Among the traditional Chinese virtues, Zhi'en Tu Bao has always been a basic concept, whether it is an 80-year-old grandfather or a five- or six-year-old child, basically understand this truth.
However, at some point the Zhi'en Tu Bao was less adaptable, especially in the feudal era. According to the rules of the feudal era, zhi en tu bao was the moral standard of ordinary people, but all this did not apply to the emperor.
As emphasized in the great history of China, at that time, it was said that the world was overthrown, and all people were just slaves of the emperor. Taking the Qianlong Emperor as an example, so many men and women gave everything for him in those years, and the result was nothing more than ruthless play. People like Fu Heng Zhang Tingyu naturally needless to say, even an ordinary old melon farmer sometimes can't escape the disaster. So what's going on here?
In the popular Qing Palace dramas, Qianlong has always played a relatively positive image, such as the Emperor Amma in the Zhu Gege in that year, and for example, the sweet love between him and the empress in the palace fight drama. However, although the Qianlong Emperor in the TV series performed well, in the real historical records, he was not so romantic, because this was an emperor who was extremely selfish, not an ordinary person.
Of course, the first thing to emphasize is that the Qianlong Emperor is not a special phenomenon, he represents the common disease of most feudal emperors, that is, absolute self-centeredness, sacrifice of everything for rights and interests, and universal ungratefulness.
Taking Fu Heng, the most favored person in the Qianlong period, as an example, the Qianlong Emperor was so kind to him that he almost treated him like a brother, and when he died, the Qianlong Emperor cried out to the heavens and showed such affection.
However, in many records, the Qianlong Emperor forcibly insulted his wife when his good brother went out to fight, and as a result, the incident had many serious consequences, including the death of the empress and the birth of Fu Kang'an. The good brothers fought hard for him, even exhausted to death on the post, but the Qianlong Emperor was accustomed to it and did it out of line.
In addition to this good brother, the Qianlong Emperor was even more ruthless to Zhang Tingyu, an old minister. In that year, Zhang Tingyu made outstanding contributions to the reform and development of the Qing Dynasty, and the Yongzheng Emperor gave him the right to enjoy the Taimiao Temple. However, when Zhang Tingyu was old, the Qianlong Emperor did not trust the Han people, so in order to suppress the Han people and lift the Manchus, he tossed Zhang Tingyu to death, and when he died, his face was completely lost, and the British name of the Elder of the Three Dynasties was fed to the dog.
Of course, this is only part of the story, because in the unofficial history books, the Qianlong Emperor did another thing that made the emperor feel ashamed, and this matter was the Qianlong and Melon Farmer Incident.
According to historical records, the Qianlong Emperor often liked to make private visits, among which the more representative one was to go down to Jiangnan several times, and then met Xia Yuhe. Of course, Xia Yuhe is definitely a fake, but it is also a microcosm of many dewy marriages in that era.
By chance, the Qianlong Emperor sneaked out of the palace as usual, wanting to take a look. At that time, it was a hot summer day, and the entourage officials next to him were also tired and dying, and seeing that the weather could not stand it, the Qianlong Emperor wanted to hurry to find water.
But we know that at that time can be different from now, there is a convenience store a few steps away, generally the Qianlong Emperor has to walk several miles to be able to have a home, it is estimated that Qianlong died of thirst at that time.
But fortunately, I didn't take a few steps to see a melon farmer selling watermelons, and the Qianlong Emperor was immediately overjoyed and quickly led everyone to find melon farmers to sell melons. Speaking of this melon farmer at that time, although he looked ordinary, he seemed to have good eyesight, and he saw at a glance that Qianlong and others were either rich or expensive, so he very politely entertained everyone to eat melons, and did not charge money.
You must know that in ancient society, the people lived a very poor life, not to mention that they did not give money to buy things. But this melon farmer was very enthusiastic, so the Qianlong Emperor had a very good impression of him, so in addition to eating melons, he was ready to point out the other party, so he chatted with him about his recent life.
The Qianlong Emperor thought that he knew about the affairs of the world, and as a result, he never expected that although this peasant was full of praise, long live the emperor and the guotai and min'an under the emperor's rule, when talking about today's major events, this melon farmer's insight was unusually sharp.
Whether it is talking about the market of buying melons and selling melons, or talking about the harvest status in recent years, or even talking about water conservancy projects is no problem. At this time, Qianlong was somewhat blinded, originally he thought that he had only met an honest peasant, but he did not expect that this person was ordinary on the surface and had Qiankun hidden inside.
Therefore, Qianlong talked a few more times about major state affairs, including how to appease the people. Unexpectedly, this old farmer pointed to the watermelon and said such a thing, governing the world is actually the same as eating watermelon, from the outside meat to the most central piece of meat, the whole process is gradually getting better.
The outside melon meat is not very sweet, and even some are very bitter, but the meat inside is always the sweetest. Therefore, appeasing the people is the same as eating melons, so that the people can gradually enter a better state, and let the people see the sweetest piece of melon meat.
I have to say that this remark still stimulated the Qianlong Emperor, because although this remark was simple, it contained great truth. Therefore, the Qianlong Emperor immediately thought that this was definitely a great figure, so he hinted at his identity as emperor, and also pretended to ask the other party to be an official.
In time, according to the mentality of the Qianlong Emperor, he was known as the Old Man of the Ten Perfections, and he always thought that as long as he revealed his identity, the other party would definitely worship him, and then he would kneel at his feet and claim to be a subject. But what he did not expect was that the old man was dismissive of this, and he directly said that he had no ability to govern the country, that is, an ordinary peasant who could not bear the emperor's reward.
The Qianlong Emperor was certainly unhappy about this, because this was a reluctance of talent to enter his command, a denial of his rule, and a slap in the face. So the Temper of the Qianlong Emperor also came, and he asked three times in a row, but the other party pushed it.
The Qianlong Emperor's face was very ugly, but he still pretended to maintain his demeanor and retreated, but after leaving, he quickly ordered his men to kill this person. In this way, an ordinary melon farmer actually died of the emperor's love of money, and he was just asking Qianlong to eat melons, which can really be described as a donkey liver and lungs.
Looking back at these histories, we can see that in the eyes of the emperor, zhi en tu has always been a joke, and the emperor is the core of all standards. Moreover, the Qianlong Emperor was the most conceited among many emperors, in his eyes, everyone had to submit to him, and this self-confidence made him intolerable, whether it was Zhang Tingyu or his good friend, or even an ordinary melon farmer. Perhaps this is the helplessness of the feudal era, and it is no wonder that the Qianlong reign will take the Qing Dynasty off the world track.
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