When Zhang Chao said the "miserable situation" of being a low-level official, many of those who had just been admitted to the imperial examination couldn't sit still. Because many of them are looking forward to the status of officials, as well as high welfare benefits, and even to be able to grasp power in the future. But now those low-level officials not only cannot hold power, but they will almost all of their lives under the suppression of the nobles and cannot be promoted. In such a situation, how could they possibly climb to the position of high-ranking officials and finally glorify their ancestors? Every child of the poor family has an ideal of honoring their ancestors, but this process is too difficult, they can do less than one thousandth, or even less than one in ten thousand, and first of all, the imperial examination alone is a very big threshold.

The people of the Shi clan can have a natural opportunity to join the officialdom, and then they can rely on the marriage network of their family ancestors, as well as various identity privileges, and even the financial support behind them, so that they can progress very smoothly in the officialdom. Of course, they are also higher than the poor officials in terms of ability, that is, in terms of the experience of political struggle in the officialdom, they have been educated by their parents since childhood, and they are also very familiar with this. And even if a poor student enters the officialdom through the imperial examination with a probability of almost one in a thousand, he must first start from the bottom and then climb up step by step. In the end, more than eighty percent of them will not be promoted in their lifetime, and in the end they can only waste a lifetime of their youth in this officialdom without any future.

Zhang Chao is right, if it is not to waste his life in officialdom all his life, then is such a life meaningful? In my life, I'm just messing around here? Is this in line with their life plan and their ideal goals in life? Obviously not in line, since they have all read, they naturally hope to be able to realize the value of their lives, they are all high-level talents, and they are naturally unwilling to mix at the bottom for a lifetime, and then be sent to be called for a lifetime, and then live a life that is not comfortable. With their ability, if they are willing to go into business, it is definitely more profitable than those uneducated businessmen. Of course, even if you are afraid of being discriminated against by businessmen, you can let yourself study medicine, and then as a doctor, the income in this era is called a high, and even if you invent some prescriptions, and then get the protection of the Imperial Medical Department, the money is even more than that of many middle and high-level officials. Why do you have to stare at these positions? The social status of doctors is also very high, especially when medical resources are extremely scarce, and many people do not have doctors to treat diseases. Don't look at the royal hospital now, but in fact, not many people can get treatment, only Gena near Chang'an can be treated. The shortage of doctors in all parts of the country is still very huge, as long as you are willing to be a doctor, it is definitely not worrying that there is no market, but the income is particularly high. The income of a physician's apprentice is higher than that of a mountain eight or nine officials, why should they stay up here and waste their youth?

"Have you thought about it? You are planning to continue to waste your youth in this officialdom and achieve nothing in the end of your life. You have to think clearly, being young means having opportunities, and your youth is the biggest asset, and you can start all over again. If you spend ten or twenty years in officialdom, it will be too late for you to engage in other industries. You say that you want to glorify your ancestors, and I can tell you that this era is not an era when our poor family can have too many opportunities. In our time, there are hardly any opportunities for the poor. Therefore, you have to think clearly, we poor children are born without any advantages, and our bloodlines are lower than the so-called scholars, we are all untouchables in the eyes of the scholars, and we do not cooperate with them to rule the country together. So we will be ostracized and then have no future for the rest of our lives. So, you have to think clearly, are we the opponents of the nobles? Those of us who are poor people want money without money, if we want identity without identity, if we want to be born without background, then we can only be trampled under the feet of other people in the end. So, if you think we have no future in officialdom, then you should hurry up and resign and change careers! ”

Zhang Chao's words made many people make up their minds.

"Let's go and resign tomorrow, since the Shi clan is too deceitful, then we can't afford to provoke us, can't we still hide?" Someone said.

Soon, the man was gone. Next, many people left, obviously not wanting to mix in this officialdom. Originally, they were looking forward to a good future when they entered the officialdom, but now that they are going to end up like this, they naturally will not be willing to continue to mingle. Instead of this, it is better to do more meaningful things while you are young, so as not to waste your youth. And if it weren't for Zhang Chao, they didn't know that they would be like this when they became officials, but Zhang Chao had already told them about it, and they were all scared. As people who have all read and read, they are all people who receive respect from others when they go there, so why should they be angry in this officialdom. It's better to be the head of the chicken than the cow, they mix well in other places, so why come here to be angry?

