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According to statistics, Emperor Qianlong, who loved to write poems, wrote 43,630 poems in his life, 1000. At the same time, he is unambiguous in governing the world. He is very satisfied with his political and literary achievements and proudly calls himself the "perfect old man". At the same time, Ji Xiaolan, the red man around him, is also a well-read wit, and they are inseparable, because Emperor Qianlong not only likes to write poems, but also likes pairing, and Ji Xiaolan is also good at pairing, so-called "there is no such thing as pairing", and they often play pairing together. However, for a time, Ji Xiaolan was slapped in the face when facing Gan Long's casual first sentence, so it was passed down as a much-told story.
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The thing is this: In the summer of Qianlong period, Emperor Qianlong ordered Ji Xiaolan to enter the palace for deliberation. After that, all the civil and military officials wore heavy official uniforms, and the midsummer was unbearable, and Ji Xiaolan was already sweating. Seeing this, Emperor Qianlong ordered people to take out iced watermelons to relieve Ji Xiaolan's summer heat. Ancient people hid ice in the cellar in winter and took it out in summer. Ten tons of ice went in, and there was only one ton left in summer. At that time, few people could afford iced watermelons.
The iced watermelon was served, and Ganlong and Ji Xiaolan ate it immediately. Emperor Qianlong looked at Ji Xiaolan and spat watermelon seeds. On a whim, he asked Ji Xiaolan to take out a couplet and send it to Ji Xiaolan. Ji Xiaolan asked Gan Long how this couplet was made. Emperor Qianlong casually said: Sit facing south, eat watermelon, and put seeds east. ''
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After thinking for a while, Ji Xiaolan answered Gan Long on the spot: "Minister Ji Xiaolan is too shallow and has no bottom line, but I believe no one in the world can be right." Why is Ji Xiaolan, who claims that there is no one in the world, wrong? In fact, the clever Ji Xiaolan had already seen the secret: in ancient times, only today's emperor could sit in the position facing south, while in the court, he sat in the position facing south to discuss with officials. When eating watermelon, the emperor is eating, which is the emperor's action. Watermelon contains seeds, and only the emperor can control the four directions of east, west, north and south!
In fact, everyone who knows how to write couplets knows that it is not difficult to say the second couplet, but Ji Xiaolan not only said that he couldn't answer it, but also said that no one in the world could say it right. In my opinion, neither Ji Xiaolan nor the people who could write couplets at that time were wrong, but they were afraid of being right.