Chapter 54 Qian Feng, Liu Yongdou and Shen

Qian Feng, styled Dongzhu, also styled Yuefu, nicknamed Nanyuan, was born in Kunming, Yunnan. He was born in the fifth year of Qianlong (1740), died in the 60th year of Qianlong (1795), and was In 1771, Jinshi, he served successively as the supervisory censor of Jiangnan Road, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, the system envoy of the General Administration, the head of the household department, and the supervisory censor of Huguang Road.He was famous for teaching calligraphy all his life. He was born in a poor family of common people.He is a clean and honest official, upright and upright. As a censor, he is dedicated to the court, brave to impeach, dare to do what others dare not do, and say what others dare not say. "Drafts of Qing History" praised him for his direct voice.

In the forty-seventh year of Qianlong (1782), Qian Feng wrote a letter to impeach Cathay, who was serving as the governor of Shandong, accusing him of being greedy for personal gain, extorting bribes and committing fraud.His move shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Because the Cathay Pacific that Qian Feng participated in played has a great background. Cathay is the uncle of the imperial concubine and has a very close relationship with He Shen. His father is Wen Shou, Governor of Sichuan, and Wen Shou is Liu Yong's old superior.Such a person has a very close relationship with Emperor Qianlong, He Shen, and Liu Yong. From these thunderous names, we can know that his power is deeply rooted in the court.So he was promoted very quickly along the way.First he was the magistrate of Siyang County, then he was the head of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, then he was the inspector of Shandong Province, and then he was the governor of Shandong Province.

After Cathay became the governor of Shandong, he soon joined hands with Yu Yijian, the chief envoy of Shandong, to embezzle money and pervert the law, and embezzled treasury silver.As a result, the treasury of the government offices in Shandong was short of money, the officialdom was full of smog, and the social economy stagnated.Not only that, but when Shandong was hit by disasters for three consecutive years, Cathay Pacific not only refused to provide relief, but instead invited credit and rewards, and continued to collect taxes.All those who are unable to pay will be investigated and dealt with, and nine Jinshi and Juren who have entered the province to plead for the people will be killed.

Just such an arrogant and cruel official with intertwined relationships in the court, it is too late for others to flatter him, who would dare to join him?Qian Feng, the supervisory censor of Jiangnan Road, A Gui, a scholar, and Fu Kang'an, a general, dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and decided to participate in him. At the beginning of 1782, Agui and Fukang'an jointly wrote a letter to impeach Guotai, the governor of Shandong Province. The charge was that he wanted to plunder money in the name of paying tribute to the emperor. The warehouses of dozens of counties and counties under his command were seriously short of money. He suggested that Emperor Qianlong transfer him back to Beijing. The capital is an official.

Seeing that his relatives had been impeached, Emperor Qianlong had to take it seriously, so he asked Yu Yijian, the governor of Shandong, to inquire about the situation.Yu Yijian is the younger brother of the former academician Yu Minzhong. Because Guotai has a lot of power, although the chief envoy and the governor have the same rank, both of them are from the second rank, but Yu Yijian is extremely flattering to Cathay, and even flatters Cathay. Kneel to report. When Yu Yi Jian saw the emperor's inquiry, of course he tried his best to defend Cathay Pacific, insisting that Cathay Pacific was only stricter with its subordinates, and someone might make false accusations.Qianlong also believed his words, and twice issued an edict saying that Cathay Pacific had no bad deeds, but that it was a matter of seriousness and quick results.

Unexpectedly, Qian Feng, the supervisory censor of Jiangnan Road, was annoyed!He heard that the impeachment of Agui, a senior scholar, had no effect, so he continued to write to Emperor Qianlong in early April to impeach Cathay again.Fortunately, Qianlong did not act hastily.He appointed Shangshu Heshen, Yushi Liu Yong of Zuodu, and Nuomu, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, as imperial envoys to go to Shandong immediately to investigate and deal with it impartially and according to the facts.Emperor Qianlong's arrangement has profound meaning.The relationship between Cathay and Heshen has always been close; needless to say the relationship between Liu Yong and Cathay; Nuo Muqin, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, is a relative of the emperor himself.Therefore, this lineup seems to be strong and menacing, but it is actually to protect Cathay Pacific.