Soon, more than half of the sixty new section officials who participated in the banquet at the scene left, and only about twenty remained.

"Director Zhang, why do you want to force so many people away, can't we keep them? If they are willing to join us, we will really expand our strength again. Liu Chun asked.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "We must uphold the spirit of preferring shortage to excess, because we must ensure the ability of personnel." The next step is to have a struggle against the scholars, it must be a long-term struggle, and those who join must have strong willpower, and also have strong perseverance and confidence. If you don't have these powers, you can't join us. What we have to do is to dig up the foundation of the Shi clan, so our period is almost no less than a revolution to change the dynasty, so we must have capable personnel. If those who are easily shaken, then we will not only not take them, but will blow them away. Because these people who are not strong enough willpower, not only will it not be beneficial to stay with us, but it will be easy to betray us. Therefore, we must choose the best of the best, and then prefer the lack to the abundance. ”

Zhang Chao knew that what he was going to do was to carry out an almost peaceful class revolution, although it seemed peaceful on the surface, but inside he did not know how much dirt and struggle there was. If ordinary people are not strong-willed, they will inevitably betray everyone when the danger comes, and this will definitely not work. Just like the revolutionary era of later generations, why our party can have the last laugh, in fact, Zhang Chao thinks that the most important thing is one point, that is, to purify the organization every moment and maintain purity within the organization. As for the other party, it is simply all-encompassing, and all kinds of rabble have also taken the opportunity to join in for their own benefit. Seeing the benefits and rushing to the top, once there is danger, the lofty ideals of the year have long been abandoned, how can this kind of guy who is full of corruption not fail.

Therefore, Zhang Chao must choose some excellent people to join, especially those with strong willpower, if they are not firm enough, it will inevitably make everyone lose a lot. A pig teammate is often more terrifying than a god opponent, so Zhang Chao would rather not have a pig teammate than increase his so-called strength. If it's all a bunch of pig teammates, you're just a fat.

"Okay, you want to stay, do you want to be rich?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Yes, we still think we have to do our best to be rich. If you don't give it a try, how can you succeed? In my life, if I don't try, how can I possibly succeed? Whether it's for the benefit of the people, or for our family to glorify our ancestors, then I'll give it a try. A young official said.

And Zhang Chao immediately replied: "Yes, if you don't try it, how can it work?" What's your name? ”

"My name is Song Chen, and I am now the county lieutenant of Wannian County." The young man replied.

Zhang Chao immediately knew who this person was, this Wannian County is also the county seat under the Yongzhou Mansion directly under Chang'an, and one of the attached Guo counties in the capital Chang'an. The attached Guo County of Chang'an City is Jing County, and its status is the same as that of the county seat under the municipality directly under the central government in later generations, which is much higher than the county seat in other places. The county order of Jing County is the fifth grade, and the county lieutenant is also rising, and he is an eight-rank official. The county lieutenant is responsible for the criminal prison in the county, and is also responsible for urging the people to pay taxes, and his status is equivalent to the collection of public security, court, judicial and taxation departments in later generations.

And this Song Chen still looks good, and his first position is the county lieutenant of Jing County. Of course, this is also inseparable from Zhang Chao's help.

"Director Zhang, thank you very much, I heard that this time you are serving in the Ministry of Officials, and those new science and technology scholars are recommended to stay in the center of Chang'an as much as possible. I won't say anything thank you for such a great favor, and I have nothing to repay, this glass of wine is my respect for you! Those of us who were able to stay in Chang'an were able to stay in Chang'an thanks to the help of Director Zhang, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to do it! If you are sent to a place, you don't know when you will have a chance to get back up! Song Chen said.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was easy for central officials to be promoted, and many officials were gradually promoted from subordinates of the central organs, and rarely from local officials. Therefore, it is difficult for the magistrates to produce high-ranking officials, and these new science and technology scholars can get a position in the center, which must make them happy. The promotion opportunities of the central government officials and local officials are completely unequal. This situation was particularly prominent in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until the Tang Xuanzong period that the famous minister Zhang Jiuling proposed a selection reform, that is, he did not serve as a magistrate and could not file the prime minister's regulations.

