"Did you hear that? The emperor issued an edict to dismiss the two towns of Huaixi and Anhuang? ”

A scholar who looked to be in his twenties hurriedly walked into a tea shop in Xishi, waving a copy of "The History of Chunming Dynasty" in his hand, and said to several scholars who had been waiting for a long time. Most of these scholars were foreigners, who stayed in Chang'an after falling the first place last year, looking for jobs in commercial banks or government schools to prepare for the next year's big exam. These aspiring scholars are the people who are most concerned about current affairs, and they get together with their fellow villagers and friends every day to eat tea and exchange information and make comments, which has become an important means for them to broaden their horizons and temper their horizons. This tea shop is elegant because of its simplicity, and the consumption is not large, and it has become the favorite of scholars. In today's Chang'an, many wine shops and tea shops have formed their own specific service groups, such as students, merchants, children of families, etc., each with its own preferences. With the arrival of this scholar, the day's review began again.

"Langxian, you just know." A fat man sitting inside said with a smile, "You have a close relationship with Han Shilang, you should have known about this matter a long time ago?" ”

Han Shilang is Han Yu, under the deliberate cultivation of Li Yu, Han Yu's status in the literary world has now surpassed the right to virtue and public opinion, and there is a faint tendency to become a new Wenzong, of course, there are many talents and he seems to have a lot, such as Wu Yuanheng, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhi and others, but unfortunately except for Bai Juyi, who was unlucky last year, the other people have become bigger and bigger in the past two years, and they have done less poetry and songs. Only Han Yu, whose official position has changed repeatedly over the years, has always held a chair in Guozijian and Wuxue, and his articles have not been reduced at all. What is commendable is that Han Yuguan has become bigger, but his temper has not changed much, and he has not forgotten his roots, when he first came to Guozijian to teach part-time a few years ago, Han Yu, who was already Jingzhao Shaoyin, also imitated the tone of the unambitious doctor in Guozijian and wrote a "Study Solution", which "Industry is good at diligence, and absurdity is frolic; The good sentence of "Acting in Thought, Destroying in Follow" was almost overnight in Chang'an. I heard that even the emperor was amazed, and ordered someone to engrave these fourteen characters in the imperial study. In Guozijian and Wuxue, these fourteen characters are also engraved near the gate. Han Yu also became more famous because of this.

Maybe it's because the experience of falling down three times and not being accepted four times is too painful, Han Yu likes to promote the juniors, and most of the talents recommended by him have been appointed in recent years. Back then, Li Taibai wrote "I don't want to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, but I hope to know Han Jingzhou" to Han Chaozong, who likes to recommend talents (in fact, Lao Yan has always thought that Li Bai is very cunning when he says this, and if he can get Han Chaozong's appreciation and recommendation, the road to entering the office will be much smoother, and he wants to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, Li Taibai is so hypocritical, no wonder Han Chaozong is unwilling to recommend him. Now many scholars say that "there was Han Chaozong in the past, and there was Han Wenzong in the back", and directly hung the hat of Wenzong on Han Yu, comparing him with Han Chaozong

I heard that this person called "Lang Xian" had a close relationship with Han Yue, and many people in the tea shop stared at this gentleman like glue and refused to relax. This "Lang Immortal" didn't care, sat in the position left for him, picked up a piece of tea and put it in his mouth, and said:

"Lord Han is busy with the official affairs of the military department every day, and I also have to make a living by myself, and I haven't seen Lord Han for several days. If you don't read the newspaper, where do you know. Besides, even when he sees Lord Han, he won't tell us about official affairs, he just talks about articles every day, and at most discusses the gains and losses of the government. Isn't it, Zheng Wangsun? ”

The ridicule in this remark made everyone laugh. A strange young man in his twenties blushed with a flush on his face, and said:

"Brother Jia, laughed again. Do you want the little brother to tell me about you riding a donkey and hitting Lord Han's honor guard? ”

