In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, Liu Yong, aged 365,438+0, took the exam and palace examination as a juren because of his father's kindness (referring to the position of ancestors and fathers under the feudal system, which enabled his descendants to enjoy special treatment in enrollment and career), and won the second place as a scholar. He was immediately awarded the editor of Jishi Shu imperial academy, and was soon transferred to Liu Yong's right wing as a lecturer.
Although there are no specific events here to describe Liu Yong, judging from the education he received since childhood and the achievements he made when he grew up, the two are in direct proportion, even though there are some of them? Hit dad? But this step to bring people into Jinshi is entirely the result of his personal efforts. Then it is not difficult for us to conclude that Liu Yong was really ambitious and capable before entering the official career.
It turns out that there was an episode in the twenty years of Qianlong. Last time, because of his father's kindness, Liu Yong was superior on his way to school. But this time, because his father Liu Tongxun was imprisoned for military misconduct, he was also implicated and punished. Later, although Liu Tongxun and his son were released leniently, Liu Yong was demoted to imperial academy for editing.
In the same year, Liu Yong was released as a local official and began his career as a local official for more than 20 years. However, he achieved outstanding results, from Anhui to Jiangsu and then to Taiyuan. 14 years, when he was a local official, he was reused for his father's sake and was awarded the Jiangning magistrate.
Liu Yong cherished this opportunity very much, tried his best to do his own thing well, and was fair and honest, which was recognized by the local people. After 20 years of hard work, some of them were praised by Emperor Qianlong. This episode shows us Liu Yong's outstanding character, which is full of backbone, unwilling to lag behind and dare to fight hard.
In the following years, Liu Yong's official career also rose and fell for various reasons. Fortunately, in the forty-seven years of Qianlong, Liu Yong finally got ahead in the local area. This year, he was transferred to Beijing as the left capital suggestion and walked in the south study.
According to historical records, in the face of the arrogant Shenyang at that time, Liu Yong did not burst into tears as in the TV series, but showed a passive avoidance attitude like ministers, and sometimes even had to be flattering. Of course, what I want to say is that it's no wonder that Liu Yong, we can't look at the past with modern eyes now. At that time, it was wise to follow the herd mentality, cleverly avoiding the edge of small Shenyang, so as to fight in the future. Therefore, Liu Yong in this period was essentially a good official deeply loved by the people.
However, it may be that local officials are used to it, but Liu Yong, who was transferred back to the central government, made a mistake in future events. First, he was reprimanded for leaking the emperor's conversation; Then the person in charge of the provincial examination was impeached in a bribery case; Then he was demoted for failing to correct his subordinates' dereliction of duty. But this is only the beginning. Later, he was criticized for poor arrangement during his tenure as the examiner of the provincial examination, which seriously affected the quality of the provincial examination. Elect the incompetent Dai Shiyi as the magistrate; Also accused by the emperor of never being sincere and lazy.
Therefore, Liu Yong in this period seems to be a different person, bringing more mistakes and incompetence to future generations. However, the mistakes of this period alone can't hide the light in front of him, and he also saved some face in his later years, especially in the struggle with Shenyang, who is nearly 30 years younger than himself. At this time, Liu Yong once again showed his unafraid side, and found out 20 crimes such as extortion, looting of people's fat and paste, corruption and bribery, and pocketing his own money, and then reported them to the court.
Jiaqing immediately put Xiao Shenyang to death, which eliminated a big worry for the court and reduced the tax pressure for the people. At the same time, he also likes to mention it? What about Liu? At that time, Liu Yong was over 80 years old, and his back was hunched when he was old. Emperor Jiaqing jokingly called him Liu Tuozi, hence the title of Liu Luoguo (Liu Yong bowed his head all the year round to practice calligraphy, which led to hunchback, which is another way of saying it).
Five years after the Shenyang case, Liu Yong died at home at the age of 85. He was posthumously presented to Prince Taibao, posthumous title Wenqing. From his posthumous title and posthumous title, it is not difficult to see that Emperor Jiaqing spoke highly of Liu Yong and highly recognized his life achievements.
Therefore, for the evaluation of historical figures, the most taboo is to unilaterally evaluate figures without specific events. If we can't combine the objective facts and consider the merits, then no matter how objective and fair the readers are, they will be biased by the author's content and form a biased view.