After seeing this, Liu Tongxun was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, although these two people are talented, they must not be reused, especially the first one. It is best to get rid of them, otherwise there will be endless troubles!".

One day, Yongzheng took two articles for Liu Tongxun to comment on.

After seeing this, Liu Tongxun was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, although these two people are talented, they must not be reused, especially the first one. It is best to get rid of them, otherwise there will be endless troubles!".

Yongzheng was shocked when he heard this, because of these two articles, one was written by himself and the other was written by a concubine in the harem.

But he still pretended to be calm and said: "Please tell me carefully and listen."

Liu Tongxun pointed to the article written by the concubine and said: "Although this article is fluent and insightful, it is too small and talks about trivial matters in life. This person can run a family, but if he is an official in the court, he is afraid that he will not be reused."

Yong Zhengxin He acquiesced and said: "What you said makes some sense. Then tell me, what about the other one?"

Liu Tongxun hesitated for a moment and said: "This one is just the opposite. It has a broad vision, a universal mind, and the ambition to govern the world by following the example of Yao and Shun.

If this person was born in troubled times, he would be a hero in troubled times. But now that the world is peaceful, I believe that this person must not be retained, otherwise there will be endless troubles. "

Yong Zheng was secretly happy after hearing this, but deliberately pretended to be serious and asked: "Do you think he is really that powerful? "

Liu Tongxun said: "Now the world is at peace and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Otherwise, this person would have been unstable and taken action long ago. "

Yong Zheng nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "This Liu Tongxun really has a vicious vision! "

In the autumn of the 26th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River flooded. The Yangqiao section of Henan Province burst, the river overflowed, and large areas of houses and fields were flooded.

Tens of thousands of people were displaced, their food harvest was cut off, and they were miserable.

Emperor Qianlong immediately allocated money and sent ministers to relieve the disaster and block the breach.

However, after many days, the progress is very slow. He sent Liu Tongxun to supervise the affairs on his behalf.

In order to investigate the reason for the slow progress of the project, Liu Tongxun pretended to be an ordinary citizen and went on an on-site inspection.

I saw mountains of wood and stone piled up on the construction site, and a huddle of cattle, horses and vehicles, stretching for several miles.

Liu Tongxun was very puzzled and asked someone to ask. The man sighed and said: "We are all here to deliver the materials needed to block the breach. We have been here for several days.

But the county magistrate in charge of collecting the materials asked us to pay him 30 cents per car before collecting the materials.

We are ordinary people nearby, how can we come up with so much money."

Liu Tongxun said: "Then why don't you sue the officials?"

People around him rushed to say: "They are all officials and officials, and they all want to make a fortune from this disaster relief. Who will care about the life and death of our people?" After hearing this, Liu Tongxun immediately sent people to call a group of officials from the governor of Henan to the scene to work.

first beheaded the county magistrate responsible for receiving the materials in public.

Then he said to the officials: "If the Yellow River bursts, the dragon will not be able to live, the Lord will not be at ease, and the people of Henan will be restless.

But you, the officials of the imperial court, are eating the country's salary and feeding the people, regardless of the interests of the country and the safety of the people. This is intolerable. If I don't punish you severely, I will be sorry to the court. Your Majesty, I cannot explain it to the people.

Today I will kill this corrupt official first and hang him up on the Yellow River Bank for public display! If he harms the people like this again, he will be severely punished!"

At this time, all the officials present knelt down and begged for mercy, promising to go all out and close the gap as soon as possible.

Liu Tongxun saw that all the officials could not kneel down and showed repentance, so he asked them to take their respective responsibilities and get to work immediately.

As a result, thousands of trucks of materials were collected within one day, and the people were grateful, and the Yellow River breach was blocked and closed in advance.

The story of Liu Tongxun furiously beheading the county magistrate on the Yellow River beach was widely praised by local people.

In his later years, Liu Tongxun's wife passed away, and his son Liu Yong was an official abroad. He lives alone in Beijing with only an elderly attendant.

Emperor Qianlong gave him six eunuchs and six maids to serve him.

But he only kept the eunuchs, and the six maids were sent to the nunnery by him without even entering.

Emperor Qianlong knew about it and said to Liu Tongxun: "I rewarded a few people to serve you. Besides, you have given the gift without hesitation, why did you send the maids away?"

Liu Tongxun replied: "Thanks to the emperor's love, I have asked about the six maids given by the emperor. They have been in the palace for five or six years. According to the custom, they can go home to get married and have children in one or two years. It is a clean night for me, and I will go home when I return. If you can't marry into a good family, won't you waste your whole life?"

Qianlong was also moved and praised: "This is really the words of a benevolent person! If you are not a true gentleman, you would never think of or do such a thing. "

One day in 1773, when Liu Tongxun was on his way to the morning, when he arrived outside Donghua Gate, the sedan suddenly tilted. The bearer opened the curtain and found Liu Tongxun's eyes closed tightly and he was unconscious.

After hearing this, Qianlong quickly sent his minister Fulongan to rush for treatment with medicine, but Liu Tongxun was already dead.

Emperor Qianlong came to express his condolences in person. When he arrived at the door of Liu Tongxun's house, he found

that the door lintel was narrow and the home was simple. He was very moved.

Back in the palace, before entering the Qianqing Gate , Qianlong couldn't help but shed tears and said to the ministers: "I have lost a right-hand man."

After Liu Tongxun's death, Emperor Qianlong personally wrote an elegiac couplet.

and Liu Tongxun was listed as the first of the five cabinet ministers (in addition to Liu Tongxun, there were also Zhang Tingyu, Ortai, Fu Heng, and Laibao, all of whom were great figures). He was posthumously awarded the title of Taifu and the posthumous title of Wenzheng. This is also the highest level of the posthumous title of a minister in the Qing Dynasty.