It is said that when Chun Zhu worked as the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guangxi, one day the weather was still fine, so he was going to travel. As a result, when you were on the road, the sedan chair was stopped by an old man with white hair. Although Chun Zhu was very uncomfortable, he still asked, "Why did you stop my sedan chair?"
The old man said he had some suggestions, so he took out a letter and gave it to Chun Zhu. It turns out that the old man named Wu Ying is a scholar. He mainly wrote five suggestions this time:
First, please ask the court to reduce taxes; Second, it is suggested that the imperial court set up granaries in rural areas to help the poor; The third is to abolish the crime of sitting in the theft of salt merchants; Fourth, it is forbidden to grow opium everywhere; The fifth is to reduce the number of monks in temples and reduce the burden on the country.
At that time, after reading it, Chun Zhu thought it was really bad to talk to the old man in the street, so he took him back. According to the general idea, Wu Ying just wanted to plead for the people, so he wrote a proposal. However, after reading it, Chun Zhu found that Wu Ying used the word "Hong" in this proposal, just like the name of today's monarch (Li Hong). He thinks he is a right-winger, but he talks nonsense about government affairs. So without saying anything, Wu Ying was put in prison, and then the case was handed over to the governor Yao Chenglie.
Yao Chenglie also felt that Chun Zhu had done a very good job in this matter, so he played a role in this matter. He suggested that Wu Ying be executed this year and his family be sent to the frontier. Gan Long also agreed with Yao Chenglie's handling method after reading it, so he gave instructions on the word "agree".
Poor Wu Ying originally wanted to care about state affairs and plead for the people. As a result, because of the word "Hong", it actually led to a fatal disaster, and even the family was sent to the frontier. It can be seen that the literary inquisition in the Qianlong period was really terrible.