Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

After a cup of tea, Xiao Yu's carriage slowly drove out from the side door.

When they reached the main gate, the students' discussions hit Xiao Yu's carriage like rapid raindrops.

Xiao Yu remained unmoved and didn't even lift his eyelids.

Once upon a time, he was just like these students, admiring and even praising talented people. However, after years in officialdom, Xiao Yu realized that the so-called poetry and literary talent did not have much effect on governing the country and maintaining peace, and sometimes even caused side effects.

Over the years, how many child prodigies and geniuses have emerged in the world, but how many of them have achieved success?

Xiao Yu believed that these geniuses and prodigies, when they entered officialdom, all had pure hearts, hearts that wanted to change the world and cleanse the court of corruption.

But when they really step into the big melting pot of officialdom, it won't take long before they are assimilated.

During this period, the more talented and educated a person is, the greater the destructive power they will cause after being assimilated.

There were too many people, and even if the students intended to make way, the carriage could not speed up and could only move forward at a snail's pace.

At the same time, the people at the front of the courtyard wall were concentrating all their energy on writing poetry. They didn't notice that Xiao Yu's carriage was right behind them and were still discussing "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage" loudly.

Those who saw the poem for the first time were the most excited and even recited it aloud.

"There is a peach blossom temple in the peach blossom valley, and there is a peach blossom fairy in the peach blossom temple..."

Hearing these two sentences, Xiao Yu frowned slightly, looking a little unhappy.

"I don't want to bow before carriages and horses, I just want to die among flowers and wine..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu slowly opened his eyes and knocked on the carriage door with the crutch in his hand. The coachman understood and pulled the reins to stop the horse.

If it was just a good poem, it would be impossible for Xiao Yu to order the car to stop and listen.

But the artistic conception of this song [Song of Peach Blossom Cottage] perfectly fits Xiao Yu's current situation, so much so that when he heard the last four sentences, tears even appeared in his old eyes.

Once upon a time, he had lofty ambitions and vowed to achieve something to make the turbid court of the Great Yan Dynasty clear and bright again.

But in the end... being excluded... being suppressed... being humiliated...

During the years when the previous emperor was in power, Xiao Yu was still able to make some achievements in Wenyuan Pavilion. But after the new emperor ascended the throne, all government decrees revolved around one point: money.

If this money can be "taken from the people and used for the people", it would be fine.

But this money was only used to satisfy the extravagance and enjoyment of the entire royal family, without caring about the lives of ordinary people.

Xiao Yu made several appeals, hoping that the emperor would change his mind and stop focusing on making money, but think about how to change Dayan, which was already on the decline.

The emperor was very dissatisfied with this and issued an imperial decree to demote Xiao Yu from Wenyuan Pavilion.

Xiao Yu was dissatisfied and wanted to find like-minded colleagues in the court and make another memorial to the emperor.

However, I only got two words.

crazy.

"People laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at them for not seeing through me..."

Isn’t this a true portrayal of myself?

When the heroes of Wuling die, they are nothing more than a handful of yellow earth, with no flowers or wine in front of their graves.

Since this is the case, it is better to indulge in the mountains and rivers and live a free and easy life in the world.

Xiao Yu sat in the carriage, feeling a lot of emotions. In the end, he smiled softly. The stone that had been suppressing his heart for many years disappeared without a trace at this moment.

"People laugh at me for being crazy, I laugh at them for not seeing through me!"

"Interesting, interesting!"

"Horseman, let's go."

The carriage moved forward again, this time, very quickly.

The poem's influence goes far beyond this.

Although this poem by Tang Bohu is good, it depends on who you compare it with.

Ke Jin is a genius prodigy in Guangling Prefecture, and he has a famous scholar like Han Qi as his teacher. In contrast, "Tang Bohu" is just a rural merchant, not worthy of being on the stage.

Speaking up for Tang Bohu might gain some recognition among the literati, but it would most likely affect future development, so many scholars began to say against their conscience that Ke Jin's poems were better than "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage".

Of course, there were also righteous people among the literati. They could not stand this group of spineless scholars and argued with them, which made the matter more and more popular.

Until a heavyweight comes down!

This heavyweight figure's surname is Tong and his name is Shicheng.

He was the assistant military officer of the Household Department of Guangling Prefecture.

Tong Canjun was just over 40 years old, but his official career was quite fruitful. He was a third-class Jinshi, and after serving as a county magistrate for seven or eight years, he was transferred to Guangling Prefecture to serve as a Canjun of the Household Department.

Although the rank is not high, this official position is very important.

In the official promotion system of the Great Yan Dynasty, officials in various departments were also called "xuanren", that is, candidates for "jingguan".

After passing the imperial examination, except for the top three, the rest of the Jinshi had to go to local positions. It might take many Jinshi twenty years before they were eligible to reach the "selection" stage, and there were also many second-class Jinshi among them.

But it only took Tong Shicheng seven or eight years to complete this step.

There were even rumors that Tong Shicheng only needed to stay in the position of Hucao Canjun for two years before he could go to Beijing to become a Shilang.

Tong Shicheng is currently in a stage of life where he is full of vigor and ambition, so when he saw a poem like "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage" which exudes a sense of decadence from the inside out, he naturally felt very unhappy.

He called over his subordinates and asked, "Who is Tang Bohu?"

The official said, "Your Excellency, there are many different opinions about Tang Bohu's identity. Some say that Tang Bohu is Chen Lang, the madman who wrote the poem 'Only Yan Ruyu in Books.' Others say that Tang Bohu is actually Chen Lang's teacher, the successful candidate Sheng Chuliang, because poems like Peach Blossom Cottage Song cannot be written without rich life experience."

"Sheng Chuliang is using his apprentice's mouth to vent his dissatisfaction with the court."

Tong Shicheng was also well aware of Sheng Chuliang's past deeds and sneered, "Whether it's the teacher or the apprentice, this poem is extremely poorly written."

"Under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, our Great Yan Dynasty is thriving. Officials are honest, wealthy merchants are conscientious, and the people live in peace. How could there be so many dirty things?"

"But this poem repeatedly implies that the rich are unkind and the poor are noble. By extension, isn't it essentially criticizing the incompetence of court officials and the common people for the talented?"

"His heart is to be killed!"

The officials were all shocked. He had read this poem several times and felt that it was a very free and easy poem, and did not contain the things that Tong Shicheng said.

But a higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official. The superior must have his reasons for reprimanding him, and as his subordinates, we should just agree with him.

"Your Excellency is absolutely right. How do you think we should deal with this?"

Tong Shicheng sneered, "Never mind. These people have no talent and can only write some sour poems."

"I'll forgive him this time. If he doesn't repent and continues to write this kind of poetry, I'll definitely punish him for causing chaos among the people!"