After Su Shi was released from prison, he was demoted to the deputy envoy of the Huangzhou Tuanjiao. This position was very low and had no real power. At this time, Su Shi had become disheartened. After taking office, he was depressed and visited Chibi Mountain outside Huangzhou City many times. So he wrote famous works such as "Red Cliff Fu", "Later Chibi Fu" and "Nian Nujiao: The Ancients of Chibi" to express his feelings when he was exiled. He also led his family to reclaim a slope in the east of the city, farmed and helped to make up for his livelihood, and won the title of Dongpo lay Buddhist.

Su Shi made a hermit here, named Chen Qing. This person is Ji Chang and his name is Longqiu Jushi. Chen Ji Chang is wild and unruly, looks proud of the world, regards glory and wealth as dirt, and lives in seclusion in Longqiu, Huangzhou. Su Shi felt that he was very compatible with him, so the two became good friends. Although Chen Jichang lived in seclusion, he did not just sing the wind and the moon, and he was very good at enjoying life. His home was spacious and gorgeous, and he also kept a group of singing girls. When guests came, there were singing and dancing.

Chen Jichang's wife, Liu, is Liu Yue'e in the TV series, but she is irritable and loves to be jealous. When Liu saw her husband singing and dancing, she felt like a fry. No matter what literary talent she was receiving, she got angry with a wooden stick, and yelled while hitting the wall. Chen Jichang was embarrassed and red in the ground, and didn't dare to say anything, so the singing and dancing were naturally forced to stop. Su Dongpo came to the door soon and invited Chen Jichang to go out for a spring outing.

Because Su Dongpo couldn't stand Chen Jichang's fear of his wife's appearance, he wanted to be angry with Liu and vent his anger for Chen Jichang. Liu was worried that her husband would mess with the brothel woman and would not allow him to go. Chen Jichang promised not to do so, and sweared that if he had any involvement with the brothel woman, he would let his wife beat and scold him after he came back. As a result, Su Dongpo really arranged for the brothel woman to accompany them to wander.

With Su Shi's intentional arrangement, Liu immediately learned about this. After Chen Jichang came back, he naturally had no good results. He begged, Liu changed the beating to kneeling by the pond. At this moment, Su Dongpo came. What he didn't expect was this scene, and he secretly scolded Chen Jichang for being a child who was unspeakable. He criticized Liu for being arrogant and making trouble for his friends. When Liu saw Su Shi, he became angry and became brave, and scolded Su Shi: "You instigated my husband to mess with the brothel woman, and now he dared to interfere in our family affairs. Listen, my own husband, teach him whatever he wanted!" After scolding Su Shi, he drove Su Dongpo out of the house.

Su Dongpo didn't expect to be taught a lesson by others. After returning, he wrote a poem to make fun of Chen Jichang: "The lay Buddhist Longqiu is also pitiful, and he talks about being unable to sleep at night. Suddenly, he heard a lion roar in Hedong, and his palms fell down. " From then on, the saying "The Lion roar in Hedong" became synonymous with a fierce wife.

Besides, Su Shi was arrested and entered Beijing. Most of his relatives and friends broke off friendship with Su Shi and did not dare to visit him. He passed by Guangling, and only the Yangzhou magistrate Xianyu came to see him personally. The Taiwanese officials refused to report that he sighed. The Yangzhou officials advised: "You have a close relationship with Su Yixiangshi, and all the correspondence and writings should be destroyed and not kept. Otherwise, you may be implicated by the Tao and will be punished in the future."

Xian Yuqi refused and said with a sigh: "I can't bear to do such a thing if I deceive the emperor and lose my friends. If I was punished for loyalty and righteousness, I will be judged by my future generations, and I will never be afraid of this." Later, Xian Yuqi was implicated by Su Shi and was demoted to the position of the Xijing Censorate.

Soon, Zhao Xu wanted to use Su Shi again because of his talent, but Wang Gui and others

The dissuasion. One day, Zhao Xu went to court and said to Wang Gui and Cai Que: "The national history is of great importance. Su Shi should be summoned to the capital and asked him to write it in order to see the polish." Wang Gui replied: "Su Shi is guilty of serious crimes and should not be summoned to the capital again." Zhao Xu said: "Su Shi is not convenient to summon him, so he uses Zeng Gong."

