The great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty was called Taibai. He traveled all over the famous places, made many famous people, and when he was forty-two years old, he came to Chang'an, the capital at that time.
As soon as Li Taibai walked into Chang'an City, he was met by a group of officials, and the followers behind him were still carrying cages in their hands.
The gang of officials went on a rampage, and the common people avoided them when they saw them. Li Taibai felt strange, so he inquired about an old man, and the old man saw that Li Taibai was not like a local, so he sighed and told him.
Li Taibai had already heard about the absurdity of Tang Xuanzong and the princes and ministers, and now that he had seen the phenomenon of black smoke and miasma in the capital, he was determined to find an opportunity to display his ambitions and rectify the corrupt state affairs.
In the evening, Li Taibai stayed in an inn, because he happily traveled to places of interest and historic sites in his life, so he asked the shopkeeper about some famous places outside Chang'an City.
The next day, Li Taibai went to Ziji Palace for a tour, where he met He Zhizhang, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, because they had long admired each other, and they became confidants at first sight.
He Zhizhang invited Li Taibai to a nearby hotel at that time, and found two cleaner seats near the window of the building and sat downHe casually untied the little golden turtle he was wearing, changed the wine and drank with Li Taibai.
The two talked very speculatively, and He Zhizhang invited Li Taibai to live in his house and chant poetry and drink together every day. One day, He Zhizhang persuaded Li Taibai to take the exam, but Li Taibai was afraid of being wronged by the examiner and was reluctant to go.
He Zhizhang admired Li Taibai's talent very much, and felt that it was a pity that he didn't go to the exam, so he repeatedly persuaded him to give it a try, and because he knew the examiner this year, he decided to ask them in advance on behalf of Li Taibai.
Although Li Taibai was only ambitious, he was reluctant to plead with the examiner in advance, but he felt that He Zhizhang was kind, and he only asked them to take people based on their measurements, not to bribe, so it was inconvenient to disobey. He Zhizhang wrote a letter and sent someone to send it.
Taishi Yang Guozhong is the elder brother of Yang Guifei, and Taiwei Gaolishi is the emperor's confidant eunuch, both of whom have great power and are greedy for money;After reading He Zhizhang's letter, he sneered, but decided not to take Li Taibai.
On the day of the exam, Li Taibai looked at the exam questions, didn't think about it, and did all the test questions in a short time. I read it again and felt very satisfied, so I was the first to hand in the paper.
Yang Guozhong saw Li Taibai's name on the volume, and he didn't read the content of the article, so he picked up the pen and criticized it indiscriminately. Li Taibai couldn't bear it, so he mocked him a few words.
Yang Guozhong couldn't imagine that Li Taibai would dare to confront him in person, and his face was red with embarrassment for a while. Then he became angry and ordered Li Taibai to drive out, and he scolded sharply in his mouth, and Gao Lishi also echoed on the side.
Li Taibai was criticized by them, and he was humiliated, angry and angry. When he returned, he told He Zhizhang, who repeatedly comforted him, but his anger could not be quelled.
Since then, he has been drinking and writing poems with He Zhizhang all day long, playing the piano and dancing swords, and has also met many famous scholars such as Cui Zongzhi, Li Shizhi, Su Jin, and Zhang Xu.
One day, an envoy arrived with a national letter, and Xuanzong hurriedly sent someone to summon He Zhizhang and asked him to accompany the envoy. The next morning, Xuanzong came to the court, and the envoy presented the national letter, and after Xuanzong took the book, he ordered him to rest in the pavilion and wait for the reply.
After the envoy withdrew, Xuanzong ordered the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy to read out the book of Fanbang, He Zhizhang opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned, it was full of strange texts, and he didn't know a word.
The scholars of the Hanlin Academy took turns to read it, but none of them knew it. Xuanzong asked the two classes of civil and military ministers again, who could read the book, and those ministers looked at each other and couldn't make a sound.
Yang Guozhong has always boasted of his talent and knowledge, and Xuanzong thought that he must know the text, so he ordered him to read it;Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong had long been worried that it would be his turn, and when he heard that he was really announced, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, just trembling.
Xuanzong saw that no one in the Manchu Dynasty could recognize Fanshu, and he would definitely be ridiculed by Fanbang, and even make a big move to violate the border. Furious in his heart, he scolded the ministers, and withdrew into the inner sanctum with a flick of his sleeves.
The civil and military officials knelt in the hall, and they didn't even dare to make a sound. After a while, the Xuanzong faction's internal servants issued a decree: if no one reads the book within three days, they will all be reduced and demoted.
He Zhizhang returned home sullenly and told Li Taibai about it. Li Taibai smiled and said: l It's a pity that I didn't pass the exam at that time, and now I can't contribute to the country!He Zhizhang was pleasantly surprised when he heard his tone.
The next day, He Zhizhang told Xuanzong that he had a very learned friend Xiang Taibai, and that this person was indispensable if he wanted to recognize Fanshu.
