Last Emperor's Scholar: Zhang Jian

Author: Wang Wei
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Accused of impersonation in an exam, he was hunted by the authorities and fled in a rainstorm. To save the nation through industry, he dared to offend the powerful and abandoned his official post to enter business. He was a successor to the imperial tutor Weng Tonghe and had a brotherly affection for the Guangxu Emperor, filled with compassion. He was both loved and hated by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi suspected that his efforts to save the nation through industry were aimed at establishing a new dynasty and imprisoned him. Later, she hosted a banquet for him and Yuan Shikai, hoping they could rescue China from crisis. While he was imprisoned, the beautiful Ling'er risked everything to rescue him. This inexplicable love story was also earth-shattering.