After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

The camp at Shilipo was closed in the morning fog.

Accompanied by bursts of barking, the team set off again.

Qiu Balou stayed in the team, as did Hua Manting, Wei Xuanmo and Xiaodao.

On one of the carriages, Qiu Balou was invited to ride with Hua Manting and Wei Xuanmo.

Because Hua Manting and Qiu Balou's teacher Qiu Chen had a close relationship, and Wei Xuanmo and Qiu Chen were both from Yue and had frequent contacts in Sifeng City, Kyoto of Yue State.

The fog outside the carriage had not dissipated, and it was very cold. However, Hua Manting opened the curtains of the carriage again.

Although the team did not move too fast, the chill still drifted in. Wei Xuanmo looked at Hua Man Ting and took a blanket to cover his knees.

He glanced at Hua Manting and his eyes fell on Qiu Balou's face.

"Last night you said Mr. Qiu would also come to Kyoto... In the blink of an eye, I haven't seen him for more than thirty years."

"He served in the Privy Council, and the work was extremely dangerous. I thought... I thought he had died for his country. After hearing what you said, I am in good health!"

Wei Xuanmo took a deep breath and looked out the window at the thick fog, with a trace of worry on his old face.

"Although it is a place like the Privy Council where you are doing things for the country, I don't like it."

"Everything they do is in darkness. They cannot wait for the elegant hall and never see the blue sky."

"Similar to the Imperial City Department of Ning State and the Imperial Office of Wu State, I thought they were all yamen left over from the Dali Empire and should not have existed!"

He withdrew his gaze, suddenly shook his head, smiled, and sighed again:

"Hey...the emperor likes it."

"Emperors of all dynasties over the past thousand years have loved it!"

"It is said that these are the eyes and ears, through which one can know the affairs of the world."

"It seems to make some sense."

"But I think that the emperor only uses them to understand the thoughts and trends of the people and officials in the world!"

"In the end, its purpose is to prevent people from rebelling."

"Because I have carefully observed and thought over the years, and I have not found that the emperor has brought much benefit to the people of the world through such yamen."

"Disasters in various places are reported to the governments of various places. Thank God that their intelligence agencies can take on the responsibility of monitoring!"

"If you collude with local officials, deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, and covet the disaster relief items... the harm will be worse than that of a tiger!"

Hua Manting stroked her long beard and laughed:

"This morning, the air is so fresh, but you are full of complaints. This is not good!"

"When we are at our age, we don't have to worry about those trivial things."

“Since it exists and has existed for so many years, there must be a reason for it.”

"A yamen like this is essentially a tool, no different from other yamen, it just depends on how to use it!"

"If the emperor has darkness in his heart, then such a yamen will inevitably act in darkness and do those things that are just for the taking."

"But what if the emperor's heart is towards the sun?"

"They can only walk under the sun!"

"I believe that as long as you are human, you will have both good and evil sides in your heart."

"The evil of the common people only harms the whole town, but if officials do evil, it will harm a whole place!"

"At this time, if the Imperial City Secretary takes up the responsibility of supervision and puts a knife on the heads of those officials..."

"For the sake of the black gauze hat and the head on their neck, they will restrain their evil and show their good side."

"In this way, only when officials serve the people and not for wealth can the country be prosperous!"

Wei Xuanmo looked at Hua Manting with his old eyes without blinking for five breaths, then grinned:

"But human nature is selfish!"

"I do not deny that some scholars have the belief to serve the country, but after ten years of hard work as an official, and after becoming an official... human nature is extremely complicated."

"If you look closely at history for thousands of years, how many people can truly be remembered for centuries?"

"Even in prosperous times, there are still many pigs and dogs."

Wei Xuanmo waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this anymore, because there is no conclusion."

"It's a good thing that Qiu Chen left the Privy Council, and it's also his wisdom."

"The first reason should be the unforgettable love between him and the eldest princess." "Secondly... maybe he has seen through the darkness of the Privy Council, or maybe the Privy Council needs to spy on Wu's intelligence, but the eldest princess is The eldest princess of Wu Kingdom."

"For the eldest princess Wu Wen, he had to make a choice, so he chose love and gave up his job, and then became the dean of White Deer Academy in Wu State... In fact, this was his ideal."

After saying this, Wei Xuanmo looked at Qiu Balou again curiously and asked:

"Since you are his student, there must be no problem in learning."

"You are from Wu. If you serve Wu with your talents and knowledge, you will definitely be reused. Why did you come to Ning?"

"Is this what Mr. Qiu meant?"

Qiu Balou shook his head and said with a smile:

"This is the intention of the junior."

Wei Xuanmo asked again:

"Are you not optimistic about Wu Guozhi's future?"

"Not at all."

"why?"

"When I was at White Deer Academy, the teacher liked poetry in his spare time. Li Chenan's poetry was introduced to Wu State. The teacher liked it very much when he saw it. He said that his talent is not only the poetry immortal of Ning Kingdom, but also unprecedented in the world!"

"Later he became the regent of Ning State, reformed tax laws, and introduced strategies to boost industry and commerce to Wu State. The teacher did not mention the pros and cons, but the younger generation thought it was a good strategy for the country and the people."

"From then on, the younger generation began to understand him."

"Then I had some contact with him and talked a lot with him along the way. This junior became more and more determined to follow him!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Manting grinned and looked at Wei Xuanmo:

"If you can't believe my son-in-law... you old guy is blind!"

Wei Xuanmo glared at Hua Manting, but asked Qiu Balou:

"Then what kind of thoughts of his touched you?"

Qiu Balou pondered for three breaths and said slowly:

"The younger generation has never seen a high-ranking person sitting, chatting with, and even eating with an old farmer in the field!"

"That's not pretending!"

"He doesn't have to show off!"

"Stature is something that many people regard as extremely important, but he said... all people are created equal!"

"No one is more noble than anyone else. In fact, everyone in the imperial court is supported by the common people!"

"Food and clothing parents!"

"He said that in fact, the common people in the world are the parents of officials, but the sons of these parents are not very filial."

"At that moment, my heart was shocked."

"Later on, along the way, the younger generation was impressed by many of his ideas, such as..."

"Just like the special yamen such as the Imperial City Department, the Privy Council, and the Privy Council mentioned by the two seniors just now."

"What he said is similar to Hua Lao, but more radical than Hua Lao's words."

Hua Manting stroked her long beard again and asked:

"What did he say?"

"He said that if life and death were left to a coffin seller, then no one in the world would survive!"

"If you give the right to rain to umbrella sellers, there will never be sunny days."

"He said that absolute power will lead to absolute corruption!"

"So put power in a cage!"

"Don't try to test anyone's humanity. The essence of human nature is greed!"

In the thoughtful eyes of Hua Manting and Wei Xuanmo, Qiu Balou said a few more words:

"He also said... the same goes for imperial power!"

"Imperial power needs to be locked in a cage!"

"Because of a ridiculous emperor, he will harm the people of the entire country!" (End of this chapter)