Chapter 26 Daotong

When it was almost You hour, the sunset hung on the eaves of the Ximing Temple, which was particularly beautiful.

Three or four literati-like men in common clothes were walking on Zhuque Street. One of the middle-aged and rich-faced men was Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture. His surname was Wang and his name was Wang Gao. The other acquaintances were his colleagues or friends.

They had just come out of a gathering for debate on Chinese and foreign affairs in Ximing Temple.

Wang Shaoyin withdrew his gaze from the sunset of Ximing Temple, turned his head and looked at the Little Goose Pagoda faintly in the east. As the sun was approaching dusk, the light and dark light comparison between the east and west seemed to have made him understand some truth, and then lowered his head and pondered for a long time.

The turn of spring and summer is a good season. If it were a peaceful year, it would be a good time for literati and poets to recite poems and essays.

But this year, the so-called debate between China and the barbarians has been hotly discussed.

After the Five Barbarians invaded China, people have discussed this topic from time to time, but since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Han Emperor has continued to grow. Especially when the Central Plains' national strength continued to be strong, people no longer care about such topics and have been unpopular for many years.

Now that people are re-provoked, it is obviously not spontaneous among the gentry, and someone must have operated on it.

Wang Gao said with some regret: I shouldn’t have stood up and said that in full view of the public in Ximing Temple.

He has always advocated the view of etiquette to defend China and the barbarians. Last time he went to warn Xia She, who spoke extremely in the jurisdiction, did it. His expression was a little solemn today, as if he had some difficulties.

A friend next to him disagreed and said: "The summers value etiquette, and the clothes and etiquette are used to argue it, but some people have brought up the arguments of bloodline. Isn't that strange?The ritual theory that Ming Gong said was in line with the national policies of the Tang Dynasty, and we agree with it.The people of the four barbarians have been re-translated and come, and admire the benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trustworthiness of China. Even if they come from a foreign land, they can spread their hearts to the country, so I will not call them the barbarians.The Chinese people are stubborn and virtuous, and have forgotten their benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trustworthiness. Even though they come from China, they will turn their hearts to the barbarians. I will not call them a flower.It’s not just Hua’s name called Hua, but Yi’s name called Yi’s evil?

Another colleague also expressed his support: Those who respect Zhou rituals, rituals, rituals, and the Spring and Autumn Period are the summers.Therefore, China should transform the four barbarians into the world and make them surrender, and if they are conscripted for no reason, they will be unkind and unvirtuous.This method was the national policy of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years. Emperor Taizong came back after attacking unjust and courtesy. He was close to the four barbarians, so the Tang Dynasty did not build the Great Wall and the four directions were settled. At this time, the country would change the national policy without any reason. What was the intention?

Wang Gao sneered and shook his head without saying a word.

At this time, one of them whispered: Could it be that they used the rumor that the theory of bloodline is that the royal family is a Hu person?

Wang Gao's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly stopped him: Brother Zhao, be careful of his words!

The man said disapprovingly: What's the matter? Can we literati and officials still be punished for their words?

Wang Gao looked around and said: Recently, I noticed that someone was monitoring me, so I didn’t want to be too arrogant in normal times. I have become much more cautious in dealing with things. Don’t laugh at me.

People from the Censorate?The young minister of the Ming Gong Jingzhao Prefecture has not been in favor of personal gain, so who will stare at you?

Wang Gao said: Do you know that there is an official in the Prince of Jin’s Palace named “Neichang”?

The others shook their heads and expressed confusion.

Wang Gao explained: Last year, a fight with an official general in Wannian County was met by the King of Jin and was arrested and detained in the mansion. He has not been released yet and there is no news. I sent someone to the Prince's Kingdom to ask for punishment from the prisoners according to the official law, but they refused to deliver it.Later, I learned from my colleagues at Wannian County Pavilion that the prince had an internal factory in China, and it was suspected that there might be a private prison...

The King of Jin was also very brave to set up a prison without considering the law.

What was he afraid of? Someone dared to ask him if he was guilty?

At this moment, Wang Gao found two suspicious strangers across the street, so he gave his colleague a wink.

Several people then turned around and walked into another street next to Zhuque Street, found a tavern and went in.

At this moment, the rumbling drum sounds came to my ears. The children in the shops were used to this sound. It was the sound of the drum sounds that were reported on the city towers, and the sound of the drum sounds proved that it was time for the officials of each yamen to pay the deposit, and the soldiers of each city had to change their guards.

I heard someone shouting in the restaurant: Be cheer up, business is about to get better!

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A few days later, Wang Gao found an anonymous letter while working in Jingzhao Mansion. When he opened it, he saw that someone reported that the clerk around him had accepted bribes.

Wang Gao immediately called the little official into the study and asked questions. Seeing that the little official had been exposed to Shaoyin, he did not dare to make a judgment. He hurriedly knelt down on the ground to defend himself: The little official only collected some money and did not do anything to favoritism and abuse the law.

