Late at night, the candles in the study were bright.

What Li Linfu is reviewing is the list of compilers and cultivators of the "Tianbao Canon".

It is now May, and the compilation of the canon has been preliminarily carried out for more than a month, and this list has already been reviewed by the officials under the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. As a result, these wastes were full of mistakes and omissions, until Li Linfu discovered that the officials had recruited many political enemies who had been degraded back to the capital.

He couldn't tolerate this, so he personally reviewed the list, stayed up all night, and tirelessly screened out these people.

There are several kinds of political enemies picked out by him, most of which are the transfer documents of the officials who have not yet been approved, and they were rejected by him in time;

A small number of them have been transferred back to Chang'an, and basically they have not been transferred to official positions, only serving as compilation and repair envoys, and these people do not want to have new official positions.

Of course, he has already been eliminated as a threat, and the rest is nothing more than some people who are knowledgeable but not in high official positions. Even if he wanted to get rid of the pain of debasement while the sage was repairing the book, Li Linfu asked them to pick up the cheap and lose their officials

office, in the future, I will just wait for the election for a lifetime.

At the third watch, Li Linfu was so sleepy that his old eyes were dizzy. I rubbed my eyes, and then looked at the words on the paper, I still felt a little blurry.

But he insisted on looking at the next name.

"Wang Changling." Remember the URL m.xswang.la

Wang Changling cannot be called a political enemy, but he is also one of the targets of his demeaning and suppression.

If I remember correctly, it was the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Linfu had just ascended to the throne and exiled Zhang Jiuling, Wang Changling was just a petty official at that time, but he dared to speak for Zhang Jiuling, so he demoted him to Lingnan.

Unexpectedly, Wang Changling did not die in Lingnan.

At the same time, in the courtyard of the secretary province, several people were drinking.

"Luoyang relatives and friends ask each other, a piece of ice is in the jade pot."

"Haha, come, let's have a drink together, and catch the wind for Brother Wang!"

The wine cup was raised, facing the bright moon, Wang Changling raised his head and poured the wine directly into his mouth.

The people around him are also doing the same, and they are crazy. Even the poet Buddha Wang Wei, who has always been indifferent and carefree, has a smile on his face, as if he has returned to that unrestrained youth.

Except for Xue Bai. He just took a slight sip of his glass with restraint.

"Is there a singer?" Wang Changling suddenly asked.

He was fifty years old at the time, burly, majestic, and a bit like the older Yan Zhenqing. But the style of acting is different, and there is more arbitrariness and presumptuousness.

Wang Wei said: "If the eldest brother wants to listen to the music, this will call someone." ”

Xue Bai is now Taile Cheng, but the singers of Taichang Temple are not only Taile Agency, Wang Wei does not need Xue Bai to come forward, he recruited an entourage, and whispered: "Le Sheng is teaching in Lefang today, go and urge him, ask him to bring his disciples." ”

In other words, Xue Bai would definitely not make such a small mistake, so as not to affect his career, although he often provoked some Tang poets such as Marijuana Bing, he didn't care.

Xue Lang can know, why did the old man listen to the music first at this time? ”

"I want to hear about it."

Wang Changling then told a little story.

In the past, he went to a restaurant with Gao Shi and Wang Zhilian to drink, and suddenly met a singer playing some of the most famous songs at that time.

All three of them were the most famous figures in the poetry world, so they made a private bet to see who would sing the most poems among these singers.

"Xue Lang guess, who won in the end?"

"Should Brother Wang win?"

Wang Changling smiled and compared two fingers, and said with a smile: "They sang two songs to me, but they only sang the thirty-fifth brother of Gao who was not convinced, saying that these songs were all unknown girls, and they could only sing some vulgar songs." He pointed out the most beautiful and outstanding singer among them, and said that this was an elegant one, and when she sang it, if it were not for his king's poems, she would no longer compete with us in this life, but if so, I and Gao Thirty-five would worship him as a teacher. ”

Xue Bai asked, "Then which song is this singer singing?" ”

Wang Changling set the table and opened his mouth to sing.

"The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. ”

I don't know where Wang Wei took out the flute and blew it, and the sound of the flute was melodious, spreading throughout the secretary province.

