In this northwest frontier fortress, Wang Changling was deeply shocked by the scene before him. He experienced that kind of vastness and desolation, witnessed the blood of the border guards to defend their country and felt the smallness and helplessness of life.
It is still the moon and border pass in Qin and Han dynasties, and the enemy has fought a protracted war.
If Wei Qing, who attacked Longcheng, and Li Guang, the flying general, were alive today, the Huns would not be allowed to go south to spend their horses in Yinshan.
Wang Changling came to the border and had his own ambitions. He hopes to be a general in the army, and he is eager to make contributions in such a military life.
The reality is that he is just a scholar. After more than a year of border defense training, he realized that he had to go back. If a weak child with a poor family like himself wants to change his fate, he has to take the road of imperial examination.
After returning from the Great Wall, Wang Changling didn't go to Beijing immediately. He first went to Shimen Mountain and lived in seclusion for several months.
During his seclusion, he reviewed his experiences of studying hard as a teenager, learning Taoism in Songshan and traveling to the frontier fortress, and made a simple plan for his future life before going to Beijing to catch the exam.
This year was the 15th year of Kaiyuan (AD 727), and Wang Changling was the first scholar. This year, he is thirty years old.
Then he got an official position: secretary, provincial school bookkeeper.
As an official of the imperial court, Wang Changling breathed a sigh of relief. He feels that as long as he works hard and treats others sincerely, he can have a bright future.
What can * * * is fate, and fate is a friend. Simple-minded Wang Changling treats everyone around him warmly, knows everything and is not careless, thus winning the trust of most people.
Sometimes, he will pay attention to those lonely ladies:
Pingyang song and dance is the new favorite, and the spring outside the curtain gives a brocade robe. ("Spring Palace Song")
Xigong night is quiet and fragrant, and I want to roll the bead curtain and hate it for a long time. ("West Palace Spring Complaint")
A beautiful face is not as beautiful as a crow, and it can also bring the shadow of Zhaoyang Hall. ("Five Poems of Long Xinqiu")
The maid-in-waiting who fell out of favor was lonely and sleepless, which was pitiful. The maid-in-waiting has a problem. As a junior, Wang Changling, who has been sitting in this small position for 78 years, didn't complain? -the emperor oh, am I worth this price?
The more he thinks about it, the more unbalanced it becomes. Wang Changling decided to prove himself with the exam again. In the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan, I took an examination of "erudition and great words". After passing the exam, his position finally changed: he was appointed as the county magistrate of Xishui (now Xingyang City) in Henan Province.
The level has not changed (since the ninth grade) and has left the capital. The depression in Wang Changling's heart can be imagined: What kind of erudition and macro words should he take? Didn't I embarrass myself?
But this surabaya county commandant is not so good either. As soon as he took office, Wang Changling understood why Chang Jian didn't want to be a county captain in Xuyi. Despite this, Wang Changling is as outspoken and kind as ever. He works when he should, and works when he wants.
Of course, talent is outstanding, and Excellence will be hated. Then, some people began to speak ill of him behind his back, saying that his words and deeds were different, he didn't respect the court, and even ignored the emperor.
Such words spread to the official department and finally to the emperor. The emperor frowned and said two words: demote him!
Wang Changling was kicked to Lingnan, where he stayed for four or five years until he was pardoned in 739.
On the way back, Wang Changling met Li Bai in Baling (now Yueyang City) and visited Meng Haoran in Xiangyang. They drank and wrote poems. But he didn't know that Meng Haoran was ill. Soon after they drank, Meng fell ill and died.
Back in Chang 'an, Wang Changling got a new identity from the official department: Jiangning (now Nanjing) County Cheng.
Then turn south. 74 1 At the beginning of the year, Wang Changling took office in Jiangning, which opened a new life for Xian Cheng.
In his new post, he still resents being demoted to Lingnan. He didn't make any mistakes, but he was punished so much. Maybe it's because I'm usually outspoken, and sometimes the topic will involve the internal affairs of the court, but it's only explosive. Besides, people around me are not afraid of this topic, but why can they be convicted separately?
Two years later, my good friend Xin gradually came to Jiangning. When Wang Changling saw him, he mentioned that he had been demoted, saying that he had never had second thoughts about the court. Even if he complains occasionally, it is for the country, selfless and malicious.
Xin gradually trusted Wang Changling. He understood Wang Changling's feelings. Hsin-mei was going back to Luoyang, and Wang Changling happened to have something to go to Runzhou (now Zhenjiang), so they went together.
In Runzhou, Wang Changling boarded the Furong Building with him, overlooking Wudi Jiangtian in the continuous cold rain. Wang Changling, full of feelings of parting, wrote a poem with infinite emotion, saying goodbye to Xin gradually:
Misty rain enveloped Wu's day overnight; Send you in the morning, lonely and sad in Chushan!
Friends, if my friends in Luoyang invite me; Just say I'm still Bing Xin Okho, and stick to my faith!
Wang Changling temporarily returned to Chang 'an after two years. After meeting Li Bai and Wang Wei, he told them his worries. Both of them expressed their understanding and gave them relief.
It seems that someone is deliberately picking on Wang Changling. In 748, he was demoted to Longbiao (now Huaihua, Hunan) for almost the same reason. Wang Changling wants to argue without words and cry without tears. Since then, even Li Bai, who is far away in Yangzhou, has written "I heard that Wang Changling moved to the left, and Long Biao Yao has this letter", which is a comfort to distant friends:
After the easy autumn, cuckoo clock, I heard you pass five streams.
My heart is full of sorrow, and the moon is full of sorrow. I will always follow you until Yelangxi.
The unlucky Wang Changling stayed in Longbiao for another eight years, and his term of office finally expired. It's time to come back.
But he didn't come back in the end When passing through Bozhou, he accidentally died at the hands of Qiu Xiao, the secretariat of Bozhou. The reason is still a mystery.