Back in Chang'an, Bai Juyi's mood is called a depression, yes, you read that right, it's not joy, it's depression, because Li Chun arranged for him to be Dr. Zuo Zanshan. Speaking of which, the level of this Zuo Zanshan doctor is not low, and he is an official position of the fifth grade. In fact, this is also the biggest official position Bai Juyi has obtained so far, the official he has done before, the highest is only a minor official of the seventh grade; As for the coveted Hanlin Bachelor, there is no taste at all. Since the official is not small, he is not happy to go crazy, depressed, could it be that Bai Juyi has mental problems? Rest assured, Bai Juyi is in normal spirits, no problem. The problem is that this Dr. Zuo Zanshan is really a dispensable idle official with a rather embarrassing status. Although this is a so-called "permanent counselor", he has to go to the morning court every day and can meet the emperor, but it is just a name and a number, if you want to have further intimate contact with the emperor, I'm sorry, there is no door, not to mention the door, and there is no window. What's even worse is that this is still a subordinate official of the East Palace, that is to say, Bai Juyi should be regarded as the prince's person now. It is said that it is not bad to be a subordinate of the prince, once the prince is in charge of Bintian, the prince will naturally become the emperor, and at that time, once the son of heaven and a courtier, Bai Juyi will not be prosperous? But the actual situation is that in the prince's place, this is also a less popular idle official, because the prince's daily affairs are mainly in charge of the left and right Zhan affairs of the left and right Chunfang, and Dr. Zanshan just goes to pay a visit every once in a while, and there is no specific affairs to be responsible for at all. In short, Bai Juyi, who returned to Chang'an, became a complete idler, and it seems that he is no better than gnawing loess in his hometown.

Boredom, loneliness, loneliness, and the ghost haunted this former Hanlin bachelor, the favored minister of the Son of Heaven. But Bai Juyi is really not a person who can endure loneliness, and soon, the bored Bai Juyi will no longer be bored, because he has something to do, a big deal, and the cause of the matter is the slush, the slug that asks for severe punishment of the murderer.

Speaking of which, Bai Juyi and Wu Yuanheng don't seem to have any friendship, not only do they have no friendship, but they also seem to have a little holiday, a small festival that doesn't seem to be a holiday. The birth of the festival seems to have originated from a woman, a singer of the Qinglou. By the way, it's Xue Tao, Xue Xiaoshu. At that time, Xue Xiaoshu, who was both beautiful and artistic, was famous far and wide, and had countless fans, including political elites such as Wei Gao and Gao Chongwen, as well as literary giants such as Zhang Ji, Wang Jian, Liu Yuxi, and Yuan Zhen, and even our great writer Mr. Bai Juyi was not exempt from vulgarity and became a member of the mighty Xue Tao fan group.

In order to express his admiration, Bai Juyi launched a vigorous love offensive, and his main means was to write love poems, one after another. With Bai Juyi's unremitting efforts, Xue Tao couldn't help but feel a little moved, because of his amorousness, because of his talent, and because of his persistence. Seeing that he was about to keep the clouds open and see the moon, Bai Juyi felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, but he was very happy and sad, and at this juncture, Xue Tao met the first handsome guy in the Tang Dynasty, Wu Yuanheng. Everything was reversed like this, and Xue Tao, who fell in love at first sight, threw himself into the arms of love without hesitation and began a love story. It's a pity that the hero of this love story is not the pre-set Bai Juyi, but the public lover Wu Yuanheng. A sour taste surged into Bai Juyi's heart, it was envy, jealousy, and it seemed that there was a little bit of hatred. But Bai Juyi is an open-minded person, and soon he thought about it and put it down, those two are really a match made in heaven, then bless them, although it still has a little sour taste.

Now, this former rival in love, the iron-blooded prime minister of the Tang Empire, was assassinated, strewn on the street, and his head was taken away, but no one was willing to stand up and say a fair word for Wu Yuanheng, and even the high-ranking Tang Emperor remained silent. He felt unworthy, and felt worthless for Wu Yuanheng. He must stand up and seek justice for his former rivals, catch those despicable assassins, find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and let them be punished as they deserve. Therefore, he wants to go to the court, so that the court that pretends to be deaf and dumb cannot continue to remain silent, and he believes that his Shangshu will definitely work.

However, Bai Juyi, who has been in the officialdom for many years, is still not sophisticated and tactful enough. He didn't understand why the Manchu Dynasty ministers were silent, he didn't understand why Li Chun, the son of heaven, was silent, and he didn't understand why those prime ministers were not in a hurry to hunt down the murderer. Therefore, Bai Juyi never realized that he made two mistakes by making a hasty increase this time. One of the mistakes is doomed to failure, while the other mistake makes people grasp the handle.

