Ji Yun (1724-1805), courtesy name Xiaolan, was a Qing Dynasty literary scholar and a famous courtier of the Qianlong Dynasty, who presided over the compilation of the Siku Quanshu and was a favorite official of the Qianlong Emperor.
In the costume drama "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", the story of Ji Xiaolan and Hezhen Fighting Wisdom and Courage left a deep impression on the audience, and we saw that the Qianlong Emperor watched the two Aichen fight each day, and we also enjoyed it.
Such a favorite minister of the Qianlong Emperor was also exiled by the Qianlong Emperor, or even directly exiled to Xinjiang, the great northwest of the motherland, and the exile was three years. Lanyuan Garden, which is now located on the southwest side of JianHu Lake in the People's Park of Urumqi City, Xinjiang, was built to commemorate the time when Xiaolan lived here.
So, what exactly did Ji Xiaolan make? To be exiled so far away by the Qianlong Emperor?
To put it simply, Ji Xiaolan was found to have been exiled for the crime of being exiled because of a wordless letter he sent out without a word, otherwise, if he had changed someone else, it would be time to kill his head and raid his home.
According to the "Laws of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Law of Officials," anyone who leaks information about the enemy's army and the capture of rebels will be beheaded; those who leak ordinary affairs will be reprimanded by a hundred staff; and those who leak secret matters will be beheaded.
The Qing Dynasty's control over information secrecy was even so strict that the internal servants summoned by the emperor's side were illiterate, lest the document information leak.
In June of the thirty-third year of Qianlong (1768), the two Huai salt introduction case broke out, and Lu Jian, who had been retired for several years, was involved in it, and was secretly impeached by The Inspector of Jiangsu Zhangbao for "concealing the introduction of silver and sending it privately", and suggested that the imperial court raid Lu Jianzeng's home and investigate it.
At that time, Ji Xiaolan was on duty in the inner court, and upon learning of this, Ji Xiaolan's eldest daughter married Lu Yinwen, the grandson of Lu Jianzeng, and the two families were the sons and daughters of Zheng'er Bajing, and Ji Xiaolan hurriedly and secretly sent someone to send a letter to Lu Jianzeng on a fast ride.
After Lu Jian had received a letter from his relatives in the capital, he took it apart and looked at it, there was no half a word in it, it was an empty letter, but it contained a few tea leaves and a little salt grain.
Lu Jianzeng was puzzled at first, but after careful consideration, he immediately understood that this was the news that the relatives borrowed things to spread the news of "Check (Tea) Salt Empty", and immediately arranged for the family to transfer property.
Lu Mi once had a poetic name, love talent hospitality, four famous people Salt Collection, lingering singing and singing, for a time known as the Hai Nei Sect Craftsman. Among his guests, in addition to the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", who later became famous all over the world, there was Also Wu Jingzi, the author of "Ru Lin Wai Shi".
Wu Jingzi was poor all his life, and when he created the "History of Ru Lin", he relied on the support of Lu Jianzeng. After Wu Jingzi's death, Lu Jianzeng also generously donated money, bought a coffin for burial, and settled Wu Jingzi's wife and children.
Lu Jianzeng was also famous for his learning, and his greatest achievement was to examine whether the Song Dynasty female lyricist Li Qingzhao had remarried Zhang Ruzhou in his later years.
When the imperial court sent people and horses to Raid Lu Jianzeng's home in Dezhou, Shandong Province, they found nothing, suspecting that it had been leaked by someone, and the Qianlong Emperor, in anger, ordered people to investigate carefully, only to learn that ji Xiaolan, a close minister next to him, had sent a wordless letter to Lu Jianzeng.
Therefore, although the clever Ji Xiaolan did not leave a single word of evidence, he was still punished for the crime of leaking secrets and exiled to Urumqi, Xinjiang, to atone for his sins. This was also the Qianlong Emperor who spared talent and was not willing to kill Ji Xiaolan, but fell lightly.
Specific to Lu Jianzeng, he was not so lucky, "as usual, he was hanged and executed after the autumn." But before the autumn, Lu Jian, who was already 78 years old, had experienced this toss and died of illness in Yangzhou prison. Three years later, Liu Tongxun, a university scholar, gave him a snow.
Ji Xiaolan later wrote in his "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang": "Peng Ziqiu, Yu was reprimanded for missing words, and the prison was quite anxious. "Because at that time, if you really wanted to be convicted of leaks, you would definitely be beheaded, so it can be seen that Ji Xiaolan at that time was really scared."
However, the Qianlong Emperor was really inseparable from Ji Xiaolan, and in the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong (1771), only three years later, the Qianlong Emperor ordered Ji Xiaolan to return to Beijing and continue to watch Ji Xiaolan fight with He yandou.