Wang Jiansong sorted out
In the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (717 AD), a shocking event occurred in qujiang, a scenic spot on the outskirts of Chang'an. Before going into detail about this incident, let's take a look at what else happened in the five years of Kaiyuan:
In this year, the harvest in the Guanzhong area around Chang'an was not good, and in the first month, the Taimiao Temple suddenly collapsed in a corner, and Emperor Xuanzong was very depressed, and moved the Xiandi Tablet to the Taiji Hall, and quit the dynasty for five days; a few days later, he made a trip to Luoyang and announced a general amnesty for the world; at the same time, he searched for the descendants of the Tang Dynasty heroes, and those who did not have titles were all promoted. In the summer and June, Du Fu's hometown of Gong County, Henan Province, was incessantly raining, and this year, the poet was five years old; in mid-July, Longyou Jiedu made Guo Zhiyun attack Tubo and win the battle; in the autumn and September, the imperial court announced the restoration of the old system, changing the name of the romantic Ziwei Province to Zhongshu Province, and Huangmen Province to Menxia Province. In November, the Khitan chieftain Li of Songmo County came to the court and married Princess Yongle... Such a record, placed in the choppy history books, can be regarded as relatively plain. But in the spring of that year, a secret report from the celestial overseer, who was in charge of monitoring the celestial phenomena, made the history of the year seem less ordinary.
This morning, Emperor Xuanzong had just gotten up and suddenly received a secret recital from Si Tianjian, saying that he had observed the celestial phenomena last night and saw that the stars were abnormal. Xuanzong asked, "What exactly will happen to the disaster?" "Si Tianjian staff took a few steps forward...
When the emperor heard this, he was shocked. Not to mention why the emperor was surprised, only to say that in the fifth year of the new century, there was a new branch of the jinshi, named Li Meng, Dengfeng Yingyangren, and there were another thirty-seven people with the title of the gold list at the same time. In the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial examination was used to obtain scholars, winning the jinshi was equivalent to stepping into the official field and embarking on a career path, and these thirty-eight people were exactly where the Elite of the Tang Dynasty lay. And Li Meng, not only won the jinshi, but also was recruited as a donkey. Emperor Xuanzong quietly received the princess after receiving the secret report from Si Tianjian: "If there is any grand gathering recently, especially the organization of the new branch jinshi, don't ask your family to go." The princess asked why, and the emperor was silent. This is a heavenly opportunity, and as an emperor, he has no right to divulge.
During the Tang Dynasty, the results of the entrance examination were announced in January and February of each year. At the beginning of March, the Emperor would personally set up a banquet on the Qu river in the suburbs to entertain all the newly admitted scholars. During this period, the new recruits will also organize some feasts and tours to celebrate. This is the famous "Qujiang Feast" of the Tang Dynasty. After the feast, they will carve their names on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Ci'en Temple, and then board the color boat and swim the beautiful Qu river. For many Tang Dynasty people, the most joyful and proud time in their lives was this. Just when Si Tianjian was secretly reporting the ominous celestial phenomenon, the new science and technology practitioners in the fifth year of the new century were planning a Qujiang gathering.
On the day of the party, the voices of the people are boiling and the music is fluttering. At this time, Li Meng was imprisoned by his princess in the residence of Zhaoguoli. Zhaoguoli, also known as Zhaoguofang, is a famous neighborhood in Chang'an, where many dignitaries bought houses. Later, poets Bai Juyi, Wei Yingwu and others also lived here. The princess repeatedly told Li Meng not to attend the banquet tour recently. The latter of course did not understand why, and the problem was that neither did the princess, she was only carrying out the emperor's instructions. But now, after Li Meng heard the music coming from the Qu river, he couldn't help but shake his heart, thinking: I can't manage a lot, this is a good spring color, as a new branch of the jinshi, how can I be autistic in the court? So he took a chance, climbed out of the courtyard, passed through the gate of zhaoguoli, and went straight to Qujiang.
Coming to the Qu River, Li Meng saw that the other jinshi had all boarded the boat, and the singing and beautiful women on the boat were playing and singing, so it was not lively. After everyone saw Li Meng, they called out his name together. Li Meng was even more excited, and flew past the bright flowers and trees, running wildly all the way. As you can imagine, he was running and shouting something like "Wait for me." Before starting the boat, he finally jumped on the color boat. He was excited and finally caught up. It's just that, unbeknownst to him, what he's desperately trying to catch up with is a ship of death!
In the spring of the fifth year of Tang Kaiyuan, Si Tianmi played the cloud: "Xuanxiang has seen who, and its disaster is very serious." Emperor Xuanzong was horrified and asked, "What is it?" "When thirty-eight famous soldiers died unjustly on the same day, the number of new soldiers and the first soldiers should be counted." "The inner one, Li Meng, the son-in-law of your lord, had no choice but to say what he said, and the lord of the secret precept said: "Every time there is a great feast, Ru Ai's son-in-law may keep his home." "The lord lives in zhaoguoli, when the big music is heard, the music is far away, the qu river is rising, dozens of boats are connected, and the jinshi biji." When he heard of it, he went over the wall, the crowd looked forward to it, and the party boarded the boat, and moved into the pool, and the storm suddenly rose, and the painting was flat and calm, and the people who sounded the trick and held the stake did not know ji jiji, and the thirty-eight people had no life. ("The Tale of the Solitude")
All the people who died on the ship were xinke jinshi, in addition to Li Meng, including Pei Shinan, Liang Bao, Li Baoyun and others. It can be said that it was the biggest event of the year, which caused heavy losses to the talent pool of the Tang Dynasty.
50 years later, qian qi, one of the "ten talents of the great calendar", and the great poet Qian Qi, who was called "Qian Lang" with Lang Shiyuan, went to Dengfeng Yingyang to see the extremely desolate old residence of Li Meng's hometown, listened to people tell the tragic story of Li Meng, recalled the shipwreck incident, and felt very bad in his heart.
Concentric and early life, what is the tao of heaven.
Unique shanyang house, never be known in life.
Qingxi leads white birds, and drooling hangs Fangsun.
The vines entered the empty room, and the bushes were deeply destroyed.
The old tour is still in sight, and the theology is even more forgotten.
Only to see the East Mountain Moon, people can not go to the door.