When Xiao Shenyang was a teenager studying in Xian 'an Palace official school, he showed much more scheming and shrewdness than the children of the Eight Banners, and even took pains to copy the emperor's font-in order to win the emperor's favor when writing the memorial in the future, which is by no means something that ordinary children of thirteen or fourteen can think of and do. But after seeing his scheming, his teacher Wu Shenglan couldn't help secretly admiring him, and took the initiative to make friends with him and give him everything.
2. Being familiar with The Analects of Confucius, Xiao Shenyang is a bodyguard who can talk with Gan Long, thus taking the opportunity to get ahead.
It is purely accidental that Xiao Shenyang was able to get close to Qianlong. On one occasion, Gan Long casually quoted The Analects of Confucius to express his dissatisfaction with his courtiers. At this time, a handsome bodyguard answered, not only understood the intention of Qianlong, but also responded very appropriately. This bodyguard is Xiao Shenyang. Since then, Qianlong has been impressed by Xiao Shenyang, and he also likes to talk and entertain himself after going out to the DPRK, because only Xiao Shenyang is familiar with the classics among the eunuch guards, which is much easier than playing against the courtiers.
3. The original text of Mencius and Zhu's notes were recited word by word, which was appreciated by Qianlong.
One day, Qianlong read Zhu's annotation of Mencius in Yuanmingyuan. The annotation was in fine print. It was difficult for Qianlong to see it, so he let Xiao Shenyang see the lights. With a brainwave, he recited the notes of the sentence read by Gan Long verbatim, and then recited all Zhu's notes on the full text of Mencius to Gan Long. This made Qianlong greatly appreciate the talents of Xiao Shenyang, thinking that this was the legacy of the imperial examination and specially granted him permission.
4. Little Shenyang arranged for folk women to enjoy western-style bathrooms, which made Ganlong very useful.
This is the first time that Xiao Shenyang has arranged the whole reception for Gan Long. After staying in Jinan for one night, Little Shenyang invited Gan Long into an inner room full of steam and left. A folk woman in tulle turned out from the inside. * After taking a shower as Gan Long, she was taken to the bamboo bed next to her, and her soft hands were rubbed on Gan Long, from her forehead to her toes. Ganlong is so comfortable that he is dying. She slept well all night and woke up the next day. It turned out that Xiao Shenyang took advantage of the Jinan jeweler who had dealt with him, and used the western bath method specially for entertaining VIPs to let Gan Long go out of the palace for a second time.
In a word, Xiao Shenyang saved Ganlong's favorite concubine and laid the groundwork for his son to marry the tenth princess.
Liu Fei, the favored concubine of Qianlong, was arrogant in her later years and often beat and scolded her servants. Once, she shot the imperial secretary for a trivial matter. In a rage, Gan Long was very angry and abolished her birthright. Liu Fei quickly took action to help Xiao Shenyang. Knowing that Qianlong was only in a fit of pique and would regret it in the future, Xiao Shenyang took the Tenth Princess, the daughter of Yan Fei, as a baby that must be taken care of by her mother. Although guilty, he can be reduced to a concubine, so he retains his birthright. Afterwards, Yan Fei really regained her favor, so she made an engagement with Shen Feng Yinde, the son of Xiao Shenyang, as a reward for Xiao Shenyang.
6. The first gift received by Little Shenyang: 3000 mu Tongzhou Manor.
When Xiao Shenyang first set foot in officialdom, he also promised to be honest and clean, rather than amassing wealth. He was very cautious. With the increase of holy relatives, junior officials try their best to give gifts and make friends with Xiao Shenyang, which is undoubtedly an opportunity to give birthday gifts. On his birthday, Xiao Shenyang received a Guangdong inkstone, and a thick piece of all gold was embedded in the inkstone seat beside the inkstone. The gold was five or six pounds. In addition, there are more than ten leading silver tickets that can be exchanged at once to spell out a happy word. There is also a piece of paper that is the official deed. This is a gift from a manor and Zhuangding cattle and sheep farm. Xiao Shenyang quickly calculated that there were more than 800,000 taels of silver in a single gift. However, at this time, Xiao Shenyang thought that his position was stable, and the giver did not leave his name, so he could accept it with confidence. The gift giver is a greedy Shandong native, and he almost brought down small Shenyang in the future.
7. Renamed The Story of the Stone as A Dream of Red Mansions, in which Xiao Shenyang is the protagonist.
Because of his similar life experience, Xiao Shenyang fell in love with The Story of the Stone, which was secretly circulated among the literati at that time, but he couldn't see the last forty chapters, so he quietly found Gao E and ordered him to continue writing, and Gao E also fell in love with the book and hit it off.
However, The Story of the Stone is a banned book. Gao E, according to Xiao Shenyang's opinion, will continue to write part, and the tone will be changed to be less tragic. There are even some noteworthy things that praise the current dynasty. Little Shenyang even changed the title to the atmospheric Dream of Red Mansions, and recommended it to Ganlong through the hands of Yan Fei. After reading it, Qianlong agreed to publish it all over the world without violating it.
8. Little Shenyang guessed the exam questions by chatting with eunuchs around Gan Long, and helped former teachers take the exam in high school.
Later, he took the test, and his master Wu, who was studying in the official school, came to see it and unexpectedly accepted it as a disciple. It turned out that Wu failed in many attempts, and when he remembered his mentoring relationship with him, he wanted to go his own way. Small Shenyang also did not forget his teacher's kindness, so he tried to find out which of the four books Gan Long was reading recently and which page he turned to. Coupled with his understanding of Gan Long's recent concerns, he guessed the scope of the problem very accurately, helping Wu Shengqin pass the exam smoothly and embark on his official career without trace.