Wang Changling was in high spirits, sang twice in a row, poured two glasses of wine on the ground, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Haoran, Brother Zhilian, I am back in Chang'an again." ”

As soon as the music stopped, he cheered up again and pointed at Wang Wei and Xue Bai.

"Today, the three of you and me, how about trying again?"

Wang Wei nodded and responded, "Okay." ”

Xue Bai was still not crazy enough, and said humbly: "I am by no means worthy of being compared to the two of you. ”

"Don't be humble, you are a rising star in the poetry world." Wang Changling said with a smile: "Now that I am the eldest of the three, I can also be like Brother Zhi. ”

said that he wanted to play tricks, with his Wang Changling's fame in the Tang Dynasty poetry circle today, as long as he competed, it was equivalent to a recognition of Xue Bai, a young man.

After a while, Li Guinian really came with his female disciples, and they put their instruments away, and the first one he sang was Wang Wei's poem, or the poem published in the newspaper of the palace to praise virtue.

"The phoenix bottom falls towards the blue, and the dragon picture shines on the golden mirror. Wei Yue descended to two ministers, and Dai Tianlin was surnamed Wan. ”

The second song is a poem sung by Xue Bai in praise of virtue...... In fact, it is still Wang Wei's poem.

They drank alcohol and listened to music in the Imperial City Office, and it was actually necessary to praise the saints in this way.

Wang Changling felt very disappointed, and sure enough, he was still relieving, stepped forward and grabbed a pipa, and said, "I'll sing you a new poem of mine." ”

His fingers ran over the strings, the tune sounded, and he spoke, his voice was old and sad, but he sang "Spring Palace Song".

"Last night, the wind opened the dew peach, and the moon wheel in the front hall of Weiyang was high."

"Pingyang singing and dancing is a new favor, and the spring cold outside the curtain gives brocade robes."

The singing seems to have traveled through a thousand years of time, making people go back to the Han Dynasty.

It was the warm spring season, the front hall of Weiyang Palace, the moon ring was shining, the silver light was spreading, and the peach blossoms were in full bloom with the grace of rain and dew. Princess Pingyang's singer Wei Zifu, who is beautiful and good at dancing, won the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and gave her a brocade robe.

is so favored that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished the queen Chen Ajiao, which shows that she likes the new and hates the old, and is absurd and extravagant.

A poem is clearly about the favor of the newcomer, but it is the resentment of the old man.

The smile on Li Guinian's face became embarrassed, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes looked helpless.

"The wine is almost over, and everyone is drunk, so let's rest early.

"Yes, everyone else is making up books, and it's not appropriate for me to drink and have fun here."

Everyone said this, and the atmosphere was almost destroyed, and Xue Bai said, "I will lead Brother Wang to the house." ”

"There's Lao Xuelang.

Xue Bai then led Wang Changling to the back office.

Walking through the corridor, Wang Changling stopped, stroked the pillars on the side of the corridor, and said, "Secretary Province, it's been twenty and another year...... In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, I entered the Shi and the first, and like you, the starting official was also a school scholar. ”

He looked at Xue Bai and said, "But I wasn't as young as you at the time, and I was almost at the age of standing." The road to fame is not easy to walk, when I was young, I wanted to go to the side of the country to pay homage to the envoy, but it was not very smooth, but fortunately, the name of the poem was widely spread all over the world, and it was recognized by Zhang Gong. ”

I also have to be protected by Zhang Gong to live to this day.

"I heard."

The moonlight was not too dark, so Xue Bai blew out the lantern and chatted with Wang Changling in the courtyard, he had news to say.

But it was Wang Changling who spoke first.

"You are the champion and the strategist, you have taken the right two steps, and the next step is to release the captain of Ki?"

It is indeed prepared. ”

The promotion path of the Tang Dynasty officialdom is basically like this, the school Shulang and the county lieutenant of Qi County, with the grassroots qualifications of this center and the locality, can be transferred back to serve as a middle-level Qingwang official in the next step.

For example, Yan Zhenqing, twelve years ago, was the school secretary, in the middle of the filial piety for three years, and then re-examined the erudite Hongci subject, served as the lieutenant of Ji, and then served as the imperial history, inspecting Longyou. It seems that the official rank is very low, but the qualifications and fame are sufficient, and the talent is obvious to all, in fact, a key step has been taken, as long as the official moves one or two more times, he can advance by leaps and bounds, and enter the candidate queue of Shangshu and Prime Minister.