It turns out that this called "Langxian" is now known as Jia Island in Chang'an, which is now known as "scrutiny", and Langxian is his word. Jia Dao is a native of Fanyang, originally a monk, and his law name has no foundation. This is the meaning of the root, the monk really has no Huigen, he originally agreed with a brother to be a monk for life, but more than ten years later, the monk still grew his hair and became vulgar. Last year, that is, the first year of Xingzhi, in the winter, because the imperial court began to increase the supervision of the temple, the life of the already poor monk without a book was even more unsatisfactory, so he restored his original name Jia Island, and returned to Chang'an. Came to Chang'an's Jia Island and Buddhism is still inseparable, one day, Jia Island riding on a donkey, is thinking about "bird stay in the pond tree, monk knock on the door under the moon" with "knock" or "push" good, the donkey walked to the middle of the road, happened to block the car of Han Yu, the soldier who went out on business. For the assassination of Wei Dan, there were Jinwu guards around the senior members of a certain status, and when they saw that someone was blocking the car, and this person was still a non-mainstream person with short hair, two wrestlers immediately went up and lifted Jia Dao, who was still in a daze, off the donkey, and by the way, he gave him a few handfuls, and rubbed Jia Dao's ribs to a click. Han Yu, who felt that something was wrong, asked and knew that the young man was chanting poetry. Han Yu, who was in a bad temper, got out of the car and took two steps, and said:

"'Knock' is better than 'push'!"

In fact, both words can be used, but "knock" has more layers of sound than "push", which makes the artistic conception of the whole poem come alive. Han Yu asked Jia Dao's name and residence, and boarded the car. The next day, someone took Han Yu's name and asked Jia Dao to come over. Almost overnight, Man Chang'an knew that Han Yu Han Shilang had picked up a stupid boy who wrote poems and idiots on the street, and the name of Jia Island suddenly became loud, and within a month, three newspapers wanted to invite him to be the chief writer, which flattered Jia Dao, and finally Han Yu recommended him to Meng Jiao. Since then, there have been more people riding horses, donkeys, mules, and even high-ranking officials' cars on foot, and traffic accidents can occur on Chunming Street and Suzaku Street, which makes many tireless officials look sideways at Han Yu, the initiator.

And this young man with a gallant nose who is called "Zheng Wangsun" by Jia Island, although he is young, his reputation is above Jia Island. This person's surname is Li Minghe, the word Changji, and he is a descendant of the Tang Dynasty clan and King Zheng Li Liang. Two or three years ago, Li He took his own poems to meet Han Yu, Han Yu had just gotten off work, he was exhausted, and ordered someone to accept his poems for the time being, not wanting to see him. Li He insisted on refusing to leave, but Han Yu had to hastily flip through a few times, and everyone must know that Li He successfully rubbed dinner at Han Yu's house with his outstanding talent, and also got the VIP membership card of the Han family. Li He wanted to revive his family's reputation, so he chose to take the Jinshi exam, but the teenager became famous, and there were too many jealous people, after Li He successfully passed the Henan Fu Examination and obtained the qualification of "Xianggong Jinshi", there were his competitors who spread rumors and slander, saying that Li He's father's name was "Jinsu", which was homophonic to the "Jin" of the Jinshi exam. At this time, Han Yu stepped forward and wrote a "Debate" for Li He, which was extremely sarcastic: Lao Tzu's son called "Jin Su" can't take the Jinshi exam, and Lao Tzu's son called "Ren" can't be a man? It's a pity that those who are afraid that Li He will block the future of themselves or their own children have not forgived for a long time, and the matter has been troubled until the emperor. Li Yu slapped the table and pointed at someone and scolded:

"I will issue an edict to add a 'benevolence' to the names of all the sons of your family, so that your family will be cut off from grandchildren!"

Of course, this is just Li Yu's obscenity, as an emperor, you must pay attention to your own quality. But Li Yu is really angry. Li Yu said to Pei Tuzi, who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Yu You, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites:

"The Jinshi exam was originally for the country to promote talents, but now there are despicable villains who use sophistry to confuse the public for their own selfish interests.

As a result, Li He was successfully able to take the Jinshi exam, but this also became a shadow in Li He's heart. The only positive significance of this incident is that it allowed Li Yuhe, the head of state, who had always been dissatisfied with the current imperial examination system, to find an excuse to open the Jinshi examination, which had become deformed. "Crossing the Horse Street", "Qujiang Banquet", and "Wild Goose Pagoda Inscription" were all used to elevate the status of Jinshike and induce "all the heroes of the world to enter the hub" Propaganda methods were banned. A series of new regulations have been introduced, such as the age to take the Jinshi exam must not exceed 35 years old (so that the dream of the Yin family brothers and sisters will be shattered), such as the need to have grassroots work experience (hehehe, hey), and the number of students admitted in a year has also been expanded from 30 to 50. At the same time, other selection examinations, including the Jinshi Examination, began to implement a vague name system, and the "Transcription of Records" began to be put on the table. Changes were also made to the selection system of the corresponding officials, and the content of the examination began to be more inclined to actual government affairs. In short, it is to reduce the influence of Jinshike as much as possible, so as to truly win people by talent and morality. These systems not only suppressed the Jinshi system, but also the gate valves of the scholars. You must know that most of the Jinshi admitted to a subject are from scholar families. Li He's existence truly practices "a small step for himself, a big step for Datang".

