The examination system is the main means for the upper echelons of the mainland feudal society to recruit talents, and it adopts the method of meritocracy to recruit talents from all over the world. Before the appearance of the temple examination, the examination system was still meritocratic.
However, with the establishment of the temple examination, the selection method of "judging people by appearance" has also appeared in the imperial examination.
In order to dissuade a one-eyed and ugly-looking candidate, Qianlong specially sent out a shanglian to test his knowledge and humiliate him.
However, I did not expect that this candidate directly faced out of the lower league and sharply counterattacked this pawn.
This candidate was not only not punished, but won the respect of Qianlong and successfully obtained the position of tanhua.
One-eyed probing flowers, Qianlong persuaded to retreat
Liu Fenghuan was born in a small rural village in Jiangxi Province, and when he was a child, he already had outstanding talent, not only outstanding literary talent, but also proficient in archery, and was a famous genius child in the eight townships of Ten Miles.
However, Liu Fenghuan, who was jealous of talent and had extraordinary talents in both literary and martial arts, was unfortunately injured while shooting arrows with his friends, and was shot in the eye by his friend, becoming a one-eyed.
Fortunately, the manpower of archery was too small, and the arrow stopped after hitting Liu Fenghuan's eye, otherwise he would have become a corpse, and there would be no later story.
Due to the eye injury, Liu Fenghuan could only give up his hobby of archery and focus on studying the Four Books and Five Classics, hoping to realize the value of his life through the imperial examination.
Forty-four years after Qianlong, fate did not fail to live up to Liu Fenghuan's efforts. After passing the township examination, he became a lifter and could already serve in the local government.
However, many people in the local officialdom hated Liu Fenghuan's appearance, believing that his one-eyed appearance was too hideous and terrible, and they never accepted Liu Fenghuan's request for office.
Seeing that he had no hope of becoming an official, Liu Fenghuan decided to continue to participate in the imperial examination until the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong, when he got rid of his status as a person, achieved good results in the examination, and obtained the title of Gongshi.
Liu Fengxuan was able to obtain the meritorious title of Gongshi, and thanked the Rebbe Shangshu Changqing at that time for opening up for him. According to the regulations of the imperial examination, as long as the examination is over, the candidate must hand in the paper and can no longer answer the question.
However, when Libu Shangshu Changqing saw that Liu Fenghuan still had to take the exam with one eye, he felt admiration in his heart.
When he saw Liu Fengchen's answer sheet, the iron-drawn silver hook-like font on the test paper was more eye-catching than his one-eyed. He believes that this candidate must be a rare talent.
When he was preparing to hand in the papers at the end of the exam, Changqing saw that Liu Fenghuan was still answering the questions, so he asked him to open up and put the exam papers away after he finished answering the questions.
Only then did Liu Fenghuan have the qualifications to meet the Heavenly Son in the palace and participate in the palace examination.
As the top ten in the examination, Liu Fenghuan and the answers of the other nine tributes were placed in front of Qianlong.
When Qianlong saw Liu Fenghuan's examination paper, he felt that this person must have great talent in his heart, plus this person's calligraphy power penetrated the back of the paper, and in his heart he pointed it out as Tanhualang.
With the beginning of the temple test, Liu Fenghuan entered the hall with his head held high and found Qianlong with a shocked face.
In Qianlong's eyes, such a talented person could not have an inhuman appearance. When he saw Liu Fengxuan's vicious one-eyed, he instantly regretted his decision to point it out as a tanhua.
Strike back sharply and win respect
Although the imperial examination has always focused on the talents of the candidates, the ugly appearance is difficult to gain the favor of the rulers in the temple examination.
And Liu Fenghuan has an outstanding talent, is a rare talent. In this way, Qianlong was in trouble.
If Liu Fengchen is not given a meritorious name because he is a one-eyed person, it will be difficult to convince the public, and the fairness of the imperial examination will also be doubted. If you give him the name of Tanhualang, this appearance is very vicious, and it is difficult to climb the elegant hall.
Caught in a dilemma, Qianlong began to embarrass Liu Fenghuan and wanted to make himself retreat.
Therefore, in the name of studying and learning, Qianlong issued a "Northern Song Dynasty Kou Lai Gong, a double heavenly official, and a two-pronged poetry book" to satirize Liu Fengxuan's flaws.
As soon as Liu Fenghuan heard it, he understood Qianlong's meaning, and sharply pointed out the lower link of "Liu Fenghuan of the Great Qing Dynasty, reading the article at a glance and reading the article at a glance".
Qianlong, who felt that he had been brushed off, was a little annoyed, and immediately gave the upper link of "One-Eyed Can He Climb the Gold List" and began to directly target Liu Fenghuan's appearance.
However, Liu Fenghuan was not provoked, but calmly faced out of the lower league "Half Moon is still dry".
Qianlong was conquered by Liu Fengchen's rich knowledge, no longer clinging to his one-eyed, and took out the last shanglian "East Qiming, West Changgeng, Nanji Beidou, who is the star picking Han?" ”
Liu Fengyu also immediately came out of the next link "Spring Peony, Summer Peony Medicine, Autumn Chrysanthemum Winter Plum, Chenben Tanhualang." ”
Such a neat couplet made Qianlong very happy, and immediately appointed Liu Fenghuan as a Tanhualang, no longer because of Liu Fenghuan's appearance and difficulties for him.
Liu Fengchen did not fail to live up to the trust of Changqing and Qianlong when he was an official, and he had great talent in his heart, and he served as a household attendant, a ceremonial department attendant, an official department attendant, and a soldier department attendant, which can be said to be an all-rounder who is proficient in various fields of politics, and was called "the great instrument of Jiangxi" by Qianlong.
The examination is fraudulent, and the frontier is distributed
Five years after Jiaqing, with the death of Emperor Qianlong, Jiaqing finally gained real power and began to cultivate his own loyal ministers.
Liu Fengyu was deeply trusted by Jiaqing and was appointed as the chief examiner of the township examination to discover talents for the imperial court.
Subsequently, he took up the role of study and politics to cultivate talents in all aspects.
In the fourteenth year of Jiaqing, Liu Fenghuan, who presided over the township examination, encountered the biggest crisis in his career as an official.
A businessman bribed the examiner at great expense in order to be able to get his son to be lifted.
At this time, Liu Fenghuan had just been appointed by the Jiaqing Emperor as a proctor, and other examiners handed over the examination papers of this person to Liu Fenghuan for revision, and Liu Fenghuan, who did not know why, changed the examination papers and put them back in place.
As a result, the matter was revealed.
Liu Fenghuan, as a person who revised the examination paper, was not spared, because he had done something wrong, and he did not defend himself, but only waited in prison for the punishment of the Jiaqing Emperor.
As a result, Liu Fengchen was sent to Heilongjiang, and from then on, he stayed away from the official field, concentrated on learning, and compiled the "Notes on the History of the Five Dynasties", which made a very great contribution to historical research.
summary
Liu Fenghuan's life was full of ups and downs, and he became a one-eyed man when he was young and promising, and he was disliked by Qianlong in high school. In the face of such a tortuous fate, he still did not give in, even if he had one eye, he still had to participate in the imperial examination and realize his ideals. Even if the emperor is disgusted, he must face himself squarely, fight back sharply, and make up for the defects with talent.
Liu Fengchen's inspirational life is worth learning, dare to face up to their own shortcomings, let talent and character become the shining point of their own, and win the respect of others.