Emperor Qianlong was interested in literature and naturally appreciated Ji Xiaolan. He was knowledgeable and everyone had vanity. Although Xiao Shenyang's literary talent can't overwhelm Ji Xiaolan, he is deeply moved by his own flattery, and he often takes these things with him when traveling.
In a incognito visit, Ji Xiaolan, a celebrity around Emperor Qianlong, naturally walked with Xiao Shenyang. I found an inn during my break, and it happened that all the diners in this inn were making couplets.
At this time, Xiao Shenyang knew that Qianlong loved literature, so he won his favor and suppressed Ji Xiaolan's arrogance. This is a pork belly dish on the table, so Xiao Shenyang made the first part: three Jin of pork belly, and asked Ji Xiaolan to embarrass him with the second part.
All the officials present said that the first one was good, and they were also thinking about the second one, but none of them was good. Ji Xiaolan knew little Shenyang's intention very well, so he said: 526 yuan and 7 onions. All officials, including Emperor Qianlong, were deeply impressed by Ji Xiaolan's literary talent.
Emperor Qianlong praised Ji Xiaolan, but at the same time he doubted whether the price of seven onions would be so high. So he laughed at Ji Xiaolan's unfamiliarity with people's temperament, because he was absorbed in studying hard.
Ji Xiaolan achieved his goal when he heard the emperor Qianlong say this, so he laughed until the emperor was in a high position, and he didn't know that the onion in the royal kitchen was actually at this price. After hearing this, Emperor Qianlong immediately became serious and asked: What onions are so expensive in the imperial kitchen? What's going on here? Ji Xiaolan said: I don't know all these questions asked by the emperor, so I'd better find out why.
Hearing that the topic was drifting away, Xiao Shenyang came out to ease the atmosphere and said: The emperor is not worth disturbing the good mood of traveling incognito for the price of these onions, and then asked the bartender to serve good wine and good dishes.
Emperor Qianlong frowned when he saw Xiao Shenyang's move. As the saying goes, food is the first priority in a good name, and food is hard to come by. Although we live a rich life, there are still many people who are worried about their livelihood, so don't waste it.
Hearing the smile on Xiao Shenyang's face, he quickly concealed the past and said: The emperor is really a considerate and good king, always concerned about the life and death of the people, but people are iron and rice is steel. Even the best king has to eat before he can work.
At this time, Ji Xiaolan, who stood by, said: Since ancient times, the people are water, the monarch is a boat, and water can carry a boat and overturn it, so the people are the most important. Emperor Qianlong especially agreed with Ji Xiaolan, so he stopped chopsticks and ordered his servant to send the book of the chef to have a look.
The account books were quickly sent to Emperor Qianlong to look at them one by one, but he didn't find anything unusual when eating with the people in the harem, so he just skipped these dishes and watched the onion purchase. The matter of five or two dollars and seven onions was confirmed at once. Emperor Qianlong flew into a rage and decided to investigate the matter thoroughly.
So the angry emperor Qianlong directly canceled the incognito visit and went back to the palace to find out about it. So in the careful investigation, I traced all the way to Xiao Shenyang, and the money for buying royal kitchen dishes was actually misappropriated by Xiao Shenyang.
Therefore, Emperor Qianlong thought that Xiao Shenyang tried to change the subject many times during dinner, but Ji Xiaolan stopped him and wanted to know the reason. All these signs point to small Shenyang. Although Emperor Qianlong loved Xiao Shenyang, he failed to escape this punishment, so a bottom allied of Ji Xiaolan almost made Xiao Shenyang kneel in front of Emperor Qianlong. This issue of Little Shenyang was forged with Ji Xiaolan.
In fact, this time, Xiao Shenyang wanted to show great literary talent in front of Gan Long. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaolan got in the way and unconsciously shot himself in the foot. Ji Xiaolan deliberately embarrassed him. With a couplet, he easily exposed the corruption in small Shenyang and accurately found the evidence of corruption in small Shenyang. In the case of conclusive evidence, little Shenyang's hatred for Ji Xiaolan added another stroke.
As we all know, as a traditional culture in China, couplets are exquisite and widely used, which stumbles a large number of people in rhyme and neatness. Therefore, Ji Xiaolan's move not only made Emperor Qianlong praise his literary talent again and again, but also praised him for solving a corruption incident. Not only for Emperor Qianlong, but also for Ji Xiaolan to solve a national event, which is still worthy of our praise in today's society.