The afternoon sun shines into the classroom, making people feel warm.

The boys and girls were all listening attentively, except for the young county lady, who rested her hands on the table, supported her chin, and looked at Zhao Hao with a smile.

How can Brother Zhao be so handsome?

How can Brother Zhao be so knowledgeable?

Brother Zhao is also in good spirits today!

Especially since he actually brought Sister Xianglan with him today, which meant that what he was worried about was totally groundless.

Otherwise, why would someone bring a girl to find another girl?

The young county lady was thinking sweetly in her heart, and suddenly forgot that Zhao Hao had also brought two girls to see her.

Before they knew it, it was getting dark. Zhao Hao put away the lecture notes and asked Ma Xianglan to distribute "Elementary Mathematics", one copy to each of the five brothers.

Students are required to complete self-study of the first chapter before the next class, and there will be a small test in the next class.

Seeing the youngest child, Yunxiu, almost crying, Zhao Hao was very happy.

Well, a course without homework is a fake course. A course with homework is complete.

After class, Li Mingyue wanted to invite Zhao Hao to the Princess's Mansion for dinner so that they could play mahjong together in the evening.

But Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Mingyue, Brother Zhao is at my house now, how can we let him go to your house for dinner? My father will blame us for not knowing etiquette."

At this time, the housekeeper You Qi also came over and said that the master invited the county lady and Zhao Hao to have dinner together.

"Is Mr. Zhang at home today?" Zhao Hao's eyes immediately lit up when he heard it.

Li Mingyue pursed her lips when she saw this, thinking that her elder brother only had Mr. Zhang in his heart...

"The master will be at home all day today." You Qi replied with a smile.

"Is that so?" Zhao Hao thought to himself. It seemed that his idol was also very worried since he was not in the government office at this time.

Then he smiled at Mingyue and said, "Since Mr. Zhang has invited us, we should just obey his orders."

"Oh." Li Mingyue nodded.

"I'll teach you how to play checkers after dinner." Zhao Hao said again.

"Yeah, yeah." Li Mingyue was immediately happy.

~~

Dinner is still Huaiyang cuisine.

Although there is no fresh food shipped from other places, it is still extremely delicate and elegant.

Because it was a family dinner, Zhao Hao met Zhang Juzheng's wife, Gu, for the first time.

Zhang Juzheng's first wife died early due to illness, and Mrs. Gu was his second wife. However, his first wife had no children, so all the children were born to Mrs. Gu.

Although she is nearly forty years old, she is still beautiful and gentle, with good conversation, making people feel warm and amiable.

It just happened to dilute Zhang Juzheng's coldness.

After the meal, Mr. Zhang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and then carefully wiped his body with another handkerchief. Then he said to Jingxiu and the others, "You should not fall behind in studying science. Let's have an extra evening class tonight to make up for the time in the afternoon..."

"Yes, father." Jingxiu and the others left with sad faces.

Mrs. Zhang invited Li Mingyue to take a walk in the garden, and Zhang Juzheng also took Zhao Hao into the study.

You Qi lit the lamp, served tea, then bowed, closed the door, and went out to wait outside.

This was the second time Zhao Hao was invited into Zhang Juzheng’s study. The last time, Qi Jiguang was also there.

But compared with the high-spirited Zhang Xianggong who had the stars above his head and the land of China under his feet last time, just over 20 days later, Zhang Juzheng was obviously much more depressed, and seemed to be worried, even his beard was a little curled.

Zhao Hao first thanked him softly, "Thank you for helping me again last time in Wenhua Palace."

"Bugu said he would protect you, so he'll keep his word." Zhang Juzheng smiled faintly and said self-deprecatingly, "Unfortunately, there are still people that Bugu can't control."

"If it weren't for my husband's protection, my situation would have been ten times worse." Zhao Hao looked at his idol distressedly and said, "My husband has been working hard recently."

"It's not hard at all, but I'm tired." Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly, glanced at Zhao Hao and said, "Bu Gu sees that you don't look well, you haven't had a hard time recently, right?"

"Hehe..." Zhao Hao thought to himself, I'm just dressed a little old-fashioned, what does that have to do with my complexion?

He would certainly not let down Zhang Xianggong's condolences, so he smiled bitterly and nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect that a lecture in Wenhua Hall would cause such an uproar. If I had known, I would not have said that."

"No, what you said is necessary. If we don't separate the natural disasters from the human affairs, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to accomplish anything!" Zhang Juzheng praised it highly, and then said seriously: "No matter when you say such words, you will be besieged. You are so young, but you can withstand the pressure and say it, which makes us elders ashamed."

As he spoke, Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "These are Mr. Chen's original words."

"Oh?" Zhao Hao was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a while. He couldn't understand why Chen Yiqin supported him? Was it because he was handsome?

It's pure love...

Just because of Mr. Chen's demeanor as an elder, I have decided to accept Mr. Chen as my student!

"Oh, right." Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and got down to business: "Can you tell Bugu in detail about the time when His Majesty invited you to give a lecture?"

"Of course no problem." Zhao Hao told Zhang Juzheng the whole process of how his father was taken away by the Censorate that day, how he asked the princess to bring him to the emperor, and how the emperor took the initiative to ask about science, and finally asked him if he dared to talk about it in the imperial lecture.

Zhang Xianggong listened very carefully and even asked him about the emperor's expression and actions when he said a certain sentence.

Zhao Hao is so picky that I really want to play a video for him.

After the questioning was completed, Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes and confirmed the information he had received from Feng Bao.

Firstly, this matter is of great importance and a single piece of evidence is not enough. He has to prevent someone from conveying wrong information and leading him astray.

Secondly, he had to grasp the emperor's truest thoughts through as many details as possible... and even Emperor Longqing himself might not be able to perceive such thoughts.

Zhao Hao waited patiently for Zhang Juzheng to speak.

He quietly glanced around his idol's study and saw that it was divided into two rooms, an inner room and an outer room. Eight palace lanterns were lit on the wall, illuminating the elegant and grand decoration.

But the bookshelf was half empty, probably because all the books had been moved to Wenyuan Pavilion and no new books had been added yet.

What surprised Zhao Hao was that he saw several booklets he had printed lying on his idol's bookshelf. He felt so satisfied and proud.

~~

While he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Zhang Juzheng say, "My friend, what do you think of Bu Gu's last judgment?"

"What do you mean, sir?" Zhao Hao asked softly, "Like a cicada, like a cricket, like boiling water, like a soup?"

"That's right." Zhang Juzheng suddenly opened his half-closed eyes, looked at him with a clear gaze and said, "Do you agree that the Ming Dynasty has become like the Shang Dynasty criticized by King Wen, 'the small and the big are close to death, and people still act according to their own will'?"

Zhao Hao was silent for a moment to show his seriousness, then nodded heavily and said, "I agree!"

"The crisis facing the Ming Dynasty is all-round and deep-seated. It is on the verge of becoming terminally ill." Then he no longer concealed his identity as a 'doomsday faction'.

The end of the world refers to the end of a dynasty.

Then he put forward his reform proposal for the first time, saying: "In my opinion, it is far from enough to just save discussion and do practical work. We must make drastic changes to the old and bring in the new. We must carry out thorough reforms in all aspects, including finance, taxation, land, the military, royal family, government, education, etc."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Juzheng with a sharp gaze and said in a deep voice: "It is far from enough to just patch up the existing foundation. We must rebuild the Ming Dynasty in order to survive the great crisis of national extinction!"

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