Everyone hopes to raise his son to be smart. I have been fooled by cleverness all my life.

I hope that my child will be foolish and carefree, and that he will be able to come to the palace without any trouble.

Appreciation of Wang Anshi’s second dismissal as prime minister in the ninth year of Xining (1076), Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the New Law Movement gradually changed. The later New Law School used the implementation of the New Law as an excuse to speculate and fight for power. A large number of plunders have made the people unbearable and social conflicts have become increasingly acute. At the same time, these fake New Legalists are headed by Cai Que (readers should know this Cai Que, he is the first in "History of the Song Dynasty? Biography of Traitors") "The Story of the Eastern Capital" says that he used imprisonment to seize his position, which shows his vicious intentions) and An Tao, Pu Zongmeng, Zeng Bu, Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Huang Lu, Wu Juhou, Shu Yu and others. Form a "pro-party". In order to consolidate their power, greater politics are brewing against the old faction that has been squeezed out. Sima Guang, the leader of the old school, retreated to Luoyang and never talked about government affairs. Su Shi's poem "Sima Junshi's Solitary Paradise" said: "Mr. Fuzhangxiao, has become mute in recent years." This is enough to explain Sima Guang's attitude towards government affairs at that time. Sima Guang had no chance to take advantage of him, so he had to settle for the next best thing. Among the old school, Dongpo, with his frank personality, was "like a fly on food, he would not be happy if he did not vomit" when he saw injustice. Criticism of the government is the most intense, so more leverage falls into the hands of people who are pro-party. In May of the second year of Emperor Shenzong's Yuanfeng year, Wuzi started to launch a general attack on Su Shi, focusing on admonishing the right minister Quan Yushi, Zhongchengzhi Academy, Sinong Temple, and Cai Que, the chief minister, on political affairs. Later, there was the "Wutai Poetry Case" occurrence.

This group of people who are close to the party, confusing right and wrong, want nothing more than to put Su Shi to death, and use this to kill all the old party members in one fell swoop to protect his power and position. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager told Shenzong not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and Shenzong also felt sorry for Su Shi's talent. Although Li Ding and others wanted to put them in a certain place of death, Emperor Shenzong still issued a handwritten edict to appoint Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Water Resources and the Minister of Inspection, to serve as deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian, to resettle on Honshu Island, and he was not allowed to sign official documents. According to the "Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", Su Shi's case was extremely involved. Jiangzhou regiment training envoy and Prince Consort Wang Shenzhui stopped the two officials. Zuo Lang signed a letter and Yingtianfu judge Su Zhe supervised the Junzhou salt and wine tax. Zhengzi Wang Gong supervised the Binzhou salt and wine tax. Zhang Fangping, the prince's junior teacher, and Li Qingchen, who knew the imperial edict A fine of thirty kilograms of copper was imposed on Sima Guang, the bachelor of Duanming Palace, Zhishi Fanzhen, the minister of household affairs, Qian Zao, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, Chen Xiang, the magistrate of East Courtyard, Liu Yun, the transfer envoy of Jingdong, Li Chang, the prisoner of Huainan West Road, Zhi Fuzhou Sun Jue, Zhi Bozhou Zeng Gong, Zhi Hezhong Prefecture Wang Fen, Zhi Zong Zheng Cheng Liu Zhi, Zhi Zuo Lang Huang Tingjian, Wei Wei Si Cheng Qi Bingdao, Zhi Wu Guan, Zhi Kaocheng County Sheng Qiao, Zhi Teng County Wang Anshang , Yueqing County Magistrate Zhou Ping, Renhe County Salt Tax Supervisor Du Zifang, Chanzhou Liquor Tax Supervisor Yan Fu, and selectors Chen Gui and Qian Shixiong were each fined twenty kilograms of copper. It can be said that even the most honorable men were implicated and punished.

At the age of forty-five, Su Shi was demoted to an idle official in Huangzhou as a deputy envoy. This demotion lasted for five years. Su Shi first lived in Dinghuiyuan in Huangzhou, and later moved to Lingao Pavilion. He was content with his demoted residence, eating vegetables with the monks. When he had time, he would bathe in the village and temple, find streams and valleys, fish and collect herbs, and find his own comfort. Sometimes he would follow a small boat on the river, wandering among the mountains and rivers, among fishermen and woodcutters, and would often be pushed down by drunken men, and even cursed at him. Its fun.

Su Shi's most proud life in Huangzhou was probably his relationship with Chaoyun. Chaoyun came back in September of the seventh year of Xining (1074), when he was twelve years old. In the sixth year of Feng Feng (1083), she was twenty-one years old. She became Dongpo's concubine and was deeply favored by Dongpo. On September 27, the sixth year of Yuanfeng, Dongpo escaped with Chao Yunzi. His nickname was Qian'er, and he was handsome and handsome. Dongpo was delighted because he wrote the poem "Xi'er".

The first line of the poem is "Everyone hopes to be smart when raising a child." Everyone hopes to be smart when giving birth to a child. But what are the benefits of being smart? "My life has been misled by my cleverness." Because of my cleverness, I was jealous, suppressed, and framed. When I was nearly fifty years old, I was still demoted to Huangzhou. It is still unknown when I will be pardoned. It can be said that I have been mistaken for a lifetime by my wisdom. "I hope my child will be foolish and rude." Stupid means ignorance, stupidity, ignorance, and rude means slow, clumsy, and slow to react. I just hope that my son will be stupid and slow, and "come to the throne without any disaster." There will be no disaster or misfortune, and he will be a good official. In fact, this is ironic, because the current ministers and prime ministers are all people who only want to maintain their power and have no ability to govern the country. "A Brief History of the Eastern Capital? The Chronicles of Shenzong": "In the summer of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, in April, Guichou changed the official system, with Wang Gui as the left servant of the minister and the minister of the family, Cai Que, the right servant of the minister and the minister of the middle school, and the minister of Zhang Dun. , Zhang Hong was changed to the Minister of Zhongshu, Puzong Meng Shangshu Zuocheng, Wang Anli Shangshu Youcheng. "It can be seen that the ministers in the Yuanfeng period were all people with mediocre talents. It was inevitable that Dongpo would cry out. Lin Yutang's "The Biography of Su Dongpo" said in the chapter "The Way of Self-Retreat": "The political rules of the East and the West are exactly the same, and those who climb to the top must be mediocre." This is absolutely true. Because as a high-ranking official, it is best not to take any responsibilities. It is not necessary to affirm or deny things. It is not advisable to be ambiguous in your opinions and to be vague in your words. This will always be detrimental. When you are a high-ranking official, you must be particularly careful not to offend others casually, and you must give more small favors to others. But Su Dongpo was not such a person. He could not strictly abide by the rules for success in being a high official, so he was ruthlessly attacked and displaced. Therefore, he said, "I hope my child will be foolish and reckless, and he will be able to reach the officialdom without any disaster." There was a cry of injustice. Zha Shenxing's "Supplementary Notes on Dongpo's Chronological Poems" said: "There is a sense of cynicality and vulgarity in the poem.

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