The snow covered the sky, and many families in Chang'an City either talked about elegant things around the fire, drank some sake, or wrapped in thick quilts and did not want to go out, or the family hugged each other to keep warm. Naturally, these are unthinkable for the wealthy families who want the Kabuki at home to wear light yarn and perform some beautiful songs and dances during the cold season of winter.

"Lu Xianggong is just afraid that he won't be able to wait for the feast to go to work."

In the political hall, several officials were whispering. The legendary sutra feast is said to be held in Xingqing Palace in March, which means that no matter whether you are noble or poor, as long as your words are reasonable, you can participate in it. Everyone thought that Lu Zhen and Lu Xianggong were the natural host candidates, but they didn't expect that there was a change in the personnel of the court at this time.

The cause of the change is in Hebei. Zhang Maozhao and Cheng Quan entered the dynasty one after another, Tian Hongzheng and Wang Chengzong successively sent the clan into the court, and the last feudal town in Hebei, Lulong Jiedu, made Liu Ji finally officially request to enter the court. The two sons also had appointments. In view of the vast territory of Lulong, the large number of armor soldiers, and the important place of the northeast frontier, the emperor decided to choose a capable minister with outstanding prestige to sit in Youzhou, and this candidate was even Lu Zhen, the Duke of Wu. It is said that Lu Xianggong is about to resign from power and become the governor of Youzhou, and Lu Longjiedu is the envoy of Tongping Zhangshi, and concurrently serves as the ambassador of Hebei, the ambassador of Zhiyi, and the ambassador of Yingtian. The new ruling pen will be Pei Yan, who has been transferred to the head of the household department. Replacing Pei Yan as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Tongping Zhangshi, was Pei Du, who dismissed the envoy of the Ziqing Festival. Mr. Ma, the squire of the Criminal Department, took over as the envoy of the Ziqing Festival.

The legendary new secretary of the military department, Tongping Zhangshi Pei Du, had returned to Shangjing a few years ago and was being summoned to see the driver in the Zichen Palace. Officials have their own way of speaking in the government hall, and there are not so many scruples about the discussion in the market.

"Hmph, it used to be a three-phase Li family in Zhaojun, and now it is a two-phase Pei family in Hedong. It's easy to have a land prime minister who is considered a poor family, and he is out of the court. Today's court is still the court of a big family. ”

In the Golden Turtle Fang, a shabby gentleman dressed in sackcloth said indignantly. Another scribe drained his glass of wine and sighed:

"Zuo Si Zhaoyin's poem is very clear, since the Han Dynasty descended, after the nine products were in the middle, it has always been the family that holds a high position. I'm pretty good, and we can still have a chance to be some petty officials. ”

Another Han Shi said through the wine:

"Isn't Your Majesty about to have a feast? Why don't we mix it up? ”

The one next to him immediately scoffed, and said:

"Just you, you probably couldn't even touch the door of Xingqing Palace, so you were kicked out of Chang'an. It's better to think about how to broadcast your name, so that these big families can take a look at you and accept you from the entrance wall, or simply marry a son-in-law to you. ”

The man was not convinced, and said:

"Not necessarily, have you heard? The emperor plans to take the next subject in person, and all the jinshi are considered protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they will no longer worship the teacher. In other words, we don't need to look at the eyes of those giants. ”

"To put it lightly, where is it so easy. No matter how fair it is, you have to be able to get in! ”

The scholar sitting on the other side struck unceremoniously,

"It's good for us to be admitted to the Ming Scripture. It's still true that what Yang Jiong said, it is better to be a centurion than a scholar. Did you hear that? Li He, a descendant of King Zheng, is still appreciated by Han Shilang, and there are many people who have been admitted to the Jinshi to calculate against him, and since he was put into the account of the Duke of Liangguo, it has only been more than a year, and he has been awarded the Seventh Rank Official, and he will immediately move to the border with the Duke of Liangguo, and there will be a chance to be promoted. The Jia Island, who was also appreciated by Han Shilang, is still a shabby scholar. It's better for us to give up this scribe identity and apply for martial arts. Now that the imperial court is about to use troops to the west, we are indispensable for the opportunity to gain fame. ”

Saying this, everyone's interest suddenly rose a little higher. However, after discussing a few words, someone poured cold water on it again:

"That Li He was reused under the Liangguo public account, and all he relied on was Han Shilang's recommendation. Where do we find good recommendations? It's that Han Shilang said that he likes to reward the backwards, but he is famous for the icing on the cake, just those of us who want to send charcoal in the snow, where can we get into his eyes. ”

A table of wine was sullen, and some scholars couldn't help but sigh for a long time:

"It's good that the imperial court pacified the feudal town, but I didn't expect that there would be no feudal town, and we wouldn't have anywhere to go."

These words frightened everyone into a cold sweat, and they hurriedly asked Brother Hugh to say it. After hastily eating some wine and food, the crowd dispersed.

"The way out of the poor door is narrow, and if someone tries to do something wrong, someone will take a risk. Among these people, there must be many far-sighted and talented people, and once these people go astray, it will be a great chaos. It's time to plan ahead for the future. ”

Bai Juyi quietly met the account and walked out of the Golden Turtle Fang. In addition to "Song of Long Hatred", the "Pipa Xing" made by him passing by Jiangzhou the year before last is also famous all over the world. A few years ago, Bai Juyi was called to return to Beijing, and when he passed by Jiangling, he went to the Yellow Crane Tower to drink, and ordered the singer to sing.

"I can sing Master Bai's "Song of Long Hatred" and "Pipa Xing", which is not comparable to ordinary women."

When everyone saw Bai Juyi here, they couldn't stop laughing. Curious, he ordered this singer, and it was really extraordinary, and everyone paid the woman a high salary according to her words. The woman thanked her happily, but she didn't realize that it was Bachelor Bai who paid him. Bai Juyi was very drunk that day, and everyone helped him back. Back in Chang'an, nine out of ten people knew his name, some read his "Song of Long Hatred" and "Pipa Xing", some read his "a bush of dark flowers, ten households are endowed", and some read his "Leave the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered", and there are very few people who recognize him. This made Bai Juyi's fame more and more weak, and he was far less interested in the government than when he was not degraded. This made Pei Du and Han Yu, who tried their best to manage his return to the dynasty, a little disappointed.

However, Bai Juyi was very enthusiastic at the moment, he was going to go back to the mansion, he hit the horse and walked to Pei Du's mansion, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart, his opinion, how many colleagues can he find?

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