? The real Ji Xiaolan in Qing Dynasty: a non-official, a non-official, a fear of ghosts or a fat man

among the people, he is a talented, loyal and just figure, and his stories are widely circulated. At the age of 31, he entered the Imperial Academy to be a Jishi Shu, and then he was awarded editing. Because he was good at word alignment, he was left by Gan Long and was promoted to a bachelor's degree. However, I never worked as a college student for a day in my life, but I barely worked as an assistant college student for a month before I died. He has written a lot in his life, including Sikuquanshu, Sikuquanshu General Table, etc., which was compiled in an official capacity, and Notes of Yuewei Caotang, which was written in a private capacity. Ji Xiaolan has been in the Siku Library for 13 years, and the compilation of Siku Quanshu almost includes the main classics in the history of China before Qianlong. It is precisely because he is in charge of such a huge book editing project that he has made his name in history. > Young children are not afraid of ghosts > When Ji Xiaolan was a child, it was the time when the theory of ghosts and gods prevailed. People more or less believed that in this vast world, there was an elf who was neither human nor animal. Ji Xiaolan also believes that there are ghosts in the world, but ghosts are not terrible, and they can even be treated like people. > It is said that one autumn night, Ji Xiaolan was studying in the school until late at night, and went to the toilet alone with lanterns. There was a man squatting in the toilet. In the dim light, Ji Xiaolan couldn't see who that man was, so he asked, "Who is it?" "I am a ghost." The crouching man bowed his head and spoke. > Ji Xiaolan was stunned. Seeing that the ghost thought there was nothing to be afraid of, he smiled and said, "Ghosts can shit. I've never heard of it." The ghost bowed its head and said nothing. There is no place to put lanterns in Ji Xiaolan. Look at the ghost's big head. So he put the lantern on its head and said, "You are a good ghost. Do something good this time and hold the lantern for me!" The ghost waited for Ji Xiaolan to untie his hand, returned the lantern to him and said, "How dare you!" Ji Xiaolan smiled and touched the ghost's head and said, "Little devil, you are a big head!" Then he smiled slyly: "Kid, you hold a lantern for me, and I have nothing to give you, so I'll give you a pancake." With this, he stuffed the toilet paper that he had been holding in his hand into the ghost's mouth. When the ghost smelled a bad smell and realized that it was toilet paper in his mouth, he let out a loud cry and ran out of the toilet and disappeared. > Ji Xiaolan didn't chase after him, so he couldn't keep his waist straight with laughter. When his classmates heard the cry coming, Ji Xiaolan walked around and smiled. Everyone was puzzled and went back to the house to ask, and they all laughed. > The place to stand is good for feng shui > Ji Xiaolan's ancestral home was Yingtian, Jiangsu Province, and he was ordered by the imperial court to move a large family. Ji Xiaolan's father led his family all the way to Zhili. > From Jiangsu to Zhili, although it is only separated by Shandong province, people and land are both born, and Zhili has a wide ground, and the government has not specified where the immigrants will settle. On the way, the Ji Xiaolan family have been thinking about where to go. Just when I had no idea, I met a fortune teller in Xuzhou. Ji Xiaolan immediately to the interest, thought why not ask him, ask him to show the way, the in the mind have a solid bottom. However, when Ji Xiaolan explained what he was going to calculate, the fortune teller counted it with his fingers and said, "Go ahead, until you see the place where the trees and cows go to the house, that's where you settle down." Now, can make Ji Xiaolan embarrassed. He thought, how can the car climb the tree and how can the cow go to the house? It seems that this is a fortune teller fooling people. However, there is no choice but to wait and see. Ji Xiaolan followed the whole family, crossed Shandong, and entered Zhili. Through Wuqiao, Dongguang and Jiaohe counties, I didn't see any suitable places along the way. > On this day, their family entered xian county and came to an ancient town. It was early summer, and it was almost noon, so the family had to stop and rest in the shade of a tree. In the shade of a tree, several women were sitting, laughing and spinning. This is a remote place, and I have never seen any big officials. Today, a big official suddenly passed by here, dressed strangely, with gorgeous car ornaments and fragile bells, which naturally made everyone feel very novel. So, those who work in the fields and live at home, whether adults or children, come here to see the immortal. Those who spin with the spinning wheel are afraid that people will trample on the spinning wheel too much, so they simply lift the spinning wheel and hang it on the branches of this tree. > As it happens, not far from the north of this big tree, there is a slope from high to low. A poor family built a house at that slope. On the one hand, the house is dug into a wall by using a slope, and on the other hand, a new wall is built and covered. Due to the large number of people who came to see the immortal, and the loud noise, a calf grazing nearby was frightened. The calf had nowhere to go, so it ran along the slope to the roof. > At this time, Ji Xiaolan looked up and saw the spinning wheel hanging on the tree; When I turned around, I saw the calf running on the roof of Shangdizi again. So, he made a move, pulling his father's sleeve and saying, "Look, isn't this a tree in the car and a cow in the house?" Let's live here! " Ji Xiaolan's father took a look, and then looked