Chapter 23 7. Even if you are upright, you are afraid of the oblique shadow

The grandson of Su Weiwei in the "Four Friends of Articles" is not as famous as Du Shenyan's grandson Du Fu, but his descendants are rare geniuses in the Chinese literary world-Meishan Sansu, Su Dongpo is his representative.Su Shi's literati temperament became more serious. Because he failed to see the general situation of Xining's reform, he wrote articles to ridicule and obstruct the new law, and tried to test the courage of Song Shenzong's reform without knowing the depth. , He Zhengchen and others took meaning out of context from his "Huzhou Xie Shangbiao" and other poems, and they were accused of "slandering the New Deal" by Yushitai. This is the famous "Wutai Poetry Case" of the Song Dynasty. People were implicated, mainly Sima Guang, Zhang Fangping, Fan Zhen, Huang Tingjian, Wang Shen and others.Su Shi was imprisoned for four months, and after many mediations, he was demoted to Huangzhou.After Song Shenzong's death, Zhezong came to the throne, and Su Shi was recalled to Hangzhou as a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion.Before leaving, someone told him that he would like to write poems less often in Hangzhou, lest he be slandered by those who don't like it ("Ming Dao Magazine").After a blow, it's time to understand that the officialdom is dangerous.After arriving in Hangzhou, drink and enjoy flowers and practice calligraphy when you have nothing to do. Don't write poems to slander the court.The person who said this was the prime minister Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo is a typical literati and official. His poems occupy a place in the poetry circle of Song Dynasty, and he is the author of "Wen Lu Gong Ji".Wen Yanbo, who was born as a literati, can't see the common faults of literati, but he is well versed in the way of officialdom and can do a job with ease.Or because he read widely and learned deeply, his thinking was open and he saw the true face of officialdom.Wen Yanbo lived in the four dynasties of Shiren, Ying, Shen, and Zhe, and he went from general to prime minister for fifty years.He governs decently, handles affairs smoothly, gives both kindness and power, writes good articles, is good at calligraphy, and can lead soldiers to fight. Eight sons and thirty-nine grandsons entered the court, all of whom held important positions.Wen Yanbo died without any illness at the age of ninety-two. He was an outstanding representative of the Northern Song Dynasty. "History of the Song Dynasty" praised: "The public is loyal and straightforward, and he is decisive in the face of affairs. He has the style of a minister. Since the end of peace, he has made great plans together, retired after success, and relied on the government and the public."

Wen Yanbo, courtesy name Kuanfu, was born in Jiexiu, Fenzhou, East Hebei Road (now Jiexiu County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province).Wen Yanbo's ancestor's surname was Jing, and his ancestor was an official in the later Jin Dynasty. He changed his surname to Wen in order to avoid the taboo of Shi Jingtang, the great ancestor of the later Jin Dynasty.Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty and ended the two hundred years of warlord separatism. Wen Yanbo restored his original surname. Unexpectedly, one of Zhao Song Yizu's ancestors was named Zhao Jing, who once again avoided his taboo and changed his surname to Wen.Wen Yanbo was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Renzong Tiansheng in Song Dynasty. He used Dali to judge affairs and knew Yicheng County, Jiangzhou, Yuci County, and Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is a place where ink is produced, and it is the favorite of literati and bureaucrats.Wen Yanbo, who returned to Beijing to report on his duties at the end of his tenure, often brought them back. He was not as real as Bao Zheng who "refused to return without holding an inkstone" in the same year.Writing official documents is inseparable from ink. In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the market price of each ink was around ten guan, and better ink could reach 30 guan.When Wen Yanbo returned to Beijing to report on his work, Lu Yijian, who was working under the same school as Zhongshu at the time, was amazed when he saw it, and asked him straightforwardly, did he bring Yanzhou Mo back to Beijing?Lu Yijian is the nephew of Lv Mengzheng, the prime minister of Emperor Taizong. Song Renzong came to the throne at a young age, and the queen mother was in charge of the government. "Song History" records: "Since the beginning of Renzong's establishment, the queen mother has been in the court for more than ten years. Strength is more." Lu Yijian assisted in ruling, which played a positive role in social stability in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty.Lu Yijian, like Wen Yanbo, was born as a literati and official, but he did not have a literati complex, otherwise he would not have been a prime minister for twenty years.Lu Yijian saw right through Wen Yanbo's little Jiujiu, who was twenty-eight years old.Wen Yanbo was very knowledgeable about current affairs, so he offered ink the next day.Wen Yanbo held the ink, but Lu Yijian didn't pick it up, and just stared at it for a long time, which seemed like palmistry. "Mengxi Bi Tan" also recorded in this way, saying that "Gai Yuxiang is also in the hands of Lu Gong", which provided a high-sounding excuse for an elegant bribery incident.

