About three months have passed, and it is almost the New Year. And Zhang Chao was also preparing for the second New Year in which he had poured this world, and Zhang Chao also listened to Liu Renliang's report on the Hanmen Comrade Association. And this Hanmen Comrades Association has absorbed about a dozen members, all of whom are depressed in the officialdom and are so beaten by the scholars that they can't move at all. And these people were all approved by Zhang Chao before they were recruited to join. At this stage, every new developer must be personally reviewed by Zhang Chao, otherwise it will not be accepted. As for the current Zhang Chao's comrade association, there are only more than ten people, and they are all officials of the eighth and ninth grades, and there is no official of the seventh grade or more to join. However, Zhang Chao believes that as he becomes bigger and bigger, he will eventually be able to gradually develop and become a gluttonous monster. Therefore, Zhang Chao is not worried about this, Zhang Chao only needs time, but when the time comes, everything is okay.

"The minister has seen the emperor, may I ask the emperor to let the minister come over, what do you want the minister to do?" Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was very indifferent, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, but he looked at Zhang Chao deeply, obviously feeling that Zhang Chao was different. And Zhang Chao was also very plain, and he didn't look afraid, and Zhang Chao didn't have any fear of Li Yuan, because he knew that Li Yuan wouldn't do anything to him. Li Yuan still needs him, and Li Yuan needs Zhang Chao, the "dog", to bite people. During this period of time, Zhang Chao has bitten a lot of people for Li Yuan, so Li Yuan is not going to do anything to himself at present.

"Zhang Chao, are you secretly connecting those officials from poor backgrounds, and then hoping to form friends?" Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao replied very calmly: "We are not friends, we are deeply taught by the sages, we should be gentlemen and not parties, we are just a group of people with the same aspirations, and we are just cooperating together." ”

Zhang Chao knew that his actions could not be concealed from Li Yuan, in this Chang'an City, it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven and Li Yuan's world, so there was no way to hide his actions from Li Yuan. However, Zhang Chao didn't plan to hide it from Li Yuan, after all, he still needed Li Yuan's support next. After all, it is not easy for Zhang Chao, a person from a poor family, to climb up without the support of the imperial power, so the cold family and the imperial power must form an alliance, after all, both sides are just taking what they need.

"Really? Not an example! Li Yuan said.

Zhang Chao smiled in his heart, Li Yuan said that this is not an example, obviously he is telling Zhang Chao to "want" as an example. You must know that your behavior can be said to be "forming a party for personal gain", but it is the emperor's taboo, but Li Yuan actually answered so plainly, obviously he didn't care, but he should be encouraged.

Zhang Chao knew that Li Yuan was not a fool, he was very smart. Although since ancient times, it has been hoped that gentlemen will "be a group but not a party", but a person who really "is a group but not a party" is absolutely a fool. Even if Zhang Chao has come up with the test method, the final political struggle has not been completely resolved. The examination method can only be blamed to solve the problem of talent selection to a certain extent, but no matter how good the policy is, it is formulated by people and implemented by people. Therefore, Zhang Chao knows that the test method alone is not enough to become a means to change the situation, but a class must be used as the support of the test method, otherwise this test method will eventually become a mere formality.

Zhang Chao hopes to unite the students and officials of the Hanmen, in fact, he hopes that the Hanmen can form a joint force, so that they will not be scattered in front of the scholars, and then they will be broken by each of them. And Li Yuan, the emperor, naturally knew that the Hanmen was much better than the Shi clan, so he not only did not get angry when he heard that the Hanmen was gathered, but felt interesting. Because even if the Han clan gathers together to form a class, it will be easier to control than the Shi clan. The scholar clan is maintained by blood, and the cohesion in the family is very strong, and it will not be easily affected by the imperial power. But the cold family is different, even if the cold family gathers into a class, then in the end, there is no blood connection between those cold families, and the cohesion is more than a step worse than that of the scholar family. Therefore, instead of choosing the scholars, the emperor should choose the cold family, which is much easier to control than the scholars.

