Throughout the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the sorrow and indignation were in the heart, and what about Ren Jun who was in it? It is even more indignant, the road of life is never just by someone's guidance or not, but the force of the matter pushes him onto a road of no return, from the shame of the "hatless" of his childhood relatives, the experience of Han Ling's life, the escape from the death of Jingshan Temple, and a feud formed by fate, to the failure of the scientific expedition again and again is forcing him to continue to work hard, a little stop or give up, the light is endless ridicule, the heavy is the fatal blow of the enemy! Seeing her mother's aging face and her involuntary sigh, Ren Jun knelt down on her mother's knees to comfort her, "There is a child, why is the mother worried?" However, it is just a failure of empty words, so why not worry my mother? He saw the corruption and decline of the government, as a righteous and awe-inspiring man who was so incompatible with the world, he wanted to retreat, looking for a pure land of the soul, but where is there in the whole world? He thinks he should have a temple for teaching Buddhism, right? Unexpectedly, Yuan's pursuit made him feel completely hopeless! He has no reason to stop at all, and he doesn't even dare to have the luxury of giving up, he can only stick to his stubborn justice to face the rights and wrongs of the world, since evil is in power to create darkness, why not let the righteous take power to create light?!

This kind of family and country worries are like a driving force urging him to study hard, and there is no way back on his life road, only to go on bravely!

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, (1626) Ren Jun embarked on the journey to Beijing to catch the examination with the support of well-wishers, he experienced the situation of the township examination, he longed for the world to improve, but still controlled by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the Ming Dynasty has not only improved but intensified today! Whoever caters to the world, seeking peace and ugliness will have the opportunity to rise, Ren Jun still goes his own way, and generously states with a pen on paper, with all the reasons, and in the eyes of Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, as the chief examiner, Ren Jun's article is out of date, no matter how outstanding the literary style is, it is also nameless in the eyes of the mercenary examiner! Even if he tries his best to fight for it, it will only end in the end! At that time, Zhang Haogu, who welcomed the powerful and spent a lot of money, although his literary talents were not famous, he was praised by Wei Zhongxian because of his efforts to drill camps, opportunism and tricks, and became a successful example of "three levels in a row" that has been passed down through the ages! It is time to praise "the time is also, the momentum is also!" "Fornication? Or continue to cut off the evil with all their might? Ren Jun knows that even if he loses, as long as he doesn't fall, he will still move forward!

If the imperial examination is fought as a war, then we should learn from Sun Tzu's "know each other and know yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Ren Jun felt that he was a confidant and didn't know the other, indeed he only knew how to learn like a "nerd", and knew too little about the Ming Dynasty, he should explore the reason for his failure? Although someone found out the "crux" for him, "I don't know how to be sleek and sophisticated, and I don't know how to be opportunistic." Indeed, these are despised and rejected by an upright man, and although these phenomena have formed a trend at some times, this kind of "bad government" will only make the dynasty decadent faster and faster, and make the evil become the sinners of history, because the rise of each dynasty is the struggle of the righteous, and the power to turn the tide in the time of decline is also the unremitting efforts of the righteous! Ren Jun analyzed the ups and downs of this dynasty for the first time, he seemed to have found a breakthrough, that is, the loss of power, Emperor Wanli did not go to court for more than 20 years, and handed over his power to the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, if Wei Zhongxian was a righteous person, he would be like Zhuge Liang for Liu Bei "bow to the end, and die". And he is just the opposite, he is a "great evil person", the court and even local officials are the only ones who "look ahead", "those who do not obey orders are eliminated by violence, although Gu Xiancheng, Zou Yuanbiao, Ye Tonggao, and others led by the Donglin Party are dead to him and his forces, but in the end the power is weak and precarious. Bad government has spread to all aspects of society, where is the hope for this dynasty? Unless there is another Zhu Yuanzhang reincarnated? It's just a dream! When all the vices become habits and flow into the air, just like a stream of black blood injected into the main artery of society, all kinds of diseases and dirt of society will be presented, and no one will treat them, but they will only flood and be boundless. The death of Wanli in 1620 was a happy event for the people, most of them thought that there would be a new beginning, but the culprit of this dynasty was not only the Wanli Emperor, but Wei Zhongxian, he used the way of driving Wanli, and also controlled the Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao, so that he was addicted to wine, the name of the country is the Zhu family, in fact, he is the Wei family, and even more people found that he had already created the "Dragon Throne" in order to achieve his "emperor dream", the imperial robe, and the crown had already been stolen countless times in a sleepless night. Just wait for the day when his carefully arranged plan is successfully implemented, he will be able to wear a justifiable yellow robe, and also fulfill his "emperor dream" that has been brewing for many years. His perfect plan has long been exposed, "Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it!" There is a legend in history that "Qingfu is not dead, and the national disaster is not over", however, within a few years, "Qingfu" did not die, but the emperor died! In 1627, the new emperor Chongzhen Emperor ascended the throne, he was no longer controlled by Wei Zhongxian like the previous emperors, when he was the king of Yan, he secretly collected Wei Zhongxian's "criminal evidence" and waited until one day, this "historical sinner" was brought to justice, and he was able to grasp the supreme power of the dynasty, and at this time, it was the best opportunity for him to unite all the loyal ministers of the Donglin Party and finally bring Wei Yuxian down! On November 1, 1627, Wei Zhongxian hanged himself in prison, and as soon as the news broke, the entire court and even the people of the whole country rejoiced!

