The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Cui Youfu told the reason why Yang Yan was able to live alone in this case of cheating in the imperial examination.It is said that Yang Yan was a hermit when he was young.

Hermits, of course, they don't like to enter the official career through the normal channel of taking the imperial examinations.Later, when he was appreciated by a nobleman in the court, he stepped into the official career and became an official.

As an official born as a hermit, Yang Yan is still very talented, otherwise he would not be considered a hermit.The articles he wrote are very bold and unrestrained, and they are not more condescending than Sima Qian's.And he is especially good at painting, such as landscape painting.

Of course, being versatile, he also likes rhythm very much, and has a high ability to appreciate music. Sometimes he will write a few prose and prose songs for the musicians in the house to play.

Therefore, as a talented person, although Yang Yan is small and treacherous, he has to admit that he is a master in literature.As the grader of the scientific examination, he is also qualified to work with a master of calligraphy and calligraphy like Yan Zhenqing to preside over the marking of the scientific examination.

It is precisely because Yang Yan is very grateful for Yuan Zai's appreciation that he has firmly stood by Yuan Zai's side and supported him for so many years.And Yuan Zai especially appreciates people with literary talents.For example, even in the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, Guo Nuan had trouble with Yuan Zai's confidantes, Qiao Lin, and Yang Yan on the spot, always making trouble for them.But Yuan Zai has always admired Guo Nuan's own thin gold calligraphy and his ability to write good lines in poems.Yuan Zai loves talents in his heart, and has always wanted to recruit Guo Nuan to join his camp.

It is precisely because Yuan Zai cherishes literati and talents, and Yang Yan, as a literati who is versatile in many fields, of course Yuan Zai cherishes it even more.Yuan Zai was implicated in this cheating case, just when Liu Yang was about to step down from the position of prime minister, and the current situation of the court changed.Daizong considered the overall situation, complied with the current situation, and took advantage of the power vacuum of Liu Yan's resignation, and by the way, Yuan Zai also resigned from office.This means that a new cabinet leadership team will be born next.It can be expected that Emperor Daizong wanted to create a new era of governance, and the old officials in charge were no longer suitable for the changes in the political situation.

Therefore, on the surface, Yuan Zai was unlucky, but he fell into the position of favoring and conniving his subordinates, who caused a cover-up charge and lost his prime minister. A new political leadership situation.This time, he was just looking for an opportunity for Yuan Zai to abdicate.

Of course, Yuan Zai's retreat does not mean that his influence in the court is gone.Now he can still speak in front of the emperor.He had pleaded with Emperor Daizong in the case of punishing cheating in the imperial examination. Qiao Lin, he knew that the basket had been caught, and Qiao Lin would definitely be punished.

And Yuan Zai thought that Yang Yan was his confidant and beloved general, so he must help him.Especially considering that Yang Yan has drawn more than a dozen pictures of pine and rock landscapes for him over the years, all of which are rare treasures.Last night, he went to Yuan Zai's mansion and cried, saying that he hadn't received a copper coin from Qiao Lin, and that helping Qiao Lin and his son cheat in the examination institute was just out of friendship.It's really embarrassing to be implicated now.

Yuan Zai thinks it is the same, the cheating case has not been leaked to the ears of the common people outside, how do ordinary people know that the original Gongsheng No. 1 was actually almost stolen by Qiao Yun, the heir of Shaoqing in Dali Temple, and it is not the turn of today's humble scholars What about Li Duan?

Since the inside story of the imperial examination cheating case is only known to the top officials of the imperial court, and it is well concealed, even if the people who cheated for personal gain were cleaned up, the situation would not be aggravated.Well, some of the officials involved in this cheating can still raise their hands to let them breathe.Otherwise, all the officials will be knocked down with one stick, and there will be complaints. In the future, there will be no loyal officials working for the court.Occasionally making mistakes is also forgivable.

In view of the fact that what Yang Yan said was reasonable, the old man Yuan Zai looked at this proud student very pitifully. He was originally a young and middle-aged official with a bright future, and he was also very talented, because this little cheating ruined his bright future. Pity.

So Yuan Zai went to the palace overnight to intercede with Daizong, asking for a lenient punishment for Yang Yan.

At that time, Daizong faced the report submitted by the Ministry of Punishment, which involved more than [-] officials, and all of them held very important and key positions in the bureaucracy of various institutions of the imperial court.This is because the cheating case has changed a lot all of a sudden, and there is no way to immediately recruit new people to fill the vacancy.Newcomers are not familiar with the institutional business, so it is inevitable that they will not be able to take the lead.At that time, the government will be paralyzed, and no one with effective and experienced command will suffer a lot.

Of course, Yuan Zai was still thinking about letting the emperor go online.He asked Yang Yan to take out the picture scroll of flowers, birds, mountains, rivers, mountains, rivers, the world, riches and honor that was treasured at home overnight.This is Yang Yan's private collection. Five years ago, he spent half a year living in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests and painstakingly painted a peerless and rare painting.It is treasured at home and no one is willing to give it away.

