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    Chai Xiangrong was very satisfied with Wang Anran's surprise. It was not easy to finally show respect to Wang Anran from the moment he entered the cell!

    Wang Anran then asked loudly: "Since you are Li Longji's teacher, how did you get imprisoned here? You said that the governor did not dare to arrest you. Could it be that you came to the prison yourself? Your interest is really  Weird!"

    Chai Xiangrong opened his eyes and shouted: "Du, what do you know, an ignorant person from the countryside? As the ancients said, I sacrifice my life for righteousness. For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, do I need to rely on interest to take the initiative to go to jail? Telling you this is really playing the piano to an ox!"

    Chai Xiangrong always believed that taking the initiative to enter the cell was a feat of resisting the empress of the dynasty. Most of the scholars also praised it, thinking that this was an act of great character. Chai Xiangrong should be a role model for literati!

    "However, the thinking of literati in this era was different from that of ordinary people, and it was even more different from Wang Anran's thinking.

    Wang Anran wondered: "You are wrong, it is the kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty, not the Tang Dynasty!" Blinking his eyes, he suddenly shouted: "I understand, you are just burning a cold stove, you are really cunning and cunning, I admire you!  "

    Chai Xiangrong was stunned, not understanding what Wang Anran meant. What does Shaolengzao mean?

    Wang Anran pointed at Chai Xiangrong and said with a smile: "You are really not an ordinary person, you are very forward-thinking. You must think that the Queen is old. After a hundred years, she will definitely return the country to the Li family. Sooner or later, the Zhou Dynasty will have to change.  The Tang Dynasty, so you are screaming for the country of the Tang Dynasty. Once the dynasty changes, if you have shouted in advance and are in prison, then the court will definitely welcome you out like a hero. Maybe  I will also make you a high official. Look, you are planning so well!"

    Chai Xiangrong shouted, jumped up from the bench, and looked at Wang Anran with incredible eyes!

    In fact, Chai Xiangrong didn't have this idea. As a knowledgeable person, his moral character was not bad. He had never thought of such opportunistic tactics. Besides, if he wanted to be a high official, he didn't need to play.  Is this a trick? He was already a high official before he retired and returned home.

    Wang Anran lay down on the bed and said: "Since you came up with this trick, you must be very confident. I happen to be in a cell, so I might as well not go out and burn the cold stove with you. When the dynasty changes, you should  Sir, I will also borrow money and act like a marquis or something."

    Chai Xiangrong was breathing heavily. It took a long time before he evened out his breath. He slowly sat down. After another long time, he said: "You use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman. How can I judge it?"  He is the kind of person you mentioned. I took the initiative to enter this cell because of the reform of the imperial examination, not because of what you said."

    "Reform the imperial examination? How about reforming the law? Let's talk about it!" Wang Anran was immediately interested. He had always wanted to have an official background, but he could not write ancient articles. It was too difficult for him to participate in the imperial examination. If  If he tried another way, he might be able to fish in troubled waters.

    Chai Xiangrong sighed and said: "I used to work as an imperial minister in Chang'an. Last year I resigned and returned to my hometown. The reason was for the scientific examination. It was popular in my time to submit a test paper for the scientific examination. Scholars who want to be a Jinshi must  First of all, you have to make a name for yourself, and to make a name for yourself, you have to get to know important people. At first, this kind of fame was nothing, and both the ministers and the people talked about it as a good thing, but later it changed."

    Wang Anran snorted and said: "You found out that those scholars submitted their name papers to the princes and nobles, and the princes and nobles made them famous. As a result, the rankings were decided before the exam, and those scholars  After he became an official, he worked hard for the princes and nobles, forming forces that attacked each other and made the government and the public uneasy, right?"

    This statement is quite lonely and the accuracy rate is 100%, because history has proved that it is not feasible to submit a name paper, and you have to hide your name in the exam!

    Chai Xiangrong was shocked. He never expected that in the prison of Liangzhou City, he would meet someone who had the same idea as him!  He exclaimed: "You, a young boy like you, can understand this, but why can't those high-ranking officials in Chang'an see it and actually oppose me!?"

