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sighed about their undue death. I do not agree. If the state were falling and one cannot help right it, what use is a chancellor? Wang and Jia calmly held high positions and enjoyed the wealth and honors, at the same time that the wicked men led by Li and Zheng used their trickery and fraud to reach the positions of chancellorship. Wang and Jia sat with them and did not feel shame in doing so. The state faced disaster and disturbance and they did not worry. They lived their lives day by day. They thought that they had the wonderful strategy to protect themselves and that no one was more intelligent than they were. If everyone could do this and suffer no disaster, what wicked person would not do so? Instead, within an instant disaster fell, the feet of the
695:) kill or arrest Li Xun's and Zheng's associates. Meanwhile, Wang Ya and the other chancellors were set to have lunch together at the office of the chancellors, when they received report that the Shence Army soldiers were killing everyone in their paths. The chancellors and the other officials fled on foot. Wang Ya was soon captured and taken to the Left Shence Army headquarters. He was tortured, and, unable to bear the pain, falsely stated that he and Li Xun had planned a coup to overthrow Emperor Wenzong and make Zheng emperor.
718:. The Shence Army soldiers pillaged these executed officials' mansions for wealth, and it was said that, because Wang was so wealthy such that even though the soldiers and other looters looted his mansion for days, there were still valuables left. In particular, it was said that Wang held a large collection of valuable
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respectively, Wang Ya submitted a petition suggesting that Zhu be tolerated and pardoned so that he would not join Wang
Tingcou in fighting the imperial forces and that the efforts be concentrated against Wang Tingcou. By the time that Wang Ya's petition arrived at Chang'an, however, Yingmo Circuit
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The commentators all state that Wang Ya and Jia Su were both talented in literary abilities and had good reputations, and that they did not know about the conspiracy of Li Xun and Zheng Zhu but were nevertheless massacred with their families. The commentators thus felt angry and sad for them and
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Meanwhile, without Wang's knowledge, Li
Zhongyan (whose name had been changed to Li Xun by this point), Zheng, and Emperor Wenzong had been plotting to massacre the eunuchs in the palace, as Emperor Wenzong had feared the lead eunuchs' power. On December 14, 835—in an incident later known as the
344:). He was also created the Baron of Qingyuan. It was said that Wang was a talented writer and many of the edicts that had beautiful language during the reigns of Emperors Dezong and Xianzong were drafted by Wang. As Wang did not engage in partisanship, Emperor Xianzong often consulted with him.
710:. Their families were also massacred. It was said that because the people particularly resented Wang Ya for raising tea taxes, they cursed and threw rocks or brick fragments at him as he was paraded. Their bodies were exposed to the elements. In spring 836, the senior official
647:. Li Deyu was subsequently demoted out of the capital to serve as a prefectural secretary general. In 835, due to Zheng's suggestion, Wang, despite his knowing that doing so was ill-advised, proposed an increase to the tea tax, which caused the people much distress.
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were the reviewers of the examination, and
Huangfu was Wang's nephew, he accused Pei and Wang of conflict of interest. Due to Li Jifu's accusations, Pei and Wang were stripped of their imperial scholar status and both demoted—with Wang being made
781:(Emperor Muzong's brother) had Wang Ya and the other officials who died in the Ganlu Incident, except for Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, posthumously rehabilitated. Later, during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong's grandson
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works and paintings—which he had amassed by purchases and by giving their prior owners offices—and that while the looters took the jewels studded on the rolls or jade used for the rolls, they left the artwork.
831:
539:). As Emperor Wenzong opined that the music used at imperial ceremonies at the time were too frivolous and wanted more ancient-style music, he had Wang Ya consult the older musicians and took music from
505:) but also continued to serve as chief imperial censor, as well as the director of the salt and iron monopolies and grain supply for the Chang'an region. He was soon made the minister of rites (禮部尚書,
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605:, and continued to serve as the director of the monopolies and supplies. He was also created the Duke of Dai. As he had been recommended to serve as chancellor due to the efforts of
476:), which had been carved out of Pinglu Circuit previously, had already mutinied and rejoined Lulong, with the soldiers arresting its imperially commissioned governor Lu Shimei (
594:), and continued to be director of the monopolies and supplies. He reported to Emperor Wenzong that the 12 prefectures that Emperor Xianzong recaptured from the warlord
509:) and continued to serve as the director of the monopolies and supply. In 826, he was made the military governor of Shannan West Circuit (山南西道, headquartered in modern
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Emperor Xianzong), a special imperial examination was held for examinees to submit criticism of the government.
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in 819 had previously had copper and iron mines that were highly lucrative. At Wang's suggestion, Emperor
Wenzong ordered that a new tax be levied from the mines.
444:) requesting them to attack the "western barbarians" (i.e., Tufan) and offering great rewards if they did so. Emperor Muzong did not respond to Wang's suggestion.
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were considered to have written criticisms that were particularly on point and were ranked the highest by the officials in charge of grading, Yang Yuling (
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requested that their bodies be buried, and
Emperor Wenzong ordered such burial. However, Qiu had the tombs then opened up and threw their bodies into the
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307:), and subsequently being sent out of the capital to serve as the military advisor to the prefect of Guo Prefecture (虢州, in modern
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broke, the food spilled, and punishments were carried out in dark rooms. It is that Heaven destroyed them, not Qiu
Shiliang.
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discovered the plot and took control of Emperor Wenzong, and the eunuchs then had the Shence Army (
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forces made a two-pronged incursion later in the year and attacked Ya Prefecture (雅州, in modern
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