mentions Ji Xiaolan , the first thing we can think of is the TV series " Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan " starring teacher Zhang Guoli. In the early years, this drama could be said to be popular all over the country. Almost everyone knew that Ji Xiaolan was a talented person with excellent eloquence and intelligence.
In that drama, Ji Xiaolan battled wits and courage with and Shen, and made suggestions for the emperor. He was a positive character, so most people's understanding of Ji Xiaolan was that he was a breeze and a talented person. But is this really the case?
film and television dramas are more entertaining. The TV dramas process history and interpret the talented, humorous Ji Xiaolan.
These are indeed the characteristics of Ji Xiaolan, but they are amplified in the TV series. The real Ji Xiaolan is a casual, romantic, greedy and lustful person, which is very different from the Ji Xiaolan we know well.
Today let us take a look at Ji Xiaolan’s versatility.
Ji Xiaolan (stills)
Ji Xiaolan wrote a wordless letter to remind corrupt officials
Ji Xiaolan's intelligence is worthy of its reputation in history. He was an academic leader in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and was a scholar appointed by Emperor Qianlong.
Ji Xiaolan is not only very knowledgeable in academics, but also has her own style of doing things in life.
During the Qianlong period, officials in charge of the salt administration in the Huaihe and Huaihe regions wrote in a memorial to Qianlong that the revenue from the local salt administration should be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but Emperor Qianlong did not receive this money in the treasury. This shows that local officials are corrupt and keep the salt and iron taxes collected in their own hands.
Salt and iron were very important materials in ancient my country. Emperors of all dynasties controlled the salt and iron trade. Private individuals were not allowed to sell salt and iron. Embezzling salt and iron taxes was no different from stealing money from the treasury.
Qianlong immediately ordered the Ministry of Revenue to investigate this issue strictly. After investigation, it was found that for more than 20 years, officials in the Huaihe and Huaihe regions had used their power to siphon off tens of millions of taels of silver. These tens of millions of taels of silver were almost the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty at that time. Due to the seriousness of the situation, Emperor Qianlong decided to severely punish the incident as a warning to others.
Ji Xiaolan Portrait
He ordered his cronies to secretly go to the Lianghuai area and go to the homes of these corrupt officials to collect evidence so that they could all be caught in the future. Ji Xiaolan, as the literati beside Emperor Qianlong, although this matter was not under his control, he still knew about it.
The person in charge of salt and iron in the Huaihe and Huaihe regions at that time was Lu Jianzeng . Lu Jianzeng and Ji Xiaolan were in-laws. In order to help his in-laws escape danger, Ji Xiaolan decided to remind him, but he couldn't do it too obviously, otherwise he would get burned and involve himself.
How does Ji Xiaolan resolve this dilemma? He wrote a letter to Lu Jianzeng, which was wrapped tightly. When I opened it, there was not a word inside, just a pinch of salt and a pinch of tea leaves.
Salt means that Emperor Qianlong will soon send people to the Lianghuai area to thoroughly investigate the matter of salt and iron. In addition, salt and tea also mean "strict investigation". I have to say that Ji Xiaolan is very smart. He didn't mention a word in the letter, but he clearly explained Lu Jianzeng's dangerous situation.
Qianlong
Lu Jianzeng was a salt transporter and made a lot of money from it during those years. For more than 20 years, no one paid attention to this matter, so Lu Jianzeng became more and more courageous and made more money from it. It can be said that the desire is hard to satisfy. After Lu Jianzeng received Ji Xiaolan's letter, he quickly understood the meaning of salt tea.
But it was a pity that it was too late. Before Lu Jianzeng could think of a way to escape, he was already severely investigated and imprisoned.
Ji Xiaolan thought that the wordless book passed to Lu Jianzeng did not leave any trace, but He Shen still found out about it and reported the matter to Qianlong.
On the third day after Ji Xiaolan informed Lu Jianzeng, Emperor Qianlong summoned him alone to clarify the matter. Although not a word was written in the letter and not a word was passed on, Ji Xiaolan tipped off the information and the evidence was conclusive. Because Ji Xiaolan was usually deeply loved by the emperor, he was given a lighter sentence and was demoted to Urumqi.
He Shen
The historical Ji Yun is very different from the film and television drama
Ji Xiaolan passed down the wordless book to inform the public. Although it ended in failure, it still reflected his intelligence. Ji Xiaolan's intelligence is a prominent feature of him, both in history and in modern film and television interpretations.
In history, his name was Ji Yun, also known as Xiaolan, alias Chunfan, and Shiyun. In the 19th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, he passed the Jinshi examination, served as the Minister of Rites, co-organized the bachelor's degree, and compiled the "Sikuquanshu". Died of illness in Jiaqing ten years ago. He was given the posthumous title Wenda because: "he was quick and eager to learn and could write, and he taught him everything he could do in politics" and was given the posthumous title Wenda.
Ji Yun has made great contributions to the history of Chinese culture and is an excellent scholar. In addition to compiling the "Sikuquanshu", he also wrote " Yuewei Caotang Notes " and "Ji Wenda Public Relics Collection", which are also widely circulated.
Ji Xiaolan (Still)
Ji Yun’s living habits are very different from the one we know well. His living habits have two most prominent characteristics: one is that he does not drink alcohol, does not eat grains, and eats about ten pounds of meat every day.
