I believe that many people are familiar with Liu Yong, He Yan, Ji Xiaolan three people, because modern film and television dramas can often see their figures, in front of the Qianlong Emperor, they are right and evil opposite, and known as the three major halls, with witty and humorous plots, tell us many stories of the popular population.
But many people are also wondering about the level of the three of them in the Qing court, because the people who can get axes in front of the emperor are mostly the roles of some "extremely popular subjects". Who are they higher?
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Let's first talk about "Luo Potzi" Liu Yong. The first thing to explain is that Liu Yong is actually not Luo Guo, and the statement of "Liu Luo Guo" is actually just a false rumor.
Liu Yong was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, three generations of grandchildren were all from jinshi, and his father Liu Tongxun was an important vassal of the Qianlong Emperor, so Liu Yong's career path had extremely deep family ties.
Liu Yong spent his life in the eunuch sea, during which he served as the left capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Institute, worked as a Shangshu in the Ministry of Works, officials, and soldiers, and was also a co-founder of the university, and reached the highest level of Congyipin. Even during special periods, Liu Yong would hold two or more positions.
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Ji Xiaolan's real name was Ji Yun, Xiaolan was his character, during the Qianlong period, he was admitted to the Jinshi, the official to the Rebbe Shangshu, the assistant university scholar and the prince Shaobao, he was also the chief editor of the famous "Four Libraries Quanshu".
Ji Xiaolan has been bright and studious since childhood, and won the title of "prodigy" with excellent results at a young age. After Ji Xiaolan began his career, the foundation of his writing and writing methods became more and more apparent.
From the 23rd to the 26th year of Qianlong, he served as the chief editor of the Wuying Hall, the Meritorious Hall, the National History Museum, and the Strategy Museum, and was greatly praised by the imperial court for his good writing, and later he was made the chief editor of the "Four Libraries Quanshu" and the "Khitan Guozhi". Therefore, Ji Xiaolan's merits are not his political achievements, but his superb scholarship.
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It has to be said that He yan is a shrewd and capable person, which can be seen from the number of official positions he has held. He yan was also born into a family of eunuchs.
However, the early death of his father led to a very difficult road in the first half of his life, so he studied his studies very hard and was fluent in the four languages of Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese and Tibetan, which laid a solid foundation for his future career as an official.
Because he was respectful and cautious, and knew how to be an official, he spent only four years from a "Qianqing Gate Guard" to a senior title such as walking on the imperial chancellor.
In the forty-ninth year of Qianlong, He Yan had been an official to the official Shangshu and a co-founder of the university, and he was also in charge of the household department and the state's money bag. In the fifty-first year of Qianlong, He Yan was promoted to a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and the officials were also "taken under the banner".
In the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong, He Yan came to the peak of his power, not only holding a number of important administrative positions, but also monopolizing the daily living work of the emperor, such as the Tai Hospital and the Imperial Dining Room.
Comparison of the strengths of the three middle halls
In fact, the three people's political career and peak period are not in the same era. If you want to compare the peak of the power of the three people, He Yan should be the largest, followed by Liu Yong, and finally Ji Xiaolan.
There were two official positions held by Hezhen Yipin, and he also served as a high-ranking official position such as the chief scholar of the cabinet and the foreman of the military aircraft, these two official positions are theoretically higher than zhengyipin, and in some ways it can be said that there is no difference between direct "regency", so in the era of Hezhen's reign, there was a saying of "two emperors" in the people.
Liu Yong was the oldest, he had held only one official position of Zheng Yipin, the rest were subordinate official positions lower than Zheng Erpin, and most of his life was studying, and in the later period, in the face of the Qianlong Emperor's favor for He yan, he dissuaded the powerless Liu Yong, and mostly took the way of quiet self-preservation as his official philosophy.
Let's talk about Ji Xiaolan. Ji Xiaolan's official position was the smallest of the three, he did not hold any of the official positions of Zheng Yipin, although he had been serving in the capital, he had been writing articles and classics for the emperor as a royal editor, and his power was not as good as the former two.
There is also a problem that Ji Xiaolan is Han Chinese. During the Qing Dynasty, most of the important positions were Manchu Eight Banners, especially in military aircraft, finance, and transportation hubs, Manchu officials, and few privileges were left to the Han, and from time to time they were discriminated against and excluded by the Manchus.
"Slaves" and "Micro-Ministers"
In the Qing Dynasty film and television dramas, everyone is most famous for his flattery in front of the emperor, especially when he calls himself, the most commonly used is the word "slave". Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan, on the other hand, often use "chen" or "micro-minister". With the rank of Hezhen, there is no need to demean himself in this way, why is this?
Because He Yan was both an assistant to the Qianlong Emperor and his favorite. It is not that he is not capable of it, but most of he's talents are used to flatter and flatter the emperor. As mentioned above, He Yan was fluent in many languages, and he was also familiar with ancient poetry and allusions, and even he knew most of the poems written by the Qianlong Emperor.
In order to gain favor, He Yan applied this knowledge, which made the emperor increasingly dependent on and liked him. Hezhen's power and wealth also accumulated day by day, until he finally became rich enough to rival the country.
Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan are different from Hezhen. During his tenure, Liu Yong was regarded as a doer, every task he handled was considered to be dedicated, and the people also had the saying that he was "clean", and Liu Yong himself was more good at dusting with the light, neither positive nor negative.
Ji Xiaolan is also such a character, he and Liu Yong both belong to the Qing officials, the official voice is very high, and they are very disgusted and disgusted with the matter of sneaking and patting horses, which further highlights their personal temperament.
There is another way of saying it. In a modern interpretation, the term "slave" has a pejorative connotation, but during the Qing Dynasty it was the opposite - after the Manchus entered the customs, the use of the word "slave" was a Manchu and royal privilege, and the Han could only be called "subject".
As early as the Yongzheng period, the emperor forbade the use of the term "slave talent" in order to unite manchu and Han officials, and gave instructions: to call the subjects decent, and in the Qianlong period, because of the Qianlong Emperor's good and proud personality, this system was changed again.
In this way, Hezhen's motivation was not only to promote him to the rank of knight, but also to win over the emperor and make him a "family member".
The famous Qing Dynasty general Ah Gui once commented on He yan, "This deception of the people who deceive the lower generation, sooner or later I will get rid of it for the country!" This is tantamount to predicting the fate of Washu after that. He Yan was eventually killed by the Jiaqing Emperor due to excessive corruption, and ended up with a stinking fate.