Li Yuan then asked: "Zhang Chao, do you think that the court officials, should they be the ministers of the generations?" ”

But Zhang Chao replied: "Your Majesty, I think that only flowing water can not be corrupted, if you don't clean up those rotten things for a long time, then it can only be a pool of stagnant water in the end." ”

Li Yuan nodded, he understood what Zhang Chao meant, that is, flowing water can not be corrupted, that is, it refers to those scholars. Those who are in charge of the state government for a long time, and then become the ruling class for generations, and those high-ranking officials are either members of their family, or they are in-laws of their family, or they are supported by their family. This was also very much in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and even in the Sui Dynasty. The scholars were bound together through a huge network of marriages, and the emperor was also overjoyed in the face of such a huge network.

However, now Zhang Chao is actually willing to take the initiative to gather those poor scholars to oppose the scholars, and their political proposition is to make state officials adopt the method of running water to avoid being solidified in one family for a long time. This must be good news for Li Yuan, the emperor, because someone can finally take the initiative to stand up against the scholars. You must know that in the past hundreds of years, the strength of the scholar clan has also continued to rise, and reached its peak in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Even many ordinary people actually agree with the theory that the scholars have ruled for generations, believing that the scholars are born to be rulers, and ordinary people are born to be ruled by the scholars, so they can't have any idea of challenging the scholars. Therefore, when Emperor Li Yuan heard that Zhang Chao took the initiative to form a "friend party" to fight against the scholars, not only did he not feel angry, but he felt that this was a good opportunity to ask for directions. If Zhang Chao's power grows bigger and bigger, then it can gradually squeeze out the scholars.

As for the remaining Hanmen Group, Li Yuan not only won't worry about flying, but will be very relieved. Because these Hanmen groups represent the class of the Hanmen Shu people, there are not so many marriage networks among them, so they cannot be tied together by Lian Yin. Even if the leader of the Hanmen group, they can only rely on the imperial power, and if there is no imperial power, then it may be difficult to maintain it in the end. This is also the congenital weakness of the Hanmen Group, which cannot be effectively condensed, and cannot rely on the bloodline patriarchal method to maintain the system as the Shi clan does. Therefore, all emperors hope to be able to appoint the Hanmen, because the Hanmen is not a great threat to the imperial power, at least much lower than the scholars. However, there are too many backward scholars born in the Hanmen, and many times the Hanmen cannot bring the emperor economic support to the hegemony of the world, if there is no economy, how can it be possible to fight? This is the reason why the Hanmen can't really compete with the scholars.

"In your eyes, I don't seem to see that you are too afraid of me, and you don't see me as a saint, just as a leader. It's like your boss, for example, you just think of me as an official, a slightly higher official. In your eyes, I'm no different from those bosses, at most I'm the boss of my boss, right? Honestly, isn't it? Li Yuan asked suddenly.

When Zhang Chao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, because he didn't expect Li Yuan to suddenly ask him like this. Li Yuan's words are actually not wrong, in Zhang Chao's eyes, Li Yuan, the emperor, is indeed the boss of the kind of boss, who is simply regarded as a senior cadre in later generations, and does not think of being a sacrosanct person. Although those high-ranking cadres in later generations were in high positions and power, they did not have any "divinity" and did not have any sacrosanct characteristics. If you are unhappy, you will scold if you love to scold, anyway, if you scold the national leaders, there is nothing, and it is impossible for people to trouble you because of this.

However, the ancient emperor was a sacrosanct and inviolable person, and he paid attention to the true destiny of the Son of Heaven, and the power came from God, and the power given to him by God. This kind of thinking is actually the so-called divine right of kings, which is a thing to fool the people. But as a later generation, how could Zhang Chao think so, in Zhang Chao's eyes, the emperor is no different from those senior leading cadres in later generations, even Zhang Chao, the head of state, can deal with it calmly, and there will be no one who thinks he is inviolable. Because what the Son of Heaven, the Son of God, this is all just a fart. How could Zhang Chao believe this, so he didn't care too much about the identity of the emperor in his eyes.