The second one is that he is very addicted to smoking. It is said that he once made a special cigarette bag, which could smoke from his home in Hufangqiao to the Old Summer Palace, and he could not finish the bag of cigarettes even after traveling more than ten miles.
Ji Yun's smoking addiction also brought him a lot of trouble. Once, when Ji Yun had just lit up his cigarette and was getting excited about smoking, the people around the emperor came to summon him to meet him. In a panic, he inserted the pipe into his boot and hurried into the palace to see the driver.
Because Ji Yun was too anxious, the cigarette in the pipe didn't even have time to extinguish, and it started burning in Ji Yun's boots. But it's not easy to get angry in front of the Holy Master, so I can only endure it secretly. Finally, when the meeting was over, he went outside and took off his boots to see that a large piece of his foot had been burned.
In addition to being a heavy smoker, he also likes to eat fatty meat. Ji Xiaolan also has one of the biggest problems, which is lust. It is said that he will have many women in his palace and become romantic.
Ji Xiaolan statue
Emperor Qianlong once passed a nunnery when he took Ji Xiaolan on a southern tour. Emperor Qianlong asked Ji Xiaolan to write a couplet for the nunnery. After Ji Xiaolan thought for a while, he wrote eight words: "One stroke leads straight through, two doors open."
As soon as these eight words were written, everyone present felt embarrassed. Emperor Qianlong also opened his mouth to smooth things over, criticizing Ji Xiaolan for being indiscriminate. Make fun of the occasion. Then Ji Xiaolan added three more words at the end, and it became: "One line leads directly to Xitian Road, and two doors open to the big thousand doors"
After the modification, the couplet is very consistent with the local environment, and there is no frivolity at all. meaning. The nunnery is a place of Buddhism, and Xitian is the purest place in Buddhist culture. "One stroke leads directly to the road to the West" means that you can go to the paradise of the West as soon as possible.
The second half of the sentence means that the door of the nunnery isolates all the chaos of the world, so the door of the nunnery is called the Daqian Gate.
Although Ji Xiaolan used his intelligence to resolve this embarrassment, the reason why he wrote such couplets in the first place was because his true nature was revealed and his old habits relapsed.
Ji Xiaolan (stills)
Seven women were buried with him in Ji Xiaolan’s tomb in Hebei Province
Ji Xiaolan was a romantic man and a veritable sex addict. This can be seen from his tomb.
Ji Xiaolan’s tomb is located in Beicun, Cuierzhuang Town, Cang County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. There is a dense jujube forest in the southeast of the cemetery. The overall layout of Ji Xiaolan's tomb is not complicated. The bottom of the tomb is surrounded by bricks. There are more than 30 graves in the cemetery. The largest grave is that of Ji Xiaolan, with his children and grandchildren extending on both sides.
This arrangement was discussed with the Feng Shui master before Ji Xiaolan's lifetime, and it has the meaning of "carrying children and embracing grandchildren". But what is incompatible with these tombs is that there are seven very small tombs on both sides of Ji Xiaolan's tomb. According to archaeological research, archaeologists found that all of the seven tombs were women.
7 women's tombs did not have coffins, and the female remains were placed directly in the tombs. This shows that the status of these seven women was not high. In addition, the postures of these female remains are also very special, with their limbs spread out or sitting. What is the relationship between these women and Ji Xiaolan?
Ji Xiaolan Cemetery
Later, after studying some historical records, experts found that Ji Xiaolan in history was a romantic by nature, and he had several women every day: "Five drums are like once in the morning, once when returning to the apartment, once at noon, once in the evening, and once when lying down." Those who are lacking."
From this historical data, we can learn that Ji Xiaolan is a very lustful person, which is very different from the righteous image we are familiar with.
There are also records in some unofficial histories that when Ji Xiaolan was compiling the "Sikuquanshu", he stayed in the palace without seeing a woman for many days because he usually indulged in excessive sexual activities and suddenly became at a loss for what to do.
Therefore, archaeologists speculate that the seven female graves in Ji Xiaolan's tomb should be his concubines. Ancient people said that they would be buried with others. Ji Xiaolan did this so that someone would serve him after his death and to satisfy his strong sexual desire. According to historical records, Ji Xiaolan had far more concubines than these seven, and those left in the tomb should have been selected by Ji Xiaolan.
Ji Xiaolan (stills)
We no longer have a definite answer to what the real Ji Xiaolan looks like. All we know is speculation based on existing historical data.
may be exaggerating in some places, but it is not entirely out of the blue. Ji Xiaolan was intelligent and talented, and had successes in politics and literature, but it was true that she was greedy, lustful, fond of meat, and addicted to smoking.
treats a person as multi-faceted. We can neither ignore all the shortcomings because of his advantages, nor completely deny him because of one shortcoming.
Generally speaking, he spent his life serving the country and the people, recommending a large number of talents to the superiors, insisting on true talents and practical learning, and worthy of the epitaph given to him by Emperor Jiaqing: "A sharp and eager to learn can be written, and he can teach people to govern." "Da."
References
"Ji Xiaolan writes a wordless letter to inform corrupt officials" Propaganda Network
"[Treat a clean and honest family tradition ⑤] Ji Xiaolan: Don't give up on poverty if you have good books, don't take bribes" The Paper
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