"Actually, if you want to be rich, there is actually another way. That is to take refuge in the scholars, and then follow the scholars. When the time comes, you will do whatever the scholars tell you to do, and you will not be able to disobey at all. Then you are the dogs that the scholars let out to bite people, and once the scholars have something that is inconvenient for them to do, you will take the initiative to take it. Then, after the harvest, the scholars will directly grab the fat and give you a few bones to gnaw. And then if there is a fight in the court, the nobles will soon give up on you dogs and choose to save themselves. When the time comes, you will have to carry the black pot yourself, and then the nobles will not only not save you, but will give up on you. And even if this is the case, you may be able to achieve certain results, but the highest is only the fifth rank, and there are almost no official positions more than the fourth rank. If you were the founding fathers, then you might be better off and have a good future. But none of you are the founding fathers, so naturally you can't get the emperor's help. And you are not a scholar, you can only sell your dignity to join the nobles, use them as cattle and horses, and let others ride them. In the end, if the scholars don't need you anymore, then they will hide all the birds and hide the bows, and the rabbits will die and the dogs will be cooked. Therefore you should also beware of the possibility of being unloaded and killed by the nobles. So, think about it, do you want to take refuge in the scholars? ”

Hearing that there was such a result of taking refuge in the Shi clan, everyone was silent in their hearts. Since they are all human beings, why should they be dogs for others? Everyone has the dignity of being a human being in their hearts, and few people are willing to be dogs for others in exchange for wealth. Although some people can do anything for the sake of wealth, this is a minority after all, and only a small number of people will do so. And those who are truly literate and have read books, they all understand the truth, know the dignity of being a human being, and would rather die than eat the food that comes to them. So if you want them to be dogs, this obviously can't be done. Of course, they have just entered the officialdom now, and they are all in the same blood, spirit and sense of justice in their hearts, and they are very unaccustomed to ugly phenomena in their hearts. Therefore, they are naturally reluctant to be dogs for others.

"So what do we do? Do you want to let the nobles oppress us like this? Song Chen finally let out an unwilling cry.

"Yes, do you just let the scholars rule the officialdom, and then exploit our people and oppress us?" "Yes! We can't go on like this, we must work hard, so that we can glorify our ancestors. "Yes, we can't let the scholars oppress the people like this!" "We can't be dogs like this and live without dignity." ……

Many people finally couldn't help it, because they were all shocked by this sad prospect. And Zhang Chao has a little love, he doesn't die under pressure, he explodes under pressure, some of these people have already erupted in silence, these people are obviously unwilling to be ruled by the Shi clan like this, they want to choose to resist. And these people are the people Zhang Chao needs the most at present, they can explode under great pressure, this is the real outstanding talent.

Zhang Chao immediately stood up and said, "That's right, we are poor, we ordinary people, are we born to be oppressed by the scholars and inferior?" We are human beings, and every human being is born with human rights, the right to live, the right to wealth, and the right to work hard. But now the scholars continue to devour our wealth, and then let us not take our poor family in their eyes, wantonly abuse our poor family, and even kill our poor people, so that the power of our wealth and survival will be seriously affected. And then, the scholars occupy most of the official positions, so that we have no chance to work hard, no chance to truly gain status and glory through our own efforts, even if we want to do something for the people, we can't do it. And the rotten scholars can rely on their so-called noble bloodline, and then get too many opportunities to be officials. In order to maintain their corrupt rule, and to maintain their privilege to exploit our humble families, they even did not hesitate to exclude us, so that we could not gain wealth and dignity, and we would not be able to speak for the people. Can we tolerate that? ”

"There are only two parts to the history of our poor children. Part of it is the era when the slave is temporarily secured, and the other part is the era when you can't get it if you want to be a slave. Do we have to endure it like this! Whenever there is trouble, the scholars also force us to sell ourselves and take refuge, and then we become slaves and maids for generations, and finally our descendants are slaves and maids. Are we going to live like this? And even in the peaceful and prosperous times, we are just exploited by the scholars, exploiting us through various means, and then we are just temporarily sitting on the minions. And once it comes to troubled times, we may not have the opportunity to be slaves of the scholar clan. When will we be able to really not be slaves, when can we not really be a person, and our own life belongs to us? ”

