Zhang Shizhi was born in Nanyang, and there is no way to know the year of birth and death, and there is no way to know the deeds before becoming an official.

However, there is no doubt that Zhang Shizhi's knowledge is not small, and his talent is extraordinary. Zhang Shizhi's luck is also good, born in a solid family, Zhang Shizhi's elder brother understands his younger brother's potential, and especially spent 100,000 yuan to buy Zhang Shizhi a riding officer in the way of selection, hoping that he can make a difference in the future.

Riding is not a grudge with oil and water, but also a chore.

Zhang Shizhi began to enter and leave the palace with a dream, he originally thought that as long as he was diligent and willing to work, he would definitely get ahead. However, the cruel truth extinguished his illusions, and being outstanding was not necessarily related to hard work.

Zhang Shizhi is accompanied by horses every day, and his daily work is to feed the horses, run the horses, and serve the horses, in addition, he keeps attending various ceremonies, Zhang Shizhi's days are dull and boring, and the magnates have seen a lot, and the saddle before and after the horse can be described as conscientious, but no one will take the low-level officials to heart.

Among all the riders, Zhang Shizhi is a maverick, he never easily confides in his heart, in the eyes of his colleagues, Zhang Shizhi is a very silent person, no one knows what he thinks, and no one knows what he wants. In the city of Chang'an, everyone sharpened their heads and wanted to climb up, looking forward to living a rich life in the future. So everybody is doing their best to tie up with their bosses, the powerful. Zhang Shizhi also has a strong desire for fame, but he doesn't seem to be keen on socializing with his boss. Every time he participated in the ceremony, Zhang Shizhi was very excited, and the day before, he would brush and brush his mount, and carefully inspect it, for fear of making mistakes. This makes others incomprehensible, if it is a war horse, the emperor Tianma, take care of it, maybe one day you can get some rewards, but these useless ceremonial horses, why bother?

Zhang Shizhi is a strange person.

As soon as the ceremony ended, Zhang Shiyi didn't say a word, looked for a corner, and was busy with his own work.

Zhang Shizhi is definitely a strange person.

Strange is strange, who cares about him? The capital is very big, and strange people are everywhere.

One more is not too much, one less is not too much.

The people next to Zhang Shizhi were adjusted one by one and promoted. Only Zhang Shizhi is a rider for one year, a rider for three years, and a rider for ten years.

As a result, he entered middle age at the age of establishment, Zhang Shizhi, in this life, if there is no miracle, riding will be the only profession in his life. When he is old, Zhang Shizhi may be able to mix up his pension and return to his hometown.

If Zhang Shizhi finishes his life like this, he can only become one of the many living beings.

Facing himself with his temples slightly pale in front of the bronze mirror, Zhang Shizhi suddenly felt a little disgusted.

This is not the life I want, and my life should not be like this. My brother spent a lot of money to send me to the feet of the Son of Heaven, is this his reward? Running water is not rotten, the hub is not beetle, it should be time to change, even if you are confident enough to learn in your chest, but if you have no chance, you are wasting the time! Is this the real me? Is this the hot-blooded Zhang Shizhi back then?

Zhang Shizhi muttered to himself, and a hot current suddenly burst out of his eyes.

When the bitter tears finally couldn't be suppressed, Zhang Shizhi's heart also made a decision.

Let's go! Good men are ambitious!

Zhang Shizhi wiped away his tears, packed his bags, and came to the mansion of Yuan An, who was Zhang Shizhi's only friend in the capital and was now his superior. Yuan An's name has been thunderous in the capital recently. But before being Langzhong, he was a figure of the same level as Zhang Shizhi. After this guy became Zhonglang, he seemed to have forgotten Zhang Shizhi's old friend.

Yuan An's official position is that of a lieutenant general, because of his profound and wise words, he is deeply respected by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and his career can be described as bright.

Zhang Shizhi took his bags to Yuan An's mansion to resign. After all, it is a friend who has drunk wine, bragged about it, and talked about a better tomorrow, and now he is leaving, and he can't say goodbye.

Zhang Shizhi was able to get acquainted with Yuan Ang and have a deep friendship, not only did the two have the same integrity, but also had the same ideals, and for ten years, Zhang Shizhi has always introduced Yuan Ang as a bosom friend.

It is precisely because of this heart-to-heart exchange that Yuan Ang learned about Zhang Shizhi's talents.

But before Emperor Wen sat firmly on the dragon chair, Yuan Ang was also an insignificant figure, if he didn't have a big brother who could eat well in the court, I am afraid he would not be able to get the position of Zhonglang.

Yuan Ang looked at Zhang Shizhi's body and wrapped his back, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart, but Yuan Ang was not surprised, how could a character like Zhang Shizhi be willing to be happy for a long time?

"Brother Zhang, are you leaving?"

"Yes!"

