Chai Xiangrong was very satisfied with Wang Anran's surprise. It was not easy to finally show respect to Wang Anran from now on!

Wang Anran then asked loudly: "Since you are Li Longji's teacher, why are you locked up here? You said the governor dared not arrest you. Could it be that you came to live in prison by yourself? Your interest is really strange!"

Chai Xiangrong stared at his eyes and shouted, "Du, what do you know, the ignorant of the countryside know? The ancients said that he sacrificed himself for justice. For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, does it depend on interest to take the initiative to go to jail? Telling you all this is really about playing the piano for a cow!"

Chai Xiangrong always believed that taking the initiative to enter the prison cell was a feat against the empress of the dynasty, and most of the people in the scholars praised it, believing that it was a very kind behavior, and Chai Xiangrong should be an example for literati!

However, the thinking of literati in this era is different from that of ordinary people, and even more different from that of Wang Anran.

Wang Anran said strangely: "You are wrong. It is the Great Zhou Dynasty, not the Tang Dynasty!" Blinking his eyes, he suddenly shouted: "I understand, you are burning cold stoves. You are really cunning, I admire you!"

Chai Xiangrong was stunned and didn't understand what Wang Anran said, what does burning a cold stove mean?

Wang Anran pointed at Chai Xiangrong and smiled and said, "You are really not an ordinary person, you have a very advanced mindset. You must think that the empress is old and will definitely return the country to the Li family in a hundred years. The Great Zhou Dynasty will sooner or later become the Tang Dynasty, so you scream for the Tang Dynasty. Once the dynasty changes, you have shouted in advance and are in prison, so the court will definitely welcome you like a hero, and maybe even let you be a high-ranking official. Look, you have made a good plan!"

Chai Xiangrong shouted loudly, jumped up from Hu's bench, and looked at Wang Anran with incredible eyes!

In fact, Chai Xiangrong did not have this idea. As a knowledgeable person, his moral character is not bad. He never thought of such a strategy of taking advantage of tricks to burn cold stoves. Besides, if he wants to be a high-ranking official, he still has to use this trick. Before he retired and returned home, he was already a high-ranking official.

Wang Anran lay on the bed and said, "Since you have come up with this trick, you must be confident. I'm also in the jail cell, so I won't go out anymore. I will burn the cold stove with you. When the dynasty changes, if you become a high-ranking official, I will also borrow money and become a marquis or something."

Chai Xiangrong was breathing heavily. After a long time, he was breathing evenly. He sat down slowly. After a long time, he said: "You judge a gentleman's belly by the heart of a villain. I am not the kind of person you said. I took the initiative to enter this cell because of the reform of the imperial examination, and it is definitely not for the sake of burning the cold stove."

"Reform the imperial examination? How to change the law? Let's listen!" Wang Anran immediately became interested. He always wanted to have an official background, but he couldn't do ancient articles. It was too difficult for him to participate in the imperial examination. If he changed his method, he might be able to take advantage of the situation.

Chai Xiangrong sighed and said, "I was originally the Imperial College Chief of the Imperial College in Chang'an. Last year, I resigned from office and returned home. The reason was for the scientific examination. Our dynasty is popular to vote for famous papers. If scholars want to become Jinshi, they must first become famous, and they must know great people. At the beginning, this kind of reputation was nothing. Both ministers and the people were quoted as beautiful talks, but later they changed their taste."

Wang Anran snorted and said, "You find that those scholars have submitted all the famous books to the princes and nobles, and the princes and nobles make them famous. As a result, the rankings have been decided before the exam has been taken. After those scholars became officials, they worked hard for the princes and nobles, forming a force, attacking each other, causing uneasiness to the government, right?"

This statement is quite 100%, and the accuracy rate is 100%, because history has proved that it is not feasible to vote for famous papers, and you have to be famous in the exam!

