Originally, he thought that he had seven sons, and all of them were talented - even the eldest son was actually very talented.
But who would have known that in a blink of an eye, the most prominent fifth son and third son were both dead. The eldest son was in poor health, and the younger son had offended most of the civil and military officials in the dynasty.
Counting on his hands, he could only count on his second son, fourth son, and sixth son.
irritable.
Sheng Hong was in a bad mood, and his face looked bad from beginning to end when he went to court. Fortunately, nothing major happened. At this time, no one wanted to bother him with government affairs.
Li Qiao naturally didn't want to either.
However, the palace received a lot of news every day. Although there were no big things, the small things never stopped. He was so capable as a ghostwriter, so he was arrested by Sheng Hong again.
Sheng Hong was depressed for many days, and did not mention the matter of establishing a queen, nor did he mention the matter of letting other officials fill the posts of civil servants.
The civil and military officials of the court followed cautiously for many days.
The day of the palace examination soon arrived.
Sheng Hong always attached great importance to the palace examination and asked questions as he pleased, but this time, his question was regular and had only three words:
What is filial piety?
When the palace examination started, Li Qiao sat in the Qixian Hall next to the Tai Chi Hall, carefully reviewing the memorials.
Sheng Hong was in a bad mood during this period, and sometimes he wouldn't even look at the book for a whole day. In this case, the power in his hands became even greater.
He had approved all the memorials and then reported them to Sheng Hong one by one.
Sheng Hong has never called him back once.
In this world, it seems that he is the master.
It seemed that at this moment, he was working hard on government affairs, while Sheng Hong was sitting in the rocking chair, closing his eyes and relaxing.
This lasted until noon, and he was still asleep. When Sheng Hong woke up, he didn't miss lunch.
Sheng Hong stood up from the rocking chair, stretched out, and moved his hands and feet. Then he turned to look at Li Qiao, who was looking down at the memorial.
One morning passed, and Li Qiao was still in high spirits. He couldn't help but sigh: "I fell asleep. I'm old, and my body is no longer useful."
He was in a bad mood a few days ago and his thoughts were confused. As a result, he didn't get enough sleep and was tired all day long. After time, most of his symptoms gradually disappeared in the past few days.
But my body is still very tired and I don't get enough sleep every day.
Hearing Sheng Hong's words, Li Qiao hurriedly put down the memorial in his hand and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the weather is getting warmer in spring, and people are prone to sleepiness. You are in your prime, and you are still decades away from old age. "
Sheng Hong smiled when he heard this: "My heart is not old, but my body can't keep up. I've slept all morning, and my bones are all lazy. Li Aiqing, you've been sitting here all morning. Let's go with me to see the new Jinshi." , let’s see how the palace exam goes.”
"Yes." Li Qiao responded.
In the Tai Chi Hall, the new scholars were writing articles.
The imperial examination only lasted one day, and this year's questions were easier to write, so half of the people had almost finished writing the essays.
Sheng Hong's sudden arrival confused the minds of the new scholars. However, Sheng Hong was a considerate emperor. He did not stay in the palace for long. He glanced at the examination papers of the new scholars, and then he left with Li Qiao.
After leaving the Tai Chi Hall, he walked slowly to the Qiuxian Hall with his hands behind his back, and asked Li Qiao: "Li Aiqing, if it were you, where would you start from for this topic?"
"Um...Weichen may talk nonsense."
Li Qiao looked at his face and said carefully.
"I just want to hear nonsense right now. If you tell me, I will pardon you."
"Well... in Wei Chen's view, filial piety is divided into big and small, and wisdom and stupidity. Big means being filial to the king. Small means being filial to parents."
"But no matter whether you are big or small, you must be wise and filial, not stupid. If the words and deeds of the king and parents are correct, then it is unfilial to not listen to the words of the king and parents."
"As the saying goes, one kind of rice can feed all kinds of people. In the eyes of Weichen, filial piety or unfilial piety is largely determined by the individual's character and has nothing to do with his king or parents."
"In this world, you don't understand the truth when you are young, but who doesn't understand the most basic truth when you grow up? You are not a fool."
"I understand, but I am unfilial. Can you blame the king and his parents?"
"The king works hard to govern and ensure the peace of the family and the country. The parents provide food, clothing, housing and transportation. More importantly, the king and parents are holy, wise, gentle and courteous. They have set an extremely good example for their children. Under such circumstances, they still choose to be unfilial. That really can’t be blamed on the king and his parents.”
"You think so?"
After Li Qiao said what he wanted to say, he immediately returned to his cautious look and looked carefully at Sheng Hong's face.
Uncharacteristically, Sheng Hong asked such a question because he wanted the new scholars to prove that he was right.
