Just as Qianlong was complacent, a man brought a bucket of ginger as a gift. It's really disappointing, attracting whispers and even ridicule; But Ganlong hesitated for a while but didn't break into a furious rage. Instead, he showed an expression of joy. Why?
Liu Yong also brought several barrels of ginger as a gift. Liu Yong, who is ugly and hunched, is called Liu Luoguo in the street, but he is very smart, law-abiding, honest and clean, and won the trust of the emperor.
Then, why did he give the emperor a bucket of ginger when the Manchu court was beaming? Is it the unique smell of dry dragon? Of course not. The reason why Liu Yong is ingenious in sending such an ordinary thing as ginger is meaningful.
In Qianlong's later years, the bureaucracy was corrupt, and officials in the DPRK followed suit, indulging selfish desires and taking bribes and perverting the law. Although Liu Yong will keep silent or even yield to this bad style in the self-protection stage of his official career, on the whole, he is strict with himself, fair and upright. As Qianlong's birthday is approaching, officials who usually enrich themselves by corruption and bribery deliberately spend huge sums of money just for fun, but Liu Yong is at a loss because he is shy, so Liu Yong gave this gift after careful consideration.
Qianlong is arty on weekdays, has a good face and likes to show off his literary talent; Being in power earlier, with rich political experience and strong comprehension ability, he grasped the intention of loving Qing and became suddenly enlightened. It turns out that "ginger" is homophonic with "Xinjiang", and many ginger bases are piled up like a hill. Therefore, he thought of "a bucket of Jison", which means "unifying the whole country".
During the Qianlong period, Liu Yong spared the money and grain of the whole country and used his troops to advance westward to consolidate Xinjiang. Ping Junggar, make Turhut return, and build Zhejiang seawall; It has forged friendship among all ethnic groups in China and created great achievements in unifying the country. After understanding this meaning, Gan Long is of course happy. Moreover, ginger symbolizes wealth, health and longevity among the people, which coincides with Qianlong's birthday. Liu Yong also wished the country prosperity and a long life.
A bucket of ginger for the emperor, at first glance, was shabby and absurd, and was despised and even laughed at by ministers who were too poor to love wealth. However, due to Liu Yong's painstaking efforts and high emotional intelligence, the ceremony was light but received good results. At this time, although Qianlong slacked off and began to enjoy extravagance, he actually liked Liu Yong's honest and upright officials. So after realizing Liu Yong's good intentions, I accepted it.