A few days later, Qianlong guessed that Heshen, who had a good understanding, must have quickly completed the handling of the case, so he issued an order to the Minister of Military Aircraft, explaining the principles and methods of investigating the Cathay Pacific case.Said that Qian Feng's impeachment of Cathay Pacific and Yu Yijian's corruption and selfishness caused the warehouses in Licheng and other counties to run out of money.Jinpai Heshen and others are investigating strictly.As for the shortage of the warehouse, He Shen and others compared and checked the printed books one by one, and they were able to get to the bottom of it.The matter of extorting bribes and offering bribes is more difficult. If both parties are unwilling to report the truth, they can inform the officials. If Yi and others confess the truth, the crime can be dealt with lightly.This decree was sent to He Shen and others urgently from Liubaili.

Two days later, Qianlong told the Minister of Military Affairs: Lu Erchang, the former prefect of Jinan, Shandong, who was employed by Cathay Pacific, recommended him to be the inspector of Anhui.He must have known about Cathay Pacific's misdeeds, and ordered Lu Erchang to accuse Cathay Pacific and Yu Yijian of greed and lawlessness according to the facts. Although Qianlong's cover-up trick deceived all the ministers, it did not reassure Qian Feng.Qian Feng was afraid that He Shen would make arrangements in advance, so he discussed with Liu Yong, and he would go ahead alone, and Liu Yong would stabilize He Shen.The three imperial envoys, He Shen, Liu Yong, and Nuo Muqin, then left Beijing for Jinan.

He Shen is worthy of always being by Qianlong's side, and he really has a deep understanding of the meaning of Emperor Qianlong.He Shen judged that Liu Yong would definitely have one heart with him, after all, their relationship is also very deep. In this way, He Shen focused his work in Shandong on guarding against and communicating with Qian Feng.On the one hand, he tried his best to protect Cathay; on the other hand, he threatened Qian Feng not to investigate seriously.Unexpectedly, Qian Feng is a dead-headed person with a strong position, and he is not afraid of intimidation at all.

He Shen failed with one plan, so he tried another one.He secretly informed Cathay of the cause and effect of the incident, allowing him to quickly prepare for it.After Cathay learned the news, he hurriedly threatened and lured the merchants, borrowed silver and stored it in the warehouse, and made up the amount of silver in the warehouse, temporarily covering up the deficit. And Liu Yong, who is most at ease with Heshen, often secretly discussed with Qian Feng along the way, discussing countermeasures against criminals such as Heshen and Cathay Pacific. The reason why Liu Yong gave up his usual prudence and boldly handled the case may be based on the following considerations:

First, Emperor Qianlong's consecutive imperial edicts to expedite the six hundred miles played a role.Qianlong did such a good job of confusing the real with the fake, and even Liu Yong didn't see through Qianlong's true meaning, thinking that Qianlong really wanted to use Cathay Pacific. Second, Liu Yong's nature caused his work style.Liu Yong's grandfather and father have always been extremely clean and honest, and have always hated corrupt officials.Of course Liu Yong didn't want to embarrass his predecessors, and now that he had such an opportunity, he really wanted to show off. Third, the sensational effect of the case itself.The impeachment of Cathay Pacific this time was unusual. The impeachment was jointly impeached by the scholar Agui and the general Fukang'an, followed by Qian Feng, the supervisory censor of Jiangnan Province, who continued to investigate. The momentum was too fierce.In Liu Yong's eyes, the emperor's approach was a strategy of throwing away his car to keep him handsome, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to show his face. In this way, Liu Yong embarked on the road of opposing He Shen and cooperating with Qian Feng.After He Shen and his party arrived in Shandong, they checked the warehouse.He Shen ordered the guards to inspect dozens of pieces of silver, and the quantity was consistent with what was recorded in the book. He Shen then ordered to return to his residence, which meant that the check had been completed and there was no shortage. Ordinarily, everything would be fine with this, and he could go back to Beijing and give the