Zhang Hao, the word Guozhong, Nanhai people's name.

For Great Xia, both the North and the South China Sea are places outside of "Kyushu", and students from these two places must go to Kyushu to participate in the imperial examination.

Although they can also participate in the imperial examination, and they can also enter the official through the imperial examination, whether it is the academic forum or the court, there is a crooked atmosphere that discriminates against these "people who are not outside".

Of the two, the Northland was vast and sparsely populated, and there were few brave warriors like Pan Long's father, Pan Lei, who participated in the imperial examinations and achieved success. The people of the Northland don't care about this - for them, practicing a good martial arts, going to the Jincheng defense line to fight with the desolate people and fierce beasts, and making meritorious contributions is what a man should do.

Study?Imperial Examination?

My dear mother, what are you kidding!

In the years of official enlightenment, isn't it enough to endorse and memorize!

The South China Sea has a large population and a relatively developed economy, so the literary style is relatively prosperous. Over the years, there have been quite a few people who have participated in the imperial examinations, and naturally there have been many results.

However, because of discrimination, it is not difficult for Nanhai people to take the Xiucai exam, but it is obviously much more difficult to take the Jinshi exam. As for the champions...... Since the imperial court opened up the South China Sea, in the hundreds of years, the champion duke from the South China Sea has been counted with one hand.

And even if this hand is slightly mutilated, for example, if you chop off one of your little fingers because of drinking and making a mistake, it will not affect you.

In this case, Zhang Hao, as a native of the South China Sea, was able to dominate the entire imperial examination in Great Xia, and finally won the top prize, which is indeed extraordinary.

But the career of this champion is not satisfactory, he has been in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, and now he is only a bachelor of Hanlin.

Being a bachelor for a few years is a face-saving thing. It's not a good thing to be a bachelor of Hanlin for more than ten years.

Therefore, this old bachelor is usually cautious in his words and deeds, and his posture is very low, which is simply engraved on his face with the word "low-key".

Especially in the recent period, he has been appreciated by the crown prince Emperor Hedong, and he is often summoned by Emperor Hedong to ask for advice, which seems to mean that he has the meaning of bitterness.

If it had happened 10 years ago, he would have been in high spirits. But now...... He already knows the importance of hiding clumsily and keeping a low profile, unless it is in front of Emperor Hedong, he usually behaves more and more harmless to people and animals, and he has no sense of existence like an assassin with a "breath block".

The more you see hope, the more you have to be careful, because hope ...... Most of them live with despair.

If you are not careful, hope can turn into despair.

He's seen too many things like that.

However, as the saying goes, "people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves". Although Zhang Hao and Zhang Guozhong have worked hard to keep a low profile, when things come to the door, no matter how much he wants to be low-key, no matter how much he wants to reduce his sense of existence, it is useless.

For example, today, several colleagues who were most "acquaintances" in the Hanlin Academy suddenly dragged him to drink together after work.

He knew at the time that the situation was not good, but he didn't know martial arts, and he was dragged by a group of people, and he didn't have time to think of anything in a hurry...... After waiting for the carriage, it was too late to figure out a way.

At this moment, in the face of the persuasion of his colleagues, his face was full of helplessness: "Everyone, national affairs have never been accomplished overnight. It's not a big deal if there are a few problems. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Several other Hanlin scholars said nonchalantly: "Brother Zhang, now that the situation is very urgent, you are still so relaxed?"

"Yes, those patrol envoys are like jackals everywhere they go, and they even have to inquire about other people's ancestral fields and ancestral halls, which is simply unreasonable!"

"This is going to lose the hearts of the people!"

"The second prince can't succeed to the throne anyway, of course he doesn't care. But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to inherit the throne in the future, if there is a conflict between the court and the people because of the change of law, this will not cause him trouble!"

Zhang Guozhong frowned and said: "Everyone belongs to the Hanlin Academy, and they all have the right to play. If you think the patrol envoys are not doing a good job, just play it. Why do you have to come to me?"

