Characteristics of ancient literati: cowardly and cowardly, have many opinions, are small-minded, have personal interests first, and are fighting in the nest. When they talk about beheading, they are panicked, without principles and no backbone.

Characteristics of ancient literati: cowardly and cowardly, have many opinions, are small-minded, have personal interests first, and are fighting in the nest. When they talk about beheading, they are panicked, without principles and no backbone.

Recently, I was at home watching the Qing Palace TV series from many years ago. I saw Qianlong Emperor asked Heshen and Ji Xiaolan to switch positions. Heshen went to the Siku Pavilion to be responsible for editing the " Siku Quanshu "; Ji Xiaolan went to the Military Affairs Office to be responsible for the specific affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of War, and handled daily military and national affairs.

After Heshen arrived at the Siku Pavilion, he wanted to win over the civil servants who compiled the "Siku Quanshu", so he proposed to pay each of them ten taels of silver as a carriage fee. Unexpectedly, these literati were unwilling to do so. They all thought that the work they were responsible for was the most important, and why did everyone pay the same amount of car and horse fees, so they started arguing. Heshen was so angry that he heard that they were quarreling, so he said angrily that the ten taels of silver would not be paid. As a result, the literati were unwilling to do so and surrounded Heshen and said: You just said you didn't say it, but you said you didn't give it. This is not OK. These guys quarreled for a day and didn't write a single word when the store closed. Heshen was unable to get off the road, and the carriage fee was not to be sent, nor was he not to be sent. When he saw that this could not be concluded, he was afraid that the emperor would blame him for the compilation of the "Siku Quanshu" because of the impact, so he went to ask Ji Xiaolan how to deal with these civil officials.

Still literati know how to deal with literati. Ji Xiaolan gave Heshen an idea, and suddenly suppressed these literati from Sikuguan. The next day, Heshen went to the Siku Pavilion and said to the literati: I don’t know who led to the emperor’s story about what you wrote yesterday. The emperor Long Yan was furious and insisted on beheading the person who wrote the article. When these literati heard that the emperor said he wanted to kill someone, they panicked. They quickly said good things to Heshen and asked Heshen to help him plead with the emperor. In the end, not only did he not get the car fee, but he also honestly started to compile books.

Although this is a TV plot, it vividly depicts the characteristics of most literati: a small mind and a small person, a timid and cowardly, a fight in the nest, no principles, and no backbone. Of course, there are still some people with hard bones who leave their names in history.