Chai Xiangrong was shocked. He never expected that he would meet someone who had the same idea as him in the prison in Liangzhou City! He exclaimed: "You little boy can understand this, but why do those high-ranking officials in Chang'an not see it, and they all oppose me!"

Wang Anran also looked at Chai Xiangrong with a surprised look and exclaimed: "You don't even understand this? Do you really think they can't see it? They all saw it, so they opposed you, because if you really succeed in the reform, it will harm their interests. I can't even think of it, stupid!"

Chai Xiangrong was surprised and thought about it carefully. Isn’t that really the case? He felt that Wang Anran was very powerful and could see through the prefecture at first sight. He couldn’t bear it, so he told Wang Anran all about his affairs.

It turned out that Chai Xiangrong thought it was not good to vote for famous papers, so he wrote a letter to the empress, saying that the fairest examiner in the world could only be the empress herself, and only she would not make rankings randomly and win the Jinshi. So he suggested that the empress take the exam personally and set up an examination room in the palace hall. The candidates answered the papers in front of her, and then the empress supervised the examiners to approve the papers. Whoever had good knowledge would be won, instead of relying on the recommendation of princes and nobles, whoever said good would be won.

But Empress Wu Zetian was hesitant, and princes and nobles and even many senior officials also opposed it. Among them, Princess Taiping opposed it especially fiercely. Chai Xiangrong could not withstand the pressure and had to give up. Unexpectedly, in the grand exam last year, more than 200 scholars from each subject were won, including more than 30 Jinshi. Among these thirty people, fifteen were recommended by Princess Taiping, and nearly half of them.

Chai Xiangrong felt deeply that Princess Taiping was in danger. If this continues, wouldn’t the court officials come from her in the future? Once Princess Taiping is full of wings, she will definitely control the government. It would be a death for the Tang Dynasty to produce a Queen of the Great Zhou. Will there be a second one? But he has no strength to compete with Princess Taiping, so he can only resign in anger and return to his hometown Liangzhou.

After returning to his hometown, Chai Xiangrong still did not stop. He believed that the reforms of the central government in an empire like Chang'an could not be carried out, and it was probably difficult in Luoyang, but it might be fine in Liangzhou. The governor Taurus is his student again. If he forces Taurus to try it in Liangzhou, he might succeed. Of course, it is only a trial examination in the official school in Liangzhou. Taurus will be the main examination, and the selected students will be sent to Chang'an or Luoyang.

But Taurus did not dare to agree no matter what. Chai Xiangrong was furious and locked himself in a cell. Taurus refused to agree for a day, so he didn't go out for a day, and then he met Wang Anran.

After hearing Chai Xiangrong's reason, Wang Anran laughed and said, "Why did the queen hesitate? It's because you didn't express your determination enough. If you put yourself in prison, it's hard to make a governor use? If you really want to reform, you should be killed in the Golden Palace. Once you die, the queen is excited, maybe you will reform according to your statement!"

Chai Xiangrong said angrily: "I still have to keep this useful body to fight against those princes and nobles who only care about themselves. The Queen of Great Zhou hesitated. If I don't believe in the Emperor of Li's family, I will hesitate. She should return the Li family early!"

He was full of anger and sent it to the queen's head again. It seemed that it was because of the deep resentment. It was not that he stimulated the queen, but that the queen stimulated him. Wu Zetian was much more powerful than him.

Seeing him excited, Wang Anran smiled and said, "It's too simple to solve the problem you mentioned. I just need to give you an idea and you will understand, and the queen will agree immediately and will not hesitate any more."

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

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

"presumptuous!"

"Please!"

"You rude bastard!"

"Please!"

Seeing that Chai Xiangrong couldn't tell him, he turned around and ignored him. But after a while, he couldn't help it, so he turned around and said, "What's the idea?"

"Please!"

"Okay, it seems that I can only ask without shame! Please tell me if you can't tell me." Chai Xiangrong thought to himself, if you can't tell me how I can fix you.
Chapter completed!