fifth form

On his way back to Chang'an City, Zhang Xuezhou met the young eunuch summoned by the palace.

This allowed him to hitchhike back to Chang'an City.

After some chatter, Zhang Xuezhou had roughly understood the matter.

Rather than looking for a chance encounter outside Chang'an City, Zhang Xuezhou thought it would be good to be summoned by the new emperor.

Kong Zhong and others' meeting with the new emperor went more smoothly than Zhang Xuezhou imagined.

He was just giving it a try, but he didn't expect that Kong Zhong was indeed very capable and could meet the new emperor directly.

Kong Zhong has this ability, but Zhang Xuezhou does not.

Even though Zhang Xuezhou had entered the palace several times lying down and knew the general layout of the palace area, he did not have the authority to enter Sima Gate, let alone reach Weiyang Palace.

Only by the new emperor's edict can Zhang Xuezhou be qualified to officially enter this area.

Amidst the sound of carriages running by, it was already Xu hour when we arrived at the palace area, which was around nineteen o'clock.

By now it was dark, and the snowflakes were drifting again.

Zhang Xuezhou lowered his head for a while, and when he raised his head, he was already a few years older.

He got off the carriage and followed the hurried little eunuch. After passing through two long corridors and an extremely wide square, Zhang Xuezhou had already entered Weiyang Palace.

"Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo, the commander of Dongsimamen's carriage, has been brought here!"

"I pay homage to your Majesty, may your Majesty be blessed!"

Weiyang Palace not only has one main hall, but also side halls and small halls. There are also courtyards in these buildings.

When Zhang Xuezhou arrived, the new emperor was holding a sword and swinging it slowly.

It can be seen that the new emperor has some difficulty in dancing the sword, and he is panting when he sheathes the sword.

If he were to travel around the world with this kind of swordsmanship, Zhang Xuezhou was sure that the new emperor would be very quick to attack.

He glanced at it, and when the little eunuch was panting and finished reporting, Zhang Xuezhou also saluted.

"Well, Dongfang Shuo, you are quite courageous for a young official!"

The new emperor was not relieved because Zhang Xuezhou bowed and saluted. Whenever he thought about this guy spreading rumors, the new emperor felt heartbroken.

Although Kong Zhong and others' accidental collision brought benefits to him, Zhang Xuezhou's behavior must be killed, otherwise he doesn't know whether he will cause any trouble in the future.

Ordinary petty officials really don't have anything to do with this. After all, petty officials have little contact, so they can't spread rumors even if they want to.

But Zhang Xuezhou spent a long time in and out of the Anle Palace. If he was rude, he would not regret taking the medicine when he was taken care of by the Anle Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged," Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"Injustice?"

Before the new emperor reprimanded him, Zhang Xuezhou cried out.

The new emperor glanced around and saw that Zhang Xuezhou, who was in his twenties, had a devastated look on his face, almost like a man in his mid-thirties, which made the bad breath in his heart stagnate.

"What are you wronged about?" the new emperor asked.

"I took Zixu as an example. I wanted to follow Zixu's loyalty to the emperor and show my talents to the court, but unexpectedly I fell into the military position of City Gate Sima Ling." Zhang Xuezhou sighed and said: "Not only is it difficult for me to give full play to my talents, but also every day I have been running around and wasting my time for this six hundred stone salary, and now I am seriously ill. I feel that it is unfair!"

"This official..."

"This official cannot display his talents as a minister," Zhang Xuezhou said, "If your Majesty is not willing to reuse me, just let me go home. I don't want to earn this six hundred dan salary in vain."

"Oh, what talents do you have?" the new emperor asked with interest.

"I started studying at the age of thirteen. I studied "Poetry" and "Books" at the age of sixteen. I went to school astronomy and then geography. At the age of nineteen..."

"Wait a minute, are you reading the fictitious book?"

The new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou's talent should be bragging, and he even dared to brag naked in front of him. This was because he didn't want to shamelessly use the abilities of the characters in the story to put on his own head.

If the new emperor hadn't read through the biography of Zixu written by the other party, he would really have believed the other party's lies.

"Your Majesty, I and Zixu are the same. We all have a heart to serve the emperor." Zhang Xuezhou shouted: "We are loyal to the emperor for the rest of our lives without any distracting thoughts. We will do things with your Majesty in the court for the rest of our lives." !”

