Mr. Li's intention to make such a big show was not just a whim. It was the result of his repeated thinking about his future path since he received the imperial title. The main purpose was certainly not as superficial as being a prefect, nor was it to compare himself to others in a ostentatious way.
Become a prefect.
In Li Wupin's expected long official career in the future, even if he endures for many years, he can reach another two ranks. A mere prefect is nothing, and even worse, he still has a third-rank commander's son.
His luck should not be as bad as that of Shi Chengzu, the magistrate of Wenshang County in Shandong Province during the Yongle Dynasty. This man was known as an official. He lived for 115 years but has been the magistrate of Wenshang County for 48 consecutive years. He is really a flower.
An unprecedented official wonder.
Chinese people value history, and history is passed down, and cultural genealogy is also passed down from generation to generation regardless of time and space.
Just like when he was in Suzhou, Suzhou people often referred to Li Tanhua and Tang Bohu two hundred years ago as Tang Bohu. After Zhu Zhishan, he was another talented person who could serve as the business card symbol of Gusu City. This is a kind of cultural inheritance.
Recognition.
At present, Mr. Li's official career is gradually getting on the right track. It can be said that he is on the rise. He has long since given up the idea of getting a few votes first, and if the momentum is not right, he will hang up and go home to become a minor official. Since he plans to be a long-term official,
If he continues his work, he should change his label as a romantic genius, because Tang Bohu is not easy to use in the officialdom.
Talents and scholar-officials are two different concepts. Mr. Li, who had climbed to the fifth rank and earned wealth for generations, thought deeply for a few days and felt that he should complete the transformation from a scholar to a scholar-official, or evolution.
This kind of evolution is so mysterious that it does not exist in any books or articles, nor in people's mouths, but only in the hearts of the people. If the world thinks you are a scholar-official, then you are. If the world thinks you are not qualified, then you are not. Three generations of people.
The nobles are talking about this kind of uncertainty.
Although Mr. Li's writing is mediocre and he is not a serious scholar, he has become very popular in the poetry world and has become famous. However, this is only the foundation and is not enough.
What he planned in his mind was to use some means to create enough psychological hints to induce others to associate him with Su Dongpo, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and other famous scholar-officials of the previous dynasty.
There is no need to belittle oneself. In fact, Mr. Li and the three sages of the Song Dynasty have two characteristics in common. The first point is simply four words, poetry and wine are romantic; the second point is that they are all officials in Yangzhou, and they are all relegated.
Yangzhou.
Only when we have something in common can we resonate with others, trigger associations, and borrow the light of predecessors for our own use.
This is also a trick used by Mr. Li to make up for his shortcomings. For example, when he first took office, he sang a song "Hairpin flowers embrace the bones of prostitutes and gods, drunkenly sings and sings about the prime minister's talents", explicitly writing Yang Shen to metaphor himself, and borrowing Yang Shen
The great celebrities have given themselves gold, which is a very successful example.
Now that Li You has tasted the benefits, he wants to do it again. All he needs is some operational means to trigger it. He decided to build a temple for the sages, which is actually an effective ritual. In this way, he will
Connect with the names of predecessors.
In other words, when Mr. Li wants to make people think of him, he should forget about Tang Bohu, a street kid who could not enter the officialdom. He will portray himself as the heir to the spiritual symbols of the former sages and officials in Yangzhou in this dynasty, and gain recognition from the world.
It's better to have some glory even if it's not good, it's better than nothing.
Although Du Mu was talented and later served as a governor elsewhere, he was purely a Tang Bohu-like character when he was in Yangzhou. Of course, Mr. Li today can't avoid this image. Therefore, Du Mu was directly excluded from the list of established ancestral halls.
outside.
In fact, Mr. Li has been planning this kind of thinking for a long time. When he was demoted from the capital by Empress Dowager Qian and went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select officials, Mr. Li was obviously in the sixth rank, so why did he choose Jiangdu County in the seventh rank? Just because Yangzhou is a city of poetry.
, there were many celebrities in the past dynasties, so I had this idea of borrowing light at that time.
However, after taking office, Mr. Li's position was too low. He was just a magistrate of Jiangdu County. Using this method made him look arrogant, shameless and unruly compared to the prefect. Therefore, he stayed on the sidelines and wrote euphemistic poems at most.
Now that he has served as a minister in the same department and can barely be called the prefect, he naturally cannot hold back and implements the plan. It just so happens that he has the cover of the emperor's southern tour, so that he will not cause criticism for his great success.
Without mentioning gossip, they asked whether Li You had lost Du Mu, and then raised another question: "In the great dynasties, the Han Dynasty had Dong Zi, the Song Dynasty had Han, Ouyang, Su and others, but the Tang Dynasty in the middle had nothing worthy of erecting a shrine.
A character?"
Master Hu replied: "Du Fanchuan's grandfather Du You once served as the military envoy of Huainan and was stationed in Yangzhou."
Li You frowned. This person is not well-known and has not left any famous relics or stories in Yangzhou. It is very inappropriate. "Are there no other famous people?"
Master Hu shook his head: "Other famous people in the Tang Dynasty were Niu Sengru and Li Deyu."
Cui Zhenfei said casually: "Don't always think about officials traveling to Yangzhou. Are there any famous ones in Yangzhou?"
Mr. Hu slapped his forehead and said, "Yes! During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Li Yong from Jiangdu who was especially good at calligraphy. He was a great calligrapher at that time and served as the governor of Beihai. He was known as Li Beihai."
I don’t know if others have heard of him, but Mr. Li has never heard of this person. He hesitated and said: "This is not worthy of erecting a shrine."
Mr. Hu added: "But Li Yong was a man of loyalty and love of talents, but in the end he was unjustly killed by the treacherous minister Li Linfu."
Hearing that he was unjustly killed by a traitor, this is the biggest selling point, so there is no need to look for another person. Li You snapped and said, "Okay! It's him!"
Finally, it was decided to build temples for Dong Zhongshu, Li Yong, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo.
Among these five people, Dong Zi is the master of Confucianism, and Li Yong is the local representative, but they are just two foils. Of course, Mr. Li's focus is on the three sages of the Song Dynasty, especially Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi.
They were both the governors of Yangzhou and great writers who were famous throughout the ages. They were able to drink and have fun in all kinds of ways, and they were able to recite poems and compose freely. They were inspired by the beautiful scenery of Shugang, and they were indispensable for the companionship of beautiful women.
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In the end, they left behind such a brilliant term as "Wen Zhang Taishou", left behind such famous places as Pingshan Hall and Gulin Hall, left behind such a miracle as the four-phase hairpin flower, and left Yangzhou with a wave of their hands. They and Yangzhou were the same.
These famous cities complement each other and complement each other. I really don’t know if I am dreaming of Yangzhou or if Yangzhou is dreaming of me.
The young governor Li Fushigong vowed to inherit this spirit. Although his writing skills were mediocre and he could not write good articles. If he wanted to be an article governor, he would definitely not be able to live or die, but he could create a new legend of a poetry governor.
But first we need to get the Shugang Pingshan Hall that Ouyang Wenzhong built for drinking and having fun...
