "The sweetest part of the watermelon is located in the middle, and if you eat it from the outside to the inside, you can eat more and more sweetly, and conversely, the more you eat, the less sweet it is." ”
After the old melon farmer finished speaking, he stared at Qianlong and thought about it. Qianlong also immediately understood, it turned out that this old melon farmer was talking about the way to eat watermelon on the surface, but in fact he was talking about the principle of being a human being. He felt that this melon farmer was not simple, so he chatted with him, from the trivial matters of life to the major events of the world. As we chatted, Qianlong felt more and more that this old melon farmer was very knowledgeable, so he casually asked, "Are you willing to become an official?" ”
The old melon farmer shook his head and said to Qianlong, "There are not many official scenes, I only hope to be a crane with idle clouds." Qianlong was very disappointed after listening, just when the watermelon was also finished, he left the melon field with his entourage, and when he left, he did not forget to praise the melon farmers for their insight.
One second the conversation was very happy, the next second it was murderous
However, on the way back, Qianlong suddenly issued an order to his entourage: "Go and kill that melon farmer for me!" "Everyone is puzzled, obviously just an ordinary melon farmer, and he still chatted so happily with Grandpa Banzai, why did he kill him?"
Seeing the doubts in the faces of the people, Qianlong explained: "This person has extraordinary knowledge, but he refuses to be an official, and if he is not used by me, he may become a threat to me, or it is better to kill him!" The emperor ordered that his men dare not obey, so a few guards turned back and prepared to give the old melon farmer the fruit.
Unexpectedly, when everyone rushed there, they found that the old melon farmer had long disappeared. The guards inquired around, but they could not ask for his identity. The guards had no choice but to go back and report the truth. After Qianlong listened to the report, he sighed again: "This man is really a high priest, maybe he has seen through my identity!" ”
Just as the so-called "companion is like a companion tiger", the emperor wants to kill a person, it is easier than crushing an ant. However, this time, the Qianlong Emperor failed to do so, and fortunately, otherwise his sins would have to be added more.
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