It was December of the seventh year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, and the New Year was getting closer and closer.
The people in Chang'an City are all looking forward to the arrival of the Shangyuan Festival. This year, the imperial court has set the tone for the East China Sea War, and it is expected that there will be some performance during the Shangyuan Festival.
There is a lot of news out there, but no matter what, the Lantern Festival is an annual event that the people of Chang'an and Jingzhao look forward to, and you won't want to miss it.
Near the end of the year, Li Po held a banquet in the palace and summoned the wine-offering guests from various academies in Chang'an to the palace to give a banquet. Ma Zhou, the wine-offering official from Chang'an Maritime Academy, presided over the banquet as the official of ceremony.
At the banquet, Li Po talked candidly with everyone about the future of the Academy, asking everyone to brainstorm and not worry about themselves or the future fate of the Academy.
When talking about the incident at Chang'an Academy, Li Po spoke sincerely. He only said that improper employment of people in the imperial court would lead to disasters. Everyone should take this as a warning, but there is no need to tremble over this matter.
Everyone must believe that the court will distinguish right from wrong and will not deliberately lead people to sin.
The emperor personally expressed his position, and the wine worshippers finally breathed a sigh of relief. Most of them came to Beijing under the imperial edict in winter, and with the uproar in Chang'an Academy, everyone was in danger.
Some of them had actually gotten some information before. After the Ministry of Punishment took over the matter, it was no longer targeting the officials and professors of the academy. The focus of the investigation was also on buying and selling the number of academy students. It was no longer as important as before.
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This actually foreshadowed the attitude of the imperial court. Today, he was summoned to the palace again, and the emperor personally gave a banquet to everyone. After some words at the banquet, there was no doubt about his attitude.
As a result, everyone began to sing praises.
These people are all great talents in the world. They are all gentle and polite on weekdays. Their flattering skills are particularly unconventional. They toast to the emperor in different ways, but secretly they are also comparing their own style and talents.
It’s not surprising that they are like this. Even if they are rich in knowledge, they may only have this opportunity to meet you once in their lifetime. For most of them, there is no better chance of fame and fortune than this.
Li Poze refused to refuse anyone who came. Since he was hosting a banquet to entertain these literary leaders, he had to make sure everyone was satisfied.
As a result, there were sounds of singing and dancing in the Liangyi Palace, beauties were dancing, and the literati were speaking in perfect harmony, and the palace was full of splendor. But in the end, there was no Li Bai who could overpower everyone and embrace him left and right in front of the emperor in a wild and unrestrained manner.
For one person through the ages, that is really no joke...
The literary talents in the early Tang Dynasty were also considered outstanding, but they could never reach the level of astonishing talent. They could speak powerful words from their mouths, and write down thousands of scenes while drunk.
Watching the literati in the palace secretly compete with each other, Li Po also had a little taste of the literary world. After the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves, Li Po issued an edict in court that the Jin Academy of Literature offered wine to the Guanwen Palace Bachelor, and ordered his companions to attend.
Yang Shidao, a member of Zhongshushe, wrote an article in front of everyone to record today's meeting.
Literati like this tune the most, as they all say that His Majesty the Emperor is wise and mighty, unlike ordinary people.
After things were done, Li Po didn't mind adding some more stories. He summoned brothers Yan Lide and Yan Liben to the palace and asked them to paint. He also ordered Cen Wenwen, the minister of Zhongshu, to write a poem, and Chu Suiliang, the minister of Sanqi, wrote a poem.
, then stamp the emperor's seal on it, and it's all done.
If this picture of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty banqueting guests could be preserved until later, it would be a priceless treasure. Some outstanding figures in the literary world of the early Tang Dynasty all showed their faces in this picture.
When the excitement was over, Li Po stayed in the palace for one night, and treated them with great honor and favor.
Well, of course there is no effect. These people have quite a reputation in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. After returning home, they will naturally brag about it. While promoting themselves, they will also establish a very good reputation for His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the literary world.
Positive image.
By that time, the sequelae of the Chang'an Academy Incident will have been almost eliminated.
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It's just that it will take some time for Chang'an Academy to be closed, and the convicted people will arrive one after another.
Yang Gongren visited the palace once and fully understood the emperor's intention. He treated the large piece of eucalyptus as a punishment and tried his best to eliminate the smell of political disputes in it.
The Inspector Temple did not perform well in this incident, so the Inspector Temple Minister Wang Gui fell ill in the winter, and Gao Jifu, the Censor of the Imperial Censor, was promoted to the Inspector Temple Shaoqing, and temporarily took charge of the inspection of the temple affairs.
Gao Jifu was born in the Bohai Gao family. He followed Li Mi in the uprising, and later followed Li Mi and surrendered to Li Yuan.
He had a good reputation and was a descendant of the Gao family. After he was surrendered to Li Yuan, he was given preferential treatment and was not classified as a member of Li Mi's party. Then he went to Xingtai in the middle of Shu to serve as Hu Cao and join the army.
After Li Xiaogong's defeat, he followed Li Zhiyun and other people from Shu to Beijing. He originally wanted to find a position in the Ministry of Household Affairs. After all, the Ministry of Household Affairs was the territory of the Gao family at that time. Gao Feng was definitely considered a young and promising person among the Gao family's children.
It shouldn't be difficult to find a position in the household department.
It was a pity that the head of the Gao family had just been killed by Jiang Baoyi at that time, and Gao Shen took over as the head of the family. He was quite indifferent to Gao Jifu, who came from a side branch and had a low official position, which made Gao Jifu feel bad.