    Wang Anran also looked at Chai Xiangrong with surprised eyes and exclaimed: "You don't even understand this? Do you really think they can't see it? They have all seen it, so they oppose you, because if you really succeed in the reform,  It will harm their interests, which is unthinkable, stupid!"

    Chai Xiangrong was shocked and thought about it carefully, isn't that really what happened?  He felt that Wang Anran was very powerful and could see through the court situation at a glance.  Unable to bear it any longer, he told Wang Anran everything about himself.

    It turned out that Chai Xiangrong thought it was not good to enter the exam, so he wrote to the Queen, saying that the fairest examiner in the world could only be the Queen herself. Only she would not randomly determine the rankings and get Jinshi, so he suggested that the Queen personally take charge of the examination, just  In the main hall of the palaceAn examination room was set up, the candidates answered the papers in front of her, and then the queen supervised the examiners to mark the papers. Whoever was good at learning would be admitted as a Jinshi, instead of relying on the recommendation of the princes and nobles, who said he was good.

    "But Empress Wu Zetian was hesitant, and the princes, nobles and even many high-ranking officials also opposed it. Among them, Princess Taiping was particularly fierce. Chai Xiangrong could not withstand the pressure and had to give up.  Unexpectedly, in last year's major examination, more than 200 people passed the examination, including more than 30 people in the Jinshi department. Among these 30 people, 15 were recommended by Princess Taiping, nearly half of them.

    Chai Xiangrong deeply felt that Princess Taiping was in danger. If things continued like this, most of the courtiers in the future would come from her sect. Once Princess Taiping became full-fledged, she would definitely control the government. The birth of the Empress of Zhou in the Tang Dynasty was already fatal, so why should she still be born?  The second one!  But he did not have the strength to compete with Princess Taiping, so he resigned angrily and returned to his hometown of Liangzhou.

    After returning to his hometown, Chai Xiangrong didn't stop. He believed that his reforms could not be carried out in the center of the empire like Chang'an. It would be difficult in Luoyang, but it might be enough in Liangzhou. The governor Jinniu was his student. If he forced  Let's try it out in Liangzhou with Jinniu, maybe it will work.  Of course, it was only a trial examination in the government-run schools in Liangzhou, with Jinniu taking the exams, and the selected students were sent to Chang'an or Luoyang.

    But Jinniu didn't dare to agree anyway. Chai Xiangrong was furious and locked himself in the cell. If Jinniu didn't agree, he wouldn't go out for a day, and then he met Wang Anran.

    After Wang Anran heard Chai Xiangrong's explanation, he chuckled and said, "Why does the Queen hesitate? It's because you don't express your determination enough. You put yourself in jail. What's the use of being embarrassed by a governor? If you really want to carry out reforms."  , then you should be killed in the Golden Palace. As soon as you die, the Queen will be excited, and she may carry out reforms according to your words!"

    Chai Xiangrong said angrily: "I still want to keep this useful body to fight against the princes and nobles who only care about themselves. If the Queen of Zhou hesitates, I don't believe that the emperor of the Li family will also hesitate. She should return the power to the Li family as soon as possible!"

    Full of anger, he took it out on the Queen. It seemed that the grudge was too deep. It was not he who irritated the Queen, but the Queen who irritated him. Wu Zetian was much more powerful than him.

    Seeing his excitement, Wang Anran smiled and said: "It is so simple to solve the problem you mentioned. I only need to give you an idea and you will understand. And the Queen will agree immediately without any further hesitation."

    "What's your idea? Let's talk about it!" Chai Xiangrong said.

    "Want to know what the idea is? Please ask me!"

    "Presumptuous!"

    "beg me!"

    "You rude bastard!"

    "beg me!"

    Seeing that he couldn't speak to him, Chai Xiangrong turned around and ignored him.  But after a while, he couldn't bear it any longer and turned around again, asking, "What's your idea?"

    "beg me!"

    "Well, it seems that I have no choice but to ask without shame! Please tell me, little friend Wang." Chai Xiangrong thought to himself, if you can't tell me how ugly you are, let's see how I can fix you.

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