Zeng Gong's courtesy name was Zigu, and was from Nanfeng, Jianchang Army. Zeng Gong's ancestors were scholars for generations. His grandfather Zeng Zhiyao was a doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. His father Zeng Yizhan was a doctor of Taichang. Zeng Gong was talented and had a strong memory. He read poetry and books when he was young and could recite. He worked with his brother Zeng Ye, studied hard and studied hard. He showed good talents since he was young.

At the age of twelve, he tried to write the "Six Thesaurus" and wrote the pen to establish his writing. His writing was very bold. When Zeng Gong's father Zeng Yizhan was appointed as the magistrate of Rugao County, Taizhou Prefecture, Rugao's academic style was full of success. Hu Yuan, Wang Weixi, Wang Guan, Wang Qi, Wang Junyi and others all learned great success. Zeng Yizhan brought Zeng Gong, who was fourteen years old, and sent him to the east wing of Zhongchan Temple. Zeng Gong spent two cold and heat in Rugao. By the age of 20, Zeng Gong's reputation had spread to all directions.

When Zeng Gong was eighteen years old, he went to Beijing with his father and met Wang Anshi through articles. The two became close friends. After climbing to Ouyang Xiu's door, he recommended Wang Anshi to Ouyang Xiu and wrote to Ouyang Xiuxian's "State Affairs". He and Du Yan, Fan Zhongyan and others had letters, published articles, discussed current affairs, and stated their attitude towards life. Since then, they have become famous all over the world. However, because he is good at strategy and is less likely to be the case, he has failed to pass the exam many times.

In the seventh year of Qingli, his father passed away, so he had to drop out of school and return to his hometown to serve his stepmother. Zeng Gong is filial to his parents and is friendly to his brothers. After his father passed away, he served his stepmother meticulously. In the decline of his family, he raised four younger brothers and nine younger sisters. In the second year of Jiayou, Ouyang Xiu presided over the examination and insisted on using ancient Chinese and policy theory as the main topic, and poetry as the auxiliary topic. Zeng Gongcai, his younger brother Zeng Mou, Zeng Bu and his cousin Zeng Fu, passed the Jinshi class together.

In the fifth year of Jiayou, Ouyang Xiu recommended him, Zeng Gong went to the capital to work as a library and a library proofreader, and Jixian proofreader. During this period, he compiled a large number of ancient books such as "The Strategies of the Warring States", "Shuoyuan", "New Preface", "Li Liang", "Chen", "Tang Ling", "Li Taibai Collection", "Bao Rong Poem Collection" and "Biography of Women", and wrote a lot of prefaces.

In the second year of Xining, Zeng Gong, who had been in the capital for several years, offended both sides during the dispute between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang about the reform, so he asked Zhao Xu to transfer. Zhao Xu arranged for Zeng Gong to be the governor of Yuezhou. After Zeng Gong took office, he immediately observed the people's situation and visited the poor. Yuezhou collected taxes from the winery for use by the yamen. The winery was limited and there was insufficient expense. The insufficient part was distributed to the people for collection, and a seven-year period was determined. The deadline had reached, but the yamen still had heavy taxes and levies severely, and did not stop the collection according to regulations. Zeng Gong learned that the tax was immediately stopped.

Then there was a famine, the disaster was serious, and the people's livelihood was in decline. Zeng Gong arranged for people to post a notice, requiring wealthy households in each county to truthfully declare their own grain reserves. The wealthy households declared that the reserves reached 150,000 shi. He immediately issued a decree, requiring wealthy households in various places to sell grain to the people at a price slightly higher than the Changping warehouse, so that hungry people could buy it nearby, which was tantamount to timely help. After the price of his closing position was slightly increased, he sold it to the people. Zeng Gong also asked the government to lend seeds to farmers and let them repay them with the autumn taxes so that the farming work would not be delayed.

