I watched the historical dramas "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" of the Qianlong era. The dramas were all about the battle of wits and courage between Qianlong, He Shen, Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong, and the overt and covert struggles. He Shen is a veritable corrupt official, but there is one person who is completely opposite to him. He is neither greedy for money nor lewd. He is the prime minister. He Shen gave in three points. He is Liu Yong.
Liu Yong was born into a family of officials. His father was the famous Liu Tongxun. He inherited his father's vigorous and vigorous conduct, scorned the corruption in the officialdom, and was determined to rectify the social atmosphere from himself and give the people a good life. social environment. The corrupt official Heshen at that time was in charge of financial and official power. He took the officials' careers into his own hands, so the officials had to obey Heshen's orders. After understanding He Shen's greed for money, officials sent gold, silver, jewelry, and rare treasures one after another in order to get promoted and make money and reduce He Shen's troubles. Faced with Heshen's arrogance, Liu Yong was never afraid. He went to Shandong alone in private, found out that Heshen had embezzled money for disaster relief, and reported it to the court, eliminating Heshen's party members and severely cracking down on Heshen's corruption. . Not only that, Liu Yong is also a talented person. I like inscriptions, poetry and calligraphy. His calligraphy attainments were very high, and he was called "the Prime Minister of thick ink" by later generations.
Liu Yong is a person who is not afraid of power or offending the emperor. Liu Yong once spoke frankly in the court, which offended Qianlong. Qianlong was so angry that he came up with a way to punish Liu Yong. Two pieces of paper were written with life and death respectively. If he caught the life, he would live, and if he caught the death, he would die. In fact, Liu Yong had already guessed that both notes had the word "death" on them, so he had an idea and grabbed one note and swallowed it directly. The remaining notes had "death" written on them, and Liu Yong was lucky enough to escape. .
Liu Yong was favored by Qianlong because of his uprightness and resolute actions. He was later appointed as prime minister and was given to the crown prince as Taibao after his death.