In May of the eighth year of Yuanzhen, Zhao Hanzhang gave birth to her second son, and the whole nation celebrated. That year, the court finally opened up the Silk Road, the post station construction in Xiliang was completed, and it was linked to the post station system of the Central Plains.
Hua Country's post stations were built as far as Qiuci, the forward station for Wusun.
Wu Liang was a native of Jizhou Anping Country. He was a student of the Jizhou Anping Country county academy. At seventeen, he clearly knew that he couldn't get into the prefectural academy, much less the Imperial College, let alone the national examinations.
The county exam, however, he could at least give a try.
But he was not content with that. He had an elder brother who joined the army in the second year of Jianxing, so through his brother he tested into the army.