emperor his life.Seeing that Qian Feng's impeachment was either framed as a false accusation or based on rumors, in short, he was going to die.At the critical moment, Liu Yong instructed Qian Feng to seal up the treasury, and He Shen agreed.After closing the warehouse, a group of people went back.It turned out that under Liu Yong's guidance, Qian Feng discovered that the quality of the verified silver was wrong.The silver taels stored in the national warehouse are all fifty taels for an ingot. The quality of the silver is very good, and the silver color is normal, but the ones used for verification are not. There is fraud, so it is recommended to seal the bank vault. After Qian Feng sealed the bank vault, he immediately visited and investigated carefully, and finally found out that Cathay Pacific blackmailed businessmen to donate silver taels to pretend to be official silver and put it into the warehouse to fill up.Qian Feng sent people around to announce that if the merchant whose loaned silver was deposited in the treasury did not report the amount of silver to the government and ask for it to be returned, his silver would be confiscated. The next day, the three imperial envoys, together with Qian Feng, went to the bank to check the color of the silver ingots and the quantity of each ingot, and it really wasn't official silver.At this time, the merchants reported the reason and amount of the money borrowed one after another, and returned the money. In this way, the treasury was empty, and the case could be made known to the world. He Shen saw that the evidence was convincing, so he hurriedly followed the wind. He lost his car to save his handsome man, and immediately betrayed Cathay.Things turned out to be fake in the end. At this time, He Shen could only truthfully report to Emperor Qianlong together with Liu Yong, and it was verified that Cathay Pacific had embezzled and extorted a total of 80,000 taels of bribes.Emperor Qianlong was furious, and ordered Liu Yong and He Shen to arrest Cathay and return to Beijing, and opened a warehouse to help the people in Shandong. When the imperial concubine heard that Cathay was being investigated, she had already interceded for Cathay in front of Emperor Qianlong; some censors who knew Qianlong's character also echoed it and suggested that Cathay's punishment should be lightened.Emperor Qianlong was also in a dilemma. He wanted to help Cathay, but he had already stated in front of all the officials that he would strictly investigate and deal with the corruption case of Cathay;Emperor Qianlong wanted to let Cathay go, so he asked Liu Yong for his opinion. Liu Yong was still immersed in his own success, until Qianlong asked him, he hadn't figured out the real intention of Emperor Qianlong, and enumerated Cathay's crimes based on the evidence obtained from private investigations, and suggested that Cathay should be dealt with severely. Qianlong didn't know whether Liu Yong was really confused or pretended to be confused, but since he said so, he didn't want to disobey the opinions of the ministers too much, so he issued four consecutive edicts, announcing: Cathay Pacific will be executed in the autumn; Escorted Yu Yijian to Beijing for interrogation; dismissed Guotai, Yu Yijian and others from their official positions.In early June, Emperor Qianlong ordered Guotai and Yu Yijian to commit suicide in prison. Seeing that their efforts had paid off, Liu Yong and Qian Feng prepared to take this opportunity to overthrow He Shen together and eliminate harm for the country.Therefore, he handed over the seized Cathay Pacific letter to Heshen to Qianlong, who was very angry.Later, when they met the emperor, Qianlong suddenly shouted: "He Shen, are you guilty?"He Shen suddenly panicked, fell down on his knees and said: The emperor is clearly aware, I am going to Shandong, be careful and handle the case impartially, I am afraid that I will lose the emperor's kindness, please learn from the emperor. Qianlong handed over the secret letter presented by Qian Feng to He Shen to see how he reacted.When He Shen saw the secret letter, he was shocked in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm.He pretended not to know what to say, opened the letter slowly, read every word carefully, and bought as much time as possible so that he could come up with the words to deal with it.Fortunately, he was really witty, so he quickly calmed down, pretended to be righteous and said to Qianlong: I didn't receive this secret