After completing the examination method of the Ministry of Engineering, Zhang Chao suddenly became a lot more relaxed. Because the next step is to implement the examination method in the major yamen in Chang'an, this is not something that Zhang Chao can afford to be a "small" person from the eighth grade. Zhang Chao is still back in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and his current job is to verify the performance of those officials, which can be regarded as a good position. And Zhang Chao has received gifts from many people, after all, Zhang Chao is responsible for verifying his merits, as long as he can go through Zhang Chao's route, then many people can be promoted.

Although the test method is based on grades, no matter how good the policy is, it is implemented by human beings, and human implementation will inevitably lead to subjective judgment. Therefore, although everyone knows that the test method is calculated according to merit, but in fact it is carried out by people, and it is inevitable that some people will have partial thoughts in this process. However, Zhang Chao will not accept those who come to give gifts. And Zhang Chao knows that he has offended many people, and if he dares to accept gifts, then I am afraid that some people will sue him and say that he has taken bribes. This is definitely not a trivial matter, after all, more than 30 officials of the Ministry of Industry have learned from the past, so he naturally will not have the courage to accept bribes. As an official, first of all, it is absolutely impossible to **, this is the experience that Zhang Chao has mastered in his previous life. Don't think that you'll be fine if you **, you will be retributed one day.

In later generations, Zhang Chao recognized a law very much, that is, Murphy's law. Murphy's Law tells him that whenever there is an accident, there will be an accident. This is not the reason that the time has not arrived, once the probability has accumulated to a certain extent, according to the so-called "when the time comes, everything will be reported". Zhang Chao believes in Murphy's Law very much, so naturally he will not have the courage to be corrupt, not to mention that the treatment of officials in the Tang Dynasty is much better than that of later generations. Officials in later generations only had salary income, but officials in this period not only had a lot of money, but also had income from jobs and fields, and even various lands, which was enough for themselves to be much more chic. Being an official in the Tang Dynasty is much better than being in the later generations, so corruption is looking for death.

"Zhang Chao!" An old man's voice came.

After Zhang Chao heard this voice, he immediately looked back, took the initiative to bow and salute, and said, "I've seen Teacher Yu!" ”

Zhang Chao recognized that this old man was Yu Shinan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and he had a teacher-student relationship with Zhang Chao in the Four Schools. When Zhang Chao was studying in the four schools, he had a course called calligraphy, which is calligraphy. Ancient people paid attention to calligraphy, and if Zhang Chao could not write a passable font, he might be despised. But fortunately, Zhang Chao's body has the so-called "muscle memory", which makes Zhang Chao's words not too ugly. Zhang Chao's ontological handwriting is also passable, so after Zhang Chao inherited his body, he also has a certain muscle memory, so that Zhang Chao is not like other traversers in calligraphy, and he has to train for a long time to be able to write calligraphy. In addition, Zhang Chao was also well-read before crossing at that time, and he was also very familiar with the traditional Chinese characters of historical materials, so he did not show his stuffing.

And this Yu Shinan was a famous calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, and his calligraphy attainments were very high, and later generations were called the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. However, Zhang Chao knew that this Yu Shinan was just a nominal teacher, he just came to see everyone when the students started school, and then they all left. After all, they are calligraphers and officials, so they naturally don't have the heart to care about these students. And a teacher like Yu Shinan is actually similar to a visiting professor or an honorary professor in later generations, but he just gives some courses when he has free time, and if he is not free, he will not come.

But even if he is only a nominal teacher, Zhang Chao must be respected. Respecting teachers is not a joke in ancient times, and the status of teachers in ancient times is extremely lofty, even if you don't respect teachers in later generations, it will be talked about. But in ancient times, if you don't respect your teacher, you will be scolded for a long time, and you may even be stinking for 10,000 years. Therefore, even if Yu Shinan did not really teach Zhang Chao a one-day course, but the status of teacher and student has been decided, then Zhang Chao has to respect this Yu Shinan.

"Zhang Chao, you have been in the court recently, and you are not bad!" Yu Shinan said.

"Thanks to the teacher's teachings, how about inviting the teacher to have a meal today?" Zhang Chao said.

"It's good!" Yu Shinan replied.

Zhang Chao took Yu Shinan to the inn outside the palace, and then did not order anything too greasy and expensive, because Yu Shinan was over sixty years old and was not suitable for greasy meals. Zhang Chao still has an eye for this, after all, of course he knows the basis of watching people put dishes on the plate.