"Alas, we can't help it, and you don't know the situation in the imperial court. I'm afraid that I won't be able to reach the desk of the Son of Heaven directly. When it comes to changing the law, maybe we can play it today, and tomorrow we will correct it tomorrow because of the abyss that confuses the second prince with beauty......"

"You are different from us, you can go directly to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and speak in person. ”

"Brother Guozhong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good eye for you, and if you come forward to speak, His Royal Highness will care more. ”

"Yes, Brother Guozhong, this is a major matter related to the fortune of the country, and it is the responsibility of our generation of literati. Don't excuse yourself!"

Everyone gossiped as if this matter was related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and gradually, they even said that if Zhang Guozhong refused to cooperate, he would be cut off from Shilin, cut himself off from the world, and be enemies of the people and the common people...... Yunyun.

Pan Long frowned secretly when he heard this, he knew that there was a contradiction between the reformers and the conservatives, and he also knew that during this time, the inspection envoys had really broken into many high-ranking families and investigated their assets in the name of "tracking down the remnants of a hundred schools" - so the contradictions that broke out, Cang Yuan and his staff had to argue every time they discussed.

But I didn't expect that the conservatives themselves did not come forward, but forced a neutral person to come forward!

(What a bunch of ghosts!)

He was angry in his heart and was about to speak, but Zhang Guozhong sighed, as if he had made up his mind, and his expression became firm.

He smiled and said, "Everyone, Zhang still has something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

"Brother Guozhong, what could be bigger than this?" asked a young Hanlin scholar in a loud voice.

"Yes, this is a big event in the world, where is there anything bigger than this!" another Hanlin scholar criticized in a rather stern manner.

If he had been so criticized by his colleagues in the past, Zhang Guozhong would probably have panicked.

But at this moment, he didn't care, but showed a somewhat sarcastic smile: "I'm going to read, "National Change" is just reading the twenty-second chapter, and I still have to finish the last few paragraphs. ”

With that, he hurried away. Leaving a group of colleagues wondering, you look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what he means.

After a while, a Hanlin scholar suddenly reacted and said angrily: "Zhang Hao really doesn't know what to do! We invited him to come forward to speak up, we are giving him a chance to soar." He doesn't know what to do, and he satirizes us in turn, which is really inappropriate!"

As soon as he said this, the other Hanlin scholars also reacted and scolded angrily.

Pan Long was a little puzzled, he didn't understand what they were scolding, thought about it, checked out and went out, found a bookstore, and asked, "Boss, do you have the book "National Change" here?"

"The guest officer is talking about Wen Chaogong's "National Change"? If you ask this, our store has it. Now this book is very popular, and everyone loves to read it. ”

As he spoke, the boss took out a book from the bookshelf and handed it to Pan Long.

Pan Long opened the book, went directly to the end of chapter twenty-two, and after a skim, he understood what Zhang Guozhong meant.

The background of the book "National Change" is probably the famous Wuxu Change Law in the history of the previous life. In the twenty-second chapter of the story, the reform has failed, and the cadres of the reform have either fled, or been arrested, or committed suicide, with a posture of falling and scattering.

At the beginning of this chapter, Tan Fusheng, the first high-ranking official of the Fa-Reform School, shook his head and said, "I look at the history books of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, but there is no law change that can succeed without bloodshed. If our country's reform also requires someone to shed blood, please start with Tan Fusheng. ”

So he continued to work as he had done and was eventually arrested.

At the end of this chapter, Kang Guangsha, the leader of the literary circles of the Reform School, fled in a hurry, and on the way, a student asked him what he thought about the future of the reform, and he said: "I look at the history books of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, but there is no change in the law that can succeed without bloodshed. If our country's reform also requires someone to shed blood, please start with Tan Fusheng. ”

This paragraph should come from a famous Internet joke in the previous life, which is full of irony.

Zhang Guozhong used this passage in the situation just now, and it was really suitable!