1. The person who writes the plaque.
Heshen built a new back garden with all the pavilions and pavilions in it. The scenery is really magnificent and beautiful. The only flaw is that it lacks a plaque that can be used. At that time, it was not an ordinary person. Anyone who can write this plaque must be a very famous person. At that time, Heshen was less than one person and more than ten thousand people could give Heshen. The person who wrote the plaque felt that it was particularly honorable. There were only two people at that time, one was Qianlong. The emperor didn't have the guts to trouble Emperor Qianlong and the gentlemen for such a trivial matter. The other one was the talented Qing Dynasty's number one scholar Ji Xiaolan.
2. Visit Ji Xiaolan
He Shen paid a heavy courtesy visit to Ji Xiaolan and explained the purpose of his visit. Ji Xiaolan originally disapproved of He Shen's extravagant and wasteful life, and It was difficult to refuse the monk, so he visited the partnership that day. Ji Xiaolan was even more dissatisfied when he saw that Heshen's back garden was built so extravagantly, so he wanted to take this opportunity to tease Heshen. So after visiting the courtyard, He repeatedly praised Heshen for his beautiful back garden. He could write the word "bamboo bud" on the plaque.
3. The meaning of bamboo buds
Although Heshen has read books, his literary talent is definitely not as good as Ji Xiaolan, so he asked what it meant. Ji Xiaolan explained to Heshen that it was bamboo buds. The two characters come from the Book of Songs. Xiaoyasiqian means "like bamboo buds" or "like pine trees". He Shen was particularly happy when he heard such a noble name.
He Shen was very proud and often showed off to outsiders, saying that Ji Xiaolan had written it specially for him. He also explained the origin of the bamboo bag in detail to everyone to increase his own worth. As a result, one day Qianlong came Hefu burst out laughing when they saw the word "bamboo bud". He Shen asked Qianlong for some advice for unknown reasons. It was Qianlong who explained that if these two words were separated, they would mean idiots. After listening to Qianlong's words, Hesheng Dongxiang was furious, and from then on he and Ji Xiaolan took revenge for being humiliated.
Through the above story, everyone must understand that you cannot offend scholars easily, otherwise you will not know what happened when you are scolded.