During the reign of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, in a guest room of a hotel in Jiangnan, a guest with a northern accent was resting. This guest's identity was no small matter. He was Qianlong, the emperor of Jiangnan, who paid a private visit to Jiangnan.
As soon as it was dawn, Qianlong heard the inn clerk "Dong Dong Dong" pat the door next door and shout: "Zhu Qianlong, it's dawn, it's time to go." Qianlong was surprised: there is a second person who dares to call "Qianlong" in the world? He quickly turned over and got up, opened the door, and saw an old man with white hair walking out of the next room. He went up and asked, "Old man, your name is Qianlong too?"
The old man gave a careless "um" as an answer.
Seeing that the old man was so rude, Qianlong wanted to punish him for his crimes, but seeing that he was dressed as a peasant and honest, it didn't seem like he was deliberately stealing the emperor's name, so he suppressed his anger and said, "Do you know that the current emperor's era name is Qianlong? Stealing the emperor's name is a crime of bullying the king, you are in big trouble!"
The old man glanced at Qianlong and asked, "You said I stole the emperor's name? My old man is sixty-eight this year, and he used that name from his mother's belly. He has only been on the throne for a few years? Tell me, is Qianlong what I call him, or is Qianlong what he calls me?"
Qianlong was speechless when asked by the old man, but he was the emperor of today after all. With a roll of his eyes, he scared the old man and said, "Since ancient times, Taoist people have not fought against officials, but now you want to fight against the emperor above the people, aren't you afraid of beheading?"
The old man smiled and said, "Since the emperor is taboo that I have the same name as the emperor, he will not kill me."
"Why?" Qianlong was stunned.
The old man said unhurriedly: "Do you think so, the emperor wants to kill me? Then I am a criminal, and killing a criminal will be announced to the world. At that time, the whole world will shout. Isn't it more taboo that Qianlong was killed?"
"Then the emperor won't kill you quietly?" Qianlong pursued him.
"What's the use of that?" The old man continued unhurriedly. "If my children and grandchildren can't find my body, they will definitely set up Qianlong's tablet to worship me. Do you think that if the incense is surrounded every day, the emperor will be at ease?"
When Qianlong saw that a village man dared to compete with him like this, he couldn't help but get angry: "The emperor's power is supreme, aren't you afraid of slashing all over the house?"
I didn't expect the old man to be very calm, and responded to him coldly: "The emperor has power, but no matter how great the power is, he can control the old man of hell? If the emperor really wants to kill me, the king of hell will sell my Qianlong name; if he kills my family, the king of hell will sell my Qianlong family name. Does the emperor not taboo the end of the Qing Dynasty?"
Hearing the old man say this, Qianlong couldn't help but be shocked and afraid, because that was what he usually hated the most. He quickly pulled the old man into the guest room, took out a few ingots, and said, "The subjects of the Qing Dynasty should respect the emperor. Well, I'll give you some silver. Why don't you change your name?"
The old man is a very knowledgeable person. From the conversation just now, he has guessed Qianlong's identity, so now he decided to accept it as soon as he sees it, so he accepted the money and said, "It is rare for the guest officer to be loyal to the emperor, so change your name! Just... what is my name?"
Qianlong was very happy to see that the old man was willing to change his name. After thinking for a while, he said, "I see that you are tough and full of tiger energy, so you should change your name to Kunhu?"
"Okay, okay." The old man agreed, "Thanks to the guest officer Hong Fu, then I will call Zhu Kunhu from now on.
Although the old man changed his name, Qianlong still had a heart problem and always taboo the old man had used the emperor's name. Once there were three long and two short, it might be unfavorable to himself, so after returning to Beijing, he sent an imperial envoy to receive the old man to the palace for support.
The old man also lived a long life, and did not die until the age of 107. For fear of future generations writing wrong, Qianlong personally bestowed the "Zhu Kunhu Spirit Plate" spirit plaque, and sent an imperial envoy to escort his coffin and spirit plaque, and sent the old man back to his hometown for burial and worship.