Wang Changling originally planned to be promoted like this, and sighed: "I have been the school secretary for four years, and I have been erudite and knowledgeable, and I have been transferred to the official position of Biaoshui County Lieutenant, and I am under the rank of Jiupin. ”

He spoke earnestly, and then mentioned: "You have merit, and you don't have to take the official examination to move to another official." But remember, don't covet grades, it's better to downgrade than to be lieutenants. I'd rather have Captain Bishui than Jiang Ningcheng. ”

Only then did they know each other, it was not easy for Wang Changling to make this kind of reminder, no wonder he made friends all over the world.

"Brother Xie Wang mentions." Xue Bai solemnly thanked.

Although he knows all these truths, he only has a profound understanding of Wang Changling.

Datang is the standard of Guanzhong, and all wealth, resources, and official positions are inclined to Guanzhong...... Except for the flow of military power to the border towns in recent years, everything else is given priority to Guanzhong, and if you want to climb up the fastest, you have to be in Qi County.

Seeing that the young man was persuaded, Wang Changling nodded with satisfaction and sighed: "In the officialdom, I can only remind you that you have come to this point, and in the future, I can't teach you, I can only remind you not to follow in my footsteps." ”

It was in the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, he had been in the government for ten years, and he was about to take a key step towards supervising the imperial history, which coincided with the loss of power of Zhang Jiuling in the middle of the court, and Li Linfu paid homage to the prime minister.

Ren He was the first poet of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and the general trend came to waste, instantly making all his efforts in the past ten years go to waste, and he was implicated in this incident and relegated to Lingnan.

"Lingnan is too bitter." Even Wang Changling sighed when he mentioned Lingnan, and said: "I was going to die in Lingnan, but I was favored by God, and in February of the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan, the saint gave amnesty to the world." Not long after I arrived in Lingnan, I turned back to Chang'an, and was later moved to Jiangning County. ”

The amount of transfer means that after the convicted official is pardoned, he is moved to a nearby place, and he is almost hopeless for promotion in his life, and he is lucky not to be demoted.

At this time, Xue Bai said the news he had learned.

"I have an elder in the Ministry of Officials, and I told you a while ago, Brother Wang, you are afraid that you will be demoted again.......

"Wang Changling?"

Li Linfu muttered, thinking that it seemed that just over a month ago, someone had exposed that Wang Changling had made many mistakes in Jiangning.

He got up, beckoned a sleepy maid, and ordered, "Let the staff immediately find out the words of Jiang Ninglai last month." ”

"Whoa."

The staff of the Prime Minister's Mansion also worked hard, and they found out the documents that the right minister wanted overnight.

Li Linfu took it and flipped it over, and sure enough, several county officials in Jiangning participated in Wang Changling's "unobtrusive deeds, contrary to his words and deeds".

The so-called "not meticulous" means that he usually does not pay attention to the subsections, and there are many listed in the official documents, such as Wang Changling, who is greedy for wine and often can't afford a hangover; Passive government affairs, unwilling to ask about county alternatives; Private Kabuki, daily voice to entertain themselves........

Below the official document, attached is a personal letter, on which is written a poem by Wang Changling, the poem "Spring Palace Song"

Li Linfu remembered that he had dealt with the matter, so he asked people to rummage through the official documents sent to the officials to keep the bottom.

"Right phase, found it.

"Bring it."

He took a look, and the official document was written "demoted to the rank of captain of the dragon standard", and there was also the seal of the right minister.

"What a group of corpse vegetarians! People who have been degraded in their own nature still dare to be transferred back to Beijing? Let Chen Xilie come to see his true appearance!

"Ah Lang, it's still curfew at this time.....

"Let Chen Xilie come! Doesn't he usually sleep enough?! ”

"Ah, this ......"

When Chen Xilie hurried to the right minister's mansion, it was already the fourth watch.

He was called over when he was asleep, but he was still in a daze, staring at the words on the official document with wide eyes, and his face was full of confusion.

