Peninsula reporter Zhang Wenyan
Liu surname, is one of the world's top ten Chinese surnames, according to records, the main source is that Emperor Yao once sealed his ninth son Jianming in Liu Di (present-day Tang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province), according to the practice of relying on the fief as a surname at that time, this should be the earliest ancestral fiefdom of Liu surname. In Chinese history, the surname Liu was the surname of the large number of people who ascended the throne and became emperors. In ancient China, there was a saying that "Liu Tianxia, Li Half", while in northern China there was a saying that "Zhang Wang Li Zhao was everywhere Liu". There are many Surnames of Liu in Qingdao, and the sources are more complicated, and here our protagonist is Liu Yong, the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, who is known for his honesty and honesty, because of his exquisite calligraphy and the saying of "Thick Ink Zai". Liu Yong has not been to Qingdao? Is The Taiqing Water Moon of Laoshan related to him? Peninsula reporters interviewed a number of research experts and Liu's descendants, who expressed their opinions. Although the mystery has not yet been solved, Liu Yong's legend in Qingdao has never been broken, and it seems that he has never left.
Liu Yong is a Qing official, and there is no doubt that his position in the minds of the people also benefits from the spread of model plays and film and television dramas. In particular, the "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", which was popular in the streets in the 1990s, made him a "red man" at that time. The theme song of the TV series "Ballad of Qing Guan" summarizes his way of being an official:
There is a stalk scale between heaven and earth / That scale is the common people / The scale pole picks the country / You are the star of the fixed plate / What is the merit and what is the name / What is the adultery And what is the loyalty / Laughing and angry scolding the road is uneven / The back bending people do not bow...
Therefore, the image of Liu Yong is like this: a grassroots Qing official, who has fought with He yan all his life, is a thin Luo Pot. So what does Liu Yong look like in reality?
On closer inspection, it is indeed a bit unbelievable. It is true that Liu Yong is a Qing official, but he is by no means a grassroots; he has fought corrupt officials wisely, but he has not fought with HeZhen all his life; he is not thin at all, nor is he Luo Guo, on the contrary, he is still very tall.
Not grassroots, the father is in a high position of authority
Liu Yong (1719~1804), also known as Chongru, Shi'an, qingyuan, Xiangyan, Dongwu, Mu'an, Minhua, Riguanfeng Daoist and other characters, Qing Dynasty calligraphers and painters, politicians, Gaomi Qigezhuang people (formerly belonging to Zhucheng). Liu Yong's former residence is at No. 129 West Head of Lishi Hutong in Beijing.
Liu Yong was not a grassroots, the family was a famous and prestigious family at that time, from Liu Yong's great-grandfather Liu Bixian to Liu Yong's nephew Liu Xihai, the Liu family produced a total of 35 people, 11 jinshi and 2 university scholars. His great-grandfather Liu Bixian was a jinshi during the Shunzhi dynasty, his grandfather Liu Tang served as a political envoy in Sichuan, and his father Liu Tongxun was a famous minister of the Qianlong Dynasty. Liu Yong grew up in the famous Xiangfu, where family members had been officials for generations and received a good education since childhood.
Qianlong spoke highly of Liu Yong's father, Liu Tongxun, saying that he was "sensitive in the face of trouble, strong in character, and had the style of an ancient minister, and never lost his integrity", and after Liu Tongxun's death, Qianlong gave him the nickname "Wenzheng", and throughout the Manchu Qing Dynasty, only eight civilian officials received this highest honor.
Mr. Liu Jingru, the fifteenth grandson of the Liu clan of Qigezhuang, who lives in Qingdao, told the Peninsula reporter that Wen Zhenggong's fame was greater than that of his son Liu Yong, and his meritorious service was outstanding, and he successively held important posts such as Shangshu of the Punishment Department, Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, Shangshu of the Bureaucracy, Scholar of the Cabinet University, Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and Minister of Military Aircraft, which were among the best at that time, and he was also honest and upright, dared to give advice, presided over the selection of talents for the national examination, and never nepotism, Ji Xiaolan, etc. were his apprentices, and later appointed him as the chief editor of the Siku Quanshu, because he was too old. Declined.
Mr. Liu Jingru believes that it was the later film and television dramas and model dramas that made Liu Yong more widely known, in fact, his father was much more powerful than him.
