When it was almost unitary, the sunset hung on the eaves of the Ximing Temple Temple and was particularly beautiful. Three or four people dressed in cloth who looked like scribes were walking down Suzaku Street, and one of them was a middle-aged man with a broad face who was Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, his surname was Wang Gao, and his other acquaintances were his colleagues or friends. They had just come out of a meeting at the Ximing Temple to discuss the Huayi debate.

Wang Shaoyin withdrew his gaze from the sunset glow of Ximing Temple, turned his head and looked at the iǎ Wild Goose Pagoda faintly in the east, and the contrast between the light of the east and west seemed to make him understand something, and then lowered his head and sank for a long time.

Summer is a good season, and if it is a peaceful year, it is a good time for literati and writers to write poems. But at this time this year, the so-called Huayi debate is hotly discussed. After Wuhua, this topic was discussed from time to time, but since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Han Emperor has continued to sit on the throne, especially at this time when the national strength of the Central Plains continues to be strong, people have not paid much attention to such topics, and they have been cold for many years. And now that it has been re-provoked, it is obviously not spontaneous among the scholars and people, and someone must have done it.

Wang Gao said with some remorse: "Just now in front of everyone in Ximing Temple, I shouldn't have stood up and said that." ”

He has always advocated etiquette and the views of Huayi, and the last time he went to warn the "Xia Society" in the jurisdiction of the extremist speech, it was he who did it, and today the gods are a little dignified as if there is some kind of suffering.

A friend next to him disagreed: "Zhuxia is re-honored, and the patriarchal law of the dress and etiquette system is debated, but some people are talking about blood, isn't it strange?" The etiquette theory that Ming Gong said is in line with the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, and we think so. The people of the four Yi have long been retranslated, and the benevolence and loyalty of China are admired, although they are out of a foreign land, they can be in China, and I do not say that they are Yi. The people of China have long been stubborn and kingly, forgetting benevolence, righteousness and loyalty. How can it be called Hua, and its name is evil? ”

Another colleague also expressed his support: "Those who respect the Zhou rites, rituals, rites, and the autumn are the summers." Therefore, it is advisable for China to turn the four yi into attachments, and it is unkind and immoral to levy them without reason. This law is a century-old national policy of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong is unrighteous and courteous, and the Tang Dynasty does not build the Great Wall and the Quartet has been decided. ”

Wang Gao sneered and shook his head silently.

At this time, one of them said in a low voice: "Could it be that they are going around to spread the rumor of bloodline theory in the "Zuo Chuan" that 'if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different', which is an allusion to the royal family being Hu people? ”

Wang Gaoshen changed greatly, and hurriedly stopped: "Brother Zhao is cautious! ”

The man said disapplausively: "Tell me what, can our scholar still be convicted for his words?" ”

Wang Gao looked left and right and said, "Recently, I noticed that someone was spying on me, so I usually don't want to be too public, and I am much more cautious, so don't laugh." ”

"The people of the Imperial Tower? Ming Gong Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin did not bend the law for personal gain, who will stare at you? ”

Wang Gao said: "Do you know that there is an official in the Kingdom of Jin Wangfu called 'Inner Factory'? ”

Several others shook their heads in confusion. Wang Gao explained: "Last year, there was a brawl with the generals of the official army in Wannian County, and was met by the King of Jin, and then arrested and imprisoned in the palace, so far there has been no release and no news, I sent people to the pro-kingdom to ask the prisoners to be punished according to the official law, but they refused to pay. Later, I learned from my colleagues in the Wannian County Pavilion that there is an official office in the prince's country, and it is suspected that there may be a private prison......"

"Ignoring the law and setting up a prison privately, the king of Jin is quite bold."

"What is he afraid of, and anyone dares to ask him if he is guilty?"

At this moment, Wang Gao noticed that there were two god-suspicious strangers on the other side of the street, so he handed a look to his colleagues, and then several people turned around and walked into another street on the side of Suzaku Street, looked for a wine shop, and went in.

At this time, I remembered the rumbling drum, the shopkeepers were used to this sound, it was the drum sound when the city tower reported was not thunder, and the sound of the drum proved that when it first arrived in You, the officials of the various yas should be on duty, and the government soldiers in each city should also change their guards. I heard someone in the wine shop shouting: "Fight the jīng god, business is about to get better!" ”

…… A few days later, when Wang Gao was working in Jingzhao Mansion, he found an anonymous letter, and when he opened it, he saw that someone had reported that the scribe next to him had taken bribes. Wang Gao immediately called the iǎ official into the study to reprimand, and when the iǎ official saw that the matter had reached Shaoyin's place, he didn't dare to quibble, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to justify: "iǎ only received some money, and did not bend the law for personal gain." ”

Wang Gaozheng said: "How can there be any such thing as taking money for nothing in the world? Someone must have a plan to give you something, take someone short, and then find you for favoritism, what do you have to say? ”

The official said: "It was Hu Shang of the Western Regions who sent things, because he had to do many things because he had a foothold in Beijing, and Chang'an County, Wannian County and other places were under the jurisdiction of the Ming Duke, and they were suffering from not being able to get on the line, and they heard that the iǎ was able to speak in front of the Ming Duke, so they sent some property, but they just burned the pillar incense casually, and did not entrust iǎ to do anything." Ask the public network to open up, spare me this time......"