"Zhang Chao, you have just entered the Ministry of Officials, and you have made such great achievements, which is really good!" Yu Shinan praised again.

And Zhang Chao immediately said: "Thanks to the teacher's teachings, otherwise students would not have been able to have such achievements!" ”

But Yu Shinan immediately said: "It's a pity, you are too young and too strong after all. You must know that officialdom is different from the academy, and things above officialdom are too complicated. You are still young, and you don't know how many people will lose their official positions because of this test method, and then hold a grudge against you for it. ”

Zhang Chao sighed, how could Zhang Chao actually want to be so harmonious? This is all to blame for Zhang Chao's itchy hands at the time, and in order to get over his addiction, he wrote a recital, which led to a series of things later. If Zhang Chao had a choice, why did he want it? But things have come to this point, and it's useless, so he can only choose to face the difficulties. Zhang Chao is not the kind of person who is easy to regret, since the matter has happened, it is useless to regret it, what he can do is to go up hard, otherwise there is no way back at all. There is no way back in life, instead of thinking about any way out, it is better to think about facing difficulties. This is also the difference between great people and ordinary people, great people encounter things and face difficulties, while mediocre people encounter problems but they all escape, this is the biggest difference. Character determines fate, Zhang Chao has always thought so.

So Zhang Chao won't dwell on the past, he will just figure out how to deal with those hateful people, and he will find a way to fight them. After all, since it is about to happen, it is useless to regret it, so he must just rise to the occasion.

"Teacher, what do you have to say?" Zhang Chao asked.

Zhang Chao knew that this Yu Shinan must have something to say to himself. Zhang Chao and Yu Shinan actually don't have much teacher-student relationship, and even they have only met once, but Yu Shinan came to find what he said about the teacher and student, this is definitely nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace. So Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask, and he didn't plan to go around in circles.

And Yu Shinan immediately said: "Now, you should take the initiative to find a big tree to protect yourself!" ”

"Squeak squeak, this Yu Shinan is really a 'literati'!" Zhang Chao thought to himself.

Zhang Chao now finally knows that this Yu Shinan is really a simple "literati", not a politician. Yu Shinan is not an official material, although he is talented and has a very high attainment in calligraphy, but he is not a qualified official. He directly said that he should find a big tree to protect himself, which is also telling Zhang Chao what he should take refuge in. Although he has tried his best to "go around in circles", in fact, this is still too direct and explicit in officialdom.

It is not easy for Yu Shinan to be able to do this, after all, he is just a literati specializing in academic research, and he belongs to the scholar-type official. And this kind of scholar-type official was even more obvious in ancient times, and he was even more politically ignorant. Scholar-type officials are not very familiar with the mode of operation of politics, so Zhang Chao knows that although this Yu Shinan is very talented, he will never be a prime minister. If Zhang Chao's memory is good, Yu Shinan's career in the last later years of his life is from a writer to a secretary, a young eunuch, a secretary, and so on, and he is also a very academic official position. Therefore, Yu Shinan is also a simple "literati", not an official who can govern the people's livelihood.

However, Zhang Chao soon began to wonder who this "big tree" Yu Shinan was looking for by himself. And Zhang Chao soon expected that this Yu Shinan's current identity is one of the eighteen bachelors of Tiance Mansion, and the eighteen bachelors are the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Wang Hongwen Pavilion, and these eighteen bachelors are actually an important staff organization of Li Shimin. Among the eighteen bachelors, there are simple Confucian people, such as Kong Yingda, Lu Deming and the like. And there are also people who help Li Shimin deal with government affairs, such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who later became famous. Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui was later a well-known prime minister, and now he is also Li Shimin's adviser.

Now Yu Shinan took the initiative to come over and say that he was looking for a big tree, which means that some people have taken a fancy to him. This Yu Shinan actually wanted to take refuge in Li Shimin, but I don't know if it was Li Shimin or Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui who were eyeing him and wanted to take refuge in Li Shimin. And this situation made Zhang Chao very nervous in his heart, because he was targeted by Li Shimin's people, which was not a good situation.

Because in history, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution a few years later, and then became the emperor. However, Zhang Chao was very careful about this Li Shimin, not because he was afraid of him, but because he was very afraid of the open and secret battle between Li Shimin and the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

After all, this kind of thing to seize the throne is too risky, and if it succeeds, it will certainly be from the dragon's work. But once it fails, it is very likely to lose his head, so Zhang Chao is very worried.