Song Chen immediately said: "We can't bear it anymore, we can't continue to be slaves of the Shi clan." We don't want to be slaves of the nobles, we want to be ourselves. We want to fight for a piece of the sky for the children of the poor. ”

And Zhang Chao immediately continued: "I see that you are not willing to be the slaves of the Shi clan, and you are not willing to be dogs to the Shi clan, so I think we can unite." Anyway, we are all poor in this officialdom, and we are not the founding fathers of the country, so we can only unite and then compete with the scholars for official positions and interests. Our goal is that we can't allow the Scholars to enslave us so easily, and we have to work hard, or we will definitely be devoured by the Scholars in the future. Do you know how the ants in the forest can escape the fires in the forest? As soon as they encounter a disaster, they immediately gather together, gather together to become a big ball, and then everyone works together to get out of the fire. And it is precisely because of this that only through unity can the vast majority of ants survive. ”

"And if we don't take the initiative to unite, then we will inevitably face the result of being separated by the scholars and then broken by each other. Therefore, we must unite so that we can survive under the siege of this clan. If we are not united, then when will we come out of the poor. In the past hundreds of years, the reason why our humble family has not been able to rise is not only cultural, but also because we are not united. The Shi clan screwed everyone together through marriage, through blood, and then they united to deal with our Hanmen. ”

"And there are a lot of people in our world's poor families, even if there is one scholar out of a thousand people, it is more than the scholar clan. But why don't we have a rival to the Warriors? Is it origin, knowledge, bloodline, wealth, destiny? None of these are any! That's because we weren't united enough, and then we were broken by the scholars! As long as we can unite and not be defeated by the scholars, then we have the support of almost the entire population behind us, then we will definitely be able to succeed. ”

"And the nobles have marriages, and through marriages unite everyone. However, we also have a very important thing. We have ideals, we have common ideals, we have common goals, and we have lofty ideals for the well-being of all the people in the world. We are ideologically resonant, and then we are brought together, so that we are not at all inferior to the nobles. As long as we can unite, then all the people of the world are not willing to follow us, and when the time comes, we will work for the benefit of all the people of the world, so what is there not to do? ”

Soon, these officials from the poor family were also persuaded by Zhang Chao, because they were all young people and full of excitement. Love, can have lofty ideals, with lofty goals. They can't get used to the ugliness, so they're willing to join in and cooperate.

And Liu Chun immediately said: "In this case, there are more than 30 of us present, and we have made a blood alliance together today and made an oath that we will never betray our ideals and never betray everyone." If anyone betrayed, there would be five thunderstorms that day, and the ancestors would not be at peace underground. ”

But Zhang Chao shook his head and said: "I don't need to be like this, we all came together because we have common ideals and common aspirations." We don't have to play any of them, we come and go freely. If anyone finds that they are not suitable to stay in our group in the future, they can take the initiative to ask everyone to leave, and we generally will not stop it. However, the premise is that you don't betray us all, don't help the nobles to fight us, and then we will allow you to leave. Even if we don't agree with each other in the future, then we used to be 'comrades' after all, and this friendship still needs to be talked about, right? ”

And those new people who joined were also moved, they originally thought that Ah Yo blood was an alliance for everything, but now Zhang Chao has saved all this, proving that everyone is completely a like-minded organization that comes together, not some gang, paying attention to the righteousness of the rivers and lakes. And even Zhang Chao agreed that as long as they don't want to, everyone can leave at any time, which is much better than many so-called organizations that can't leave for life once they join. Everyone came together for the same goal, and if one day they found that they didn't fit in, they could leave. As long as you don't betray everyone, that's fine.

"Well, our organization is also called the Reform Comrades Association, and everyone has the same ambition, that is, to innovate the world, so that all the people in the world can reap the benefits of innovation."

And no one knows what this meeting means today, and the future history of China will forever record this meeting.