Looking back on 2000, the movie "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan " became popular all over the country.
And the name "Ji Xiaolan" is also firmly remembered by everyone. In the play, Ji Xiaolan always has a battle of wits and courage with and Shen , which always makes everyone laugh.
Although Ji Xiaolan in history did not have the exaggerated status in the play. However, his talent is no less than in the play.
As a civil servant, Ji Xiaolan's works have a certain influence on future generations. To this day, many celebrity anecdotes about Ji Xiaolan are still circulated among the people.
is one of them, and he casually told the eternal and absolute story: "No matter how big or small a mouse is, it is called old."
Ji Xiaolan's name is
Although everyone is always called Ji Xiaolan, but in fact, "Xiaolan" is just his character, and his real name is Ji Yun.
To a certain extent, Ji Xiaolan can be called the queen of a famous family. After all, his father is Ji Rongshu, who "has a virtuous voice in politics".
However, Ji Xiaolan is different from his strict family style. He is a humorous person by nature.
In "The Inheritance of Sinological Teachers in the Kingdom of China", Jiang Fan once commented that Ji Xiaolan was magnanimous and humorous by nature.
In many comments about Ji Xiaolan, whether they are good or bad, "humor" is bound to appear.
However, despite being humorous by nature, Ji Xiaolan is a proud scholar. To put it more bluntly, he is a bit conceited and arrogant.
It is precisely because of this that when he took the scientific examination for the first time when he was 20 years old, he achieved first place. However, it was not until he was 30 years old that he reluctantly ranked 22nd in the general examination and officially embarked on an official career.
Unlike her relatively bumpy road to becoming an official, Ji Xiaolan’s emotional life is very rich.
His wife is Ma, whom she married when she was 17 years old in Linxian County , and is 3 years older than herself. After that, Ji Xiaolan took in six more concubines and lived a lively life.
According to "Xiaoting Miscellanies" compiled by the third generation Prince Li of the Qing Dynasty . Regarding Ji Xiaolan: "I am already eighty years old, but I am still lustful. I eat dozens of kilograms of meat a day, and I don't even eat a grain of rice all day long. What a strange person."
Similarly, Ji Xiaolan is also commented on in "Insect Song Manglu" written by Cai Hengzi. Moreover, Ji Xiaolan's eating habit of "eating meat as rice and eating grain-free rice" was also mentioned.
It can be seen from this that the rumors that Ji Xiaolan is "greedy for sex" and loves eating meat have certain basis.
However, since "monogamy" was not practiced in ancient times, this did not affect Ji Xiaolan's career.
On the contrary, in a chaotic court, when a person has an issue that is known to everyone but does not touch the bottom line of principle, he can actually protect himself from being attacked in other ways.
It is difficult for a civil servant to be a civil servant
"In fact, it is nothing more than advocating for excellence. How dare you talk about state affairs!" This sentence is recorded in "The Foreign History of the Qing Dynasty". Emperor Qianlong casually reprimanded Ji Xiaolan when he was angry.
For a literati minister, the emperor compared it to "promoting excellence" to please people with singing, dancing, music, and even acrobatics. This is undoubtedly a very deep-seated humiliation.
However, the reason why Qianlong spoke so harshly was simply because when Ji Xiaolan accompanied him on his southern tour, he asked him not to waste people and money too much.
Before this sentence, Qianlong once said: "I think your literature is excellent, so I envoy Siku Library." In other words, Qianlong still recognized Ji Xiaolan's talent.
Compared to Qianlong, Ji Xiaolan and Heshen's relationship will be even better.
Although the two have many differences in political views, since the two do not have actual conflicts of interest, they are not at the point of being tense.
Of course, Ji Xiaolan, who is just a royal literati, is indeed incomparable to Heshen in terms of the court's sophistication and the issue of assisting state affairs.