at the topography here. I saw that it is surrounded by rivers on three sides and landed on one side. The traffic is open-minded, the trees are lush, and the products are rich. It is really a good place. So I settled down here. People in ancient times were superstitious about geomantic omen. Ji Xiaolan believed that it was this "geomantic treasure land" chosen by his family that made him a learned talent and a high official. > Be an official and learn "fate" > It is recorded in the literature of the Qing Dynasty that Ji Xiaolan was a big fat man and liked to use a pot with a big pipe. He began to gain weight after about thirty years old, and his figure was short, which looked like a bucket from a distance. Ji Xiaolan's rival, He Shen, was a famous handsome man during the Qianlong period, who was proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Tibetan and other languages, especially in poetry. Ganlong employs people who are not only capable, but also handsome. > He is ugly, but he meets with Qianlong, so even if he is brilliant again, it is difficult to get real attention and he can only settle down with words. ? Xiaolan can only be a ci minister of Qianlong, but it is difficult to be a favorite and important minister of Qianlong. In his life, he served as the examiner for the provincial examination twice, the examiner for the national examination six times and the minister of rites three times, all of which reflected this opportunity. This kind of official position has no heavy power or real power, but is just the decoration of the big court. > Even though Qianlong appointed him as the inspector's court, he should have been punished for his poor judgment. However, Qianlong said, "Ji Xiaolan, who was appointed this time, is useless as a corrupt scholar. He was just trying to make up the numbers. Besides, he is not familiar with criminal names and other matters, and he is nearsighted. His mistakes are excusable." It can be seen that the emperor did not place high hopes on him. > On one occasion, Yin Zhuang, a bachelor of cabinet, tried to point out that Chen had abused politics, saying that provincial governors were "notorious and bureaucratic management was lax". "When I passed through the provinces and asked about the quality of officials, people frowned and sighed, and the atmosphere in all provinces was generally the same. Because these words annoyed Gan Long, who was old and could no longer listen to advice, the Minister of Military Affairs wanted to behead Yin Zhuang. Yin Songlin, the father of Yin Zhuangtu, and Ji Xiaolan were scholars in the same year. When Ji Xiaolan tried to intercede for Yin Zhuangtu, Gan Long flew into a rage and immediately scolded: "I think your literature is superior, so I got the four treasury books, but it's just to promote the superior and store them. Why talk about state affairs!" It turned out that the emperor didn't really regard Ji Xiaolan as an independent etiquette when he asked him to compile the Siku Quanshu. > In folklore, the relationship between Ji Xiaolan and He Shen is often like fire and water, and there are many anecdotes about how Ji Xiaolan played tricks on He Shen. Once He Shen built a pavilion in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and needed a pavilion, so he asked Ji Xiaolan for an inscription. As a result, Ji Xiaolan readily agreed to write the inscription in Chinese characters "Bamboo Bud". This word comes from the Book of Songs Xiaoya Sigan, and people often celebrate the completion of the Chinese house and the prosperity of the family with "bamboo boughs and pine trees". He Shen got the inscription of Ji Xiaolan, and was very happy, so he hung it high on the book stand. Once in a while, Qianlong came to He Shen Mansion. When he saw Ji Xiaolan's inscription, he immediately knew that Ji Xiaolan was playing a trick on He Shen. > He smiled and said to He Shen, "Ji Xiaolan is scolding your family for being" all idiots. " As a result, He Shen hated Ji Xiaolan's guts, made slanderous remarks several times, and participated in Ji Xiaolan. > In fact, historically, Ji Xiaolan and He Shen have maintained good relations. He Shen is a favourite of Qianlong, and Ji Xiaolan is a clever intellectual, so he certainly won't offend He Shen. In Qianlong's later years, Ji Xiaolan's good friend Cao Xibao wanted to impeach He Shen. Although Ji Xiaolan was worried about his friend, he only gave him a poem "Ode to the Crab" by the Song Dynasty: The water is clear, and the old man can't escape from being red. I'm afraid it's not ripe to impeach He Shen now. However, Cao Xibao did not listen to Ji Xiaolan's warning, and resolutely wrote a letter referring to He Shen. As a result, Qianlong was furious and wanted to punish Cao Xibao. At this time, Ji Xiaolan tried his best to confess in front of Qianlong, claiming that he had no knowledge. As a result, because he was too explicit, Gan Long thought that Ji Xiaolan was behind the scenes. Visible, how can Ji Xiaolan set himself up as the opposite of He Shen? > In his later years, Ji Xiaolan often used Yi Dao as a metaphor to express his mind. This is a very sophisticated attitude, and it is also the experience accumulated by Ji Xiaolan from the officialdom for many years. Ji Xiaolan has been in the officialdom for a long time, and his official position is not low. He is able to make both ends meet in the officialdom, and he must have his way of being an official. This way of being an official is to avoid offending each other and try to remain neutral. However, he has been following Qianlong for a long time, traveling around the mountains, singing poems against him, and his flattery works are mostly, which shows that he is a man. Judging from Ji Xiaolan's personality characteristics, he will not have a direct conflict with He Shen.