Wang Gao was silent for a moment with a straight face, he was really a little reluctant to cure the sin of this scribe, because although the position of this iǎ official was low, he had followed him for many years, and he was quite skilled in all kinds of copywriting. Wang Gao is also easy to use, if he suddenly changes people, he will definitely be very unaccustomed, and everything will be slow.

Besides, the iǎ officials really didn't do anything big and evil, but they were just greedy for money, and who didn't take advantage of the loopholes to make money?

This kind of thing would have been easy to handle in normal times, but at this time, Wang Gao had a bad instinct, as he said in front of his colleagues, he was much more cautious in everything. That's why he was a little hesitant.

Although the iǎ official kneeling on the ground had a good attitude and was very respectful, he didn't seem to be too scared from his expression, and he was not in vain after many years in the yali, of course he knew the seriousness of the matter, and this kind of thing just admitted his mistakes.

Sure enough, Wang Gao thought for a while and said: "Return the money collected, write it down in advance, don't have a next time!" ”

The official hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and patted himself on the back.

Unexpectedly, things were not as light as expected, and soon the imperial historian impeached Wang Gao for favoritism and shielding the scribe for bribery and moral corruption...... This kind of thing actually arrived at Yushitai, which is obviously a bit unpleasant.

Soon the palace decreed that the iǎ officials who perverted the law would be severely punished, and Xiao Zhizhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, personally ordered the iǎ officials to be arrested and imprisoned, and escalated the bribery on several charges such as colluding with Hu Ren, so that there was almost no treason, and the poor iǎ officials became victims and were inexplicably sentenced to beheading. iǎ角 - has no ability to resist at all, and the only one who can protect him is his old boss Wang Shaoyin, but Wang Shaoyin himself is difficult to protect, and the impeachment of Yu Shitai for covering up the law is still not approved in the palace.

Wang Gao easily figured out the ins and outs of this matter after thinking about it, it was not a matter of government governance at all, but just an excuse.

The so-called Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, his views are contrary to those of the imperial authorities, and he failed to keep a low profile but exposed his position in public. Who are you who you don't rectify?

After Wang Gao figured it out, he thought that he could only resign from the book if he was interested. Most of the imperial court will be gracious and powerful, and send him to Luoyang or a certain place to be an official with no real power, and his career will be like this...... Those who were squeezed out of the power center of Chang'an are probably for this reason, and they are also indispensable poets and writers.

But what can be done? The active point can still get out of the way. He was full of unwillingness, and he could only write his resignation.

After waiting for another two days, the will came down, and Wang Gao unexpectedly found that it was not a demotion to the official, but a reply to the resignation, and asked him to directly dismiss the official and return to his hometown......

The wives and concubines in the house must not complain in their words. It's really shameless to return to his hometown like this, Wang Gao is only over forty years old, and he has been in office for half his life, do you want to change your career to do something else? Fortunately, the Wang family still has an industry, and only by returning to their hometown to guard those things, livelihood is not a problem, but the social status is far from the same. He suddenly became very depressed, and his family had few words of comfort, only to think that he was a failure.

Just like the words of the wife: Other officials are living well in Chang'an, but you don't know how to be gregarious, and you haven't even had a person to intercede when you were squeezed out, where did the friend who used to call you a brother and sister go?

What else can I do except sigh that the world is muddy, and I am alone...... He said to his son a little angrily: "The heart of the Xue family is known to everyone! What kind of Huayi argument, a group of people are there to incite the bloodline theory, and some people say that the royal family is of Hu blood, isn't it clear what they want to do? ”

The son is not like his wife, as a younger generation, he has to abide by the ethics of the father and son of the monarch and the minister, so he naturally does not dare to argue with the father, so he has to listen to the prison with his hands down. After a while, his son finally couldn't help but say: "Adults are no longer officials, let's go back to our hometowns to farm and study together, don't worry about the temple, and save yourself from getting into trouble." ”

Wang Gao has been angry with his wife and relatives at home these days, and he said angrily with some abnormality: "What else can there be? There is a kind of killing all the people in the world! ”

No matter how imprisoned, the officials have already removed his official status and left Chang'an within a time limit, and their family can only pack up their things, hire a carriage and a horse to move.

Before leaving, the new Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Zhoubin suddenly sent someone to say that there was a problem with the file, and Wang Gao had to go to Jiā to pick it up before leaving. Wang Gao had to ask his family to go first, leaving a few slaves to take care of his daily life and go to Jingzhao Mansion to take over official business. A