And if you talk about the official with the best relationship with Ji Xiaolan, it is probably Liu Yong . As the son of Liu Tongxun , Liu Yong's status is obviously higher than Ji Xiaolan.
However, since Ji Xiaolan is Liu Tongxun's disciple, the relationship between the two is closer than that of others.
And Liu Yong, like Ji Xiaolan, is one of the few ministers who do not form cliques with Heshen for personal gain.
Therefore, when Qianlong ordered the compilation of " Siku Quanshu ", Liu Yong immediately recommended Ji Xiaolan as the chief editor. However, for Ji Xiaolan, this honor brought him a lot of trouble.
As we all know, In order to achieve the purpose of cultural autocracy, the "inquisition" of the Qianlong period was the most important time in the entire Qing Dynasty.
And during the compilation of the Siku Quanshu, more than 50 "word inquisition cases" occurred in a total of 50 cases.
Therefore, the civil officials who participated in the compilation of the "Siku Quanshu". Except for Ji Xiaolan, they all were implicated and confiscated in such a panic situation, or died of fear.
Even Ji Xiaolan was deeply trapped in the quagmire several times. Although he was in the end, he was relying on his "spending money to buy peace" many times to barely save his life and official position.
However, even so, Ji Xiaolan still has many "highlight moments" in his career as an official. There are quite a lot of celebrity anecdotes about Ji Xiaolan.
cleverly praised the lower couplet
Although Qianlong had almost reached an extreme point in ideological and cultural domination, he seemed to have a great "elegant interest".
is different from his father Yongzheng 's diligence and frugality. During his tenure, Qianlong gave Jiangnan six times.
Although under the banner of understanding people's livelihood and people's conditions, it cannot cover up the truth that the people's hard work is hurting, and the gain is less than the effort.
It is said that once Qianlong took Ji Xiaolan on a whim to go on a tour with him in a silence. But how can something like the Emperor leaving Beijing really cover up?
Well-informed officials not only knew that Qianlong was going to go to Jiangnan, but even Ji Xiaolan, who was traveling with him, knew it very well.
Although many local officials do not have too much intersection with Beijing official Ji Xiaolan. However, Ji Xiaolan always likes to tease people in a humorous tone, and is rumored to be quite talented, which naturally makes some people want to have some discussions with them.
So, after Qianlong and Ji Xiaolan arrived at the local area, the magistrate had already set up a banquet to entertain everyone. However, the meal of is not stable. After all, no one dares to break the rules with the emperor.
However, after everyone had enough food and food, the magistrate finally found an opportunity and claimed that he had a problem and wanted to ask Ji Xiaolan for advice. As mentioned in the previous article, although Qianlong recognized his talents, he always had a hint of "advocating excellence" towards him.
Therefore, Qianlong not only did not stop the magistrate from asking Ji Xiaolan for questions, but also supported the magistrate very much, wanting to see if Ji Xiaolan can solve the problem.
Only the magistrate could say: "All rats are old, no big or small." Cleverly made the first couplet with the name of the mouse.
No one could figure out this first couplet before. Everyone was waiting to see Ji Xiaolan make a fool of himself. Who would have thought that Ji Xiaolan only thought about it for a moment.
When he saw the parrot in the magistrate's house, he immediately said: "Both male and female parrots are called brother. "
The magistrate used the word "rat" to make a fuss, so Ji Xiaolan used the word "parrot" as the second link, which was really clever.
That's it, Ji Xiaolan was not embarrassed by this tricky first couplet, but received waves of praise.
Conclusion
There are many literati in history, and the reason why they can be famous for generations is not because they can only write and write.
Compared with things like "matching pairs" and writing articles, what is more admirable is their steadfastness.
Although Ji Xiaolan has received mixed reviews in history, Ji Xiaolan can always remain herself in the face of major issues of right and wrong, does not form cliques for selfish interests, and dares to speak out honestly and honestly.
And these are the things that are truly worthy of admiration and learning.
