Liu Yong was born in 1719 and belonged to pigs, while Qianlong was born in 1711 and belonged to rabbits, how could the two be the same age?
Obviously, this story is not real, it is derived from an excerpt from Liu Baorui's commentary "Junchen Dou", which is a paragraph, which has not been recorded in the main history and the wild history, but the passage is still passed down to this day.
Liu Yong was a polymath and a just-in-a-class person, so he was deeply liked by the Qianlong Emperor and was also one of the qianlong emperor's most appreciated courtiers.
It was precisely because he was smart, humorous, sleek and witty that the Qianlong Emperor usually liked to fight with him with jokes, or deliberately teased him, so the above scene occurred.
It is said that one day, when the Qianlong Emperor was in the middle of the dynasty, He Yan gave the Qianlong Emperor a bad idea, wanted to tease Liu Yong in public, and said that he was only eight buckets high, but wanted to see if he was really so clever, or whether he was deceitful and famous.
So Qianlong said to Liu Yong: Shuo is 45 years old this year, belongs to horses, what about you?
Liu Yong said: I am also 45 years old, I belong to the donkey.
Qianlong was curious, but he could only pretend to be angry and reprimanded: "Bold Liu Yong, how dare you deceive Yuan, where are the donkeys in these twelve genus?" Fool the stupid boy! This is the sin of deception, we are both the same age, we belong to the horse, how can you belong to the donkey? ”
Because in ancient times, the emperor belonged to the king of a country, above one person, under ten thousand people, with the highest power and prestige, all people, whether it is the name of the newborn baby, or the birth date, the genus, etc., no matter what can not be the same as the emperor, otherwise he will commit the crime of great disrespect, the emperor is unique, the son of the country, can not be compared with such ordinary people, it is very obvious, this is the emperor deliberately embarrassing him.
Then, this answer of Liu Yong is also very clever.
As the saying goes, a companion is like a companion tiger. In front of the emperor, if you are not clever, a little careless, the small life will be gone, so Liu Yong naturally has to answer this question very carefully.
Liu Yong estimated that at this time, he immediately ran at a high speed in his head, and then he had an idea, so he immediately replied: The emperor belongs to the horse, how can the subjects belong to the same? I had to be a donkey!"
The Qianlong Emperor had long heard that Liu Yong was particularly thoughtful and sleek in his handling of people, and he had transferred him from other provinces and slowly promoted him to a heavy minister in the Military Aircraft Department, and if there was no superiority, how could he rise so fast, and he also wanted to test and witness whether he was really talented or famous.
Back to the dialogue scene, Liu Yong smiled and replied: "Wei Chen does not dare, the emperor you belong to the horse, how can the subjects belong to the same genus?" Then I'll have to be a donkey. The horse is the dragon is the king, the donkey is the cow is the subject, the subject is willing to swear to die to guard the emperor's side, bear hardships and stand hard work, obey the command, the emperor if you think that the subject is not good, please give the emperor a gift, the minister is also waiting for the lord Long En, so that the subject can also honor the ancestors! ”
When Qianlong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud and thought to himself: Cheng, you Liu Yong is really cunning and cunning. If the teasing did not succeed, but also the general of the first army, how is this good?
Because in ancient times, it was extremely glorious to let the emperor give a name or a surname. Those who honor their ancestors, and those who are rewarded, will also be given gold and silver jewelry to show the emperor's grace.
Liu Yong's practice of making the emperor give him a subordinate is really a very clever move, on the one hand, he praises the emperor for his high power, generous mind and the plot of pudu sentient beings; on the other hand, he can ask the emperor for silver, and there is a cheap way not to earn the king's eight eggs.
At this time, if the emperor gives it, after all, he is the head of a country, and he does not want face. Although Qianlong did not give Liu Tang a subordinate phase (it is not appropriate to give him any genus phase), nor did he give him silver, but because Liu Yong's export was written into a chapter, he was very pleased, yes, a talent that could be reused, so he left him in the palace to serve, and actually rose three levels in a row, becoming a heavy minister in the Qing Dynasty.
This passage about Qianlong and Liu Yong reflects Liu Yong's super improvisational skills and ability to adapt to the environment, and it is worth learning from and learning from this kind of official horse ass culture.