He was right.
It was the third prince who was at fault.
To be honest, it was beyond his expectation that Sheng Hong had been withering for so long.
Sheng Hong's paternal love for several princes far exceeded his imagination.
But Sheng Hong was not satisfied with this answer: "...That's it?"
He turned to look at Li Qiao, speechless.
"No matter how sharp the Weichen is, he wouldn't dare to say it."
Li Qiao felt wronged.
He wanted to point at the noses of the third and fifth princes and scold them, but he didn't dare.
No matter how bad the third or fifth prince is, Sheng Hong can only scold them, and it will not be his turn to open his mouth.
Sheng Hong glared at Li Qiao, but after a few seconds, Sheng Hong sighed and said, "That's it, what you said makes some sense."
In fact, he also felt that he was right.
Lao Wu and Lao San proved that he was a failure as a father, but failure was failure, and he was right.
What else do you want him to do?
He stayed up late at night and took care of everything. He used his own private treasury to supplement the national treasury. He was never irritable or angry at innocent people, and he was not particularly partial to any prince.
He also directly stated that if he wanted to be a prince, he should follow his standards.
Even when the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty elected the rebellious son Sheng Zhiyan as the crown prince, he did not get angry and did not feel that the imperial power was offended.
As an emperor and as an old father, this is the best in history, right?
Which emperor can be as kind and generous as him?
Was he wrong?
He felt he was right.
However, he was indeed negligent about his eldest son's broken leg, but if his eldest son told it on the spot, would he believe it?
Thinking of this, he felt a little weak again.
Arriving at the Qiuxian Hall in silence, Qian San asked him cautiously if he wanted to pass on the meal, and he nodded.
When the little eunuchs put the dinner table, he remained silent, picked up his chopsticks and took a few bites before he was full.
He put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Qiao involuntarily. Li Qiao was not qualified to eat at the same table with him. Li Qiao always sat at the table by himself and had six dishes and one soup for every meal.
At this time, he, Li Aiqing, was eating as sweetly as ever with his rice bowl, one bite of rice, one bite of vegetables, and a sea bowl of rice, and he quickly drank most of it.
"Li Aiqing."
He spoke slowly.
"Wei Chen is here."
Li Qiao hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and put down the bowl and chopsticks.
"You're going to buy a house soon, right?"
"……yes."
Li Qiao nodded blankly.
The Holy One pays close attention to him, and he knows even this little thing.
"This time we ransacked the houses, and many houses were vacated in the east of the city. I will reward you with one, let it be the Peng family. The Peng family's house is very close to the palace. Don't feel unlucky. This palace was left by the previous king who subjugated the country. I still have a very comfortable stay.”
"...Wei Chen doesn't feel unlucky!"
Li Qiao opened his eyes wide and stood up quickly to salute and thank him.
After the ceremony, when Sheng Hong called out, he couldn't help but ask: "Wei Chen, can I ask why?"
"You have made a contribution this time, and you have shared a lot of worries for me on weekdays. Moreover, Xiaoqi came here a few days ago and said that you were too high-profile and could easily be killed. I thought about it and thought the Peng family's house was good."
"Not only is it close to the palace, but the front street is the First Prince's Mansion, and there is the Seventh Prince's Mansion on the same street. All the nobles live around it, so there is no need to worry about safety issues."
"However, you still have to go out. I will reward you with six more guards."
Sheng Hong explained.
Li Qiao: "..."
The Seventh Prince had told him before that if Sheng Hong asked about his safety, he would take the opportunity to put on a show so that he could win over six more guards.
But who knew that Sheng Hong didn't give him a chance to perform at all.
Moreover, not only were he rewarded with six more guards, he was also rewarded with a mansion!
Sheng Hong has thought so carefully for one of his ministers, he will definitely protect this Taoyuan of Dasheng!
He knelt down to thank him again, his face full of emotion.
Sheng Hong waved his hand and asked him to get up: "If something happens to a talent like you, it will be Dasheng's loss and my loss."
"Speaking of which, did the answers to many questions in this test give you inspiration?"
"...Back to the Holy Spirit, I still have no inspiration."
The emotion on Li Qiao's face instantly turned into shame.
"It's okay, inspiration, the most important thing is spirit. I've been in a bad mood recently. You've been cautious and walking on thin ice all day long. It's normal that you can't be inspired under such circumstances."
"Actually, the answers given by the candidates cannot solve the actual problem at all."
Sheng Hong smiled bitterly.
He, Li Aiqing, had learned these tricks badly from him. All he could think about was how to take a small step further than the candidates of the same class, and he didn't even think about how to truly solve practical problems.