"Brother Zhang, isn't it a pity to leave like this?" Yuan Ang wanted to test whether Zhang Shizhi still had the pride of the year.

"It's a pity not to go, the flowing water is not rotten, if you don't go, Zhang Shizhi's life will be a pool of stagnant water!"

"Does that brother Zhang have any plans for the future?"

"Merchants!"

"Business? That's a mistake! He is a cheap businessman, and Brother Zhang is a rider, which is a big talent and a little use. If you enter the business road, it is useless to be talented! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Shizhi was a little stunned.

"The businessman has always been cunning, no profit, no skill, no drilling, Brother Zhang is so upright and uncurved, how can he be with a businessman?" Yuan An's words made Zhang Shizhi sweat profusely.

"What is a righteous businessman?"

"Great fallacy, righteousness and profit are different, righteousness is not profitable, profit is not righteous, righteousness is to profit, just like water is to fire, merchants do not produce, do not work, drill camp fraud, how can righteousness come from? The saying of righteous businessmen is a businessman's exculpation, how can it come from the mouth of the king? Brother is a righteous man and a gentleman, and when he suddenly enters the business road, he is in a desperate situation and is willing to fall! Yuan An's words are beautiful, and every word deeply impacts Zhang Shizhi's heart.

He had to admit it, and he had to admire the depth of Yuan An's insights, in fact, with Zhang Shizhi's understanding, how could he not understand that he was not suitable for business, business, business, and business, in the past ten years, who has he Zhang Shizhi discussed things with, in his heart, there is only one standard for judging right and wrong, good and evil, right and wrong, that is, fairness and justice. But if you don't enter the business road, now you have a clean breeze on your sleeves and no tile, how can you repay your brother's hard work? How can you make up for all the expenses?

The distraught Zhang Shizhi had no choice but to choose where to go in the future, but Yuan An's words shocked him back.

Zhang Shizhi's Yuan Ang thought for a long time, his face was red, his ears were red, and he bowed deeply to Yuan Ang and said, "Brother Yuan's words, like an initiation?" However, what advice does Brother Yuan have? ”

Yuan Ang smiled, stroked the goatee on his chin, and said: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, the emperor has ordered all counties to recommend filial piety, doctor, Brother Zhang will go back and prepare, I will recommend you to the emperor." When the time comes, it's all up to you! ”

Zhang Shizhi held back his tears, and he was grateful in his heart, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to bow deeply to Yuan An.

Yuan Ang hurriedly smiled while helping: "Okay, okay, Brother Zhang, you want to kill me!" How about a few cups of drinks? ”

"Wonderful!" Zhang Shizhi stroked his palms and laughed.

Soon after, Liu Heng summoned Zhang Shizhi alone.

Liu Heng has summoned many so-called talents in the past few days, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, he looked at the official document in his hand, Zhang Shizhi came to him, and he didn't even raise his eyes to look at him. Zhang Shizhi stood in front of Liu Heng and did not take the initiative to speak, but patiently waited for the emperor's questioning.

Liu Heng is a little strange, the talented people of the past are all in a hurry to speak, from the three emperors and five emperors to the Gaozu Lu Hou, from the five lakes and the four seas to the three mountains and five mountains, all of them are blowing in the sky, for fear of missing what they have learned in their lives, but today this Zhang Shizhi is very special, and he didn't say a word after saluting, which made Liu Heng curious.

So, Liu Heng put down the piece in his hand and looked at Zhang Shizhi in front of him.

The green shirt cloth is clean and tidy, with a good posture, and at a glance, it makes people feel solemn and upright.

Liu Heng, who has seen a lot of people, judged at a glance that if this person is talented, he must be talented, and Liu Heng has enough confidence in this. When you are an emperor, if you can't judge what is right and what is evil, how can you govern the country well?

There are many talented people, but if they lack righteousness, they are easy to become traitors and ministers; There are many righteous people, but if they lack talent, they are easy to become mediocre and corrupt ministers. If a courtier can have talent and righteousness, such a minister is the blessing of the country and the happiness of the society.

Liu Heng asked calmly: "Yuan Langzhong said that Mr. is talented and learned, I summoned you here, I hope you can have no scruples and make suggestions!" ”

"Yuan Langzhong Miao praised, Your Majesty can only use talents, and I am also blessed by the Han! I have heard for a long time that Your Majesty is humble and follows the advice, which is the luck of all the people! ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "Mr. saw me for the first time, how did you know that I was humble and good?" ”

"Your Majesty governs the people with leniency, administers with goodness, educates the people, eliminates the crime of gossip, commutation of prison, today's temples, the wind of daring to speak prevails, and the subordinates dare to speak, that is, it means that the Son of Heaven listens to both, and if he listens to it, he will be clear, and if he listens to it, he will be dark, and the nature of the Son of Heaven can be seen from the breath of the court, and the line of the Son of Heaven can be seen from the anger of the people..."