"Wang Changling? Did the lower officials transfer him to Chang'an? I don't know. The sage ordered the compilation of the canon and summoned scholars from all over the world to Beijing, and the list was very long, probably one or two thousand, I thought it was ...... The right phase has been reviewed. ”

Li Linfu was furious and angry at Chen Xilie's perfunctory attitude, but it was precisely because he took a fancy to this that he put Chen Xilie in the position of the left minister for so many years.

"The right is angry." Chen Xilie said again: "I have never seen this official document. The affairs of the ministry are mostly managed by Daxi Shilang.

It was like a punch that was empty, and Li Linfu had nowhere to vent his anger, so he sent someone to call Da Xixun again.

On the fifth watch, Da Xixun's face changed when he saw the official document, and he secretly screamed in his heart.

It doesn't matter if other things are not done well, with the narrowness of the right phase, such a mistake is over.

Previously, he did receive this official document, and at that time he thought that although Wang Changling was just a minor official, he had a great reputation, and he would definitely be scolded for belittling Wang Changling, and when the time came, Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Gao Shi would be endless, so he deliberately asked Du Youlin to take care of this matter.

"Back to the right phase, it's Du Youlin!"

Da Xixun wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and said, "Wang Changling took refuge in the Yang Party, so Du Youlin deliberately dragged his ........"

"Dare to quibble?" Li Linfu threw down the poem written by Wang Changling, "If he is willing to join the Yang Party, he will not be in the eighth or ninth rank for the rest of his life...... It's all self-interested waste! ”

Da Xixun hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, but this matter is really Du Youlin has been deceiving the lower officials, he said that he has issued an official document to demote Wang Changling to Longbiao County." Zuo Xiang didn't tell me that he had recalled people back to Chang'an. ”

"Do you blame the old man?" Chen Xilie immediately shouted angrily, "How can you ever ask me about the affairs of the ministry." If you don't do an errand today, dare you blame the old man?

"The lower official doesn't dare, the lower official is talking about the matter of the secretary's ........"

"That's enough."

Li Linfu snorted, didn't bother to pay attention to these two incompetent subordinates, walked back to the screen calmly and majestically, and lightly commanded two words.

"Degraded."

"Whoa."

The next day, Chen Xilie went to the secretary province to inspect the matter, and the first thing he did was to order someone to bring the list of compilers and repairers.

He sat down in the public room, sighed, and cursed in his heart.

"Suo Dou, make a big fuss, are you really a level higher than my official?"

After a while, the list was sent, Chen Xilie found Wang Changling's name, crossed it out with a pen, and ordered someone to find his body and keep the document and send it to the ministry.

At this time, there was a humane outside the public house: "Zuo Xiang, Xue Zhuangyuan is here." ”

"Hey, really, the old man said that Xue Lang is here, there is no need to spread the word, why don't you welcome it soon?"

"Whoa."

The middle door of the public house was pushed open, and Xue Bai led Wang Changling to pacing.

"I've seen Zuo Xiang."

Wang Changling also saluted: "Chen Gong, I haven't seen you for many years....... I have seen Zuo Xiang." ”

"Young uncle, don't be polite." Chen Xilie hurriedly stepped forward, held Wang Changling's hands, looked up and down, and sighed: "I haven't seen you for nearly twenty years, how can you be older than me now?!"

"The wind and frost on the road to degrade people are grinding." Wang Changling said with a smile.

The two of them, one in a purple robe and the other in a green robe, have a huge disparity in status, and they look quite discordant.

Chen Xilie sighed, turned his head and sighed with Xue Bai: "When the young uncle was studying in this school, the old man was a bachelor of Jixian Academy, and he had occasional contacts, occasional contacts, and he was in his prime that year. ”

"It turns out that Zuo Xiang and Wang Suxiu are old acquaintances." Xue Bai said: "That's good." ”

"It's been a long time since we've seen you again."

Chen Xilie heard Xue Bai's three words, "That's good", and had a bad premonition, so he turned his back and coughed, "cough, cough, cough........ old man occasionally feels cold......

"Zuo Xiang is sick?" Xue Bai immediately answered and said, "In this case, the manuscript selection of "Tianbao Wencui" happened to be handed over to Wang Suxiu. How about letting Zuo Xiang recuperate?

