sjar Chapter 836 Staying Alone
Chapter 836 Staying Alone
"Mr. Bai Juyi, you were moved by the scene and thought of Miss Xiang Ling, whose love for you will never end but whose hatred will never end.
So you wrote the long poem "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" which has been passed down through the ages.
At the same time, Mr. Bai Juyi, you also wrote more than a hundred poems satirizing current affairs in this year, for which you were liked by Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, who transferred you back to the capital and appointed you as the Left Censor-in-Chief.
At that time, Mr. Bai Juyi thought that he was appreciated by the emperor, and from then on he and Yuan Zhen used poetry to criticize current social ills and promote their own political ideas.
I can only say that Mr. Bai Juyi at that time thought too simply. "This is not something that can be done simply with poetry."
It is also easier to offend people. If people want to deal with Bai Juyi, it will be easy.
Bai Juyi also smiled bitterly and didn't say anything. He just drank two glasses of wine. He was indeed thinking too simply.
Many ancestors in front of the sky curtain couldn't help but feel the same way.
When they entered officialdom, they felt that they would be able to be good officials, honest officials, and officials who cared about the people.
But after entering the officialdom, every step was difficult and the road ahead seemed a little confusing. It turned out that the officialdom was so dirty.
This is completely different from what they thought.
Sky
"You two responded to each other and eventually developed a poetry reform movement known as the New Yuefu.
The poems written by you and Yuan Zhen have made the eyes of the powerful and wealthy change color, those in power tighten their fists, and those in important military positions gnash their teeth.
Even when you, Mr. Bai Juyi, pointed out the emperor's mistakes to his face, Mr. Bai Juyi, how can I put this? Not every emperor was like Emperor Taizong of Tang, who was able to listen to those words with an open mind.
If you had met an irritable emperor, your head would have fallen off long ago," Li Wu looked at Bai Juyi. He was really not afraid of death. Not every emperor was so good-tempered.
Bai Juyi pursed his lips, it was indeed so.
In front of the skylight, Emperor Taizong of Tang laughed triumphantly and showed off to his ministers. In particular, he deliberately glanced at Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng then took a step forward as if he wanted to say something, which frightened Emperor Taizong of Tang and he quickly put away his triumphant look.
This damn country bumpkin, he is happy now, and wants to talk about things that make him unhappy, but please don’t say it, he doesn’t want to hear a word. Can’t you just let him be happy?
In the barrage, our ancestors discussed which emperor had a better temper and which emperor had a bad temper. Some emperors were very self-aware, while some emperors were thicker-skinned than city walls.
Sky
"You have offended many powerful people by speaking out so frankly.
Look, in 815 AD, Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated. Mr. Bai Juyi, you submitted a memorial advocating the capture of the murderer. But guess what happened? Mr. Bai Juyi, you were considered to have exceeded your authority.
Later you were slandered again: your mother fell into a well and died while watching flowers, but you, Mr. Bai Juyi, wrote poems about "Appreciating Flowers" and "New Well", which were harmful to morality.
So I used this as an excuse to demote you to Jiangzhou as Sima.
This is also extremely speechless. As expected, if a senior official wants to get rid of a junior official, it is not an easy matter. Anything can be magnified at random," Li Wu shrugged, looking very helpless.
Qu Yuan and Tao Yuanming were also speechless and didn't want to talk. They had also seen the twists and turns of officialdom, especially Tao Yuanming. Because of what he had seen, he didn't want to be an official and so he lived in seclusion. But he didn't expect that life in seclusion would not be easy and it was too hard.
This matter was discussed like crazy on the barrage, and many people began to mock the Tang Dynasty, which made emperors such as Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong of Tang very angry.
But no matter how angry you are, what else can you do? You don’t know whether this thing has happened or not. If it hasn’t happened, it can still be changed, but if it has already happened, what can you do? Once it has happened, it cannot be changed.
As a result, the Tang Dynasty and other dynasties began to make fun of each other, and the barrage became extremely lively for a while. Many people took the opportunity to watch the show. Not to mention, watching the barrage every day was also very fun, and they could watch it all the time.
Sky
"Although your mother died after falling into a well while looking at flowers, you already have many poems about flowers. Anyway, they just want to find a reason to banish you from the capital. As for the reason, it is not important at all.
Being exiled to Jiangzhou was also a turning point in your life, Mr. Bai Juyi.
Before this, you were devoted to the country and wanted to make a difference to benefit the world, but after being demoted, your poetry style and behavior gradually turned to self-interest.
In fact, most people are like this. No one is unchanging.
In 818 AD, your younger brother Bai Xingjian, Bai Juyi, came to Jiangzhou to meet you.
Later, when you were appointed as the governor of Zhongzhou, Bai Xingjian also went up the river with you, Mr. Bai Juyi.
On the way, you also met Yuan Zhen at Huangniu Ridge, and the place where the three of you traveled together is called Sanyou Cave.
He was recalled to Chang'an in 820 AD and was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel.
In 826 AD, Mr. Bai Juyi resigned due to illness.
Later, you and Mr. Liu Yuxi accompanied you on a tour around Yangzhou and Chuzhou.
Yuan Zhen died in 831 AD.
The following year, Mr. Bai Juyi, you wrote an epitaph for Yuan Zhen. You donated all of the 600,000 or 700,000 yuan that the Yuan family gave you as a reward to charity for the Xiangshan Temple in Luoyang.
In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang at the age of 75. He was given the posthumous title of "Wen" and buried in Xiangshan, Luoyang.
"I have finished talking about your deeds, Senior Bai Juyi," Li Wu said. How should I put it? When Bai Juyi first became an official, he devoted himself to the country. Later, he realized that he had thought too simply. Many things were not as simple as he thought, so he began to protect himself, mostly to keep himself safe.
This is indeed true. There are many things a person cannot change, and he does not have the ability to change them.
"Thank you, little immortal," Bai Juyi raised his glass and several people followed suit.
The four of them were drinking, and Bai Juyi said, "My little fairy, where are we going to go next? I am very interested in the future."
"Little immortal, didn't you just say that you wanted to talk about the story of Bai Juyi's descendants and Miss Xiang Ling?" Tao Yuanming glanced at Bai Juyi jokingly, and Bai Juyi's face suddenly turned red.
No, what's there to say?
"Hey, then let me tell you the love story between you, Senior Bai Juyi, and Miss Xiang Ling.
It can also be said that Mr. Bai Juyi, you are very infatuated.
In your early years, you only had one person in your heart, but in your later years, you became a playboy. Perhaps you have come to terms with it, or perhaps you know that there is no possibility anymore.
I just said that Mr. Bai Juyi, you fell in love with your neighbor's daughter, Xiang Ling.
It can be said that you two were childhood sweethearts. At that time, in order to escape the war, your family moved to the place where your father worked - Fuli, Xuzhou.
Here is a love story about you.
It was also here that you met your neighbor girl Xiang Ling, who was four years younger than you.
You two had a happy childhood.”