Yan Zhao, courtesy name Yuanyuan.

He was born into a noble family, and his ancestors had a prominent family and were famous for a while.

As the family declined, the Yan family lost its superior social status and abundant living conditions.

Even so, the Yan family tradition is still there, and the gentry tradition is still there.

Although the property left by his ancestors was small, it still allowed Yan Zhao to devote himself to studying.

Yan Zhao did not live up to his family's expectations. He was diligent and eager to learn, and read a lot of books, even to the extent that "if you read a book and gain something, you will happily forget to eat."

He is very talented, but he is also quite arrogant and disdains to talk to mediocre people. He has developed a high-spirited, aloof character.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Fu Yuanzhi met him later.

The officialdom is full of intrigues and flattery, and it is just wishful thinking for a poor scholar to realize his ambition in this environment.

Because of this, he delayed entering official career after becoming a Jinshi.

Only then did the small courtyard have a place to stay.

Not only did he take away his eldest son, but he also took away his leisurely and comfortable material foundation.

God's helping hand to the Yan family was once again cut off by his own hands.

The day-in and day-out work was not easy for him, but it occasionally wavered in his desire to live in seclusion. However, he turned a blind eye to the plight of his wife and children, lamenting their misfortune!

Maybe, it's just that you do to others what you don't want others to do.

He had many official careers and was an official several times but did not have much savings. In addition, he was not good at management and was addicted to alcohol by nature, so poverty followed him everywhere.

Six years later, he became an official again, this time not as an official but as a staff member.

He clung to poverty and persisted in his determination. In the end, only his old wife and young son were left by his side, but they were like strangers.

And in the past few decades, he has only seen the intrigues in the officialdom and the difficulty of realizing his own grand plans, but he has never pretended to be pretentious about the people around him.

There is very little property left by our ancestors, so we cannot sit back and enjoy the benefits. There is no additional income except operating farmland.

He only served as county magistrate for three months.

That year, he had many and young children, and he was not good at farming. Even though he worked hard, he could not support himself through farming.

After leaving the officialdom, he was relieved and felt light and comfortable.

He lamented that the time was not with him and that he was born at the wrong time. Although he was in the countryside, it was difficult to extinguish the fire in his heart.

The reason is that on the one hand, I am not willing to bury my full talents in Artemisia Peng, and on the other hand, I am also forced by life.

Having served as an official twice made him appreciate the corruption and filth of officialdom, and he knew that he might not be able to realize his great ambitions.

It was only when he was nearly thirty years old that he became an official for the first time.

After the old wife's hair turned gray overnight, she never spoke again.

In the autumn when he was forty-one, he became the magistrate of another county to make a living.

He couldn't stand his boss, and he couldn't stand the mediocre officials around him either.

He thought that instead of dealing with these mediocre people, it would be better to go back to his hometown, cultivate the countryside, and live a leisurely life.

But the same scene reappeared, and he felt that although his hometown was poor, he was still isolated from the world, which allowed him to study more peacefully.

Song Huan heard the old man sigh, "I'm willing to be poor and lowly to give up honors. I don't seek wealth or fame, but I just want to take care of myself. It's so difficult."

He does not want to lose his ambition and humiliate himself and follow the ups and downs of the world.

The embarrassed family could only huddle on the boat in front of the house and still had not settled down for five months. The pain of the accident and the loss of their son was even worse when the disaster struck.

Coarse grains wrap one's belly, and common clothes to keep out the cold are out of reach.

The first position he took was a good one, and he was a capital official in the capital.

This position is not a good one, but it is more than enough to support a family.

The two hundred taels given to him by his friends, without any discussion with his wife, he actually deposited them all in the restaurant so that he could have drinks at any time.

The family is hungry in the summer and sleepy in the winter.

Two years later, he resigned again and went into seclusion.

At the age of forty-seven, the Yan family moved to Qiancheng.

This time, he was deeply disappointed with his official career.

He pursues getting rid of the fetters of the dust web and pursuing spiritual liberation.

He couldn't stand the hypocrisy and flattery among officials and all the ugliness.

With the help of his tribesmen and friends, he became the magistrate of a county.

Song Huan took a sip of water silently.

In the end, he still hung up his hat and left because he refused to fall into it and became one of the mediocre officials.

He can feel at ease in the countryside and become an idle member with physical and mental freedom.

This resignation did not make Yan Zhao despair of his official career.

Since there is no hope of helping the common people, it is better to "attack the soil to enjoy yourself" and take a path of self-care.

He didn't notice that his wife was getting more and more silent, her back was getting more and more stooped, and the amount of silver hair on her temples was getting thicker and thicker day by day.

Until one year a fire overturned the entire Yan family.

He didn't notice that his son was becoming more and more introverted and taciturn. He didn't know the last time he called him daddy.

He lived in poverty, and most of his money in Qiancheng came from donations from friends.

But fate did not abandon Yan Zhao. When he was fifty-four years old, the imperial court called him to be an official in charge of compiling national history. He refused to resign and refused to lose his moral integrity.

Understand that your ideal of helping the common people is like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water, elusive and out of reach.

In my spare time, I go on outings with my friends, have a lot of drinks and socialize frequently.

He blamed his son for being so mediocre, but never thought that he had never taught his son or interfered with his homework.

Although his heart is otherworldly, he cannot help but eat the fireworks of the world.

Financial constraints make life even more difficult.

She only felt that an unknown fire was about to burst out.

Thanks to the help of the direct family members, after all, he is not a real commoner, so he still has such relationship activities.

Due to poverty and illness, four sons died one after another, and finally only the youngest son was left.

He was deeply disgusted by this. He felt that he should be the lotus that emerged from the mud and remained untainted. He was afraid that staying in this environment for a long time would not only prevent him from fulfilling his ambitions, but would also make him unable to maintain the purity of the lotus.

He is a great man with great ambitions and career aspirations, and hopes that the sea, rivers and rivers will be clear.

Yan Zhao was not a farmer and lacked farming experience. He planted vegetables but did not know how to take care of them. In order not to waste all his hard work, he went to eradicate weeds early in the morning and returned home after the bright moon was high.

To an upright person, officialdom is no different than a tight net to a fish, and a grand net to a sparrow. The darkness of the court lies in the fact that these ugly people use all possible means to seek personal gain.

When he first entered the workplace, his upright and upright temperament made it difficult for him to integrate into the group, and he often drifted outside the officialdom.

After he was busy farming, he had time to chat with his friends, talking about the past and the present. He had time to worry about the country and the people, but he had no time to focus on the people around him for a moment.

Judging from Yan Zhao's narration, he was informal, enthusiastic and easy-going to his neighbors and friends, and he was proud and uncompromising with dignitaries.

After this time, the Yan family became completely quiet.

After more than ten years of ups and downs, he completely despaired of his career, and his enthusiasm turned into ice water.

But he was unlucky, and so were his wife and children.

But his situation also caused his relatives to suffer the most backlash.

It took the end of five lives for him to turn his attention to the people around him, but it was too late.

He cares about the world, cares about the common people, and integrates his own sufferings with the sufferings of the common people, but does not include his wife and children.

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