"Yes, in my eyes, the emperor is also a person, a person who starts a business to pass on to future generations for enjoyment, and is no different from ordinary businessmen and ordinary people." Zhang Chao said.

Li Yuan's face changed several times, and finally shook his head and said, "I originally thought that you would only truly realize this after you become a high-level person, but I didn't expect that you would already realize this in your heart. That's right, the emperor is also a human being, that is, an ordinary person. It's just that everyone is qualified to fight hard with the help of the right time, place and people, and then lay an immortal foundation for future generations. Therefore, I can use this master of the world to lay a foundation for future generations, and this is what I have earned through my efforts. ”

"So, in Datang, if you want to achieve fame, you can only rely on me. You are a humble family, and you don't have much family power to rely on, so you can only rely on me. If you didn't have my help, you wouldn't have been able to achieve fame. You don't think of me as a god, but I have power and your future. So, you have to listen to me, understand? Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao replied: "The minister understands! ”

Zhang Chao knows that from today onwards, the relationship between Zhang Chao and Li Yuan has changed from a subordinate relationship to a cooperative relationship. And Zhang Chao's purpose is to become the leader of the Hanmen, and then lead the Hanmen to expel the scholars. And Li Yuan, as the emperor, naturally hopes to be able to squeeze the scholars out of the officialdom, and then really grasp enough imperial power step by step. So from this moment, when Li Yuan knew that Zhang Chao was going to gather the Hanmen to fight against the Shi clan, Li Yuan did not object, but would take the initiative to cooperate and take the initiative to help and support.

As for Zhang Chao not treating Li Yuan as a "god", in fact, Li Yuan has nothing to be angry about, because whether the emperor is a god or not, they know it in their hearts, and many people also know it. The real official status has reached a certain level, and their relationship with the emperor has changed from a subordinate relationship to a cooperative relationship. Since Zhang Chao is the person Li Yuan wants to support against the Shi clan, he is naturally one of the important candidates for the core of the country in the future, and the relationship between Li Yuan and Zhang Chao has become close to a cooperative relationship.

Zhang Chao knew that if he wanted to carry out social changes, he would definitely be inseparable from the support of the emperor and the support of the imperial power. If he left the support of the imperial power, then those noble officials would attack him without any scruples. Only by being close to the imperial power in the early stage can we ensure that those who hold the public power of the nobles will not strangle themselves halfway, and use the public power to suppress themselves. Therefore, if there is no support from the imperial power, then he will definitely not be able to realize his ideal of fighting the scholars.

Of course, Zhang Chao would not have thought that he could eliminate the ruling class. Because the ruling class is actually inevitable, Zhang Chao knows that it is impossible to completely eliminate the ruling class, because even Zhang Chao is a member of the ruling class. However, what Zhang Chao needs to do is to fluidize the ruling class, that is, as Zhang Chao said, only by flowing water can it not be corrupted. If the scholars are allowed to rule for a long time, then it must be a long-term monopoly of state power in a country, and such a large number of poor people will not be able to enter the ruling class, so Zhang Chao will definitely not do it. After all, he is also a cold family, he is a cold door in this time and space, and he can only step on the corpse of the scholar clan to succeed. Otherwise, if you are a poor person, it is impossible to be recognized by the scholars, and the scholars will not look down on themselves at all. Since people look down on themselves, Zhang Chao will also step on them and let them look up to themselves when the time comes. Let those who look down on themselves as a poor person and let them see their own strength.

As for letting himself betray the class and betray the class, this Zhang Chao can't do it. After all, Zhang Chao has been educated by everyone in later generations, so naturally he will not do anything to betray the poor family and then lick the asshole of the Shi clan. Since they are blocking their own way, Zhang Chao will kill these roadblockers, so that not only can he pass, but also let his poor students of the same class pass.