Zhang Shizhi still wanted to continue, but he saw Liu Heng wave his hand and said, "Sir, don't talk too much, say something practical and useful!" ”

Zhang Shi secretly rejoiced in his heart: "When today's son really doesn't like to talk about it, the sky lives up to me."

Zhang Shizhi bowed deeply to Liu Heng, and then changed the rhetoric of the boastful talk just now, from Gaozu to rule the world, from the daily vitality of the common people to various national policies, from the border disputes to Huang Lao's inaction, Zhang Shizhi poured out what he had learned like a river.

Liu Heng was so engrossed that he interjected a few sentences from time to time, Zhang Shizhi answered all questions, and Liu Heng shook his head again and again.

An hour later, Zhang Shizhi's mouth was dry.

Liu Heng stood up, helped Zhang Shizhi to sit down on a few cases next to him, and then ordered the attendant to watch the tea.

Zhang Shizhi didn't shirk it, he went down to the tea with an ancient brain, and said in a loud voice: "Good tea, good tea, the fragrance enters the lungs, and the chest is very refreshing!" ”

Liu Heng laughed: "This is the top-grade Tieguanyin of Baiyue's tribute, which is clear and moisturizing the lungs!" I heard what Mr. said just now, Mr. is a well-educated person, I don't know if I can seek a country for my Han? "Liu Heng has always attached great importance to talents with real talents, so his tone is negotiable.

Zhang Shizhi hurriedly got up and bowed down in front of Liu Heng: "Your Majesty will not give up, and you will do your best to seek benefits for the country and the people!" ”

"Okay, sir, please get up quickly, Mr. will bow down to the confessor first, I don't know what Mr. thinks?"

The servant of the confessor, whose rank is higher than a thousand stones, is equivalent to the current deputy minister. Although this official position is a deputy position, it belongs to the emperor's close ministers and is very promising. Of course, Zhang Shizhi understands that it is already an eye-opener for God to obtain such an official position with a three-inch tongue, so he is naturally willing to accept it.

After ten years of dormancy, Zhang Shizhi finally walked into the emperor's sight, the confessor is not a high-ranking official in the capital, and it has no real power, the confessor is in charge of the court etiquette and the function of uploading and disseminating, and the confessor is the person in charge of the servant shooting, so because of this function, Zhang Shizhi must often stay by the emperor's side, once the emperor has any orders, he will convey them.

Of course, uploading and distributing is not Zhang Shizhi's forte, and governing the country is not Zhang Shizhi's forte, in the first brainstorming between Zhang Shizhi and Liu Heng, Zhang Shizhi's most frequent mention is the law. Law is a sharp weapon in Zhang Shizhi's hands, and he wants to use this sharp weapon to realize the ideals in his heart, fairness and justice.

Liu Heng put Zhang Shizhi in the position of the servant is very meaningful, he wants to be familiar with Zhang Shizhi as soon as possible, and he must be familiar with how to use Zhang Shizhi as soon as possible, Liu Heng believes that Zhang Shizhi can not only speak, but also do, there are many ministers who can speak, Jia Yi and Yuan Ang are all steel teeth and iron mouths, but they are not necessarily commensurate with their mouths. This Zhang Shizhi is not, although he doesn't say much, but when he says it, it is very reasonable, when he first summoned him, although he talked eloquently, but compared with Jia Yi and Yuan An, although he did not speak as wonderful as them, but there was no lack of simple truth, very real. Even so, it will take time for Zhang Shizhi to become a minister.

Zhang Shizhi has shown his ability since he served as a servant of the confessor, and while doing his job well, Zhang Shizhi also lost no time in making suggestions to Liu Heng.

Once, Zhang Shizhi followed Liu Heng to Shanglin Yuan to hunt. Liu Heng suddenly asked the captain next to him about the situation of Shanglin Yuan, but the captain couldn't answer, Liu Heng was unhappy in his heart, and was about to be furious, only to see the husband of Shanglin Yuan (the little official in charge of the tiger circle) stepped forward and answered the question instead of Captain Shanglin. Liu Heng turned his anger into joy at this time, and he immediately appointed the Tiger Circle Sifu as the Shanglin Order, in charge of the entire Shanglin Garden. As soon as the appointment was announced, Zhang Shizhi next to him stood up and said, "No! ”

Liu Heng was puzzled. Zhang Shizhi asked, "What does Your Majesty think of Zhou Boqi?" ”

"Kind-hearted man!"

"Then what does Your Majesty think of Zhang Xiangru?"

"He is also a kind person!"

"Zhou Bo and Zhang Xiangru are both elders who are not good at words, aren't they as good as this sharp-toothed tiger circle husband? The state of Qin appointed a sword and pen, so Qin died in the second. His Majesty promoted him because of his eloquence, and the minister was worried that the world would follow the wind and compete to learn the ability of the tongue instead of being down-to-earth! ”

Liu Heng thought for a while, nodded yes, and revoked the order just now.