Li Taibai's poems were already very famous at that time, and Xuanzong had also read his poems, and when he heard that he could still read the text, he was overjoyed, so he ordered the inner servants to summon him to the court.
Who knew that the waiter went twice, but Li Taibai couldn't refuse. He Zhizhang also said that Li Taibai was arrogant and had been humiliated by the examiner, and he must be hired this time before he would take over the edict.
It turned out that Xiang Taibai refused to accept the edict because Xuanzong did not respect him enough, in fact, he really wanted to contribute to the country and stretch his talents;Therefore, when He Zhizhang came to announce the edict, he happily followed him to the court.
Li Taibai went to the pilgrimage to meet Xuanzong, and Xuanzong respected him very much. Yang Guozhong and Gao Lishi didn't expect that Li Taibai would suddenly be favored by Xuanzong, they were shocked and amazed, and they secretly hoped that Li Taibai would not know the text, so they could call their hearts.
Who knew that Li Taibai took the book, read it at that time, and explained it to Xuanzong. It turned out that Fanbang found out about the corruption of the Chinese government, so he took the opportunity to send envoys to write a letter and make unreasonable demands.
When Xuanzong heard this, he was shocked and angry, so he discussed with the ministers how to deal with Fanbang. Unexpectedly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were like clay sculptures and wood carvings, and they were all speechless.
At this time, He Zhizhang started to play again, Li Taibai is very good, and there must be a clever plan. Xuanzong asked Li Taibai with a pleasant face, Li Taibai answered fluently, and the ministers admired each other, only Yang Guozhong and Gao Lishi were very uncomfortable.
Xuanzong praised Li Taibai's talent again and again, and named him a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy at that time, and then ordered a banquet to be set up on the Golden Palace, feasted the courtiers, and specially asked Li Taibai to sit next to the throne to show respect for him.
The civil and military officials were trembling for fear of losing their manners because they drank with the emperor;Only Li Taibai still drank as usual, drunk, and Xuanzong didn't blame him at all.
In the early morning of the next day, Xuanzong was in the court, and hundreds of civil and military officials had already stood on both sides, and the envoys also came. Only Li Taibai didn't get up because he was drunk last night, and he didn't get up at this time, so Xuanzong sent an attendant to announce him to the palace.
When Li Taibai went to the palace, his eyes were hazy, and his face was still drunk. Xuanzong ordered the waiter to take a bowl of sobering sour fish soup, and used ivory chopsticks to adjust the coolness with his own hands before handing it to Li Taibai.
After Li Taibai drank the fish soup, his spirits perked up, and he immediately held the book and read it aloud. The envoy didn't expect that someone would recognize Fanwen, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
After Li Taibai finished reading the book, Xuanzong ordered to put seven thrones next to the throne, and let Li Taibai draft the letter of state in the palace and restore the state state.
Li Taibai saw Yang Guozhong and Gao Lishi staring at him on the side, with a look of jealousy on his faceI thought that these two villains were in power on weekdays, showing off their might and bullying others, and they just frustrated them today.
Li Taibai asked Xuanzong to polish the ink for him, and Gao Lishi took off his boots for him. Although Xuanzong felt that his request was too excessive and too arrogant, he had to agree to him when he needed his help.
Yang Guozhong and Gao Lishi couldn't imagine that Li Taibai would tease them in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ** in the Golden Palace, and they were ashamed and hateful in their hearts;But he didn't dare to disobey the holy decree, so he had to come over to polish the ink, and the other took off his boots for him.
Li Taibai brushed his beard with his left hand and raised a pen with his right hand, writing without thinking. Yang Guozhong held the inkstone and stood beside him with a face full of shame;Gao Lishi held his boots with a sad face and stood behind Li Taibai.
Li Taibai wrote the book of scaremongering in a while. The book is to the effect that if Fanbang dares to invade, the Tang Dynasty is not afraid, and it is better to persuade the king not to fight. After writing it, it will be handed over to Xuanzong**.
Of course Xuanzong couldn't understand it, Li Taibai explained it again, and all the civil and military officials admired it, and Xuanzong was also very happy. He still told Gao Lishi to put on his boots, and then walked to the front of the palace and read the letter of state in front of the envoy.
The envoy was very surprised to see that Li Taibai not only knew Fanwen, but Xuanzong also sent Yang Taishi and Gao Taiwei to serve him, and when He Zhizhang sent him out, he deliberately exaggerated it, and he was so frightened that he no longer dared to despise China.
After Li Taibai drafted the Book of Scare, He Zhizhang thought that Xuanzong would definitely be able to reuse Li Taibai;Li Taibai himself thought that he could achieve his wish this time, and he told He Zhizhang about his ambitions.
Unexpectedly, although Xuanzong appreciated Li Taibai's knowledge very much, often called him to the palace to play chess and drink, and asked him to compose some poems for fun, but just to add some fun to his palace life, he did not reuse Li Taibai's meaning.