It was common for scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty to give gifts to each other. As long as the amount was not outrageously large, everyone would acquiesce.It's like a friend returning to Beijing from a local place to bring you two roast ducks. It's understandable due to favors. Similarly, court officials tacitly allow local officials to bring gifts to Beijing.Lu Yijian's initiative to "ask for bribes" was actually testing Wen Yanbo to see if this young man was on the right track.If Wen Yanbo had a literati complex, he would probably have to write a poem scolding him for being stinky and shameless. This is a secret way of being an official that the old prime minister taught him.Wen Yanbo understood, and took the opportunity of "offering ink" to ask the leader to show the palmistry.In the second year of Mingdao (1033), Wen Yanbo stayed in the capital to work as a censor in the palace and in charge of supervision.Wen Yanbo learned this trick from the old leader, and later used it wisely, so he stepped into the room and directly reached the phase.

At the age of thirty-five, Wen Yanbo went to the local area as a member of the household department, Wailang, and served as the deputy envoy of transfer on the East Road.At that time, Xixia Li Yuanhao was quite rampant, often invading the Song domain, and came to rob every now and then.Once, when Li Yuanhao raided Linzhou, it happened that Wen Yanbo was there, and Lao Wen was fearless in the face of danger and organized manpower to resist.Li Yuanhao was besieged for ten days and failed to attack the city. Knowing that he was not afraid of others, he had to withdraw his troops in the end.Wen Yanbo successfully resisted the invasion of Xixia, so he became famous. On the recommendation of Fan Zhongyan, he was moved to Tianzhang Pavilion to wait for the system, and he was transferred as an envoy to know Qinzhou.Wen Yanbo's experience shows that it is one thing to be supported by others. The key is to make some political achievements, to support you to accumulate capital for Shangfeng, and to provide you with a master who will eat and die, so that other officials can't bear it. They were all attacked.

Wen Yanbo's official career seemed to be burnt out, and then entered a bottleneck period.This is a long and painful period. If you can break through, your career will be very clear. If you can't break through, your life will probably come to an end.Four years later, Wen Yanbo knew Yizhou as a privy secretary, and his jurisdiction was in today's Chengdu, Sichuan.Sichuan has been a land of abundance since ancient times, and its folk customs are joyful.As the governor of Yizhou, Wen Yanbo went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, and soon became one with the people and engaged in entertainment activities.Wen Yanbo's habit of drinking and drinking in the local area was spread to the capital through some channels, and the central government sent censor He Sheng to investigate and deal with it.Wen Yanbo's news is very well-informed. As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are good at being officials. Wen Yanbo's eyeliner is his god-niece. Wen Yanbo was very nervous after receiving the news. If Prosecutor He can't settle it, it may affect his career promotion .One of the staff, Zhang Shaoyu, said, don't worry about it, He Shengcong and I are from the same village, so we promise to turn danger into luck.When he comes, we will treat him like this.

