Some stories about Gan Long and Liu Yong

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a talented minister named Liu Yong. One day, Emperor Qianlong was at leisure. Liu Yong, who is difficult and skillful in thinking. So Gan Long asked Liu Yong, "There are nine gates in Beijing. How many people go out every day and how many people come in? " Liu Yong put up two fingers and said, "Two people!" Gan Long asked, "Why are there only two people?" Liu Yong corrected: "Long live, I'm not talking about two people, I'm talking about two kinds of people. One is a man and the other is a woman. "

Qianlong thought, I will give you another duel and ask, "How many people are born and how many die every year in the country?" Liu Yong raised his finger again, as if he were estimating, and then said, "Long live the report, the whole Qing Dynasty, born 1 person in one year, died 12 person!" Gan Long said: "At this rate, is there no one in the country?" Liu Yong explained: "No .. My algorithm is based on a person's birth year. For example, this year is the year of the horse. No matter whether one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand or one million births are horses, so there are 1 births a year. In a year, 12 people in the genus died, so 12 people died every year. "

Hearing this, Emperor Qianlong could not help secretly admiring Liu Yong's talent.