Mystery Story Collection "Li Wei Being an Official" (2)

Most people who have watched TV dramas with the background of Qing history are deeply impressed by a special costume in the drama. This thing is the "yellow jacket" in similar scenes in the play. Once a person is beheaded, there will be a yellow jacket to protect him from danger.

In fact, the history of the yellow jacket is relatively short, and it only appeared in the Qing Dynasty. According to historical records, it was during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. This is the official uniform of imperial guards, ministers and others who travel with the emperor around the emperor. Later, due to different functions, "yellow jacket" was divided into official clothes, official clothes, military clothes, special envoy clothes and other types. The "yellow jacket" mentioned in TV plays belongs to the martial jacket, which is mainly used to reward senior military commanders who have made meritorious deeds, and sometimes to give civilian officers in military uniforms. Which is what we usually think of as wearing a yellow jacket.

"Yellow jacket" is very expensive in yellow. Yellow was the royal color in Qing dynasty, which was forbidden by officials and ordinary people. The dragon robe that often appears in TV plays is yellow, which highlights the authority of the son of heaven. Historically, yellow was not born as a royal color. In the Daqin Empire, we can see that Qin Shihuang's costumes were mostly black. According to historical records, yellow gradually became exclusive to the royal family in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the royal palaces, costumes and decorations have been mainly yellow.

In the Qing dynasty, wearing a yellow jacket was a great honor for individuals or families. Usually enshrined in the ancestral temple to worship ancestors. It can only be worn on extremely grand occasions to show the majesty of the emperor. However, even if the "yellow jacket" makes the wearer extremely noble, it is not immune from death.

Li Wei in the play is a son-in-law official in the Jianghu, not a vulgar and boring official. He smells like chivalry in the Jianghu. He was born an official, with a right heart and evil means. Martial arts novels are quite chivalrous. For example, in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Hong Qigong acted carelessly, but his heart was upright. Huang Laoxie, the owner of the Peach Blossom Island in The Condor Heroes, has a strange and evil style, but he is a man who attaches great importance to feelings and righteousness.

In the play, Grandpa Four and Grandpa Thirteen visited Jiangnan incognito to investigate the murderer who killed Shi Yuezifeng, a Taoist priest in the south of the Yangtze River. They searched hard and found nothing. Later, I saw Li Jue pretending to be an imperial envoy, and commented that "the Tao is one foot high and the magic is ten feet high". He also said that just people always come and go tomorrow. It is better to do something evil, but it will work.

It is a style in which good and evil coexist. Li Jue was appreciated by quasi-Yong Zhengdi, and saved the day repeatedly in the process of breaking through (ups and downs of officialdom) and punishing rape and evil.

In fact, good and evil are not two sides, but a philosophy of life. It tells us that some things can't be handled simply and directly, and some "evil" ways are needed to some extent. Of course, you can't break the rules and laws. Whether in life or at work, this is a useful life skill or way. How to use it requires us to experience and summarize all the time, rather than using a fixed equation.