letter. If I did, I would definitely punish Guotai even more severely. As soon as these words came out, Liu Yong and Qian Feng's offensive momentum was immediately dissipated, and Qianlong's tone softened, and he asked Liu Yong and Qian Feng whether He Shen had ever obstructed and obstructed the handling of the Cathay Pacific case.Because Heshen acted cautiously, he had been on guard for a long time, and rarely intervened in the process of handling the case.Liu Yong had no choice but to report the truth, saying that he had no affair with the adults.Qianlong immediately turned his worries into joy, saying that Cathay Pacific wanted to cling to Heshen because of wishful thinking, and Heshen is the minister of the country, so it is expected that he would not do such an unruly thing.In this way, He Shen easily avoided their attack. In this matter, He Shen fulfilled an official duty: to protect if he can, and to release him when he should.Of course, Liu Yong supported Qian Feng from beginning to end, and Liu Yong's attitude also played a role in promoting the progress of the case. This time, in the contest with the corrupt group headed by the big corrupt official He Shen, the righteous people headed by Liu Yong finally won a big victory!This is a huge blow to the corruption group headed by Heshen. For Liu Yong to express himself in the court like this, He Shen certainly held a grudge. He made things difficult for Liu Yong from here, always looking for opportunities to attack Liu Yong.Of course, He Shen and the others had to make a summary of their failures. Qianlong bestowed the death of Cathay and Yu Yijian because of the situation at the time: First, the scholar Agui and the general Fukang'an jointly impeached Cathay, but only suggested that Cathay be transferred to another position. This was a prudent punishment after mature consideration. , gave the emperor enough face, and also left a way out for Cathay Pacific. As long as he is good at walking, he will be able to retreat completely.Unexpectedly, Qianlong couldn't make up his mind, so he insisted on asking Yu Yijian, but Yu Yijian assured him that he was fine.Under the circumstances, Emperor Qianlong still kept a little back, and sent Liu Yong and He Shen, two people who are closely related to Cathay Pacific, to investigate and deal with the case. The imperial concubine's family has indeed never been involved in corruption and extortion, which further proves their innocence.Even if there is such an act of corruption and bribery, it will be dealt with cleanly by the two Manchu and Han ministers Liu Yong and He Shen.On the other hand, it also shows how much I attach importance to dealing with corruption and extortion through my confession again and again.The results of it?The goal of killing two birds with one stone was not achieved, and I was put in by others!I really want to save face and suffer. Besides, at this time, Emperor Qianlong couldn't explain to the imperial concubine!He vowed that Cathay Pacific would be fine, but unfortunately something happened. Where is his majesty and imperial power?It is true that the amount of bribes that Cathay Pacific has embezzled and extorted is huge, but no matter how large the amount is, for the sake of the imperial concubine's face, can't it make him lose his life?The only thing to blame is that this Liu Yong is too rigid. Does he really not know the purpose of Emperor Qianlong's sending him there?In short, Qianlong hated Liu Yong. How can the emperor's thoughts be concealed from He Shen who is with him day and night?No one in the world knows more about Emperor Qianlong than He Shen.So he thought, I must make full use of Emperor Qianlong's afterthoughts on the Cathay Pacific corruption case, and join forces to deal with this hateful Liu Yong. If Liu Yong is not removed as a stumbling block, he will investigate and deal with me sooner or later! From then on, in front of Liu Yong, there were three people, Emperor Qianlong, the imperial concubine, and He Shen, who were always thinking about how to use every opportunity to attack Liu Yong with all their strength. Liu Yong handled a case, but offended the concubine, the emperor and He Shen at the same time. From now on, Liu Yong's life will be sad.After all, he couldn't afford to offend any of these three people. In this way, Liu Yong's life in the court is really uncomfortable. Let's take a look at Liu Yong's encounters in the court after investigating and handling the Cathay Pacific corruption case. At the