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Fan Pingqiu has had a lot of official careers in his life.

Thinking back to the early years of Chunhua, Fan Pingqiu was also considered a talent. He was the number one scholar at the age of 17, entered the Imperial Academy at the age of 19, and entered the cabinet at the age of 21. In just five years, he went from the Minister of Accounting to the Ministry of Punishment.

But it was a pity that the vassal king Liu Xi later rebelled, and the person called "Zhen" in the Jinluan Hall was replaced by another person.Yes, Fan Pingqiu has been a minister for less than a year, and the monarch he serves has changed.

Although Liu Xi became the emperor through rebellion, he is rarely a benevolent lord.There was no bloodbath to wash the capital when the city was broken, and there was no massacre of officials to demonstrate after proclaiming the emperor: "The common people still live and work in peace and contentment; civil and military officials still keep their duties. My life is like the sun and the moon, and it will cover the world."

Liu Xi is a traitor, but a good emperor.

In the first year of Xuanhe, the ruling and opposition parties were very calm. Except for a few officials who resigned voluntarily, everyone seemed to be quite calm.

But the old saying goes well, once the emperor and the courtiers, how many people can see through the turbulent, dark wind and dark waves?

In the second year of Xuanhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet suddenly died of a sudden illness. The cause of death was not even found out in Dali Temple.

In the second year of Xuanhe, Fan Pingqiu argued against Liang Yenian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, because he opposed going north to pacify the Xiongnu. He thought the timing was wrong.In the third year of Xuanhe, because of being falsely accused of dereliction of duty, he was reduced to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.In the same year, he was sent to the dining room to wash dishes for the crime of "not knowing the so-called".When Fan Pingqiu was about to be bumped to death by the stove to be humiliated, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials resigned from office. Su Ziqing, the official censor at the time, promoted him, and in the letter of request, Fan Pingqiu was single-handedly promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

This hand can be said to bring the dead back to life.

It's a pity that Fan Pingqiu's "birth" was less than half a year, and Su Ziqing, the doctor who supported him at that time, was suddenly charged with "conspiracy" and imprisoned.This was Chi Guoguo's intentional crime, but at that time, no one in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty dared to speak up, only Fan Pingqiu raised the case and repeatedly wrote admonitions to call for grievances.

It didn't take long for the Holy Majesty's decree to come down: remove the post of Minister, exile Cen Shan, and not enter Chang'an again within ten years.

In the same year, Su Ziqing was arrested at the Meridian Gate for treason.

Fan Pingqiu packed up his belongings, took his wife with him, and left Chang'an with a vicissitudes on his face.Before he left, he went to the execution platform of the Meridian Gate. The autumn wind was bleak, and there were only autumn leaves like snow and a puddle of dried blood on the platform.

Fan Pingqiu played the song "High Mountain and Flowing Water" on the execution platform, Su Ziqing, Su Ziqing, you know that men don't flick their tears lightly, my crying is worth making fun of you on Huangquan Road... Fan Pingqiu muttered this name, wiped away tears, He got up and left Chang'an without looking back.

The wind is rustling... Yi Shuihan.

After Fan Pingqiu was deposed, he worked as a farmer in Censhan, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, away from the man-eating officialdom, and it was another breeze and a bright moon.

Such days have been peaceful for 13 years.

In the 12th year of Xuanhe, Fan Pingqiu and his wife gave birth to a son, whose name was unambiguous.This is the only happy event in the past ten years.He had already lost his second daughter and one son before, so he naturally regarded this son as a treasure in his heart.

In the 14th year of Xuanhe, Fan Pingqiu ushered in the second happy event in his life: news came from the capital that the imperial historian Su Ziqing's conspiracy case was vindicated 13 years ago. Hearing that the emperor was furious and found out the instigator of the case. There were 72 people in total, seven of them were exiled, 12 were demoted, and the rest were fined for three years.

This sentencing can be said to be as light as a feather, but when it comes to guilt, wouldn't Emperor Xuanhe, who believed in the slander and delayed Su Ziqing, have to kill himself and apologize?

I heard that the emperor added Su Ziqing as Lord Lianshan, posthumously titled Cuide.When Fan Pingqiu heard the news, he just chuckled in his heart, no matter how many posthumous honors he had, he couldn't bring back a living Su Ziqing.The people in this world can return his name of innocence, the sky has eyes, Fan Pingqiu raised his head and sighed, counting him as Fan Pingqiu is blessed, he can die in peace in this life.

