For players, there will be missions that are not accepted.
After hearing the word mission, even Zhou Shi's eyes widened.
"What mission?"
"If you have a mission, hurry up and tell me. Who else has a mission and won't do it?"
“Share share!”
Shan Tao smiled slightly and said: "This task involves a celebrity."
"Don't be so secretive! Say it quickly!"
Seeing that the emotions were almost brewing, Shan Tao said: "Then I won't hold back, this is a rescue mission."
"Everyone knows the person we want to save, he is Wang Wei, the poet of the Tang Dynasty!"
Save people?
Seeing everyone talking about it, Shan Tao simply shared the task.
Shan Tao said: "This task is a task chain. I escorted Wang Wei from Luoyang to Chang'an. Wang Wei asked me to send a letter to his brother, which triggered this task."
When they heard that Wang Wei was being rescued, the players immediately became excited.
For many players, interacting with those historical celebrities who were as bright as stars in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is a great pleasure of the game "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty".
Wang Wei is a famous person whose many poems have been included in Chinese textbooks. Everyone remembers his broad-minded and self-responsible "the bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring rocks flow over the river", but they don't know the sadness and despair that he is now trapped in.
Shan Tao said: "Let me introduce you to the background of the mission."
"On the night when Li Longji fled to Chang'an, Wang Wei did not have time to escape from Chang'an and was forced to become an official by An Lushan."
"However, An Lushan only asked him to decorate the court. Wang Wei served as an official of the puppet Yan for a while. After the fall of Chang'an, he lived in Chang'an and was tried."
Shan Tao continued: "The key to this task is that Dali Temple is currently screening officials who are rebellious. If it is determined that Wang Wei is actively rebellious, then Wang Wei will be dead."
"Wang Wei's younger brother Wang Jin is willing to spend all his family wealth to rescue his brother."
"And Wang Jin is currently serving under Guo Ziyi. According to historical development, he has also served as prime minister. It would definitely be helpful to increase Wang Jin's favorability."
"Okay, do you have any ideas?"
After Shan Tao finished talking about the task, everyone began to think about it.
Zhou Shi knew the operations of various yamen in the Tang Dynasty. He asked:
"What is the attitude of Dali Temple now?"
Shan Tao said: "According to my information, Dali Temple also holds different opinions. Cui Qi, the censor Zhongcheng, advocates that all rebellious officials should be sentenced to death in accordance with the Great Rebellion."
"But Li Xian, the minister of Dali Temple, advocated that as long as the guilty ministers did not actively rebel, their crimes should be pardoned. If according to this standard, Wang Wei should be regarded as a passive official."
Zhou Shi said: "Such a big eucalyptus should be submitted to the emperor's decree, right?"
Shan Tao nodded and said: "The three departments will review the matter. The Dali Temple minister and the censor Zhongcheng can't argue. Now the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment have stopped the trial and have already reported to the emperor."
Zhou Shi then said: "In that case, it will be easy to handle."
"what to do?"
Everyone looked at Zhou Shi.
I only heard Zhou Shi say: "With such a big deal, the court must also take into account the public opinion."
"Most of the time, public opinion is useless, but isn't this a critical period?"
"When Chang'an has just been recovered and the emperor has not returned to Chang'an, if there is a heated public opinion in Chang'an, then the emperor will definitely consider it. This is the best time."
Shan Tao asked: "Then how to create public opinion?"
Zhou Shi said with a smile: "The name of Chang'an actually has little to do with the people. No matter how loud the people's voices are, the court cannot actually hear them. Ordinary people in the feudal dynasty are just cattle, and the rulers rarely consider their opinions.
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"The so-called public opinion in Chang'an actually means the representatives of public opinion, that is, the discussion of the gentry."
After saying this, Zhou Shi looked at Wang Chengwei and the others and said:
"Shilin's evaluation, it all depends on you."
Wang Chengwei immediately understood what Zhou Shi meant.
Now the whole country has gathered in Chang'an to prepare for the autumn festival in December.
Although these candidates did not enter the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, as scholars recommended by various states to participate in the imperial examinations, they could indeed represent the public opinion of the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty.
Many of the candidates were originally outstanding young sons of big families, or some were talented people who could serve as high-ranking officials in the imperial court.
As long as we can build momentum among these young suspects and create public pressure that Wang Wei is innocent, the court may really forgive his mistakes.
Wang Chengwei immediately nodded and said: "No problem!"
Zhou Shi continued: "In addition to the public opinion line, we must also take the upper-level line."
"If there are high-level officials in the court who speak to Wang Wei, the emperor might also pardon Wang Wei."
Finally, Zhou Shi said to Shan Tao: "There is one more thing. To complete the task, Wang Wei cannot hold himself back and commit suicide. Can Lao Dan find a way out, send a message to Wang Wei in prison, and give him some hope?
Hold on."
Shan Tao immediately nodded and said, "No problem!"
