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Chapter 389: The Road to Demotion

Dongpo Academy faces northeast and faces southwest. The buildings in the courtyard are arranged on three axes. The main buildings are arranged on the central axis, which are the head gate, the wine-making pavilion, the wine-making hall, the main hall, the east and west verandahs, and the east axis. The Qinshuai Hall and the west axis are lined with exhibition halls. A wall is built around the academy, and a protective signboard is erected in front of the first door. It was the place where Su Dongpo gave lectures to fellow students during his stay in Dan.

The Zaijiatang, East Verandah, West Veranda and Dongpo Temple on the central axis form the central courtyard of the entire academy. On the east and west sides are two secondary axes, called the West Garden and the East Garden respectively.

The two bought tickets for 20 yuan and entered through the gate. Taking the Jiujiu Pavilion, Jiujiu Hall and Dongpo Temple as the axis, the space gradually expanded until they reached the Dongpo Temple at the end. The composition was regular and geometric, with both sides of the main axis. Completely symmetrical, one can feel the solemnity and solemnity of the academy.

The wine-carrying pavilion is a structure with double eaves on the top of the mountain, octagonal eaves, and two floors. The upper floor has four corners and the lower floor has octagonal corners. The corners are staggered and each corner is tilted up, as if it is about to fly. There are 12 columns in the pavilion, one at each of the four corners. There are three roots in each corner, and the three roots are different from each other. In addition to the plaques and couplets, the pavilion also depicts Su Dongpo's life scenes during his three years in Dan. In the middle of the hall are the portraits of Su Dongpo, Su Guo, Li Ziyun and other figures. The statue has pentacles on the left and right sides.

Dongpo Temple is one of the core buildings. It is mainly made of wooden structure, with white roof and red door. The overall atmosphere is solemn. Dongpo Temple is naturally dedicated to Su Shi, as well as his sons Su Guo and Li Ziyun. The main hall is dedicated to Dongpo's poetry, calligraphy and paintings. The room mainly displays the portraits of Dongpo's lectures, rubbings of Dongpo's calligraphy and paintings, various modern published works of Su Shi, and monographs on the study of Su Shi at home and abroad.

Seeing this, the two of them were actually a little regretful. This was really too simple, but it was no wonder that Mr. Dongpo was in his 60s and had only stayed here for three years, and it had been a thousand years.

But what was eye-catching was that I actually met a commentator here. Her cadence of voice sounded very professional, so I went to listen.

This person happened to talk about Dongpo being demoted to Hainan, and some people were discussing the reasons for his demotion. Well, this is another technology tree.

Su Shi was not only the most accomplished writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, his poetry and prose reached the highest peak of that era, occupying an important position in the history of Chinese literature. He was also a famous calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. He had great influence on music, medicine, epigraphy, health science, and water conservancy. He is also very talented in engineering and other sciences.

However, Master Su had many bad lucks in his life and was repeatedly demoted in his official career. What was the reason?

It should be said that Su Shi's youth was very smooth. He was educated and influenced by his father Su Xun since he was a child, and he showed extremely high literary talent.

When he was 21 years old, he and his younger brother Su Che followed their father to Bianjing to take the exam. The two brothers won Jinshi in the same subject and were highly regarded by the chief examiner Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu was a talented person. Although he was a high-ranking official, he was also good at prose. The writing is fluent and elegant, but never arrogant.

At that time, Gan culture was very splendid. In the hilly area of ​​Jiangxi, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides and a river on one side, a large number of literati came into being and became prime ministers, occupying many important official positions. They multiplied until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and became a long-lasting culture. For nearly 700 years, it has become a popular topic among Jiangxi people who are currently economically backward.

Su Shi was from Meishan, Sichuan, and had no friendship with the examiner Ouyang. Why was he repeatedly looked after?First, he was recommended to take the system examination and was admitted, and then he was recommended everywhere for Su Shi, who only served as a judge in Fengxiang Prefecture of Dali. It can be said that he worked hard until he was recommended to Wang Anshi, the prime minister at that time.

As Ouyang Xiu's township party member Wang Anshi, although his literary talent was not as good as Ou Weng's, he had great talent for governing the country.

Wang and Ou's hometowns are less than a hundred miles apart in Jiangxi, and they were both Jinshi and became officials, but they took different paths in life.After Ouyang Xiu became an official, he still engaged in cultural matters. He neither worshiped the prime minister nor became a provincial-level local official. It can be said that Ouyang focused on cultural matters, so he was not a high-ranking official throughout his life but had a good reputation. There have been no major political risks.

However, after Wang became an official, although he served as a local official for more than [-] years, he finally squeezed into the pinnacle of power and became prime minister. Of course, he was eventually demoted and suffered the hardships of political struggle.

Strictly speaking, Ouyang Xiu is Wang Anshi's teacher.