One day, the peony in the palace was in full bloom, Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei enjoyed the flowers in the garden, and they were happy for a while, so they ordered Li Guinian to take a group of female singers to the Agarwood Pavilion to sing and play music.
Li Guinian was the best at singing at that time, he was just about to start singing, Tang Xuanzong suddenly said: To the concubine, appreciate the famous flowers, how can you listen to the old music!He instructed the Year of the Twin Turtles to summon Li Taibai to compose new lyrics.
Li Guinian inquired that Li Taibai had gone to Chang'an Street to eat and drink, so he took a few waiters and rode to the street, and went to various hotels one by one to look for Li Taibai.
Li Guinian searched all the major restaurants, ran sweaty, until he found the door of a small hotel at the end of the street, heard the sound of someone singing wildly in the restaurant, thought it must be Li Taibai, and hurriedly jumped off the horse.
Li Guinian ran to the restaurant to take a look, and sure enough, Li Taibai was drinking alone, and there was a bottle of peach blossoms on the table, which seemed to be drunk, but he was still singing loudly at the flowers and drinking in a big gulp.
Li Guinian asked him to go to the palace to see Tang Xuanzong immediately, and the drinkers next to him were frightened when they heard that there was a holy decreeLi Taibai squinted at Li Guinian with drunken eyes, read a poem vaguely, and fell asleep.
Li Guinian couldn't wake him up, so he was so anxious that he had no choice, so he beckoned down from the window, and immediately came up with several attendants, and helped Li Taibai downstairs with all hands and feet.
When Li Taibai arrived in front of Xuanzong, the wine had not yet woken up;Yang Guifei asked the palace maid to spray cold water on his face, and he came to his senses.
At that time, in front of the emperor, if you get drunk and lose your etiquette, you will be killed. Li Taibai was also a little uneasy when he woke up, but Xuanzong did not offend him and asked him to write a few new lyrics immediately.
Li Taibai was drunk, and in less than a moment, he wrote three new songs in Qingping on the golden flower paper, and Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei read it and praised it
Li Guinian immediately patted the sandalwood board and sang according to the new words, and the female singers played musical instrumentsXuanzong was also happy for a while, picked up the flute and blew it. At this time, Li Taibai leaned on the pillar and fell asleep.
Li Taibai's drunken grass and Tang Xuanzong's favor to him soon spread throughout the capitalYang Guozhong and Gao Lishi hated Li Taibai, and the two discussed several times to try to assassinate him.
Yang Guozhong invited a few ministers who usually had nostrils to come to his home, set up a wine feast and invited them to have a big meal, and gave each of them a lot of expensive gifts, asking them to help and oppose Li Taibai together.
Those ministers also hated Li Taibai for being self-righteous and looked down on them. Prime Minister Li Linfu, the concubine Zhang Yan and several others are willing to contribute to get rid of Li Taibai.
One day, Gao Lishi went to Yang Guifei for something, and Yang Guifei felt lonely when she was idle, so she took out the three new words written by Li Taibai and chanted to relieve her boredom;When Gao Lishi saw it, he suddenly had a plan.
After Yang Guifei finished chanting Li Taibai's words, she couldn't stop praising them. Gao Lishi took the opportunity to speak ill of Li Taibai.
After Gao Lishi asked Yang Guifei to send the palace ladies out, he deliberately said that Li Taibai's sentence "Poor Feiyan leans on new makeup" in Li Taibai's words, and said out of nothing that Li Taibai deliberately humiliated her.
Yang Guifei listened to Gao Lishi's words, and was so angry that she tore those words to shreds at that time. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Colliers was secretly happy in his heart.
Later, Xuanzong wanted to officially crown Li Taibai as an official several times, but was discouraged by Li Linfu, Zhang Yan, Yang Guozhong and others, and even Yang Guifei kept saying that Li Taibai was frivolous;Therefore, Xuanzong gradually became estranged from Li Taibai.
Li Taibai saw that Xuanzong had changed his attitude and knew that someone was slandering him, so he indulged in poetry and wine and didn't want to be an official anymore. Every day, I drink and tour with Cui Zongzhi, He Zhizhang and other eight people, and they are called the "Eight Immortals in Wine".
Although the eight of them have different statuses, they are like-minded with each otherWhenever he was drunk, he attacked the government and those vulgar and incompetent princes and ministers.
Later, Li Taibai became more and more disgusted with that class of ** dirty officials. He couldn't live in this smoky capital anymore, so he resigned.
Xuanzong was also worried that he would not be able to send Li Taibai at that time, and when he saw that he asked to resign and return to his hometown, he really couldn't ask for it, so he approved him. On the day Li Taibai left Chang'an, the eight immortals in the wine all went to the suburbs to say goodbye.
Li Taibai lived in Chang'an for three years and was unable to stretch his talents. In the end, he resolutely left Chang'an and roamed everywhere.