Pure Snow Crown Chapter 30

"When he was young, he was talented and ambitious. Every time he wrote a work, it was well-known in the capital. When he returned to the court as a young man, although he was ranked first in the imperial examinations for three years and a hundred years, he still could not avoid the death of his father and mother, and he could not see the beauty of the mountains and rivers in the past."

"But this is just the beginning."

"During Anshi's reform, Zizhan was involved in the famous Wutai Poetry Case in the Northern Song Dynasty because of a letter of thanks for taking office. He was escorted back to Beijing. The New Party wrote to the emperor, wanting to put him to death, and the Old Party also worked hard for him. The trouble was so serious that even Anshi was alarmed and wrote to the emperor: 'How can a prosperous era kill talented people?'"

"At this time, Zizhan was middle-aged and lived in Changzhou, holding a low position and doing farm work. He was called Dongpo Jushi."

"Later, Zhezong ascended the throne, and Zizhan was reinstated and promoted to the third rank. At this time, the country changed again. The new law parties were suppressed like Zizhan's teachers in the past, and the new laws were abolished one by one. Zizhan realized that the new power group and the "Wang Party" were just birds of a feather. He wrote to the emperor to criticize the *, which naturally caused a backlash from the conservative forces and was framed again. From then on, Zizhan did not join the new party, nor did he get along with the old party, and left the capital again. His life here was like the jokes he had with his Concub!ne Chaoyun, which was "full of inappropriateness."