As we all know, the Jiangnan area has had the reputation of "heaven on the top and Suzhou and Hangzhou on the bottom" since ancient times. During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the Jiangnan region was favored by the Qianlong Emperor.
There are historical records that the Qianlong Emperor once visited Jiangnan six times before and after.
Jiangnan area has beautiful scenery, there are many literati and inkers, while touring the mountains and rivers, these literati like to chant poetry, some splash ink, and there are many famous poets and painters in the Jiangnan region in history. It can be seen from this that the rich Jiangnan region has a strong literary atmosphere and is rich in talents and beautiful people.
During one of the Qianlong Emperor's travels to Jiangnan, the Qianlong Emperor, who was proud of the spring breeze and paid a private visit, toured the shores of Hangzhou's Xizi Lake. The water is rippling, the breeze is blowing, the weeping willows are yiyi, and Qianlong is reveling in the charm of the West Lake in this paradise on earth. At this time, there were several noises from the adjacent pavilion. The Qianlong Emperor was curious, and when he took a closer look, it turned out that several literati students were chanting poems and meeting friends with poetry.
Among them, there was a scholar named Xiao Fengchun, because his family was poor from childhood, he could not afford to send the chief examiner Yin Liang, so he entered Beijing three times to catch the examination, three times he was named Sun Shan and fell on the list, each time he was full of ambition to enter Beijing, and then every time he returned home in sorrow. Xiao Fengchun's scholars and friends lamented for Xiao Fengchun, indignantly and indignantly.
After the Qianlong Emperor learned of this situation and Xiao Fengchun's situation that he did not encounter, he had a plan in mind and came up with a joint examination to test whether Xiao Fengchun was a real talent and practical learning. So he took the initiative to say an upper link, and let Xiao Fengchun pair the lower link.
Qianlong went out of the united road, "The Jade Emperor went out on a campaign, thunder drums, clouds, banners, rain arrows, wind, and swords in the sky." As soon as the words fell, Xiao Fengchun smiled without showing his teeth, smiled slightly, arched his hands, and said to the lower link, "The Dragon King has a banquet, and the Sun Candle Star Lantern Mountain is a pot of wine." ”
Qianlong laughed loudly, his heart was very cheerful, and he kept coming out of the upper league, Xiao Fengchun was always confident, handy, and answered like a stream. The Qianlong Emperor loved Cai cai with all his heart, and knew very well that the student in front of him was a dragon and phoenix among people, and he was really talented and learned, and there was no half a false accusation. Saying that it was late and fast, Qianlong hurriedly took his own personal jade ruyi pendant from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Fengchun, and explained to him, "You got up immediately recently, quickly went to the capital, and personally handed this jade ruyi to the chief examiner, I guarantee that you will be able to take the lead, and you will be able to fold the gui in the Toad Palace, and you must not hesitate, how can the pearl of good talent be buried!" "
After the conversation, Xiao Fengchun rushed to the road with stars and lanterns overnight, and the wind and dust servants rushed from Hangzhou to the capital, met the chief examiner, and showed that Qianlong was close to Yu Ruyi and truthfully explained his intentions. The chief examiner saw Qianlong Yu Ruyi with his own eyes and knew that this person was not simple. However, the new branch leader already had a definite candidate, and it was immediately decided that this person was the alternate yuanlang.
Since then, Xiao Fengchun has been placed in Hanlin Academy as a university fellow.
The story of the Qianlong Emperor and his alternate Emperor Xiao Fengchun was passed down as a good story and praised by posterity. Qianlong loves talent and cherishes talent, and his wise move of discerning pearls is also deeply admired by future generations!