"Loyalty!"

Zhang Xuezhou boasted a lot, but Zhang Xuezhou mentioned the most important one of the new emperor's employment standards.

The new emperor does not expect young officials to have any incredible talents, but he does need young officials to be of the same mind as him, and he also needs them to contribute their loyalty.     Compared with older people, this is also the only advantage that young officials have.

If you don't see your own advantage and try to get into power by relying on other talents who are far inferior to those of high-level officials, it will really be difficult for you to win the eyes of the new emperor.

This was not just the advice of Emperor Jing. Even the great ancestor who founded the Han Dynasty had the word "loyalty" as their standard for employing people.

Gaozu raised his troops in Peixian, and most of the famous generals who eventually followed Gaozu to conquer the world came from Peixian.

This is not a hidden dragon or a crouching tiger in Xiao Xiaopei County, it is entirely relying on the massive resources to instill.

Even if they have poor qualifications, these people will eventually achieve their own brilliance.

Accordingly, what the emperor values ​​is not the current ability, but the character that is reassuring.

Suddenly hearing Zhang Xuezhou say that he was loyal, the new emperor's mind was still shaken, and he felt that the previous bad breath had disappeared without a trace.

Even if Zhang Xuezhou didn't have Zixu's talents, the new emperor felt that it was enough based on his loyalty.

The new emperor has always been willing to cultivate loyal officials, and also likes officials who are loyal to him.

Of course, this guy has serious health problems, and the new emperor doesn't know how long he can maintain his loyalty.

This made the new emperor hesitate.

He likes loyalty, but needs a long-term loyalty.

If Zhang Xuezhou was loyal for a few days and then stopped, he felt that the period of such loyalty would be too short.

"Dongfang Shuo, how is your health?"

After Zhang Xuezhou finished boasting, the new emperor asked this most concerning question.

"My body... I met my fate today, and I was promised to live to be a hundred years old," Zhang Xuezhou said, patting his chest.

Zhang Xuezhou originally wanted to exaggerate how miserable his body was in front of the new emperor, and take the opportunity to get some benefits, but this thought only came to his mind, and Zhang Xuezhou forcefully came back.

He can make money later if he earns something cheap. His current priority is to change his position, and it would be best if he can seek the promotion of "Gei Shizhong".

If you want to achieve your goal, you can't do anything bad to ask for rewards, and you even have to show that you are qualified for the position.

This made Zhang Xuezhou pat his chest vigorously, indicating that he could endure it very well and would definitely live a long time.

"But I heard that you were rescued in Anle Palace for more than ten days?" the new emperor asked suspiciously.

"The rescue was successful," Zhang Xuezhou said, "I can now walk, jump, write, draw, and I can also box..."

"Forget it, stop demonstrating!"

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou fight halfway, the new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou could only write the fifth chapter of his biography if he went out to explore the world with his level.

"Are you really in good health?" Xintei confirmed again.

"There may be a little problem, but I'm not afraid," Zhang Xuezhou said: "I just can't bear the daily toil and am not qualified for the position of commander of the official carriage. I want to find a civilian position to contribute to the court!"

"Civilian job, oh, civilian job is no problem!"

Zhang Xuezhou's wish is very small.

For New Emperor, this is just a piece of cake.

"This guy used to run business in the evil country, and he also obtained the Secret Book of the Full Moon Scimitar. I thought he was good at martial arts, but I didn't expect that he would be a civil servant!"

The new emperor's arrangement was undoubtedly a bit off.

But this was also his previous understanding of Zhang Xuezhou, which led Zhang Xuezhou to take over the military position of a chariot commander when he first entered the court.

He thought for a moment, and then found a clerical job for Zhang Xuezhou to provide for his retirement.

"I can give you the position of bachelor of Jinmamen," the new emperor said with a smile: "But to get this position, you need to take an assessment. You have to answer my question. If you pass the test, you can take the position!"

"no problem!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded immediately.

He only felt that the bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty was so bad that he could become an official just by answering a question from the emperor.

The bureaucracy is very backward and terrible. It doesn't have the hassle of writing a paper to make meritorious deeds in reality, but it is indeed very friendly to Zhang Xuezhou.

What he is best at right now is not his martial arts, but his cognitive and verbal abilities.