A few years later, Zeng Gong was transferred to Qizhou magistrate. There was a week in the area

The rich family, whose surname was rich, was rich and unkind, and was rampant in the village. The public was very angry. However, because the Zhou family was rich and powerful, they were in harmony with the local officials. Zeng Gong first arrived, he collected evidence and dealt with the Zhou Gao. There was a group of local tyrants called the "Bawang Society" in Zhangqiu. They killed and robbed people and committed all evil. Zeng Gong sent troops to arrest them, sentenced thirty-one criminals and sent them to the frontier. He pioneered the "protection" method in Qizhou, using five households as one protection, supervising entry and exit, and implementing the registration of foreign population. When thieves came, they would sing drums to help each other. Through Zeng Gong's governance, crimes such as robbery in Qizhou decreased significantly, and from a state with frequent public security to a state with safe conditions, the atmosphere was clear.

Zeng Gong was diligent and pragmatic, and everything could be based on reality. In order to control the Yellow River, the court mobilized migrant workers from various places and transferred 20,000 people from Qizhou. Zeng Gong heard that some local household registration was missed and concealed, so he immediately decided to conduct a population investigation, reporting from bottom to top, and repeatedly verifying. Finally, he found that one of the nine people could meet the needs of recruiting people. His pragmatic style saved many people from the suffering of corvee labor and reduced their burden.

Zeng Gong also implemented Wang Anshi's new law in Qizhou, which stimulated agricultural production. He built the North Shuimen of Qizhou to solve the flood problem that plagued Qizhou for many years; and dredged Daming Lake. Later generations built Zeng Gong Temple in Qianfoshan and Nanfeng Temple on the shore of Daming Lake to commemorate him.

Later, Zeng Gong was transferred to the position of Hongzhou magistrate and the commander of the military commander of Jiangnan West Road. At the beginning of his tenure, the plague happened to be on the rise. Zeng Gong quickly allocated disaster relief supplies and ordered counties and towns to reserve epidemic prevention drugs in case of any situation. He vacated the official houses of the state government offices as temporary shelters to live for those sick soldiers and people who were infected and unable to support themselves. Zeng Gong not only sent people to treat them, but also provided them with free food and clothing. He sent people to record the epidemic at any time and register the infected and uninfected people. Then he allocated funds from the state treasury and distributed relief funds in an orderly manner according to priorities.

The following year, Zeng Gong was transferred from Hongzhou to Fuzhou magistrate. Zeng Gong put forward a view that officials could not compete with the people for profit. The large number of vegetables in the government were on the market, which disrupted the market and caused the prices of vegetables to get lower and lower. Vegetable farmers who work as a vegetable farm cannot sell vegetables and their incomes were greatly reduced. Zeng Gong immediately canceled a certain area of ​​"job land" allocated by the court to protect the interests of vegetable farmers.

In the third year of Yuanfeng, Zeng Gong was appointed as the governor of Cangzhou. When he passed by the capital Kaifeng, he was summoned by Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu highly praised his suggestion that "saving is the key to financial management" and remained as the judgment of the Third Class Court. The following year, Zhao Xu believed that Zeng Gong's historian could be comparable to that of the scholars and officials, and should be in charge of the historical affairs of the five dynasties. He was therefore appointed as a historian, in charge of the memorial house, and in charge of the Taichang Temple and the etiquette affairs.

Zeng Gong wrote the general lecture of Taizu to Zhao Xu, but Zhao Xu was still not satisfied, so he used the edict to move Su Shi to Ruzhou. The edict included words such as "Su Shi was demoted and thought about the faults, and he had deeper reading, but the talent was really difficult, and he couldn't bear to abandon it." After Su Shi received the edict, he wrote a letter to claim that he was hungry and cold, but only a few acres of thin land were in Changzhou, so he asked for his kindness to go to Changzhou and gave him his ministers for the rest of his life. Zhao Xu immediately reported to him, so Su Shi went to Changzhou to live.

Soon, a major funeral occurred in the palace, and the Empress Dowager Cao died of illness. The officials quoted Empress Liu's example and planned the posthumous posthumous title, which was the four words "Ci Shengguangxian". Zhao Xu has always been filial and served the Empress Dowager, and all of them were happy. The Empress Dowager was also kind and kind. Once he knew that Zhao Xu had retired later, he would come to greet him in person. Therefore, they always had friendship with each other without any complaints.
Chapter completed!