Ren Jun's friend Sun Tingquan and his private teacher came to tell each other, and they predicted that the end of Wei Zhongxian's era would be the arrival of a new era, and it would be the time for all students to show their ambitions. They had a long talk in "Feng Wuxuan丨, and they didn't realize that it was already dawn. The teacher told Ren Jun not to be anxious, to be anxious, to be waiting for Taoguang to recuperate, to have a qualitative life, and to be able to change the world without being surprised. Ren Jun was grateful for the teacher's teachings, and he thought just as the teacher said, one Wei Zhongxian won it, and it would take a long time for his institution and the entire system to take it.

Through the analysis of society and the integration of what he has learned, Ren Jun has a kind of confidence that he will win. As a Han Shi their ideals and ambitions, the purpose of the examination is not to get promoted and make a fortune, what to say "the book has its own golden house" and "the book has its own Yan Ruyu" is just a vulgar tone, a person who has really suffered a lot, thinking of the future is to create a better world, and like-minded people, to achieve their ambitions and responsibilities together! Although there is a world of difference between ideals and reality, as long as you do everything, you will be different!

Emperor Chongzhen has always considered for the survival of his Ming dynasty, although the decline of the country was not formed in one day, it was the bad habits accumulated by which generation of emperors, he had no way to examine, and revealing the scars of his ancestors was undoubtedly slapping himself in the face. In the face of the many cumbersome social problems, he decided to govern them one by one, although the removal of the remnants of Wei Zhongxian made the imperial court in a clear state, and the people applauded, but in the eyes of the peasant army pressed into the soldiers, they did not appreciate it, and they thought that Emperor Chongzhen's painstaking efforts were really to treat "dead horses as live horse doctors", a country that was already terminally ill, even if he tried his best to heal it was in vain! In the eyes of the peasant army all over the country, the Ming Dynasty has long existed in name only, and at the bottom of the society because of the deep suffering, they will not worship Emperor Zhen's little benevolence and turn back halfway, the most fierce Li Zicheng army, flying called the king, to the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Wuzhang as mighty, invincible. Such a stormy country, Emperor Chongzhen did not choose to escape, but with his weak body to carry it, he "rooster crows, sleepless nights, often anxious into illness, never have a feast in the palace!" He felt that only by doing his best to save the endgame in this way would he have the face to see his ancestors and ancestors a hundred years later. He knows that his own efforts alone are not enough, he must train and discover a group of talents who are in the same boat with him to bear the glory and disgrace of the country with him. So he in Chongzhen four years (1631) in the Forbidden City Taihe Hall held a national examination, Ren Jun waited for many years of opportunity finally arrived, he was high-spirited, Wen Si Quanyong successively passed Zhou Yanru, He Rupet as the main examiner of the Ministry of Rites examination, and finally passed the emperor personally presided over the palace examination in the Taihe Palace, the emperor read the paper and appreciated his writing, and then gave the Jinshi and the first. Ren Jun did not have much joy after hearing about it, but poured out sentimental tears, he went back to the bumpy course of the Cisco expedition, from a young man who was full of ambition, struggling to the present person to middle age, he wrote down "The township test is easy, the test will be easy, and the palace test is easier; The road test is difficult, the government test is difficult, and the county test is even more difficult! The candidates looked at the back of their jaws and were amazed.

The Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao wrote "The spring breeze is proud, the horse cries sick, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day." Although Meng Jiao and Ren Jun are both from humble backgrounds, he is far from Meng Xiao's happy mood.

When he got home, he hugged his mother and wept bitterly. The dream he had been waiting for for many years, and the dream he had been looking forward to in his dreams for many years had finally come true. The people of the village were happy for them and came to congratulate them, and some people said that the hard life of his mother and mother had finally come to an end! Ren Jun's teachers and students also came to congratulate him, and they were all happy for him. Soon, the emperor decreed that Ren Jun was appointed as the magistrate of Ruicheng, Shanxi, and since then, he has begun his career as an official. Facing the devastation of his home and country, he felt the weight of responsibility, and a greater storm would come, but he was ready to face it.