Zhang Shaoyu specially went to Hanzhou to meet He Yushi. The reception was very grand, with wine and music.After getting drunk, Zhang Shaoyu used his trump card and invited famous local prostitutes to perform singing and dancing.He Yushi's will was not firm, and under the attack of sugar-coated shells, he fell within a few rounds.Facing the shameless camp prostitute, He Yushi asked her what her surname was, and the camp prostitute answered Yang.He Yushi, who was half-drunk and half-awake, had a talent complex, and remembered the allusion of "Zhangtai Willow".In the Tang Dynasty, Han had a concubine named Liu, known for her beauty. Because of the Anshi Rebellion, the two lovers were separated from each other.Later, Han sent a poem to the Liu family who stayed in Chang'an and had become a monk: "Zhangtai Liu, Zhangtai Liu, are the past green and green still here? Even if the long strip seems to hang down like the old one, it should be folded into someone else's hand." So He Yushi sent Yang Ying a letter The prostitute was named "Yangtai Liu".Zhang Shaoyu, who was watching the words and expressions on the side, saw the right time, untied the Luopa of the Yangying prostitute, and wrote on it with a pen: "The beauty of Shu has a thin waist, and the Yushi of Dongtai is enchanting. From now on, I will call it Yangtai Liu, and I will dance to the end." The east wind is ten thousand." And let Yang Tailiu sing it out, to add to the fun of Mr. He.With wine, meat and beauties, He Yushi felt his body and limbs fall into the clouds after being served in this way, and he was ecstatic with joy.

He Yushi was accompanied by Yang Tailiu, and everyone was drunk all day long, so he didn't mention going to Chengdu.Zhang Shaoyu reminded him that it was time to go to work, so He Yushi bid farewell to the beautiful woman and rushed to Chengdu unhappy.After He Congsheng arrived in Chengdu, he showed the face of a supervisory censor, saying that he wanted to do business, and his attitude took a 180-degree turn.Wen Yanbo said yes, then let's do business!After work every day, Wen Yanbo carefully served him with good wine and meat, but He Yushi's face was always cloudy.Eating wine at the reception is meaningless. When Yushi He was depressed, he suddenly heard someone singing: "The beauty of Shu has a thin waist, and the Yushi of Dongtai is enchanting. From now on, I will be called Yangtai Liu, and I will dance to the wind." He Yushi watched intently, isn't this the Yang Tailiu he has been thinking about day and night?There was a sudden "click" in my heart, and I secretly thought that something was wrong, and I fell into other people's ways.

Zhang Shaoyu's arrangement was very ingenious, he also saw the face of the censor, as if the medicine for the child, fruit flavored and sugar-coated is the best.Let He Yushi taste the sweetness of beauty first, and then stop there.Good things cannot be offered all the time, and there are times when you get tired of delicacies from mountains and seas.Zhang Shaoyu accurately grasped his psychological rhythm, first cultivated a habit for him, and it would be very uncomfortable after breaking it.When he arrives in Chengdu, Yu Shi will definitely look like a donkey.When the thing he was eager for appeared again, what else could he say?The best way to eliminate the rumors that Wen Yanbo had a banquet in Yizhou is to drag the people who came to check into the water.

The two sides became grasshoppers on the same rope, establishing a "graffiti mode", and the images of both sides were equally black, so that the rumors of Wen Yanbo's extravagant debauchery could be dispelled.If the supervisory censor was ignorant, ate and wiped himself up and left, and returned to the government and the public to report to Wen Yanbo, he probably didn't want to live.Since Wen Yanbo was able to drag him into the water, there must be evidence of his "blessing and sharing".Sure enough, under Wen Yanbo's kind hospitality, He Yushi returned with a full load and returned to the court, and Wen Yanbo's slander stopped ("Shaw's Wenjianlu").If you change to another literati, it is estimated that the lofty complex will come out to make trouble, no matter what supervisory censor you are, I am not afraid of the shadow slanting.But in fact, public opinion is an invisible sharp knife that can kill people invisible.