Not a pot, about one meter nine in height
Of course, tiger fathers have no dogs. Liu Yong was a jinshi in the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751), who served as an official Shangshu and an official to the cabinet university, and was a clean and honest official, with the style of his father Liu Tongxun. The most colorful stroke of his life was to help Jiaqing, whose foundation was unstable, to investigate and deal with the corrupt official He yan and find out more than twenty pieces of incriminating evidence about hezhen. As a result, Liu Yong and He Yan became the biggest sworn enemies in people's eyes.
Throughout Liu Yong's life, he has experienced several storms, frosts, rains and snows in politics, but in the end he can maintain his standing, which can be described as an evergreen tree in the political field. Therefore, there are many legends about Liu Yong, and some people say that he is very sleek, for example, the Qianlong Emperor once asked Liu Yong: "What about you who belong to horses?" Liu Yong, who also belonged to the horse, lowered his hand and said, "The subject belongs to the donkey." Qianlong was amazed: "If ai qing belongs to a horse, how can Ai Qing belong to a donkey?" Liu Yong said, "Long live the horses, how can the subjects belong to the same genus?" It had to be a donkey. Strictly speaking, Liu Yong did not have a father's high position of authority, but people still liked to call this generation of famous ministers "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", because the Prime Minister was a big official in the eyes of the people. Historian Ji Lianhai once said: "The historical Liu Yong is not a champion, nor is he hunchbacked." His official position did rise and fall, and he did not fight with Hezhen for a lifetime. ”
On December 25, the ninth year of Jiaqing (1804), Liu Yong died at his home in Beijing at the age of 85. On the day of his death, he also went to the South Study on duty, and in the evening he set up a banquet to entertain guests, and when he returned to the bedroom, he "sat down and died". In 1958, experts opened the door of Liu Yong's tomb, and by observing Liu Yong's bones, experts were surprised to find that the length of Liu Yong's calf bones was 75 centimeters, that is to say, Liu Yong's real height was actually about one meter and nine meters, and from the skeleton point of view, there was no sign of hunchback before he died.
So why did he fall into the reputation of a luo pot? There are many theories about this point, some believe that Liu Yong assisted the Qianlong Emperor and the Jiaqing Emperor, both emperors were about one meter and seven meters tall, Liu Yong was much taller than the emperor, in order to show respect, he needed to bend down in front of the emperor, so the emperor called him "Liu Camel". There is also a saying that because Liu Yong was eighty years old, he was indeed hunchbacked, and the Jiaqing Emperor gave him the nickname of "camel".
Mr. Liu Zhechuan of Shanjiao Community in Hetao Street, Chengyang District, told another version and included the article in the "Chengyang Folk Tales Collection". The gist is that Liu Yong is actually not hunchbacked, because the emperor selects people to look at their appearance first, and only then will they be selected. During the Qianlong years, Liu Yong spoke out in righteousness, and every morning he went to the court one after another, and Qianlong was overwhelmed with his troubles, and finally one day he said: "Liu Yong, yesterday I played three books to you in the morning, and I was accurate, and when I announced that you entered the palace to discuss things, you played three more books, and you were accurate again, and now there are three more books, and two days have not come to an end, and you have played nine books." One book of three prayers and nine percussions, nine books of nine nine eighty-one percussions, are you tired of hunching over like this every day? Simply, if you change your name today, I will give you the name 'Luo Pot'. When Liu Yong heard this, he hurriedly fell to his knees and shouted", "Thank you Lord Long'en"! Qianlong listened to the music: "Liu Yong, what do you thank?" Liu Yong was also happy: "Emperor, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor gave his subjects one word, that is, to increase the number of silver taels by one thousand taels per year, and now the emperor gives his subjects the word 'Luo Guo' means to increase the number of taels of silver by two thousand taels per year. When Qianlong heard that he wanted to repent and was blocked back by Liu Yong with Junwu's jokes, he could only admit it, and from then on, the name of "Liu Luo'er" was also called away.
In addition to official anecdotes, in fact, Liu Yong is still a "treasure man", and his calligraphy is a must. He initially started with Zhao Dong, learned from Su Shi and Yan Zhenqing in middle age, and in his later years he went in and out of Wei and Jin, especially thanks to Zhong Xuan's "Declaration Table", and became a family of his own. His calligraphy is "full of bones, thick taste, hidden, not caged by the ancients, transcendent and unique." ”