Wang Gao said seriously: How can there be no money in the world?If someone else gives you something, he will definitely have some intentions and be short of his work. If you find me, then what do you have to say?

The little official said: The people who gave the things were Hu merchants in the Western Regions. Because they had to take care of themselves in the capital, they had to deal with them from many sources. Wannian County, Chang'an County and other places were under the jurisdiction of the Ming Gong. They were troubled by not being able to take the lead. They heard that the young man could speak in front of the Ming Gong, so they gave him some money and just burned incense sticks and did not ask the young man to do anything.Please let me know this time...

Wang Gao was silent for a moment with a stern face. He was really reluctant to punish the clerk, because although this minor official had a low position, he had been with him for many years and was quite skilled in various copywriting tasks.

Wang Gao is also easy to use. If he suddenly changes people, he will definitely be unaccustomed to them. He will be slower in everything.

Besides, the minor officials did not do anything traitorous and evil, they were just greedy for some money. Who wouldn’t take advantage of the loopholes to get some money?

Such small things would be easy to deal with in normal times, but Wang Gao had a bad intuition at this moment, just as he said in front of his colleagues that everything was much more cautious.That's why he hesitated.

Although the clerk kneeling on the ground had a good attitude and was respectful to admit his mistakes, he was not very scared from his expression. He had been in the yamen for many years and was not in vain. Of course, he knew the severity of the matter, and just admitted his mistakes in such matters.

As expected, Wang Gao thought for a while and said: I have paid back the money I received. Write it down in advance, so don’t have another round!

The little official hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and flattered him.

Unexpectedly, the matter was not as light as expected. Soon, the censor impeached Wang Gao for personal gains and concealed the clerk's moral corruption... Such a small matter was actually brought to the Censorate, which was obviously a bit bad.

Soon the palace issued an order to severely punish minor officials who violated the law. Xiao Zhizhong, the Minister of Justice, personally ordered the minor officials to be arrested and imprisoned, and also escalated the bribes for collusion with the Hu people and other crimes. There was no crime of treason, but the minor officials of Pity became victims and were inexplicably sentenced to beheading.

The small character has no resistance at all. The only one who can protect him is the old boss Wang Shaoyin, but Wang Shaoyin himself cannot protect himself. The memorial of the Censorate to impeach him and protect him from the wrongful law is still not approved in the palace.

After thinking about it, Wang Gao easily understood the whole story of this matter. It was not a matter of administration at all, but an excuse.

The so-called "Da" is different and does not work together. His views are contrary to those of the ruling factions in the court, and he failed to keep a low profile, but instead exposed his position in public.Who do you do if they don’t mess with each other?

After Wang Gao figured it out, he thought that he could only read the book and resign.

The court would probably have both kindness and power, and sent him to Luoyang or to become an official without real power in a local yamen. This is how his career is...

Those who were run out of the Chang'an Power Center are probably the reason for this and that, and the literary poets and poets are indispensable.

But what can I do?Being proactive can get out of the way.He was full of unwillingness to accept it, so he could only write his resignation.

After waiting for two more days, the decree was delivered. Wang Gao unexpectedly discovered that he was not demoted, but approved his resignation and asked him to dismiss him and return to his hometown...

The wives, concubines, children in the house must have complaints in their words.

It’s really shameful to return home like this. Wang Gao is only over forty years old and has been in his career for half his life. Do you have to change your career and do something else?

Fortunately, the Wang family still has industries, so they can only return to their hometown to guard those things. Livelihood is not a problem, but their social status is far from each other.

He suddenly became very depressed, and his family rarely said comforting, just thinking that he was a loser.

Just as the wife said: Other officials are living well in Chang'an, but you don't know how to be in a sociable way. You have been slaughtered by others. Where did you go to friends who used to be brothers?

Besides sighing that the world is turbid and I am alone, what else can I do...

He said to his son angrily: Everyone knows the heart of Xue!What is the debate between Chinese and foreigners? A group of people are inciting the theory of bloodlines there, and some people are talking about the royal family's bloodline. What they want to do is not clear at a glance?

My son is not like his wife. As a junior, he has to abide by the ethics of the monarch, minister, father and son, so he naturally does not dare to argue with his father, so he has to listen and complain.

After a while, his son finally couldn't help but say: "You are no longer an official. Let's go back to your hometown to farm and study together, don't worry about the affairs of the temple, so as not to cause trouble."

Wang Gao was angry with his wife and relatives at home these days, and said angrily in a bad mood: What else can happen?I have the aptitude to kill all scholars in the world!

No matter how much he complained, the Ministry of Personnel had removed his official registration from Chang'an within a specified period of time, and their family had to pack up their things and hire cars and horses to move.

Before leaving, the new Jingzhao Prefecture Young Master Zhou Bin suddenly sent someone to tell me that there was something wrong with the file and Wang Gao had to hand over it clearly before he could leave.

Wang Gao had no choice but to ask his family to go first and leave a few slaves to take care of their daily life to go to Jingzhao Mansion to hand over the business.