beginning of the fifty-second year of Qianlong (1787), Liu Yong was not only reprimanded but also lost the post of a bachelor who should have been awarded because he leaked the content of the conversation between him and Emperor Qianlong about evaluating the other two ministers at that time.In August of the fifty-second year of Qianlong (1787), Qianlong entrusted Liu Yong to preside over the worship of the Confucian Temple.He was impeached by Qing Debao of Taichang Temple because he did not perform the prescribed bowing ceremony.In the summer of the fifty-third year of Qianlong (1788), Liu Yong was also in charge of the Guozijian, and was impeached by the censor Zhu Delin for the incident that middle school students in the pre-selection exams of the township examination gave gifts to the invigilator.However, Zhu Delin, the censor at that time, originally impeached Huang Shouling, the invigilator, for accepting bribes, and Zhu Delin also praised Liu Yong in the memorial.It is said that Liu Yong and Zou Bingtai were the only ones who wrote the Imperial College Examination, and no one dared to offer their advice to them.The final result of this incident was that Emperor Qianlong took advantage of the issue and Liu Yong was punished undeservedly.From the end of February to the beginning of March in the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789), all the masters in the study room who were in charge of the prince's education did not pay due to continuous rain. Emperor Qianlong was very angry when he learned of this situation. Liu Yong, the Minister of the Ministry and the chief master of Shangshufang, was punished particularly severely. He was reduced to the title of servant and no longer worked part-time in Nanshufang.Emperor Qianlong also issued an edict specifically for this, to the effect that Liu Yong was favored and promoted because Liu Yong was the son of Liu Tongxun, a scholar, and he remembered that Liu Tongxun had served the court for many years.However, Liu Yong was quite diligent in his tenure as a government official, but he stopped working seriously when he took up the post of Xuezheng, and his official voice as governor of Hunan was also normal.When he entered Beijing as a minister, his affairs were even more ambiguous.I made an eloquent expression and didn't condemn him. I thought he would be grateful for the grace and work diligently. I didn't want to happen that all the masters in the study were absent from work for seven days, but Liu Yong ignored it.He also said that Liu Yong's inability to do his duty in everything like this was disloyal to the country and unfilial to his father. His fault was so great that it could not be forgiven.It can be said that the wording is quite harsh.In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong (1793), Liu Yong was the chief examiner of the examination.Due to improper arrangement, sloppy marking, many illegal and unqualified papers.According to regulations, Liu Yong and others will be fined for at least ten years.Although Emperor Qianlong made a lenient treatment, Liu Yong was still severely punished.In the first year of Jiaqing (1796), because the post of bachelor was vacant for a long time, Dong Gao, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, was added as a bachelor, while Liu Yong, who was more senior, was excluded.If you don’t get promoted, don’t get promoted. He even published an edict with a guilty conscience. In the edict, he once again criticized Liu Yong for not being honest and honest.For example, the emperor once asked Liu Yong whether the newly elected magistrate Dai Shiyi was competent, but Liu Yong was okay with it.But Dai Yuanyuan is very mediocre, and he is definitely not competent.It can be seen that Liu Yong paid no attention to Quan's selection of people on weekdays, and just used ambiguous words to explain away his responsibilities.Asking him to examine his heart and introspection will make him even more ashamed and encouraged.In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), Liu Yong was awarded a Bachelor of Renge University, but he still accused him of being unwilling to do things honestly and walking rather lazy, and said that he was promoted to this position because no one was there, which shows his evaluation.Of course, the above two edicts in the early years of Jiaqing still represent the opinions of Emperor Qianlong. From what happened to Liu Yong, we can see that He Shen must have played a special role in it, and it is not too late