Inside the Nuan Pavilion, the atmosphere was strange.
Li Hongbi and Qiu Fu Zhuneng sat aside, still talking and laughing in low voices.
Yang Rong, Hu Yan and other civil servants sat aside, their expressions not very good-looking.
Xie Jin and Rao Wenshu knelt on the ground obediently, and His Majesty the Emperor never made any intention of asking them to get up.
Seeing Ji Jin's face getting paler and almost unable to hold on any longer, Huang Huai had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak.
"Your Majesty, Academician Xie is injured after all. I'm afraid of kneeling like this for a long time..."
The words stopped abruptly before he finished speaking. This is the brilliance of Huang Huai's words.
After hearing this, Zhu Di glanced at Jie Jin coldly, and then nodded.
"Okay, Xie Aiqing, get up!"
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Xie Jin was moved and spoke, and hurriedly gritted his teeth and stood up, almost unsteady.
But at this moment, Li Hongbi suddenly spoke meaningfully.
"Your Majesty, I remembered something."
"Rao Siye has been giving lectures in the Imperial College, while Xie Xueshi has been involved in engine maintenance at the Imperial Palace. When did the two adults meet and become close friends?"
As soon as these words came out, Xie Jin's face changed drastically, and Rao Wenshu looked at Li Hongbi with a face filled with resentment.
However, Li Hongbi didn't give the two of them time to react. He slapped his forehead suddenly as if he was asking questions.
"Oh oh oh, I forgot, Rao Siye is from Jiangxi, so it's easy to understand."
"Isn't there a saying among the people in the market that the courtiers are half from Jiangxi and the Hanlins are rich in water? You two adults are from the same hometown, so naturally we should be on good terms with each other..."
"Bastard!" Zhu Di suddenly became furious and slammed the case.
This sudden change frightened everyone, and they all fell to their knees on the ground, even Li Hongbi was no exception.
Zhu Di looked at Li Hongbi with a gloomy face, and shouted coldly: "Half of the court officials are from Jiangxi, but the Hanlin is full of water?"
"Li Hongbi, who did you hear this sentence from?"
All the civil servants and gentry were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they did not dare to express their anger.
Xie Jin and Rao Wenshu's faces were as pale as paper, with cold sweat pouring from their foreheads!
This Li Hongbi, Taiyin is so poisonous!
He deliberately asked and answered himself in such a sinister manner, which seemed to have no effect, but in disguise he was accusing Jiangxi courtiers such as Xie Jin and Rao Wenshu of forming gangs and forming cliques for personal gain!
Especially the last sentence, "Half of the court officials are from Jiangxi, and the Hanlin is rich in water", it directly ignited the anger in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor!
What did emperors of the past dynasties most avoid?
Naturally, the ministers form cliques for their own selfish interests, and those who agree with the party are against those who are different!
This Li Hongbi is simply a lunatic!
He completely ignored the consequences and insisted on killing Jie Jin! This is it!
"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down!"
"Rumors in the market should not be taken as true, they should not be taken as true!"
Li Hongbi hurriedly spoke with a smile, but did not pursue him fiercely.
He didn't want to completely offend these Jiangxi Jin gentry because of Jie Jin!
You must know that this sentence is not nonsense, but the real truth!
For example, five of the seven cabinet ministers in front of me are from Jiangxi!
Li Hongbi really didn't dare to offend them to death.
Besides, it's not necessary.
The person who offended him was Jie Jin in front of him. He couldn't attack too widely, let alone make enemies at will!
Zhu Di glanced at Li Hongbi coldly and scolded: "Since it is a rumor in the market, then don't open your mouth!"
"Look carefully at this layer of skin on your body!"
As the emperor of Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di didn't know about Jie Jin's little thoughts, and he didn't know that Jiangxi Jin gentry was becoming increasingly powerful!
But now he is in the middle of employing people and has not yet settled down on the throne. This is not the time to fall out with Xie Jin and other Jiangxi Jin gentry!
Otherwise, with Zhu Di's decisive and decisive temperament, he would have kicked Jie Jin to the Kingdom of Java. How could he continue to tolerate him jumping up and down under his nose?
In addition, these Jiangxi courtiers also passed the imperial examination and high school examination. Even though Zhu Di was very dissatisfied with this, he had nothing to do.
