Qing Qianlong was a scholar in the 16th year (175 1). One year later, he was dismissed from the library, taught editors, entered the official career, and then switched to teaching. In the 20th year of Qianlong (1755), in October, his father Liu Tongxun (then governor of Shaanxi but Gansu) was imprisoned for improper handling of military affairs, and Liu Yong was arrested, punished by collective punishment, released leniently and reduced to editor. In June of the following year, he took the provincial examination in Guangxi and served as an examiner. 10, he was promoted to Anhui to study politics. During his tenure, in view of the chaotic management of tributary students and inspectors at that time, he neglected to "require counties to restrain tributary inspectors and make them behave properly" and put forward practical remedies, which were "discussed and passed by the Ministry".
In October of the 24th year of Qianlong (1759), he was transferred to Jiangsu to study politics. During his term of office, he went up again: "People who make trouble in Jiankang prison are more valued by government and county officials and do not create feelings." (Administrative officials) are afraid of unruly people, prison and professional services, so that they are hesitant and don't distinguish between the innocent and the innocent. After committing a crime, the person who should be responsible for reform is not responsible for reform. It's really a slap in the face. Lawyers are guilty of betraying each other. This view was profound and timely, so it won the appreciation of Emperor Qianlong and praised him for "knowing the political power". In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), he was appointed as the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi Province.
After thirty years of Qianlong (1765), it was promoted to Jining Daotai. In the second year, when he was the magistrate of Taiyuan, he neglected the command section of Yangqu County and successfully occupied the state treasury and silver. He was removed from his post and sentenced to death. Because emperor Qianlong loved talents, he was exempted from service and sent a military station (the post office, the institution that delivered military newspapers and official documents in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty) to atone. The next year, he was pardoned and ordered to walk in the book repair office. Qianlong thirty-four years (1769), awarded the magistrate of jiangning house. In the second year, I moved to Yanyou Road, Jiangxi. In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong (1772), he served as Shaanxi provincial judge. The following year, my father Liu Tongxun died and went home to pay his respects.
In the forty-first year of Qianlong (1776), in March, Liu Yong returned to Beijing after the mourning period expired. The Qing court read Liu Tongxun's achievements for many years and found that Liu Yong's knowledge was available, so he was awarded a bachelor's degree in cabinet and became Ren Nan's study room. 10, served as deputy director of the library of Sikuquanshu, and appointed Sun's Records of the Western Regions and Textual Research on Old News as presidents. In July of the following year, he worked as an examiner after having obtained the provincial examination in Jiangnan Zhongda, and soon resumed his post as a political student in Jiangsu. During his tenure, he illegally quoted Qin Zhou's works by Xu Shukui and demanded that he be punished according to law. By the end of the year (forty-three years of Qianlong), Liu Yong illegally quoted Xu Shuling's works for disobedience and achieved remarkable achievements. He moved the right assistant minister of the household department and later transferred to the right assistant minister of the official department.
Qianlong forty-five years (1780), awarded to the governor of Hunan. At this time, many places in Hunan were affected by disasters, and many theft cases occurred in disaster-free counties. Corrupt officials are rampant, and the people complain. After Liu Yong took office, he found out the reasons, impeached corrupt officials according to the facts, and suggested dealing with them strictly; On the one hand, inventory checking, battlements building, grain storage building, relief for victims, allowing private mining of saltpeter in wells. Just one year later, the state treasury was full and the people had plenty of food, and Liu Yong was deeply loved by the people.
Forty-six years after Qianlong (178 1), he moved to Liuyong as the left capital suggestion of Duchayuan. In March of the following year, I still worked in the south study; Soon, he served as the president of Sandao Pavilion. At this point, the suggestion and Qian Feng impeached the Shandong Governor Guotai for cronyism. Liu Yong was ordered to jointly try the fraud case of Shandong Governor with Xiao Shenyang. Liu Yong went to Shandong, pretending to be a Taoist priest, and learned that Shandong had been affected for three consecutive years through a private visit on foot. Cathay Pacific invited the merits and rewards. When collecting taxes, all those who are unable to pay will be dealt with; And slaughtered nine Jinshi who pleaded for the people in the province. When I arrived in Jinan, after interrogation, I found that it was well known that Cathay Pacific took bribes, so I took money to cover up the crime. Liu Yong truthfully reported to the court, ordered the opening of the warehouse to relieve the people, and detained Cathay Pacific to return to Beijing. By this time, the imperial concubine had pleaded for Cathay Pacific, and some suggestions were echoed. Small Shenyang also intends to protect Cathay Pacific. Liuyong then counted Cathay Pacific's crimes according to the evidence obtained from the civil investigation, argued and finally brought Cathay Pacific to justice. When dealing with the Cathay Pacific incident, Liu Yong was not afraid of power, honest and selfless, and resourceful. Together with Qian Feng, he defeated the obstruction of the imperial concubine and Xiao Shenyang, and successfully carried out the Qing decree to protect the people from harm. Later, people wrote a popular novel "Case" based on this incident, praising Liu's adult of this "Bao Gong formula".