Let's go back to the issues discussed by these people, among these people, the highest official position is Li He: Jiupin Fenglilang, the oldest is Jia Dao, thirty-one years old, the biggest characteristic of these people is that they are full of enthusiasm and resentment, just like Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhi back then. As soon as the chatterbox about the abolition of Huaixi and Anhuang towns was opened, it could not be contained.

When the flushing on his face subsided, Li He replied to Jia Dao's question:

"Han Shilang has been really busy these days. The younger brother went to visit him a few days ago, and he was worried about the matter of "Pinghuai West Monument". ”

"Pinghuai West Monument" was written by Han Yu on the order of the emperor, in order to commend the merits of the soldiers of Pingding Huaixi, standing outside the north gate of Caizhou, the article was written in an awe-inspiring manner, and received rave reviews, but it caused a big lawsuit. Because Mr. Han didn't know if he drank too much when he wrote, he made two mistakes, one was to compress Li Yu's exploits, and the other was to call the generals who followed Li Yu to quell the rebellion "thieves", and the front-line soldiers were extremely dissatisfied. It is the crown prince who leads Huaixi, and everyone knows that reducing the rendering of Li Yu's military exploits is to highlight the prince, and no one will be stupid enough to grab credit from the prince, so the problem of calling him a "thief" is highlighted. This is also to blame Old Master Han for a tendon, identifying himself as a thief for one day and a thief for life, not giving people the opportunity to reform themselves, affecting the unity of the Tang Dynasty's civil and military officials, and not conducive to building a harmonious Tang Dynasty, so Li Yu had to order someone to write another tablet, and found Wu Yuanheng's son-in-law Duan Wenchang to do this, which was a blow to Duan Wenchang and Han Yu. Han Yu was affected because of his quasi-Wenzong's prestige, and Duan Wenchang was because he compared his article with Han Yu's, isn't this uncomfortable?

Following Li He's words, the center turned to the person concerned. Fat man Liu Cha said:

"The war has subsided, although Lubu is high-sounding, but it is imperative to weaken Shenguang and Cai Sanzhou, and An Huang was originally set up to defend Caizhou, and now Caizhou is pacified, and the two towns are abolished. It's just that how did Li Lianggong (Li Yu is now Liangguo Gong) and General Xue (Ping) settle? ”

Liu Cha was very fierce when he heard the name, he liked Ren Xia when he was young, drunk and killed people, fled to another country, is a character like Lu Zhishen, but later when the new emperor ascended the throne, he was amnesty to the world, and he settled down. In his life on the run, Liu Cha reflected on himself, repositioned himself, began to study, and only arrived in Chang'an this spring. Among the people, because of the experience, Liu Cha admired Li Yu the most, and when he mentioned the snow night attack on Caizhou, he danced with his hands, and he also wanted to use Han Yu's recommendation to serve under Li Yu's account, so Han Yu didn't like him very much. Now in this situation, seeing that Han Yue couldn't count on it, hearing him ask this, everyone knew what he was thinking, and they all laughed. Liu Chadao:

"What are you laughing at? What's wrong with Lao Liu wanting to join the army? The eldest husband should be like Li Lianggong, mentioning 100,000 soldiers to make immortal achievements, as Changji said, why don't men take Wu hooks and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures. How can a good head grow old in idleness? ”

What he said was exactly what everyone thought, but everyone except Li He was white, how did they know about the personnel changes in the imperial court? Metropolis:

"Won't you know when Lubu comes out?"

Only Li He, with a strange brilliance in his eyes, said:

"I'll go to the government office tomorrow and inquire."

Liu Cha was overjoyed when he heard this, and said:

"It's still Li Changji who is quick to talk, brother, I thank you in advance."

Li He said:

"Hugh wants to say that, whether you can inquire or not, you have to say something else."

When it was getting late, after everyone had left, Li He took out a leaf from his book, then took out a pen and wrote on the leaf:

The desert sand is like snow, and the moon is like a hook. How to be a golden brain, walk quickly and step on Qingqiu.

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