In ancient China, if you want to be an emperor, in addition to having a political strategy, you must also have a war strategy, of course, the literary knowledge must not be less. If an emperor can only fight and will not rule, then his country will inevitably not be stable; if he can only govern the country and does not know how to fight, then his country will be quickly breached. As for the literary style, it is the embodiment of an emperor's academic cultivation. Many emperors in ancient times were both literate and martial, especially those who inherited the throne as princes, and received the best education from an early age.
Take Puyi, for example, although he did not go to school, when he was a child, his English was taught by a foreigner named Johnston, and the level must not be low. There is also Li Yu, who wrote that "it is just like a river of spring water flowing eastward", his shortcoming is probably that he is too literary, resulting in a lack of governance strategy. There was also a Qianlong who loved to write poems against each other, and once he wanted to pair up, Ji Xiaolan came up with the next couplet, but he could only say that he was not right.
Qianlong is a person who attaches great importance to personal cultivation and maintenance. No matter how busy he is in government affairs, he will adhere to the regular work and rest, the most important thing is to rest well; whether the country still has money, he "eats and drinks at public expense", his hobbies are some very expensive projects, but they are very cultivated; in addition, he also drinks green tea all year round, eats some very expensive supplements and maintenance products, which are very conducive to his longevity, and eventually he has indeed become the longest-lived emperor in ancient China.
In addition, in writing poetry, Qianlong also has a deep obsession, it is said that he has done more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, and many of his predecessors have his inscriptions on them. Speaking of this, we have to mention Qianlong's consumption of cultural relics, others look for some cultural relics to appreciate the collection, he can pour well, catch everything on the inscription stamp, which also contributed a lot of strength to his becoming a "high-yielding" poet emperor. And he also likes to show off his literary style, and he loves to pair up at any time and anywhere.
The most famous talent in the Qianlong period, Ji Xiaolan, once presided over the compilation of the "Four Libraries Of The Whole Book", and what he was best at was pairing. Once he went out with the emperor, when he was tired, he sat down to eat a piece of watermelon, and when he saw the watermelon, the emperor had the idea of pairing again, so he came out with an uplink - sitting north to south to eat watermelon, and the skin was put to the east! The southeast, south, and northwest are all occupied, although the connotation is not profound enough, but it is not easy to be right.
When many ministers wanted to be flattered but could not come up, the emperor looked at Ji Xiaolan. In fact, this simple pair is very easy for him, but he says that he can't come up with it. Why? Although the emperor only made a pair according to the direction, but this should be said to be bigger, the north and south represent the entire country, even if they are on a magnificent lower league, they are easy to be troubled by some people, so it is simply not right, and the emperor can be complacent for a while.