When Wang was young, his literary talent was also outstanding, and he was highly appreciated by Ouyang Xiu, who was already an official and had become a king.

When Wang was a Jinshi in his twenties, he had been serving as a local official. He changed his writing to engage in politics. He no longer wrote romantic prose, but changed to write political articles on state governance. However, he was suffering from the lack of support in the court at that time. Wang was a local official. Although the official has outstanding political achievements, he has not had the opportunity to be promoted to the core of central power for more than [-] years.

It was Ouyang Xiu who discovered Wang's talent for political reform, and it was Ouyang Xiu who recommended it to the then Emperor Shenzong that enabled Wang to finally reach the pinnacle of power through his own level and hard work.

Wang Anshi's political ambition and governing philosophy were to get rid of old habits and implement new laws. However, like any reform in history, Wang Anshi's New Deal encountered strong resistance from the conservative faction.

The opposition party headed by Sima Guang not only received the support of Empress Dowager Gao, but also had many capable officers.

Wang Anshi's reformist front was in urgent need of a large number of young and capable cadres to join him. During this troubled period, Ouyang Xiu recommended the young and promising Su Shi. Wang Anshi also liked Su Shi very much after meeting him.

Wang believed that: First, as a young cadre at this time, Su Shi's talents were already well-known throughout the world. Being able to include such famous young talents would show the magnanimity and power of the reformists; secondly, Su Shi was also recommended by his mentor and fellow villagers. People with reliable character do not need to be on guard; thirdly, Su Shi was a famous talent in the world at that time, and Wang was also a famous writer when he was young. In his leisure time, he could recite poems and lyrics with Su to realize his literary dream.So, Su Dongpo was included in his team without saying a word.

Of course, there are many anecdotes about the two men's discussion of poetry and prose in history books and unofficial history. For example, "the moon is barking in the sky, five dogs are lying in the heart" and other anecdotes and allusions, which will not be mentioned here.

It should be said that Wang was very happy about Su's arrival.In the early days, the relationship between Wang and Su was also very harmonious.However, after all, Su was just a famous scholar. Although he thought he was talented and capable of governing the country, in fact, Su was just an official who had just entered the officialdom. He did not understand so many political struggles. As a literary talent, Su Shi even though he wrote prose The writing is very good, but the political government and practical reform capabilities are still lacking a lot. His ideas, handling of interpersonal relationships, and execution ability are still very naive.

As a result, Su Shi had a conflict with Wang Anshi shortly after joining.

The difference between Su and Wang did not lie in the purpose of reform, but in the means and steps of reform.

When Su was a local magistrate, he saw many shortcomings in the implementation of the new law, so he proposed it to the king, but the king thought it was naive and was not adopted.

Su Shi, a literati who understood the ways of political struggle and officialdom, saw that his opinions were not adopted by his superiors, so he felt that he had lost face and became unhappy, so he started to complain a lot, and these complaints were caused by Sima Guang very much. needs.

Su advocated reform and did not agree with the stubborn views of the conservatives. The basic goals of Su and Wang were the same. However, Su Shi complained about the grievances he suffered in the Wang camp and the shortcomings or shortcomings in the implementation of the New Deal. No matter the occasion, no matter the time, no matter the object, there is no officialdom in the city, especially when he often drinks tea and complains with conservative people. This kind of compliant attitude between the old and the new parties naturally determines his The tragic fate of a bumpy career.

What's even more terrible is Su Shi's literati style.

The literary master Su Dongpo wrote a poem about his dissatisfaction with the New Deal and published it, which caused huge repercussions in society. It affected the New Deal arrogance of the reformists to a certain extent and aroused public anger among the reformers.

The sad thing is that Su Shi did not intend to stand on the side of conservatives. Everything he did was due to the temperament of a cultural man. After reading Su Shi's works, a large number of admirers naturally wanted to criticize the reformists. For a while, social discussion turned to Conservative leaning.

What Su Shi did made Wang Anshi and other reformists sad and angry. Therefore, a large number of censors who supported the reform wrote to the emperor to impeach Su Shi.

You must know that although Wang Anshi's reforms were initiated by reformers, they were issued based on the emperor's will after all. Su Shi's attack on the reform was an attack on the emperor. Su's betrayal was not polite. Wang Anshi used the "Wutai Poetry Case" as an excuse to report The emperor arrested Su and imprisoned him. Later, he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian and began his first exile in his life.

Later, Emperor Shenzong, who advocated reform, died in anger. The 10-year-old Zhezong ascended the throne. His grandmother, Queen Mother Gao, listened to the government behind the curtain and appointed Sima Guang as prime minister. The reformists were all expelled and exiled. Su Shi was recalled to the capital and awarded the title of bachelor of Longge, etc. Senior officials gave him important responsibilities.