The first mistake Bai Juyi made was that the timing of the sparse was wrong. Before Wu Yuanheng's assassination, he was planning a crusade against those feudal towns that did not obey the king's orders, so several of the most powerful Jiedu envoys at that time: Wang Chengzong of Chengde, Li Shidao of Qingzhou, and Wu Yuanji of Huaixi were all suspected of committing crimes. The Battle of Huaixi has begun, of course the prime ministers hope that the mastermind behind the scenes is Wu Yuanji, anyway, the war has begun, for Chang'an, it is just one more reason to crusade against Huaixi, and it will not fall into a passive situation of two-front combat. It backfired, and all indications suggest that the mastermind behind the scenes may be the person they least want to see, Wang Chengzong of Chengde. Because, just a few days before Wu Yuanheng's assassination, Wu Yuanheng had a fierce conflict with Wang Chengzong's envoy, so much so that Wang Chengzong attacked and abused Wu Yuanheng several times, and the contradiction between the two has become public, and Wang Chengzong has naturally become the biggest suspect. After urgent consultations, the prime ministers unanimously agreed that the most important task now should be to concentrate troops and solve Wu Yuanji in Huaixi, and at this critical moment, it is not appropriate to cause trouble and provoke a new war, so it is absolutely impossible to prematurely tear up the skin with Wang Chengzong of Chengde. They are not in a hurry to hunt down the murderer, and deliberately slow down the pace of solving the case to create a chance for the murderer to escape, precisely for this purpose. Once the murderer is arrested and confesses to the mastermind behind the scenes, and this mastermind behind the scenes is really Wang Chengzong, then Chang'an will be in a dilemma. If you don't crusade against Wang Chengzong, you won't be able to get over public opinion; Crusading against Wang Chengzong, Chang'an did not have enough military strength and economic strength to wage war with the two major feudal towns at the same time. At this moment, Bai Juyi's sparse performance was handed over at an inopportune time, the prime ministers were so angry, this stunned young man, he couldn't cover it, and he was poked out all at once, this is worth it, this unhealthy atmosphere must be strangled in the cradle, so, deal with him, you must deal with him.

Of course, to do Bai Juyi, you also need an excuse. The prime ministers were certainly not stupid enough to say that there was anything wrong with his negligence, so the excuse should have been a matter of great brains. But in fact, the prime ministers didn't make much effort at all, so they easily grabbed Bai Juyi's pigtails, because of the second mistake made by Bai Juyi, friendship gave them an excuse, a good excuse, that is, Bai Juyi's negligence did not conform to the procedure and belonged to "offside". Because, the first thing to say is the power and obligation of the counselor, and Bai Juyi, as a subordinate official of the East Palace, rushed to the front of the counselor, which is a matter of overstepping the level of speech and is suspected of overstepping his authority. At this point, Bai Juyi was demoted, which is already irretrievable, if Bai Juyi has a good relationship with the prime ministers, he can still be lightly dismissed, or even not done, but unfortunately, the four prime ministers at that time, Bai Juyi offended two before, and this time he was reckless and reckless, and he was even more offended.

At that time, in addition to Wu Yuanheng, who was assassinated, the remaining four were Zhang Hongjing, Wei Guanzhi, Han Hong and Wang Yi. Among them, Zhang Hongjing is Du You's student, Bai Juyi once wrote an article to scold Du You, Zhang Hongjing of course doesn't like this guy who criticizes his teacher. Not only that, the relationship between Zhang Hongjing and Chengde's Wang Chengzong is also extraordinary, so he strongly opposes the crusade against Wang Chengzong, Bai Juyi's sparseness is equivalent to giving him eye medicine, then count the new hatred and old hatred together, Bai Juyi, this time, you finally fell into my hands, I want you to look good.

But the one who hates Bai Juyi the most is not Zhang Hongjing, but Wang Yi. Because Bai Juyi once went up and opposed Wang Yi's worship of the prime minister, it was precisely because of Bai Juyi's obstruction that Wang Yi worshiped the prime minister six years late, and Wang Ye and Han Hong were both envoys of the festival and concurrently served as the prime minister, and Wu Yuanheng, who strongly advocated the use of force to cut the domain, was originally very disagreeable, this time, Wu Yuanheng was assassinated, they would only gloat, and it was too late to hide in the corner of the wall to celebrate the crown, and take revenge on Wu Yuanheng, joke! The only one who had some friendship with Bai Juyi was Wei Guanzhi, but he also advocated that troops should be concentrated to crusade against Wu Yuanji, and for Wang Chengzong, it should be mainly pacified. Moreover, Bai Juyi was able to recover this time, and it was Wei Guanzhi who played a great role behind the scenes, but he didn't talk to himself in advance, so he recklessly went up and sang a play against himself, putting himself in an embarrassing situation. So he didn't know the height of his eyebrows, Wei Guanzhi naturally refused to stretch out his hand again, pulled his brother, didn't fall into the well, and took the opportunity to step on him, which is enough to show his gentlemanly demeanor.