for ten years to avenge the husband!We must suppress Liu Yong's development.However, in any case, Liu Yong is still able to handle such a dangerous officialdom, which shows that he is a person who is very good at summing up experience and lessons, and is very good at introspection. His family has taught him these things long ago.He knew that Emperor Qianlong was deliberately finding fault with himself; he also knew that He Shen also played a role in fueling the flames.How to do it?It can only be to try to appease the angry Emperor Qianlong on the one hand, and to deal with corrupt groups such as Heshen on the other hand.This job is not easy to do, and it takes a lot of effort.Liu Yong actually survived, and it was really difficult for him. Liu Yong knew that no matter what you did right or wrong, as long as the emperor looked down on you, the explanation would only get worse, so he simply didn't explain it, lest the description would become darker.As long as you serve the emperor carefully, there will always be a chance to gain the emperor's favor.How to win the emperor's happiness?He made full use of his ingenuity in poems, words, songs, fu, calligraphy, articles, etc. to please the emperor and let him dispel his guard against him, so he must have a chance to make a comeback. Liu Yong's calligraphy can be described as a must, and he is good at matching pairs, so he decided to use this as a breakthrough to eliminate the gap with the emperor.One day after the Cathay Pacific case, Emperor Qianlong led several talented ministers to Panshan to relax. Today, the Panshan Mountain in Jixian County, Tianjin City is very much appreciated by Emperor Qianlong because it resembles the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River.Emperor Qianlong once visited Panshan Mountain eight times, and left behind a sentence that he knew there was Panshan Mountain, so why go to the south of the Yangtze River.Therefore, every time Emperor Qianlong encountered unhappy things, he would think of Panshan to relax. Liu Yong is indispensable every time. Although Emperor Qianlong didn't want to take him out this time, Liu Yong is too talented. He can only enjoy himself if he takes him with him to recite poems against himself.Not only that, Emperor Qianlong also brought an opera troupe to sing on the big stage of Jiangshan Yilan Pavilion above Panshan.Emperor Qianlong was thinking while listening to the opera.Suddenly, on a whim, he asked the officials to draw up a couplet for the stage.A certain minister was quick-witted and immediately presented a couplet: Listening to Lulu, you can see the coldness of the world; seeing the clothes, you can describe the warmth and coldness of the world. This couplet vividly summarizes the artistic rules of opera, with neat antithesis and profound meaning.But Qianlong felt that it was too elegant and lacked a little vitality and liveliness.After a while, another minister handed over the second couplet: I look like I am not me, I think I am not me; whoever pretends to be like is whoever pretends to be whoever is. This couplet is like a Buddhist prophecy, which makes people feel mysterious and incomprehensible.Besides, it's not very legal. No wonder Qianlong thought it was superficial and asked the ministers to think again.At this time, "Empty City Strategies" was just being performed on the stage.Zhuge Liang sat on the tower, playing the piano and drinking, while Sima Yi led an army to the city.Seeing this scene, Liu Yong suddenly came up with inspiration, so he wrote the next couplet at his fingertips: Three or five people can make thousands of troops; six or seven steps are like traveling all over the world. Qianlong was very satisfied, thinking that this couplet is simple and simple, without those jerky and difficult words, but it has profound meaning and is suitable for both refined and popular tastes.Emperor Qianlong enthusiastically ordered Liu Yong to serve with pen and ink immediately to finish writing this couplet.Now this couplet is still on the big stage of Jiangshan Yilan Pavilion. Everyone continued to move forward, and Emperor Qianlong suddenly thought of the interesting names of several counties around Ji County, so he deliberately connected them together as the upper line: There is no rain in Miyun and three rivers are dry, even if the jade field is difficult to be rich. When Liu Yong heard it, Emperor Qianlong used the names of the four counties around Jixian County in the first couplet, so I should also use the