"I heard that he expressed his doubts about Mr. Zhuang's character in front of the Imperial Academy Supervisor, so Mr. Zhuang failed the exam, so he thought about the imperial examination and wrote a poem to submit." The man sighed and said: "Oh!
"The bad thing happened with this poem. The classmate bribed a good friend of Mr. Zhuang and stole the poem. He rushed in front of Mr. Zhuang and read the poem first at the poetry meeting."
"Mr. Zhuang didn't know anything about it, so he posted the poem post the next day. The story spread, and everyone said that he had stolen the poem."
Everyone was surprised, "You have such a vicious mind. Once this reputation comes out, Mr. Zhuang's career may be ruined."
"Isn't it over? That's why Mr. Zhuang had to leave the capital. Later he had the opportunity to take in three disciples, Mr. Zhou. This is a blessing in disguise."
"Who is that classmate? He has such a vicious mind. If we tell him, we will avoid seeing their family members in the future."
"Oh, although everyone in Bai Consort's book uses pseudonyms, the official positions are written clearly. I have carefully compared and studied it. During the time of the late emperor, when Mr. Zhou and others entered the capital, the doctor of Hube was a doctor named
Chen Fulin's people." The man's eyes were bright and his face was excited, "I checked again, and sure enough, Chen Fulin is also from Jiannan Road, and was a student of Yizhou Prefecture at the same time as Mr. Zhuang..."
"...Why are you working so hard?"
"Oh, I am a fan of Bai Consort's books. It is said that every book written by Bai Consort has a prototype. The first world-famous "Biography of Xiang Xia" he wrote is the prototype of the now famous Xiang Mingxue, isn't it?
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"You also fell in love with the White Prince Consort after reading "The Biography of Xiang Xia"?"
"Yes, literati all attach great importance to poems and short stories. Anyone who writes weird and bizarre essays in his spare time has to restrain himself and dare not let others read it. He just can't help but print it and spread it widely.
"I don't dare to use my real name," he said, "How many people in the world can be as frank and sincere as Bai Consort, and not afraid of gossip?"
One person added: "And he has a distinguished status."
"Exactly..."
The man who had just left the mountain had often heard the story of the White Prince Consort, and was no longer interested in it. He was more curious about Mr. Zhuang, so he brought the topic back, "In this way, this Mr. Zhuang is a late bloomer after all the hardships."
Already?"
"No one can tell whether this is good or bad. Do you think he only suffered this injustice? It is said in "A Dream in the Past" that after Mr. Zhuang was driven out of the capital, he was very poor for a while.
When I was a staff member, I was humiliated and suppressed."
"I don't know who it is, but it's still in the court?"
"If we were in court, it would be very embarrassing if we met during the court. I wonder if I would regret it."
Humanity, who has read the entire "Dream of the Past" said: "I don't know if I will regret it, because it is not written in the book. However, I carefully checked the imperial newspaper and found that the timeline of the Longzhou governor was similar to the one described in the book.
He was dismissed from his post and investigated for being corrupt."
"I counted the time, and it was probably more than three years since Mr. Zhuang left Longzhou..."
"...Brother is so awesome, he actually went to Di Bao to check it out." Such a book friend was so scary, someone asked cautiously, "Brother, wouldn't you have checked everyone in the White Consort's book?"
"Well, I would like to, but the information is limited. It involves a large time span, a large place, and the news lags behind. So I can only find some people with well-documented records. I will try my best to find others.
"No," he said without forgetting: "For example, the cliff where Xiang Xia fell off the cliff and obtained the martial arts secrets of his predecessors. For this purpose, I made a special trip to Jiannan Road to visit Luzhou, Yuzhou, Suizhou, and Hezhou.
I've looked for it, but I can't find the cliff."
Everyone:......
Someone cautiously said: "Perhaps the White Prince Consort made it up?"
"It can't be fabricated. Why is it described in such detail?" He said, "If you look at Mr. Zhuang's experience in "A Dream in the Past", it can be seen that Bai Consort is serious about writing a book. Even with such a title
He can write so realistically, not to mention that "Xiang Xia Ji" is known as the biography of Xiang Mingxue."
Generally speaking, biographies are more real than dreams and the like.
But they don't know that Bai Erlang was still young when he wrote "Xiang Xia Ji", and the things added in it made the protagonist Xiang Mingxue feel strange to him. It felt like he was looking at another person, except for his name and identity background.
He and everything else are completely different.
"I have read "Xiang Xia Ji", but I don't know where to buy "Dream of the Past". I want to buy a copy and read it."
"I wonder if those who once suppressed and targeted Mr. Zhuang regret it now?"
In fact, Governor Du had regretted it a long time ago. When he regretted it, Mr. Zhuang had not yet come into his own and was still working as a teacher in Luojiang County.
After Zhuang Xun left, he quickly recruited another master for himself. This one suited him and Mrs. Du very well. He was very pleasant in speaking and doing things, but his ability to handle official duties was worse than Zhuang Xun's.
A little bit.
But that doesn't matter, the flaws don't cover up the good qualities.
His assessment was average that year, and inferior the next year...
When the performance evaluation was completed, Governor Du was shocked to realize the difference in ability between the new master and Zhuang Xun. He finally became a little unhappy, so he continued to look for useful staff.
He hired two more aides, thinking that three cobblers would be better than one Zhuge Liang, right?
As a result, they fought for power and profit, and incited Mrs. Du and other wives and concubines in the backyard to become distraught and began to fight with each other.
So today Mrs. Du took the money from her employer and wanted to make decisions for him, and tomorrow the concubine took money from the Xi family and blew the pillow wind in Governor Du's ears...
Du Cishi's family background was not bad, but it was not enough to be able to cover the sky with one hand. It happened that at that time, there was a fierce fight between the princes in the court, and there was no place to spread the anger, so the emperor grabbed a handful of officials and directly sent Du Cishi and others to justice.
This group of people was treated as a typical example.
After dismissal and investigation, his property was confiscated and sent back to his hometown. Of course, the property at home is still there and his life is not bad, but...
He lost all face and dignity, which made the power-loving Governor Du feel like his heart was on fire. He regretted it at that time. He couldn't help but complain to his wife every day, "If you hadn't driven away Zhuang Xun, how would the family be in trouble?"
Made such a big mistake?"
So much so that he couldn't even look down on his son, "If you don't succeed enough but fail more than you can do, your son won't help me win over the staff. It would be better for you to waste talents. It's really a bastard who sells his father's land and doesn't feel bad."
Mrs. Du would not stand and let him scold her. She said, "You didn't stop me at that time. You wanted to drive people away. What did you do to me?"
The couple had a big quarrel, but they refused to give up the opportunity to make a comeback, so Governor Du sought an official position whenever he could. For more than ten years, they spent a lot of money, but could not get any official position.
The emperor often used officials with stains. Those who were dismissed from office due to various reasons such as corruption, dereliction of duty, cruelty, etc., after a few years, as long as they seriously ask for an official position, the emperor will most likely agree.
But those people all have merits. They have either made great achievements, and the emperor turned a blind eye because their merits and demerits are equal; or they have outstanding talents. Although they have made mistakes, as long as they make good use of them,
Yes, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
But Governor Du did neither. He had neither achievements nor talents. How could the emperor forget his mistakes?