Even when Yuan Zai was invited to Yang Yan's home to appreciate this painting, he still admired it repeatedly. The artistic value of this painting is worth as much as the value of the dozen or so paintings Yang Yan gave him.Yang Yan said that he prepared this painting for his descendants.To be passed down as a family heirloom.

Now Yuan Zai asks Yang Yan to give this precious pimple to the emperor in order to keep his official position.When I heard Yuan Zai's request in the imperial study room and was still a little hesitant, I saw Yuan Zai gritted his teeth with a heartache, reluctant to take out a scroll of scrolls from his back and put it on the desk.

Daizong unfolded the painting scroll, even though there are many works of master painters from previous dynasties in the royal private collection, seeing this exquisite landscape painting painted by Yang Yan, Daizong's eyes straightened immediately.

With all the money, Yang Yan's official position was of course preserved.It is said that Daizong felt that the masterminds of the cheating case, Mr. Qiao and his son, had already been dispatched to Xinjiang to shepherd sheep. The rest of the officials also fined their salaries, mortgaged their houses, and sold their private land. , This case has almost been explained to everyone.As for Yang Yan, he is quite sensible. He was supposed to be relegated to a remote place to become a magistrate, but now he has this good painting.Daizong discovered the value of Yang Yan for the first time.

"Come on, since Yang Yan has such superb attainments in the field of painting, let him manage the chief manager of the palace collection workshop."

Daizong felt that talents should be used to the best of their ability, and Yang Yan was not suitable to be the head of the Examination Institute, so he was sent to the Royal Treasury, which is a fat job.Yuan Zai felt that the emperor was very interesting.He chuckled, stepped back respectfully and hurriedly told Yang Yan the news.

This time Yang Yan was downgraded from a fourth-rank official to a fifth-rank official. Although the official rank is small, the most important thing is that it is a real difference.It's a rare find to be a director of a very rich institution.So Yang Yan secretly hid at home in the past few days, laughing happily and giggling.Unexpectedly, it was a blessing in disguise.

Now that Guo Nuan heard the news about Cui Youfu, he was a little speechless.This Yang Yan is rich and famous.However, the people of Yuan Zai Group were more or less implicated in this cheating case.So he is also very satisfied.

After sending Master Cui away, the craftsman contractor who just built the glass greenhouse at the back of the mountain came to report, saying that the greenhouse shed had just been heated, the stream water had been introduced, and colorful translucent glass sheets had been laid on the shed shelf. When the work is completed, please check and accept it with Guo Nuan.

Guo Nuan was happy, he didn't expect the progress of this greenhouse to be quite fast.In a blink of an eye, I just finished the imperial examination case, and this is a good thing again.

Guo Nuan immediately asked Sheng Ping's wife to go to the back mountain to see it.Sure enough, on the low-lying terrain of the valley, five oval-shaped greenhouse houses have been built. From a distance, they look like turtle shells, which produce strange halo colors under the sunlight.At first glance, I thought it was a rainbow descending to earth.

The area in the greenhouse is very spacious, and the temperature inside is quite warm due to the heating water from the hot springs. There are running water channels for circulation, and the air is fresh and humid, which is very suitable for planting plants.

It is estimated that in another half a month, a large number of flowers and vegetables can be planted in the greenhouse.Autumn is almost here, and the leaves outside are starting to wither and turn yellow.Guo Nuan was glad that she had the foresight to build the greenhouse first, otherwise, when the autumn wind blows, there would be no supply of essential oils, flowers, and vegetables.

Regarding the news after the construction of the greenhouse, Guo Nuan immediately sent his servants to the chemical workshop in the city to inform Abu.

Abu has been quite leisurely recently, and the production of essential oil products has gradually achieved mass production.And the development of essential oil products is also saturated.More than 20 kinds of products have been developed, which are very popular in the market.So when a large number of essential oil distributors and product manufacturers such as Guo Nuan are making a lot of money, Abu no longer puts his mind on the refining of new essential oil products.

Now receiving the news from Guo Nuan, Abu immediately rushed to the princess mansion.When he saw the man-made glass building built on the back mountain, he also clicked his tongue in amazement, this glass house is really fantastic.

"Oh my God, is it the legendary temple in the Bible?" Seeing the sun's rays refracting colorful lights on the curved colored glass, it was the first time for Abu to see such a scene, and it was extremely shocking.

Now the greenhouse has solved the supply problem of essential oil raw materials in autumn and winter. At the same time, seeing Abu and Shengping’s amazement at it, Guo Nuan came up with a good idea.

"Quack, why don't we invite court officials and people from the royal family to watch the greenhouse and hold a party." Guo Nuan's proposal was immediately agreed by Abu and Shengping.

In fact, it’s not just for gatherings. Guo Nuan invited these high-ranking officials to experience the beauty and practicality of the greenhouse. If we can rely on the power of the government to promote these greenhouses to the countryside and improve them to low-cost greenhouses, wouldn’t it be great? It is not a good policy to benefit the people.