The only reason to blame is that the scholars and students from other provinces were too unsatisfactory, especially the students from Northern Xinjiang. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, very few of them have been on the list. There was even a dispute between the North and the South during the Hongwu period. Emperor Taizu Gao was furious and launched another killing spree.
Zhu Di's mood became extremely bad when he thought of the troubles here, and he sat silently on the dragon chair.
His Majesty the Emperor didn't speak, so everyone naturally didn't dare to say anything and could only kneel down.
The person who suffered the most was none other than Bachelor Xie.
He had been kneeling for a long time, and finally stood up and relaxed a bit, but was suddenly frightened and fell to his knees. After all this time, he felt a terrible pain in the back of his buttocks...
No need to think too much, he cracked...
At this moment, the eunuch's voice sounded outside.
"Hu Guang, the imperial minister, came to see——"
Immediately afterwards, Hu Guangsui walked into the hall, bowed down and saluted: "My minister Hu Guang has been ordered to take the Yingtianfu Township Examination, and I am here to pay the order."
"Thank you for your hard work, my dear." Zhu Di's expression softened a little, "Let's all get back together!"
"Get the list, I want to see it first!"
"According to the order." Everyone stood up one after another and stood on one side obediently.
Yi Shiha carefully held up the admission list for this year's Yingtianfu Township Examination and placed it on Zhu Di's imperial desk.
This Enke examination was the first scientific examination of the Yongle Dynasty, so Zhu Di attached great importance to it, with a somewhat solemn look in his eyes.
He opened the directory, and the first name that came into view made him slightly startled.
Ying Tianfu Township Examination Jie Yuan - Qiu Song?
Which Qiusong?
Isn't it really Qiu Fu's son?
Zhu Di was startled and looked at Hu Guang subconsciously.
"My dear, how many Qiusongs are there in this provincial examination?"
Qiusong?
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. I don't know."
"However, it is the common opinion of the Hanlin Academy to choose Qiu Song as Jieyuan."
Hu Guang shook his head subconsciously.
Because His Majesty the Emperor was in such a hurry, after he checked the papers and verified that they were correct, he immediately clicked on the list and sent it over without thinking about it carefully.
Qiu Song, this name is a bit unfamiliar!
Upon hearing this name, all the civil servants were stunned.
Where did this talented person come from?
I have never heard of this person before!
Whether they are Jinling talents or Jiangnan talents, they have heard of them more or less. After all, they are all popular candidates for the top prize in this scientific examination, such as Jiangxi talents Zeng Ji, Taihe talents Yang Xiang, Yuyao talents Chai Guangjing, Jishui talents Zhou Shu, Liu Ziqin and so on, but Qiu Song is the only one who doesn't exist!
The civil servants were dumbfounded.
Qiu Fu looked at Li Hongbi in disbelief.
Jieyuan, Qiu Song?
Does my Song'er know Yuan?
The huge surprise hit him, and he was completely confused, and even felt unbelievable.
"Hongbi, is this... the same name?"
"Brother, don't worry, keep reading!"
Li Hongbi smiled and said nothing.
Zhu Di also glanced at Qiu Fu and Li Hongbi with a slightly surprised look, and then looked at the bottom of the directory. As a result, he suddenly stood up in shock.
"First place, Qiu Song!"
"Second place, Gu Xingzu!"
"Third place, Zhu Yong!"
"Fourth place, Zeng Qi!"
"Fifth place, Liu Ziqin!"
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Qiu Song, Gu Xingzu, Zhu Yong...
If the first Qiu Song might have the same name, but then Gu Xingzu and Zhu Yong, how could it be possible that all three of them have the same name?
In other words, Qiu Song is really that Qiu Song, the son of Duke Qiu Fu, Qiu Song, the eldest son of Duke Qi!
There are also Gu Xingzu, the eldest son of Zhenyuan Hou, and Zhu Yong, the eldest son of Duke Chengguo!
Li Hongbi's three disciples actually took the top three spots in the Yingtianfu Township Examination!
"How can this be?"
Zhu Di lost his voice, and then looked sharply at the two men who knew Jinrao and Wenshu!
Before Jie Jin could react, Rao Wenshu seemed to have thought of something, and he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.
Qiusong!
The crown prince of Qi Kingdom!
That disciple taught by Li Hongbi!
"Bastard thing!"
"Is this the disciple you call misleading people?"