Soon after Zhang Shizhi, he was promoted to the rank of bus commander, in charge of the palace gate, Sima Gate, responsible for night patrols, and his authority was only under the guard of Jiuqing.

Zhang Shizhi took another step towards his ideals.

The bus order is a very important position, and the palace gate, palace gate, and patrol he is responsible for are directly related to the safety of the imperial city. But Zhang Shizhi can do better than his predecessor in this position, because he is a person who does not shy away from the powerful and does not recognize the law and people.

Giving Zhang Shizhi the responsibility of guarding the palace gate, Liu Heng was able to sleep peacefully. The palace gate can't enter casually, but some people can still go on a rampage, ordinary courtiers and people don't have the courage to do this, and only the royal people dare to enter the palace gate.

Zhang Shizhi is a person who adheres to principles, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, anyone who wants to slip in from him, there is only one option, abide by the law and regulations, otherwise, everything is not to be discussed.

The crown prince Liu Qi and the king of Liang Liu Wu once touched a nose in front of Zhang Shizhi, and the brothers drove into Sima Gate, not only did they not get out of the car, but they also had no intention of notifying. When Zhang Shizhi saw it, he immediately ran over, grabbed the bridle and said: "According to the law of the palace, all officials and ministers must dismount and walk when entering the palace, otherwise they will not be able to enter the palace!" ”

Liu Qi and Liu Wu's eyes widened, in the past, when his brothers entered the palace, which time was not like this, today a person who didn't know whether he was alive or dead came out of nowhere, and dared to stop their car. The two brothers have an acute temper, Liu Qi once lost because he played a game with the prince of Wu King Liu Bi, and was mocked by Prince Wu for a few words, Liu Qi picked up the chessboard and slapped it on the head, slapping Prince Wu's head into a ball of paste, Liu Qi paid the price for his impulsive behavior.

Liu Qi was severely reprimanded by his father, and only later did he restrain himself, such an impulsive person, and he was the crown prince, there were almost no people in the capital who dared to provoke him. I didn't expect to meet such a guy who didn't know whether to live or die now, and the anger came up.

He was about to go crazy, but he didn't expect his younger brother Liu Wu to go crazy first, Liu Wu's temper is the same as his name, he is a martial arts big three, advocating violence. Zhang Shiyi came to stop him, and Liu Wu opened his foul mouth, scolding and drawing his sword, it seemed that he was going to kill someone.

Zhang Shizhi ordered the armor soldiers to surround him, and the two sides were deadlocked there.

Zhang Shizhi and the future emperor formed a bond, Zhang Shizhi asked someone to impeach Liu Qi and Liu Wu for the crime of "great disrespect" to Liu Heng, and sent it to Liu Heng. At this time, the Empress Dowager Bo came over. As soon as she heard that her two precious grandsons had caused a big accident, she ran over in a hurry. She knows her emperor son better than anyone else, and between the country's Dafa and family affection, he will definitely choose the former.

Her younger brother Bo Zhao, Liu Heng's uncle committed the crime of killing the messenger back then, the envoy is the face of the country, killing the messenger according to the law is a capital crime, Liu Heng in order to maintain the law and order of the country, not only did not pardon his uncle, he even hoped that Bo Zhao could personally confess his guilt in the court, so as not to bear the notoriety of killing his uncle, but Bo Zhao did not admit his guilt, Liu Heng was helpless, thought of a trick, so that everyone was stunned, he secretly ordered some officials to wear mourning clothes to Bo Zhao's house to live sacrifice, those officials cried from morning to night, made Bo Zhao unrestful day and night, and under depression, he could only choose suicide.

Empress Dowager Bo was old and couldn't see the pain of her relatives, so she hurried over. Liu Heng went to Guandai and cried to his mother: "It's because I didn't educate them well!" ”

Empress Dowager Bo kindly touched Liu Heng's hair and said, "The grandson is still young, and he is still being shaped, and the country must not lose the prince!" ”

Empress Dowager Bo waved her hand to the inner servant beside her, and the inner servant understood and took Emperor Wen's edict to the outside of the palace gate to pardon the prince and King Liang.

When the two brothers got the edict, they glared at Zhang Shizhi fiercely, but Zhang Shizhi frowned tightly and calmly.

After the incident, Liu Heng saw Zhang Shizhi's upright character, so he promoted him to be a middle doctor. In the tenth year of Emperor Wen of Han (169 BC), he was promoted to the rank of court lieutenant.

Zhang Shizhi is ranked in Jiuqing, and he can finally stride forward to realize his ideals. At this moment, I believe that in Zhang Shizhi's heart, there is only one belief, fairness and justice are more brilliant than the sun.