"Chuzhong did not return during New Year's Eve."
With that statement, everyone fell silent, unable to resist feeling worried.
Chuzhong is Wang Dun's courtesy name, and a majority of King Langya's military power is in his hands. He is also the brother of Wang Dao. If King Langya does not get along well with these brothers, how can Jiangnan and Jiangdong have peaceful days?
After a long silence, someone whispered, "I heard that Zhao Hanzhang is very favorable towards the noble families returning north. She personally invites those with talent and virtue to the court, and even if they don't wish to be officials, she recommends them to official schools like the Imperial College to become leisurely yet respectable gentlemen. For those who prefer not to join, she also favors them, offering land and houses as rewards, which is secondary. The main incentive is that she provides funding to print collections of poems and essays, regardless of factions."