"Out of the way, out of the way." Chen Xilie switched freely, shook his hand and said, "A little sick, tomorrow will be fine." ”

"In this way, I am relieved, but as the chief executive, Zuo Xiang, how can he have time to take care of such tedious and trivial matters as the draft. Wang Suxiu is famous all over the world, and he is the best candidate, and today he is to ask Zuo Xiang to appoint Wang Suxiu as the editor-in-chief of "Tianbao Wencui". ”

"Hey, what about Xue Lang?"

"Isn't it beautiful that I'm the deputy editor and the left minister is the superintendent?"

"Beautiful, beautiful." Chen Xilie had a smile on his face and said, "In this case, the old man will note to the Ministry of Officials, and wait for the approval of the Zhongshu Province." The young man can wait for good news. ”

After saying that, he raised his hand slightly and asked Xue Bai and Wang Changling to leave.

Xue Bai said: "I'm just going to the Ministry of Officials, please note Zuo Xiang, how about I take it by the way?" ”

"When the old man finishes his business, he will personally go to the ministry to make notes."

"I don't know what official duties Prime Minister Zuo has, do you need to ask me to help?"

"No need." Chen Xilie was slightly unhappy, waved his hand and said: "You do your part well, and you still have the official affairs of the political affairs hall." ”

After that, he immediately got up and planned to personally send Wang Changling's farewell to the Ministry of Officials to Da Xixun.

Just out of the secretary's province, there was a burst of cheers ahead.

"Prime Minister Zuo has agreed, let Master Wang review our poems!"

It's that group of poor scholars, who refuse to study and invest in banking papers with peace of mind, and look forward to becoming famous and taking shortcuts all day long, which is ridiculous and pathetic.

Chen Xilie had a gentle smile on his face, thinking that this time he would not be coerced by the prestige of the scholars, the "Tianbao Wencui" was in his hands, and there was no need for Wang Changling, these scholars should take his lead as a follower.

After going to the Ministry of Officials and meeting Da Xixun, Chen Xilie returned to the political hall.

An official handed over an official document and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, these must be approved by you."

"Got it."

Chen Xilie picked up the seal and sealed it, and suddenly his eyes froze, and he looked carefully at the notes on the case...... It is proposed that Wang Changling is the editor-in-chief of "Tianbao Wencui".

"Who did it?"

Chen Xilie was startled for a moment, and immediately reacted, it was Du Youlin.

He immediately put down the seal, picked up the note and was about to tear it off.

The next moment, he stopped moving.

Since Du Youlin dared to write this note, it was to remind him that Yang Dang was sure of this matter, and he would not even be unable to see it.

Chen Xilie then put this note into his arms, just waiting to see what the result is.

"Yang Dang wants to wrestle with Suo Douji, what is the old man anxious about?

Secretary of the Ministry, Newspaper Academy.

Xue Bai put a large stack of thick poems in front of Wang Changling, and said with a smile: "In this way, please ask Brother Wang." ”

"I'm just afraid that I'm going to be demoted soon, Xue Lang is sure to keep me?"

"Simple."

Wang Changling shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "The saint hates me." ”

"No, the sage is magnanimous, and he admires Brother Wang's poems." Xue Bai said: "Being able to forgive you once shows that the saint is not disgusted with you, but offended by you."

"That's what I am." Wang Changling said: "I can't change it." ”

Find this way.

He had looked down at the manuscripts, and in a flash, he had crumpled a poem into a ball of paper and threw it out the door. After that, pick up the pen and write the words "nothing to say, pretentious" on the next manuscript and put it aside.

"You don't have to." Xue Bai said: "Please come and host the Wen Cui Newspaper, it is this 'unruly' temperament." ”

Wang Changling raised his head and stroked his long gray beard, a little puzzled.

Xue Bai said: "What you have to do is very simple, scold." After scolding the king, how can you not scold the prime minister and the uncle? Brother Wang is not cautious, but he can scold this Chang'an magnate, so that he will not 'contradict his words and deeds'. ”

"Hahahaha." Wang Changling laughed when he heard it.

Xue Bai stepped forward, wrote down the four big characters of "Tianbao Wencui", pushed it in front of him, and said, "Look, this is a scolding newspaper."