Liu Yong, who first entered the official career and passed the Jinshi examination, was soon promoted to minister, and later served as the prefect of Taiyuan and the prefect of Jiangning. In the 21st year of Qianlong's reign, Liu Yong was promoted to academic administration. In the 48th year of Qianlong's reign, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The highest position was bachelor's degree, and he was known as the "prime minister of thick ink" by the world. Liu Yong comes from a distinguished family, and his family has been officials for generations. His father was a famous minister, so he received a good education since he was a child. He was honest and honest, and made great contributions to court politics.
During the Qianlong period, He Kun was called "He Zhongtang", and Liu Yong was also called Liu Zhongtang. The two had the same position, which was equivalent to being prime ministers, but they were each other's mortal enemies. . Liu Yong had been a eunuch for decades, so he had a thorough understanding of the ways of being an official. He knew when to act stupid and act wisely to protect himself, so he was able to get the position of prime minister.
As for He Kun, he was promoted from a guard to He Zhongtang step by step. He loved to ponder the emperor's thoughts and was very capable, but he coveted glory and wealth and loved to manipulate power, so Liu Yong could not stand him. , confronting him everywhere. Because Liu Yong was an upright official, he disliked people who gave and accepted each other privately. However, during the Qianlong period, the two had nothing to do with each other, and they fought back and forth without much success.
Later, Liu Yong was dismissed from the post of bachelor for leaking the conversation between Qianlong and important ministers. He was also demoted due to a bribery incident while supervising the Imperial Academy. He has been demoted one after another for some incidents since then. But in the TV series, it was said that this was done intentionally, and the purpose was to make He Kun relax his vigilance so that he could investigate and obtain evidence of the crime, so he finally teamed up with Emperor Jiaqing to capture He Kun. Later, he was promoted to prime minister again by Emperor Jiaqing, which can be said to be a complete life.