After the Cathay Pacific case was settled, Liu Yong was appointed as the official department minister, in charge of imperial academy affairs. Soon, he was appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry, still serving as the official department and the master of the upper study. Forty-eight years after Qianlong (1783), he served as the governor of Zhili. In August, he was transferred to the official department, and soon, he was admitted to Shuntian. It's the end of the year again, and lectures are everywhere. In May of the following year, imperial academy affairs were resumed. In June, the co-organizer was awarded a bachelor's degree. In the fifty-first year of Qianlong (1786), he served as the deputy curator of Chongdie Pavilion (the place where genealogy was compiled).
In April of the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789), the master elder brother who went to the study could not reach the study for a long time, but Liu Yong, as the chef, refused to correct it and was demoted to assistant minister. Soon, he was awarded a bachelor's degree in cabinet, and the magistrate studied politics in Shuntian. At the beginning of the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong (179 1), he moved to Zuoyushi, Douchayuan, changed to Shangshu, and took charge of imperial academy affairs again. In May, and official department ministers. In April of the second year of Jiaqing (1797), Liu Yong was awarded a bachelor's degree in tirenge. In May, he was ordered to go to Shandong to handle a case with Shangshu Qinggui to see the breach of the Yellow River. After inspecting the Yellow River, he asked for dredging in order to "block" the breach and "widen" the downstream after autumn. The court adopted his opinion. In the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), in March, Taizi Jia, Bao Shao. Later, he was ordered to deal with the case of Xiao Shenyang, a student of Wenhua Temple, who used power for personal gain and took bribes. Not afraid of power, Liu Yong quickly found out that Xiao Shenyang and his followers had committed 20 crimes, such as extortion, looting people's fat, and embezzling their own money, and took them to court. The emperor executed Xiao Shenyang and confiscated his property.
At the end of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Liu Yong made a brief statement to Cao Zheng, and he was deeply aware of the loopholes in Cao Yun. His concern for the country and people cannot be expressed in words. After seeing it, Emperor Jiaqing was deeply impressed. In the sixth year of Jiaqing (180 1), Liu Yong became the director of the pavilion.
Liu Yong is not only a politician, but also a famous calligrapher and master of calligraphy. He is one of the four great calligraphers in the Qing Dynasty (the other three are Prince Cheng, Weng Fangganghe). Qing praised Liu Yong in the Notes of Qing Dynasty: "Compared with the voice of Huang Zhong and Zhi, Wen Qing's calligraphy is the highest among a generation of calligraphers. Gai combined the calligraphy of past dynasties and formed his own family. The so-called golden voice and jade, the success of the cluster is also great. I have been on the stage since I entered the dictionary, and my physique has changed repeatedly, which makes people unpredictable. " Liu Yong is a good and creative calligrapher, who learns from the past but is not rigid. Liu Yong's calligraphy is characterized by strong ink, vigorous and unique. Liu Yong's books, especially those in small font. Later generations are full of praise for his short story, which not only has the testimony of Zhong You, Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi, but also won the charm of Wei and Jin short stories. Liu Yong worked as a writer, studied hundreds of classics and history, and made a name for himself. He is the author of Shi An's Poems.
In the seventh year of Jiaqing (1802), the emperor drove Jehol and ordered Liu Yong to stay in Beijing to preside over the state affairs. At this time, he is over eighty years old, but as always, he is light, his eyes are bright and cold.
In December of the 9th year of Jiaqing (1804), Liu Yong died at the age of 85. After his death, he gave a gift to posthumous title Wen Qing, Prince of Taibao, and went to the Pantheon for burial.