It was Gao Jifu who worked hard on his own and got a position as a supervisory censor. Over the years, he was steadily promoted to the position of managing books and serving as censor.
In fact, he was caught up in a good time. The imperial court has been reforming politics. During his tenure as Supervisory Censor, he traveled around on official business to supervise reform measures in various provinces.
He did indeed do some research in those years. When he inspected Jiangyou a few years ago, he followed Li Jing and led an army to fight against the Southern Barbarians. He personally led the troops to defeat more than a dozen barbarian strongholds and achieved considerable military exploits.
Later, during an inspection in central Sichuan, several cases of fraud in the imperial examinations were discovered. The year before last, during an inventory of land in Henan Province, some people were found to have concealed their land registration. However, in the end, there was no solid evidence and nothing was done.
What he actually used for his promotion was to investigate and deal with illegal crimes in Hebei Province. He led his people to exterminate several groups of bandits and killed some thieves who had committed heinous crimes and caused great anger among the people. In fact, most of them were rebel leaders under Dou Jiande.
After Dou Jiande's defeat, these people either surrendered or fled. Needless to say, those who surrendered, those who fled hid themselves in the mountains, and most of them became bandits.
Gao Jifu was investigating criminal cases in Hebei at that time and dealt with all these people. He was highly appreciated by Yu Chikai and others, who gave him great support and convenience.
In fact, it was only because of the efforts of people like Gao Jifu that the aftermath of the war in the late Sui Dynasty calmed down so quickly.
Gao Jifu had been running around all these years, almost never stopping. When the imperial court ordered him to be promoted to the post of Shaoqing of the Supervisory Temple, he had just returned to the capital for more than a month.
He was ordered to go to Jiangyou to investigate the affairs of Jiangling Academy. Cui Yu, who offered wine at Jiangling Academy, was in his hands. The two monks were captured immediately. Cui Bai was escorted back to the capital by Gao Jifu and handed over to the Dali Temple for discussion.
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At the same time, they also brought back the apology memorial of Huang Junhan, the supervisor of Hubei Province. Jiangling Academy was under the rule of Hubei Province, and Huang Junhan and others had unshirkable responsibility for this.
This incident has already affected high-ranking local officials like Huang Junhan, which shows how great the impact was. This incident is completely different from Gao Shen's incident back then. It concerns the great affairs of the imperial court and is not a matter of killing a few people at all.
Gao Jifu became one of the few beneficiaries of this incident, and became a fourth-rank official in the court. For several years, he was in the Yushitai and the Supervisory Temple, and he completely deviated from his ambition to become a general or a prime minister.
, became the chief speaker.
At this point, the main branch of the Gao family could no longer ignore him.
On the occasion of the New Year, the head of the Gao family, Gao Biaoren, the minister of Honglu Temple, invited his nephew to talk to his ancestral home. Gao Jifu offered incense sticks to his ancestors in response to the story, but he was also not interested in what Gao Biaoren said about the prosperity of the family.
No one paid attention to him when he needed the family's help the most, but when he was promoted to an official position, the icing on the cake came? Gao Jifu sneered at this.
He has now opened up the situation and does not need to rely on the family to achieve success like others. Now he is thinking about whether to work hard and take down the one who fell ill.
Regarding this matter...he had to pay a visit to Mrs. Chu's house. When he returned to Beijing to report on his duties, it was Mrs. Li Xiuning who gave him a hand. In addition, he also had contacts with Zhang Gongjin, the minister of household affairs, and Cheng Zhijie, treasurer of the Ministry of War.
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He was also familiar with people such as Hubei Province Inspector Huang Junhan, Sichuan West Province Inspector Feng Li, Right Imperial Guard General Wei Chikai, Zuo Wuwei General, and Cao Guogong Xu Shiji.
In addition, he was filial to his mother and knowledgeable, and he also had a certain status and reputation in the Chang'an literary world.
He has a lot of experience and a very deep network of people. There are really not many people who can compare with him. It's no wonder that he doesn't like the family's win over him now.
It can be said that he has accumulated a lot of experience and entered the ranks of high-ranking officials in the imperial court at the age of early thirties.
It should be said that people like Gao Jifu were not uncommon in the early Tang Dynasty. There were many talents in the court. Even if Gao Jifu was not available, there would be others to fill the place. There was no need to worry about no one being available.
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At the end of December, the chaos in the liberal arts academy was not over yet, but the direction of the wind had changed, and people with literary names could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The Ministry of Punishment has restrained the crimes within a certain range. Although more and more people are being convicted, the tendency is very obvious, and it has begun to extend to the lower-level officials and officials.
However, there is one thing that is quite shocking. Gai Wenda offered wine at Chang'an Academy and was sentenced to death. Gai Wenyi offered wine at Imperial College and was exiled to Lingnan. Many people interceded for them, but in the end they only saved their family records from being implicated.
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Just as Li Po expected, there were some bad rumors among the government and the public, saying that the court wanted to liquidate the old people of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty. I don't know if someone was adding fuel to the flames. Anyway, they were talking about it.
Fang Xuanling also went to the palace to see the emperor specially to explain the matter. He asked whether he had any worries in this regard. Anyway, he showed his loyalty with actions.
In addition, Li Po issued an edict to abolish the Imperial College.
With the liberal arts academies in various places, there is no need for the existence of the Imperial College. This place was formerly called Taixue, and the original intention of its establishment was to win over the nobles.
Not to mention the lack of results, there were also officials like Yang Jian who usurped the country...
This chapter has been completed!