Unexpectedly, only a few months later, an even bigger happy event fell on his forehead out of thin air: that day Fan Pingqiu opened the dilapidated wooden door of his house and ushered in an imperial decree.

In accordance with the fate of heaven, the emperor summoned and said, Fan's Pingqiu, during his official career, was upright and well-known as Qingsuo.This is it.

Fan Pingqiu knelt down, his ears were buzzing, and he almost suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Seeing him not moving for a long time, the eunuch reading the imperial decree hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, calling out "Lord Fan, you can thank me." But the son brought out the past, he stood up, the fine white powder on the eunuch's face reminded him of those sinister and vicious faces, the blood in his head was churning, and his body was about to fall down.

The eunuch quickly supported him, slid down Fan Pingqiu's chest, and thoughtfully said: "What's wrong with Mr. Fan!" Fan Pingqiu's wife next to him half-dragged Fan Pingqiu to the couch to rest, then turned around and said, "My lord, he This is very happy, and it will be fine to rest for a while."

The eunuch took out an ingot of gold from his bosom and gave it to his wife, saying: "This is for Mr. Fan on the road. It's a small thought. I hope my wife will accept it." , maybe there is still a place for Mr. Fan to take care of."

The man walked out as he spoke, pointed to the door and said, "This horse and four attendants were also given by the emperor, and they will escort Mr. Fan to Beijing. I have sent the Holy Will to Beijing, so I will return to Beijing immediately." Returning." He entered the room and bid farewell to Fan Pingqiu, and Fan Pingqiu got up and saluted the eunuch, and said, "Tonight, I will I will go to Beijing tomorrow, sir, do you want to stay with me for one night?

The eunuch took a look at the dilapidated house, he didn't dare to say anything, he gave another ingot of silver to his wife, said his goodbyes while saying polite words, and left with his men and horses after going out.

Seeing that the eunuch had gone far away, Fan Pingqiu talked politely with the attendants in front of the door, went into the room and sat down, staring blankly at the edict.His wife came over and said, "Master, why is he frowning? Isn't this a happy event?"

Fan Pingqiu glanced at his youngest son who was sleeping peacefully on the pit, and said, "This official...I don't want to be an officer anymore."

His only son is more than two years old, and he has just learned how to speak.Fan Pingqiu held his only son in his arms, and said: "Officials are impermanent, I am old, and I can't bear any troubles."

His wife was not surprised when she heard the words, she just asked: "Master is not joking?" Fan Pingqiu said: "No joke."

He made up his mind, seeing the sky getting dark outside the door, Fan Pingqiu sent the four attendants to watch the night outside, he quietly packed up the things in the house, hugged his son, and escaped with his wife through the window!

Fan Pingqiu has been an official for the first half of his life, but he has been a farmer in Qishan for [-] or [-] years, his brain has probably been corroded and rusted by the canal water in the rice fields.He only thought about the dangers of the official way, but he didn't expect that it would be a capital crime of disrespect for him to resist the order and escape from the official.

When he sneaked through the back door with his wife, he also took away the donkey in his yard. He knew it would be a long journey, and he also packed a lot of cold buns in his bag. The few silver coins given to him by the eunuch before, Of course, it is more properly tied in the crotch.

The two walked for more than ten miles overnight, and the night was already deep.When he arrived at the pier, Fan Pingqiu wanted to go south by boat, but thought that he disturbed the boatman in the middle of the night, and if others tracked him down, wouldn't his whereabouts be exposed immediately?So without hesitation, he said, "Don't go by water, go by land."

His wife weighed the son in her arms and said: "If you walk by land, you have to turn over the mouth of the king of Hades. The bandits are rampant there, and you might be robbed!"

"Bandits are human beings too, so they have to rest in the middle of the night!" Fan Pingqiu reprimanded, "How can we encounter such unlucky things every day!" .

But Fan Pingqiu's mind was really rusted, he forgot that bandits are not ordinary people, even if they rest, there will be a few groups standing guard.When bad luck happens, it will happen, regardless of the good times and auspicious days.

So on this dark and windy night, Fan Pingqiu and his wife, with their burdens and money in their arms, ate cold buns and rode donkeys, and when they had walked less than seven miles at the foot of the mountain, they were suddenly robbed by bandits!

This is called: if there is a way to heaven, you don't go, but if there is no way to hell, you just rush in.