Chapter 4: Falling Flowers and Flying Flowers Become Spring Dreams Four
With all his might, Ling Hu Chu finally saved Huangfu Lu, and now, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. But before he could finish his breath, he sadly found that he had fallen into the quagmire of trouble.
Due to his frequent contacts with Huangfu Lu, Ling Hu Chu had already become the target of public criticism, and the impeachment note flew like snowflakes in front of Li You's bookcase. It's just that Linghu Chu's butt is not clean, very unclean. The scandals were uncovered one by one and exposed in broad daylight: corruption by relatives, theft by subordinates, collusion with cronies to yin and yang officials, and he not only bent the law for bribes, but also deducted workers' wages to curry favor with the emperor's .......
On the cusp of the storm, Ling Hu Chu, who has no ability to fight back, sadly found that he helped others, but he couldn't get help from others. The emperor who was far away in the sky naturally couldn't repay the peach, but Xiao Li, who was close in front of him, was also powerless to return to the sky, and even the emperor who tried his best to pull down the water turned his face. It seems that the time has come to say goodbye to Chang'an.
Actually, Li You is not bad to Linghu Chu, because his demeaning place is Xuanzhou. As far as derogation is concerned, the picturesque Xuanzhou is really a good place to go.
During the Yuanhe period, the subordinate officials of the six departments and nine Qing of Chang'an gathered together and held a grand reception. In between cups and cups, someone suggested playing a game of truth or dare in place of the popular liquor order. There are only two questions, but everyone must answer them, and whoever answers the answer to the approval of everyone will raise a glass together and get drunk.
What do you like most in your life? What are you most afraid of? Faced with the same question, different people gave different answers: some people said that he liked painting and playing chess the most in his life, which was the taste of scholars, and Takefu naturally would not agree to this; Some people say that they are most afraid of ignorant and reckless people and sycophants in life, and those who have a guilty conscience will not agree to this. At this time, Zhou Yuan, a member of the Ministry of Labor, smiled slightly, and said his answer slowly: I like Xuanxi Observation Envoy the most in my life, and I am most afraid of big insects. The big insect is a tiger, as long as it is not Wu Song, everyone is naturally afraid. The Xuanshu Observer is the official position after Ling Hu Chu was demoted, and the place of governance is in the picturesque Xuanzhou. Therefore, Zhou's answer was unanimously agreed by the congregation. They toasted, and everyone was drunk.
This position that everyone envies in the six departments, Li You gave Ling Huchu, a derogatory minister, it can be said that Li You is very interesting, very interesting. It's a pity that Li You is interesting enough, but the Manchu Dynasty is not interesting enough, very uninteresting. It is said that since Linghu Chu, the leper dog, has fallen into the water, there is no need to kill the killer again. However, China's dignitaries have always had a habit of beating dogs in the water, and if the dog does not fall into the water, he does not dare to beat it, for fear of being bitten back. Once the dog falls into the water, then chase and fight, even if it can't kill you, press you into the water and drown you. Therefore, in the end, Linghu Chu still did not go to Chengxuanzhou, because he was degraded again, this time, his destination was Hengyang, and his official position was Assassin Shi.
"Falling flowers and flying flakes into a spring dream", the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who was once in the limelight, like a lonely goose lost in the group, flew alone to the cold Xiaoxiang.
If a person is unlucky, he will stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water, and Ling Hu Chu will definitely have such sentimentality at this time, because his bad luck is not over yet.
What made Ling Hu Chu's mood change from bleak to cold was a book, that is, the book that belittled him as the history of Hengyang's assassination.
It was the emperor's will to make the book, but the person who drafted the book was not the emperor, but the emperor's personal person, a bachelor of Hanlin. Although the emperor's will could not be violated, the Hanlin scholars still had a lot to do when drafting the book, such as making subtle and subtle adjustments to the divine will through the choice of words. Although this kind of fine-tuning cannot reverse black and white and point to the deer as a horse, it is very likely to turn the incident around.
As for the derogatory book-making, no matter what grievances the derogatory officials have with the Hanlin scholars who are responsible for drafting the book, as long as it is not a hatred of killing the father and taking the wife, the book is often written relatively peacefully. After all, everyone has worked together and been a minister in the same hall for many years, and everyone is leaving, so there is really no need to rub salt on other people's wounds. What's more, politics is a high-risk profession, and who dares to guarantee that the next unlucky person will not be themselves? Who dares to guarantee that those who are degraded will not be able to turn over the salted fish" Therefore, when others are unlucky, they leave room for them, and to a certain extent, they save face for themselves.
Linghu Chu was demoted to Xuanshu to observe the book, and the tone was relatively peaceful. Unexpectedly, when he belittled Hengyang again, the situation changed abruptly, and the wording of the book became extremely harsh. Not only is it severe, this book is simply not a book, but a scolding book, its words are fierce, hurtful and bitter, although it is not as good as Chen Lin's "Yuzhou Book for Yuan Shao" and Luo Bin Wang's "Seeking Wu Cao", but it will also make Hu Chu scold the individual incomplete. What is "heretical harm, unique and unclear", what "secret crusade scheme", what "hidden treacherous party", what "karma gains, enterprising many ways", what "follow the steps, really hinder the virtuous road"......
Linghu Chu's old things were taken out one by one, one by one, and whipped up, and released to all parts of the country in the form of a book, making it known to everyone. Although these ugly things about Linghu Chu have long been an open secret, they have been fixed in the form of words, become a sure fact, become a talking point and joke after dinner, and even travel through history and are well known to future generations, which is inevitably a little cruel, how can you make Linghu Chu embarrassed? Therefore, a short book, but every word is like a knife, cutting one wound after another in Ling Hu Chu's heart, and the criss-crossing wounds make Ling Hu Chu miserable.
In fact, the harsh wording of the book-making certainly chilled Linghu Chu's heart, but what really made him feel chilled was not the content of the book, but the author of the book. After all, Ling Hu Chu has made countless enemies, and even Ling Hu Chu can't figure out how many people he has offended. If it is an opponent who takes the opportunity to retaliate in order to vent his personal anger, although it is unacceptable, it is understandable. But the author of this book is not within the scope of Ling Hu Chu's understanding, because this person is not Ling Hu Chu's enemy, but a friend, and even Ling Hu Chu is still kind to him and has the grace to carry him.
This ungrateful person is a celebrity, very famous, and he has two more famous people, who can be said to be well-known, women and children: "Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan is not a cloud." This person is the famous Yuan Zhen.