At this time, Yu Xiaoxiao said: "I can also help with public opinion. I recently asked Pipa Xing to adapt some of Wang Wei's poems to create sympathetic public opinion first."
Guo Ping added: "I know a few officials from the Ministry of Industry. I will ask them to write to the court someday to help Wang Wei claim his grievance."
Hearing that everyone was thinking of a solution, Shan Tao said: "Then I will share the task!"
Zhou Shi received a task shared by Shan Tao.
[Whether to accept the shared mission "Shifo's Redemption" from player Shan Tao]
[The poet Wang Wei was imprisoned for rebelling against An Lushan. Players can freely choose whether to save him. 】
【Rescue the poet Wang Wei, you can get:】
[Reward 1: Gratitude from poet Wang Wei.]
[Reward 2: Players participating in the rescue can obtain corresponding main career experience points. 】
[Reward 3: Blue title—Savior of Poetry Buddha, and corresponding forum badge.]
The players present decisively chose to accept the task of getting the title, who wouldn't love it!
You should also know that players nowadays are proud of the titles they have obtained. After the last game revision, players can already display all their titles.
The most arrogant person is Cui Tao. He wears a long list of titles every day——
"Conqueror of Shazhou", "Guardian of King Jianning", "Loyal Guard", "Defender of Hexi", "Great Pioneer", "Consul of Zhangye City".
This long list of titles is enough to blind the eyes of ordinary players. The key is that this guy also likes to post on the forum with such a long list of titles.
Let's play a game, isn't it just to look cool?
For top players like Cui Tao and Yu Chixin, who use power to implement their own ideas, the world of Datang is like a testing field for systems and ideas, where they can let them splash their ink.
This is fun that cannot be experienced in the real world.
For mid-level players, upgrading their level, accumulating wealth, and if they catch up with hot spots and their recorded videos become popular, Datang Fengyun can also bring real benefits.
All of this makes Datang Fengyun a "game" that makes people "can't stop", or for many people, it is no longer a simple "game".
For Zhou Shi, this mission was not just to save Wang Wei.
This rescue of Wang Wei also allowed Zhou Shi to see the accumulated influence of Chang'an players.
First of all, the Seventeenth Son of Longyou, headed by Wang Chengwei, continued to praise Wang Wei's poems at poetry gatherings in Chang'an. At the same time, they repeatedly took out and recited "Ningbi Pond" which he wrote after being captured by the puppet Yan.
Thousands of households are sad and smoke is growing wild, and when will hundreds of officials turn their heads to the sky?
Autumn locust leaves have fallen in the palace, and orchestral music is playing on the head of the pond of solid blue.
This poem was written by Wang Wei when he was imprisoned in Bodhi Temple in Luoyang after the fall of Chang'an.
The poem expresses Wang Wei's desire to see the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty again, and it can also be used as a clear proof of Wang Wei's attachment to the Tang Dynasty.
The strong praise of Longyou's seventeenth son, coupled with Wang Wei's official reputation and poetic talent, have been recognized by the majority of scholars.
Among young people, the voices of grievance against Wang Wei are getting louder and louder.
Some even impulsively wrote directly to Dali Temple, believing that Dali Temple was too strict in screening officials who were caught in the pseudo-Yan Dynasty and did not consider the emergency situation at the time.
Among the scholars, there was also a lot of sympathy for officials like Wang Wei who had no choice but to fall into the puppet dynasty.
In addition to discussions among scholars, Yu Xiaoxiao and Su Nuan's pipa performance also performed many dances adapted from Wang Wei's poems.
While performing, many people also learned about Wang Wei's experience and sympathized very much with the poet.
Zhou Shi's upper-level line was also very effective. Under his operation, Princess Yanguang also interceded with the emperor and asked him to pardon the sins of criminal officials such as Wang Wei.
However, the person who played the biggest role in this was Wang Wei's younger brother Wang Jin.
Wang Jin has made great achievements under Guo Ziyi, and now the imperial court has promoted him to Minister of Justice.
Wang Jin asked to use his career as a guarantee for his brother Wang Wei and asked the court to pardon Wang Wei's crimes.
Wang Jin's behavior and the public opinion atmosphere created by the players finally made Wang Wei's matter "listen to heaven" and attracted the attention of the court.
At the same time, the dispute between the two magistrates in Dali Temple also focused on Emperor Li Heng.
Finally, Li Heng issued an imperial edict that the imperial court would not hold officials accountable for their crimes as long as they did not actively defect to the puppet Yan or made great contributions to the puppet Yan.
This imperial edict reached Chang'an, and the players once again gathered at the Longyou Guild Hall to celebrate.
But for Zhou Shi, he saw the players' gradually increasing influence.
Although he is not yet able to influence the government openly and openly, he has been able to make his voice heard on some issues.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October. With the affairs of Tong Zhongshu and the Minister of Rites, Pei Mian, arriving in Chang'an City, the Autumn Palace Competition that attracted the most attention of the Tang Dynasty was about to begin!