names of the four counties around Jixian County to match the second couplet.So Liu Yong quickly gave the next couplet: Huairou and Dao all follow Huai, knowing that Shunyi is a good hometown. The second couplet is not only a neat pairing, but also has a profound meaning. It is a wonderful pairing. Emperor Qianlong admired Liu Yong's very neat pairing.Since then, this kind of thing happened more often, and Emperor Qianlong's anger towards Liu Yong gradually disappeared. In this way, Liu Yong dissipated Qianlong's malice invisibly, only He Shen still stared at him. Although Liu Yong hated corrupt officials deeply and disdained to work with them, he still knew that he had to do what he liked for corrupt officials!This does not mean surrendering to Heshen, this is not Liu Yong's style of doing things. Immediately after the Cathay Pacific case, Liu Yong took the initiative to make peace with He Shen.How to start?You can't directly express softness, so Liu Yong thought of his own calligraphy.Speaking of Liu Yong's calligraphy, he is still a famous calligrapher.According to historical biography, the titles of his books are all over the world, and his political articles are all covered up. During the Qianlong period, Weng Fanggang, Liang Tongshu, Wang Wenzhi, and Liu Yong all enjoyed the reputation of calligraphy.At that time, people called them Weng, Liang, Wang and Liu.Liu Yong's artistic achievements in calligraphy should be considered the highest.Since its inception, it has been called Weng Liu Chengtie together with Weng Fanggang, Prince Cheng Yongxuan, and Tiebao.Bao Shichen's "Yi Zhou Shuang Ji" said: Wen Qing was a young scholar, and moved to Po Zhi when he was a strong man. After the 70s, he devoted himself to the steles of the Northern Dynasties.Kang Youwei's "Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Ji" said that Shi'an also came from Dong (Qichang), but he was thinking deeply, his muscles were shaking, and his pulse was gathered. In modern times, he has made a thick and thick road, and there is no one who can go out of the scope of Shi'an, so I call it Shi'an. It is also the success of collecting posts.There are many handwriting.He is the author of "Shi'an Poetry Collection" and engraved "Qing Ai Tang Tie". "Xiao Kai Chu", written in the first year of Jiaqing (1796), ink on paper.There are 24 lines, a total of 360 crosses.Each page is 11.8 centimeters long and 6.9 centimeters wide.Collection of the Palace Museum.Liu Yong's calligraphy, at first glance, is round and soft, like balls of cotton, but upon closer inspection, the bones are clear and strong.Liu Yong is proficient in lower script, and his characteristics can be glimpsed in this work.The teeny lower case he wrote has the grand style of big characters, the structure does not make people feel cramped at all, and the stippling is clean and exquisite.In particular, the interweaving of roughness and delicacy, coupled with occasional cursive brushstrokes, makes the whole work full of lively and lively taste in a large-scale effect, which is very commendable.It is not an exaggeration that people in later generations praised his lower regular script not only for the testimonies of Zhong Yao, Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, and Su Shi, but also for the style of Wei and Jin lower regular script. In order to cater to the emperor, He Shen always likes to pretend to be a literati.He has heard the name of Liu Yong's calligraphy for a long time, and always wants to get Liu Yong's calligraphy.Just a few days before the Cathay Pacific case, Heshen asked Liu Yong for calligraphy and paintings, but Liu Yong excused himself and did not write to Heshen.Liu Yong thought, why don't I just write him a banner now?Maybe it can ease the relationship between the two parties.Apart from anything else, he took the initiative to send it to He Shen after finishing writing. Why is Liu Yong so eager to make peace with He Shen?It turned out that Liu Yong thought that He Shen was so arrogant at the time that he should not tear his face completely. At this time, he must not be anxious, after all, he could not eat hot tofu in a hurry.Cleaning up Heshen, the corrupt official and the general backstage of the corrupt officials in the world, should not fall into his hands because of a momentary impulse, only be patient, persevere, and wait for the opportunity to completely wipe him out.In the end, Liu Yong waited for the good news of Heshen's downfall and his family property being confiscated.