The experienced Sima Guang appointed Su Shi not because he believed that Su had any talent for governing the country, but because Su was implicated in passing information to the conservatives in the reformist camp and was demoted. Giving him an official position was considered as compensation, and it was also a way to use Su Shi. His fame reflects Sima Guang's political temperament, allowing you to have food and shelter without worries, a car when you go out, and reimbursement for medical treatment. From then on, all you have to do is write some articles praising his virtues.

But Su Shi was an ignorant person. Sima Guang was kind enough to use him, but he didn't appreciate it.

Seeing that Sima Guang abolished the new laws after he came to power, he was unbalanced. He not only yelled and nagged with the new prime minister, but also argued fiercely with him at the meeting, and did not give the leader face. As a result, there was no good fruit to be gained, and Su Shi was exiled again. After being released from Beijing, he was demoted to Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Dingzhou and other places.

Later, the new party came to power again and retaliated and persecuted the conservatives.

Su Shi had already been classified into the opposition camp, and was once again demoted to Huizhou Fang, deputy envoy of the Ningyuan Army. Although Su Shi was famous for his literary talent, politicians from the old and new parties regarded him as an enemy. This is the tragedy of Su Shi's writers. .

In fact, Su Dongpo was not a two-faced person. His political left-right tendency was also due to his temperament and the nature of a cultural person.

Su Shi had unparalleled literary talents and a naturally bold and stubborn personality.He doesn't know the disadvantages of being an educated person in politics, and he can't live up to the sages' self-denial and restoration of rites. He doesn't even know that he's so determined to follow a faction that he doesn't even understand the basic rules of the game in officialdom, so how can he mess around in officialdom?Without a backing in politics, no matter how talented and capable you are, it will be difficult for you to succeed in the officialdom.

What's annoying is that Su Dongpo suffered so many losses in the officialdom and still didn't realize anything. He almost lost his head, but he still couldn't wake up. As a result, he was demoted and had a miserable fate throughout his life.

Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou and lived there for more than three years. He was already in his early sixties. Although his political position was lowered and he had no real power, his living standards were not reduced. Moreover, he was not deprived of his right to write. It had no influence on his life. We don’t pursue the issue any further, so we can be considered tolerant.

Someone had already reported that when Su was in Hangzhou, he took a singing prostitute named Chaoyun as his concubine. This concubine stayed with him for 23 years and stayed with him in Zuoyou, Huizhou. Although the people in power in the court were dissatisfied with Su, they did not pursue him. It is not easy to deal with personal life issues, grab pigtails, and cause an incident in a bathing center.

Literary people, it's not a big deal if a great writer has some romantic affairs. As long as you keep to yourself and don't complain about politics, just turn a blind eye.The original intention of the court was for him to retire in Huizhou for the rest of his life and not to cause trouble. After all, his reputation was at stake. Once something happened, he would be in a dilemma for his superiors. He was so old, and he was always demoted and relegated. Not only was it inconvenient for him to move, but it was also inconvenient for him to relocate. Moreover, it does not look good on those in power, otherwise there will always be people who say that those in power do not value talents and are detrimental to the stability and unity of the political situation.

But Su Shi was restless in writing. Perhaps he was too free and could not help but write poems to express his aspirations.It is said that Master Su wrote a crooked poem "Zong Bi", which angered those in power and was demoted to Hainan again.

The poem goes like this:

The white-headed Xiao is covered with frost and wind, and the rattan bed in the small pavilion has a sick look.

Mr. Reporter is sleeping beautifully in spring, and Taoist is gently hitting the clock.

It was this last sentence that was reported to him and sent to Kyoto. When the prime minister Zhang Dun saw it, he angrily said: "Su Zizhan is still happy?"What's the meaning?

"Su Shi, your poem says that you have nothing to do when you sleep every day. Doesn't that mean that I don't reuse you, that I don't value talents? Who can't understand! Write such a crooked poem to annoy me, since you You are surrounded by blessings and you don’t know how to be blessed. If you are not willing to be so comfortable, then go to the wild Hainan and cancel all political and life benefits. Let’s see how many days you can be happy.”

So, an order came down and Su Shi went to Qiongzhou Prefecture to take up a post.

At this time, Su Shiyan died. The "little secretary" Chaoyun was hit and his health was not good, so he died of illness.When Su Dongpo was in his sixties, his only woman died in his arms, and he was unable to bury her back to his hometown of Hangzhou. In distress and grief, Dongpo buried Chaoyun on a hill in a lake in Huizhou, and buried Chaoyun in his hometown of Hangzhou. West Lake named it, and changed the barren hill to Xiaogushan to express the last persistence of love of an old but affectionate and cultural man, and then left Huizhou.

Therefore, it was against this background that Su Shi embarked on the miserable road of exile in his later years.

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